A Comprehensive DiscographyClick on a song title to hear mp3s of the tunes. Visit the Nails' listening page for tunes that might not be included here. You can purchase CD compilations (if available) by clicking the Amazon.com graphic. Some of these links might not work anymore due to these CDs and other websites no longer being available.Here's the scoop on all the Ravers'/Nails' recordings: |
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Cops Are
Punks 7" Screwball Records EP (1977) -
Two versions (w/2 different sleeves), one
under original band name The Ravers,
recorded at Mountain Ears Studio in Boulder,
CO as part of 9 song demo tape, got
favorable review in Trouser
Press magazine. Songs include Cops Are
Punks, Big Star and Another Lesson.
2008 update. All 3 songs (remastered) appear
on Local Anasthetic CD
detailed below. Band members: Marc Campbell-Voice, Guitar, David Kaufman-Keys, Artie Freeman-Lead Guitar, Jon Cormany-Bass, Al Leis-Drums. Al died in December 1997 at the age of 44. (Take a Closer Look.) |
| Note to record collectors: The song "Punk Rock Christmas" by "The Ravers" is not us ... | |
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Backstreet Boys/Rock'n'Roll
Show 7" single Screwball Records
(1978) - Backstreet
Boys recorded live at CBGB with overdubs +
Rock'n'Roll Show recorded at Greene Street
Studio in Soho, NYC. Got play in several NYC
juke boxes and exported to England with some
success. Band members: Same as above except Tommy Cotogna-Drums. |
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Transcontinental
Ska/Young and Wild 7" single Citybeat
Records (1980) - First self-released and
self-produced outing, recorded at now defunct
Crossfire Studios in NYC. The airy sound and
lyric collage of Transcontinental
Ska received some airplay as well as some
live Nails' tapes during a short enlightened
period in NYC radio. The Nails were also playing
around fairly regularly in NYC. First recording
with current band members ('cept Steve). Hey we did ska 15 years before these
current "ska" groups! (Comment made in the
90s). And we did reggae 25 years before
Matisyahu (comment made in 2009) but we can't
rap like him or fake the Jamaican accent, but
he's cool. Band members: Marc Campbell-Voice, Guitar, David Kaufman-Keys, Electronics, Guitar, George Kaufman (my brother)-Bass, Trombone, Douglas Guthrie-Sax, Tommy Cotogna-Drums, Connie Garcia-backing vocals. |
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Hotel for Women
3 song 12" Jimboco/Citybeat EP (1981) (also four
song version
on Jem/Passport in USA and Passport/A&M in
Canada in 1982; some pressings have inner sleeve
photos). This was The Nails' first collaboration
with Jimboco Records (predecessor to Safe House)
and contained the original 88 Lines about
44 Women which I guess puts The Nails
where we are today! The tune Cutting Edge
was in the top 10 of a NYC station, WNWK, when
they had their weekly reggae show. Recorded at
Media Sound, NYC (defunct big studio) except for
88 Lines having been recorded in glorious
4-track at The Nails' home studio we called "151
Studios" for the address of the loft in NYC
where we rehearsed and some of us lived. 88
Lines was engineered and produced by your
webmaster. (Trivia: Group photo on back cover
includes Steve O'Rorke, but he does not appear
on this record!) Like the cover photos? Then
check out this Irving
Klaw site for more. Band Members: Same as previous. (Nails' Trivia - Marc played drums on original 88 Lines!) Connie sung lead on Hotel for Women. (Take a closer look.) Hotel for Women was remastered and expanded to full CD length in 2009 and is streaming everywhere. CD digipak contains a poster and liner notes. |
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88 Lines/Reel World (Beat
Boys-B Girls) 7" Citybeat/Jimboco single
(1982). Contains original 88 Lines plus newer
music/sound/lyric collage tune recorded at
Media Sound. |
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Mood Swing
RCA LP (1984) - (remastered CD Available on our
store page and
elsewhere) Produced by Gregg Winter.
(Manufactured in USA, Canada, Germany, Spain!)
First big label outing, contains what is known
as the "RCA" version of 88 Lines as well as
Home of the Brave
and The Hombres' cover Let It All Hang Out
of which there was a video, superior to J.
