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Subject: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
Hey, I DJ an all eighties show on WXAC 91.3 FM in Reading, PA friday nights, and I've been scrounging the record bins for copies of the Philly greats from the 1980s: Robert Hazard, The Hooters, Tommy Conwell, and most importantly, Beru Revue. I know 93.3 WMMR used to promote local talent like wildfire, so there to be copies of this music still around. Now I know The Hooters went mainstream and you can pick up their cds (nervous nights, one way home) almost anywhere, but I'm talking about the more obscure groups, like Tommy Conwell and Beru Revue. I've looked everywhere for their albums, because I'd love to spin them on-air, but I've only found a few copies of Conwell and only one copy of Beru Revue, all too expensive for a poor college senior. I even checked every record store on South Street in Philadelphia, and they don't have them at all. Please, if you know where I can find them, or even better, if you can tell me that they recorded and released Beru Revue and Tommy Conwell on cassette (and maybe even cd) as well as on album, it would be appreciated. Thanks, and listen to Absolutely 80s, friday nights on WXAC 91.3, fm Reading!
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
Found a Beru Review LP on ebay, you'd better hurry up and bid!
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=beru+revue&sosortorder=1&ht=1&sosortproperty=3&from=R10&BasicSearch=
Also found Tommy Conwell's Guitar Trouble on there too.
I'm also from Philly so I know what you mean.
Did you hear Philly DJ Ed Sciaky died :(
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
I know someone who may be able to help you out. I know a guy who used to play with Hazard's band who is friends with John Sachs, Beru's old bass player. I will ask this guy if he knows where copies of Beru are available. I can't help you with Tommy Conwell, unfortunately. All of Hazard's albums are available on his website www.roberthazard.com.
I remember WMMR too. They really did alot to promote all the local bands you mentioned.
I wish I could get your station here in NY!
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
Just mentioning that Im from Philly too.Tommy Conwell is he a Dj at WYSP now?
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
I know that at least some Tommy Conwell was released on tape (I have a few) and yes, he is on WYSP after Howard. There was a record store I used to go to, just off South Street (around Second and South) that had loads of old stuff. Sorry, but I can't remember the name of the store.
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
duranchick- the Philadelphia Record Exchange, was that the place?
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
Safety - I think that's the place. Do you know if it is still there?
If anyone is interested, I heard on the radio this morning that Tommy Conwell is going to be at the Trocadero on 2/18. I wish I could go (I am getting too old to go out on a worknight and be able to function the next day!)
Subject: Re: Great Philly bands, where is your music now?
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or even better, if you can tell me that they recorded and released...Tommy Conwell on cassette (and maybe even cd) as well as on album, it would be appreciated. End Quote
Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers had three albums, all of which are long out-of-print:
Their debut was Walkin' on the Water, released in 1986. It came out on the tiny indie label, Antenna (the same one The Hooters started on), based in Ardmore, PA. It was issued on vinyl LP and cassette only (no CD). It contains the original versions of several songs that they re-recorded for their second album, including their hit, "I'm Not Your Man". This one's definitely a toughie. I have the cassette version myself - found it just last year in a used record store in NH...
On the strength of their 1986 indie release, the group was able to sign w/ a major, Columbia. Their second album, Rumble, finally came out in 1988. As noted above, it included re-recordings of about half the songs found on Walkin' on the Water; in the Fall of '88, the new version of "I'm Not Your Man" became the group's first chart hit. The follow-up single, "If We Never Meet Again", was an even bigger hit. The album came out in all three formats - vinyl LP, cassette, and CD. This one's not too hard to find, even today...
Their third album was 1990's Guitar Trouble, also on Columbia. It includes their AOR hits, "I'm Seventeen" and "Let Me Love You Too". This one was released on cassette and CD only, as vinyl was practically dead by 1990. This one's also still relatively easy to find...
So believe it or not, the only format that all three albums exist on is cassette...
Although I haven't researched it, it wouldn't surprise me if Conwell has also released a solo album or two since the band was dropped by Columbia in the early '90s...
Hope this helps...