1980s 1795 Items

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Elektra)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with obi.

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Robbie Dupree

Street Corner Heroes

LP | 1984 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

OBI is missing. close to NM. Original Japanese pressing.

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The Unforgettable Fire

LP | 1987 | US | Original (MCA)

Release: 1984 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM. With insert

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Brenda K. Starr

Don't You Want Me • Seconds • Do Or Die

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Cover and vinyl are close to NM. Original US Gloversville pressing.

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The Human League

12" | 1981 | EU | Original (Virgin)

Tape | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Electrecord)

Release: 1981 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM

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Grupul Stereo

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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12" | 1983 | JP | Original (EMI)

Duran Duran

Union Of The Snake

LP | 1984 | US | Original (Capitol)

Release: 1983 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing. Promo copy. With OBI and insert. Few scuffs.

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Duran Duran

Arena

Release: 1984 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Original US WInchester pressing. With booklet and insert. close to NM. Stamp on front cover. Original inner sleeve

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Surfin' & Hot Rod Best 20

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Capitol)

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 1983 | JP | Original (Liberty)

Kenny Rogers

We've Got Tonight

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Tanoshii)

Release: 1983 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert. Copy close to VG+

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Rukatama

1994 / Mellow

LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (True North)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Rukatama is a Japanese singer songwriter from Tokyo. After years with idol band Melon Batake A Go Go , she started her solo career in 2020. Most of her songs and works are written and composed by herself. Her voice & music sound like a contemporary citypop dream, with rock, electronic and sometimes mellow, jazzy, folk influences as well. You can catch Ruka’s live performances around Japan or internationally, sometimes in the UK or Italy where she performed lately with Italian idols “Erisu”. Back in 2022 she made her solo debut album titled “Misrule” on NarisuRecords/via Ultra Vibe Inc, where the cd /album has been available most of the time during Sunday Girls events as in Japanese Major Record shops as well. Finally, Rukatama makes her first vinyl debut ever outside Japan, via Tanoshii Records.

1994 is a perfect mix between UK 90s broken music and classic Japanese city pop with some jazzy vibes, where Ruka’s lyrics during the last years had a huge impact on the Italian crew, inspiring the whole Tanoshii project.

Mellow is the kind of song in which you can hear Rukatama soul during some sunset DJ set. It’s the perfect food for Balearic/Tropical heads, as deep lovers lost in classic music from Mondo Grosso, Monday Michiru, Masters At Work, Blaze, King Street Rec.It’ won’t be the first time that music like Mellow could be played in classic parties like Body & Soul or Club Shelter Saturday Night event in Nyc as well.

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Bruce Cockburn

Stealing Fire

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM. Original inner sleeve

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Punch The Clock

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Ume)

7" | 1984 | JP | Original (I.R.S.)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

tiny wear. Original inner sleeve. 2015 reissue on 180gr vinyl.

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Go-Go's

Head Over Heels

7" | 1984 | JP | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

tiny wear

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Laura Branigan

Ti Amo

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

12" | 2015 | FI | Original (Flashback)

Dyva

Unbelievable

Shibuya Kokaido Tokyo 1980 Purple Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2015 / FI – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG

Red vinyl.
Sticker on cover.

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Toto

LP | 2024 | EU (The Vinyl Champ)

LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Pop

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Toto takes over Tokyo and they take no prisoners. They’re treating their overseas audience to a slue of hit songs like ‘Hold The Line’, 99”, ‘Georgy Porgy’ and ‘I'll Supply The Love’. A band formed by celebrated session musicians, the talented band members of Toto proved they master pretty much any genre, from soul to hard rock, but they turned out to be pop/rock hit machines as well.

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Gary Moore

Wild Frontier

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Swan Song)

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Includes original inner sleeve.

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Robert Plant

Pictures At Eleven

It's A Miracle / Miss Me Blind

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing, no Obi.

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Culture Club

12" | 1984 | JP | Original (Virgin)

LP | 1985 | EU | Original (Chrysalis)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Original Japanese pressing. With OBI. Tiny wear, few paper scuffs.

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The Colourfield

Virgins And Philistines

Release: 1985 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2CD | 2024 | Original (EMI UK)

Queen

Queen Rock Montreal

19,19 €* 23,99 € -20%

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Domestica)

Moloko +

19,79 €* 21,99 € -10%

Cool Cat Record Store Day 2024 Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Founded in December 1984, they started to make a name for themselves (the name comes from Stanly Kubriks classic "Clockwork Orange" and stands for a special drink which was available at the Korova Milkbar. In the russian translation "Moloko +" means "milk with knives"). At the same time in Great Britain bands like Bauhaus, Dead Can Dance, or Southern Death Cult started a new era in music: Gothic Underground.

Moloko + with its singer Martin Holm gave great concerts and got a well known name in the scene in Southern Germany. TV, Radio and the press followed closely the rise of the band from Landshut. The 1986 published first record is still an admirable jewel and should not be missed on any searching list. They got prepared to record a second album when "suddenly a comet burned out, near the sun, on distant skys".

"In meinen Taschen die Sterne wie Staub" (Translation: In my pockets the stars like dust) - The song from the first album and our thoughts are dedicated to our leadsinger Martin Holm, who left our world much to early.

Mastered 2014 by Yves Roussel.
Edition of 400 numbered copies. Hand printed with photoengraving (each cover is different). Comes with DIN A3-sized poster printed double sided.

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Queen

7" | 1982 | Reissue (EMI)

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Error In The System Record Store Day 2023 Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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More than four decades after it first appeared on their Hot Space album - Queen are releasing 1982’s “Cool Cat” on limited edition 7″ pink vinyl. Making its debut as an A-side - this marks the seventh single to be taken from the album. The B-side will be a brand-new previously-unreleased instrumental mix of the song.

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Peter Schilling

LP | 1983 | Reissue (Warner Music)

Release: 1983 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Capitol)

Diana Ross

Silk Electric

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Cult Legends)

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with obi.

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Prince

Syracuse 1985 Part 1

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Nothing compared to Prince. As a performer he was known for his flamboyant style and showmanship. This was recorded during the Purple Rain tour, the album that spent 24 at number one and made Prince a superstar. Part 1 and part 2 together create the perfect combo where, accompanied by The Revolution, Prince plays all the hits: ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, ‘1999’, ‘When Doves Cry’, ‘I Would Die 4 U’ and ofcourse: ‘Purple Rain’’. An unstoppable songwriter, the multi-instrumentalist also penned plenty of hits for other artists until his early death 2016 at the age of 57.

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The Fall

Slates

LP | 1979 | US | Original (Arista)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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If The Fall truly is a cult band, then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions. In presenting these six particular songs as a 10" EP, the inherent and attractive difficulty of The Fall's sound is made physical, framing the urgency of their singles from this period (notably How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' and Lie Dream of a Casino Soul) alongside lengthy rumblings normally restricted to long players.

The tumbling and phased "Middle Mass" begins on an incredible high note, segueing into the snake-charm hypnotism of "An Older Lover Etc." "Slates, Slags, Etc." is built on stretched VU-inspired riffing, complete with ace feedback bleed that doubtlessly went on long after fade-out. Ultimately, it's the piercing chimes of guitar and marching drum grind of "Prole Art Threat" that elevates Slates beyond oddity. Truly one of Mark E. Smith's finest, busiest and most enigmatic performances, equally matched by a band at the peak of their powers.

Superior Viaduct's edition is the first time that Slates has been available on vinyl domestically since its initial release in 1981. Liner notes by Brian Turner.

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The Kinks

Low Budget

80s Forever Volume 1 Fuchsia Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Cover has slight ring wear and slightly bumped corners.
Vinyl has some scuffs and hairlines.

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Ryan Paris

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Fabio Roscioli Communications)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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80s Forever Volume 1 Orange Marbled Vinyl Edition

Ryan Paris

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Fabio Roscioli Communications)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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

CD | 2021 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 1983 | JP | Original (Liberty)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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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).

Other influences cited here include Manchester and Sheffield’s industrial post-punk sounds of the 1980s (Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Gang of Four) as well as the 1970s German electronic experimentalism of Cluster, Neu!, Harmonia and Can.

Featured artists from around the globe include Los Angeles D-i-y band Automatic, New Fries from Toronto, artist/music collaborators Toresch from Germany, Susumu Makai from Japan/UK, Vex Ruffin from the Phillipines/California and Madmadmad, Gramme, Tom of England and other UK groups

That all the bands featured here manage to make distinctive contemporary music out of these 80s roots is testament to the wide range of other musics that are seamlessly absorbed into a modern melting pot of sound – hip-hop, the electronic European avant-garde, rave culture, and more.

