What else do you collect?

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

I'm pretty much the Anglophile who's never been to the U.K. I specialize in late-70s U.K. punk, post-punk, darkwave, Goth, new wave, indiepop, shoegaze. I also really dig late-50s rock, early 60s girl groups, mid-60s psychedelic pop and late-60s jangle/sunshine pop. I typically only collect 7" singles/45s. My collection...


https://www.discogs.com/user/indiephiles/collection

I got through twenty pages of your list. A lot of music I listen/listened to over the years. I thought I was one of the few who liked "Mandinka". My favorite song by Sinead. For the Cure my favorite early songs are "Jumping Someone Elses Train" and "Killing an Arab" though my all time favorite is "Inbetween Days"

I worked at a new wave dance club behind Fenway Park so I heard a lot of this music (Killing Joke, Smiths and others). They did have some surpise guests on ocassion. I got to see The Modettes, Chelsea and the Skatt Brothers and The Vapors in the club next door. After I stopped working there I photographed and interviewed The Fall (Mark E. Smith) and The Waitresses (Chris Butler).

Do you like The Plasics from Japan? I photographed and interviewed them at The Paradise. Saw/photographed the Boomtown Rats and Secret Affair there.

I am also a fan of Juliana Hatfield. First time I saw her I thought she was hot. Fortunate enough to see her in 2 record store shows (MA and DC). Tour with Evan Dando in Arlington, VA about 2006 and one year ago for a free show at the Kennedy Center in D.C. just after the release of her ELO cover album.

Also saw/met/photographed a few of the others - Jam, Siouxsie, English Beat, Specials, Damned, SLF, Suicide, Neighborhoods, Thrills, Unnatural Axe (w/Cheetah Chrome), X, James White and the Blacks (Contortions), Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Fleshtones.

Lastly, nice to see the Mission of Burma 'Academy Fight Song' 45. I still have mine from over 40 years ago. I think it is much better than "...Revolver" which most people preferred. I saw them open up for Gang of Four 1979/1980 in Boston