RPM's unreleased 1981 album AVAILABLE NOW! (Search Party)

[Dominik500]

-i posted this in the Obscure 80's Central board too, but I wanna make sure it gets seen, as it's relevant to both forums-

Okay, this is really exciting. The unreleased RPM album (produced by TonyMansfield) is now available for purchase. I got mine just a couple of days ago in the mail, and it's WONDERFUL! There's 14 tracks total, the original album plus 3 bonus tracks.

You can order it here: http://rockandbowl.bigcartel.com/product/all-around-the-world-the-mount-pleasant-tapes

For those who don't know the RPM/Search Party legacy, learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_Party

The 2 released RPM singles are tough to find (took me forever) but I put a few tracks on Youtube a while ago

RPM - Now That Summer's Here (1981)


RPM - I'm Energy (1981)


One of the tracks on the RPM album is an early version of Urban Foxes, a song the band took with them when they became Search Party. "Urban Foxes" is one of my favorite songs of the 80's, and this early version is just fantastic. Here's the Search Party version

Search Party - Urban Foxes (1982)


Search Party followed up this single with "All Around The World" which is equally great. Here's a performance on Italian television of AATW in 1983 (i think)

Search Party - All Around The World (1983) live on Italian television


The liner notes of the RPM disc hint that there might be a Search Party disc in the works. Hope that's true!!!

Also, Search Party is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Search-Party/127256610649354



Dominik

[discoginfo]

Thanks, great news!
/JW
http://www.discog.info/mansfield.html

[profil]

Hi Dominik500,
That's fantastic - I have both 7" and can't wait to listen to more Tony Mansfield stuff from the early 80s.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to order via your link as the only payment option which I could see was Amex Card which I don't own. Do you know if I have any other chance to order this cd?

[discoginfo]

I don't have Amex but was still able to pay, check the box options....

[profil]

Thanks - will try it on another PC. Maybe some sort of display problems.

[discoginfo]

I got the CD today. There are some things I don't like about it, and some things I do like.
The "downs" are that it's a burned CD (= CD-R) and the "booklet" is also home made.
Also the sound is alright, but not very hi-fi.
The good things are, we get the entire unreleased album plus all other tracks that
were not released at the time. The story written on 2 pages is also rather informative
and obviously written by some "insider". And while the sound may not be impressive,
I guess it's the best we can get, as it's probably taken from one of the few surviving
cassette tapes (yes not master tapes but the old commercial tapes).
For this Product I Think the price was a bit steep, but then again someone went
through the trouble to create this product (14 tracks in all, 53 minutes).
The CD cover has a coulour Picture, albeit home made, and I appreciate the effort.
/JW