Two Synths, A Guitar (and) A Drum Machine come as a heavyweight double vinyl housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and the limited edition first pressing of this album comes with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured.

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Kenny Rogers

We've Got Tonight

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

Release: 1983 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Cover with OBI has tiny wear. With insert. Japanese pressing. slight stains on cover

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George Michael

LP | 1990 | EU | Original (Epic)

Release: 1990 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Cache Cache)

48 Chairs

70% Paranoid

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Documenting the unlikely coupling of British free jazz bastion Lol Coxhill and the saucy synth pop don’t-wannabes known as Gerry And The Holograms this rare incognito full-length album bridges the micro-niches of electronic jazz and punk jazz from a band formed in 1979 at an axis where DIY and new wave hadn’t quite collided! With sprinklings of post-punk female vocals worthy of PragVEC and Suburban Lawns, featuring angular art rock paeans to voodoo dolls and closed- circuit TV, this privately pressed LP comes directly from the man who gave Martin Hannett some of his best ideas and wrote the “Blue”print for Manchester’s new musical order.

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Instant Music

12" | 1987 | IT | Original (EMI)

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Instant is the trio of Bernd Schöll (Bass, Vocals, Rhythm), Mike Hauer (Guitar, Synth, Percussion), and Marion Siekmann (Vocals) from Munich, Germany. They formed in 1980 after meeting through mutual friends attending the local art and graphic design school. The trio were dissatisfied with their surrounding musical environment. Inspired by the Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk, and Giorgio Moroder, they set out to create their own brand of Neue Deutsche Welle fusing Dada, disco, and Krautrock.

Over the course of 2 weeks in Summer 1980 the band teamed up with local producer Mario Strack to record 6 songs. These would make up their debut eponymous album that was originally self-released on 10” vinyl in 1981. They utilized a simple set up of guitar, bass, and keyboards, plus the BOSS DR-55 Dr. Rhythm drum machine. Metal scraps clanging appear on the tracks “Do Not” and “Optimate Minimum”, and a washing machine was sampled on the track “Joyboy”, which features Marion reading from the appliance’s instruction manual. The A-side features 4 tracks in 11 minute, while the B-side hosts 2 songs in the same stretch of time. “Charade” features no wave saxophone accompaniment from Kai Taschner of Munich New Wave band Luna Set. Marion’s vocals are between Nico’s Teutonic chill and Alison Statton’s (Young Marble Giants) playfulness, while Bernd takes a monotone approach. Lyrics for “My Boy” and “Everybody's Gotta Mutate” were adapted from ‘Rotwang’, a fragmented novel written by Tim Hildebrandt, one of the brothers famous for illustrating the works of Tolkien.

All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a replica of the original jacket design, which features a neon red screen-printed drawing of a cut-out doll family on a stark white background. Each LP includes a postcard insert with lyrics.

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Duran Duran

Strange Behaviour

LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Domestica)

Release: 1987 / IT – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Picture disc.

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Gary Blanchard

Original Soundtrack

Under A Blood Red Sky Live

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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This reissue includes insert with complete biography and track-by-track notes by Gary Blanchard himself.

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LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Island)

Back Where You Belong / The History Of Love

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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remastered re-issue on heavyweight vinyl incl. liner notes & unseen photos!

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Wedding Bells

7" | 1987 | DE | Original (MarryMe Records)

Yuji Toriyama & Ken Morimura / Chie Sawa

Release: 1987 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover closer to VG

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Night Together / Kamome (Sea Gull)

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Pony Canyon)

2LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Real World)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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“night TOGETHER,” the Japanese groove classic from Yuji Toriyama's 1982 album 'aerobics' will be coupled with a song from Chie Sawa's 1974 album '23', arranged by Makoto Yano and featuring Caramel Mama and Sugar Babe.

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Peter Gabriel

Plays Live

LP | 1984 | JP | Original (Geffen)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

2020 reissue. Vinyl is very close to NM. Original inner sleeves. tiny wear.

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Australian Crawl

Semantics

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

12" | 1987 | DE | Original (ZYX)

Scala

The Perfume Of Love

Release: 1987 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 1980 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

Chicago

Chicago XIV

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Polar)

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With insert. Promo copy. close to NM. slight foxing

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ABBA

The Visitors

LP | 1983 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed. 2011 reissue.

