Beau Coup "Born & Raised On Rock And Roll" 1983

Blog reader Ray sent in this great little gem! It combines AOR, Synths, and a little Power pop for a nice sound!

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Born & Raised On Rock And Roll
Somewhere Out In The Night
Find The Way
Jane
Sweet Rachel
Uptown LA
Still In My Heart
Never Stop
Hold On Me

Surf Punks "Oh No! Not Them Again!" 1988

I'm missing the Surf Punks second release "Locals Only". So if anyone would like to contribute that one to the blog, just let me know! Thanks!

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My Beach 2000 2:00
...And Then The Cops Came 3:26
Life's A Beach 3:01
Chumash 3:44
Ride The Wild Surf 1:21
Written-By - Brian Wilson , Jan Berry , Roger Christian
Too Many Guys Out 2:00
Wave Spy (Special French Instrumental Version) 3:02
Ballroom Blitz 4:05
Written-By - M. Chapman/N. Chin*
Locals Only II 0:33
Gyrospaz 2:36
Klo-Rene 3:08
Wave Spy 3:10
People's Court 1:43
It's Over 2:07

Surf Punks "My Beach" 1980

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(parental advisory due to a small amount of profanity on a couple of songs)

1 My Beach 1:49
2 My Wave 2:28
3 Teenage Girls 3:07
4 Shoulder Hopper 2:44
5 The Dummies 2:32
6 Beer Can Beach 1:55
7 Surfer's Nightmare 1:44
8 I Live For The Sun 2:18
9 Meet Me At The Beach 2:47
10 Big Top 2:46
11 Somebody Ripped My Stick 2:51
12 Letter From Hawaii 2:14
13 The Surfmen 3:27
14 Can't Get A Tan 2:44
15 The Surf Instructor 3:56
16 Punch Out At Malibu 1:59
17 Bird Bathroom 1:43

The Allman Brothers "Reach For The Sky" 1980

Another contribution from Rick! password: powerpopulation

Hell & High Water 3:35
Mystery Woman 3:32
From The Madness Of The West 6:36
I Got A Right To Be Wrong 3:43
Angeline 3:41
Famous Last Words 2:45
Keep On Keepin' On 4:08
So Long 6:55

Russ Ballard "Russ Ballard" 1984

Thanks again to Rick for sending in this one! The track "Voices" was featured on a Miami Vice episode back in the day.

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1 I Can't Hear You No More 5:49
2 In The Night 4:08
3 Two Silhouettes 4:18
4 Voices 5:33
5 A Woman Like You 4:24
6 Day To Day 3:53
7 Playing With Fire 5:05
8 The Last Time 5:28

Love And Money "All You Need Is" 1986

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Candybar Express
River Of People
Twisted
Pain Is A Gun
Love & Money
Dear John
Cheeseburger
You're Beautiful
Temptation Time

Smile "Smile" 1985

Thanks to Alan for sending this one in. A friend of his' band from 1985. Some good 80's AOR on this one.

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Radio Act Of Love
Celebrity
I Want You
When I Get Ready
Down In Hollywood
Open Your Eyes
Give Away
Loose Ends
Jet Stream