My buddy and I would go see them at the 688 Club in Atlanta when we were in college- they were a regular act there-so great, there was so much music there in the 80s. RIP Tom Gray
I saw them as the warm up act for the Kinks, New Year's Eve 1980, Palladium, NYC. They were terrific. I heard this recording previously and was captivated. I loved how they straddled main stream and New Wave, the song writing, and their execution of the songs. Yes, it's surprising that they weren't more popular but you can never know what a listening audience is going to latch onto or not. I'm still a fan
Glenn W. I was also out in the middle of Spring Street for "Dancin'". I can't count how many evenings I spent in 688, but if the Brains were there, I was, too. Strangely, I became friends with Steve May from dating one of his old girlfriends. Despite the acoustics, it was my favorite place for live music.
I totally agree. I too followed the Brains along with a host of local bands breaking in. The B-52s, REM, the Basics, Love Tractor, the Producers et.al. It was a heady time to be young. From the Agora on Peactree to Club 688 on Spring to Hedgens in Buckhead. Music was plentiful and admission was cheap. You're right, 688 rocked like few other clubs I ever attended. I still have the Brains debut album on vinyl. You may know that Tom didn't do too badly thanks largely in part to "Money Changes Everything". Paid for a couple of houses. He still tours in his band Delta Moon. I miss the old days. What great memories.
K Edwards WHFS played Treason and Money Changes Everything, the latter got so much airplay that I associate more with the Brains, than Cyndi Lauper's version.
@@kilts4u2 I love reading these comments and knowing that we were all in the clubs together, sharing the happiness. In 688 we drank canned Heineken and leaned on the walls, stage and bar talking to one another not knowing all of a sudden, 40 years later we would be relating in a place called "youtube" Hello again, friends. We may not remember one another but we were all there together. Swimming Pool Cues anyone? Glen Phillips? Vietnam? the ever present influence of Daryl Rhodes and his incarnations. Ha! Oh man, when Rose Whipper came offstage after painting the room in new colors in the duet of "Dark and Light" and hitting on my girlfriend. These bands and songs reflected our lives. Yes, "Money Changes Everything", whether as a cover all over the musical map or as a band we could call our own, The Brains and in particular Tom Gray, captured our city and did have us "Dancing Under Streetlights". Delta Moon is a wonderful band, and hearing his voice become even more soul searching today is a treasure.
I hear Big Country in the opening to See Me. That's so interesting. I can see why he may have wanted to produce them now. This is a great album and I wish I had heard it years ago. Certainly a great recording as well as a talented band.
I knew all those guys and saw many, many shows ranging from 688 to the Agora, the Fox, Hedgens and assorted venues all over Atlanta in the fabulous '80s. Tom Gray was brilliant. Loved Rick Price and Charlie Wolf's talent. I remember them opening for the B 52s at the Fox one memorable night. IMO the Brains blew the B 52s away that night. Of course, the Producers had their own sound and followers. Great bands. Great times. The stories we all could tell. . .
I remember covering Money Changes Everything with my band years before the Cyndi Lauper version came out in '84. The Brains became an indelible part of my musical foundation, and remain so. Never go their due recognition.
Years ago, my wife got me one of those turntables that will convert LPs to digital. Guess which album I grabbed first? Hint: You're listening to it right now!
I saw them once at The Electric Ball Room across from the Fox in 1980's. I was really wasted. Didn't know I as watching history! Didn't know Tom Grey went to my high School. Didn't hear this album until now. I didn't know Tom Grey wrote so many songs that are so damn good. I understand Tom has passed on. How easy it is to miss greatness.
One of Steve Lillywhite's best work. Heavy, but somewhere urban songs. At the time of 1980, this LP was acquired, it is a treasure. Thank you from Japan.
Steve LIllywhite and Mitch Easter were responsible for producing and engineering two of the most important stages in music, The two tog ether basically picked up the best songs and bands by listening to them, hearing them, interacting and building a unity of sound which affects and influences music to this very moment, the moment Now. All we had to do at the time was say their names and we knew great music would hit the turntable. Japan! Yes! I love that this monumental album reaches your ears, your soul, thought itself, and of course to dance. Seeing these bands live at the time was all smiles and this pleasure of the stage, the artistry of production and being witness to these creative bands, in this case The Brains, is still a happiness.
Why this band never became a National Treasure remains a mystery? I had the good fortune to see them live several times in ATL GA in the day, and they remain a classic to this day!
I love this band, the sounds they came up with were unique, in particular the instrumental masterpiece Treason, but really every song a winner on this record!!! I've appreciated their genius from the start. Their words and music make you feel something.
Just got directed here after listening to The Jazz Butcher. Have never heard of these guys but this is rock solid. It does remind me of some other bands(won't say which ones) but twists enough to forge its own path. One more treasure from RUclips.