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Peter Godwin

Correspondence

LP | 1980 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1983 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing with OBI! Cover has a sticker on the front, othewise solid VG+ copy!

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Millie Jackson

For Men Only

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Rough Trade)

Scritti Politti

Cupid & Psyche 85

2CD | 2020 | US | Original (Columbia)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Original inner sleeve. 2021 reissue.

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Depeche Mode

Live Spirits Soundtrack

Les Chansons Bleues / Souvenir / Noise Boys

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Cover corners faintly worn.

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Stephan Eicher

CD | 1988 | CH | Original (Off Course)

Release: 1988 / CH – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 1984 | DE | Original (Metronome)

Stephan Eicher

Release: 1984 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 1980 | JP | Original (Victor)

Adamo

Pauvre Liberté

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

7" | 1980 | JP | Original (Jet)

Olivia Newton-John

Suspended In Time

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 1986 | EU | Original (Parlophone)

Pet Shop Boys

Please

12" | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Rush Hour)

Release: 1986 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Record is close to VG+. Cover has has wirting on back. Original inner sleeve included.

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Zenana

Witches

L'Extra-Terrestre/La Visite De Maxime

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Rush Hour’s RSS series excels in unearthing buried treasure, offering a second chance for artists and releases that have long been overlooked. That’s certainly the case with ‘Witches’, the superb sole single by British 1980s wave trio Zenana.

Originally released on seven-inch by the tiny PRM label in 1986, ‘Witches’ was the product of a sister-brother songwriting team whose music was mostly recorded in the front room of a terraced house in Nanpean, a small industrial village in Cornwall, England’s most south-westerly county. While the single was infectious, impeccably produced and dancefloor-ready, it sold in limited quantities at the time.

Zenana’s story can be traced back to the early 1980s, when singer-songwriter Anita Tedder founded the all-female trio as a vehicle for her musical ambitions. To bring her songs to life, she joined voices with her brother Mike, an early adopter of electronic music who had built a studio – nicknamed MFR, short for ‘Mike’s Front Room’ – in his Cornish home.

Countless Zenana tracks were recorded at ‘mfr’ between 1984 and ’86, with the resultant demo cassette securing the band a management contract, a slew of live bookings, a video shoot and even a television appearance. Buoyed by this underground success, they headed to the remote Sawmills Studio in Cornwall – famously only accessible by boat – to re-record ‘Witches’, a song inspired by local folk tales of witches gathering near Mike’s home.

While this version of ‘Witches’ failed to make an impact at the time, it has become something of a cult classic following its’ rediscovery by crate digger Kiernan Abbott – and subsequent championing by other dusty-fingered DJs including Antal, Skyrager, Trevor Jackson and Luke Una – in early 2023. The buzz inspired Zenana to perform live again for the first time in decades, with the story of their surprise comeback being covered by British media outlets including the BBC and (more surprisingly) the Daily Mail.

Now presented in re-mastered form, ‘Witches’ is a genuinely slept-on gem. Propelled forwards by punchy drum machine beats, a killer synth bassline and fizzing keyboard sounds, the song benefits greatly from strong vocals and an extra-percussive middle eight layered with vocalisations, cosmic spoken word sections and swirling noises.

It comes backed by a brand-new extended ‘spell of love’ courtesy of Bristol duo Bedmo Disco, AKA music journalist Matt Anniss (author of Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music) and DJ/production partner Gareth Morgan. Anniss is a long-time friend of Mike and Anita Tedder who has fond memories of visiting Mike’s home studio with his family around the time that ‘Witches’ was recorded.

Working from Zenana’s original MFR eight-track recording (tapes of the single version were lost years ago), Anniss and Morgan have turned in the extended ‘dance mix’ the track never had first time around. More atmospheric, clandestine and dancefloor-focused, it offers authentic nods to New York proto-house, mid-80s Shep Pettibone dubs, and the pioneering synth-pop productions and dub mixes of Factory Records regular Martin Rushent.

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Mekanik Sideral

7" | 1982 | FR | Original (Disc'Az)

Mythomane / La Chanson À Gimmicks

Release: 1982 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover with faint ring wear.

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Sonia

7" | 1981 | FR | Original (Disc' AZ International)

Paul McCartney = Paul McCartney

Release: 1981 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Writing on cover.

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McCartney II

LP | 1980 | JP | Original (Odeon)

Lucio Dalla & Gianni Morandi

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert. Vinyl closer to NM

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En Europa Transparent Cream Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

20,79 €* 31,99 € -35%

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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If You Want / Summer Time HHV Exclusive Blue Vinyl Edition

Laura Angel

12" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Disco Segreta)

20,89 €* 21,99 € -5%

2LP | 2007 | EU | Reissue (The Saifam Group)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Limited edition of 100 copies on blue wax. Only available at HHV.

Disco Segreta sets your summer on fire with the official reissue of two killer obscure italo-disco masterpieces! Out of the catalog of the no longer active cult Savona-based label Disco In, this 7” released in 1985 in 1000 copies sung by the mysterious Laura Angel, is probably one of the most elusive, with original copies hardly ever showing up ! “Summer Time” carries all the fascinating stylistic elements of italo-disco: romantic struggle, summer-inspired ital-english lyrics sung by a catchy female voice, over minimal 80s drums and arpeggiated basslines; while “If You Want” is possibly one of the finest examples of that all-Italian peculiar mixture of darkwave, synth-pop and italo-disco. Two superb melanchol-italo tearjerkers, with a masterful use of three classic italo disco fetish synths: E-mu Drumulator, Juno 106, Korg Poly 61. As usual with us, the first ever 12” reissue of this 45 - in a limited edition on 180g. high-quality vinyl - will be lovingly remastered, respectful of the actual tracks’ 80s lo-fi vibe, and will feature the original 45 versions.

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Francesco De Gregori

Left & Right

20,89 €* 21,99 € -5%

Release: 2007 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1984 | US | Reissue (Turin Dancefloor Express)

Ego Neco

You + I ?

LP | 1980 | TR | Reissue (Universa Music Group)

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Obscure Italo disco from back in the Wbmx HOT MIX 5 days. This rare and in demand vinyl originally pressed in '84 finally gets an official reissue via Turin Dancefloor Express featuring original versions along with a new mix

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Zerrin Özer

Seni Seviyorum

The Jacksons = The Jacksons

Release: 1980 / TR – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2019 Re-mastered – 140g black vinyl with 4 pages liner notes It was originally released in 1980 during the disco and funk period of Turkiye. The cover photo may delude you about the music style of the album. Zerrin Ozer looks like Janis Joplin. However, she is the queen of Turkish disco, soul and funk. What a powerful voice which vibes when she is singing. Listen to it and enjoy.

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Victory = ビクトリー

LP | 1984 | JP | Original (Epic)

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Without OBI. Cover and vinyl are close to NM.

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Shakatak

Drivin' Hard

Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

With insert and OBI. Tiny wear.

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Olivia Newton-John

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (EMI)

LP | 2020 | EU (Radio Broadcast)

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI. close to NM.

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Prince

The Purple Era

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

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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Ghosts Of Dance

Walking Through Gardens

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

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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Polaroid

Senza Respiro

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Tiger Bay)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Polaroid were an Italian post-punk/new wave band, formed in Turin in 1981. The original lineup of the band consisted of Marcello Zavatto (voice, guitar), Massimo Vagnarelli (bass, drum-machine), Evandro Fornasier (guitar), Claudio Vagnarelli (synthersizer) and Marco Farano (Drums). Polaroid made their debut with the cassette 6-track EP ‘Senza Respiro’, self-released in 1984. Influenced by Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Cure, Pere Ubu as well as Chic and Talking Heads. The music was dark and cold, but also melodic especially with regards to guitars and voices. At the end of 1984 the band added vocalist Michele Cantoblundo while drummer Marco left and was replaced by a Roland TR-909. With Michele began a period of very dark and poetic music, influenced also by bands like Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and The Sisters of Mercy. The band peacefully broke-up in 1987. This vinyl re-issue of ‘Senza Respiro’ contains all 6 original songs with 4 bonus tracks from the band’s later period. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The record is housed in custom jacket designed by Eloise Leigh and includes 4 polaroid sized postcards with photos notes and lyrics.

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Marine Girls

Lazy Ways

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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10" | 2012 | US | Original (Minimal Wave)

Schedelvreter

Hunker

12" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Thank You)

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 999 hand-silkscreened numbered copies!

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Priscilla Chan

Remix

From Langley Park To Memphis Remastered Edition

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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An example of globalisation's ultra exoticisms: a Guinean hit that changed the perception of African music in European dance charts (selling over a million copies), covered by a Hongkongese pop star two years later, the perfect recipe for ensuring heavy frothing amongst diggers and collectors worldwide. Besides its aesthetic novelty, it's also highly effective on just about any dancefloor, a theme that sounds so familiar to many but then with the added unexpected surprised factor of the lyrics being sung in a female voice and in Cantonese -- a hard moment to forget on a well helmed club floor. Another generosity of this release amongst the other 3 tracks is a display of heavy Cantonese ballad prowess in the Adult Contemporary landscape, especially with a cover of Gamble & Huff's "When Will I See You Again", huge on the couples' slow dance scene, shameless drama.

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Prefab Sprout

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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

Дос-Мукасан

Дос-Мұқасан ансамблі

A Love Affair / I Love You So Clear Sky Blue Vinyl Edition

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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Junko Ohashi

7" | 2021 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

Talking Back To The Night

Release: 2021 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The 7-inch version of the best album "magical Ohashi Junko no Sekai Iii" featuring two urban groove numbers that are particularly popular these days will be re-released on clear sky blue vinyl for a limited time!"

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Steve Winwood

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Island)

Bye Bye Baby / Shoka No Kaori

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

No OBI but with insert!

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Makoto Kubota

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (Lawson)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Renovations Remastered 2024 Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Mike Welch

LP | 1981 | UK | Reissue (Nunorthern Soul)

21,59 €* 23,99 € -10%

American Sunset Record Store Day 2024 Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1981 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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A rare private pressing from 1981 gets a loving remaster from Simon Mills [bent] and a reissue on the NuNorthern Soul label who have been releasing and reissuing musical oddballs and goodness for 11 years. Ace compialtion compiler, Paul Hillery [bbe, ReWarm] has spent time interviewing Mike Welch about this project and will be included as extensive sleeve notes on the release. This is a very special Blue Eyed Soul album with heavy Country leanings or as Paul puts it ' A record made by a musician, having to work hard by day and then put it all on the line in the studio at the weekend. Reflective songwriting and tight musicianship are given the space to breathe and un-smothered by overproduction. Difficult to tag, harder to find, essential re-issue business.' Copies of this are very hard to come by and go for silly money on Discogs which is a shame as the world needs to hear this album. 1LP vinyl with heavy card insert.

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Jack Adkins

LP | 1984 | UK | Reissue (Déjà Vu Kid)

21,59 €* 23,99 € -10%

Sonderzug Nach Pankow Violett Transparent

Release: 1984 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Jack Adkins, the creative force behind the moniker Jamin’ Jack, has a multifaceted musical journey that began in the mid-'60s in Cincinnati. Initially cutting his musical teeth in garage bands like the Coachmen, Adkins would later embark on a decade-long journey as Jamin’ Jack, the One Man Band, from 1983 to 1993. A pivotal moment unfolded in the early '80s when, at the age of 36, Adkins walked into London Music studio in Tampa to record his debut LP, 'American Sunset.' This album, distinguished by its evocative portrayal of the West's decline, emerged as a defining piece in Adkins's musical repertoire. Its sonic landscape, characterized by guitars and drum machines, resonates with a familiar and poignant atmosphere. The subsequent decade witnessed Adkins assuming the persona of Jamin’ Jack, the One Man Band, embarking on an extensive ten-year tour. Adapting to a corporate presentation style, he not only refined his musical craft but also mastered the art of bantering and entertaining, overcoming his initial shyness. During this nomadic period, Adkins carried the master tapes of 'American Sunset' with him on the road. In a poetic expression of his transient lifestyle, he pressed LPs and tapes in Houston, selling them directly at various venues. The album, at its zenith, serves as a sonic backdrop to the lonesome and transient life on the road, encapsulating the essence of a nation seemingly heading into the sunset. 'American Sunset' stands as a must-listen for enthusiasts of Trans-era Neil Young and the dystopian vibes reminiscent of Repo Man, offering a captivating musical narrative that echoes the spirit of its time. Neofolk electronica? we're not sure, but its just amazing! Only 500 units of this 'sunset' Colored Vinyl will ever exist. You waited 40 years for this anniversary meeting, so don't blow it, buy it!

