Pop Vinyl 532 Items

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Sade

Stronger Than Pride

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Sade

Promise

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Seychelles Clear Sky Blue Vinyl Edition

Masayoshi Takanaka

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music)

52,99 €*

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1978 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

Taeko Onuki

Mignonne

59,99 €*

Release: 1978 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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

Priscilla Chan

Remix

20,99 €*

Love Trip Sky Blue Vinyl 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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Takako Mamiya

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

36,99 €*

Timely!! Blue Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Kazuo Shiina, Hiroyuki Namba, Yoshihiro Naruse, Akira Inoue and other skilled musicians participated in Takako Mamiya's only album released in 1982, a masterpiece representing 80's city pop, on clear sky blue vinyl. Limited re-release!

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Anri

LP | 1983 | Reissue (For Life Music)

57,99 €*

Midnight Cruisin Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1983 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Originally released in 1983
Finally available in vinyl format! This record includes 'cat's Eye' and 'Kanashimi ga Tomaranai (Sadness Can't Stop)', both of which were produced by Toshiki Kadomatsu.

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Kingo Hamada

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (Warner Music Japan)

36,99 €*

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Major Tom / Völlig Losgelöst

Peter Schilling

7" | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

22,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Legacy)

Michael Jackson

Thriller

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Burn On The Flames Clear Vinyl Edtion

Paul Paul

12" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Awakening Blue Vinyl Edition

Hiroshi Sato

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

57,99 €*

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Grey Skies White Collar Vinyl Edition

Taeko Onuki

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

39,99 €*

12" | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Thank You)

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Taeko Onuki's 1st album "Grey Skies" will be released on white collar vinyl! (Originally released on September 25, 1976) After Sugababes disbanded, he signed a solo artist contract with Crown Records.

Recorded between June ~ August 1976, Tatsuro Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Makoto Yano, and Tin Pan Alley (Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuo Hayashi) participated in this masterpiece of city pop.

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Dreams Come True

Sweet Magic

14,99 €*

12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (House Of Music)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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HiNRG masterpiece and often heard anthem in Mexico's Sonidos movement parties. Originally released in '89 at the tail-end of the HiNRG epoch as “house music” was starting to stake its territory in the charts, this production remained an underground hit by Los Angeles based duo Tyrants in Therapy (aka Dreams Come True). The melodic themes and lyric nuances explored in Sweet Magic make it a unique and unforgettable hymn you'll be humming when you wake up after a night at Patrick Miller. Faithfully remastered from the original master tapes which we managed to find and digitize in Los Angeles. Featuring a new stripped down extended mix by Castro using the original stems from the master tapes.

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Casco

Cybernetic Love

15,99 €*

Blue Monday 2020 Remastered Edition

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Fantastic masterpiece, considered one of the best Italo-Disco songs ever. A mega-classic produced by Stefano Zito and Carlo Favilli (the latter passed away too soon) characterized by a heartbreaking melody and lush strings that exemplify the mood and rhythm of the Italo-Disco style with the use of some sounds of pre-bleepy keyboard and siren that technically make it one of the very first rave songs ever, inspiring the style of many artists that came later, like Duft Punk. However, many of them don't even come close with their imaginative computers to that bassline and string sounds that melted the souls of many of us back in that distant April 1983, even if it seems that part of the melodic line has been copied not very subtly by Casco from that of El Deux's Computer-Madchen released in 1982 in Switzerland, where Salvatore Cusato was working as a club-DJ. On the flip another excellent remix version by Danilo Braca of the song revisited a few years later. The confirmation of the wisdom and foresight of its producers, aware that the BPM would soon be lowered by a lot. In the more than 8 minutes of "Cyberlover" the constant melancholy background together with the drum/bass/synth lines are preserved intact, giving us a complete reissued product.

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New Order

12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

17,99 €*

Be Thankful For What You Got 50th Anniversary

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The biggest selling 12” single of all time in the UK, reissued and remastered from the original master tapes at Abbey Road Studios. Originally released on Factory Records in March 1983, the single has become the band’s most recognisable track

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William DeVaughn

LP | 1974 | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1974 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Takanaka Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Masayoshi Takanaka

LP | 1971 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music)

52,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Wewantsounds)

Release: 1971 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Pressed on clear red vinyl
180g weight
Remastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road 53 years after his debut! The remastered popular works of Masayoshi Takanaka, one of Japan's leading super-guitarists, are now available on limited edition colored vinyl! Alex Wharton of Abbey Road Studios, London, has remastered and cut this can't miss album from the original master tapes of ""SEYCHELLES,"" ""TAKANAKA,"" ""AN INSATIABLE HIGH,"" and ""SUPER TAKANAKA LIVE!"

