Tiger B. Smith

 Artist: Tiger B. Smith

LP: We're the Tiger Bunch

Song: "Inside My Head"

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The second place I went digging for vinyl on my Minnesota road trip last week was Roadrunner Records in Minneapolis. It's a cute little shop packed with lots of vinyl goodies at good prices. This 1974 Tiger B. Smith LP, however, was a little on the spendy side. But after taking into account their hair, makeup, wardrobe and abundance of glitter (they're also German, which helped!) I decided to take a chance...and I'm glad I did! Tiger B. Smith doesn't have a huge discography, so I've already got just about everything they released, with the exception of a few singles and a million dollar EP. I also left Roadrunner Records with a handful of old French singles, but those I haven't listened to yet.

[ Roadrunner Records — Minneapolis, Minnesota ]

Maxine Nightingale

Artist: Maxine Nightingale

LP: 7" single

Song: "(Bringing Out) The Girl In Me"

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British singer Maxine Nightingale had a smash hit in 1978 with "Lead Me On," but this fantastic follow-up only made it to #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Who knows what went wrong, but if I was going to end up stranded for the rest of my life on some deserted dance floor and I could only take one of these two songs with me, I would definitely choose "(Bringing Out) The Girl In Me." Wouldn't you?

[ Maxine Nightingale ]