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Udo Lindenberg

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Mondo Groove)

Eri Ohno

Good Question

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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The much acclaimed city pop masterpiece with flavors of boogie-disco, funk and fusion and the soulful voice of Eri Ohno. Originally released in 1981 and repressed on vinyl for the very first time from the original master tapes.
Limited edition. Comes with insert.

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Lena Platonos

Blancers

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

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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Mental As Anything

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Demon)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Endangered Species Volume 1

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

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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Lofts & Garages - Spring Records And The Birth Of Dance Music

2LP | 2020 | UK | Original (BGP)

The Jacksons = The Jacksons

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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1980s New York was where modern dance music took its first steps; a phoenix rising out of the ashes of disco’s over-exposure and demise. The underground scene was the very opposite of the celebrity-sprinkled commercialism of Studio 54 – “Lofts & Garages” looks at how the Spring label, with its brand new 1980s subsidiary Posse, reacted to the new movement.

As an independent New York label, it was perfectly placed to understand new trends in the clubs; it worked with some of those who would go on to define the dance music of the era, and for a glorious summer tracked the important early work of Arthur Baker, Maurice Starr and Michael Jonzun. These began their careers with productions that included Ritz, Glory and Blaze – records that sounded perfect for 12-inch singles and mixed electronic instruments with a real feel for the dancefloor.

Label mainstays Fatback were always searching for a new groove and kept an eye on the floor. Their final single for the label, ‘Spread Love’, was remixed by Morales and Munzibai. Fatback’s Bill Curtis and Gerry Thomas also produced the sought-after boogie single ‘Get Up An’ Dance (Dance With Me)’ for Mynk.

Others featured include one of the most distinctive voices in dance music, Fonda Rae, with her single ‘Live It Up’, released here in its rare radio edit; veteran soul man Lonnie Youngblood with his gospel-influenced ‘Sing A Song’; Detroit dance pioneers C-Brand’s ‘Wired For Sound’ and Body’s ‘Have Your Cake’, which has an early mixing credit for dance music legend Timmy Regisford.

These records may not have all worked on the floor of the Paradise Garage, but they were part of the energy that was given off by that and the rest of New York’s vibrant post-disco era.

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Victory = ビクトリー

LP | 1984 | JP | Original (Epic)

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI, but with insert. Cover with a couple of small stains.

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Rich La Bonte

Mayan Canals

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Island)

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Rich La Bonte is a musician, writer and editor from upstate New York born in 1946. At age 11 he figured out how to record a piano backwards with his first tape deck and discovered Monk, Mingus and Art Blakey. In 1965 Rich moved to Ithaca, bought an electric guitar and started singing in garage rock band the huns. After the band dissolved, he moved to NYC and played bass and sang in the original cast production of the musical Godspell. In the late 70s La Bonte moved to Hollywood with Shari Famous, released a a few 7” singles as Dada2, and started fLAtDiSk Records, a vinyl subsidiary of Dave Gibson's Moxie Record Company.

Rich released his debut solo album ‘Mayan Canals’ in 1981. The seven songs were recorded between 1973 and 1980 while living in New York, Pennsylvania and Hollywood. Influenced by everything from Apple Records to Zappa, the album veers from oozy psychedelia to synthesized breezy folk. Vocally Rich sounds like a cross between Tom Verlaine and Lou Reed. Some tracks feature an EMS Synthi A synthesizer, known to generate the sci-fi sounds from Dr. Who. Other songs utilize feedback from a Maestro Fuzztone box into a TEAC 4-track SimulSync tape recorder. Lyrically La Bonte tackles themes of dying celestial bodies, the birth of his daughter, and a critique of Bowie's character in The Man Who Fell To Earth. Included on this reissue are two bonus tracks originally released on the double A side 7” single Chance Circumstance/Drums Along The Maple Wood, a tribute to Irwin Chusid, the eminent WFMU DJ, with vocals by Shari Famous.

All songs have been remastered from original tapes by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The jacket features a replica of the original jacket with a Mayan figure screen printed using the original rubber stamps from Rich’s archives. Each copy includes a 6-page xeroxed booklet with lyrics, never before seen photos, and liner notes by Rich La Bonte.

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War

LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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“War” is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite, and was released February 1983 on Island Records. The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Year's Day", as well as the title, which stems from the band's perception of the world at the time; Bono stated that "war seemed to be the motif for 1982."
“War” was a commercial success for the band, knocking Michael Jackson's Thriller from the top of the charts to become the band's first number-one album in the UK.

