Sunset Gun - Three 7" Singles

Sunset Gun were sisters Louise and Deidre Rutkowski and multi-instumentalist Ross Campbell. In 1984, they were snapped up by CBS who released three single and an album before dumping them.

The Rutkowski sisters went onto bigger things and eventually gained huge acclaim for their extraordinary vocal work on the last two This Mortal Coil albums on 4AD and then The Hope Blister (also on 4AD).

Their original sound was very much in the pop/soul field and they should have broken through, especially given that Warners found success with Simply Red the following year. The three singles are hardly classics, but will be remembered as "should-have-been" hits. The band did release on album on CBS "In An Ideal World" - which I don't have (anybody willing to share?)
Production and guitar credits go to Alan Rankine (him again!)











From an original (and poorly pressed) CBS Records 7" single (A4556)
A. Be Thankful For What You've Got
B. Can't Cloud My View

From an original CBS Records 7" single (A6264)
A. Sister
B. Nothing Dries Sooner Than Tears

From an Original CBS Records 7" single (A6446)
A. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
B. Until You Tire Of Me ...

All Ripped at 320kbps

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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 March 2009 at 12:21

    Wonderful collection, thanks for sharing.

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  2. Anonymous21 March 2009 at 22:16

    oh what fun, been wanting to hear these for a long time... thanks

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  3. Unknown23 March 2009 at 10:28

    Find more Sunset Gun in my mp3blog and forum searches:

    HERE
    and
    HERE

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  4. Anonymous23 March 2009 at 10:35

    Aaargh! More Rickdog spam! Learn to layout a website before sending links to your pointless blogsearch which has NO Sunset Gun links!

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  5. Anonymous17 July 2009 at 23:44

    Man Alive, I used to love Sunset Gun. Saw them loads of times at the QM, Tiffanys etc. Got the album in the loft somewhere.

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  6. Anonymous18 August 2009 at 10:55

    Superb!!

    I've got the 12" of 'Be Thankful' in the loft. Gonna have to rip and share it.

    Cheers

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  7. Anonymous20 June 2011 at 16:19

    Hi Thanks for this post,
    I loved this band ever since I bought their album on tape. I was lucky enough to find all 3 12" singles as well but never found 'Be Thankful' 7" so thanks for that. In the process of producing an onlin discog of this band including cover prints (again thanks for those) and embedded mp3's of all the tracks. I post the link when its ready but if you have any other pictures, etc. of this band please email me at sunset.gun@gmx.com

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