Comments on: Live from Allston Rock City http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: filmfeline http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-77106 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:39:02 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-77106 David Shea! I still have that album too! Becky was in my French class and Allan is a good friend of mine. That music was so sweet. You can't beat Boston in the 90's, sorry it's the best music scene. The album is rare, but really good. If you're a fan of the Beatles/Police and Stray Cats try to find my little bros album too called 'Shooting Up a Star' the band was called Feedback. They sold all the CDs, but the music is really good...maybe there are still some sold online, as used. I don't know why the band is gone, but it is... :( David Shea!
I still have that album too! Becky was in my French class and Allan is a good friend of mine. That music was so sweet. You can’t beat Boston in the 90’s, sorry it’s the best music scene. The album is rare, but really good.
If you’re a fan of the Beatles/Police and Stray Cats try to find my little bros album too called ‘Shooting Up a Star’ the band was called Feedback. They sold all the CDs, but the music is really good…maybe there are still some sold online, as used. I don’t know why the band is gone, but it is… :(

]]> by: EERO http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19870 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:03:53 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19870 I saw them opening for Roxy Music in NY in 1979, and was hooked. Bought Big City Rock soon after and played it to death. Yes, it is flawed, and the production is thin, but I love it and still play it. It's a worthy candidate for re-mastering, it's a shame that the legal issues will keep it from happening. One Last Night, Nowhere to Run and It's Been So Long are the anchors of my Power Pop iPod Playlists. I saw them opening for Roxy Music in NY in 1979, and was hooked. Bought Big City Rock soon after and played it to death. Yes, it is flawed, and the production is thin, but I love it and still play it. It’s a worthy candidate for re-mastering, it’s a shame that the legal issues will keep it from happening.

One Last Night, Nowhere to Run and It’s Been So Long are the anchors of my Power Pop iPod Playlists.

]]> by: David Shea http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19799 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:56:48 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19799 The Manta Rays! I have that album and even saw them play live once at NightStage in Cambridge. it's been close to 20 years since I listened to it but I remember it being at least fun. I have so many albums bought at In Your Ear, I bet 75 to 100 or more, I didn't know it was still open. I'm hoping to get one of the new turntables this year that makes ripping easy, I have lot's of Boston / Alternative / NZ LPs I want to convert... someday! :-D The Manta Rays! I have that album and even saw them play live once at NightStage in Cambridge. it’s been close to 20 years since I listened to it but I remember it being at least fun.

I have so many albums bought at In Your Ear, I bet 75 to 100 or more, I didn’t know it was still open.

I’m hoping to get one of the new turntables this year that makes ripping easy, I have lot’s of Boston / Alternative / NZ LPs I want to convert… someday!

:-D

]]> by: In Your Ear Records : allston city limits http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19517 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:57:51 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19517 [...] Stewart Mason on Little Hits on finds at In Your Ear- Today was a fairly typical In Your Ear visit. Charity found some amazingly weird things in the spoken word bins and bought an old Ewan MacColl record. I rooted around a little looking for the one album I knew I wanted to search for, the Turbines’ 1985 LP, and didn’t find it but did gather up about $30 worth of goodies that’ll be showing up here shortly, including the minor holy grail of the Stepmothers’ 1981 album You Were Never My Age (which I’ve been looking for for frickin’ years), two of the Throbbing Lobster compilations, a potentially interesting looking LP called Sugarbeat by the Manta Rays, and a supposedly great power pop classic that I have never actually seen a copy of before, the Atlantics’ Big City Rock, which cost a whopping $1.99. [...] […] Stewart Mason on Little Hits on finds at In Your Ear- Today was a fairly typical In Your Ear visit. Charity found some amazingly weird things in the spoken word bins and bought an old Ewan MacColl record. I rooted around a little looking for the one album I knew I wanted to search for, the Turbines’ 1985 LP, and didn’t find it but did gather up about $30 worth of goodies that’ll be showing up here shortly, including the minor holy grail of the Stepmothers’ 1981 album You Were Never My Age (which I’ve been looking for for frickin’ years), two of the Throbbing Lobster compilations, a potentially interesting looking LP called Sugarbeat by the Manta Rays, and a supposedly great power pop classic that I have never actually seen a copy of before, the Atlantics’ Big City Rock, which cost a whopping $1.99. […]

]]> by: PJ http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19504 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:44:16 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19504 <i>DIY:Mass Ave, The Boston Scene (1975-1983)</i> has "Lonelyhearts" well-reproduced onto the CD. I was doing college radio in Worcester around those years, and everytime I stop by here at Little Hits, I am thrilled, edified, and entertained. Thank you ! DIY:Mass Ave, The Boston Scene (1975-1983) has “Lonelyhearts” well-reproduced onto the CD. I was doing college radio in Worcester around those years, and everytime I stop by here at Little Hits, I am thrilled, edified, and entertained. Thank you !

