Alternative 80s

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An old cult classic, now largely forgotten I think?:

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@musicforhangovers If nothing else, quite the marvelous combination of words

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They started out as a performance art duo, and were named after a Japanese brand of pencil, iirc.

We Are Ninja topped the indie charts for a while in the early 80s. The original 12" had an instrumental version on the flip, but I can’t find it on YT.

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I love this record!
Here’s the dub:

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That reminds me:

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good edit on this one,
https://www.discogs.com/master/406865-Super-Value-Special-Edits-05

that’s not yours though is it? I always assumed this was Italian like It’s A Small World stuff…

Sharks Are Cool, Jets Are Hot seemed to have some great bits in between some less great bits.

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No that’s not mine. I think it may have come out on vinyl, though, let me have a dig around.

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I can’t find so maybe it didn’t. My memory is now what it was.

Here you go, I’ve re-upped for a month.

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A rich thread. Thanks one and all. @Rodney-Bennett Disco Crass certainly raised a puzzled look from the dog

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1985

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Here’s a quirky dubby funky post-punk-pop thing from 1981. Notoriously hard to find (like all the best cult classics, natch), it got a reissue on Trunk a few years ago.

Edit: bouyed by the knowledge that I currently have about £500 of store credit, I just looked at current prices of original copies of this… Suffice to say that they seem to go for far more than £500…!!

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A reasonably big hit at the time, but i like this edit (if edits are allowed).

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A couple of faves from my mobile disco days

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I was really into Defunkt bitd. They played a sort of punky jazz-funk hybrid. This was from 82ish I think, still sounds good imo. Pretty sure they were on an independent label and featured in the indie charts of the day.

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From 1981, a crazy latin-rock-rap thing from NY released on a tiny independent label. I still have my original import 7" and 12" copies. Great track, but then they vanished without trace - why, I wonder??

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Cracking thread.

This is a belter but maybe suits a pub set on a rainy day with a small crowd of broken hearted hedonists looking to dance and cry at the same time.

Im surprised I haven’t seen edits of this tbh. (I haven’t really looked/maybe I’ve missed?)

This is lush, cheery and mellow


and I think this is surprisingly well known.

Hope it goes well

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It was John Hammond’s label. The band made an album, some of which has seeped onto the internet. I’ve been trying to exhume it for the past 15 years.

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