1980 - 42nd Street, Phil M, Neil C, Greg A, Darren A
1979 Greg A, Phil M, Darren A, 42nd Street
Ripped from a 4IP compilation album Thats Queensland
by Chuck, who holds this rare album in high esteem
because it has some songs of his favorite Bris band
Wickety Wak.
LOL, Thanks Chuck especialy for not ripping the whole lp
42nd Street somehow made it onto this album with their
song Mistaken Identity, 4IP were the AM kings of Brisbane
airways before the emergence of the FM austero stations
that now dominate, they were as lame as this record so its
a mystery to me how.
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Brisbane band Ups and Downs are well enough known,
one of the best to come out of here , but few know of
the band that they came out of, 42nd St.
Brothers Greg and Darren Atkinson got their start in late 1970s
power pop band 42nd Street. Ken Allen (guitar) and Neil Coombe
(guitar) completed the line-up.
42nd Street issued one single, Work It Out, on the Virgo Seven
label in 1979 and also contributed a track called
Mistaken Identity to radio station 4IP's various artists
compilation album, That's Queensland.
42nd Street made little impact beyond the Brisbane scene and in
1983 the Atkinson brothers formed Ups and Downs as a
three-piece band with Peter Hamilton-Shaw (guitar)
joining soon after to round out the sound.
Thanks to Chuck and his amazing record collection for this rare treat
Previous ups and downs posts here
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The 3rd and final recording from Ups and Downs was their 1990
Ep Rash. A return to the guitar based sound after the less guitar
based sound of the last album. A solid record just too short.
The band broke up not long after and Greg and Darren Atkinson
went on to form Big Heavy Stuff.
Track list
01 - Awesome
02 - Jack (What The Hell Does That Mean)
03 - Safer (Remix)
04 - Karma
05 - Untie Ian
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Ups and Downs 1988 debut album released on Mushroom is a
strong record, full of wonderful pop, fantastic vocals and a refining
of the sound that you heard on the Sleepless mini album.
Lit by the Fuse and Moments Away were the album singles
and are both great songs.
Track list
01 - Moments Away
02 - Slave
03 - Always
04 - Waiting for an Answer
05 - Let me Down
06 - Lit by the Fuse
07 - Next Plan (Next version)
08 - Often on Sundays
09 - No Rope is long enough
10 - Closer to Heaven
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Ups and Downs - Lit By The Fuse
A Request from Andrew here in Brisbane.
Formed in 1983 Brisbane band Ups and Downs played a brand of
ethereal, well-crafted,jangly guitar pop that called to mind
Australian post-punk icons The Church.
The bands influences also extended to overseas groups like
Cocteau Twins, REM,Siouxsie and The Banshees
and The Flamin' Groovies.Indeed, the name Ups and Downs
was derived from a track on the Flamin' Groovies 1978 album, Now
and they supported them On their Australian tour of 1987.
This album was recorded in the summer of '86 at Sydney and
gives us the fantastic songssuch as The living Kind, their
cover of Neil Diamond's Solitary Man, In The Shadows and
The Perfect Crime.
In the year 1990, Greg and Darren Atkinson split up the band
and formed “Big Heay Stuff”.
The band reformed last year to play at the Pig City gig here
in Brisbane and were fantastic, another highlight.
Track list
01 Sleepless
02 The Living Kind
03 Hearts
04 Alarming Situations
05 In The Shadows
06 Solitary Man
07 Where Is The Sun
08 The Perfect Crime
09 Traveling
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Ups and Downs - The Living Kind
Ups and Downs - Solitary Man
