4 Rare 80s Albums [Part 1]

So far I have been mostly posting compilations of 80s rarities but I have had a few people who were interested in having the whole albums and requested me to post them. So here is the first part including 4 rare and/or almost impossible to find 80s gems. This is only the first part and there's way more to come! Enjoy!!



Blue Zoo - 2 x 2 [1982]





Blue Zoo was formed in 1980, Band members were: Mike Ansell on bass, Matthew Flowers (formerly of new wave band "Sore Throat") on keyboards, Pete Lancaster on trumpet, Andy O on vocals, Tim Parry on guitar and Mickey Sparrow on drums. Steve Pond from Inner City Unit played occasional synthesizer. Parry later went on to become a record producer.



Blue Zoo had one UK hit single. In October 1982 "Cry Boy Cry" charted and reached number 13. It stayed on the UK Singles Chart's Top 40 for eight weeks.



Track listing:



01 Cry Boy Cry

02 John's Lost

03 Far Cry

04 (You Can) Count On Me

05 Love Moves In Strange Ways

06 (I Just Can't ) Forgive And Forget

07 I'm Your Man

08 Open Up

09 Can't Hold Me Down

10 Something Familiar

11 Love One's An Angel

12 Cry Boy Cry [Long Version]

13 Somewhere In The World There's A Cowboy Smiling





Stabilizers - Tyranny [1986]



The Stabilizers were a pop/rock duo founded in the early 1980s by musicians Dave Christenson and Rich Nevens. With Christenson on lead vocals and Nevens on guitars and occasional keyboards. In 1986, They released Tyranny, their first and only album. The guitar and synth-laced album followed in the style of other 1980s bands such as Duran Duran, Tears for Fears and Mr. Mister. The first single from Tyranny was "One Simple Thing," which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100.



Track listing:



01 Tyranny

02 (If I) Found Rome

03 I Don't Need the Pain

04 Now I Hear You

05 One Simple Thing

06 Underground

07 Does Your Love Lie Open

08 A Place to Hide

09 You Pull Me Down





Trees - Sleep Convention [1983]



Fronted by Dane Conover, Trees was a New Wave one-man band from San Diego, California. Trees only released one album on MCA and produced by Earle Mankey in 1982 called Sleep Convention which was a critical success but a commercial failure due to MCA's problems at the time. And also created 5 Low Budget Music Videos. Reviews included comments like " Pop Music of the Future, and "is a stunning debut which shows remarkable originality and talent. That this record died the commercial death is not just incomprehensible, it's criminal." Dane Conover ended Trees after one album to move on to other projects.



Track listing:



01 Come Back

02 Shock Of The New

03 Delta Sleep

04 No Stranger

05 Midnight In America

06 1100 AM

07 Wildwood

08 India

09 Gotta Moon

10 Red Car





Two Minds Crack - Victory Parade [1986]



Two Minds Crack was a new wave power pop band fronted by Kevin Jones [singer/guitarist and main songwriter]. Victory Parade is a critically acclaimed album and extremely catchy. A must grab for new wave power pop band lovers!



Track listing:



01 One Sky Above US

02 Walk On Back

03 The Hunger The Greed

04 Fire

05 Find The Key

06 Cry Cry Cry

07 Upside Down

08 Love Is In Control

09 Live To Die

10 The Sense That Never Sleeps

11 Cry Cry Cry (re-mix)

12 The Hunger The Greed (re-mix)

13 Upside Down (re-mix)