8-4-09 Cowboys International / Ken Lockie
Cowboys International! Another entry into the British pop / new wave field in ’79.
7" AFTERMATH / FUTURE NOISE VIRGIN
1979 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7" NOTHING DOING / MILLIONS VIRGIN
1979 3 TRKS with pic sleeve (+ flexidisc, “Many Times”)
LP ORIGINAL SIN, THE VIRGIN
1980 11 TRKS
LP ORIGINAL SIN, THE VIRGIN
1979 11 TRKS
7" THRASH / MANY TIMES (Revised) VIRGIN FR 2097 817
1979 2 TRKS with pic sleeve, clear vinyl
7" THRASH / MANY TIMES (Revised) VIRGIN
1979 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7" TODAY TODAY / FIXATION VIRGIN
1980 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
Ken Lockie solo:
7" DANCE HOUSE / TENDERNESS OF FOOLS VIRGIN
1981 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
LP IMPOSSIBLE, THE VIRGIN DE 203.699
1981 10 TRKS
7" TODAY / TRAIN OF EVENTS VIRGIN
1981 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
I started buying this stuff right away, without hearing it or knowing who / what it was. It was enough for it to be on Virgin
They were “in the machine” – Virgin
After the sole LP by C. I., there was a sole solo LP from Mr. Ken Lockie, the writer / singer of C. I. I don’t know if he did anything else in eth music business – I certainly am not aware of any other releases by Ken Lockie or Cowboys International. And I don’t think any of this stuff in on CD as of 2009.
There were so many ‘new’ bands back then! I will never forget arriving in
2 comments:
Geeez! You don't have either of the Cowboys International CDs?? A re-jig of the first album came out as "Revisited" in 2003 and the next year saw Mr. Lockie's 3rd album, "The Backwards Life Of Romeo," get released as did the first CI album on his own Pneuma Records label. The new album is great! It's as if the intervening 25 years didn't happen. Mr. Lockie lives in Atlanta now and you should buy them directly from him as it's much easier (and cheaper) than trying to find them elsewhere! http://www.cowboysinternational.com/ci-buy.html
The reissue of of the 1st album has b-sides and new material added as well as a revised running order. http://www.discogs.com/Cowboys-International-Revisited/release/842261
I only had the Virgin International LP so I don't mind this revisionism.
Now we just need "The Impossible." I remember reading about this band at the time of release and I never saw the debut LP until the early 90s, at a show or store. I was blown away when I discovered the CDs a while back.
Did not know about Ken Lockie being in the US. I will have to track those CD's down!
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