Apple - Apple EP (1980)

A1 - Look what You've Done To My Heart
A2 - I Don't Know
B1 - Woke Up This Morning
B2 - Free Spirit

A nice EP of 60's sounding Mod/Pop tracks from this Huddersfield* area 4 piece.

Garry Burns (Voc Guitar)
John Richards (Guitar Voc)
Nigel Greenwood (Bass Voc)
Simon Taylor (Drums Voc)

Released On Real To Reel Records
Recorded at Leader Sound Recording Studio, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Engineered by Bill Leader.

Dead wax Matrix (etched)
Side A RTRR EP1 A1   EG
Side B RTRR EP1 B1   EG
Another 45 Plated by Eddy Gorecki

* Their management Real To Reel Enterprises had a Huddersfield phone number.

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Catalist - You Linger On (1981)

b/w Dear Lynne

Great Punk/Powerpop from this Scottish (Drumchapel) 4 piece

Iain Tacey (Guitar Voc) Main Voc On You Linger On
Micky Williamson (Guitar)
John Corrigan (Bass Voc) Main Voc On Dear Lynne
Robert Sawers (Drums Voc)

The band formed at Kingsridge Secondary School in 1977 (The boys were all around 14) & folded in 1981 when school was over.

Produced by school friend David Kelt

Dead wax (etched) 

Side AA You Linger On -  CPS-057 A1  EG
Side A Dear Lynne - CPS-057 B1  EG 

Plated by Eddy Gorecki The CPS identifies the 45 to be pressed at Radio Edinburgh Limited (run by REL Records) 

Useless Info - The name Catalyst was suggested to them by a science teacher at Kingsridge. a swift spelling change & they were Catalist.
 
Both tracks were comped on Bored Teenagers Vol.14

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Head Office - Clicking In My Head (1981)

b/w Life In The City

Cool Mod Powerpop from this Newcastle based 5 piece (LtoR in the photo)

Dave Meroney, Anthony Forster, Rob Johnson (Voc)' Colin Stephenson, Frankie Nicholson

Released on Make Believe Records [HF 001]

Dead wax [stamped] except Pounda (etched)
Side A HF001 A 425    XX POLYGRAM POUNDA
Side B HF001 B 425    XX POLYGRAM

POUNDA = Geoff Pesche // Lacquer Cut At Tape One

The band name changed to Stripee Zebras some time after this release

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Go! - Special People (1983)

b/w Breakaway

2 sides of DIY Post Punk with Choppy Guitar, Groovy Bass and Funky Horns on the sole release from this Exeter based quintet.

Mark Randle (Voc Percussion)
Paul De Garis (Guitar Percussion)
Paul Hellier (Bass Percussion)
Geoff Webb (Drums Percussion)
Phil Wilmott Sax Percussion)

The labels have a recording date of 1982 but it wasn't Released until March '83

Dead Wax
Special People  LYN 12738 2UT   AM-095-A2    Utopia (DAK 1 A2)   
Breakaway  LYN 12739 1UT   AM-095-B

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The Wofflers Band - It's Sound EP (1980)

A1 - Fast Blast
A2 - When Tuesday Comes
B1 - Town With No Beer
B2 - The Wild Ones

Interesting New Wave Tunes on the sole release from this Selby area band 

Andy Atkinson (Voc)    

Al Markwell (Guitar)

Kenny Markwell (Guitar Voc)
Clive Hall (Bass Voc)
Paul Barrow (Drums)
Jem Corner-Walker (Sax)

Recorded - Cargo Studios Kenion Street, Rochdale 

[Feb 1980]
Engineered - John Brierley
Released - Split Cadet Records ‎[WB1]

In the early stages of the band Andy & Jem were also playing in the (11 Piece) York Based Band Motel & both went on to be in The Bogus Brothers

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Jon Eden - Top Of The Pops (1980)

b/w Concrete Dreams

Nice New Wave / Ska released On Imperial Records [IMP 1] Produced by Chuck Mace & with help from Duncan Bridgeman, Bob Kraushaar, Phil Smith & Mark King.

It was then re-worked & re-released a few months later [August 1980] as Working On The Land / Concrete Dreams [MCA 627] this time with the production duties from Nick Launay.

