List of Contacted/Investigated Bands, Labels, Persons, etc.

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1	Name	Type (Band, Label, etc.)	Status	Notes

2	Lydia (Anton Riedel)	Person	Confirmed Lead	Lydia's brother was first to record mystery song (probably off of NDR1). Posted online/on Usenet under the username "bluuue" in an attempt to identify the song. Contacted by Gabriel Vieira, actively provides updates on the subreddit.
3	Anders Hoeren	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
4	Andreas Höhn	Person	Possible Lead	Owner of HöhNIE Records, states that he frequently listened to multiple radio shows across different countries (including Musik fur Junge Leute) in the 1980s that broadcasted music of a similar style to our song. Contacted by ernstlauert#0695, awaiting response.
5	ARChive of Contemporary Music	Company	Possible Lead	New York-based professional music archive company. Contacted by supper mabio, awaiting response.
6	Back Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
7	Borgweg Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
8	Checkpoint Charly	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
9	Crypt Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
10	Dallidis Babis	Person	Possible Lead	Member of Homicide and Villa21, contacted by axie#3026
11	DR's Diskotek	Radio Station Archive	Possible Lead	Danish archives that may be helpful. Contacted by Moonloop.
12	This Fear	Band	Possible Lead	Canadian band with similar vocals and style from the mid 80s. Contacted by baked#3004
13	Fischkopp	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
14	Freiheit Und Roosen	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
15	Groove City Records Store	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
16	Hanseplatte	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
17	Hans Nieswandt	Person	Possible Lead	Vocalist/guitarist of Klub der Söhne, to be contacted by Silbereisen#3450
18	In Depth Music	YouTube Channel	Possible Lead	Uploads 80s New Wave music, contacted by Koob Teraz. Doesn't know the song as of right now, but will keep an eye out for it in his collection/purchases.
19	International Discography of the New Wave	Book	Possible Lead	Posted by u/chunkyboymania. Two volumes of books filled with new wave bands from '82 to '83. Possibly could contain the band, currently being searched by "Discogs Lurkers". Formal search currently suspended, but the book's not ruled out. Feel free to look through it yourself.
20	Ju-Ju Trumpet	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
21	Kentucky Fried Wave/sorrow-vomit	Blog/Person	Possible Lead	The person who runs this blog has a massive collection of music similar in style to TMS. Contacted by Deiscan.
22	Marc Dimitri	Person	Possible Lead	French singer who sounds like our singer. Notable work: Walk Away by The Game. Contacted by Deiscan, no response.
23	Martin Newell	Person	Possible Lead	Founding member of Cleaners to Venus, a band signed to multiple German record labels during the time our song was broadcast. Contacted by Neon L.D. Delirium#9916, awaiting response.
24	Michelle Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Well-known record store based in Hamburg. Contacted by members of the Mysterious Song Discord server, awaiting response.
25	Mike Sweeney	Person	Possible Lead	BBC Radio Manchester DJ. May have info on the song. Has been contacted.
26	Minigroove	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
27	Message	Band	Possible Lead	Previous ruled out. Similar vocals and general style. Not all of their music is archived. Contacted by Deiscan, awaiting further info regarding Didier Brutus and his other bands.
28	Nachladen	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
29	NDR Archives	Radio Station Archive	Possible Lead	NDR (specifically NDR2), the radio station that originally broadcast the song, has become interested in the search. They are looking through their archives.
30	Neuntage	Band	Possible Lead	East German synthpop band active in the late 80s. English lyrics, similar vocals and associated with several other bands. Responsible for another formerly mysterious song called "I Want".
31	Norma Jean Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
32	NPO 3FM	Radio Station	Possible Lead	Dutch radio station mentioned by Darius as a possible source of the song. Contacted by Thor#7503, awaiting response. Contacted again by axie#3026, awaiting response.
33	Otaku	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
34	Peter Kasanowski	Person	Possible Lead	Worked at NDR in 1983, has been contacted.
35	Plattenkiste	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
36	Plattenrille	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
37	Jürgen Pluta	Person	Possible Lead	Keyboard player for China Blue, a band connected to the Deo/Sign System through its drummer. To be contacted by Silbereisen#3450.
38	Punk-disco.com	Website	Possible Lead	Punk music forum. Messaged by big mouth#6682.
39	Pure Soul Recordshop	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
40	radiovisie.eu	Website	Possible Lead	Hosts an archive of Hilversum 3 (now NPO 3FM), including recordings from 1984. Contacted by burroughs and bukowski#8563, awaiting response.
41	Ramon Kramer	Person	Possible Lead	Popkurs participant in 1984, to be contacted by Silbereisen#3450
42	Rekord	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
43	Remedy Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
44	Richard Aicher	Person	Possible Lead	Synth expert, funded many German recording studios in the 1980s. Contacted by johnnymetoo, awaiting response.
45	Robert Frost	Person	Possible Lead	Runs spontis.de, a gothic scene-related blog. Contacted by Lydia's brother, put up a blog post about the song. May lead to some information.
46	roddewig	Person	Possible Lead	Discogs user who claims to own several compilation tapes released as part of German magazine 59 to 1. Contacted by Deiscan#9447, awaiting response.
47	Ruff Trade Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
48	Selekta	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
49	Slam Records	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
50	Smallville	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
51	Underpressure	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
52	Volker Bublitz	Person	Possible Lead	Producer of The Cave. To be contacted by Silbereisen#3450
53	Wolfgang Mau	Person	Possible Lead	Worked at NDR in 1984, compiling music. Contacted by FriDay#7847, awaiting response.
54	Zardoz	Record Store	Possible Lead	Hamburg record store, contacted by d235#9997
55	33 B.C. Radio	Radio Station	Dead Lead	Internet radio station specializing in obscure and rare songs from 1979-1990. Might have info on TMS. Contacted by KoobTeraz, never responded.
56	80zforever	YouTube Channel	Dead Lead	Youtube channel with many obscure 80s recordings uploaded. May have the song somewhere on a cassette tape. Has replied and said he doesn't have much incentive to look through all his tapes. Been waiting for months with no result.
57	Are Sounds Elektrik?	YouTube Channel	Dead Lead	Uploads rare and unknown songs/music videos from the 1950s - 2000s, contacted by u/HVA59 but no update.
58	Bill Nelson	Person	Dead Lead	Producer for A Flock of Seagulls. Contacted by Asuyuka on the basis that his work sounds similar to the song, never responded.
59	B-Movie	Band	Dead Lead	British band with similar vocals. Has been contacted. User who originally contacted them could not be found, but they haven't been mentioned since August 2019 so it's safe to assume nothing came out of it.
60	br4in777	YouTube Channel	Dead Lead	YouTube channel with lots of old, obscure music uploaded. Contacted by a Reddit user, unsure of status but apparently nothing came out of it.
61	Complot Bronswick	Band	Dead Lead	French coldwave band from the 80s. Contacted by Deiscan, read message and did not respond.
62	Fade2Grey	Blog	Dead Lead	Blog that specializes in "no-hit wonders". Contacted by Asuyuka, did not respond.
63	Fritz Egner	Person	Dead Lead	Known as the german rock music guru, may know of the song. Posted by u/Arnie_R. Contacted by Koob Teraz, did not respond.
64	Giorgos Langouretos	Person	Dead Lead	Greek singer formerly in a band called "Magic de Spell". Voice similar to that of our singer. Contacted by niski, did not respond.
65	Heribert Loosen	Person	Dead Lead	Composed on a song titled “Like the Wind”, as listed in a GEMA(?) database. Did not respond to a request for comment.
66	M-1	Radio Station	Dead Lead	Lithuanian radio station that may have played the song in the early 1990s. Contacted by Dovias#0629, did not respond.
67	The Masai (West Berlin)	Band	Dead Lead	Band from West Berlin. NOT the same band as The Masai that was ruled out a fairly long time ago.
68	Philip Boa and the Voodooclub	Band	Dead Lead	Similar sounding band from the same time period as our song. Has been contacted.
69	Play Dead	YouTube Channel	Dead Lead	Uploads 80s New Wave music, contacted by Koob Teraz, did not respond.
70	Rare & Unfamiliar Music Hunt	YouTube Channel	Dead Lead	Uploads 80s New Wave music, contacted by Koob Teraz, did not respond.
71	Rick Beato	YouTube Channel	Dead Lead	Appears to be very knowledgeable in music as a whole. Contacted, never responded.
72	Statues in Motion	Band	Dead Lead	From Gabriel Vieira's YouTube description. Confirmed surviving member (Billy Knight) contacted. Has not given reliable answers backed by evidence. Cannot confirm or deny his claims. Dead lead unless something comes up.
73	Stephen Collier Fawcett	Person	Dead Lead	Composed production music titled “Check it In, Check it Out”. Company that manages/licenses his music did not respond to a request for a sample of the song.
74	Stiff Kittens	Band	Dead Lead	Similar sound. A request for comment from one of the band members was not answered.
75	Tim Heireth	Person	Dead Lead	Member of Heads Up Display/Joy Machine which sounds similar. Approached on Facebook if he has any info on the song, did not respond.
76	Chris Andrews	Person	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Has a song called "There's No Tomorrow". Song could not be found, but all of his other work is stylistically different from our song.
77	DJ Epitaph	YouTube Channel	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Has a lot of obscure and underground music uploaded, messaged by U/adambuddy but no update. The betles looked through his uploads, finding nothing similar.
78	Dronemf S	YouTube Channel	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Has a lot of obscure European post punk recordings. U/drummer26 skimmed through looking at video lengths and for songs containing keywords. Didn't find anything. Contacting channel owner may help. Contacted by Koob Teraz, did not respond.
79	Lunatic Actors	Band	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Youtube comment by Dark Blue, very likely to be a troll. Allegedly a 1984 band from Leeds.
80	Mental Alchemy	Band	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	One commenter claimed this to be the band. Returns no Google results. Commenter has been contacted, apparently did not respond. Most likely a troll.
81	Neon	Band	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Italian band. Vocals and genre do not match.
82	Randall Turner	Person	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Claims to be the singer of our song in comment sections. His Twitter and YouTube were found, the guy's just a nutcase.
83	The Spark	Band	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	Previous name of The Dirty Reds - Can't find any information on them. Due to Dirty Reds being different, most likely different as well.
84	Wlater Baecklin (sp?)	Person	Ruled Out (Very Likely)	GEMA Database entry - Song name of 'Checking In Checking Out' - No more info can be found, probably spelled incorrectly, possibly should be Walter Bäcklin. Produces disco.
85	BAP	Band	Ruled Out	Investigated, did not make the song.
86	Behind the Wall	Album	Ruled Out	Compilation of East German "ostpunk" bands. Did not contain our song.
87	Ben Gash	Person	Ruled Out	Post-punk/new-wave artist found on Discogs by Janusz_Maj#2957. Active during the song's suspected production date. Contacted, did not make the song.
88	Ben Liebrand	Person	Ruled Out	Dutch DJ with an extensive collection of music, contacted by u/itsT3K and u/Camspiracy. Ben replied to Camspiracy and did not recognize the song. Ruled out.
89	Bioconstructor	Band	Ruled Out	Contacted, not our band.
90	Blau Blatt Bummel	Band	Ruled Out	Fake band made up by Nicolas Sequeira.
91	Blind Guardian	Band	Ruled Out	Was on list of possible bands by Lost Media Record Discord, now ruled out.
92	Boards of Canada	Band	Ruled Out	A song on the mix Societas X Tape at 1hr 22mins and 43 seconds. Sounds similiar to the mystery song. Posted to Gabriel Vieira's YouTube channel. Nothing known about the song, could possibly be Wheelhouse. Contacted by supper mabio #3710, confirmed to not have made our song.
93	Boyd Britton	Person	Ruled Out	Known as Doc on the Roq, According to YouTube user Michelle Aldis played on KROQ radio in LA. Ran a show based on rare/unknown artists. Telephoned by supper mabio and ruled out.
94	Boysdream	Band	Ruled Out	Found by u/Profoundemonium, In your eyes single contains a song named 'The Wind' on B side. https://www.discogs.com/release/10796200 Tape was released years after our song was recorded off of the radio.
95	Camel	Band	Ruled Out	Investigated, not our band.
96	Camouflage	Band	Ruled Out	Found by u/Profoundemonium, single contains song 'Communication Breakdown' Contacted by supper mabio, did not make the song. (There are three Camouflages that have been investigated - all are ruled out.)
97	Chatshow	Band	Ruled Out	From Gabriel Vieira's YouTube description, no evidence provided.
98	Chris Korte	Person	Ruled Out	Nearly-unknown German musician with extremely similar vocals. Active since 1983. Contacted by supper mabio, did not make the song.
99	Cisse Häkkinen	Person	Ruled Out	Numerous Finnish YouTube users have suggested that this person may be involved with the band who produced our song. Investigation determined that this is not the case.
100	Clan of Xymox	Band	Ruled Out	From Gabriel Vieira's YouTube description, no evidence provided.