The Wind
Three nice Jewish boys from Miami got together in high school during the early 80s and decided that cultural progression had stopped at the second Beatles record. Hell-bent on reversing the musical carnage of the 70s, they took their Merseybeat and Motown fascination and formed a band called The Wind. They recorded 14 of the hundreds of songs they had written together at a studio that catered to salsa bands, ran the whole thing through as much compression as it could handle, and produced this amazing private press LP that garnered them a write up in Rolling Stone (by none other than a young Kurt Loder in ’81). It went nowhere, like lots of good things do, but two copies of this record, out of the thousand pressed, ended up a popular dollar bin of a record store in midtown Sacramento (owned by a total asshole) and then into the hands of a friend (who hopefully stole them from that asshole) who turned me onto this (recently reissued on vinyl btw) awesome slice of power-pop.
The Wind – Wonder Track
The Wind – Hey Mister!