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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

^Great stuff Paul. Clap

Frank Tovey also released a few solo albums under his own name in the late 80's and early nineties.Smile

And here they are.....

 1 stars 1984: Frank Tovey & Boyd Rice - Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMcG2F0nxKDli0KZfGs_qeS7Rf4R9WIzY
 2 stars 1989: Frank Tovey - Tyranny and the Hired Hand - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZwe6UVyCUZ9xKOlUubH0t-Xu4A7OW1Ws
 3 stars 1992: Frank Tovey & the Pyros - Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7GNJY0vgqntSORSX7Qi77NYseQDWiVSE


Tyranny and the Hired Hand sounds like Lonnie Donegan on steroids. Tongue
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THE FARMER'S BOYS     The best thing to emerge from Norwich since Sale of the Century! The Framer's Boys may be "In the Country" but they're no country bumpkins, having combined to reap a harvest of good songs during their brief time in the farmyard.. Smile

 3 stars 1983: The Farmer's Boys - Get Out and Walk - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRgF9LmWPcbzDEeSLhg7V3evtIDtJf3A7
 3 stars 1985: The Farmer's Boys - With These Hands - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRgF9LmWPcbzYQJ52FdbwUeNwF67jnf8t


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1983       48         6          The Farmer's Boys - Muck It Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5IsrHJKDE
1983       66         3          The Farmer's Boys - For You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGAfl1W7xVM
1984       44         5          The Farmer's Boys - In the Country - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy_47WBfI1Y
1984       59         3          The Farmer's Boys - Phew Wow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCS5H4fwLLQ
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

^Great stuff Paul. Clap

Frank Tovey also released a few solo albums under his own name in the late 80's and early nineties.Smile

And here they are.....

 1 stars 1984: Frank Tovey & Boyd Rice - Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMcG2F0nxKDli0KZfGs_qeS7Rf4R9WIzY
 2 stars 1989: Frank Tovey - Tyranny and the Hired Hand - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZwe6UVyCUZ9xKOlUubH0t-Xu4A7OW1Ws
 3 stars 1992: Frank Tovey & the Pyros - Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7GNJY0vgqntSORSX7Qi77NYseQDWiVSE


Tyranny and the Hired Hand sounds like Lonnie Donegan on steroids. Tongue


Thanks for posting those. Clap
 
The 'Tyranny And The Hired Hand' album is probably his best 'solo' album IMHO.

Frank Tovey died tragically young as well. Unhappy
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^ Yes, sadly Frank Tovey didn't live long enough to experience all of the latest fad gadgets such as I-Pods, Smart Phones, MP3 Players, Apple Watches, the modern laptop and broadband Internet, where we can all now enjoy his music again belatedly. Broken Heart

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FASHION       A Synth-Pop band who began life as street punks, but then reinvented themselves as dedicated followers of Fashion. Smile

 3 stars 1984: Fashion - Twilight of Idols - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52T2aQmJl6c


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1982        46          5           Fashion - Streetplayer (Mechanik) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVMKfVbdRQQ
1982        51          5           Fashion - Love Shadow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ocgkKB43xs
1984        69          2           Fashion - Eye Talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APokLsqqVJc
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FATAL CHARM      The best Synth-Pop band ever to emerge from Nottingham, or far more likely, the ONLY Synth-Pop band ever to emerge from Nottingham. Smile

4 stars 1985: Fatal Charm - Endangered Species - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3YsFgKWz1Q
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FIAT LUX      From Be-Bop Deluxe to Fiat Lux: a Synth-Pop trio featuring Bill Nelson's younger brother Ian Nelson. After making a minor splash with two charting singles in the mid-1980's, Fiat Lux took a long extended break on the tropical island of Hiatus before making the most amazing comeback since Robert Downey Jr. 35 years later with two further studio albums, as well as a "Lost Album" of unreleased songs from their 1984 album "Hired History".

 3 stars 2019: Fiat Lux - Ark of Embers (The Lost Album)


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1984        65          3           Fiat Lux - Secrets - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vqcyQFU9E
1984        59          1           Fiat Lux - Blue Emotion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYL1T-8YrrE


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FICTION FACTORY      A Scottish New Wave band who were once bestsellers all over Europe with their signature hit record "Feels Like Heaven", but reports that they now only perform the song at friends' weddings and funerals are Another Story altogether and may be pure Fiction. Wink

 4 stars 1984: Fiction Factory - Throw the Warped Wheel Out - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpT_QxdiE5ROLtJ4__easfSd4cutTO7Ss
 3 stars 1985: Fiction Factory - Another Story - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlFGS79uA7o


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1984          6           9             Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQBoeBgb0uk
1984         64          2             Fiction Factory - Ghost of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oneGVgkAPXc




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THE FIXX      Not a Synth-Pop band as such, but The Fixx are one of the best New Wave bands I've found whilst surfing The Net, and One Thing Leads to Another and they've now become a Fixxation. The Fixx never really disbanded - they've just been making endless comebacks for the last forty years, making them a semi-permanent Fixxture in the record stores, if not the record charts.  Smile

