BEATFOR98 - September Singles Weekender II

Following the footprints traced by The Hoodoo Gurus and many other jangle rock australian bands, Ups & Downs were a Brisbane group who grew from being another paisley shirts band. The name was derived from a track on the Flamin' Groovies 1978 album, Now. So you can expect which sound housed this second single, guitars, guitars and guitars...

Ups And Downs - The Perfect Crime [7' Waterfront Records. Aus 1985]







All I’ve ever wanted from pop music is here, a gentle, beguiling rhythm leads you, sucks you under its carefree beat, and just as you're being lulled into tranquility, a fuzzed guitar spark furiously. Great song. Hellfire Sermons were formed in Liverpool, England in 1987 largely from the ashes of another Liverpool band, The Decemberists.


Hellfire Sermons - H.O.N.E.Y.M.O.O.N. [7' Esurient Communications. Uk 1989]



Sailing aboard the ‘Quaker City’ steamship in 1867, Mark Twain wrote ‘Innocents Abroad’ during his trip through Europe and the Holy Land. These Innocents Abroad were a late 80’s Liverpool band strongly influenced by the best pre-Warners REM. Released this five songs ep and album in 1990.

Innocents Abroad - If I Try [12' Quaker City ep. Stormfield Records Uk 1986]




Robin Wills (cult name The Barracudas) made a pair of albums with a group called the Fortunate Sons (originally a trio, but later a quartet with Chris Wilson), with no success in Uk and a great acknowledgement in some european countries. Plenty of 12 strings guitars and rock ‘n’ roll. From the ‘Rising’ album, a slice of pop-groovie with Sometimes You Win, and the b side (only here) a delicious good-time country-rocker with a slightly dark edge cover of the Papas’ John Phillips ‘Me And My Uncle’.
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Fortunate Sons - Sometimes You Win / Me And My Uncle [7' Bam Caruso 1986].