BEATFOR72 - 20/20

20/20 was formed in Tulsa, OK, by high school friends Steve Allen (guitar, vocals) and Ron Flynt (bass, vocals). They relocated to Los Angeles in 1977, adding Mike Gallo on drums, and began playing local clubs. Greg Shaw, the head of Bomp! Records, was impressed with their highly charged power pop and signed them to his label in 1978. The resulting single, "Giving It All / Under the Freeway," created enough interest in the band to secure a deal with Portrait Records. They added keyboardist Chris Silagyi and recorded their first LP, 20/20. This LP stands proudly as one of the power pop genre's best and most unique sounding, thanks to Earle Mankey's imaginative production trickery, creating one of the best debut albums to emerge from the new wave era. British influences (and slight traces of accents) infiltrated and mixed with their L.A. attitudes and Tulsa roots, never sounding less than sincere.

20/20 – 20/20 [LP Portrait 1979]