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Blue Angel is the name of the band that Cyndi Lauper fronted during 1979/80, before she made it as a solo artist. The lineup also included John Turi on keyboard instrument and saxophone, Arthur “Rockin’ A” Nelson (guitar), Lee Brovitz (bass guitar) and Johnny Morelli (drums). The sound engineer’s name is Patrick P. Norton. Lauper and Turi wrote the bulk of their material, and the group also covered pop standards, such as Mann/Weil’s “I’m Gonna Be Strong” (which Lauper covered again in a 1994 album).
Blue Angel was briefly popular on the New York club scene, playing a kind of retro-rockabilly that was then hip (see X, some early The B-52’s and The Cramps), but was far more accessible and romantic than many practitioners of the period.
Their only album, the self-titled Blue Angel, was released in 1980 to critical acclaim and moderate sales. It featured a sparse punk rock and New Wave-styled cover in primary red and floating band member photos. Like much of Lauper’s later solo career, the sales for the album was more successful overseas than in America, but even so the only track to achieve high chart status was “I’m Gonna Be Strong”, which reached #37 in the Netherlands. Another song from the album, “Maybe He’ll Know”, was rerecorded by Lauper on her second solo album, True Colors, in 1986.
In 1984, after Lauper’s subsequent success, the record was re-released, this time with a yellow cover, and finally in an exclusive 5,000 copy limited compact disc pressing in 2005 from Hip-O Select Records.
Their only album, the self-titled Blue Angel, was released in 1980 to critical acclaim and moderate sales. It featured a sparse punk rock and New Wave-styled cover in primary red and floating band member photos. Like much of Lauper’s later solo career, the sales for the album was more successful overseas than in America, but even so the only track to achieve high chart status was “I’m Gonna Be Strong”, which reached #37 in the Netherlands. Another song from the album, “Maybe He’ll Know”, was rerecorded by Lauper on her second solo album, True Colors, in 1986.
In 1984, after Lauper’s subsequent success, the record was re-released, this time with a yellow cover, and finally in an exclusive 5,000 copy limited compact disc pressing in 2005 from Hip-O Select Records.
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haulnny wrote:
Tão linda minha Cyndi *--*
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CyndiLauperNow wrote:
LOVE LOVE LOVE
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FerrNashville wrote:
Cyndi my diva ♥ Late and Fade <3 Brasil ama a musa.
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VeckRock wrote:
I had a love!
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dhijesus wrote:
Cyndi meu grande amor I HAD A LOVE
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MartyHorne wrote:
The original Blue Angel... http://mysite.verizon.net/restc6v5/barbaraandmartyswebsite/id5.html
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x_thi wrote:
I Had A Love <3
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alexia_N wrote:
This is really good. Better than her solo stuff, excluding "She's so Unusual".
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YControl755 wrote:
With a debut record this amazing, it's really a crime they didn't release another
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mksutra wrote:
Cyndi before she caught the hiccups! Quit calling this rockabilly! It's classic pre-British invasion pop produced by the great Roy Halee who produced every Simon and Garfunkle LP and a host of surprising others including Moby Grape, the Dave Clark Five, Laura Nyro, Blood Sweat and Tears, etc. I used to play it in the Discount Records store I worked in, and when she hit the final note on "I'm Gonna Be Strong", the place would come to a standstill.
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Rivanildorivass wrote:
Blue Angel, a eterna banda de Cyndi Lauper...
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cdyaro wrote:
Blue Angel - Keep on Knocking http://www.4shared.com/file/75326099/7826d934/18keep_on_knocking__demo_.html
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the_flava wrote:
rockabilly wannabe's... they sound like a huge turd seeping out of elvis's anus and plopping onto a guitar HAHA!
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SantiagoOo wrote:
I love them! I wish I could hear their demo-songs like Jim Jive, Shining star, Flyer, Helpless in full versions :( Cyndi is the best! She was so cute in photos with Blue Angel :)
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lovelovelover wrote:
it's really cool that they actually have previewable tracks on here. i got the cd on ebay. in my opinion, this surpasses all of cyndi's solo stuff. but i still love her.
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edosoutros wrote:
Viva Cyndi!!!
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cdyaro wrote:
Keep on Knocking is great :D Magazine Cover is awesome as well.
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woahannablue wrote:
Put up some new pics, guys. Check 'em out and vote!
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chrisxanthus wrote:
I recently discovered their record in a used record shop. I never knew Cyndi was in a band before her solo stuff. I love the record and is now one of my favorites in my collection!! Now I just have to burn it to CD so I can listen to it on my computer and in the car!!
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