While we're at it, does anybody remember TOUCH I have a brilliant album with the m from the same era. Fjeder www.shiner22.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy G. Spradlin" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:55 PM Subject: Re: NEW ENGLAND: power pop? > http://www.newenglandrocks.com/ > > Their first album is huge AOR thanks to KISS's Paul Stanley and Mike > Stone producing, and it has thier biggest hit "Dont Ever Wanna Lose Ya" > and the great power ballad "Shall I Run Away?". The "1978" CD has rough > demos of most of the songs that made the first album. Its interesting > listening hearing them stipped of the slick production. > > I think "Explorer Suite" is their most consistant LP. "Walking Wild" was > produced by Todd Rundgren and (no surprise here) lots of fun if you love > Todd's 80's production work. Some tracks sound like they were right off > Utopia's S/T LP. > > Great stuff on all 3 albums, its a shame Elektra couldnt get radio to play > their last 2 albums. I dont think they really > promoted them when they were hyping the Cars. New England should have > been all over the radio with the way John Fannon wrote hooks. > > Billy G. > http://listen.to/jangleradio > > > Stephen Schnee wrote: > >>Lately, I've been re-listening to the 3 studio albums (on CD) by NEW >>ENGLAND >>and all I can say is that if you like the idea of Hawks meets ELO meets >>Utopia with a teeny bit of Boston and a dash of Gary Klebe (Shoes), then >>you >>should really consider checking them out. Their albums are 20-25 years >>old >>(and one is produced by recent Audities thread star Todd Rundgren) but are >>all worth seeking out. You can even listen to them a bit at CDBaby.com. >> >>Does anyone agree with me? >> >>. >> >> > > >