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| From | "Michael Coxe" <audities@gmail.com> |
| Subject | The Squares - Berkeley power-pop circa 1983 |
| Date | Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:26:55 -0700 |
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Yesterday, for the first time in a few years, I went record shopping,
as in vinyl.
Among the finds were 2 from the 80s, which I'm finding to be the decade of prime
musical interest, as I was married Jan, 81, with children soon after and ceased
hardcore, dedicated record collecting till pretty much the Audities era.
I'm a sucker for those radio station battle-of-the-bands comps.
Mostly bad songs by worse bands but occassionally containing a cut or two
worth the $buck and time & effort. This time a genuine rarity among bar band
crud - the only issued tune from power-pop trio The Squares. I don't remember
them but they used to share bills with the Rubinoos so I must have seen them
once. They existed from 79 to 84, when the guitarist went off to solo fame.
To hear/download the song "Follow That Heart" along with additional info:
http://www.audities.net/auditorium
The other record was an EP with 2 songs from a 1985 Todd Rundgren self-titled
production of the band What Is This, along with 3 live recordings of the band.
What Is This also released an EP in 84 called "Squeezed". One of the studio
cuts - "Dreams of Heaven" - is pretty interesting (other a cover of
the Spinners
"I'll Be Around). Anyone know these records - how would you describe the
sound - worth tracking down?
- michael
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