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Inspired by the Beatles, the four-piece Translator featured the talents of two singer/songwriters, Steve Barton (guitar) and Bob Darlington (guitar), and a sound that spanned Merseybeat to psychedelia. Larry Dekker on bass and Dave Scheff on drums completed the lineup, which remained constant during the band’s seven-year stay.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1979, the band relocated to San Francisco and were swiftly signed to Howie Klein’s independent label, 415 Records, on the strength of their demo version of “Everywhere That I’m Not,” the song that would remain the band’s signature tune.

Heartbeats and Triggers (415/Columbia 1982), produced by David Kahne, was a college-radio hit and contained the hit single “Everywhere That I’m Not”. The second album, 1983’s No Time Like Now featured the hit “Un-Alone”. The band was struggling to break away from the tight new wave formula and started to on their lush, third album from 1985 produced by Ed Stasium, simply titled Translator. As the decade wore on, the band became increasingly interested in exploring psychedelia, and their live shows were often three-hour affairs. Their final album (also produced by Stasium), Evening of the Harvest (1986), was the sound of a band that had matured and was their most realized statement. Everywhere That I’m Not — A Retrospective was released by Columbia in 1986. Two more CD retrospectives were released on the band, Translation on Oglio and Everywhere That We Were — The Best of Translator by Columbia Legacy in 1995 and 1996, respectively.

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1	Everywhere That I'm Not full track	32
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