Missing Persons
Famed as much for their video-ready space age image as for their music, the Los Angeles-based new wave outfit Missing Persons formed in 1980, a year after the marriage of singer Dale Bozzio and her husband, drummer Terry. A one-time member of Frank Zappa's backing band, Terry Bozzio met the former Dale Consalvi (an ex-Playboy Bunny) at a Hollywood recording studio; after founding Missing Persons -- initially dubbed U.S. Drag -- the couple recruited fellow Zappa alumnus Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and Patrick O'Hearn on bass, and with classically trained keyboardist Chuck Wild in tow, they began playing area clubs.
In 1981, the band released its self-titled debut EP; after signing to Capitol, the label reissued the record in 1982, and the singles "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both nearly hit the Top 40. Their videos also helped Missing Persons find success on the fledgling MTV network, where Dale Bozzio's hiccuping voice and campy look (comprised of shocking-pink hair and sci-fi outfits capped off with Plexiglass bras) combined with the group's synth-driven songs to make them naturals for heavy rotation. Later in 1982, the group issued its first full-length album, Spring Session M (an anagram of their name), which launched the underground smash "Walking in L.A."
After 1984's Rhyme and Reason notched only a minor hit with the single "Give," Missing Persons enlisted Chic's Bernard Edwards to produce 1986's dance-pop effort Color in Your Life; the album stiffed, however, and both the band and the Bozzios themselves broke up. While Dale Bozzio issued one solo album on Prince's Paisley Park label, Terry Bozzio went on to work with Jeff Beck; Cuccurullo, meanwhile, joined Duran Duran, O'Hearn recorded several instrumental new age albums, and Wild composed music for films and television.
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Spring Session M.
Rock - Released by Capitol Records on 8 Oct 1982
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The Best Of Missing Persons
Rock - Released by Capitol Records on 14 Oct 2014
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Rhyme & Reason (Expanded Edition)
Rock - Released by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) on 1 Feb 1984
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Color In Your Life
Rock - Released by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) on 29 Jul 1986
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Missing in Action - Deluxe Edition
Rock - Released by Cleopatra Records on 1 Dec 2014
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Ultimate Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Punk / New Wave - Released by Cleopatra Records on 1 Aug 2009
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Walking In L.A. - The Dance Mixes
Electronic - Released by Cleopatra Records on 7 Mar 2006
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Classic Masters
Rock - Released by Capitol Records on 1 Jan 2002
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Hollywood Lie
Rock - Released by Cleopatra Records on 10 Nov 2023
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Dreaming
Punk / New Wave - Released by Cleopatra Records on 20 Mar 2020
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Flashdance...What A Feeling (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Rock - Released by Silverphonic Records on 1 Sep 2009
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A Night In San Francisco (Live)
Punk / New Wave - Released by Cleopatra Records on 1 Sep 2023
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Live in New York 1981 (Live: My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island 25 Aug '81)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Air Cuts on 1 Jan 2017
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Words (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Rock - Released by Cleopatra Records on 1 Aug 2009
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Words (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Rock - Released by Cleopatra Records on 10 May 2023
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Walking In L.A. (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Punk / New Wave - Released by Cleopatra Records on 1 Aug 2009
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Destination Unknown (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Rock - Released by Cleopatra Records on 1 Aug 2009
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Pure '80s Hits
Punk / New Wave - Released by Cleopatra on 1 Jan 2008
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Destination Unknown (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Punk / New Wave - Released by Cleopatra Records on 29 Mar 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo