So far I have been mostly posting compilations of 80s rarities but I have had a few people who were interested in having the whole albums and requested me to post them. So here is the first part including 4 rare and/or almost impossible to find 80s gems. This is only the first part and there's way more to come! Enjoy!!

Blue Zoo - 2 x 2 [1982]

 
Blue Zoo was formed in 1980,  Band members were: Mike Ansell on bass, Matthew Flowers (formerly of new wave band "Sore Throat") on keyboards, Pete Lancaster on trumpet, Andy O on vocals, Tim Parry on guitar and Mickey Sparrow on drums. Steve Pond from Inner City Unit played occasional synthesizer. Parry later went on to become a record producer.

Blue Zoo had one UK hit single. In October 1982 "Cry Boy Cry" charted and reached number 13. It stayed on the UK Singles Chart's Top 40 for eight weeks.

Track listing:

01 Cry Boy Cry
02 John's Lost
03 Far Cry
04 (You Can) Count On Me
05 Love Moves In Strange Ways
06 (I Just Can't ) Forgive And Forget
07 I'm Your Man
08 Open Up
09 Can't Hold Me Down
10 Something Familiar
11 Love One's An Angel
12 Cry Boy Cry [Long Version]
13 Somewhere In The World There's A Cowboy Smiling
 

Stabilizers - Tyranny [1986]

The Stabilizers were a pop/rock duo founded in the early 1980s by musicians Dave Christenson and Rich Nevens. With Christenson on lead vocals and Nevens on guitars and occasional keyboards. In 1986, They released Tyranny, their first and only album. The guitar and synth-laced album followed in the style of other 1980s bands such as Duran Duran, Tears for Fears and Mr. Mister. The first single from Tyranny was "One Simple Thing," which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing:

01 Tyranny
02 (If I) Found Rome
03 I Don't Need the Pain
04 Now I Hear You
05 One Simple Thing
06 Underground
07 Does Your Love Lie Open
08 A Place to Hide
09 You Pull Me Down


Trees - Sleep Convention [1983]

Fronted by Dane Conover, Trees was a New Wave one-man band from San Diego, California. Trees only released one album on MCA and produced by Earle Mankey in 1982 called Sleep Convention which was a critical success but a commercial failure due to MCA's problems at the time. And also created 5 Low Budget Music Videos. Reviews included comments like " Pop Music of the Future, and "is a stunning debut which shows remarkable originality and talent. That this record died the commercial death is not just incomprehensible, it's criminal." Dane Conover ended Trees after one album to move on to other projects.  

Track listing:

01 Come Back
02 Shock Of The New
03 Delta Sleep
04 No Stranger
05 Midnight In America
06 1100 AM
07 Wildwood
08 India
09 Gotta Moon
10 Red Car


Two Minds Crack - Victory Parade [1986]

Two Minds Crack was a new wave power pop band fronted by Kevin Jones [singer/guitarist and main songwriter]. Victory Parade is a critically acclaimed album and extremely catchy. A must grab for new wave power pop band lovers!

Track listing:

01 One Sky Above US
02 Walk On Back
03 The Hunger The Greed
04 Fire
05 Find The Key
06 Cry Cry Cry
07 Upside Down
08 Love Is In Control
09 Live To Die
10 The Sense That Never Sleeps
11 Cry Cry Cry (re-mix)
12 The Hunger The Greed (re-mix)
13 Upside Down (re-mix)