Didn't know this album has been on RUclips for seven years. I have three copies of The Brains (along with Electronic Eden and the Dancing Under Streetlights EP), just from spending my Saturdays scouring record shops for items of interest. One of those three copies has a lyric sheet, so I really hope it didn't burn up in my shed fire. If you ask Alexa to play songs by The Brains now, you get a South American death metal band. It feels like they've been erased, bar a wonderful cover by Cyndi Lauper, and a lame one by Manfred Mann Earth Band ('Jesus Christ' replaced with 'Blue, black and white'. Can't they do anything right? I'm determined to get Tanya and Did You read My Mind?, from the EP*, onto RUclips, so wish me luck. *And Don't Give Yourself Away. It really is a perfect EP, following two great albums.
The Brains - The Brains Label: Mercury - 6337 103 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Netherlands Released: 1980 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave A1 Treason Written-By - Rick Price 2:33 A2 See Me Written-By - Tom Gray 4:57 A3 Raeline Written-By - Tom Gray 1:52 A4 Girl I Wanna Written-By - Tom Gray 3:42 A5 In The Night Written-By - Alfredo Villar, Tom Gray 5:23 B1 Money Changes Everything Written-By - Tom Gray 3:29 B2 Scared Kid Written-By - Tom Gray 3:10 B3 Sweethearts Backing Vocals - Ann States, Anne Boston, Debbie Thompson , Joann Elsey, Joe Roman , Mark Richardson , Sue Wilkinson Written-By - Alfredo Villar, Tom Gray 3:49 B4 Girl In A Magazine Written-By - Tom Gray 3:08 B5 Gold Dust Kids Written-By - Tom Gray 4:16 Bass - Bryan Smithwick Drums, Vocals - Charles Wolff Engineer [Assistant] - Tom Cooper* Engineer, Mixed By - Mark Richardson Guitar, Vocals - Rick Price Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Tom Gray
In a just universe, "Girl I Wanna" would have been a massive hit, and it may not be the best cut on the record. Gold Dust Kids is as good as anything the Tubes did. Inside baseball: On "Raelene", the chorus changes to "Doreen" once; it was a shout-out to their manager of the time.
Wow. First time hearing this and it's great. I love YT when these similar selections come up. It's great material that I might have overlooked completely.
Sweethearts {Verse 1} Sweethearts young love so fine Try to make time stand still for awhile Time might slow down but it won't stop for us And time brings things we don't understand Things we just can't control {Verse 2} A million people running in the street A thousand voices screaming on the radio Young love can you hold With this silver line across the sky {Chorus} Sweethearts forget (I see weirdos) For stars (I see bright leaves) (Ship sailed) Time stays (Crowds wave) (Still simple problems keep you busy) Sweethearts (Planes land) Ships burn (We sleep) (Short nights) Hearts break (Hearts break) (No thoughts) Please stay (No words, no choice) (Just dead weight) {Guitar solo} {Outro} Sweethearts (Sweethearts) Don't mind (No they don't mind) Time ends (Time ends) Forget (Forget, forget) (For us)
I love this band and Tom Gray - RIP. I don't know how many times I saw them live. 688 and the Agora Ballroom. Music venues in Atlanta during the 70s and early 80s was magic.
Back in the day, I'd take a musical roulette approach, showing up at Atlanta clubs without knowing the lineup, often catching The Brains. Recently, while buying a mattress near N Decatur and Clairmont, I remembered that the store used to be Rumors music club where I saw The Brains. Memories.
"Treason" 2:33 "See Me" 4:57 "Raeline" 1:52 "Girl I Wanna" 3:42 "In the Night" 5:23 "Money Changes Everything" 3:29 "Scared Kid" 3:10 "Sweethearts" 3:49 "Girl in a Magazine" 3:08 "Gold Dust Kids" 4:16[1]
YES! Fantastic album. It also took me forever to discover it and, like many people around, I only stumbled into The Brains when I found out that Cyndi Lauper's initial song from her debut album was actually a cover. Better late than never, I guess. Thanks for this.
The Brains. What makes a band, an excellent songwriter, Tom, reach across decades? The song itself. Money Changes Everything has been covered and used across three different platforms of entertainment, and I include the dasein of America from the moment their first EP and LP hit the waves and songbook. This album, and of course the performance clubs of Atlanta gave America The Brains. There are elements (new keyboards, synths, arps and "knobs") which sound a bit cheesy today was cutting edge at the time, and this does not lessen the importance of their craft and love of music. I set my midi to replicate these sounds just to enjoy playing the leads, and I did this yesterday! We all thank you for sharing this album.
for the love of god, could you provide some (audio only) recording of you performing these songs in MIDI? (no need to show your face or anything) I LOVE midi music 🤘
I can imagine Type O Negative doing a creepy cover of the first song and being so spot on... think about it. All the Typon elements are there: not over the top synth going along with guitars, the druming, even the quick whispers and breathing on the mic. It would be awesome. Rip Peter
I could see this one too. Peter and ToN did a wonderful cover of "Cinammon Girl" AND "Summer Breeze" (which they re labeled "Summer Girls"). Keyboardist Josh Silver's work mirrored Tom Gray's to a degree. That's the brilliance that Type O had. . the ability to transitionalize. Peter Steele idolized Paul McCartney. I was fortunate to see Type O at the Tabernacle and again at the Mill on North Ave. And the Brains, many, many times in the Atlanta area. Imgine if they BOTH had played on the SAME bill !!
