Category: The UpTones

Girl On The Avenue (Live, Rheem Theater, 1986)

One more from this tape before we release the whole skaboodle! This is the full, long, live, dub version of Girl On The Avenue, which often closed our set during this period. The studio version is on our OUTBACK EP which came out right around the time of this show.

Cool Vibe (Live, Rheem Theater, 1986)

Cool Vibe is an instrumental horn section feature, composed by UpTones’ trumpet player Scott “Ska-T” Jensen. This was a favorite in our live set at the time, and here it is as recorded live, at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, CA in Nov. 1986.

Footprints In The Sand (Live, Rheem Theater, 1986)

Another one from The UpTones live at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, California on November 8, 1986. Captured on Paul Jackson’s cassette recorder next to the sound board, Footprints In The Sand has never been released previously in any format! Now on Bandcamp:

..and select streaming services, here’s a link to links to some of ’em!->

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theuptones/footprints-in-the-sand-live-rheem-theater-1986-2

More to come from this set in coming weeks (we promise!)

Step Down (Live, Rheem Theater, 1986)

Recorded live at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, California on November 8, 1986 on Paul Jackson’s cassette recorder next to the sound board, Step Down was never recorded in the studio, and this is its first digital release. More to come from this set in coming weeks!

Caturday UpTones OUTBACK link-fest!

This is OUTBACK month here at Berkeley Cat Records! We’ve had a wonderful response with the Bandcamp release so far, so let’s say a huge THANK YOU to all who have purchased and downloaded this shiny little time-capsule from 1986. From the point of view of artist and label (and cats!) Bandcamp is the best option. Pick it up!->

https://theuptones.bandcamp.com/album/outback

We’re also making the record available on the major streaming services, cos them’s what people use these days mostly, to enjoy music. If you use Spotify, pop into this link and “pre-save” the album! Note: This will also automatically make you “follow” the UpTones in Spotify, which in theory is good for all of us! Clever Interwebs. This page will magically add Pandora, Apple Music etc. as the album goes live in those venues:->

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theuptones/outback

Thanks, Happy Caturday, and please feel free to share any o’ the above!

The UpTones “OUTBACK” comes out this month!

Out of print since 1986, the 6-song OUTBACK EP is the last studio recording The UpTones made during the 1980s. We’re proud to release it digitally for the first time on Berkeley Cat Records, first on August 15 through Bandcamp, then August 31 through the streaming services. Thanks so much for your orders, and let’s share this far and wide!