NEW ADVENTURES - 1999 - SELFTITLED ('80) + WILD CATS MOANIN' ('81)

The Dutch New Adventures started in Groningen, Holland in 1978. Part-of the new-wave culture at the time brought them great success. The trio contributes their style to Cuby & the Blizzard, Gallagher, Cream, Hendrix, at Years After and ZZ-Top.

They secured a contract with Polydor about 1979, stands the trio in the voorprogramma of a tournee of applied Golden Earring! In 1980, Earrings producer/guitarist George Kooymans helped with the first LP "New Adventures" and the group scored a hit with the track "Come On". Kooymans also produced their second LP "Wild Cats Moanin'", the group develloped an enviable reputation as a fantastic live act and on 8 June 1981 they perform at a pop-festival. In front of 50,000 rockfans they remain one of Hollands top groups. Third LP was "Follow".

After a short silence, they returned with the fourth LP, "Radiator". Henk has been replaced by the new drummer Peter Walrecht, their style became more contemporary

A further and longer period of silence from the band, followed by the "Best-off (best Adventures)" and a live-LP "Life is a mess" was released. At the end of 1989 Scorpions producer Dierks, Peter and Harry went to Germany to start a new project. Two CD's ("New emptying" and "Deep Colors Bleed") followed as well as a tour in Germany, France and the USA. Ending 1993 with the name "New Adventures" a new tour was started and with the Canadian guitarist Stalemate Travers a complete Europe tour was played.

Bass player Harry decided however in 1995 to return to Germany and then Gerrit Peat became their new bass player. A new CD "Baby Shake" was released. It is a real old-fashioned blues tune and draws upon older track: "Come on" and "Back to the pip". Soon afterwards Gerrit Peat was replaced Ruud Engelbert.

The band still tour Europe, but infrequently. (Leeds Music Scene)

Credits:

Peter Bootsman: Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals / Harry DeWinter: Bass, Keyboards, Vocals / Henk "Torpedo" Kuiper: Drums, Percussion

Producer: George Kooymans / Engineer: John Kriek / Remastered By: Bart Oranje

Tracks:

Selftitled: 1. Come On / 2. Drive Me Wild / 3. Spacelab Cowboy / 4. You Can't Do That / 5. Right To Cry / 6. Bacchus Beckett / 7. Money / 8. Late Late Show / 10. Backdoor Lovers / 11. If Your Mamma Don't Like It / 12. Rock & Roll Woman / 13. Genie Dance / 14. New Adventures (All In It Togethers)
Wild Cats Moanin': 15. Midnight Magic Maniac / 16. Highway Fever / 17. I'm Ready For Love / 18. Too Much Hanky-Panky / 19. Chicago / 20. I'm Moving On / 21. Call Men / 22. One Way Love / 23. The Last Of The Mohikans / 24. Gambler To The Backbone / 25. Cat On The Run / 26. She Does It Right

Notes:

Tracks 1 - 14 recorded in december 1979 and january 1980 with the Mirasound Mobile in Veerleveen, Oost Groningen, The Netherlands. Releases on lp originally in 1980.

Tracks 15 - 26 recorded in december 1980 and january 1981 at the Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands. Released as Wild Cats Moanin' lp originally in 1981.

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THE BOYS - 1980 - BOYS ONLY

The Boys were perhaps punk's saddest casualty. They could — indeed, should — have been enormous. Certainly they were one of the finest live acts around, but still they were to languish in comparative obscurity, with even their continental success seemingly working against them. Even worse, when their debut album was reissued on CD, it arrived with a sticker on the front proclaiming the involvement of '80s AOR superstar John Waite — a claim which has absolutely no grounding in reality. More recent reissues have redressed the balance (or at least dumped the sticker), while the band itself has regrouped on occasion, to thrill a new generation with those classic numbers. But still the story of the Boys is one filled with great songs, an arsenal of killer hooks, and too many lost opportunities to count. (all music... read more)

Tracks:

Weekend / Wrong Arm of the Law / Poor Little Rich Girl / Monotony / Nothing Ventured / Wonderful World / Scrubber / Satisfaction Guaranteed / Gabrielle / Miss You / Little White Lifeline / Let It Rain / Cool [bonus] / Lucy [bonus] / Terminal Love [Single Version] [bonus]


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THE BOYS: SELFTITLED (1977) + TO HELL WITH THE BOYS (1979)

The Boys' is chock full of fast, tuneful and powerful songs and still stands as probably their best record. From the Brats re-treads of “Sick On You” and “Tumble With Me” to the set closer “Living In The City“ it‘s a breeze of fresh air and this wonderful record debuted at number 50 in the album start and then promptly disappeared. Blame for this has been apportioned to the recent death of Elvis Presley meaning that the pressing plants couldn’t cope with producing enough records, but in truth it was probably more down to the hapless NEMS label’s shortcomings.
In To Hell With The Boys we can find songs like "Rue Morgue", an absolute delight with great chord and rhythm changes. "You can't hurt a Memory" a power ballad that is intense and heartfelt and very John Lennonish. "Lonely Cowboy" just downright fun and it rocks. Matt Dangerfield really shines here as a guitar player too. More Pop Rock than Punk, this is a great album.

