Gruppo Sportivo - Back To 19 Mistakes (1988)

Gruppo Sportivo are a Dutch pop band, from The Hague, formed in 1976, who enjoyed some measure of international success in the late 1970s and 1980s. The frontman of the band, and writer of the material, is Hans Vandenburg.

Their first ever single was Out There In The Jungle (Polydor 1976), but the height of their career came with the two albums Ten Mistakes (1977) and Back to '78 (1978). They came to popularity just after the height of Punk rock, but were regarded as more post-punk, veering more towards the mainstream pop. Their track "Dreamin'" off of Mistakes received much college station airplay in the US. They were much admired for their live performances, which had great humour even slapstick. Their most well-known song is "Beep Beep Love" (from the album Ten Mistakes), which enjoyed some success both in the UK and USA. The UK's Radio & Records voted them "Top Newcomer '78". In July 2006 the Japanese girl band Puffy AmiYumi recorded a new version of Tokyo, originally recorded by Gruppo Sportivo in 1978.~wikipie

note from me:
I was a teenager when I saw this band live on the yearmarket in my own town.
And nobody of my friends didn't hear from them before, neither did I.
They were so great. They played the whole evening and we had a great time.
I think it was a year later that there first single came out.. and there they were on Dutch TV ;-)
It's great music and worth every second that you spend for download.

I have almost everything from this band, But for AH I think this one enough.
a compilation from there most welknow songs:
If there is really need for more just let me know..

Note about the albumcover: I am really sorry, but I can't help it. ;-)



Track Listing

Mexican Radio (3:47)
Rock 'N Roll (2:29)
Beep Beep Love (2:55)
Superman (6:22)
Lasting Forever (4:11)
Girls Never Know (3:18)
I Shot My Manager (2:46)
Mission À Paris (4:13)
Armee Monika (4:42)
Disco Really Made It (4:02)
Hey Girl (2:26)
Bernadette (3:05)
P.S. 78 (3:00)
Tokyo (1:11)
I Said No (4:14)
Blah Blah Magazines (2:01)
One Way Love (3:07)
Bottom of the Class (2:59)
Sleeping Bag (4:39)

Two parts for download: