BEATFOR107 - December Singles Weekender II

The first single from The Shake Shakes, Beatfor97 for the second one. Classic pop, recalling the heyday of the British Invasion with their exquisitely crafted melodies and achingly gorgeous harmonies. One of the obscure great power pop singles of the 1970s.

The Shake Shakes - You Can Run [7' Notown Records 1979]

Another vintage favourite pop song. The Noogs were a power pop group from New York in the 80's, who were discovered by Bill Kern (Beat Bad Records owner label) in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY. This first single by the Noogs, released in 1979, contains two of their best songs - the catchy "Everybody Loves You" and "Why Not," which has a reggae feel.

The Noogs - Everybody Loves You [Beat Bad Records 1980]

Guitarist Dean Chamberlain had been a founding member of the original Motels with Martha Davis. Moving to L.A. and leaving that band forming his own personal version of the great, American rock ’n’ roll band, with drummer Randall Marsh and bassist Gary Tibbs (Vibrators, Roxy Music) completing the Code Blue lineup. Despite three good musicians, some decent material and lofty artistic aspirations, the lack of any really killer tracks doomed their first LP to prompt oblivion. “Face To Face” was a touching memory of a high school girlfriend, without a doubt the best singalong.

Code Blue - Face To Face [ 7' Warner 1980]

What should be the disctinctive feature of a good song? This is a fine example : 1:54 minutes of catchy pop, punchy rock with copious hooks.
Four lads from the Netherlands released two singles in the golden age of powerpop : “Tomorrow”, “Bad Boy”, and the album “Bad Boy”. Ronald Welgemoed (singer/songwriter) is now the country-folk outfit Rebel.

Rotjoch - Tomorrow [7' Egmond/Polydor 1981]