The Boys tracks:

Sick on You / I Call Your Name / Tumble With Me / Tonight / I Don't Care / Soda Pressing / No Money / First Time / Box Number / Kiss Like a Nun / Cop Cars / Keep Running / Tenement Kids / Living in the City / Watcha Gonna Do - (bonus track) / Turning Grey - (bonus track) / First Time, The (Long Version) - (bonus track) / Lonely Schooldays - (bonus track) / I Don't Care - (bonus track) / Take a Heart - (demo, bonus track) / Run Rudolph Run - (The Yobs, bonus track) / Warm Song, The - (The Yobs, bonus track)

To Hell With The Boys tracks:

Sabre Dance / Rue Morgue / Terminal Love / See Ya Later / You Can't Hurt a Memory / Kamikaze / Lonely Cowbow / Waiting For the Lady / Bad Day / Independent Girl / I Love Me - (bonus track) / You Better Move Now - (bonus track) / Schoolgirls - (bonus track) / Rub a Dum Dum (The Yobs, bonus track) / Another Christmas (The Yobs, bonus track)

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THE SPORTS - 1979 - DON'T THROW STONES

By virtue of their late '70s emergence and a deal with Stiff Records in Europe, the Sports were accidentally New Wave. But they were always too soulful and too capricious to join that club (or any) by choice. With new guitarist Martin Armiger, their second album Don't Throw Stones had some of punk's nervous energy but Stephen Cummings couldn't shake his R&B groove, nor Andrew Pendlebury his jazz/rockabilly bent. The divergent talents of the band's creative core would make for some of the most volatile swingin' pub rock of the era, and "Suspicious Minds", "Live, Work and Play", "Who Listens to the Radio?" and "Don't Throw Stones" were early warnings of a formidable knack for twisted pop songs. (by Michael Dwyer - Australian Rolling Stone)

The Sports were:

Andrew Pendlebury: guitars, vocals / Stephen Cummings: vocals / Martin Armiger: guitars, vocals / Robert Glover: bass guitar / Paul Hitchins: drums / James Niven: keyboards, vocals

Tracks:

Suspicious Minds / Live Work & Play / Don't Throw Stones / Thru The Window / Who Listens To The Radio / Tired Of Me / Wedding Ring / Reckless / Step By Step / Mailed To Your Sister / You Ain't Home Yet / Big Sleep

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THE BOYS - 1978 - ALTERNATIVE CHARTBUSTERS

Condemned at the time for offering up little more than a straight carbon copy of its predecessor, the second Boys album has since ascended to the pantheon of power pop greats, a combination of the band's own inestimable position at the forefront of what, by early 1978, was already a burgeoning movement, and their seemingly effortless grasp of the rudiments of, indeed, a great pop song. "Brickfield Nights," the opening track (and the band's third single), is almost Spector-esque in its vision, a Wall of Sound that totally predicts all that the Ramones would later do with Spector himself, but transplants the action and emotions into a strictly English setting, a soaring paean to the lost innocence of youth, set to a transistor blast of melody. Elsewhere, "Taking On the World," the deliberately Ramones-esque "Neighbourhood Brat," and the sourly recriminatory "Do the Contract Hustle" all illustrate the Boys' vivid sense of musical humor. Delving into the bonus tracks only amplifies the group's achievement. Songs the quality of "Teachers Pet," "Schooldays," and "She's No Angel" are hard enough to find in any band's catalog. The fact that the Boys could simply bury them away on B-sides or the shelf only amplifies the sheer wealth of quality material that was at their disposal. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide ~

Tracks:

Brickfield Nights / U.S.I. / Taking On The World / sway (Quien Sera) / Do The Contract Hustle / Heroine / Not Ready / Classified Suzie / T.C.P. / Neighbourhood Brat / Stop Stop Stop / Backstage Pass / Talking / Cast Of Thousands / Teachers Pet - (bonus track) / Schooldays - (bonus track) / Lies - (bonus track) / She's No Angel - (bonus track) / You're The Other Man - (bonus track) / Silent Night - (The Yobs, bonus track)

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INVADERS - 1980 - TEST CARD

Courtesy of "Gumby", the only album released by this good New Wave band.
Take pomp-rock, shorten its sights (unpump the pomp a bit), inject a bit of youth, alternate male and female vocals and what have you got? The Invaders (from West Yorkshire — not to be confused with two American bands of the same name), who still manage to have all the snap and appeal of week-old pastry. Too much of their "Rock Methodology" and not enough playfulness makes the Invaders a dull band. (Jim Green - Trouser Press)

Personnel:

Sid Sidelnyk: vocals, repeat guitar / Soo Lucas: vocals / David Rogers: bass / Kevin Kaine: guitar / Howard Wilson: drums / Phil Manchester: keyboards

Tracks:

Magic Mirror / Searching / Japanese Dream / Personality Profile / Only a Man / Backstreet Romeo / Young Mistake / Spirit on the Ground / Second Choice / Intermission / Rock Methodology / Wheels of Fortune

Bonus:

Girls in Action / No Secrets / Best Thing I Ever Did (New Future) / Much Closer Still / Shirley You're Wrong / Rock Methodology (single version) / Invasion of Privacy

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