Mellencamp's version in every way! (If only a
video was made of 88 Lines ...). Got positive
reviews all over the US of A and Canada. There
were remix 12" singles containing 88 Lines and
Let It All Hang Out as well. Recorded at
Electric Lady, Skyline Studios in NYC and Boogie
Hotel (great name huh?) in Port Jefferson on
Long Guyland, NY. We toured with Mike Ratti on
drums who became permanent member. [Rarity:
Spanish-pressed Let It All Hang Out Promo 7"
45rpm vinyl. Take
a closer look.] Remastered CD released May 2007 with bonus tracks Band Members: Marc-Voice, David-Keys, Back. vocals, George-Bass, Trombone, Back. vocals, Douglas-Sax, Steve O'Rourke-Guitar, Back. vocals, Dennis McDermott-Drums. We also had some female vocalists: Connie Garcia, Ellen Warshaw and Khari Page, Jimmy Bralower doing drum treatments (before he became Madonna famous). Percussionist Boris Kinberg has played with Mink DeVille and a local NYC band, Lucky 7. He also toured with us. Rocky Jr. Savino's harmonica graced Home of the Brave. We also had a now somewhat well known tabla player, Badal Roy, play on Phantom Heart. (Take a closer look.) |
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Dangerous
Dreams RCA LP (1986) - (remastered CD
Available on our store
page and elsewhere) Produced by Pete
Solley (Motorhead,
Romantics, etc.), recorded in Miami's famous
Criteria Studios. (Manufactured in USA,
Canada, Germany.) This concept album featuring
songs about dreams, surreal imagery and voices
in your head contains Things You
Left Behind, a tune that should be on
80's compilations as well as the pensive Hello Janine.
Years before the grunge "movement," there was
... The
Veil. This LP got virtually no
promotion, as RCA didn't have a clue how to
market us. It subsequently didn't sell and The
Nails got dropped from the label despite
positive reviews in many newspapers and
magazines as well as making the Billboard
top 200. There also were several club mixes of
Things You Left Behind, two of which are now
available on our outtakes
page. (Producer Peter
Solley also creates midi files.) Remastered CD released June 2007 with bonus tracks Band Members: Marc-Voice, David-Keys, George-Bass, Douglas-Sax, Steve-Guitar, Mike Ratti-Drums. Joe Galdo, who has worked with Miami Sound Machine, did some Emulator work (as well as Pete Solley himself). Soozie Tyrell played electric violin and sung background. She has toured with Bruce Springsteen and has been Buster Poindexter's vocal foil. (Take a closer look.) |
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88 Lines/Things
You Left Behind Rough Trade 7" 45
(1992). Unauthorized UK release that contains
the original 88 Lines plus a demo version of
Things You Left Behind. (Take a Closer Look...) |
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Corpus Christi Safe House
CD (1994)
DO NOT PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD THIS CD. PLEASE SEE GEORGE'S CORPUS CHRISTI PAGE FOR FREE REMASTERED MP3s AND ADDITIONAL INFO. Band
Members: Marc-Voice, George-Bass,
Guitar, Keys, Steve-Guitar, Mike-Drums,
Percussion. David (me) contributed music (14
Dreams, Nice to Me, Holy
Sea, The Flesh), as well as
tech./midi assistance. See George's page
linked above for more information. |
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Living in
Oblivion (Vol. 2) - (EMI -
1993) contains RCA version of 88 Lines. Mostly
mainstream New Wave, but it is an honor for 88
Lines to be included with hits by Toni Basil,
Thompson
Twins, Culture
Club, Power
Station, etc. |
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Richard
Blade's Flashback Favorites (Oglio/Sony
- 1993) same as above. More obscure and more
fun. Contains Translator's Everywhere that I'm
Not, Lydon/Bambataa
World Destruction, After the Fire, Fishbone,
etc. |
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Can't Get
Enough - New Wave Hits of 80's Vol. 3 (Rhino -
1995) w/original 1981 version. This enjoyable
CD includes Gary Numan,
B-52's, XTC,
Kid
Creole, etc. |
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Hardest
Hits Vol. 4 (SPG - Canada - 1995) w/RCA
88 Lines dance mix. Obscure and international
with Duran
Duran, The Assembly, Flying Lizards, Robert Hazard's
(r.i.p.)Escalator of Life, etc. This CD has
been picked up by a Quebec distributor and
became available in the States. |
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New Wave
Dance Hits (Scotti
Bros./WB - 1996) w/original version. The
most fun so far, includes I Eat Cannibals
(Total Coelo), Lene Lovich, Romeo Void, Was
Not Was, etc. |
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Smash
Alternatives Volume 2 (Hip-O/Universal
- 1999) w/RCA version. Quite a bit of Number 1
hits from Animotion
and Dexy's Midnight Runners as well as fun
songs from The
Ramones, Wall of
Voodoo and The
Waitresses. |
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Newer Wave
2.0 - (21st Circuitry (dist. by Metropolis
Records - 2000)). Can you believe it? A
band actually covering 88 Lines about 44
Women!!! This is an interesting compilation of
techno-type bands doing their renditions of
80's new wave tunes like Here Comes the Rain
Again, Love My Way, 1999 and others. The name
of the group doing 88 Lines? Scar
Tissue... |
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Modern Rock
- Lost Hits of the Early '80s. (Time Life -
Music - Warner Music Special Products.
