First they were “The Units.” Then they were “Fear of Strangers.” A great band that almost made it: Val Haynes, Steve Cohen, Todd Nelson and Al Kash. There’s not much of a trace of them now, even on the Internet where the collective memory doesn’t reach back to the early eighties very well. Their legacy is a single album released by a now defunct label, a photo album by Dave Suarez, and this vintage video I found at youtube. It’s dated but they once OWNED Albany and they helped me get through the first years of the Reagan administration.
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My sister used to go to all their shows. And I grew up listening to them. I have been searching for their album. These videos are great. However it just makes me want their songs even more.
Over the years and after multiple moves, I lost my original copy. About three years ago, I contacted the Blue Note Record Shop in Albany and they had an original sealed copy.
Fred
I keep searching – eventually I have to find it.