Sturgeons / Suburban Slag (Canada, 1979 - 1980)

In case you aren't aware of the Calgary Cassette Preservation Society I'd like to direct you to 2 of their recent postings: Suburban Slag and the Sturgeons. You may already know the Sturgeons from the classic Punk Rock Virgins 7". Now you can check out 14 more songs!

Outtakes (USA, 1983)

All I could find about this one was a past eBay auction describing it as weird and scary. "Two songs from St. Louis artist recorded back in '83 and this is truly a love or hate proposition ... Vocals are rough-going and arrangements are all over the map. Subject matter is key here ...". Ignoring the lyrical content, I find "Chuckie" to be the better of the 2 songs.

Outtakes - Motion Denied / Chuckie 7" (TS83-1190, 1983)

Expedition Punitive (France, 1983)

No date on the record but apparently this band was from Lille and they released only this 7" in 1983 on a Belgian label. The A side appeared on the Powerpearls Vol. 7 compilation.

Expedition Punitive - Un Samourai / Midnight In The Subway 7" (Moss KRM 640, 1983)

Heavy Manners (Belgium, 1979)

Tournai group founded in 1978 with a sound inspired by the Stranglers and Cure. The A side has been advertised as "punk" but that may be stretching things just a bit. The B side is a (mostly) instrumental ska tune.

Heavy Manners - World War Six / Attention 7" (Heavy HR 001, 1979)

Johnny and The Knuckleheads (USA, 1981)

From Tulsa, Oklahoma, this is their first release. Ignore the cover photo - there are no saxes to be found here. It was followed by another 7" in 1982 and an LP in 1983 that I don't have. I had seen one for sale for something like $150 so I thought it would be worth a shot when I found one for $20. It's not bad but I'm glad I didn't pay too much more for it.

Johnny and The Knuckleheads - Radio On / I Love Her Madly 7" (Knuckle DR-1981, 1981)

Dreamers (USA, 1984)

Female vocal powerpop from Santa Barbara, California. There's more here.

Dreamers - Gimme Sun, Boys, Rock 'n Roll Music / In The Summer Night 7" (Fired Records (no #), 1984)

Bacchus (Belgium, 1982/3)

Hard rock / metal / almost punk at times obscurity from Belgium on the Gamm label from Tournai. The internet dates this one as 1982 or 1983.

Bacchus - Waiting / Live My Life Every Day 7" (Gamm GAMM 0055, 1982/3)

Cabal (Canada, 1985)

This probably isn't a picture sleeve that would induce you to check out the record unless you were particularly interested in songs inspired by Halley's comet. For a few dollars spent it wasn't too bad although I prefer the B side. This one is from the Toronto area.

Cabal - Halley's Coming / Sparks 7" (Warped WARP 1111, 1985)

Dale Lodder (Canada, 1981)

Decent hard rockin' tune on the A side of this Canadian obscurity from Calgary. So what the fuck happened on the B side? Absolutely awful! From the back of the sleeve: "Ghostrax Records is proud to announce the debut single from the newest arrival in their talent line-up. The energy exuding from this man and his music is phenomenal! We certainly look forward to a bright future for this outstanding addition to the music scene of the 80's." I'm not aware of any other releases either from the man or the label.

Dale Lodder - Demon / Lonely 7" (Ghostrax GTX-8101, 1981)

Charts (Belgium, 1979)

This one has been appearing a few times on eBay recently, and each time it seems to sell for more, with the last one hitting close to $200. This was the auction description: "In demand end of the 70's, early 80's D.I.Y & self produced punk KBD style by the Charts from Belgium, brilliant raw and wild tunes. One of the rarest Belgian punk single."

Charts - Tears / Time Is Up 7" (Eden A009, 1979)

Sun Rock (Belgium, 1981)

Pop-rock/powerpop from Belgium. The only reference I can find online for it says it was released in 1981.

Sun Rock - Backstage Lady / Motion Picture Queen 7" (Mark MR 029, 1981)

Headlites (USA, 1980)

Female vocal rock/powerpop from St. Petersburg / Clearwater, Florida.

Headlites - Danny / Look Look Look 7" (Delso NR11678, 1980)

Zox (USA, 1979)

US rock obscurity. The A side might even be included in the powerpop / punk area as well depending on your standards. There's an address in Englishtown, NJ written on the A side whatever that might indicate.

Zox - Strange Love / Star 7" (Pyramis PR 001, 1979)

Stewart Struzer (USA, 1983)

Another US rock obscurity for today, this one is from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I like the B side on this one.

Stewart Struzer - Blow Away / Drone 7" (Stew Records (no #), 1983)

Some Swedish 7"s (1979 - 1983)

Here are several random Swedish 7"s. You'll find punk, powerpop, reggae, rock and even some prog. I don't know much about any of them. The date of the Infektion is not clear - different places say 1978, 1979 or 1981. Do I hear 1980?

96% - Fotomodell / Förr i tiden 7" (Noon SNS-831, 1983)
Blixt Gordon - I dina ögon / Sussie 7" (Efel SEF 7955, 1979)
Infektion - Dimman // Hasch / 1-2-3-4 .... 7" (TYP-1, 19??)
Respect - Jag vill va som Lennart Hyland / Rysk Roulette 7" (CTR 480, 1980)