@@michaelwolf6424 yeah, they were realy great on doing that. I think its a rare musical gift to do it so efortly. Even more rare to come across a group that have more than one player who does it flawlesly. Using their own tones, mood and colors, they would make a version that would sound completly like them, but respecting key aspects from the original. Underated band, understed vibes and players. You're lucky af seeing them live
Great band. I'm hearing it for the first time. Wow, such a diamond was not found by me. But better late than never. I leave the album in my collection of my favorite musicians!
Bought this as a cut out in 1980. Wore it out. The vinyl sound in the quiet times is EXACTLY like my version was. Thank you for sharing this piece of my late teen psychosis with us, and allowing me to return to 526 Kiowa and headphone dancing volume 11.
1980 was a fantastic year for New Wave/Post Punk bands and singers on major labels that went absolutely nowhere on the charts, but so many of them are the faves of genre to this day. Two personal favorites of mine are "This Day and Age" by D L Byron and "Self-Titled" by the A's, bought both of them as cut outs and had to buy seconds copies cuz I wore them out.
Remember Bram Tchaikovsky. Have a Motors lp. Bought it new at a used record shop(still sealed). 1983. I think it's called Tenament Steps,cut out like steps.
If I'd had musical talent, this would've been the music I'd have tried to make. It's as though the Brains gathered my barely-formed ideas and finished them. No other band will ever affect me that way.
Was at GT late '70s to early 80's and saw these guys at the Agora Ballroom and 688 as well as REM, Guadalcanal Diary, Pylon, Swinging Richards, and the Producers. Great stuff.
Again, youtube has led me to a lost treasure, and also to the realization that while Cindy Lauper made Money Changes Everything famous, this band wrote this song.
I bought the single Money Changes Everything on the Grey Matter label back in 1980 and on the strength of that I bought this album. Let me say that I have two criticisms. Firstly, I hate the dull muddy mix. It sounds like the engineer left a high end filter in. Secondly, the wonderful B side Quick With Your LIp wasn't included on the album. Apart from that I love it. Is there a remix/remaster in the pipeline?
Tom Grey was working on a remaster of (at least) this and Electronic Eden for electronic release. 2020 played hell with his schedule due to cancer, but with luck it will be finished and out this year.
@@AOlmstea1 Unfortunately we now know how this one worked out. Tom beat cancer twice before the damn stuff finally got him not long after your post. His was the gallant fight. He's missed dearly.
Don't feel too bad. Around 1980 a LOT of incredible "New Wave" LPs were being released hand-over-fist. That's why an LP of this quality slipped through the cracks and was just an "also ran".
I'm not going to listen right now, but I loved this album back in the day. I think they might have been part of the Athens Georgia renaissance. Something like that. I still re-visit it.
@@michaelwolf6424 I hear you! I DJ'd a few years back on a college radio station and I would play tons of GA new wave ... You take care and thanks for the memories!
@@williamthomas267 That station wouldn't have been the fabled WRAS at Ga State, would it? Back in the '80s, WRAS, as you no doubt know, had a show featuring upcoming locals. REM, the Brains, B-52s, the Producers (one of my favs), Swimming Pool Cues, Face of Concern, the Roys (another fav), the Basics, Baby and the Pacifiers, Ga Satellites, No Exit, et.al. I still have a box of cassettes I recorded off air from that WRAS show. Sometimes I'll fire them up. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few more bands and musicians who would form bands, often with interchangeable members on a whim. Artists and musicians hung out at the same clubs and bars ranging from 688, the Agora, Hedgens, Harvest Moon, Smith's Olde Bar and dives in between. Midtown was the epicenter. People knew each other. Bands supported each other. Bassist Kyle Henderson often found himself playing in 2-3 bands at the same time. I'm sure you're were there around the same time as I was. I lived on the last house on West Peachtree between 10th and 13th Sts. and could literally walk to the venues at 688, the Agora not to mention the Fabulous Fox Theater. I lived in Midtown from '76 until '84. Oh yeah, and don't forget how close Piedmont Park was. Each year the arts and music festivals that filled the air at that iconic place were legendary. I was young and ambitious. Social. Young girls and young men had an easier time meeting each other. Ticket prices and drinks were affordable. Simpler times. In a nutshell, It was just plain. . fun. Looking back, I'd have to say that those years were the best of my life. Our paths probably crossed more than a few times. To be a part of that scene created memories that I still enjoy. And, thanks to RUclips, can re-create. It was a time that I doubt can be repeated. Today's kids have no idea how good we had it. Cheers.
