Old Enough to Forget

It's been a few days of albums from 1980. Well, since I'm here I may as well enjoy myself. The Records followed up their 1979 debut, the one that had "Teenarama" and the stellar "Starry Eyes," with Crashes . This is the one where a young Jude Cole, who had just left Moon Martin, joined up with The Records to replace lead guitarist and vocalist Huw Gower. This was really the golden age of that first wave of power pop that ran in parallel to the chaos of punk. It siphoned off the energy and rebelliousness but wrapped everything in starry pop goodness that paid homage to its rock roots but was carving out its own sound. (Don't roll your eyes, I worked hard to work "starry" in, and it's not even on this album.) The Records had managed to get a foot in the door in North America in '79, and a year later when Crashes was released the band came over to support the release, playing smaller rooms, like the legendary Commodore Ballroom in Vancouve...