In 2007, Valeri from Bulgaria sent me a dvd-rom with various live recordings of post-punk bands. Surprisingly enough mostly from Dutch venues. A gift from a Dutch friend he explained later. A lot were Dutch radio broadcasts.
I totally forgot about this present until I saw it passing by while making a backup of my harddisk.



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In 1984, the dutch radiostaion VPRO recorded a concert by 23 Skidoo in Aorta,
Amsterdam, a squat run by an artists collective.
There were always memorable performances and concerts there.
This is one of them !
Tracks (alas) unknown.

1. ?
2. ?
3. The Gospel Comes To New Guinea (version)
4. ?
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. Assassins of Soul (Assassin)
9. Assassins of Soul (Shugyosha Step) (incomplete)

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When I first heard popduo Bauer, it reminded of the Mo (Nancy boy do I hate her, Fred Astaire). Not really justified, but anyway, I found this lp and digitized it.



Side one:
1 ADSR [2:21]
2 Cheese [2:39]
3 Breakfast [3:24]
4 White prins [3:35]
5 Human race put on display [3:42]
6 Madman [2:21]

Side two:
1 Old friend [4:07]
2 Try me [3:12]
3 The sound of laughing [2:18]
4 Jovial scene [3:23]
5 Nicky knits [2:54]
6 Stress [2:59]

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A lot of 'mechanical' bands existed around 1980 in the Netherlands. Sammie's MAM was imho one of the best. More musical and less artificial than the rest. Although a bit dated, Sammie still sounds fresh nowadays.


Vara's Popkaravaan (yes, MAM had to play on a campground, one of those lame ideas Dutch broadcasters come up with during summers)

1 Your world far world (partial) [1:53]
2 It's slipping away [5:26]
3 The Stockhausen sound [5:40]
4 Life is life [4:09]
5 Wat is dit [4:48]
6 This is the moment [9:11]

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I mainly bought this lp recently because it includes a big band version of The court of the Crimson King. The rest of this record is also not bad, big band wise.
It reminds me of the Quincy Jones lp Walking in Space: the music ranges from trippy to kitschy.
The recording contains covers of the Beatles and Beach Boys as well.
I wonder how it managed to escape from my attention for 40 years...



Side one:
1 The court of the Crimson King [7:31]
2 Bottleneck [3:14]
3 Surfer girl [2:44]
4 Give me just a little more time [2:57]

Side two:
1 Footprints of the giant [9:42]
2 Power to the people [2:55]
3 Abbey road medley [6:06]

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Three brothers doing dixie versions of more or less well known tunes.



Side one:
1 Big noise from Winnetka [2:23]
2 You've lost that lovin' feeling [3:02]
3 These boots are made for walking [2:42]
4 Italian village [3:08]
5 Banjo city [2:41]
6 Hey Jude [3:13]

Side two:
1 King of the road [2:30]
2 Spinning wheel [2:16]
3 Michelle [2:12]
4 Light my fire [3:04]
5 The happy whistler [2:38]
6 My special angel [2:45]

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Hát Või Quê Húóng was a one time project of Holger Hiller and Walter Thielsch (both: Palais Schaumburg) with three Vietnamese refugees singing traditional songs.
Walter Thielsch died January 13th 2011 at age 60 in Hamburg.



Side one:
1 Hát Või Quê Húóng [3:12]

Side two:
1 Saigon Ðep Lăm [2:16]
2 Trông Cóm [3:23]

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