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'80s

Jools Holland — Jools Holland Meets Rock ‘A’ Boogie Billy

January 5, 2021January 3, 2021 cjvinyl

This release from 1984 has less annoying production than Jools Holland and His Millionaires, and some better songs in the boogie woogie / rockabilly tradition. But it still falls kinda […]

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Jools Holland and His Millionaires — Jools Holland and His Millionaires

January 4, 2021January 3, 2021 cjvinyl

This first solo record by Jools Holland came out in 1982, and I think I got it around 1983. I was such a huge Squeeze fan at that time, and […]

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'80s

The Hitmen — Torn Together

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 cjvinyl

This was the release we were looking for when we became so enamored of the early MTV hit “Bates Motel” (wrote about it last time). For a band that was […]

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'80s

The Hitmen – Aim For The Feet

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 cjvinyl

As I’ve said before, MTV in its earliest days was a real influential hitmaker. With the right video, the right sensibility for the time, video could make a hit that […]

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'80s

Debbie Harry — In Love With Love 12″

December 16, 2020December 15, 2020 cjvinyl

Okay, this is only a 12″ single from “Rockbird,” but I’m featuring it anyway because it’s ready to go and the next entry isn’t. As with most 12″ extended dance […]

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