BEATFOR83 - May Singles Weekender II

The Real Impossibles were Marc Platt (Lead Vocals and Guitar), Wally Giffen (bass), Harlan Steinberger (drums). This is their first single from 1984 "Burned", a great rock & roll tune that proves that the Reals learned his lessons well from the pioneering L.A. popmeisters the Nerves, The Beat and Plimsouls. This way, their 1986 EP, “Play Loud” was produced by Plimsouls’ front-man, Peter Case.
Platt’s experience in the music business goes back to the early 80s, first as an artist and then as an employee of Rhino Records, back when the record label was in its infant stages, then went on to play in a few bands, but his real success has been in songwriting songs for films and TV shows. He has a brand new release (March 2007) called “I’m So Awesome.”

The Real Impossibles - Burned [7" Backlash Records 1984]

The Remayns is an obscure pop psychedelic project which includes basically the band Freight Train (another psycho combo) with Cally Callomon (Nick Drake and Julian Cope’s ex-manager, also a veteran music industry art director and reissue producer who has also worked closely with Scott Walker), St John Nettleton who worked with Cally at Island designing record sleeves including some of Copes, and Donald Ross Skinner (Cope’s guitar player). Released an ep of four covers pressed in switzerland on multi-coloured vinyl and came out on the psychedelic specialits label Bam Caruso Records. “Why” from The Byrds, “Go Ahead” and “Going All The Way” from The Squires second and last 45, "Going All the Way"/"Go Ahead" (1966), anthologized on the earliest Pebbles volumes., and “Just Like Me” the Paul Revere & the Raiders' first big hit.
Remayns played a John Peel session, doing a pretty good cover version of Cope’s song Spacehopper.

The Remayns - Go Ahead [7" First Ep - Bam Caruso 198?]

The Squires - Go Ahead

The Red Rockers were a new wave band from New Orleans, Louisiana. They formed in 1979 by Jim Reilly, John Griffith, Darren Hill, James Singletary and Shawn Paddock. They are best known for their 1983 single "China", a quick and tight power pop tune, lean, and consistent with its bouncy rhythm and catchy chorus, deservedly became a modest hit.
Started out as a group of Clash-fanatics based in New Orleans. The original band name was The Rat Finks and change to Red Rockers inspired by the b-side of a single from local punk act The Dills "Red Rockers Rule”. The band re-locates to San

Francisco and signs to Howie Klein’s fledgling label 415 Records. Disbanded in

1985.
John Thomas Griffith now plays guitar and sings in the band Cowboy Mouth, which he co-founded in 1990 with Fred LeBlanc.

Red Rockers - China [7" CBS 1983]