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Mike Casey's avatar

great read. my lostwave was and maybe still is the CVS phone on hold music from circa 2015 - really beautiful classical esque solo piano.

lots of other people looking for it online. some say it's "Golden Dragon" by Karl King but "no one really knows".

-Mike Casey

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merzy doates's avatar

My lostwave took 30 years to discover! In the 80's I taped a song from an unknown station that I called "Chinese kinda thing". It haunted me. No one I knew could identify it.

The lyrics were indistinct, definitely English English, sort of Fairport Convention, but it wasn't. There were heavy synths and odd drumming.

Not until we'll into the oughts did a search for "The church is ruined and the graves are deserted" reveal that this was Tree Top Club by Victoria Astley. All the more meaningful to me by dint of its obscurity!

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