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Strawberry Switchblade – ‘I Can Feel’ – Japanese 7″ (Korova P-2074, 1986)

‘I Can Feel’ was the final single release by Strawberry Switchblade while they remained a going concern, though it was released only in Japan, in March 1986, to coincide with their final live tour, four dates played in Japan that same month.

Strawberry Switchblade - 'I Can Feel' - Japanese 7" front cover design
^ Strawberry Switchblade – ‘I Can Feel’ – Japanese 7″ front cover design

‘I Can Feel’ was a non-album single and, sadly, the interest in Strawberry Switchblade had waned so much in their home territories by this stage that the single did not even merit a release in the UK. Other than the original 7″ single release, the original 3’41” single version of ‘I Can Feel’ has only ever been re-issued on the Japanese CD copies of the ‘Strawberry Switchblade’ album in the late 1990s and onwards. Continue reading “Strawberry Switchblade – ‘I Can Feel’ – Japanese 7″ (Korova P-2074, 1986)”

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John Foxx compilations across the years Part 5

With seemingly undue haste – there is only two years between ‘Glimmer: Best of John Foxx’, covered in the previous post, and the subject of this post, here we have ‘Metatronic’. What did this compilation bring, that warranted it coming so soon after ‘Glimmer’, you may well wonder?

John Foxx ‘Metatronic’ UK compilation 2 x CD + DVD - front case design
^ John Foxx ‘Metatronic’ UK compilation 2 x CD + DVD – front case design

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John Foxx compilations across the years Part 3

The third part of this series looking in depth at John Foxx compilations across the years moves on to 2001’s ‘Modern Art’ compilation CD that brought together a mixture of the familiar as well as some previously hard to find mixes and single edits to CD for the first time.

John Foxx 2001 compilation CD, 'Modern Art - The Best of John Foxx' front cover design
^ John Foxx 2001 compilation CD, ‘Modern Art – The Best of John Foxx’ front cover design

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Public Image Ltd. – ‘Seattle’ Japanese CD single (Columbia, 15CY-5013, 1987)

The first single to be lifted from PiL’s 1987 album, ‘Happy’, ‘Seattle’ was a a lively, punchy track that sadly failed to provide much of a hit to match the momentum that the previous year’s ‘Album’ and ‘Rise’ releases had. Bolstered with a resurgent John McGeogh on guitar, its a highly polished production, courtesy of Gary Langan, and his high-tech, meticulous touches are one thing, though how well it fitted with earlier PiL sounds is a point of debate.

Public Image Ltd. - 'Seattle' Japanese CD single front cover design and OBI.
^ Public Image Ltd. – ‘Seattle’ Japanese CD single front cover design and OBI.

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Repost: Bauhaus – ‘Shadow of Light’ UK VHS cassette (Kace International, KIP 2 006 D, 1983)

Originally posted 28 October 2018, I’m re-posting this as the original has come under quite the spam attack for some odd reason…

This is the original issue of this VHS cassette that I bought when it was first released in late 1983. That year had been quite momentous for Bauhaus of course with their final album, tour and split and they had gained a level of popularity that they had been working towards for some time. As David J infamously opined in a contemporary interview, with ‘Spirit’ they had knocked on the door of recognition, with ‘Ziggy Stardust’ they decided that it was time to boot it in. There’s no doubt that part of the appeal was their visual edge and the promo videos were all part of this (even if at the time in the UK, it was never easy to actually see these with any regularity).

Bauhaus 'Shadow of Light' front cover design
^ Bauhaus ‘Shadow of Light’ front cover design

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