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RELEASE DATE: February 18th 2005
CD Edition limited to 5000 non-numbered limited edition copies.
Ah, they say that the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. So it was to be with Blue Angel, a New York-based quintet fondly remembered by those few who saw them perform as a great rockin’ live band. Their place in rock history is solidified as being the first recorded appearance of new wave superstar Cyndi Lauper.
The group lasted only three years, having been formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1980, and they have but the one album to their credit, but it’s a neat little pop gem that foreshadows Lauper’s future nicely.
Right from the outset, on “Maybe He’ll Know,” Lauper is in fine voice, with a jumpin’ band whose roots in early Sixties Brill Building pop are immediately evident. Touches of the Spectorian “Wall Of Sound” occasionally are evident, but the group sounds mostly like a great big sock hop.
It makes you feel like dancin’, yeah!
Hipocrates Says:
DID YOU KNOW? After the breakup of Blue Angel, Cyndi went back to her former gig… as a waitress.
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