Not available in stores; only from Time Life -
Music Website, Catalog #1171 - 2001).
Moderately obscure and interesting double CD
with Billy Idol, Pretenders, then ---- Bill
Nelson, Blasters, English
Beat, Jim Carroll, Adam/Ants, Joy
Division, Bananarama, Paul
Carrack (my fave song here - I Need You)
as well Laurie Anderson's and Missing Persons.
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Don't You Forget
About Me (Medalist
Entertainment-Universal-EMI-Capitol
Collaboration - 2002). Collaborative double CD
compilation involving 2 major labels and their
outlet popshop.com.
Contains RCA version of 88 Lines. Includes
cuts from Berlin,
Eurythmics, OMD,
Boomtown Rats, etc. And who could forget that
hit song Da Da Da by Trio,
inspired by ... well ... you know! |
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Rocky Mountain
Low (Hyperpycnal - 2009) -
Double LP + CD package with a bonus vinyl only
song, 24-page booklet containing extensive
historical liner notes, dozens of photos, and
complete biographies for 19 bands chronicling
the Boulder-Denver, Colorado punk scene in the
late 70s. Includes two unreleased songs from
The Ravers, Goddess of Love and Tear It All
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Hits from
the Underground- 80's - (BMG - 1999)
contains Juanita,
Juanita from the Mood Swing album. First
hint of BMG/RCA releasing music from their
catalogs. Other artists include Stone
Roses, Lou Reed, Del Fuegos, Graham
Parker and others. |
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Local Anasthetic (Smooch)
- 2008 CD, compilation of late 70's early 80s
Denver/Boulder Colorado punk scene. Includes
remastered versions of the Cops Are Punks EP
referenced at the beginning of the this page.
Also includes Frantix, Gluons (w/Allen
Ginsberg), Jeri Rossi and much more. |
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Killed by Death #20 - (Redrum
(Norway) - 2000? 12" Vinyl). This was sent
to me by an expatriate Iranian-Turkish
fellow living in Germany. This contains
the Nails/Ravers' Cops are
Punks, the only cut with keyboards.
This vinyl masterpiece showcases punk
bands from the late 70's and early 80's
that nobody ever heard of and most likely
no one ever heard! Nevertheless it's great
fun with searing guitars and that raw
"punk" sound. I'm sure you Europeans have
heard of some of these bands: V. Babies,
the Deaf Aids, Clockwork Criminals. The
only bands I've heard of are MX80 Sound
which recorded for Ralph
Records at that time (home of the
Residents) and The Colors, a local NYC
band I saw a few times. Clem Burke from
Blondie was a fan and possibly played with
them. Redrum's address is Box 237 Hell
Norway or contact: behjanm@netzblick.de. |
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Alternative
Evolution (Sony Music
Special Products - 2001) Contains dance
mix of Let It All Hang Out along with the
usual suspects from 'Til
Tuesday, Psychedelic
Furs, Romeo
Void, Toad the Wet Sprocket and of
course, much much more... |
