“I think in every era of music you can find stuff like this — and sometimes you’ll find that it’s superior to the music that really was making it big commercially.” –Michael Carmody
In this episode of Deviate Rolf delves into a musical mystery — tracing the fate of ten rock and pop albums (found in a thrift store record bin) that evoke the quintessential look and sound of 1980s music, even though — for whatever reason — they never made it big back in the day.
Joining Rolf in this musical investigation is Jedd Beaudoin (@JeddBeaudoin), who hosts the syndicated music show “Strange Currency,” and Michael Carmody (@Carmody68), a musician, record collector, and donut shop entrepreneur.
Album art and show notes for each 1980s mystery album are listed below, in chronological order, by time-code.

[4:05 – 10:56]
Featured song: “I I, Me Me”
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[10:56 – 20:25]
Featured song: “She Can’t Wait”
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[20:25 – 27:55]
Featured song: “She Wants You”
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[27:55 – 34:15]
Featured song: “In Her Arms”
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[34:15 – 46:00]
Featured song: “Shot Through the Heart”
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[46:00 – 55:25]
Featured song: “Piece of My Heart”
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[55:25 – 1:06:00]
Featured song: “Too Late”
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[1:06:00 – 1:14:10]
Featured song: “Chain Around Your Heart”
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[1:14:10 – 1:25:36]
Featured song: “Ain’t It a Sin”
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[1:25:36 – 1:30:45]
Featured song: “Street Ready”
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[1:30:45 – 1:45:20]
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This episode was sponsored by the Paris Writing Workshop, an intensive one-month course in the artistic heart of Europe.
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