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THE QUICK - MONDO DECO (1976)

As a request, a scarce item that never made it to CD.
It was granted a limited edition reissue of 125 on vinyl in 2009 by Radio Heartbeat.

price range goes from $25 to $85 (or higher)

Lossless: 1 + 2 (258 mb)

Original post (9 May 2007) here

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BOMP ISSUE #17 (November 1977)
Started in 2010 on PPC, the BOMP issues were slowly posted and issue #17 was the last one that hadn't been shared until today.

After a 3 year hiatus, be ready for England's Screaming. It's 1977 again

As usual, the vintage ads have been included. Enjoy.

 

Info
Format PDF (scans 400dpi) - Acrobat Reader 11.0 and others
bookmarks added - direct access to features
complete issue: 64 pages !!! (vintage advertisements included)
 
ZS (23mb)

Issues 15-16-18-19-20 have been re-upped and are again available
Issue 15: ZS (17mb) original post April 2010
Issue 16: ZS (23mb) original post November 2013
Issue 17: ZS (23mb) original post March 2016
Issue 18: ZS (28mb) original post April 2010
Issue 19: ZS (22mb) original post April 2010
Issue 20: ZS (17mb) original post April 2010

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RASPBERRIES - REFRESHED (2000)
It's hard to picture power pop masters the Raspberries without singer Eric Carmen, but that's exactly what happened to the group during the early 21st century. After an attempt at a reunion (with Carmen) failed to materialize during the late '90s, the other Raspberries -- original member/guitarist Wally Bryson, plus latter-day members Scott McCarl (guitar) and Dave Smalley (bass) -- decided to go through with a reunion despite Carmen's non-participation. Filling in the gaps in the studio were Los Angeles-based session man Brian Barham on keyboards and the Tearaways' Jesse Benenati on drums, which resulted in the first all-new studio recording credited to the Raspberries in 26 years, 2000's Refreshed. Wisely not straying far from the group's original sound (a perfect blend of pop melody and riff rock), the trio successfully resuscitates the classic Raspberries sound over six tracks. With the songwriting credits equally distributed between all three members, Refreshed shows that Carmen wasn't the only talent in the band. That said, you can't help but think what the tracks would have sounded like if Carmen was in on the fun as well. Highlights include the Beatlesque "When Is Your Dream?," the up-tempo "Pop Teasers," and the obligatory love song, "Someone Like You."Refreshed is a fine little memento for longtime fans who wondered what the Raspberries would sound like in the 21st century. ~ AMG 

Lossless: ZS (148mb)

Songs
1 Would You Say Yes Again? / 2 When Is Your Dream? / 3 Pop Teasers / 4 Someone Like You / 5 Love in My Eyes / 6 Rock 'N' Roll Kids

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A FEW RE-UPS (lossless)
DAVID WERNER - DAVID WERNER (1979)


As a request, another gem that never made it to CD.

Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (297 mb)

Original post (12 June 2007) here





THE WISHNIAKS - ALL DRESSED UP & NOWHERE TO GO (1992)

As a request, another gem that never made it to CD.

Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (211 mb)

Original post (8 May 2007) here






THE EYES OF MIND - TALES OF THE TURQUOISE UMBRELLA (1984)
 
As a request, another gem that never made it to CD.
 
Lossless:ZS1 + ZS2(217 mb)

Original post (27 May 2007)here





 FLYING COLOR - FLYING COLOR (1987, Expanded 1996)
 
As a request, a gem that made it to CD.
 
Lossless:ZS1 + ZS2(288 mb)

Original post (19 September 2013)here
 

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VARIOUS - SUMMER PARTY! (2016)
"Summer Party!" is the eighth PPC compilation of Summer songs
Again, this shiny sunshine collection is available
in lossy and lossless formats
with the usual PPC set of artwork

Summer 2016
320 lame 3.99 (190 mb): here
FLAC 8 (570 mb): 1 - 2 -3
Click on pix for the details of the bands involved
  
All the previous PPC summer compilations are still available (320 mp3)
you can give a look at them and dream of a bright future
even though you've got to wear shades. 

