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JUST ANOTHER POP ALBUM (1980)

As a request, the original Titan compilation

Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (286 mb)

Original post (11 May 2007) here

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VARIOUS - SOME SOUNDALIKES (2010)
As a request, the exclusive PPC compilation originally posted in 2010.
Original post here (5 May 2010)

Available for the first time in genuine lossless format and brand new lame 3.99 mp3

auCDtect files included (only one song was detected as MPEG 95 even though it was ripped from the official CD)

NOTE: ZS allows parallel downloads

Lossy: ZS1 + ZS2 (361 mb)

Lossless:
CD1: ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 + ZS4 (595 mb) 
CD2ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 + ZS4 (567 mb)

Click on pix for details

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VARIOUS - SOME SOUNDALIKES (2010) (erratum)
If you have previously downloaded  the mp3 version of this compilation, you sure have noticed that track 2 by the fab "Everyday Things" was missing in action - it has been re-upped here - just add the song to your CD2 folder and the collection will be complete.

CD2 Track 2here

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TRIBUTES OR NOT TRIBUTES (re)UP#2 (2006-2014)
Second re-up of the full set of the PPC Ttributes

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THE CLA$H
SOUNDS' BOARD GAME (1979)
As a request, another PPC exclusive

Here's the Clash' board game
featured in a december 1979 issue of Sounds
original posthere(22 April 2011)

LINK(184mb)

Here are the elements featured:

1 Board Game (70cm x 56cm or 27" x 21")
+ 8 A4 parts ready to be printed
10 Cl*sh Cards
10 Street Credibility Cards
4 band members (Joe, Mick, Paul & Topper)

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LOLAS - ELECTRIC CANDLELIGHTS (2015)
(Odds & Sods) 
The purpose of this fan-made PPC anthology has been to collect all of those japan bonus tracks and participations to various compilations. and tribute albums.

The Lolas are a rock'n'roll band with garage and bubblegum tendencies. The band formed around 1998, the brainchild of ex-Shame Idols Tim Boykin.

In the U.S, the band has released 4 albums, "Ballerina Breakout" (1999), "Silver Dollar Sunday" (2001), "Something You Oughta Know" (2004) and "Like The Sun" (2008).

There also were some abroad releases as the spanish collection "Silver & Gold" (2003) and "Doctor Apache" (2006) plus "Let's Rock, Rave And Shout With" (2006) which were released in Japan only. "Doctor Apache" was included 2 years later on "Like The Sun" minus one song "Nobodeh", three cuts from "Let's Rave" were also added.

The first three albums were also reissued in Japan with bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere even though some were remixed and included on "Like The Sun", and the fab Lolas were also featured on various compilations or tribute albums.

I made a complete set of artwork for this PPC compilation, it's available in both lossy and lossless formats.

Special note: The first reader to guess why this collection has been entitled "Electric Candlelights" will win nothing. It's just for the fun.

Lossy: ZS (167mb)
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 (510 mb)

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MARBLES - MARBLES (2006)
The album available only in vinyl was a compilation of the Marbles recordings from the mid-to-late 70's.

The Marbles were taken under the wing of Alan Betrock, editor of Punk's local rival, New York Rocker, and thrown into a studio or two. You can snag one side of their debut, "Red Lights", on the essential ROIR compilation The Great New York Singles Scene. It is a stunning intro to what woulda-coulda-shoulda been a hit-bound future for the Marbles: ebullient, bright, catchy as all hell, with a characteristic and gorgeous four-part harmony bridge. The single even got them noticed by their punk brethren in London, eliciting a thumbs-up in one British magazine from that most commercially-minded member of the Clash, Mick Jones. The second and remaining Marbles release, "Forgive and Forget"/"Computer Cards", ups the Powerpop ante, both songs being as tuneful as the debut, yet more sophisticatedly arranged, thus more challenging. "Computer Cards" in particular, is a vocal tour-de-force, all four Marbles taking the listener from robotic unison to wondrous, enveloping rushes of Bowery-barbershop bliss.

