140. Tomorrow's Tears by The Riptides 1980

I first saw the Riptides at the Crystal Ballroom must of been early 1980. They were a revelation. We went on to play a number of shows with them both here and in Sydney developing a friendship with Mark Callaghan and the band. they were such a fantastic band live and on record and in a perfect world would have been huge. They even got on to Countdown! They looked great in that mod sixties surf casual way. And that sound was just made for dancing. After hearing them I went off and wrote a few Riptides sounding songs..well in my mind! That little bit of ska he added to power pop had a big influence on me.
I bought the single at missing link records. Didn't stop playing it for months and would always sneak it in to my DJ sets. It's such a summer record!
Actually a few months earlier I had searched in vain for their Sunset Strip single when they were known as the Numbers.
above me as I write this is a poster for when we supported the Riptides at the Bayview tavern in Sydney. In much bigger writing below is Outline. When we went for an audition for EMI Records they were the band that got signed. That was Australia in the early 80s. A lot of great power pop bands never got a chance to show what they could really do.
The Riptides never even got to release a proper album in their time. A pity. we had to wait another 10 years for that.