@@michaelwolf6424 The GA Music Show. We listened and requested songs every SUN. I too have some tapes that are songs recorded off WRAS. Some have the public service announcements still.
I've bought an amplifier that has (defeatable) tone controls. I can push the treble and reduce the bass to make this fine album sound almost decent. For most other records I use the tone defeat. For the first time I can say that I can enjoy it like it almost should have sounded. I am still astonished that the record company and the band allowed this travesty of a mix to be released.
Chrome web browser has an Extension that you can install (google it) that adds an Equalizer (EQ) to your browser, doesn't work on all pages but it works on RUclips, you can reduce the Bass that way (I do it because my JBL earbuds have too much Bass to the point of muddying everything else)
I actually like that this album has "too much bass" like a few are saying, what irritates me about the 80's is how most albums sounded Thin and without Bottom End 🤣🤣🤣gotta have some Bottom End if you know what I mean 🤣🤣🤣shut up 🤣
It's a crying shame that Bowie ripped off Money Changes Everything and made a mint off it (Heroes is the same song). I believe Tom would've won easily in court in a copyright infringement action, but I understand not wanting to deal with all of that, and it could've gotten expensive since Bowie would've thrown his millions into lawyers to win any publishing war.
Hate to sink your boat,but Heroes was released first,in 1977. Bowie admittedly did ''borrow'' from others(I'm a fan but mostly of his albums up to Scary Monsters);however,if there really is a strong similarity between two songs here it's the reverse of what you're claiming.
Jeg kan slet ikke fatte at jeg først opdager dem nu! Det er som en uventet fødselsdagsgave😊
Loved this band, saw them once at 688 and later saw a couple of members after they moved on to The Georgia Satellites
My buddy and I would go see them at the 688 Club in Atlanta when we were in college- they were a regular act there-so great, there was so much music there in the 80s. RIP Tom Gray
I saw them as the warm up act for the Kinks, New Year's Eve 1980, Palladium, NYC. They were terrific. I heard this recording previously and was captivated. I loved how they straddled main stream and New Wave, the song writing, and their execution of the songs. Yes, it's surprising that they weren't more popular but you can never know what a listening audience is going to latch onto or not. I'm still a fan
Thank you from Belgrade , Serbia .
Dear Tom , you was fantastic singer and pianist , guitarist .
R.I.P
He got it from me !
The BEST band from Atlanta you never heard of. Tom Gray never got the recognition he deserved.
Glenn W.
I was also out in the middle of Spring Street for "Dancin'". I can't count how many evenings I spent in 688, but if the Brains were there, I was, too. Strangely, I became friends with Steve May from dating one of his old girlfriends. Despite the acoustics, it was my favorite place for live music.
I totally agree. I too followed the Brains along with a host of local bands breaking in. The B-52s, REM, the Basics, Love Tractor, the Producers et.al. It was a heady time to be young. From the Agora on Peactree to Club 688 on Spring to Hedgens in Buckhead. Music was plentiful and admission was cheap. You're right, 688 rocked like few other clubs I ever attended. I still have the Brains debut album on vinyl.
You may know that Tom didn't do too badly thanks largely in part to "Money Changes Everything". Paid for a couple of houses. He still tours in his band Delta Moon. I miss the old days. What great memories.
Tom's still around and better than ever with Delta Moon. His songwriting is pretty deep too.
K Edwards WHFS played Treason and Money Changes Everything, the latter got so much airplay that I associate more with the Brains, than Cyndi Lauper's version.
@@kilts4u2 I love reading these comments and knowing that we were all in the clubs together, sharing the happiness. In 688 we drank canned Heineken and leaned on the walls, stage and bar talking to one another not knowing all of a sudden, 40 years later we would be relating in a place called "youtube" Hello again, friends. We may not remember one another but we were all there together. Swimming Pool Cues anyone? Glen Phillips? Vietnam? the ever present influence of Daryl Rhodes and his incarnations. Ha! Oh man, when Rose Whipper came offstage after painting the room in new colors in the duet of "Dark and Light" and hitting on my girlfriend. These bands and songs reflected our lives. Yes, "Money Changes Everything", whether as a cover all over the musical map or as a band we could call our own, The Brains and in particular Tom Gray, captured our city and did have us "Dancing Under Streetlights". Delta Moon is a wonderful band, and hearing his voice become even more soul searching today is a treasure.
i want to cover 'girl in a magazine' and call it 'girl on a webcam'
I hear Big Country in the opening to See Me. That's so interesting. I can see why he may have wanted to produce them now. This is a great album and I wish I had heard it years ago. Certainly a great recording as well as a talented band.