There were even more Marbles tunes - now relegated to the occasional, hard-to-find bootleg tape - that ideally would have propelled them into the charts and hearts of American music fans, songs like the Left Banke - stately "She's In Movies", and the near-flawless melodic splendor of "Closing Me Down" (the band's contribution to A. Poe and I. Kral's flawed but definitive cinematic document of the period, The Blank Generation).

Needless to say, though, it didn't turn out that way, though they did manage to tour as far South as Washington D.C., playing at the turbulently ruled Atlantis (now 930) Club. In fact, therein lies a killer anecdote: the band was sightseeing earlier on their day in the Nation's Capitol, at one point finding themselves waiting on line for the tour of the Washington Monument. A fellow tourist clocked them, all Beatle hair and pre-Knack skinny ties, and asked who they were. When told that they were an honest-to-God rock band, they were then asked in so many words to prove it. The four Marbles then proceeded to present to all and sundry in proximity a spot-on, four-part accapella version of "Computer Cards". The reaction of the tourists is yet to be documented.
 
Special note: The album includes the usual set of custom artwork. The vinyl transfer was made last summer during vacation when my old mate Pierre came in my beautiful countryside with a pile of scarce LP's.
 
Lossy: ZS (102 mb)
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (256 mb)

Songs
1 Leaving / 2 Free World / 3 Jailbait / 4 Red Lights / 5 She's Cool / 6 You Tomorrow / 7 She's In Movies / 8 Closing Me Down / 9 Listen To The Kid / 10 Computer Cards / 11 Fire And Smoke / 12 Forgive And Forget

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BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY (1978-1981)
As a request, re-up of the singles and albums

 After the friendly split with The Motors, Bram Tchaikovsky formed a power trio with Micky Broadbent on bass and ex- Heavy Metal Kid Keith Boyce on drums. The original name of the band was Battle Axe, quickly changed to Bram Tchaikovsky. That's the reason why the very first 12" was called Battle Axe and released on Criminal Records before signing with Radar. Bram wanted The Motors to record "Sarah Smiles" on the Approved album but there was some kind of personal conflict with Andy McMaster, so Bram kept this gem of a powerpop classic for his own band.

Nick Garvey went to produce all of the Bram Tchaikovsky first recordings, including another 12" for Criminal Records plus the first and third Bram's albums. None of the original Criminal versions have been reissued on CD.

BATTLEAXE (12" Criminal EP BRAM 1)
Sarah Smiles / Turn On The Light / Bloodline
Lossy: ZS (29 mb)
Lossless: ZS (87 mb)

LULLABY OF BROADWAY (12" Criminal EP BRAM 5)
Lullaby Of Broadway / Rock 'n' Roll Cabaret / (Who Wants To Be A) Criminal
Lossy: ZS (21 mb)
Lossless: ZS (61 mb)

GIRL OF MY DREAMS (2 x 7" Radar ADA 28)
Girl Of My Dreams (single version) / Come Back / Robber (Live) / Whiskey & Wine (Live)
Lossy: ZS (40 mb)
Lossless: ZS (103 mb)

 I'M THE ONE THAT'S LEAVING (7" Radar Single ADA 37)
I'm The One That's Leaving / Amelia
Lossy: ZS (32 mb)
Lossless: ZS (68 mb)

Bram Tchaikovsky signed to the new Radar label in 1978 along with Stiff expatriates Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello. The band showed a great deal of promise with their first album, Strange Man Changed Man, fitting in nicely with the growing power pop movement. "Strange Man, Changed Man" remains Bram Tchaikovsky's finest moment. Produced by his former Motors bandmate Nick Garvey on a shoestring budget, the resulting thin sound only serves to enhance the songs which owe as much to '60s pop as they do to pub/punk rock. The pure pop of "Girl of My Dreams" (a minor hit in the U.S.) perfectly encapsulates late-'70s Brit-pop and stands as one of the classic singles of the era

STRANGE MAN, CHANGED MAN (1979, Reissue 2007)
Lossy: ZS (100 mb)
Lossless: ZS1  + ZS2 (310 mb)

