Passings: Phil Brown, bassist and founding member of The Records

[blackleatherbookshelf]

From Steve Simels at PowerPop blog: Phil Brown, bassist and founding member of The Records -- and if you don't know who they are and love them to distraction I'm surprised you're reading this particular blog -- has passed away after a long illness.

That really sucks. The Records were one of my 80's faves with two US albums on Virgin Records. They wrote terrific jangle-pop, to the point that "Starry Eyes" just missed the top 40 and "Hearts In Her Eyes" got covered by the classic pop group, The Searchers. The Records should have been huge.

Here's one of my faves from their debut:

Comments

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

I spent some time a few years ago writing amended lyrics to "Teenarama" in hopes of getting someone (like John Ashfield) to record it and make another bear music video like we did with Casey's Dad (a.k.a. Stacey's Mom.)

Sadly, I never got the project off the ground.
"I wanted a change of style
To become an arctophile
For a week
So I went to you apartment
Then you went and gave me a key"

Love The Records beyond words.

[tbrough.livejournal.com]

I embarrassed poor Jude Cole when I met him by pulling out my copy of "Crashes" and asking him to autograph it. Still love those songs.