2009Summer Songs (details here): 1 + 2
2010Summer Songs Vol. 2 (details here): 1
2011Back To The Summer Of... (details here): 1
2012Hooks On The Beach (details here): 1
2013In Search For The Perfect Hook (details here): 1
2014 Summer PowerPop Man! (detailshere): 1
2015 Lonely Summer (detailshere): 1

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VARIOUS - THE POCKET SYMPHONIES TO GODVol. 2 (2016)


Eight years after the first compilation i've finally made a sequel to "The Pocket Symphonies To God", working all summer long on this new volume. For info, only 6 artists (out of 52) of this new volume can also be found on the first one.

Again this is a 2CD-set and it comes with the usual PPC artwork including all details about the artists featured here. The compilation was made with lossless files only (minus one) though a few songs (either from CD or from digital downloads) appear to be lossy mastered - check the auCDtect files included in the FLAC folders.

NOTE: ZS allow parallel downloads
pwd: password

ARTWORK (400dpi): ZS (16 mb) 

CD1: Lossy ZS(179 mb)or Lossless ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 (522 mb)

CD2: Lossy ZS(180 mb)or Lossless ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3(518 mb)

Click on pix for the details of the bands involved

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YELLOW PILLS ISSUE #9 (1998)
Jordan Oakes began publishing his seminal power pop 'zine, "Yellow Pills" in the summer of 1990 out of pure teenage puppy love for riffing, jangly guitars, fake British accents and harmonizing voices that ache with pimply adolescent yearning. Issue #9 was the last one to be printed

PDF (12 pages, 400dpi scans) complete with bookmarks
 
ZS (4,1 mb)

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CONCERTS

Some concerts from the Alta Tension Association
previously shared on PPC
with jewel case custom artwork by PPC
(artwork sometimes inspired by some classic ones)

MYRACLE BRAH
LANDS ON THE SALA MATISSE (2004)
 ZS
FARRAH
LIVE AT THE SALA MATISSE (2004)
DANIEL WYLIE
SALA MATISSE, VALENCIA (2008)

SPLITSVILLE
PRESENTS THE GREENBERRY WOODS (2001)
(An Acoustic Show)
 

CHRIS VON SNEIDERN
COLEGIO LUIS VIVES, VALENCIA (2001)
 

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SILLY BOYS - WANT YOU! (1982) (MLP)

Jordan Oakes review, Yellow Pills #6
Undoubtedly, these Silly Boys were part of the powerpop hard core, otherwise how can explain they released this kind of record ... in 1982 ? First off, the sleeve showed two guys in vintage '70s (three-piece) suits... Not quite a treasure perhaps, but sort of a buried... uh, silver dollar, this five-songer is pure new wave-era (but not new wave in sound) power-pop, which means Knack-like pounces of guitar, and gooey/lovey lyrics epitomized by the titles : "High School Crush","Corner Telephone" and "Subway Romance" (and two others). This two-man band had obviously spend some time listening to the great pop groups of the day (Shoes, Records, L.A. power-pop et al), and went about trying to recreate the magic of those bands without knowing exactly how the trick is done. And of course it wasn't a trick after all, but that other "t"-word talent, which wasn't in abundance in the Silly Boys' repertoire. Still, The EP is full of catchy hooks and the sort of specific power-pop fun -- early eighties style -- that can never, and will never, be created again.

Lossless: ZS(100 mb)

Songs
1 High School Crush 3:10
2 Corner Telephone 2:52
3 Subway Romance 2:48
4 Better Than Blue 2:57
5 Knock 'Em Rock 'Em 2:30

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VARIOUS - SO LONG CHRISTMAS (2016)
As you know, this year i wasn't able to bring the annual AWoS, due to various reasons. But i did my best to compile a new volume of Christmas songs.