 4 stars 1996: The Fixx - Happy Landings and Lost Tracks - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRJE4MMykAedUxWENkDmTryWv12DQD7hh


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1982         54           4            The Fixx - Stand or Fall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAofFHPRZTE
1982         57           4            The Fixx - Red Skies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfc7VMyj94

Thanks to Verslibre for fixxing it for The Fixx to be included here. Thumbs Up


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A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS      A Liverpool band led by former hairdresser Mike Score, famous for having the most distinctively coiffed hairdo in the flamboyant history of Synth-Pop, which could easily provide a nest for a seagull. His eye-catching blond mane of hair has variously been described as looking like a dead racoon, or like cascading waterfall bangs, although he's as bald as a proverbial coot these days, bless him. Here's Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of Mike Score, or something to remind me of him back in his heyday - like a video for instance). Smile

 4 stars 1982: A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l8U1X2_Lz_da-jeetFYgVEG6sSISBgT44
 4 stars 1984: A Flock of Seagulls - The Story of a Young Heart - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_neAyXmxdYwMurgmEsgMZRHsAOy2vy0uY4
 3 stars 1995: A Flock of Seagulls - The Light at the End of the World - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FC176BF2BBE0DA0
 5 stars 2018: A Flock of Seagulls - Ascension - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHicV2kaT_A
 4 stars 2021: A Flock of Seagulls - String Theory - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xYBaaBVdGQ


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1982          43           6              A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU
1982          34           6              A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOK3rqVgN2I
1982          10          12             A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkzgLMH5MA
1983          53           3              A Flock of Seagulls - Nightmares - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1N0iOP8J7Q
1983          38           5              A Flock of Seagulls - Transfer Affection - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_bw9Qq53o
1984          26          11             A Flock of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROOtt-68F4
1985          66           3              A Flock of Seagulls - Who's That Girl (She's Got It) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlEt-gd8uA
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS      A Liverpool band led by former hairdresser Mike Score, famous for having the most distinctively coiffed hairdo in the flamboyant history of Synth-Pop, which could easily provide a nest for a seagull. His eye-catching blond mane of hair has variously been described as looking like a dead racoon, or like cascading waterfall bangs, although he's as bald as a proverbial coot these days, bless him. Here's Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of Mike Score, or something to remind me of him back in his heyday - like a video for instance). Smile

 4 stars 1982: A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l8U1X2_Lz_da-jeetFYgVEG6sSISBgT44
 4 stars 1984: A Flock of Seagulls - The Story of a Young Heart - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_neAyXmxdYwMurgmEsgMZRHsAOy2vy0uY4
 3 stars 1995: A Flock of Seagulls - The Light at the End of the World - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FC176BF2BBE0DA0
 5 stars 2018: A Flock of Seagulls - Ascension - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHicV2kaT_A
 4 stars 2021: A Flock of Seagulls - String Theory - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xYBaaBVdGQ


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1982          43           6              A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU
1982          34           6              A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOK3rqVgN2I
1982          10          12             A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkzgLMH5MA
1983          53           3              A Flock of Seagulls - Nightmares - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1N0iOP8J7Q
1983          38           5              A Flock of Seagulls - Transfer Affection - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_bw9Qq53o
1984          26          11             A Flock of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROOtt-68F4
1985          66           3              A Flock of Seagulls - Who's That Girl (She's Got It) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlEt-gd8uA

These guys almost epitomized the entire "new wave/synth pop" scene of the early-1980s - it's hard to remember those days without also thinking of them. I saw them live twice, in fact your previous entry The Fixx opened for them in July 1983. Once original guitarist Paul Reynolds left, they were never the same. I see you gave their 2018 album Ascension 5 stars - maybe I'll have to give that one a listen.
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^ From The Fixx to John Foxx by way of A Flock of Seagulls, their two most recent albums in 2018 & 2021 have the added bonus of including a full orchestra, which I guess could best be described as Symphonic Synth-Pop. 
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A Flock of Seagulls at the Rock Pop Music Hall somewhere in Europe in 1985.
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JOHN FOXX      He Came to Dance..... John Foxx is maybe not quite as famous as foxy Basil Brush, but he's secured his place in Synth-Pop history as the first singer with Ultravox!* Smile



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1980          31           8            John Foxx - Underpass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW54X5IEgIk
1980          32           4            John Foxx - No One Driving - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUGmh9gNxo
1980          35           7            John Foxx - Burning Car - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_jJ6gQXhUE
1980          51           3            John Foxx - Miles Away - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUxp5pE3HIc
1981          40           5            John Foxx - Europe (After the Rain) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvTgLDq5CXA
1983          66           3            John Foxx - Endlessly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ENpebp37M
1983          61           1            John Foxx - Your Dress - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2QcZneY2vQ


* Not intended for unnecessary added emphasis, Ultravox! really did come with an exclamation mark attached in their early days. Smile
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