Anyone familiar with...

[Laurent Bigot]

This topic's goal: figure out thanks to those who heard them if under-the-radar records (the sort you can't even listen to on youtube for instance) are worth investigating...

I'm curious about "New York New Wave" on Bellaphon (1978)...

https://www.discogs.com/Various-New-York-New-Wave/release/1610347

[K2]

My guess is that it's stuff like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=Lym7AYgIaco

She's in the band Drip who have a song on there.

[K2]

[Laurent Bigot]

My guess is that it's stuff like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=Lym7AYgIaco

She's in the band Drip who have a song on there.

there are signs that say this could be good (I like Elda's Stillettoes), but then it's not a rare record (easy to get on Discogs for about 20€) yet no one seems to care enough about it to own it around here, and that is not a good sign.

[vedicardi]

if rarity determined quality of music the world would be a fucked up place

[Laurent Bigot]

if rarity determined quality of music the world would be a fucked up place

that's not the point, just that a relatively common record that nobody bothered to get is probably pretty weak.

[vedicardi]

is that not the point im making?  its a matter of taste.  one man's "pretty weak" is another person's favorite record.  one of my all time favorite bands has nearly nothing on youtube (some stuff I uploaded myself), their records are cheap, etc.

[Laurent Bigot]

is that not the point im making?  its a matter of taste.  one man's "pretty weak" is another person's favorite record.  one of my all time favorite bands has nearly nothing on youtube (some stuff I uploaded myself), their records are cheap, etc.

again point missed (I guess my english is not good enough to be clear)

[K2]

You should buy Fine Art?s self titled album from ?78. Cheap, unfairly ignored, unique and great powerful songwriting. I also enjoy Bohemia who remind me of this kinda style but good.

[Laurent Bigot]

You should buy Fine Art?s self titled album from ?78. Cheap, unfairly ignored, unique and great powerful songwriting. I also enjoy Bohemia who remind me of this kinda style but good.

I discovered it thru a post here indeed, good record, thanks to whoever mentioned it (maybe it was you?). But the idea of this topic is really for members of the forum to ask about records they think look interesting. but couldn't find a way to listen to.

[vedicardi]

okay that makes more sense.  here is the band i mentioned as one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoAZE10PWeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZGFtWFL4bQ

[Laurent Bigot]

okay that makes more sense.  here is the band i mentioned as one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoAZE10PWeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZGFtWFL4bQ

I dig this, thanks.

[ditmasduke]

I recall asking for MP3?s of the Harlow tracks off here awhile back. I own the LP but don?t have a way to burn shit off vinyl. I?ve honestly only payed attention to the Harlow songs which are sweet hard rock with punk and boogie influence. Harlow used to perform 5 minutes away from where I grew up at the Red Fox Inn in New Brunswick, as early as 1973 they were gigging there. Biggest band in town, they did a lot of covers, Slade, T Rex, Stooges. Most cover bands weren?t playing that cool shit around here, plus as you can see they had the look. Their bass player Michael Monroe used to shave his chest hair into a heart which was sweet, he later played in the Mad Daddys for a minute, he?s now deceased in 2016 I believe.

My sister started catching them live around ?74 at the various local bars they?d headline, but mostly the Red Fox or Emmett?s Inn in Jamesburg which also catered to punk on occasion (Dead Boys, Plasmatics gigged there). She used to run with a Hell?s Angel family that lived across the street from us. They?d attend Harlow gigs because it was a primo spot to sell cocaine, which was their main source of income. Sound wise I wouldn?t call them a punk band, but they were a cool glitter band for freaks and druggies to gather around and their look and attitude was punk.

After they broke apart a couple members went on to a band called Nasty Lass who were a cover band with more of an AOR/power pop sound who did their own private press 7? with a couple originals.

https://www.popsike.com/php/m-detaildata.php?itemnr=152605394236

[Laurent Bigot]

I recall asking for MP3?s of the Harlow tracks off here awhile back. I own the LP but don?t have a way to burn shit off vinyl. I?ve honestly only payed attention to the Harlow songs which are sweet hard rock with punk and boogie influence. Harlow used to perform 5 minutes away from where I grew up at the Red Fox Inn in New Brunswick, as early as 1973 they were gigging there. Biggest band in town, they did a lot of covers, Slade, T Rex, Stooges. Most cover bands weren?t playing that cool shit around here, plus as you can see they had the look. Their bass player Michael Monroe used to shave his chest hair into a heart which was sweet, he later played in the Mad Daddys for a minute, he?s now deceased in 2016 I believe.

My sister started catching them live around ?74 at the various local bars they?d headline, but mostly the Red Fox or Emmett?s Inn in Jamesburg which also catered to punk on occasion (Dead Boys, Plasmatics gigged there). She used to run with a Hell?s Angel family that lived across the street from us. They?d attend Harlow gigs because it was a primo spot to sell cocaine, which was their main source of income. Sound wise I wouldn?t call them a punk band, but they were a cool glitter band for freaks and druggies to gather around and their look and attitude was punk.

After they broke apart a couple members went on to a band called Nasty Lass who were a cover band with more of an AOR/power pop sound who did their own private press 7? with a couple originals.

https://www.popsike.com/php/m-detaildata.php?itemnr=152605394236

thanks, maybe worth getting for their two songs then...

[ditmasduke]

I recall asking for MP3?s of the Harlow tracks off here awhile back. I own the LP but don?t have a way to burn shit off vinyl. I?ve honestly only payed attention to the Harlow songs which are sweet hard rock with punk and boogie influence. Harlow used to perform 5 minutes away from where I grew up at the Red Fox Inn in New Brunswick, as early as 1973 they were gigging there. Biggest band in town, they did a lot of covers, Slade, T Rex, Stooges. Most cover bands weren?t playing that cool shit around here, plus as you can see they had the look. Their bass player Michael Monroe used to shave his chest hair into a heart which was sweet, he later played in the Mad Daddys for a minute, he?s now deceased in 2016 I believe.

My sister started catching them live around ?74 at the various local bars they?d headline, but mostly the Red Fox or Emmett?s Inn in Jamesburg which also catered to punk on occasion (Dead Boys, Plasmatics gigged there). She used to run with a Hell?s Angel family that lived across the street from us. They?d attend Harlow gigs because it was a primo spot to sell cocaine, which was their main source of income. Sound wise I wouldn?t call them a punk band, but they were a cool glitter band for freaks and druggies to gather around and their look and attitude was punk.

After they broke apart a couple members went on to a band called Nasty Lass who were a cover band with more of an AOR/power pop sound who did their own private press 7? with a couple originals.

https://www.popsike.com/php/m-detaildata.php?itemnr=152605394236

thanks, maybe worth getting for their two songs then...

I?ll have to listen to the other bands for you. I honestly just never listened to the other songs since Harlow were the local heros.

Harlow were gigging at Max?s around ?73, one time with the Dolls and another time with Grand Slam who were the members of Joey Ramone?s first band Sniper.. In Jersey they were the top band headlining all the sleazy little bars around that would allow such a racket. Their guitarist Billy (RIP) was also in an early Twisted Sister line up. Twisted Sister often opened for Harlow at the Red Fox and Emmett?s Inn. I?d say they sounded like a nastier version of KISS meets the New York Dolls. There were a shit ton of biker gangs living in my neighborhood and area in those days, plus lots of druggie/drunks that adopted Harlow as their band. Central NJ didn?t have a glitter scene really but Harlow was that band for many of the people in my neighborhood, which at the time was really slummy and controlled by the Hells Angels who were dealing dope and coke for the mafia. By ?77 punk really hit around New Brunswick and the Red Fox gave it a home until 1980 when the drinking laws changed and it became a different club that mostly catered to new wave and more cover bands. The Red Fox would book cover bands galore but also let original bands and punk bands take the stage.