Propellors (Tell Me That Single)

The Propellors were a Forest Hills, Queens based four piece. I found an appearance from 1980 on The Uncle Floyd show; you can check it out Here. They show a picture sleeve for this single but Jimmy McElligott informed me, it was a mock sleeve that never went to print.

Line Up:

Jimmy McElligott - Vocals, Guitar
Tommy McElligott - Bass, Vocals
Jimmy Santoro - Guitar
Artie McKeehan - Drums

Esquire Records 1980

1. Tell Me That
2. Just A Fool In Love

♫♫♫...My Doctor Thinks I'm Crazy...♫♫♫

Sorry for my long absence.

   Man, I can't believe it's been four months since my last post. So much for being more active this year, I've had a extremely trying, busy, last four months. For starters, I sold my house. I spent allot of time and money, getting it ready to sell. Unfortunately, the drainage field of my septic system failed during inspections; causing me to have to hook the home up to the sewer, to sell it. In the end, it cost me 20,000 dollars.
   I found a new home but unfortunately I got caught in the middle of a nasty divorce. I'm not going into everything I went through but buying my new home turned into quite an ordeal. Since then, I've been spending all of my time and money, working on my new home. It's taken me this long to have a little free time. Although I still have much to do; my intentions are to get the blog going again. Bare with me a little while longer. It will be worth the wait. I still have piles of great records to post. By the way....Moving my record collection, really Sucked!!!

The Aristocrats ( My Date Single)

   Here's a cool slab of Keyboard driven Powerpop for ya. Catchy tunes, great harmonies and snappy drum work, make this platter a must.

   The Aristocrats, originally a three piece from Harrisburg, PA formed in 1979. This, their only offering was self released. 

    Ray Burkett has a YouTube channel, where he's posting old Aristocrats videos. If interested, you can find it here, The Aristocrats 1981.

Line Up

Jay Spiegel - Drums

Ray Burkett - Guitar, Vocals

Frank Tittiger - Bass guitar, Vocals

Joe Trojcak - Keyboards

Aristo-Music 1981

1. My Date
2. I Want To Be A Landlord

♫♫♫...You're own little castles...♫♫♫

The Resistors - (e.p. for Jeanie)

Keeping with the Irish theme..
   The Resistors were a Dublin Ireland outfit, that formed in 78. They released a song titled, "Service with a smile" on a Kick Records sampler titled, "Just for Kicks, (you can hear it here) and this self released e.p.; before disbanding in 1981. Paul O'Reilly and Tim McStay continued writing songs, signed to Scoff records and release a single titled, "That's it", backed with, "Steal my love" in 1983. Shortly after they called it a day.

Line up -

Peter McEvoy - Vocals
Paul O'Reilly - Guitar
Tim McStay - Keyboards
Valentine - Bass
Brian Curran - Drums

Break Records 1980

1. Jeanie
2. Takeaway Love
3. End Of The Line

♫♫♫...Did you think it would be so easy...♫♫♫

The Moondogs (Imposter Single)

a repost, by request, originally posted 11-30-10, new rips and scans, Enjoy!


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a repost, by request, originally posted 5-9-10, new rips and scans, Enjoy!
   The Moondogs are a Irish three piece that formed in 1978. They released four singles, this being the fourth and two Lp's. The first Lp, "That’s What Friends are For" was produced by Todd Rundgren, and was released in 1981 on Sire Records,(Germany only). A few months later The Moondogs hung it up. Around 2000 the band reformed and in 2003 released their second lp "Red Fish". The same year, Detour Records released a disk of their John Peel sessions, which I believe is out of print. All of their records are great and worth owning. If your interested in reading more about the band; they have a web site you can find HERE .
Line up -

Gerry McCandless - Guitar, Vocals
Jackie Hamilton - Bass, Vocals
Austin Barrett - Drums

Real Records 1981

1. Imposter
2. Baby Snatcher

♫♫♫...who's the intruder...♫♫♫

The Lookalikes (Can I Take You Home Tonight ? Single)

a repost by request, originally posted 1/24/09, new rips and scans.


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a repost by request, originally posted 1/24/09, new rips and scans.


Read more: http://shotgunsolution.blogspot.com/#ixzz4fMVV0f00

a repost by request, originally posted 1/24/09, new rips and scans.


Read more: http://shotgunsolution.blogspot.com/#ixzz4fMVV0f00

a repost by request, originally posted 1/24/09, new rips and scans.


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a repost, by request, originally posted 11-30-10, new rips and scans, Enjoy!
The Lookalikes were a popular four piece from Dublin Ireland, that I'm pretty sure were around from the late 70's, through the early 80's. In all they released, three singles, and one full length.


Line up -

Sean O'Connor - Guitar and Vocals
Eamonn Doyle - Bass
Mike Mesbur - Drums
Peter Keenan - Keyboard

Riva Records 1980

1. Can I Take You Home Tonight ?
2. Radio
3. Don't Cry For Me

♫♫♫...I'll be ever so polite...♫♫♫

The Last Shot (Cry Sister Cry Single)

Here's another catchy, fairly unknown single. Both tunes were written by William Sandwick. I couldn't find anything else, so unless any of you can fill in the blanks, I guess this mystery will remain. I found a live version of Cry Sister Cry, you can Check Out.


LMA Records - 1980

1. Cry Sister Cry
2. Nearly Had A Heart Break

♫♫♫...Let Emotions Fly...♫♫♫