The Planet Doesn't Mind
The Planet Doesn't Mind is an electro boogie cover of a classic new wave track by British group New Musik featuring Tony Mansfield of the Nick Straker Band. X-Visitors Hail from the South Bay, California and had one other release on their own imprint Dancing Bear Records entitled Hokey Pokey. I found my copy at an outdoor $1 record blow out in Redwood City, warped and beat to shit. Now, I don't really have any desire to upgrade this one, but I got a good enough rip and find the mp3 to be a pleasent listen on my ipoon.
I just found a decent rip of Hokey Pokey floating around the internets, so I have included it here as a bonus.
X-Visitors - The Planet Doesn't Mind (Club Remix)
X-Visitors- Hokey Pokey (Long Version)
Posted by Magnum | 8 comments
Labels: Bay Area, Nick Straker Band, X-Visitors
August 12, 2009 at 4:47 PM
I remember this song coming out when I was in college. I lived in San Mateo, CA, and this song had fairly heavy rotation on KQAK ("The Quake") for a couple of weeks after its release. Dancing Bear Records was owned by Diane Dragon who also owned a 2-store chain of dance music record stores called "Star Records." One was in San Jose, the other in San Mateo.
Claude B.
August 12, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Claude,
You are awesome for hooking up that info. Many Thanks! Diane Dragon also produced the track as well.
Cheers!
BT Magnum
August 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Do you put your 'metal leg in' or your 'middle leg in'?
August 14, 2009 at 6:55 PM
One more nerdy point...
This group also became Rojas.
Mexican High NR/Modern Soul. They also had two insanely rare singles on an imprint called AMB.
August 16, 2009 at 2:03 PM
AMAZING TRACKS! thanks
August 25, 2009 at 8:23 PM
I'll take it you went to Record Man. . .that owner has got some great hidden gems in that place.
August 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Didn't she also own the Star Records in San Francisco? That was a great store...
November 25, 2010 at 10:27 AM
The New Muzik version was the most in demand thing in San Jose when it came out. There were mixtapes floating around with it, but nobody could get the record. I know because I couldn't either. Star Records couldn't get it in stock, so they decided to make their own version. I don't think either version was as big a hit anywhere else in the world besides San Jose, but I could be wrong about that. Definitely the biggest frenzy about a song I've ever witnessed in all my years of buying records. I used to work for Diane at Star Records in the late 80's as a teenager, but had been a faithful shopper there since I was a kid in the late 70's. RIP Star Records and Dancing Bear Records.