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Allez Allez - African Queen

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Kamera Records (KAM 007) in 1982 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. I featured the two excellent Marine singles on Les Disques du Crépuscule a few weeks ago. Lead singer Marc went his own way shortly afterwards so the rest of the band hooked up with Repetition front-girl Sarah Osborne to become Allez Allez. From whom we got two splendid albums and a rush of pretty good singles. As you would expect given the band's heritage you get some fun post-punk funk a la Au Pairs, Maximum Joy etc etc. Virgin Records released a more commercial second album a few years later which may appear here if there is interest. For those who want to hear more from these chaps, there is a fine compact disc over on LTM featuring a fine compilation of their works. Get that CD here.

A1 Turn Up The Meter
A2 Marathon Dance
A3 She's Stirring Up
B1 Allez Allez
B2 African Queen (Pour La Grace)

You Know This Beat

Marine - Life In Reverse

Ripped from a 7" vinyl single released on Les Disques du Crepescule (TWI 024) in 1981 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. Much overlooked on these pages, let alone anywhere else on the blogosphere are Belgian post-punk-funksters Marine who find themselves in a happy, happy place halfway between Josef K and A Certain Ratio. Most of you will love them, if you do and are not prepared to hunt out these rather obscure singles, there is a fine compilation available via LTM.

A1 Life In Reverse
B1 Marenas Bop
B2 Scrub

Marine - Same Beat

Ripped from a 7" vinyl single released on Les Disques du Crepescule (TWI 069) in 1982 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. The original Marine split ranks to form the popular Allez Allez, so the funkier Same Beat was recorded with almost a completely new line up.

A1 Same Beat
B1 Dim The Light