THE RAVES Tears LP '84 private powerpop/garage/pop punk
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Here is an extremely rare and virtually unknown LP that powerpop/garage fans should love! But don't trust me... trust this little bio from the popular Bubblegum the Punk guide to US powerpop:
The Raves were a band from Atlanta, GE circa `80 starting out as Nod in the early seventies. Without wishing to offend, the term "obscure band" applies to The Raves. The Raves were totally unknown out of the Atlanta area (even inside "pop circles" in the know) until the early `90s. Indeed a compilation CD "Past Perfect Tense" was released in 1992 thanks to fan Dave Takis, exhibiting an amazing collection of 16 pop ditties from various `80s sessions with hints of Badfinger, Raspberries and sixties pop. Led by the Yoakum brothers, not unlike the inevitable Dwight Twilley, The Raves showed off this double legacy rockabilly/pop in the most genuine way there is since they were sons of a SUN Records recording artist who worked with producer Sam Phillips BEFORE Elvis was signed by SUN. Nod, the early incarnation of this four-piece combo, had a "style was more geared toward Badfinger's style of rock" but such hints still subsisted in The Raves music. Bear in mind that they always "considered themselves contemporaries of the groups coming out at the beginning of the 1970's", and you have all ingredients for cooking up one of the most exciting slice of "garage pop" history, if it ever existed.
The cover and vinyl are NM!
The songs are:
Every Little Bit Hurts
I Bet You're Lonely
Answering Box
Whatever She Says
Calling Your Name
Chstity
What I'm Hearing From You
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I have LOTS and LOTS more records to come! Buy now, buy next week, and the week after that, and after that, and then wait a week, and then buy more!!!
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All records are shipped in secure carboard packages, are well-padded, and ship with the records outside of the sleeves and stored in a plastic outer sleeve to ensure safe delivery in the same condition in which they leave my house.
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