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The Arms Of Someone New

Susan Sleepwalking

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The Arms of Someone New formed in 1983 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois as the brainchild Mel Eberle and Steve Jones. Steve managed and helped record Mel’s band The First Things; while in the studio to demo some of Mel’s songs, they started collaborating. The idea for the Arms of Someone New was to combine Mel’s and Steve’s several varied interests in the Beatles, psychedelia, blues, new wave and post-punk to create a sound in which the listener would be enveloped, immersed. They drew inspiration from Joy Division, Young Marble Giants, Nico and Pink Floyd. Between 1983 and 1985 they released four cassettes, one 7” and one EP.

In September 1985, the duo self-released their debut full length ‘Susan Sleepwalking’ on Office Records. Equipped with simple keyboards, drum machines and jangly guitars, The Arms Of Someone New provided an American take on English folk, Ambient and Industrial music. The album is ten tracks of mood-filled music with sparse instrumentation and simple chord changes that paint pictures of stillness and calm. Psychedelic vocals add texture, producing an ethereal, dream-like quality. The Arms of Someone New challenges conformity by mixing styles, but without sacrificing unity. “‘Susan Sleepwalking’ could as well be retitled ‘Music for Interiors’ – both architectural and of the mind” – The Michigan Daily 1985.

All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Housed in the original jacket featuring an blood red tinted photograph with ghostly textures. Each copy includes a 2-sided 11” square insert with lyrics, and press clipping from the band’s archive.

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Bocal 5

Musique Electronique

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Bocal 5 were a No Wave art group composed of Doc Pilot (synths, vocals), Zouka Dzaza (bass), Florian Guillou (synths), Mickey Lepron (electronic drums, bass) and Evy Tinguette (lead vocals). The project was born in November 1980 in Tours, France as the brain child of Doc Pilot. Between 1981 to 1986 Bocal 5 recorded one 7” single and a cassette-only album before taking a year off in 1984 to launch X-Ray Pop. Influenced by Erik Satie, Brigitte Bardot, Suicide and Young Marble Giants, they call their music "minimum naive new wave." “Musique Électronique” is a 19-track compilation of songs recorded across 1983, most of which have never been released on vinyl before. 16 tracks appeared on the “From Bocal 5 To X-Ray Pop” album originally released on cassette by Sound of Pig in 1984. Both tracks from their debut 7” originally released in MB5 1984 are included and show a progression in sound as a result of newer recoding equipment and techniques. Also present is a song from the tape compilation “Andreas N°3 L'Animal" released by Fraction Studio in 1984. Armed with a Korg 770, MS-10, Prophet Pro-One, Roland TR-707 and TB-808 they crafted their own brand of quirky synthesized electronic pop. Songs are short, concise and well structured; richly textured, moving at a quick speed with hardly a pause. Evy’s pouting, tongue-in-cheek vocals (sung in French) come together for a catchy, sensuous, danceable, eccentric psychedelic ride. This collection shows the group’s sense of humor, vitality and carefree playfulness. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each jacket displays a bright neon green collage of photos and ephemera from the band’s archives designed by Eloise Leigh that exudes the project’s DIY spirit. Each copy includes a 6-page xeroxed booklet with photos, original artwork and press clippings.

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Paul Simon

Graceland

12" | 1984 | US | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Graceland (1986) is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was a major commercial hit, becoming Simon's most successful studio album. The album features an eclectic mixture of musical styles, including Pop, Rock, A Cappella, Zydeco, Isicathamiya, and Mbaqanga.

180g vinyl.

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Opera Multi Steel

The Age Of Consent - 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Opera Multi Steel was born during the winter of 1983 in Bourges, a city in the center of France. The band started off as a trio with Franck Lopez (Vocals, Keyboards,Recorder, Guitars), his brother Patrick L. Robin (Vocals, Percussion) and Catherine M. Marie (Keyboards, Vocals). They began to record demos utilizing a Elex Keyboard, Casio VL-Tone, Roland TR-606 drum machine, guitars and bass pedals. Layering organ-like keyboards over drum machine snares and a woodwind recorder, they created a unique style of Medieval or Baroque synth pop.

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Bronski Beat

2CD | 2024 | Original (London)