Atlanta Area Band Independant Releases In The Late 70's/mid-80's

Ok.

This is the way I remember the emergence of New Wave in the Atlanta area.

All are 7" 45 RPMs, unless otherwise noted.

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1978

The B-52's

Athens by way of New York, before they were the world's greatest party band. Made my first trip to Wax'n'Facts to buy this single.

Rock Lobster/52 Girls

The Brains

Influenced heavily by mid-70's Roxy Music, and later to be covered by Cyndi Lauper

Money Changes Everything/Quick With Your Lip

1979

Angelust

Abuse/One More Time For Elvis

Kevin Dunn

From The Fans. Tom Gray (from The Brains) plays synthesizer on Nadine.

Nadine/Oktyarbina

XYZ

Wolf Spider/Long Distance

Pylon

Cool/Dub

Rose Whipperr & Marc Stowe

Dark Vs Light/Heathen Girls

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front cover back cover

The Swimming Pool Q's

Rat Bait/The A-Bomb Woke Me Up

1980

The Basics

Bad Guru/Slow Motion Suicide/Sexual Object/Beggin' For Beer

The Boto Teen (possibly released 1981?)

Ugh/Pay Up

Eric Quincy Tate

10 inch 33 1/3rpm

Texas Sand/Disco Sux/Rock And Roll Blood/You Are My Sunshine/Blues In The Night/The Out Skirts Of Town

The Fans

True/Deathwish

The Method Actors

The Method/Can't Act/Bleeding

Pylon

10 inch 45rpm

Cool/Dub/Driving School/Danger!!

Gyrate:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Volume/Feast On My Heart/Precaution/Weather Radio/The Human Body/Read A Book/ Driving School/Gravity/Danger/ Working Is No Problem/Stop It

The Darryl Rhoades Orchestra

Burgers From Heaven:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

I Wanna Be Normal/I'll Be Watching You/Road Food/(She's) A Mortician's Dream Come True/He Found Jesus (But He Lost His Head)/Burgers From Heaven/Fresh Meat/I'm In With The Zen Crowd/This Song Is Boring/From The Heart/ 876-5561/I'll Do It My Way/No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service

The Sunbelt Millionaires

10 inch 33 1/3 rpm

Easy Money/Be Yourself/Love Burns Hot/Life Is...

Compilation

Standardeviation:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

The Swimming Pool Q's: Stock Car Sin/Misfit Operator: Big Man/Flies On The Wall The Basics: Paddle Out/ Trouble Lights The Restraints: I Cannot Be A Nun KAO4S: 80 MPH/Love Radio No Exit: Hit Single/Dead Man The Restraints: Cancer Dancer

1981

Baby And The Pacifiers

The headliners at their own great club, The Bistro.

After You Jump/Planet Ranger

Kevin Dunn And The Regiment Of Women

The Judgement Of Paris:

911/AG/Tootsie2/20,000 Years In Sing Sing/Giovinezza/Creep/Staurn/Private Sector/Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Kodac Harrison

Under The Yellow Moon/Dancing Girl/Blind Desire/Rudy's Restless

The Method Actors

Round World/E-Y-E

Rhythms Of You:

10" 33 1/3rpm

Distortion/Privelege/Dancing Underneath/No Condition/She/You/My Time

Dancing Underneath:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Dancing Underneath/Privelege/No Condition/E-Y-E/My Time

Little Figures:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm 2 record set

Disc 1: Strictly Gossip/Repetition/I'm In The Mood For Love/Notice/Rang-A-Tang/Bleeding/ Ask Diana/20X1/Commotion

Disc 2: E-Y-E/Cats And Dogs/Pigeons/Haloween/Detective/Detective/Alcohol/Somebody's Prison/Hi-Hi Whoopee

Operator

Yield To The Right/One Night Stand/Call Me Tomorrow/Little Timmy

Pylon

Crazy/M-Train

R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe/Sitting Still

F. & The Radar Angels

Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)/Chi Chi

The Roys

Blue Moon/Rise Up Youth

Stop Fooling Around/Moon Nite Leaves

The Swimming Pool Q's

The Deep End:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Little Misfit/Big Fat Tractor/Stick In My Hand/The A-Bomb Woke Me Up/Rat Bait/Restless Youth/Stock Car Sin/ Walk Like A Chicken/Black Bug/Overheated/I Like To Take Orders From You

The Throbs

Just One Dance/Girl Don't Waste Your Tears

Patrick Walsh

I Wonder How Does Tarzan Shave/Cool In The Movies

1982

The Brains

After two thoroughly excellent albums on Mercury, Tom & the boys changed labels, citing a need for more promotion.

Dancing Under Streetlights:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Dancing Under Streetlights/Tanya/Read My Mind/Don't Give Yourself Away

Diamond Lil

Love Generator (Glamour Version)/Love Generator (Grease Version)

Heathen Girls featuring Rose Whipperr and Marc Stowe

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Not Fade Away/Rich In Mercy/Three Years Too Late/He's Only Using You/Possessive (In Your Mind)/Dark vs Light/Heathen Girls

Jason And The Nashville Scorchers

Reckless Country Soul EP:

Shot Down Again/Broken Whiskey Glass/I'm So Lonesome (I Could Cry)/These Women (Make A Fool Of Me)

Love Tractor

12 inch 33 1/3rpm (possibly released 1981?)

Buy Me A Million Dollars/Sixty Degrees Below/Motorcade/Festival/Cowboy Songs/Hairy Beat/Tropical/Wheel Of Pleasure/Chilly Damn Willy/Seventeen Days/Fun To Be Happy

Oh OK

Wow Mini Album

Lilting/Brother/Playtime/Person

The Restraints

Wacka-Wacka/Roll Over Ronnie

1983

The New Breed

Recorded At Vixtrax On Pink Tuesday And Purple Thursday.

Grow Up, OK!!!/P.O.P. (Colours Of The New Breed)

1984

Design

Dancing In A Trance:

12" 33 1/3rpm

Nights In Cairo/Dancing In A Trance/What Matters/Not Even For A Minute

Diamond Lil

"Queen Of Diamonds":

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Silver Grille/Big Lollipop/Queen Of Diamonds ("live" at 688)/As Long As I'm Movin'/Love Generator (Grease Version)/Smooth Operator/Jailhouse Jezebel/Hello, Mr Hertz/Sexual I.D. ("live" at 688)/Silver Grill Intro ("live" at The Bistro)/Silver Grill (Grease Version)

Face Of Concern

Right:

12 inch 45rpm

Next Time (let's do it right)/You Win, I Lose

The Popular Sex

Powers Of Suggestion:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Powers Of Suggestion/Muscle Of Steel/You Want Happy/My Life Is Good Again/When We Were Lovers/Mad Heat/My Heart Beats Empty/No Idea/Expedite/This May Save Your Life

1985

Face Of Concern

Safe:

12 inch 45rpm

If It All Came True/Really Doesn't Matter

Ru Paul

Sex Freak:

12 inch 33 1/3rpm

Sex Freak/Mr. Totally/Sex Freak (dub)/In My Neighborhood/Body Heat/Tarzan

1986

Face Of Concern

Brighter: