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Screen13 · 04-11-2013, 07:51 PM

Just a quickie mention for the night (to cover up a re-post I made, just in case you seen it)

The mentions of Pete Wylie thanks to his Anti-Thatcher song brought back some memories of going through a 50 Cent Cassette bin, which brought up his Sinful album. Released in 1987, it remains one of my picks in a tasteful example of how Early 80's musicians competed with the 80's with it's slick production styles although sadly, despite the presence of UK hits like the title track, it hardly registered anywhere. It was released in the US by Virgin Records America to very little notice. While a Canadian pressing of his previous album Word to the Wise Guy (as The Mighty Wah!) made it to the better US stores, this was his first (and sadly only) album to gain a full on American release.

Thankfully, there was a store which had a copy of "Story of the Blues" to at least introduce me to his better music.

I think I bought the tape around 1992-3, and was a nice in-car listen for a while, featuring good hooks and production by Ian Ritchie (Roger Waters' Radio KAOS), Michael Frondelli, and Zeus B. Held (A lot of 80's Productions) along with Wylie himself. Josie Jones provides some good backup vocals. "Fourelevenfourtyfour" and "If I Love You" were also good picks for singles, and I remember "Shoulder to Shoulder" being an ear grabber.

It may not have been his strongest collection of songs, and I'm sure that those who were really into the Mighty Wah! were a little off put by his trying out a slicker sound, but at least it still had a lot of his characteristic sound among the Synth Blips that surround the ears.

Thankfully for the song itself, it enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity in 1991 in a version with The Farm.

There are a lot of finds from that very same bin, ranging from a-ha to Underground Industrial, but that's also for later.

04-11-2013, 07:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Ghost Mall Music Just a quickie mention for the night (to cover up a re-post I made, just in case you seen it) The mentions of Pete Wylie thanks to his Anti-Thatcher song brought back some memories of going through a 50 Cent Cassette bin, which brought up his Sinful album. Released in 1987, it remains one of my picks in a tasteful example of how Early 80's musicians competed with the 80's with it's slick production styles although sadly, despite the presence of UK hits like the title track, it hardly registered anywhere. It was released in the US by Virgin Records America to very little notice. While a Canadian pressing of his previous album Word to the Wise Guy (as The Mighty Wah!) made it to the better US stores, this was his first (and sadly only) album to gain a full on American release. Thankfully, there was a store which had a copy of "Story of the Blues" to at least introduce me to his better music. I think I bought the tape around 1992-3, and was a nice in-car listen for a while, featuring good hooks and production by Ian Ritchie (Roger Waters' Radio KAOS), Michael Frondelli, and Zeus B. Held (A lot of 80's Productions) along with Wylie himself. Josie Jones provides some good backup vocals. "Fourelevenfourtyfour" and "If I Love You" were also good picks for singles, and I remember "Shoulder to Shoulder" being an ear grabber. It may not have been his strongest collection of songs, and I'm sure that those who were really into the Mighty Wah! were a little off put by his trying out a slicker sound, but at least it still had a lot of his characteristic sound among the Synth Blips that surround the ears. Thankfully for the song itself, it enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity in 1991 in a version with The Farm. There are a lot of finds from that very same bin, ranging from a-ha to Underground Industrial, but that's also for later. Last edited by Screen13; 04-11-2013 at 09:13 PM.