#bertie higgins

[myimaginaryradio]

Key Largo - Bertie Higgins - 1982

[vintage-leisure]

Just Another Day in Paradise (1982)

Bertie Higgins

Just finished listening to this and found it oddly compelling. Like Jimmy Buffett meets Christopher Cross.

[kontextmaschine]

Now appreciating that the '80s Florida thing wasn't from Miami Vice, that and "yacht rock" were responding to a real period vogue, like the late '70s Colorado thing or maybe '90s Seattle. Like, this:

was from 1982 (Miami Vice debuted '84), released as a single with the duh-its-about-cocaine White Line Fever on the B-side

[socalledmixtapelife]

[gypsy-that-i-was]

Bertie Higgins - Key Largo

[coloursteelsexappeal]

Bertie Higgins - Key Largo (1981)

BIG summer 2019 mood

[gypsy-that-i-was]

Bertie Higgins - Key Largo

[ominous-synths-records]

Bertie Higgins - Just Another Day In Paradise

Designer: Masaru Kawahara

Release: 1982