Total Coelo - I Eat Cannibals

(From the I Eat Cannibals single, 1983 Chrysalis; On 12" vinyl; Found at Christian Sharing Center on 17-92 in Longwood, Florida for .50 cents)

Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses

I've been pretty lazy lately; Not much thrifting and even less desire to borrow a computer to post with. So rather post something that I think most people who read this blog haven't heard, I'm going to post something that most people who read this blog probably have heard. Why? Well, because I've been a long time fan of Echo and the Bunnymen, since I was a frail goth kid in high school so there's that. But also because this is just a really pleasant song. I love disco, soul and the cheesier side of new-wave a lot, which is why that is the majority of the stuff that ends up here. But the roots of my musical taste reside in the realm of goth, post-punk and the more serious side of new-wave. So this week, I'm going to go back to my roots, as I did in the Xymox post and post something that helped shape my taste. And like always this record is from a thrift store so I'm not just posting something off my iPod.

Enjoy.


(From Songs to Learn and Sing, 1985 Sire/Korova; On 12" vinyl; Found at Community Thrift on Orange ave. for $1.95)

Time Bandits - Live it Up

Ok, so it's time to come clean about the lack of posts lately. I don't really like to talk about personal hardships, but my computer got struck by lightning about 3 weeks ago. I've been trying to post when I can get a hold of a computer so it might be like this for a bit until I can get a hold of a permanent computer. But I do promise to update at least once a week every week so don't be a stranger to the site.

I couldn't get an image for this one or scan it in because this laptop isn't cooperating with my scanner but the cover isn't really what it's all about anyway. Standard Nandy markings throughout: an ND written on a yellow sticker on the cover and a big asterisk on the b-side label. Music-wise it's a little bit of everything that Nandy and I dig: disco, funk and new-wave. Enjoy.


(From Live it Up 12" single, 1982 CBS/Columbia; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Heaven 17 - Play To Win + Proof Nandy is from New York City as predicted

Remember this?:

I'm also assuming that Nandy is from New York, because three of the records from the collection are compilations produced by New York radio stations.

Well, I was right. I took a closer inspection of Nandy's copy of Heaven 17's single "Play To Win" and found half peeled-off pricing sticker with the word "Bondy's" barely exposed at the top. So, I thought that I could finally pin down whether or not she was from New York by doing a simple Google search and sure enough, the fourth search result for "Bondy's" gave me an address in New York City. Here's the map.

I figure this would be as good a time as any to compile what I know about Nandy so far and maybe speculate about who she might be. First of all I now know that she lived in New York. I also know that she lived in NYC at least from 1982 to 1987 because I have three compilations from New York radio stations that wouldn't be available in stores for long, so they couldn't have been acquired anytime much later than that. I would speculate that she lived in NYC sometime before '82 though, because of the era these records span. I would guess from about 1976 to 1992, but that can't be proven.

Also, I have a pretty healthy stack of Spanish language records all baring Nandy's name. I have guessed that she was of Latino decent early on and I still maintain that guess. But, I am not completely sold on that notion yet.

Finally, and most importantly, I know that Nandy is a slave for extended dance mixes. If a record has an extended mix, it's circled or starred. Always. That's not to say she doesn't dig the single cut, but she loves an extended mix.

Hopefully more can be revealed about Nandy in the future. I still haven't figured out why she draws a giant capital I with black magic marker on some records. I'm guessing she is pointing out the tracks that she digs but it just seems like an odd choice of symbol.

But I digress. So without further ado, here is the record that proved without a doubt where some, if not all, of these records came from: Heaven 17's "Play To Win".


A-Side


B-Side

(Both tracks from Play to Win, 1981 Virgin/B.E.F; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Heaven 17:

(Belated) B-Side: Nu Shooz - Make Your Mind Up

This is a little late but here is the B-Side to the I Can't Wait 45, "Make Your Mind Up".


(From I Can't Wait single, 1986 Atlantic; On 45RPM record; Found at Goodwill of Deland, 17-92 location for .69 cents)

Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

This week, a rare (good) American new-wave track. One of my favorite dance tracks of all time, I Can't Wait by Nu Shooz. I'll throw on the B-Side later this week if enough people download this one.


(From I Can't Wait single, 1986 Atlantic; On 45RPM record; Found at Goodwill of Deland, 17-92 location for .69 cents)

More Nu Shooz: