THE SOUNDTRIPPER - COMPILATION VOLUME XVII

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Lightning At Your Door
by R.C. Avellanosa

A mix of recently posted records. Some were just released recently. Guided By Voices' "Keep It In Motion" and Pollard's "Science Magazine" are the freshest treat. This is clearly compiled as my present playlist. At least it is this time, the compilation I am playing at the moment. Starts with The Drums' "Money" from Portamento followed by New Order's Bernard Albrecht and his side band "Bad Lieutenant". The Ocean Blue's "Mercury" will lift your hearts up. From the Radio One Evening Sessions, The Railway Children's anthemic "In The Meantime" is a different version. The fifth track is from the obscure "The Dentists" with Apple Beast reminds me of The Stone Roses,, such a surprise. Lee Ranaldo's 2012 release "Between The Times And The Tides" produced the radio-friendly single "Off The Wall". Dinosaur Jr.'s Take A Run At The Sun will brighten up your day. Another underrated band composed of Filipino-American artists from New York "Versus" is simply awesome. The volume is leaving you with the stellar Sonic Youth with "Stalker". It's worth at least a week of airplay. This is F*#king A!

Tracks:
01. Money - The Drums
02. Twist of Fate - Bad Lieutenant
03. Mercury - The Ocean Blue
04. In The Meantime (Radio One) - The Railway Children
05. Apple Beast - The Dentists
06. Keep It In Motion - Guided By Voices
07. Off The Wall - Lee Ranaldo
08. Science Magazine - Robert Pollard
09. Take A Run At The Sun - Dinosaur Jr.
10. Blade Of Grass - Versus
11. Stalker - Sonic Youth

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THE OCEAN BLUE - CERULEAN

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Almost Elusively
by R.C Avellanosa 

Just when I thought I owned everything they produced. Here's their second studio album. The song Mercury sold me out. Played the song over and over. There is no confusion. There's no reason to dislike this record. It's a cross between the bunnymen and the children. What can I say? They're one of the best modern rock bands on the planet.

Highlight: Mercury
"Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment had slipped away. Oh Mercury."

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THE OCEAN BLUE - BENEATH THE RHYTHM AND SOUND

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My Swim Into The Blue
by R.C. Avellanosa

I first heard the Ocean Blue in 1989. I categorized their music then as New Wave. Drifting, Falling and Between Something & Nothing, never fail to awe these ears. Their self-titled debut was a treasure. A friend from high school once lent me that album. After that, I never heard from The Ocean Blue again.

It was around 1993 (cerulean none) when another friend from college told me he is into this band called The Ocean Blue. I asked and told him, "yes, love that band... drifting, falling and bet. something and nothin'..you heard that?" But then he was puzzled. Right then I knew, he hasn't heard the earlier songs. But it didn't matter when he showed me the '93 album, Beneath the Rhythm & Sound, and I was glad that day we played the tracks on cassette. Behold this new ('93) treasure from The Ocean Blue. The album is genuine class & ethereal magic.

And this time, I begin to revive the music of The Ocean Blue. I think one would appreciate this album more at present than before. Maybe so, maybe not. And so begins my swim deep beneath the ocean blue.

Highlight: Sublime
"It was so so so ba ba ba lime m."
"When I stopped and thought, faced the either/or"

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THE OCEAN BLUE - PEACE AND LIGHT

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Four Tracks

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THE SOUNDTRIPPER - COMPILATION VOLUME XI

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Tracks:
01. I Am The Resurrection (Extended 16-9 Ratio Club Mix) - The Stone Roses
02. The Only One I Know - The Charlatans
03. Between Something & Nothing - The Ocean Blue
04. Gentle Tuesday - Primal Scream
05. In Secret - The Wild Swans
06. Sleeping Dogs - Flesh For Lulu
07. Heartbreak Beat - The Psychedelic Furs
08. Close Your Eyes - Ian McCulloch
09. Independence Day - The Painted Word
10. Reach - The Pale Fountains
11. Goodbye - Silver Scooter

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The Ocean Blue - The Ocean Blue

Tracks:
01. Between Something And Nothing
02. Vanity Fair
03. Drifting Falling

04. The Circus Animals
05. Frigid Winter Days
06. Just Let Me Know
07. Love Song
08. Ask Me Jon
09. Awaking To A Dream
10. The Office Of A Busy Man
11. Myron
12. A Familiar Face

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Modern Rock at its best and bluest.

The Ocean Blue are:
David Schelzel
Oed Ronne
Bobby Mittan
Peter Anderson

Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA