1980s Vinyl LP 1281 Items

2LP+CD | 2021 | US | Original (Legacy)

Welcome 2 America

110,99 €*

Romantic Warriors Pink & Purple Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

Still sealed. Stuffed corner. 2LP + CD + BluRay

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Modern Talking

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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180gr/5th Album/2000 Cps On Pink & Purple
Coloured Vinyl, High Quality
Romantic Warriors is the fifth studio album by German pop duo Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen, better known together as Modern Talking. It continued Modern Talking's reign as one of the most popular synthpop acts of their time.

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LP | 2021 | DE | Original (ZYX Music)

History Of NDW Vol. 2

11,99 €* 14,99 € -20%

Release: 2021 / DE – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

History Of Ndw Volume 2

17,09 €* 17,99 € -5%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Vivir En La Habana Yellow Vinyl Edition

Blondie

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

18,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Hyperspace Communications)

Los Microwaves

The Birth Of Techno

Communards 35 Year Anniversary Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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This playfully titled release features David Javelosa (on synth and vocals) along with Meg Brazill (on bass and vocals) plus drummer Todd “Rosa” Rosencrans. Side One features five studio tracks, none of which were included on the band’s 1981 Posh Boy LP, Life After Breakfast. Three of these tracks were recorded in ‘82; there’s no information regarding the provenance of the other two songs. The records’ second side collects five live recordings, capturing Los Microwaves onstage in New York City (The Peppermint Lounge) and Boston as well as at San Francisco’s own I-Beam, a venue that often played host to the band. Those tracks date form roughly the same ear, 1980-83. Sonically the songs variously recall Blondie, Flying Lizards, Gang of Four and a far less dour Human League. Importantly, the band rocks, even when it’s employing a spare drum kit, solid but elemental bass, and monophonic analog synthesizers. The stripped down aesthetics of the group – necessitated by its minimalist instrumental approach – are nonetheless thrilling. Even if you weren’t there in 1980, this’ll take you back.

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Communards

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (London)

31,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2 x Black 140 G Vinyl. Gatefold Sleeve with spot matt & gloss UV. 2 x Printed inner sleeve. The album remastered from original tapes . Vinyl package also features a selection of B - Sides from the 7” singles of 1985 & 1986.

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80s Techno Tracks - Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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ZYX Italo Disco New Generation Volume 3

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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80s Electro Tracks - Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Lena Platonos

Blancers

Zwischen Unbefahrenen Gleisen + Mont Klamott

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Greek electronic music legend Lena Platonos returns to Dark Entries with Balancers, an LP of previously unreleased material recorded between 1982-1985. Athens-based Platonos has worked with the label previously to reissue her three solo LPs - Gallop, Sun Masks, and Lepidoptera - as well as to release three accompanying 12” EPs featuring modern remixes of her work. She is renowned for her forays into cutting-edge electronic experimentation as well as her striking, impressionistic poetry and lyrics, always recited in Greek. The twelve tracks on Balancers reveal a murkier side of Lena, one draped in tenebrous washes and oneiric utterances. Ragged analog rhythms feature on several tracks, even breaking into a brooding electro groove on “A Cat in the Corner”, but the predominant tone is sparse and somber. Mournful instrumental “Phaethon” swells to mythological proportions, while “In September” feels small enough to fit in your pocket. Lena’s poetry sits amidst lush pads and Radiophonic Workshop-esque squiggles, her voice setting an intimate tone in the shifting electronic sea. Inspiration is drawn from Greek mythology and architecture, and lyrics evoke a soft sorrow, an ambivalence towards love, life, and the passage of time. Although the material here spans 3 years and features a range of recording fidelities and synthesis techniques, the collection possesses the heft of a singular artist’s vision. Balancers was remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Eloise Leigh designed the sleeve, which features a doubled Lena in washed-out burgundy hues, channeling the femininity and mystery of the album. Also included is an insert with lyrics in both Greek and English.

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Silly (Tamara Danz)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (BuschFunk)

30,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Dark Side Of Italo Disco

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Earmusic)

Saga

Wildest Dreams

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Depeche Mode

Live In Basel 1984

LP | 2021 | EU (DBQP)

22,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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4LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Mecanica)

Absolute Body Control

Lost / Found

99,99 €*

Le Mie Canzoni Best Of Orange Transparent Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Absolute Body Control was formed by Dirk Ivens in 1980 influenced by the sound produced by the likes of Suicide, D.A.F. and the UK electronic scene. Eric Van Wonterghem joined the project next year just after the release of the debut 7" "Is There An Exit?". They released together just some cassettes during its brief initial run, but this was enough to gain a following in and outside Belgium. A compilation of tracks entitled "Eat This" was eventually done in 1993 and a first edition of the collection "Lost / Found" was issued on CD in 2005.

Dirk and Eric took the project back on stage in 2006 and decided to re-activate it. They first re-recorded some of their classic songs for the album "Wind[Re]Wind" and then continued releasing new material and touring all Europe and beyond.

"Lost / Found" is the definitive collection of this minimal-synth-wave act and is now available for the first time on vinyl record with a total of 52 songs including 8 previously unreleased.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies with 4 records on individual sleeves, insert and numbered certificate.

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Stefano Rosso

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Udp Disco Piu)

Special Remix Vinyl Collection

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Linda Jo Rizzo

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Lastafroz)

More Than A Party In Amsterdam Live 1983

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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first LP of Linda Jo Rizzo!

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Depeche Mode

LP | 2021 | EU (Mind Control)

15,99 €*

Demo Tapes 1984-86 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Cult early performance in Amsterdam

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Heiko Maile

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Bureau B)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Demon)

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda

35,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Death Is Bigger 1984-85 Clear Purple Vinyl Edition Vinyl Edition

Getting The Fear

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dais)

Death Is Bigger 1984-85 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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It's testament to how fertile England's mid-80's musical landscape was that the splintering of short-lived post-punk pioneers The Southern Death Cult seeded so many memorable but divergent groups - from widescreen rock legends The Cult to romantic pop duo Into A Circle to "the Asian Public Enemy," Fun-Da-Mental. But the band's most potent subsequent cross-pollination was undoubtedly Getting The Fear, formed by The Southern Death Cult rhythm section of Barry Jepson, David 'Buzz' Burrows, and Aki Haq Nawaz Qureshi, joined by Temple Ov Psychic Youth associate Paul `Bee' Hampshire on vocals. Galvanized by Margaret Thatcher's "iron fist" austerity policies and the cultural liberation of punk, the group blazed to creative fruition, quickly landing a lucrative deal with RCA. But immediately after recording their 1984 debut single, Last Salute, a shake-up at the label left them stranded and without support. Rather than stall in music industry purgatory they chose to dissolve, escaping their restrictive contract. Bee's lyrics on "Last Salute" are fitting final words: "If this must end let it pass me by / I'll remain your friend, only flowers die." But this is of course only part of the story. Death Is Bigger: 1984-1985 rectifies history's error, collecting the group's entire vault of demos and unreleased songs alongside liner notes and a photo gallery capturing Getting The Fear in all their high libertine glory. The compilation's 10 tracks are alternately brooding, spiky, and sneering, fixated on dreams, sex, and Charles Manson (the sleeve of Last Salute famously features a detail from Manson's embroidered waistcoat, unbeknownst to label execs). Razor wire guitars slice across tense rhythms, veering between minimal and melodic, occasionally flowering into psychedelic poetry, revealing Bee's deep affinity with Psychic TV. Taken as a whole, the album showcases the breadth of forking paths facing UK post-punk in 1984: pop eating itself, new wave while still new, transgression as alternative not affectation. Getting The Fear's music feels eclectic and unfettered, following whim, lust, and impulse, glinting with darkness against the fires of youth: "The earth is still beneath my feet, I start to sink to lose myself / Friends and lovers stand around unconcerned, their eyes in flames."

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Getting The Fear

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dais)

At The Movies Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Kenny Loggins

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Columbia)

Warte Mein Land, Warte HHV Exclusive Beige Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.
Limitation: 2100 copies.

This album collects, for the first time ever, Kenny Loggins’ greatest soundtrack hits on vinyl, including “Footloose”, “Playing With The Boys” (from the Top Gun soundtrack), “Danger Zone” (from the Top Gun soundtrack) and “Nobody’s Fool (Theme From Caddyshack)” plus a newly recorded version of “Playing With The Boys”.

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Ozan Ata Canani

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Fun In The Church)

The Breathtaking Blue 2021 Remaster

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Limited to 300 units. Only at HHV.

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Alphaville

LP+DVD | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

35,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Afternoons In Utopia 2021 Remaster

Alphaville

LP+Book | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

34,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun Red & White Vinyl Edition

Mental As Anything

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Demon)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Shake It Up Green Vinyl Edition

The Cars

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Elektra)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Dekmantel)

Profondo Nero

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Profondo Nero compiled by Cinema Royale Profondo Nero narrates a storyline that goes beyond the borders of Italy’s musical legacy. Cutting across the face of Italo disco’s leftfield musicians between the early and late ‘80s, Profondo Nero champions a multi-faceted sound that nods to the blueprint of Italo disco but tries to dig deeper. The music is unmistakably Italo disco but moves away from the familiar classic sound. Amsterdam based collector Cinema Royale stitches together eleven tracks from 1983 – 1989, celebrating a sound he fittingly describes as ‘leftfield Italo’. The compilation connects the dots between soulful disco (Louise Freeman – Mirage), synth-pop (Mark – Dreamland), electro-rap (Loukas Thanos – Jazzburger), breaks (Santoro – Lover Message), 80s dub disco (Jet Set – Love Break), Balearic (Isamar & Compañia - No Estas), boogie (Tom Hooker – Talk With Your Body) and proto-house (International Music System - An English ’93). Profondo Nero’s title salutes the legendary oeuvre of Italian horror director Dario Argento. His Profondo Rosso (1975) is a classic example of exquisite cinematic storytelling, boasting courageous colors, expressionist camera angles and an unforgettable Goblin score forming the ingredients for an intriguing piece of art. Profondo Rosso’s music, created the spark for a new Dekmantel Records endeavor led by Amsterdam based experimental film score connoisseur, record collector and DJ Cinema Royale. For those in the know of underground Amsterdam music culture, Arne Visser aka Cinema Royale is among the city’s longest standing record collectors. Born to an Italian mother and Dutch father, Arne was brought up on a diet of Italo disco in the 80s. Cinema Royale explains: ‘For Profondo Nero I took a plunge into the lesser known fringes of Italo disco. From there I tried to connect, among others, San Francisco boogie, Balearic, Japanese late era Italo-electro and synth-pop funk. I hope you can hear what I had in mind: an infectious showcase of my take on traditional Italo disco that will hopefully get a lot of listeners itching for a spin. It’s fair to say that lately this particular sound has seen a reappraisal and renewed interest. As a party-starting collection for entry-level connoisseurs or suave but lazy types, I hope Profondo Nero can be an education. I’m not claiming I’m the first DJ or collector to do so, but I did try do present something special by digging deep.’ It wasn’t my goal to unearth the most obscure tracks, instead I wanted to compose a compilation that takes you on a journey. ‘In my opinion the best DJs create something extraordinary out of illogical selections by combining music against all odds and showing different kind of moods along the way. There’s a certain amount of arrogance involved: you take the music out of its original context. But by doing so in a very conscious way, you might be able to enhance the power of the individual records. Hopefully each song on Profondo Nero provides an intimate and memorable experience.’

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Two Synths A Guitar (And) A Drum Machine - Soul Jazz Records #1 Post Punk Dance Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

31,99 €*

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Colored vinyl edition.

Soul Jazz Records new ‘Two Synths, A Guitar (and) A Drum Machine’ is a new collection of current D-i-y post-punk bands shaped by the mutant sounds of no wave, punk funk and New York Noise bands from the late 70s and early 80s that collided with the world of underground dance music found at the Paradise Garage, Mudd Club in New York City (esg, Arthur Russell, Bush Tetras, Talking Heads, Suicide, Liquid Liquid).

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Sexual Harrassment

I Need A Freak

Jewel Box Colored Box Set Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Dark Entries is pleased to announce a deluxe reissue of Sexual Harrassment’s 1983 opus I Need A Freak. Lynn Tolliver, DJ/Program Director at Cleveland’s Wzak, adopted the pseudonym David Payton in order to keep his musical endeavors separate from his public persona. Sexual Harrassment (misspelled deliberately) was formed as a concept band, with members selected based on appearance and choreographic skill rather than musical ability. Tolliver’s explicit lyrics focused on the central themes of desire and sexual relations. Working at a studio in Akron, he recorded an album of quirky-yet-lurid electro funk, which was released on Heat Records. Tolliver remarks, “I learned as a youngster, sex sells! The things that are rated the worst – violence, horror and sex – are the things people want to see or hear about.” I Need a Freak was a surprise hit, selling over 100,000 copies. I Need A Freak is presented here for the first time on double LP, pressed at 45 rpm for maximum DJ-friendliness. While the album’s naughtier moments seem quaint by contemporary standards, the fusion of lo-fi funk and disaffected vocals still stuns today. On the eternal electro-raunch anthem “I Need a Freak”, minimalism serves to highlight the lasciviousness of the deadpan lyrics, which were inspired by Lourdes Figueroa, Tolliver’s girlfriend at the time. Tolliver’s whimsy shines on tracks like “If I Gave You a Party” and “K.I.S.S.I.N.G.”, which contrast nursery rhyme structures with decidedly R-rated lyrics. “Exercise Your Ass Off” lampoons the home exercise craze, but with a more-than-suggestive sexual bent. Also included are two bonus cuts, “We Want Prince” and “These Are The Things That I Like”, previously released as singles in 1984 and 1986, respectively. “We Want Prince” is both a homage to the Purple one and a gentle satire of obsessive fandom. I Need A Freak has been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve featuring the original artwork. Included are lyrics, photos, and liner notes by Lynn Tolliver and drummer Dale Jackson. Tolliver’s sly provacateurship is best captured by the quote: “It’s funny – without sex, mankind is dead, yet we hide the very thing we need.”

