{"id":1825,"date":"2013-05-03T21:51:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T21:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2024-02-14T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:35:13","slug":"language-from-memory-fortune-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/language-from-memory-fortune-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Language From Memory- Fortune 7”"},"content":{"rendered":"

England was ripe with excellent DIY post-punk and minimal synth gems, bands inspired by Factory Records, early Cure singles, etc.\u00a0\u00a0Some of my favorite 7”s (Obscure By Degrees, Persons Unknown etc.) were birthed from this era with the same aesthetic.\u00a0 So with that in mind, here’s another obscure gem from Towerbell Records, released in 1981.\u00a0 This is the one and only single from Language From Memory, who disappeared into the ether soon after recording this 7”.\u00a0 It’s a shame, as the a-side here truly kicks ass, one of the best undiscovered gems I’ve stumbled upon in recent times.\u00a0 Incisive guitars, Sad Lovers and Giants-esque string synths, and catchy, fist-pumping\u00a0hooks abound.\u00a0 Power pop lovers will also enjoy the flip.<\/p>\n

The band were from northern London, and played out quite often in the early 80s.\u00a0 As for their disappearance, I believe they changed names and continued on together.\u00a0 A fan who knew the band back then states that Nick Head played rhythm guitar on this single.\u00a0\u00a0The name\u00a0may be familiar to some, as he also acted as producer\/engineer for KMFDM and Exit 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This single is also proof that not all obscurities are out of budget, as there are tons of copies out there to be had for relatively cheap, even by discogs<\/a> standards.\u00a0\u00a0 Towerbell seemed to have some backing behind it, and a decently stacked roster, which was formed out of the disco era and included Shirley Bassey and Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) as well as a series of popular TV series compilations.\u00a0 I haven’t heard of much else from the label, so perhaps this single is an anomaly, but either way, aspiring collectors should have no problem finding a copy for themselves…<\/p>\n

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Language From Memory- Fortune<\/em> 7”
\n1. Fortune
\n2. The Coat<\/p>\n

*download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

England was ripe with excellent DIY post-punk and minimal synth gems, bands inspired by Factory Records, early Cure singles, etc.\u00a0\u00a0Some of my favorite 7”s (Obscure By Degrees, Persons Unknown etc.) were birthed from this era with the same aesthetic.\u00a0 So with that in mind, here’s another obscure gem from Towerbell Records, released in 1981.\u00a0 This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,108,774,167,775,19,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-108","category-language-from-memory","category-minimal-synth","category-nick-head","category-post-punk","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5550,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/5550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}