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Meiko Kaji

Hajiki Uta

34,99 €*

Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Wewantsounds is delighted to announce an extensive reissue program of Meiko Kaji's first five album released in Japan between 1972 and 1974 on Teichiku Records. The program, in partnership with Teichiku and Meiko Kaji, will see her first five albums reissued on vinyl for the first time ever in their original Japanese artwork and remastered audio. Famous for her early 70s exploitation movies ('Lady Snowblood', the 'Female Prisoner Scorpion' and 'Stray Cat Rock' series) revered by Tarantino, Meiko Kaji was also a singer releasing albums to tie in with her movie career. These albums are a fascinating mix of Japanese Pop and Groove with superb funky cinematic orchestrations as displayed in "Hajiki Uta". The album is reissued with original artwork on deluxe Gatefold sleeve LP, OBI strip and a 2-p insert featuring new liner notes by by Hashim Kotaro Bharoocha who has interviewed Meiko for the occasion. It features "Urami Bushi" the theme song for the Female Prisoner Scorpion series which was used in Kill Bill Vol 2 and also "Onna No Jumon" the theme song for the film "Female Prisoner Scorpion - Jailhouse 41."

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El Juicio 50th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1972 | US | Original (Craft)

36,99 €*

Release: 1972 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (4AD)

Cocteau Twins

Head Over Heels

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1987 | DE | Reissue (Columbia)

Depeche Mode

Music For The Masses

Release: 1987 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Legacy)

Michael Jackson

Off The Wall

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Legacy)

Michael Jackson

Bad

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And Spiders From Mars 2015 Remastered Edition

David Bowie

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Julee Cruise

Floating Into The Night

Disintegration Deluxe Edition

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Floating Into The Night is the debut album by the American dream pop musician Julee Cruise, released in 1989. The album was produced, and all songs were written by, composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch. Two singles were released from the album: "Falling" and "Rockin' Back Inside My Heart", both of which are featured in Lynch's television series, Twin Peaks. An instrumental version of "Falling" is used as the theme song to the series.

180g vinyl.

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The Cure

2LP | 1989 | US | Reissue (Fiction / Elektra)

45,99 €*

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Talking Heads

Speaking In Tongues

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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2LP | 1987 | UK | Reissue (Fire)

Pulp

Freaks

33,99 €*

Release: 1987 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Trouble Black Vinyl Edtion

Girly

12" | 1987 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Cool Cat Record Store Day 2024 Pink Vinyl Edition

Queen

7" | 1982 | Reissue (EMI)

20,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Pias)

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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Front 242

Front By Front

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 1989 | UK | Reissue (Rocket Girl)

A.R. Kane

30,99 €*

12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Best Record Italy)

Release: 1989 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The final part of this ‘A.R. Kane reissue collection is 1989’s astonishing double-LP ‘i’ which

followed up on ‘sixty nine’s promise and saw the duo fully unleash their experimental

pop sensibilities over 26 tracks, plunging the A.R. Kane sound into a dazzlingly

kaleidoscopic vision of pop experiment and play. Suffused with new digital

technologies and combining searingly sweet and danceable pop with perhaps the

duo’s strangest and boundary-pushing compositions, the album did exactly what a

great double-set should do - indulge the artists sprawling pursuit of their own

imaginations but always with a concision and an ear for those moments where pop

both transcends and toys with the listeners expectations. Jason Ankeny has noted

that “In retrospect, ‘i’ now seems like a crystal ball prophesying virtually every major

musical development of the 1990s; from the shimmering techno of ‘A Love from

Outer Space’ to the liquid dub of ‘What’s All This Then?’, from the alien drone-pop of

‘Conundrum’ to the sinister shoegazer miasma of ‘Supervixens’ — it’s all here, an

underground road map for countless bands to follow.” Perhaps the most

overwhelmingly all-encompassing transmission from A.R. Kane, ‘i’ bookended a

three year period in which the duo had made some of the most prophetic and

revelatory music of the entire decade.