I ran monitors for them and The Producers when they opened for The Producers...great show
I knew all those guys and saw many, many shows ranging from 688 to the Agora, the Fox, Hedgens and assorted venues all over Atlanta in the fabulous '80s. Tom Gray was brilliant. Loved Rick Price and Charlie Wolf's talent. I remember them opening for the B 52s at the Fox one memorable night. IMO the Brains blew the B 52s away that night. Of course, the Producers had their own sound and followers. Great bands. Great times. The stories we all could tell. . .
I remember covering Money Changes Everything with my band years before the Cyndi Lauper version came out in '84. The Brains became an indelible part of my musical foundation, and remain so. Never go their due recognition.
Years ago, my wife got me one of those turntables that will convert LPs to digital. Guess which album I grabbed first? Hint: You're listening to it right now!
I saw them once at The Electric Ball Room across from the Fox in 1980's. I was really wasted. Didn't know I as watching history! Didn't know Tom Grey went to my high School. Didn't hear this album until now. I didn't know Tom Grey wrote so many songs that are so damn good. I understand Tom has passed on. How easy it is to miss greatness.
Still have their two albums on vinyl. A fantastic band that sadly got overlooked.
One of Steve Lillywhite's best work.
Heavy, but somewhere urban songs.
At the time of 1980, this LP was acquired, it is a treasure.
Thank you from Japan.
Steve LIllywhite and Mitch Easter were responsible for producing and engineering two of the most important stages in music, The two tog ether basically picked up the best songs and bands by listening to them, hearing them, interacting and building a unity of sound which affects and influences music to this very moment, the moment Now. All we had to do at the time was say their names and we knew great music would hit the turntable. Japan! Yes! I love that this monumental album reaches your ears, your soul, thought itself, and of course to dance. Seeing these bands live at the time was all smiles and this pleasure of the stage, the artistry of production and being witness to these creative bands, in this case The Brains, is still a happiness.
@@hlamart1
REM's early/80s albums are all incredible
I agree. Very well described. I cherish this record, too, from 7000 miles away.
Why this band never became a National Treasure remains a mystery? I had the good fortune to see them live several times in ATL GA in the day, and they remain a classic to this day!
I love this band, the sounds they came up with were unique, in particular the instrumental masterpiece Treason, but really every song a winner on this record!!! I've appreciated their genius from the start. Their words and music make you feel something.
Man, this takes me back. Wore out my brother's copy of this album. R.E.M. 's first live show was opening for the Brains, by the way.
Actually was the second live show REM did.
I think I was there... Was it at 688? OMG I miss those days! The Atlanta/ Athens scene was hot, hot, hot!
Still have the 7" record n still love this!!!!
Just got directed here after listening to The Jazz Butcher. Have never heard of these guys but this is rock solid. It does remind me of some other bands(won't say which ones) but twists enough to forge its own path. One more treasure from RUclips.
Look up another great Atlanta band "The Producers"! Enjoy!
I saw them in Burlington VT at Hunts ... a loooong time ago. Great show!
Didn't know this album has been on RUclips for seven years. I have three copies of The Brains (along with Electronic Eden and the Dancing Under Streetlights EP), just from spending my Saturdays scouring record shops for items of interest. One of those three copies has a lyric sheet, so I really hope it didn't burn up in my shed fire.
If you ask Alexa to play songs by The Brains now, you get a South American death metal band. It feels like they've been erased, bar a wonderful cover by Cyndi Lauper, and a lame one by Manfred Mann Earth Band ('Jesus Christ' replaced with 'Blue, black and white'. Can't they do anything right?
I'm determined to get Tanya and Did You read My Mind?, from the EP*, onto RUclips, so wish me luck.
*And Don't Give Yourself Away. It really is a perfect EP, following two great albums.
The Brains - The Brains
Label: Mercury - 6337 103
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave
A1 Treason
Written-By - Rick Price
2:33
A2 See Me
Written-By - Tom Gray
4:57
A3 Raeline
Written-By - Tom Gray
1:52
A4 Girl I Wanna
Written-By - Tom Gray
3:42
A5 In The Night
Written-By - Alfredo Villar, Tom Gray
5:23
B1 Money Changes Everything
Written-By - Tom Gray
3:29
B2 Scared Kid
Written-By - Tom Gray
3:10
B3 Sweethearts
Backing Vocals - Ann States, Anne Boston, Debbie Thompson , Joann Elsey, Joe Roman , Mark Richardson , Sue Wilkinson
Written-By - Alfredo Villar, Tom Gray
3:49
B4 Girl In A Magazine
Written-By - Tom Gray
3:08
B5 Gold Dust Kids
Written-By - Tom Gray
4:16
Bass - Bryan Smithwick
Drums, Vocals - Charles Wolff
Engineer [Assistant] - Tom Cooper*
Engineer, Mixed By - Mark Richardson
Guitar, Vocals - Rick Price Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Tom Gray
In a just universe, "Girl I Wanna" would have been a massive hit, and it may not be the best cut on the record. Gold Dust Kids is as good as anything the Tubes did. Inside baseball: On "Raelene", the chorus changes to "Doreen" once; it was a shout-out to their manager of the time.
