Whoopi Goldberg - Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording (1985)

Lily Tomlin was the first solo woman to win in the Best Comedy Recording category at the Grammys for her debut album. The next woman to win in the category also won for her debut album: Whoopi Goldberg's 1985 Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording from Geffen Records.

Here is the discography surrounding Whoopi Goldberg's debut album:

Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording

Fontaine (1985 single)

"Fontaine" by Whoopi Goldberg

"Surfer Chick" by Whoopi Goldberg

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World Class Wreckin' Cru - World Class (1985)

"Juice" by World Class Wreckin' Cru

Did you spot Dr. Dre in the "Same Song" video?  Both Eazy-E and he are impossible to miss as neither seem to want to be there.  Dr. Dre's first recordings were with the World Class Wreckin' Cru.  The Wreckin' Cru released their debut album World Class in 1985 on Kru-Cut Records, a label created by group leader Lonzo (or Alonzo Williams) to release the Cru's output.  The album is often redundant ("Planet"), occasionally forward looking ("Gang Bang You're Dead") and entirely percussive.

Here is the discography surrounding World Class Wreckin' Cru's debut album:

Slice (1984 single as The Wreckin Cru)

Surgery (1984 single as The Wreckin Cru)

Juice (1985 single)

World Class

Bust It Up (1985 single)

Juice (1985 EP)

"Surgery" by World Class Wreckin' Cru

"Gang Bang You're Dead" by World Class Wreckin' Cru

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Naked Raygun - Throb Throb (1985)

"Surf Combat" by Naked Raygun


Prior to Big Black's time as a band, Big Black band members Santiago Durango (guitar) and Jeff Pezzati (bass) founded Naked Raygun in 1980.  Pulling double duty for two years, Pezzati left Big Black before the recording of their debut LP and Durango left Naked Raygun before the recording of their own debut Throb Throb in 1985.

Here is the discography surrounding Naked Raygun's debut album:

Busted at Oz (1981 compilation songs)
Demo (1983 demo)
Basement Screams (1983 EP)
Flammable Solid (1983 single)
Live at the VFW#18 in Kansas City (1984 live bootleg)
Throb Throb
Live at Maxwell's (1985 live bootleg)
Live at the Peppermint Lounge (1985 live bootleg)

"Rat Patrol" and "Metastasis" by Naked Raygun Live at the Metro


"I Lie" by Naked Raygun


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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk about the Weather (1985)

"Beating My Head" by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry


Red Rhino Records distributed Inspiral Carpets's first recordings for Playtime before it went bust, but during a good part of the eighties it had solid success publishing and distributing some of the highest charting indie acts, in particular, the early output of post-punk band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.  Vocalist and guitarist Chris Reed formed The Lorries in 1981 with the first solid line-up including guitarist Dave Wolfenden (of the short lived Expelaires), bassist Paul Southern, and drummer Mick Brown.  (Steve Smith and Martin Fagan recorded on the band's early singles).  The group's thunderous bass lines, dissonant chords, and Reed's cavernous voice conditioned critics to group them with the burgeoning goth rock movement of the early eighties, but the band saw themselves in the honest punk traditions of Wire.  Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were critical darlings and a constant presence on the UK indie charts with their 1985 debut album Talk about the Weather peaking at #3.

Here is the discography surrounding Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's debut album:

To See You (1979 single by Expelaires)
John Peel Sessions (1979 John Peel Sessions by Expelaires)
Sympathy (1980 single by Expelaires)
Beating My Head (1982 single)
John Peel Sessions January 1983 (1983 John Peel Sessions)
Take It All (1983 single)
He's Read (1983 single)
John Peel Sessions November 1983 (1983 John Peel Sessions)
Janice Long Sessions (1984 BBC Sessions)
This Today (1984 EP)
Monkeys on Juice (1984 single)
Hollow Eyes (1984 single)
Live at Leeds Warehouse (1984 bootleg)
1984 Demos (1984 demos)
Talking about the Weather
Chance (1985 single)
Spinning Round (1985 single)

"Talk about the Weather" by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry


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