Here's another reason why I'm glad Lost & Found existed when it did. I would have never heard Dove.
Dove was a Revolution Summer-era quartet originally led by Eric and Toni from Red C, with Pete Moffett on drums and Stu Casson on guitar. When Toni died from pneumonia in the mid-80s, Ben Pape stepped in on bass. Their recorded output consisted of a contribution to 1984's "Bouncing Babies" compilation on Fountain of Youth, and what I'm guessing was a single song released posthumously in 1987 on the Olive Tree sampler "DC Rox". It would take eight years for everything they'd recorded to be compiled here under the title "Wrecking Ball", their song from "DC Rox".
Like a lot of mid-80s DC releases, this is both an example of how a lot of hardcore kids progressed after the first wave crested in 1983, as well as demonstrating how much of that work is still missing in action, 40+ years on. A lot of folks rep Second Wind as a great post-Minor Threat band, but good luck not paying high collector prices for a copy of "Security". Madhouse's self-titled LP, recorded around the same time as these Dove songs, is a truly great deathrock record that I've only ever heard on dubbed tapes. I'd love to see more of the records released by DSI and Fountain of Youth around this time to get reissued, even if it's just a straight transfer from the old master tapes.
So here's a good start: you can apparently purchase the CD master for "Wrecking Ball" directly from Lost & Found for 25 Euro. Somebody get on that.
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