Wow. First time hearing this and it's great. I love YT when these similar selections come up. It's great material that I might have overlooked completely.
Sweethearts
{Verse 1}
Sweethearts young love so fine
Try to make time stand still for awhile
Time might slow down but it won't stop for us
And time brings things we don't understand
Things we just can't control
{Verse 2}
A million people running in the street
A thousand voices screaming on the radio
Young love can you hold
With this silver line across the sky
{Chorus}
Sweethearts forget (I see weirdos)
For stars (I see bright leaves)
(Ship sailed)
Time stays (Crowds wave)
(Still simple problems keep you busy)
Sweethearts (Planes land)
Ships burn (We sleep)
(Short nights)
Hearts break (Hearts break)
(No thoughts)
Please stay (No words, no choice)
(Just dead weight)
{Guitar solo}
{Outro}
Sweethearts (Sweethearts)
Don't mind (No they don't mind)
Time ends (Time ends)
Forget (Forget, forget)
(For us)
I love this band and Tom Gray - RIP. I don't know how many times I saw them live. 688 and the Agora Ballroom. Music venues in Atlanta during the 70s and early 80s was magic.
Back in the day, I'd take a musical roulette approach, showing up at Atlanta clubs without knowing the lineup, often catching The Brains. Recently, while buying a mattress near N Decatur and Clairmont, I remembered that the store used to be Rumors music club where I saw The Brains. Memories.
very bold of them to open with an instrumental 🤘🤘I like these fellas already 🙏
You ever heard Astradyne by Ultravox?
"Treason" 2:33
"See Me" 4:57
"Raeline" 1:52
"Girl I Wanna" 3:42
"In the Night" 5:23
"Money Changes Everything" 3:29
"Scared Kid" 3:10
"Sweethearts" 3:49
"Girl in a Magazine" 3:08
"Gold Dust Kids" 4:16[1]
When ever I want to feel 35 years younger, this is it,
Fox theater 1983,Atlanta, Ga.
Just discovered these guys. Where have I been?
YES! Fantastic album. It also took me forever to discover it and, like many people around, I only stumbled into The Brains when I found out that Cyndi Lauper's initial song from her debut album was actually a cover. Better late than never, I guess. Thanks for this.
RIP Tom Gray. A true genius of Music. Such a under-appreciated band. Each one of these guys played their asses off!
I heard of them in 1981 when I had a radio station demo,When I heard Money changes everything .I was Hooked.
And apparently nobody ever signed a deal for CD or digital rights. Probably fell into copyright limbo and won't get out for another 50 years.
The Brains. What makes a band, an excellent songwriter, Tom, reach across decades? The song itself. Money Changes Everything has been covered and used across three different platforms of entertainment, and I include the dasein of America from the moment their first EP and LP hit the waves and songbook. This album, and of course the performance clubs of Atlanta gave America The Brains. There are elements (new keyboards, synths, arps and "knobs") which sound a bit cheesy today was cutting edge at the time, and this does not lessen the importance of their craft and love of music. I set my midi to replicate these sounds just to enjoy playing the leads, and I did this yesterday! We all thank you for sharing this album.
for the love of god, could you provide some (audio only) recording of you performing these songs in MIDI? (no need to show your face or anything) I LOVE midi music 🤘
I can imagine Type O Negative doing a creepy cover of the first song and being so spot on... think about it. All the Typon elements are there: not over the top synth going along with guitars, the druming, even the quick whispers and breathing on the mic. It would be awesome. Rip Peter
I could see this one too. Peter and ToN did a wonderful cover of "Cinammon Girl" AND "Summer Breeze" (which they re labeled "Summer Girls"). Keyboardist Josh Silver's work mirrored Tom Gray's to a degree. That's the brilliance that Type O had. . the ability to transitionalize. Peter Steele idolized Paul McCartney. I was fortunate to see Type O at the Tabernacle and again at the Mill on North Ave. And the Brains, many, many times in the Atlanta area. Imgine if they BOTH had played on the SAME bill !!
@@michaelwolf6424 yeah, they were realy great on doing that. I think its a rare musical gift to do it so efortly. Even more rare to come across a group that have more than one player who does it flawlesly.
Using their own tones, mood and colors, they would make a version that would sound completly like them, but respecting key aspects from the original.
Underated band, understed vibes and players. You're lucky af seeing them live
I saw them open for U2 in 1980. Boy tour, $3.25.