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Elton John

Box Set | 2020 | EU | Original (Universal)

112,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2020 | Reissue (Warner)

Sign "O" The Times

36,99 €*

Release: 2020 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Prince‘ ikonic Album Sign O’ The Times, remastered by Prince‘ Mastering-Engineer Bernie Grundman.. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Adriano Celentano

Best Of

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Black 2LP Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner Bros.)

38,94 €* 40,99 € -5%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Prince‘ ikonic Album Sign O’ The Times, remastered by Prince‘ Mastering-Engineer Bernie Grundman.

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LP | 2020 | EU (Radio Broadcast)

The Purple Era

20,99 €*

Here At Last...Bee Gees Live

Release: 2020 / EU

Genre: Pop

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Radio Broadcast is a brand new label specialized in soundboard recordings done for TV and Radio broadcast. All vinyl 140 gr. Limited to 300 copies.

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Bee Gees

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Universal)

31,19 €* 38,99 € -20%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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We Could Be Heroes - The Legendary Broadcasts Picture Disc Edition

David Bowie

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (CODA)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Fan The Flame Part 1 White Vinyl Edition

Dead Or Alive

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Demon)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sextet Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Graveyard And The Ballroom Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Capitol)

Neil Diamond

All-Time Greatest Hits

38,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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I'd Like To See You Again Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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To Each Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Cruelty Without Beauty Remastered Pink Vinyl Edition

Soft Cell

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Big Frock)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner Bros.)

40,99 €*

Hot August Night / Nyc Live From Msg

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Prince‘ ikonic Album Sign O’ The Times, remastered by Prince‘ Mastering-Engineer Bernie Grundman.

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Neil Diamond

2LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Capitol)

38,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Power Corruption And Lies Definitive Edition

New Order

LP+2CD+DVD | 2020 | UK | Original (RHINO)

120,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Following last year’s inaugural box set, Power Corruption & Lies is the next Definitive Edition to chronical the history of one of the UK’s most enduring and influential groups

The box which includes an LP, two CDs, two DVDs and a book, features the album remastered for the first time from the original analogue tape masters on LP, and CD. The Extras CD contains previously unreleased writing sessions from New Order’s Manchester rehearsal rooms and the 1982 John Peel Session for the BBC. The DVDs capture New Order live during 1982 & 83 at The Hacienda and Kilkenny, the 1984 Play at Home Channel 4 TV documentary and other rare live & TV performances. Finally a beautiful 48 page hardback book of rare photos and brand new essay from Dave Simpson completes the Peter Saville designed box.

Power, Corruption & Lies was recorded in 1982 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington and produced by New Order.

Bonus Content:

CD:
Power Corruption And Lies - Extras

Writing Session Recordings
1. Age Of Consent *
2. The Village *
3. 5 8 6 *
4. Your Silent Face *
5. Ecstasy *
6. Leave Me Alone *

John Peel Session
7. Turn The Heater On
8. We All Stand
9. Too Late
10. 5 8 6

John Peel Session Outtake
11. Too Late (instrumental rough mix) *

New York demo #1
12. Thieves Like Us*

Writing Session Recordings
13. Thieves Like Us *
14. Murder *
15. Blue Monday *
16. Blue Monday *

Album Session Recording
17. Blue Monday (Instrumental Outtake)
*Previously unreleased

DVD 1
New Order - Power Corruption And Lies DVD
Live Shows

The Hacienda, Manchester, 1982
In A Lonely Place
Ultraviolence
Denial
The Village
We All Stand
Senses
Chosen Time
5 8 6
Temptation
Everything's Gone Green
Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland 1983
We All Stand
Leave Me Alone
Denial
The Village
Temptation
Confusion
Age Of Consent
Blue Monday
Everything's Gone Green
Ceremony

TV Sessions

Blue Monday (BBC Top Of The Pops, London, 1983)
Confusion (Countdown – 1983
Age Of Consent (Switch – 1983)
Blue Monday (Switch – 1983)
Thieves Like Us (BBC Top Of The Pops, London, 1984 )

Extras
Your Silent Face (The Hacienda, Manchester, 1983)
5 8 6 (The Hacienda, Manchester, 1983)
We All Stand (Recreation Centre, Tolworth, 1983)
Leave Me Alone (Recreation Centre, Tolworth, 1983)
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, 1983)
Ultraviolence (First Avenue, Minneapolis, 1983)
The Village (Uni-Mensa, Dusseldorf, 1984)
Thieves Like Us (Alabamahalle, Munich, 1984)
Blue Monday (Alabamahalle, Munich, 1984)
Lonesome Tonight (Metropol, Berlin, 1984)
Confusion (Metropol, Berlin, 1984)

DVD 2

Play At Home
Channel 4, 1984 documentary made by New Order
Live Show
The Hacienda, Manchester, 1983
Blue Monday
Age Of Consent
Lonesome Tonight
Your Silent Face
Leave Me Alone
5 8 6
Denial
Confusion
Temptation
Thieves Like Us
In A Lonely Place
Everything's Gone Green

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Sign O' The Times Super Deluxe 13LP+DVD Edition

Box | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner)

314,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Deluxe 4LP Vinyl Edition

4LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner Bros.)

71,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Endangered Species Volume 1

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Drag Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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In eleven years of deep digging, Dark Entries has uncovered many curiosities, lone exemplars of the scarsest breeds. They are lurking in Croatia, on the streets of New York, maybe in the back of your own dusty closet - these odd-ball Italo and synth-wave monsters are too rare to live, too divine to die. Once-lost creatures now have a home with Dark Entries’ new Endangered Species series. The inaugural edition features five specimens previously deemed extinct, only mentioned passingly in lore and speculation, but now safely preserved on vinyl. The first cut on Endangered Species Vol. 1 is the previously unreleased electro-New Wave gem “Munich” by John King, an artist best known for his work as one half of the Dust Brothers, lauded producers of the Beastie Boys’ legendary Paul’s Boutique. “Munich”, a Danceteria-ready cut produced in 1983, sheds some light on King’s earlier interests, bridging between freestyle and emotive synthpop. Next up is a rare demo version of The Actor’s “Picture 210”. The Dutch duo here channel both the minimalism of Kraftwerk and the Surrealism of Throbbing Gristle to create one of the finest teary-eyed Goth club anthems. Brazil is a synthpop band from Croatia, and they feature with their 1990 cover of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World”, which is sure to turn some heads on the dancefloor. The eerily faithful production belies Brazil’s re-working of the song’s lyrics. “L'Étranger (Ana Gharib)” by Jamal Khe follows, a pearl originally only available on an impossibly rare French 7” from 1983. Khe is from the Ain Beida region of Algeria, and his Arabic vocal melodies perfectly complement the propulsive percussion and airy arpeggios from producer Jacky Bourgogne. Closing the record is the previously unreleased “Abemus Mind” from Marzio Benellil’s project Nightless. Recorded in 1983, this moody, low-tempo Italo groover features Gregorian chant-inspired vocoders and jazzy piano courtesy of Benelli’s collaborator Marco Falagiani. All songs were mastered for vinyl by George Horn. The sleeve is the first in a series of endangered animal designs by Eloise Leigh, featuring the glam tiger in its natural, 1980’s habitat. Also included is an insert with lyrics, photos, and notes. Please assist us in our efforts to preserve this planet’s weirdest beasts.

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K.D. Lang

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Warner Bros.)

34,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

First time on vinyl! “Filled with seriously beautiful singing, Drag sharpens Ms. lang’s image as pop music’s smartest post-modern torch singer.” -New York Times “A collection of covers that are somehow related to smoking, Drag is far more ambitious than the average cover record.” -All Music Limited Edition - Pressed on smoky vinyl

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Sowas Von Egal 2 (German Synth Wave Underground 1981-84)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Bureau B)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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ZYX Italo Disco New Generation

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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A Diamond In The Mind Live 2011

Duran Duran

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Earmusic Classics)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Silver Pozzoli

Greatest Hits & Remixes

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Vinylart, The Premium Picture Disc Collection

Serge Gainsbourg

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

22,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Cheaps

Moliendo Cafe

15,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Mike Mareen

Greatest Hits & Remixes

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Raw Like Sushi 30th Anniversary Edition

Neneh Cherry

LP | 2020 | AT | Original (Virgin US)

Release: 2020 / AT – Original

Genre: Pop

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Raw Like Sushi 30th Anniversary Edition

Neneh Cherry

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

Raw Like Sushi 30th Anniversary Limited Triple-Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

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30th anniversary of Neneh Cherry’s classic hit album Raw Like Sushi (1989),“an unorthodox and brilliantly daring blend of R&B, rap, pop, and dance music”.
The album features 5 singles - includes the worldwide smash hit single ‘Buffalo Stance’ (number 1 US Dance Chart) as well as hit singles – ‘Manchild’ produced by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, ‘Kisses On The Wind’, ‘Heart’ & ‘Inna City Mamma’. One of the most important records of all-time. Listed as one of the "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

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Neneh Cherry

3LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

88,99 €*

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

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This set features the original album plus Demos and Remixes, incl. Massive Attacks Remix of "Manchild". Three discs in single LP sleeves, housed in a rigid slip-case, includes original album remastered and two bonus discs of b-sides, remixes & extras
Also features the 48-page book

Remastered at Abbey Road, pressed on heavyweight vinyl, with download card included.

30th anniversary of Neneh Cherry’s classic hit album Raw Like Sushi (1989),“an unorthodox and brilliantly daring blend of R&B, rap, pop, and dance music”, sees the original album remastered and given the super deluxe treatment as a 3LP box set.

This box sets feature a 48-page 12x12 book packed full of iconic photos, new interviews, liner notes and memorabilia. The album features 5 singles - includes the worldwide smash hit single ‘Buffalo Stance’ (number 1 US Dance Chart) as well as hit singles – ‘Manchild’ produced by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, ‘Kisses On The Wind’, ‘Heart’ & ‘Inna City Mamma’. Also features rare mixes of key tracks by Massive Attack, Arthur Baker, Smith N Mighty, and more.One of the most important records of all-time. Listed as one of the "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

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Severed Heads

Clean

Three Chords And The Truth Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Dark Entries’ first release of 2020 is a deluxe 2xLP reissue of Severed Heads’ debut 1981 album Clean. One of the longest surviving bands to emerge from the Australian post-punk independent music scene, they began in Sydney in 1979. Severed Heads is basically a nom- de-plum for Tom Ellard, who incorporates elements of ‘industrial’ noise-generation, tape cutting & looping and electronic sound synthesis. As the project developed song-structures and vocals were employed in a more-or-less recognizable mutant electro pop style.

Clean was amongst the first vinyl releases under the Dogfood Productions banner of Terse Tapes, previously a cassette-only label. For this records Tom used an array of synthesizers (Kawai 100F, Casiotone, Roland CR78+SH1+CSQ100), sequencers, tapes and occasional guitar and violin played by Garry Bradbury. Severed Heads have a language of their own, music that juxtaposes all sorts of noise, in all sorts of ways so that a structure evolves, (fragmented) melody and rhythm being almost a by-product. As one reviewer said in 1981, “It is an ugly album that you simply cannot ignore, it thuds and screeches and makes you stare just to wonder what kind of people would procure such an album.” For this deluxe reissue we’ve included a bonus disc featuring 13 songs, 5 of which have never been released before, culled from live performances, the Side 3 cassette and a Clean demo tape that only surfaced last year, plus "Food City" missing from previous reissues.

Each copy is housed in a gatefold jacket featuring black and white xeroxed artwork from the first vinyl edition. Inside the gatefold are liner notes by Tom Ellard plus photos and press clippings from the period. 25% of proceeds will be donated to the Australian Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities, that offers specific direct support to some of those communities with critical costs to cover expenses.

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Van Morrison

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Caroline)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Virgin EMI)

David Sylvian

Secrets Of The Beehive

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Virgin EMI)

David Sylvian

Brilliant Trees

80,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

EU reissue from 2019. tiny wear. Original inner sleeve. Vinyl is close to NM.

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Protest Songs Remastered Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 2019 | RU | Reissue (Ebalunga!!!)

Дос-Мукасан

Дос-Мұқасан ансамблі

20,99 €*

Girls In The Grass 2024 Repress

Release: 2019 / RU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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Steve Hiett

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Be With / Efficient Space)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Milestone)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2024 Repress

Previously unreleased material from Steve’s private recordings, remastered from the original masters, 140g vinyl, 4 page photography insert with liner notes. Three emotional years in the making, Be With and Efficient Space finally present Steve Hiett’s Girls In The Grass. Pressed alongside the long awaited reissue of his one-shot masterpiece Down On The Road By The Beach, these ten balearic soul instrumentals are of equal necessity; unrivalled beauty rescued from the fashion photographer-guitarist’s Paris Tapes (1986-1997).

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Queen

Queen In Nuce

Further Strategies Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Reprint of the album published in 1995 by Milestone Records. It is an album that collects the first songs of the group that we now know as QUEEN.

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Turquoise Days

2LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Minimal Wave)

39,99 €*

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Minimal Wave proudly presents a full length double album entitled “Further Strategies” by synthpop band Turquoise Days. Hailing from Jersey, Channel Islands, Turquoise Days was formed in 1981 by Luciano Brambilla and David Le Breton shortly after meeting at a nightclub in St Ouens called Waves. They used Roland synthesizers and drum machines, as well Yamaha synthesizers and Fender guitars along with tape effects and vocals. Throughout the 1980s, they self-released many cassettes, as well as the renowned masterpiece Grey Skies / Blurred 7” single. They were selected for the Radio Luxembourg song contest in 1985 and received press for their releases and appearance there. Their music can be described as melodic, emotive new wave. The music featured here includes the songs from the long sold out Alternative Strategies release from 2009, remastered, along with a a collection of previously unreleased material. The release is limited to 999 hand-numbered copies. The records are pressed on 160 gram white vinyl and come in a matte heavyweight gatefold jacket designed by Phil Yamada, featuring unpublished photographs of the the band inside the gatefold.

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Rick Astley

The Best Of Me

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Original Vinyl Classics: Division One + Solitude

Far Corporation

LP+LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Sony Music)

24,29 €* 26,99 € -10%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Sony)

George Michael & Wham!

OST Last Christmas

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Tens Across The Board

3LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Universal)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Celebrating a Decade of Dark Entries with a compilation titled Tens Across The Board. We revisit our roster and chose 10 songs from 10 bands from 10 different countries spanning the years 1981-1993. The songs flow in chronological order and have never appeared on vinyl, with 7 of the songs previously unreleased. Features tracks from PARADE GROUND, DISENO CORBUSIER, LENA PLATONOS, VICTROLA, BORGHESIA, TOM ELLARD, X-RAY POP, SECOND DECAY, FROM NURSERY TO MISERY, and CYRNAI. All songs have been remastered by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios. The vinyl is housed in a custom designed jacket by ELOISE LEIGH featuring our label’s colors black-white-red with connect-the-dots pattern linking the 10 songs via maps/timeline/location, all relating to the reissue process, plus source images from San Francisco, our hometown. For this landmark release we've also printed a 2-sided fold-out wall poster that includes every artist we've released in our first 10 years 2009-2019 in black, red and silver metallic ink, plus an 8x11 insert with lyrics, notes and photos.

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INXS

Live Baby Live

35,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Protest Songs Remastered Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Steve Mcqueen Remastered Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Andromeda Heights Remastered Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Be With / Efficient Space)

Steve Hiett

Girls In The Grass

Presents: Magic Carpet Centemporary Music 1982 - 1994

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Previously unreleased material from Steve’s private recordings, remastered from the original masters, 140g vinyl, 4 page photography insert with liner notes. Three emotional years in the making, Be With and Efficient Space finally present Steve Hiett’s Girls In The Grass. Pressed alongside the long awaited reissue of his one-shot masterpiece Down On The Road By The Beach, these ten balearic soul instrumentals are of equal necessity; unrivalled beauty rescued from the fashion photographer-guitarist’s Paris Tapes (1986-1997).

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Jose Manuel

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Harmonie Exotic)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP+7" | 2019 | EU | Original (London)

Chagrin D'Amour

Chagrin D'amour

30,99 €*

You And Me Both 2018 Remastered Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2019 vinyl edition with printed inner-sleeve (with the lyrics). Includes a bonus 7″ of original track ‘Chacun fait (C’ qui lui plaît). Spring 1982: Grégory Ken and Valli aka Chagrin d’Amour bursts into the scene with ‘Chacun fait (C’qui lui plaît)’. The track gets 9 airplays a day on the newly created NRJ radio and 35 000 copies of the 7″ are sold every day ! In the blink of an eye, a team of experienced musicians is gathered around prominent sound engineer Dominique Blanc-Francard: Slim Pezin (guitars), Bernard Paganotti (bass), Philippe Drai (drums) and Jean-Pierre Sabar (keyboards). After a few days in New-York with Richard Avedon who shot the cover pictures the album is ready and set to become a cult release over more than three decades.

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Yazoo

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Mute)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Lonely Crowd Black Vinyl Edition

The Misz

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Minimal Wave)

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Minimal Wave presents an LP of tracks by Belgian synthwave luminaries The Misz, entitled The Lonely Crowd. The Misz formed in Gent in 1983 by Jan Van den Broeke and Dries Dekocker at a time when they had both just relocated from the country. They lived on the same street and collaborated freely with the limited equipment they had, which always centered around the Fostex 250 4-track tape recorder. They used an unknown monophonic synthesizer, casio synths, roland drum machines, hand drums and guitars through effects pedals, improvising with their voices and often and included friends for additional voices and sounds. They captured these sonic experiments and sometimes released them on cassette in editions of 100-200. They were also included on numerous cassette compilations throughout the 1980s on labels like Mad In Belgium, The Cassette Factory, 3RIO Tapes, Minimart production, Fraction Studio, Cauchy Productions, Home Product, R.R. products, ZNS Tapes, and Body Records.

The Misz described themselves as young, immature and bit strange yet totally bold and fearless. They sang about what surrounded them from world politics and environmental catastrophes to love and lust. The songs on The Lonely Crowd span from various cassette releases and have been remastered from their original reel to reel tapes.

The LP is pressed on 180 gram vinyl as a limited edition of 600 copies, the first 100 are in white and the remaining 500 in black. The cover and inner sleeve are printed on matte heavy card stock featuring photographic collages, typography and design by Peter Miles.

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Ghosts Of Dance

Walking Through Gardens

20,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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We are proud to release a compilation from British post-punk/Futurist group Ghosts of Dance formed in North Devon in 1981. The members were Yvette Norris (vocals), Kevin Maynard (drums), Daryl Hunt (bass), Mark Butcher (keyboards), and Pete Heaton (guitar). Ghosts of Dance took their name from the song 'Ghosts' by David Sylvian which appeared on the first Japan album. After playing an early gig in Barnstaple, a gentleman in the audience named Richard Newman expressed his interest to start a record label and release their music. Richard scheduled a recording session for the band at Otter Studios in Georgeham with producer Harry Williamson, son of Henry Williamson, member of progressive rock band Gong. The debut single ‘Ghosts of Dance’ was released in 1982 on Plastic Canvas Records to mixed reviews as it was very different from anything being released at the time. Our compilation includes their debut single along with 9 bonus tracks recorded between 1981 and 1983 on vinyl for the first time. The band call themselves “Vocal Trance Music” on the 7” sleeve credits and it’s accurate. We call it melancholic pop with gloomy atmosphere and dream-like melodies. The final track shows the band moving in a New Romantic direction with Mark taking over the main vocals. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Each copy is housed in a jacket featuring original artwork by John Hurford and includes an insert with photos, lyrics and liner notes by Pete Heaton.

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Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

40,99 €*

Legendary Covers '69 / 70 Rainboy Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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• Cover art by famed artist Hiroshi Nagai
• Extensive liner notes and bios
• Compiled by Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Zach Cowie (DJ & music supervisor) and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab)
• 2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with over sized fold-out booklet, full color printed inner sleeves, and custom die-cut obi card
• Remastered audio

Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. Its pocket cassette players, bleeping video games, and gleaming cars boomed worldwide, wooing pleasure points and pumping Japanese pockets full of yen.

Japan’s financial buoyancy also permeated its popular culture, birthing an audio analog called City Pop. This new sound arose in the mid ’70s and ruled through the ’80s, channeling the country’s contemporary psyche. It was sophisticated music mirroring Japan’s punch-drunk prosperity. City Pop epitomized the era, providing a soundtrack for emerging urbanites. An optimistic spirit buzzed through the music in neon-bathed, gauzy tableaus coated with groove-heavy strokes.

Pacific Breeze is an expertly compiled collection of choice cuts that range from silky smooth grooves to innovative techno pop bangers and everything in between. Long-revered by crate diggers and adventurous music heads, this music has never been released outside of Japan until now. Including key artists like Taeko Ohnuki and Minako Yoshida, as well as cult favorites Hitomi Tohyama and Hiroshi Sato, the long-awaited release also features newly commissioned cover painting by Tokyo-based artist Hiroshi Nagai, whose iconic images of resort living have graced the covers of many classic City Pop albums of the 1980s.

Many of the key City Pop players evolved from the Japanese New Music scene of the early ’70s, as heard on Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Even a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973, the first release of the ongoing Japan Archival Series. In fact, you could say City Pop set sail with a champagne smash from Happy End, the freakishly talented subversives who included amongst their ranks Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki, both featured on this compilation. As Michael K. Bourdaghs noted in his book, Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon, this music was, “Deconstructing the line between imitation and authenticity.” Some of the best City Pop teeters in this zone—easy listening with mutant exotica, tilted techno-pop, and steamy boogie bubbling beneath the gloss.

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Elton John

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Purple Pyramid)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Original Vinyl Classics: Nina Hagen Band + Unbehagen

Nina Hagen Band

LP+LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Sony Music)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Miko Mission

Greatest Hits & Remixes

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP+DVD | 2019 | EU | Original (Parlophone)

Talk Talk

The Colour Of Spring

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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I, Assasin Green Vinyl edition

Gary Numan

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Beggars Banquet/Beggars G)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Rick Astley

Beautiful Life

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Hyperspace Communications)

David Microwave

1980-83