"The Russians Are Coming" was released in 1980 with an added member. Dennis Forbes had been brought in to play guitar and The Rumour's Bob Andrews helped keyboards on the "Pressure" track. Due to the cold war of the time, the original title had to be changed to "Pressure" when it was released in the USA. The track list was also modified and a new artwork elaborated. Though not as brilliant as "Strange Man, Changed Man", this album had some fine songs (specially the great "Can't Give You Reasons"). The original british album was briefly reissued on CD in Japan, and is quite hard to find. "Pressure" was never reissued. This is the CD reissue

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING (1980, Reissue Japan 1998)
Lossy: ZS (100 mb)
Lossless: ZS1  + ZS2 (300 mb)

After the first two albums "Strange Man, Changed Man" bringing the unforgettable "Girl Of My Dreams", and "The Russians Are Coming" (retitled "Pressure" in the USA 'cause of the cold war), Micky Broadbent left the band due to personal conflict with Bram Tchaikovsky about the leadership. The band themselves left Radar and signed to Arista. Funland was produced by Nick Garvey and recorded at Rockfield studios in 1981 with a brand new line-up of Tchaikovsky, Forbes, Lord Richard Itchingham playing bass, and Derek Ballard playing drums. An old Motors B-side, "Soul Surrender," was recorded as an afterthought by Bram, Garvey and deputized drummer Hilly Michaels. It would be the last album by the band. Bram then retired from music business.

FUNLAND (1981) (Not available on CD)
Lossy: ZS (106 mb)
Lossless: ZS1  + ZS2 (255 mb)

Bram Tchaikovsky and his band toured the USA in 1979. The show was recorded at the Paradise Theatre in Boston, Ma on the 14th of October. It was aired on WNEW FM. The quality of the recording is quite excellent. Fifteen songs (12 well-known plus 2 covers such as Jimi Hendrix's Red House and Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock never offially recorded). The performance has never been officially released. I made a special artwork for the blog.

PARADISE THEATRE, BOSTON (1979) (Unofficial)
Lossy: ZS (147 mb)
Lossless: ZS1  + ZS2 + ZS3 (397 mb)

Original posts
Singles (13 May 2007)
Funland (13 May 2007)
Paradise Theatre, Boston (9 September 2007)

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THE LEFT BANKE - VOICES CALLING (1986)
 
Re-upped by request
Original post (11 May 2007) here
 
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (235mb)

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VARIOUS - THE POCKET SYMPHONIES TO GOD (2008)

Re-upped by request

Please read the original post here (22 June 2008)

CD1: Lossy ZS(191 mb)or Lossless ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 (532 mb)

CD2: Lossy ZS(180 mb)or Lossless ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3(519 mb)

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VANCE OR TOWERS (1975)
This short-lived mid-1970s quartet (drummer Dan Protheroe, singer/guitarist Michael Towers, drummer Jim Said, and singer/keyboard player Glen Vance) are pretty obscure.  In fact outside of power-pop collectors, the only folks who might even have a clue they exist are the 100 or so people who are obsessed with the horror flick "Carrie". Kind of strange, but their cameo role in the film playing the band that performs during the infamous prom scene seems to have provided them with their closest brush with popular success.

Signed by A&M, the label apparently hoped to market Towers and Vance as teen fodder. Unfortunately, A&M doesn't seem to have put a great deal of time or effort into the plan.  That was a poor marketing decision since these guys had more than their share of talent. Produced by Tom Gamache, 1975's "Vance or Towers" showcased a sterling set of Brit-influenced power pop. Featuring eleven Vance-Towers penned originals these guys had a knack for writing and performing highly commercial, top-40 oriented material. Imagine The Raspberries with a more distinctive English influence..

NEVER REISSUED ON CD

Special note: The album includes the usual set of custom artwork. The vinyl transfer was made last summer during vacation when my old mate Peter came in my beautiful countryside with a pile of scarce LP's.
 
