Saturday, July 30, 2022

WHAT NOW? I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT.


The copy below is from an old post but Ive added a six pack of related L.A. post-punk cuts. They capture the vibe at the time. The band above is Monitor. The photo makes them look dangerous but they were super nice. Anyway, here you go:

I'm not going to get in your way for this one. If you have any interest in the L.A. scene from 1977-1987. Scavenged Luxury will keep you busy all night. As billed, it's "post-punk, art rock and power pop", and that includes all points in between. Read the whole description once you get there. This is just gluttony, the good kind if there is such a thing. There's a ton, I mean dozens of mixes, most so long that they're posted in two parts. If you're from that era and lived in Southern California, you'll recognize a lot of names, many that you forgot about. From the better known Sparks and Kim Fowley, to 100 Flowers, Rain Parade, Human Hands, Peter Ivers, the Deadbeats, the Romans, Minutemen, Twisted Roots, the Crawdaddys, and on and on. The playlists are well informed cross sections with enough obscurities to keep even the geeks of that era busy.

~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~
Listen:
Monitor - Beak mp3
at Internet Archive 1979
B People - Can Can't mp3
at Internet Archive 1981
Human Hands - Blue Eel mp3
at Internet Archive 1981
Wall of Voodoo - Passenger mp3
at Internet Archive 1980
Savage Republic Next to Nothing mp3
at Internet Archive 1982
Kommunity FK - Something Inside Me Has Died mp3
at Internet Archive 1985
Visit:

Scavenged Luxury: L.A. Post-Punk, Art Rock and Power Pop

1 comment:

jonder said...

This is great news! The links to these comps were dead for awhile, but it looks like they have a new host now. Here's another embarrassment of riches, a link to three other "fan-made series" (Low Fi Ladies, Fathers & Sons of Garage Punk, and A Reference of Female Fronted Punk Rock).

https://www.xtrmntr.com/overcompensating/