"So Long Christmas" is the 11th collection brought to you by PPC.

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas...Merry Christmas everybody

Full artwork included

  ZS (320 lame 3.99) (192 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved
 Only the 2015 collection is still available

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017
May this New Year brings you better hooks than ever
•?((¯°·._.• ⓗⓐⓟⓟⓨ ⓝⓔⓦ ⓨⓔⓐⓡ •._.·°¯))؟•
 
surprise gift
 
clickhere

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THE TEXTONES - MIDNIGHT MISSION (1984)
It exists 3 different reissues in CD format (1996 on Varèse Sarabande, 2001 on Acadia and 2015 on Omnivore) every release being more and more brickwalled...). The original LP was released in 1984 but this one differs from the other vinyl editions because of a sticker "Album Remix by Jimmy Iovine and Thom Pannunzio except "Midnight Mission" by Jimmy Iovine".As far as i know, this edition has never been reissued.
Songs
1. Standing In The Line (03:56) / 2. Hands Of The Working Man (04:06) / 3. No Love In You (03:22) / 4. Running (03:34) / 5. Number One Is To Survive (04:31) / 6. Midnight Mission (04:20) / 7. Upset Me (03:37) / 8. Luck Don't Last Forever (04:37) / 9. Clean Cut Kid (05:29) / 10. See The Light (05:08)

Lossy:: ZS(151mb)
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2(340 mb)

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JOHNNY MOPED - DARLING, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER BABY (1978)
One of the best power pop songs of the era
(different version from the LP)

Songs ("Chiswick" red letters label)
A– Darling, Let's Have Another Baby
B1– Something Else / B2– It Really Digs

Lossless: ZS (51 mb)

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THE SNIVELLING SHITS - TERMINAL STUPID (1977)
This is the edition with a jukebox centre and injection-moulded labels stating Made in France.

Issued on Ghetto Rockers, a reggae subsidiary of Island Records used to circumvent EMI's control over Island's product, an earlier UK pressing on solid-centre paper labels ran to only a maximum of about 1500 copies as the plant supposedly raised reservations over the band's name.
Thanks to fellow New Musical Express journalist Monty Smith, the record became single of the week on the weekly's 6th August 1977 edition and was hurriedly re-pressed in France in greater quantities and distributed in October, this time with large centre-hole plastic labels and in the same picture sleeve.

Songs
A– Terminal Stupid (02:54)
B– I Can't Come! (06:20)

Lossless: ZS (67mb)

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THE BOYFRIENDS (& The Poppees) - LOST TREASURES (2005)
Originally posted in 2013 on PPC
 
The collection is now fetching ridiculous prices
here it is in lossless format
 
Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2  (290 mb)

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THE VIBRATORS - WE VIBRATE (1976)
Rare French edition of the first Vibrators single

Songs
A– We Vibrate (02:09)
B– Whips And Furs (02:21)

Lossless: ZS (40mb)

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GENERATION X - YOUR GENERATION (1977)
Test Pressing released by the band. White label
1000 copies. the versions are different from the regular single.

Songs
A– Your Generation
B– Listen

Lossless: ZS (42 mb)

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THE VANDALIAS - BUILD THIS HOUSE (1992)
Originally posted in 2007 on PPC
but first time in lossless today 
ZS (61 mb)

Songs
1. Build This House (02:56)
2. I'd Be A Boy (04:03)

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STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING Vol 1 Number 5
(April-May 1989)

Re-upped by request

British magazine "Strange Things Are Happening" was launched in March 1988 and had only 7 issues until Spring 1990.

Originally posted here (2010, November 26)

PDF(50 pages) (16 mb)

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THE SOMELOVES - KNOW YOU NOW (1988)
7" mix exclusive to this limited edition single
until it was included on the anthology "Don't Talk About Us" (2006)

ZS (77mb)

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