Lossy: ZS (95 mb)
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (216 mb) 
 
Songs
1 Do Whatever We Want 3:16 / 2 City Boy 2:32 / 3 Love Me Lady 3:10 / 4 Education Blues 2:53 / 5 Sunday Sky 2:57 / 6 The Presence Of Her Absence 2:28 / 7 It's Up To You 3:03 / 8 Over The Hills And Back 3:16 / 9 Don't It Getcha 2:54 / 10 Drivin' To Drinkin' 2:18 / 11 Scream Bloody Robbery 2:27

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VARIOUS - 21st CENTURY SANTA (Christmas Special) (2015)
Enjoy the spirit of Christmas...  After nine years of Christmas Power Pop, i'm really proud to share with all the PPC readers the 10thcollection. This new compilation is the first one to include an amazing Christmas song performed in french by Tommy Lorente (his first album was ranked #44 in the 2014 David Bash Top 125).

21st Century Santa is available in both lossy and lossless formats.
All the songs included on this collection were compiled from CD's or official digital downloads. Out of the 26 songs, auCDtect found 1 song (from an official CD) as MPEG 95%.

Full artwork included

lossy: ZS (320 lame 3.99) (196 mb)
lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 (FLAC 8) (575 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved
 

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LITTLE BOB STORY - OFF THE RAILS (1977)


 
Re-upped by request
Original post (26 March 2010) here
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (240mb)

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THE ADVENT WALL OF SOUND 2015



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9thAWoS, ZS Hosts, PPC (choose your acronym).
So, for the 9th year, here's the PPC AWoS. From the 1st of December to the 24th of December, everyday you'll have to click on one slice of the image. Everyday, each compartment will show a new album never posted before on this blog. Each post will be available for just one day (or maybe two, it will depend). Don't click on a part before the day or somebody could be hurt. Now you can enjoy the spirit of Power Pop. And of course, feel free to comment everyday.

Clues
Day 1 : # Info (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)
Day 2 : # Info (1)
Day 3 : Info (1)
Day 4 : #Info (1)
Day 5 : # Info (1)
Day 6 : # Info (1 + 2)
Day 7 : # Info (1) 

Day 8 : # Info (1) 
Day 9 : # Info (1 + 2)
Day 10 : # Info (1)
Day 11 : # Info (1) (1st song was misssing - fully reupped)
Day 12 : # Info (1 + 2)
Day 13 : # Info (1 + 2 + 3)
Day 14 : # Info (1)

Day 15 : # Info (1)
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Day 18 : # Info (1)
Day 19 : # Info (1)   enter PASSWORD (the caps were on....)
Day 20 : # Info (1)
Day 21 : # Info (1)

Day 22 : # Info (1)
Day 23 : # Info (1)
Christmas Eve : # Info (1)

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Merry Christmas Everybody


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PPC BOXING DAY 2015
Here are some surprise gifts for the 7th PPC Boxing Day

This year, Boxing Day is gonna be a double one again because Mario who is a PPC reader from the very early days has made his own AWoS, and as the AWoS was quite excellent, i've decided to share it on PPC as a bonus Boxing Day (with his kind authorization)

All Mario's rips are genuine 320 lame 3.99 with full artwork
Links are 320 mp3 (ZS) 
ZS allows parallel downloads
Please read below and grab what you want or need. Enjoy

TRY SOME, BUY SOME


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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016
May this New Year brings you more hooks than ever
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FOOLS FACE - TELL AMERICA (1981)
From 1981, here’s one of the finest new wave power pop albums you’ve never heard of, and you’re not alone. Tell America, the second long-player from Springfield Missouri’s finest, Fools Face. I take that back – you might’ve heard of ‘em if you read Trouser Press or Creem back in the day – they shouted Fools Face from the rooftops but no one listened.  And no one bought.  So finding these original albums today is a whole lot harder than, say, the first two Knack albums and this is much better.  If you dig those first two Knack albums, or the Shoes, or 20/20, Marshall Crenshaw, XTC and Elvis Costello for that matter, chances are you’ll really dig Fools Face. Sure, they’re no longer around to take your ticket money, but I’m sure they’ll be happy to know you got there eventually. 30 years later.

