Sold Date: January 4, 2018
Start Date: December 15, 2017
Final Price: $69.99 (USD)
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HERE ARE 5 GREAT RECORDS, ALL IN EXCELLENT SHAPE FROM 1978-83 -- WHICH FEATURE WONDERFUL ALBUM/RECORD COVERS THAT WERE AN HOMAGE TO CHAIRMAN MAO & THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA,  INCORPORATING CHINESE CHARACTERS WITH STIRRING, HEROIC "SOCIALIST REALISM" ARTISTIC THEMES !!    IRONICALLY, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NO ACTUAL CHINESE SPOKEN IN ANY OF THESE PLATTERS, WHICH ARE MOSTLY SPOKEN  BY ENGLISH-SPEAKERS FROM ENGLAND !!!
1.  MEN WITHOUT HATS:   "LIVING IN CHINA b/w "COCORICCI (LE TANGO DES VOLEURS)",  STATIK RECORDS (UK), 1983 (45rpm 7")-- GREAT, BOUNCY SONG BY THE "SAFETY DANCE" CANADIANS WHICH FORESAW CHINA'S OPENING UP TO THE REST OF THE WORLD WHILE INFECTING US WITH A GREAT BEAT;
2.   ANDY MACKAY:  "RESOLVING CONTRADICTIONS",  BRONZE/EMI RECORDS (UK), 1978 -- A TERRIFIC SOLO EFFORT BY ROXY MUSIC'S SAXOPHONIST/ALL-ROUND "HORN" GUY, INSPIRED BY LATE 1970s CHINA AND WITH AMAZING COVER ART;
3.   AU PAIRS:  "PLAYING WITH A DIFFERENT SEX",  HUMAN RECORDS (UK), 1981 -- ONE OF THE BEST ENGLISH PUNK/NEW WAVE ALBUMS EVER !!!!   THE AU PAIRS WERE A MIXED-SEX BAND, WITH A HAUNTING FEMALE LEAD SINGER,  MARVELOUSLY EDGY RHYTHMS, GREAT ARRANGEMENTS, LEFTIST ATTITUDES,  & A SOMETIMES NASTY, SARCASTIC SENSE OF HUMOR !!    FEATURES A GREAT VERSION OF BOWIE'S "REPETITION"  +  "COME AGAIN" --THEIR BIG HIT FROM THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK "URGH !--A MUSIC WAR" , PLUS SOME RED CHINESE WOMEN WITH WEAPONS ON THE EXCELLENT COVER & THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT;
4.   GIRLS AT OUR BEST!:  "PLEASURE",  HAPPY BIRTHDAY RECORDS (UK), 1981 -- ANOTHER MIXED-SEX BAND, WITH ONLY ONE "GIRL" AS A MEMBER !    THIS WAS A MORE OBSCURE GROUP, BUT THEY STILL COULD ROCK IN A PRETTY WRY WAY, FEATURING THOMAS DOLBY ON SYNTHESIZER.   THE COVER RECALLS THE GRAPHICS OF THE CHINESE CLASSIC "HOLD HIGH THE RED LANTERN" AND THE ENCLOSED LYRIC SHEET IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE;
5.  HUANG (WANG)  CHUNG:   "HUANG CHUNG",  ARISTA RECORDS (US),  1982 -- BEFORE WE COULD "WANG CHUNG TONIGHT", THERE WAS THEIR ORIGINAL NAME SPELLED IN THE CHINESE FASHION !   THIS IS WANG (HUANG) CHUNG'S DEBUT ALBUM, FULL OF PROMISE BUT NOT THAT WELL-KNOWN.  NOT ONLY ARE CHINESE CHARACTERS FEATURED ON THE ALBUM COVER, THERE ARE SONGS THAT ARE INSPIRED BY CHINA -- EVEN AS THE BAND MEMBERS STARTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH MAKEUP !  THIS IS A PROMO ALBUM, WITH ONE OF THE CORNERS SNIPPED.
BEFORE CHINA BECAME THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE, THERE WAS THE SOCIALIST REALISM OF THE MAO YEARS, COMBINED WITH AN ENERGY BOOST THE NATION RECEIVED FROM THE REMOVAL OF THE "GANG OF FOUR" IN THE LATE 1970s -- WHICH RESULTED IN MANY WESTERN MUSICIANS BEING FASCINATED & ENTHRALLED BY SUCH A DIFFERENT PLACE !!!