Love this band. Thank you!🦅💓
Great band. I'm hearing it for the first time. Wow, such a diamond was not found by me. But better late than never. I leave the album in my collection of my favorite musicians!
Used to love this band, honestly forgot about them...
wow... musical discovery of the year 🤘🙏🙏thanks for sharing
Très bon, entre Devo et Roxy music
some of the vocals do remind me of Bryan Ferry "in the night" as a whole really gives me " in every home a heart break" vibe
Great Pick! Never heard; pretty cool. Dig it a lot. It's something like The Stranglers meets Talking Heads.
Greetings from Brazil!
some not all songs on this LP remind me of Firefriend with male vocals especially earlier Ff songs
Bought this as a cut out in 1980. Wore it out. The vinyl sound in the quiet times is EXACTLY like my version was. Thank you for sharing this piece of my late teen psychosis with us, and allowing me to return to 526 Kiowa and headphone dancing volume 11.
What are fantastic album. They got 1 massive hit but the entire album is great.
I had this album when it first came out and listened to it constantly. It was ahead of its time. I wonder why it’s not on iTunes?
Thanks to WHFS at 102.3 I heard this album. I associate Money Changes Everything with the Brains, then I do with Cyndi Lauper.
I like the cool cover too.
1980 was a fantastic year for New Wave/Post Punk bands and singers on major labels that went absolutely nowhere on the charts, but so many of them are the faves of genre to this day. Two personal favorites of mine are "This Day and Age" by D L Byron and "Self-Titled" by the A's, bought both of them as cut outs and had to buy seconds copies cuz I wore them out.
loved the Brains back in the day, there was so much fun music everywhere, check out Face Dancer, 20/20, Bram Tchaikovsky, The Motors.
Remember Bram Tchaikovsky. Have a Motors lp. Bought it new at a used record shop(still sealed). 1983. I think it's called Tenament Steps,cut out like steps.
Back in the 80's a friend lent me this album .Thanks for posting
Sounds like some early e-bow here and there. nice stuff.
Super band
Thank you from France 🇫🇷
Amazing cover.
Great. Saw this band many times.
If I'd had musical talent, this would've been the music I'd have tried to make. It's as though the Brains gathered my barely-formed ideas and finished them. No other band will ever affect me that way.
Thank you SO for this great LP!!🤘🏻🎸🥁
I had this LP in late 80s.
Friend put me on this band today. So happy to experience this! Ty for sharing!
Thanks for posting this! Such an amazing band.
MOOOORE.....BRAINS!!
Was at GT late '70s to early 80's and saw these guys at the Agora Ballroom and 688 as well as REM, Guadalcanal Diary, Pylon, Swinging Richards, and the Producers. Great stuff.
Guadalcanal diary, ha!✌🙏
que buena banda!!! in the night el mejor tema.
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Sí Sí Sí Miguel
We think we know what we're doing ,but we don't pull the strings!
Gostei do álbum. Parabéns!
=. Love In the night
Tbem curti. De todo modo, vejo haver aqui influências do Television e do Talking Heads.
RIP Tom Gray
OMG, no!
one of my favourites of all time thank you for posting!
This is great - cheers
In The Night On 11!
Pretty good band damn!
Thank You Man! Mahalo
The algorithm give me a gem, but... Where I am when this album goes out in 1.980? Why not see it in local stores of imported records?
Their drummer went on to be an original me,ber of Georgia Satellites
Great band .... RiP Tom
Again, youtube has led me to a lost treasure, and also to the realization that while Cindy Lauper made Money Changes Everything famous, this band wrote this song.
Cyndi Lauper made Tom Gray, who wrote Money Changes Everything, a lot of money. She butchered the song but the royalty checks still cashed.
doesn't this precede The Smiths in UK? inspiration?
Just found out that Tom Gray died, I'm still processing, I'm listening to the 1st album in his honnor!
Sukkie,Sukkie!
I was a Gold dust kid,unreal
Holy crap this rules!
I have listened to side 1 100 times. Found the LP on eBay. Seeking files? Please advise. C C me yeah.
Best moment: "see me" ( 2:32 )!
excellent
Legs, legs, legs, legs
Is this lp out of print? Is there maybe a cd of it? Anyone out there know? I've already started looking for it.
Wow
I bought the single Money Changes Everything on the Grey Matter label back in 1980 and on the strength of that I bought this album. Let me say that I have two criticisms. Firstly, I hate the dull muddy mix. It sounds like the engineer left a high end filter in. Secondly, the wonderful B side Quick With Your LIp wasn't included on the album. Apart from that I love it. Is there a remix/remaster in the pipeline?
Tom Grey was working on a remaster of (at least) this and Electronic Eden for electronic release. 2020 played hell with his schedule due to cancer, but with luck it will be finished and out this year.
