Musick that Needed Work - R: Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue

 

Although these cats were known as Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue, we're all probably a lot more familiar with Rue Morgue alum G.E. Smith & Hilly Michaels. 

 

The band only released two albums: Radioactive in 1978 & Reptiles in Motion in 2019 as well as the compilation shared here. 

Reptiles in Motion was recorded in 1979. It featured Mick Ronson taking G.E. Smith's place on guitar. It was meant as a follow-up to Radioactive but remained shelved until 2019. RIM was released on Rave On Records, basically a vanity label for the two bands The Reducers & Heap. Roger C. Reale had provided vocals for The Reducers 1988 Wake the Neighbors release.

Also in 2019 Rave On released this compilation that contains both of the Rue Morgue offerings. The Radioactive set contains all twelve tracks as per the UK version (the US version was only ten tracks with "Rescue Me" & "Close Inspection" missing). 

 

Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue - The Collection, Rave On Records TGP1015, 2019.
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Radioactive -    
High Society    
Dear Dad
Stop & Go    
Pain Killer    
Rescue Me
Kill Me    
Reach for the Sky    
Madonna's Last Stand    
Please Believe Me    
Close Inspection
Inside Outside    
I Can't Control Myself 

 

 

Reptiles in Motion -     
She's Older Now
Pros & Cons   
Radioactive  
One More Try    
No Secrets    
Debutante Ball    
Make it Be Over
I'm in Distress    
Point Blank    
Back it Up    
Living in Anger    
Rock it to the Kremlin

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