I'm not sure who Jon Eden was but he could of been the Actor [wearing the 2 cowboys T-shirt] who played in the 1980 Film Short "Knights Electric" - not the best plot-line but worth 25 mins of your time

Jon Eden

Useless Info - Charles Mace (voc,bass), Duncan Bridgeman  (keys) along with Richard Johnson (guitar) and Howard Tibble (drums) were the band Public Skool who had a hit around the same time [July 1980] with a cover of the Equals tune - Baby Come Back  

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Blasé The Band - Breaking Out (1982)

b/w I'm Your Man

Released on (BAM-BAM) Muzik [BB 001 / BB002]

The 45 is a Double A Side with the Dead Wax Matrix being
Breaking Out - BRS 013 S 82 CUS 1630 A
I'm Your Man - BRS 013 S 82 CUS 1630 B

I'm presuming due to the BRS prefix code [probably meaning it was recorded at Quest Studios In Luton] that the band were from the Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire area.

The Breaking Out label has "Many Thanks Viv & Barb" printed on it

That is pretty much I can tell you about the 45 apart from I'm Your Man is a great slice of 60's Garage RnB that sounds like early Inmates or The Cannibals at their wildest.

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Pseudonym - Brief Asides (1984)

b/w The Piper Calls The Tune

Nice Psychedelic Mod/Pop from this Portsmouth based 3 piece

Tony Dart (Voc Guitar)
Peter Gates (Voc Bass)
Dave Pilbeam (Drums)

with Additional Keys from Peter Robson

Peter, Tony & Dave

Released on their own PS Records [PSR 001 - SRT 4KS 219]

Engineered By Nick Wilde & cut at EMI Abbey Road By Harry Moss

As always if anyone can add to the post please leave a comment

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Zoom Club - I Can't Compete (1980)

b/w It's Not Fair

Sole 45 release for this Northampton band 

Before Zoom Club there was The Zipppz whose line up was

Wilf Woods (Voc Guitar) 
Martyn Smith (Guitar) Pre The ReTreads
Dougie Nichols (Bass) 
Neil (Jack) Arrowsmith (Drums)

Sometime mid 1978 Martyn left & was replaced by Reggie Cox (Guitar) & with Bertie Brown (Keys) joining a bit later, plus a name change they became the Zoom Club that released this powerpopper.

Other Members included at various times in the Zoom Club ranks were Dave Henderson, (Bass) Steve Musgrove, (Bass) Rob Coles (Guitar) Coach York (Drums) Chris Stiles (Drums) Alex Green (Sax Who also played in The Army)

 Reggie, Wilf , Chris Stiles (Jacks replacement), Dougie, Bertie

Useless info - Wilf worked at clothing emporium Acme Clothing Co [3 Wellingborough Road Northampton] & was later in The Gunslingers

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Arctic Raiders - Clockwork Boys (1981)

b/w Gentleman Jim

Here's some great New Wave on the sole release from this Hull 4 piece (1980-82)

Geoff Appleby (Voc Bass) ex Buzz / Screen Idols  
Keith 'Ched' Cheeseman (Guitar Voc) ex Buzz / Screen Idols   
Mick Greaves (Guitar Voc) 
Brian Chapman (Drums)

Produced at Fairview Studios in Hull by Roy Neave & the band.

Clockwork Boys was written by Brian Chapman, and the flip was written by Mike Greaves. During a radio interview of the band, Mike explained the story behind his song. 
"There was poor girl on a documentary, who was married with a couple of kids. The whole documentary was devoted to this family. The woman was just obsessed with Jim Reeves. She had the whole room decorated in pictures of Jim Reeves, she spent the whole family's income flying to the States to lay flowers at Jim Reeves' grave. She also reckoned that when she slept with her husband on a night she'd pretend that he was Jim Reeves!"

Geoff Brian Mike Ched

The 45 also had a Portuguese release 
Jim Reeves / Clockwork Boys [RCS – SPE 003]  

Arctic Raiders ceased to exist in '82 after Mick Greaves left. However the remaining 3 formed The MGBs primarily becoming a covers band. 
They recorded their own independent cassette Sweet and Sour to be distributed at gigs. 
Sweet n' Sour / Burn It / I Can Hear The Grass Grow / Hanging Around / I Fought The Law / Shove It / Working Class Hero / Got To Get Away / Here Comes The Sun / Bo Diddley Medley

Useless Info - Mick Greaves has more than a few song writing credits for the Beautiful South (Diamonds /Frank And Delores /One Man's Rubbish /A Way With The Blues /Nearer To God /A Piece Of Sky /Why Can't I /Missing Her Now)

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