@@AOlmstea1 Unfortunately we now know how this one worked out. Tom beat cancer twice before the damn stuff finally got him not long after your post. His was the gallant fight. He's missed dearly.
Still beats the hell out of the overly compressed trends of down the road but I hear ya.
Sonzão. Mauro Magalhães é brasileiro?
the fact that I never heard of this album is really scary
Don't feel too bad. Around 1980 a LOT of incredible "New Wave" LPs were being released hand-over-fist. That's why an LP of this quality slipped through the cracks and was just an "also ran".
Just think about how many more there are?
You want my small list?
@@paulsnyder744 yeeees whats your list? :)
I'm not going to listen right now, but I loved this album back in the day. I think they might have been part of the Athens Georgia renaissance. Something like that.
I still re-visit it.
They were from Atlanta.
Is not my style but is good.
what is that ? new wave or new romantic ?
does this precedes The Smiths in the UK?
so americans came up with this style first then? interesting...
name of first track, please
"Treason" (Rick Price) 2:33 I was in ATL, GA when these guys were the best! They opened for Devo too '-) Peace
@@williamthomas267 I saw them open at the Fox. . .before the B-52s who they proceeded to blow off the stage. No comparison.
@@michaelwolf6424 I hear you! I DJ'd a few years back on a college radio station and I would play tons of GA new wave ... You take care and thanks for the memories!
@@williamthomas267 That station wouldn't have been the fabled WRAS at Ga State, would it? Back in the '80s, WRAS, as you no doubt know, had a show featuring upcoming locals. REM, the Brains, B-52s, the Producers (one of my favs), Swimming Pool Cues, Face of Concern, the Roys (another fav), the Basics, Baby and the Pacifiers, Ga Satellites, No Exit, et.al. I still have a box of cassettes I recorded off air from that WRAS show. Sometimes I'll fire them up. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few more bands and musicians who would form bands, often with interchangeable members on a whim. Artists and musicians hung out at the same clubs and bars ranging from 688, the Agora, Hedgens, Harvest Moon, Smith's Olde Bar and dives in between. Midtown was the epicenter. People knew each other. Bands supported each other. Bassist Kyle Henderson often found himself playing in 2-3 bands at the same time. I'm sure you're were there around the same time as I was. I lived on the last house on West Peachtree between 10th and 13th Sts. and could literally walk to the venues at 688, the Agora not to mention the Fabulous Fox Theater.
I lived in Midtown from '76 until '84. Oh yeah, and don't forget how close Piedmont Park was. Each year the arts and music festivals that filled the air at that iconic place were legendary. I was young and ambitious. Social. Young girls and young men had an easier time meeting each other. Ticket prices and drinks were affordable. Simpler times. In a nutshell, It was just plain. . fun. Looking back, I'd have to say that those years were the best of my life. Our paths probably crossed more than a few times. To be a part of that scene created memories that I still enjoy. And, thanks to RUclips, can re-create. It was a time that I doubt can be repeated. Today's kids have no idea how good we had it. Cheers.
@@michaelwolf6424 The GA Music Show. We listened and requested songs every SUN. I too have some tapes that are songs recorded off WRAS. Some have the public service announcements still.
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I've bought an amplifier that has (defeatable) tone controls. I can push the treble and reduce the bass to make this fine album sound almost decent. For most other records I use the tone defeat. For the first time I can say that I can enjoy it like it almost should have sounded. I am still astonished that the record company and the band allowed this travesty of a mix to be released.
Chrome web browser has an Extension that you can install (google it) that adds an Equalizer (EQ) to your browser, doesn't work on all pages but it works on RUclips, you can reduce the Bass that way (I do it because my JBL earbuds have too much Bass to the point of muddying everything else)
well like the song states money changes everything
I actually like that this album has "too much bass" like a few are saying, what irritates me about the 80's is how most albums sounded Thin and without Bottom End 🤣🤣🤣gotta have some Bottom End if you know what I mean 🤣🤣🤣shut up 🤣
GAERL Dill AL
Electro Bowie, not bad
It's a crying shame that Bowie ripped off Money Changes Everything and made a mint off it (Heroes is the same song). I believe Tom would've won easily in court in a copyright infringement action, but I understand not wanting to deal with all of that, and it could've gotten expensive since Bowie would've thrown his millions into lawyers to win any publishing war.
Heroes was released in 1977. This album came out in '80.
@@davidownbey533 End of case. This one would have never gone to court.
I believe Bowie's Heroes came out first
Hate to sink your boat,but Heroes was released first,in 1977. Bowie admittedly did ''borrow'' from others(I'm a fan but mostly of his albums up to Scary Monsters);however,if there really is a strong similarity between two songs here it's the reverse of what you're claiming.
Heroes predates that song by three years.
Good album ruined by a bad LP transfer that makes the drums awful.