Contributed by CRAZYSTEVEGOOF@HOTMAIL.COM
Wednesday, February 27, 1980
Tuesday, February 26, 1980
Friday, February 15, 1980
Monday, February 11, 1980
Sunday, February 10, 1980
The Wives "Cigarettes" LP
"Cigarettes" was the second album by the Battered Wives. Cleave Anderson had left the band and Patrick Mooney replaced him on drums. Bomb Records was supposed to release it but they ran out of money so they sat on it for almost a year before licensing it to Epic Records. Epic refused to release the record unless the band changed their name to the Wives. The record came out sometime between 1979 and 1980 and included a bonus single that was a whote label promo featuring the Ian Dury song "Sex & Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll as the A side and Pass out on the B Side. 5,500 copies of the record sold. The band won a Juno for the artwork cover. The songs on the record are:
1. Ready or Not
2. New Wave Robot
3. Afraid of the Dark
4. Windy Beach
5. Rub For Your Life
6. Hit and Run
7. Plastic Princess
8. Fantasy (I Love)
9. Telling You Lies
10. Wake Me When it's Over
11. Mandy
Pacemaker Records re-issued the album in 1999 as a CD with the following extra tracks:
12. Sex & Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll
13. Pass Out
14. Love Abuse
15. Factory Girls
16. Classified
17. Giddy
Friday, February 1, 1980
Thursday, January 31, 1980
The Young Canadians "Hawaii" ep
This 12" was the second release by the band formerly known as the K-Tels. It came out on January 31st, 1980 and became the fastest selling punk record in Vancouver having gone through 1,500 in 25 days. This recently was re-issued on a CD put out by Sudden Death called "No Escape".
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