The Glove ‘Blue Sunshine’ (Wonderland/Polydor, 1983)

byJeremy Allen
July 11, 2024

Side projects were everywhere in the 1980s. Talking Heads had Tom Tom Club, David Bowie had Tin Machine and Duran Duran managed to split into two rival factions as Arcadia and The Power Station

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Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

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The Glove ‘Blue Sunshine’ (Wonderland/Polydor, 1983)

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Jeremy Allen

Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

Robert Leiner ‘Visions Of The Past’ (Apollo, 1994)

Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

The Scott 4 Free Rock Orchestra

4,000,000 Telephones ‘4,000,000 Telephones’ (Bunker, 1985)

Synergy ‘Games’ (Passport, 1979)

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The Glove ‘Blue Sunshine’ (Wonderland/Polydor, 1983)

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