If the Beatles had survived into the 80’s with their dignity intact, they might’ve sounded like this. “American Guilt” even quotes the Fab Four: “When push comes to shove, all we need is love.” But all hippie sentimentality is confined solely to the lyrics - the music is pure unadulterated guitar pop, the purity of which you could ONLY find in the smack-dab middle of America - Springfield Missouri - where the disco electro nightclub and new romantic import scene hasn’t infiltrated. “Maiden USA” is not only a great title, but a stone-cold power pop new wave GEM, with a monster guitar riff that any of those fancy major label bands would’ve killed for. “Behind Bars” is a bouncy new wave dance tune at breakneck speed with paranoid nerd rock vocals that sound a lot like Devo (who were middle America too) and the herky jerky skittish rhythms of XTC (who were middle UK I guess). “Valentine” is a solid slice of Knack-alike pop, but with a much more paranoid and ominous undercurrent than anything the happy-go-lucky “My Sharona” boys could ever muster.  And “L5” is perhaps the single GREATEST lost power pop hit of the 80’s, a breathtaking catchy slice of pounding power pop about space colonization that should have been a standout track on one of those Just Can’t Get Enough CDs.  It wasn’t, of course, and despite this being one of the best pop albums of the decade, so few people have heard it today, and it ain’t even out on CD, those bastids. Tell America is not just a title, it’s a request.  And with pop music in a more sorry state than ever today, it’s your civic duty.  So go on, Tell America how great Fools Face was.  Better late than never.

NEVER REISSUED ON CD
Special note: The album includes the usual set of custom artwork. The vinyl transfer was made last summer during vacation when my old mate Peter came by my beautiful countryside with a pile of scarce LP's.
 
lossy: ZS(320 mp3 lame 3.99 - 122mb)
lossless: ZS1 + ZS2(FLAC 8 - 310mb)

Songs
1 American Guilt 3:12 / 2 Maiden U.S.A 2:18 / 3 Whatever 3:04 / 4 Land Of The Hunted 3:18 / 5 Stand Up 2:44 / 6 Behind Bars 1:58 / 7 Telephone Time 3:23 / 8 L5 3:47 / 9 (Gotta Get) A Letter To You 3:00 / 10 Won't Make It Hard For You 3:04 / 11 Valentine 3:17 / 12 Bop Man 2:08 / 13 Nothing To Say 1:57 / 14 The Truth 2:00

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AWoS 2015 - AWoS 2015 - AWoS 2015 - AWoS 2015 - AWoS 2015
 
I've got some messages asking for a a re-up of the special event called AWoS. Usually AWoS is available for a limited time only, but here's the AWoS text file with all the links. Some links could be down, so grab what you can and enjoy. There will be no re-up.

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BOXING DAY 2015 ERRATUM
 
If you have downloaded this album shared during Boxing Day,
one song was incomplete. Here it is in its full length. Click here

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TRIBUTES OR NOT TRIBUTES Vol 10 (2016)

After an overlong 22 months hiatus, "Tributes or Not Tributes" is back with a 10th volume and just like Johnny Ramone used to say:

"Go back and learn the history. Go back to the beginning of rock 'n'roll and listen to everything that went down".

The collection is available in both formats (lossy and lossless)
with the usual set of artwork (booklet + inner + inlay + tray)

 mp3 (320 lame 3.99) 
CD1 (196mb) + CD2 (184mb)

flac 8
CD1: 1+2+ 3+ 4 (582 mb)
CD2:1 + 2 + 3 (552 mb)
(CDDA auCDtect included - 4 files were detected as MPEG)

Previous collections are still available.
2008 - The Return Of Tributes or not Tributes
(500.000 Blog Fans Can't Be Wrong)
CD1 + CD2
2013 - Tributes or Not Tributes Vol. 8 (Never Mind The Originals)
CD1 + CD2
2014 - Tributes or Not Tributes Vol. 9(Back To The Tributes)
CD1 + CD2
CD

TRIBUTES OR NOT TRIBUTES VOL 1->9 (2006-2014)
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