]]> by: mzamar http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19450 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:40:48 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19450 Ooh, you should post 'Lonelyhearts'. It does kick! Bought 'Big City Rock' probably 15 yrs ago and was perplexed why the songs did not rock like 'Pop Shivers' and 'Sorry Wrong Number'. I have them on cassette somewhere, taped off WBCN's local countdown when I was in high school. Sigh! Ooh, you should post ‘Lonelyhearts’. It does kick! Bought ‘Big City Rock’ probably 15 yrs ago and was perplexed why the songs did not rock like ‘Pop Shivers’ and ‘Sorry Wrong Number’. I have them on cassette somewhere, taped off WBCN’s local countdown when I was in high school. Sigh!

]]> by: jim http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19274 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:48:06 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19274 Stewart: i agree about the Atlantics, as well as In Your Ear!! My girlfriend/fiance who grew up in the Boston area remembered, and loved the Atlantics, but having grown up in the Philly area, and only reading about them in Trouser Press, I was expecting godhead when I found that lp on cassette somwhere...a coupla great tunes, but not super-solid all the way thru-also see similar Boston-recorded experiences like the Nervous Eaters, La Peste and the Neighborhoods....."Lonelyhearts" is swell, but I remember post-Atlantics stuff like Ball & Pivot from the mid 80's, and, well......yeah, In Your Ear is tough to navigate, but the 2 previous locations on Comm. Avenue in Boston were tough too! I have found some way cool stuff there and even IPO main man David Bash has been there with me!!!! jim h. Stewart: i agree about the Atlantics, as well as In Your Ear!! My girlfriend/fiance who grew up in the Boston area remembered, and loved the Atlantics, but having grown up in the Philly area, and only reading about them in Trouser Press, I was expecting godhead when I found that lp on cassette somwhere…a coupla great tunes, but not super-solid all the way thru-also see similar Boston-recorded experiences like the Nervous Eaters, La Peste and the Neighborhoods…..”Lonelyhearts” is swell, but I remember post-Atlantics stuff like Ball & Pivot from the mid 80’s, and, well……yeah, In Your Ear is tough to navigate, but the 2 previous locations on Comm. Avenue in Boston were tough too! I have found some way cool stuff there and even IPO main man David Bash has been there with me!!!! jim h.

]]> by: Stewart http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19232 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:47:12 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19232 Actually, I found a cheap sealed copy on eBay last night. If it falls through, I'll drop you a line. To be fair, I listened to (the Atlantics' post-ABC single) "Lonelyhearts" again this morning and it kicks just as much ass as I remember -- I agree with Ray Boy that the fault lies primarily with the producer. Actually, I found a cheap sealed copy on eBay last night. If it falls through, I’ll drop you a line.

To be fair, I listened to (the Atlantics’ post-ABC single) “Lonelyhearts” again this morning and it kicks just as much ass as I remember — I agree with Ray Boy that the fault lies primarily with the producer.

]]> by: Jon B. http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19195 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:31:53 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19195 I have an extra copy of "Last Dance Before Highway", Stewart. For you, I'll give you a good deal, my friend. I have an extra copy of “Last Dance Before Highway”, Stewart. For you, I’ll give you a good deal, my friend.

]]> by: Andrew http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19180 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:30:38 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=426#comment-19180 I just checked in with my original post, and I was shocked to see the number of comments (23) on there since my last visit to that post, including posts by various Atlantics and all sorts of Boston scenesters of yore coming out of the woodwork. Funny, I had completely forgotten about "Sorry, Wrong Number". Can't wait to hear "Pop Shivers" again after all these years of thinking about it. http://www.littlehits.com/2006/01/song-of-day-january-5-2006.html#comments I just checked in with my original post, and I was shocked to see the number of comments (23) on there since my last visit to that post, including posts by various Atlantics and all sorts of Boston scenesters of yore coming out of the woodwork. Funny, I had completely forgotten about “Sorry, Wrong Number”. Can’t wait to hear “Pop Shivers” again after all these years of thinking about it.

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