Gruppo Sportivo — Rare Tracks
Gruppo Sportivo released a pair of singles in 1976 and ’77, prior to the album “10 Mistakes” being released. After that and their second album came out, those singles and a bonus track were...
Category: Pop
Gruppo Sportivo — 10 Mistakes
I should really hold my Gruppo Sportivo discovery story for “Mistakes,” a similarly titled album that was released with some different songs two years after this one. But the albums are similar, so perhaps...
The Go-Go’s – Talk Show
The first two Go-Go’s albums fell right at the end of my college years, 1981 and 1982. Then they took a little break (by ’70s and ’80s standards), and their next album, “Talk Show,”...
The Go-Go’s — Vacation
As with “Beauty and the Beat,” while I’ve had this album since it came out in 1982, I haven’t really listened to it in many, many years. Again, several of the songs were on...
The Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
There are truly very few songs for which I can absolutely remember the first time I ever heard them, but “Our Lips Are Sealed” is one. It was released in July 1981, the summer...
Get Yourself A College Girl (Original Soundtrack)
Oh, boy. I may have some explaining to do. I swear I bought this for the kitsch factor, for how stupid and outdated the title seemed. I think I bought this in the fall...
France Gall – Baby Pop
As is well-acknowledged, Quentin Tarantino (and/or his music director) has a talent for breathing new life into forgotten old songs. He did this in “Death Proof” with the remarkable April March song “Chick Habit,”...
The Bobby Fuller Four — Best of The Bobby Fuller Four
When I bought this album in 1981, the only thing I knew about The Bobby Fuller Four was the same thing anyone knew about them: They were the ones who made a hit of...
The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup
Oh boy. This one is going to be more about one song (yes, that song) than it is about the album. And it’s going to be perhaps the earliest story from my life that...
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