Teenbeat 120 was meant to be the debut release of Ex-Flying Saucer member Yasmin Kuhn's new band Cobalt. A CD was recorded in 1993 and mixed by Teenbeat's very own Mark Robinson (Unrest) and Evan Shurak (Eggs), but rumour has it that Yasmin happy with the mixes and ditched the Teenbeat release altogether. A few tracks have shown up on samplers and compilations over the years, but never enough to give an acurate impression of what the Teenbeat release would have been like.

A year later a New York label called Queenie (which also released Flying Saucer's other offshoot Kickstand) would release a 7" with slightly noisier versions than the Teenbeat tracks and one year later Radio Snake Charmer (Queenie QL06) was released.

Queenie was a "girl-run record label dedicated to putting out music by women," (from Billboard, July 16, 1994 issue) run by Chin-a Panaccione and Sivan Schlecter. The label put out a few CDs and quietly faded away, though most releases are still available (I think).

Cobalt was one of those releases which was much anticipated and the Queenie CD seemed to lack the delicate qualities that made the Teenbeat versions that much more charming.

Included here is the full band version of "Adora" which also appeared in it's more intimate form on Wakefield/Volume 4/February 23rd, 1985 (TB 171) as part of the Teenbeat boxset.

Yasmin Kuhn wrote a nice piece on how she discovered music for Caught in Flux Issue #3 (September 1994) here.

Note: This is the 52nd MP3 posted. Happy Anniversary!