Friday, March 16, 2007
Yello - Bostich (ep)
Ralph:Stiff:Do It Tees 12-10 / 1981 - Four songs here, of terrific synth pop driven by an industrial/disco backbone. Swiss duo Dieter Meier and Boris Blank make up Yello, and this 12" ep has two songs from each of the first two albums. The song 'bostich' is great, the song 'she's got a gun' is a slinky blaxploitation number with a kind of John Carpenter's Halloween spookily drifting along in the background. 'Downtown Samba' moves along with undeniable snappiness, and 'Daily Disco' has a frenetic Oingo Boingo energy to it or a ramped up version of music from the movie 'Escape From New York", which strangely enough is another John Carpenter piece, isn't it? Either way, the bass lines are plump and juicy.
Yello is lumped in with many Kraftwerk copycats, but there is plenty of originality here, enough to delve in and buy at least the first three or four LP's without concern. They shouldn't be that hard to find. This particular twelve inch is about $15 in places like gemm, and Craig Moerer and Solid Viper didn't have it. I would value it at $5 -$8, as it only has four songs and they are all available elsewhere, except 'she's got a gun' which has a different version on the second LP "Claro Que Si".
I always see the 'flag' cd and lp around, with the hit 'Oh Yeah' from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I'll search out the old stuff first and check that out later.
Overall grade is B+/this one has me looking for more to gather and experiment with. You should, too. I was turned on to this one by I.T., and I owe him thanks.
Yello is lumped in with many Kraftwerk copycats, but there is plenty of originality here, enough to delve in and buy at least the first three or four LP's without concern. They shouldn't be that hard to find. This particular twelve inch is about $15 in places like gemm, and Craig Moerer and Solid Viper didn't have it. I would value it at $5 -$8, as it only has four songs and they are all available elsewhere, except 'she's got a gun' which has a different version on the second LP "Claro Que Si".
I always see the 'flag' cd and lp around, with the hit 'Oh Yeah' from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I'll search out the old stuff first and check that out later.
Overall grade is B+/this one has me looking for more to gather and experiment with. You should, too. I was turned on to this one by I.T., and I owe him thanks.
Labels: New Wave Finds
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