Each week we get hundreds of pieces of used vinyl in – you name it we see it come through here. Usually it’s a ton of useless Joan Baez,  Boz Scaggs & Supertramp vinyl, but occasionally we get something in that for better or worse really stands out. This section is dedicated to these finds.

Our first “Cover of the Month” comes from one of Burlington’s not so fertile periods of local rock music, 1985.

Introducing BOYZ.

Tanner: I think i’ve seen this album circulating in the backroom for at least 3 years, it’s about time we expose it’s awesomeness. You know, it’s nice to know we’re carrying on the Burlington tradition of tight black jeans into the new Millennium.

Herb: I have absolutely no idea what these guys sound like. My guess is Huey Lewis & The News meets Billy Idol.

Tanner: Think the middle guy’s going for a Young Springsteen, pissing against a wall look.

Herb: Maybe he’s doing his version of what he thought the cover of “The River” should look like. Yuk-yuk.

Tanner: Bruce Springsteen and the “Pee” Street Band…

Herb: Wow. Anyway, I think the guy in the back is the drummer and I know where he keeps his sticks.

Tanner: Hot Dog we have a Weiner.

Herb: Is one of his arms longer than the other?

Tanner: I heard Elastic waistband pants were the keyboard neckties of mid 80′s Burlington soft rock.

Herb: I guess when you’re packing that kind of heat, you don’t really have to try. Everything about the dude, package aside, says “I don’t give two sultry shits”.

Tanner: And then there’s trying to hard…

Herb: Hotchy-Motchy

Tanner: You’ve gotta stand away from the wall a little more when you’re doing shadow puppets.

Herb: Here is a man who would have rather been posing for romance novel covers than rocking and rolling.

Tanner: This guy was in the band for one reason only. Dudes.

Herb: This is making me depressed. These guys were probably talking about quitting their jobs, sending the album to Warner Brothers, going on tour with Joe Jackson…

Tanner: Here’s hoping this post sees a BOYZ revival a la Death….

Herb & Tanner: … Nah.