Here’s what sounds like a gem of an album called L’Amour from 1983 which was lost in the midst of time but is now getting a re-release. This unknown musician’s spectral music has been tracked to its source: an eighties stockbroker with a model girlfriend whose cheque for the album cover photography bounced.
The LP gets a new lease of life on April 8th when it’s released digitally, with CD in May and LP in June on Light In The Attic Records. Listen to ‘I Thought The World Of You’ from the album.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
This is an incredible story. It’s something that is less likely to happen the future though as blogs like this ensure anything of merit is recorded on some level.
There’s a lot of new old on Soundcloud getting a second outing from retired musos. This won’t be the last find to be saved from obscurity for sure.