Lost Tapes (Parallel Universe)

by Pop Mechanix

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Lost Tapes (Parallel Universe), Live Kicks (Live Performance Kicks 1985-86), Alright Here (Make or Break 1987-88), Splash Alley (Lets Get Started), Now:Then - One Hit Windows, Zoo (Lost In Australia 1981-83), Now (Singles And Demos 1979-1981), and Acceptance (Reform, Restart, Redirect 85-86). , and , .

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1.	Keep It Up 02:42	buy track
2.	Spanish 03:21	buy track
3.	Create A Double 02:21	buy track
4.	Shar Yarrif 03:33	buy track
5.	Holidays 04:16	buy track
6.	Land OF Broken Dreams 04:21	buy track
7.	Love Comes To The Rescue 03:54	buy track
8.	Texas 03:37	buy track
9.	Private Military 04:06	buy track
10.	Gospel 03:20	buy track
11.	Cowboys 02:38	buy track
12.	Turning Black 03:03	buy track
13.	The Ritz (Version 2) 03:32	buy track
14.	Keep It Up (Preview) 01:11
15.	Spanish (Preview) 01:11
16.	Create A Double (Preview) 01:11
17.	Shar Yarrif (Preview) 01:11
18.	Holidays (Preview) 01:11
19.	Land of Broken Dreams (Preview) 01:11
20.	Love Comes To The Rescue (Preview) 01:11
21.	Texas (Preview) 01:11
22.	Private Military (Preview) 01:11
23.	Gospel (Preview) 01:11
24.	Cowboys (Preview) 01:11
25.	Turning Black (Preview) 01:11
26.	Ritz V2 (Preview) 01:11	buy track

about

In 1981 Pop Mechanix headed for the golden shores of Australia to take their music to the next level.
They played lots of gigs to win over new Australian audiences and scored a great record deal to have an album recorded and produced by the legendary Split Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner. Things were going well. They recorded 13 songs toward the project, and it was sounding great, Pop Mechanix firing on all cylinders as per usual, and then a small post punk band Popular Mechanics approached with a trade name issue. They would have gone away for a quick payout but the major record label wasn't going to bend to that so they took it to court, and lost the right for Pop Mechanix to perform under their name in some Australian territories.
It all got a bit too hard and then band of the moment The Swingers asked Pop Mechanix Vocalist Andrew Snoid to join them at the height of their career as new Swingers Vocalist. Although he would later regret it, Andrew took the Swingers up on their offer and Pop Mechanix were left with an album of material with a singer who wasn't in the band anymore. They quickly re-recorded the vocals with main songwriter Paul Scott taking the vocal duties and changed the band name to Zoo (This material available on the Pop Mechanix - Zoo - lost in Australia collection), and the original album was forgotten about. The band would later regroup with Snoid back in NZ and continue on their path together, but here finally is a copy of the lost album complete with 3 unreleased songs and a different version of their hit previous single The Ritz.
This Download includes 13 preview tracks for you to listen to. Please by the album and download to listen to the full tracks. The download will include the preview items which can be deleted.

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released June 6, 2020

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Pop Mechanix Christchurch, New Zealand

From 1979 - 1987 Pop Mechanix flew high in the NZ indie pop Scene. They made it to Australia, have a single in the top 100 nz songs of all time and generally delivered consistently high quality NZ pop.

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