After ‘i’ the duo’s output became more sporadic with Tambala and Ayuli moving in

different directions both geographically and musically, with only 1994’s ‘New Clear

Child’ a crystalline re-fraction of future and past echoes of jazz, folk and soul, before

the duo went their separate ways. Since then, A.R. Kane’s music has endured, not

thanks to the usual sepia’d false memories that seem to maintain interest in so much

of the musical past, but because those who hear A.R. Kane music and are changed

irrevocably, have to share that universe which A.R. Kane opened up, with anyone

else who will listen. Far more than other lauded documents of the late 80s it still

sounds astonishingly fresh, astonishingly livid and vivid and necessary and NOW.

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Sahara Band

Habibi

A Celebration 40th Anniversary Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Super rare Italo electro-pop project Habibi made available by the unstoppable archive label Best Record. Habibi is a joyous Egyptian-influenced Italo piece from the time that Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince also had their Egyptian influences. Many of the typical elements of the 'Italo-Disco' era give the song a very friendly and reassuring mood, especially the (probably) Linndrum beat with tom fills and tambourine, alternating bass, a sequencer emphasizing the eights, and strings, a nice Hammond added/ "Habibi" was conceived in 1983 by Arcangelo Li Calzi after the success of the one-off project Sahara Band, with Giancarlo Ragni, the skilled arranger from Genga that produced the piece entirely in his Vallemania Recording Studio, the studio where most of the afro-cosmic songs of the dee-jays of the nearby Baia degli Angeli were made, including the album "Africa Mediterranea" by Fabrizio Fattori. The artist Myriam Ferrucci did a lovely job on the graphic work on the cover which is represented in its original way. Worthy re-issue from the depths of the golden Italo era.

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12" | 1982 | Reissue (Island)

Picture Book Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 7500 copies.

40th anniversary edition of "A Celebration§ - U2´s 7th Single, originally released in March 1982 between the albums October and War. This limited edition reissue is a 4-track EP, containing two previously unreleased recordings: a studio out-take of the title track, lus a performance of b-side and live favouite "Trash, Trampoline And the Party Girl", recorded in Oct 2015 in Cologne during the iNNOCENCE + eXERIENCE tour. 4 track 12" EP / cut at 45 rpm / 180g black vinyl, housed in plain polylined inner / single sleeve outer - with graphic-based front cover in a similar style to the original single cover artwork, using gold print and additional spot UV high-gloss varnish. Back cover features images of each of the band taken from the original music video.

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Simply Red

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (ZYX)

Paul Paul

Good Times

14,99 €*

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Arista UK)

The Alan Parsons Project

Eye In The Sky

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Upstairs At Eric's 2018 Remastered Edition

Yazoo

LP | 1982 | EU | Original (Mute)

25,99 €*

Tumbleweed Connection (2017 Remaster)

Release: 1982 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Remastered- Cover might be slightly different

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Elton John

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

YMO USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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“Tumbleweed Connection” is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It is a concept album based on country and western/Americana themes.

Remastered from the original analogue tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl!

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Yellow Magic Orchestra

2LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

34,99 €*

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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This first YMO album was released in 1978 in Japan ('79 in Europe) and set a precedent in the music industry like never before. By releasing this daring album, YMO shook the world with their 'Synthpop', at the time a revelation as well as a revolution. Featuring the hit "Firecracker", an infectious and exotic Martin Denny cover, which became a staple in the early Hip Hop scene in New York.

180g vinyl.

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Queen

A Night At The Opera

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Yello

Stella

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Stella is the fourth studio album by the Swiss electronic band Yello, first released in 1985. It was the band's breakthrough album internationally, helped by the success of the song "Oh Yeah", which gained the band worldwide attention the following year after it was prominently featured in the 1985 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and then two years later in The Secret Of My Success.

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Gang Of Four

Entertainment

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Upstairs at Eric's Numbered Limited Edition

Yazoo

LP | 1982 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

38,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Metro Records Romania)

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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All the Grooves Hit the Low-Frequency Targets: LP Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI!

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Eddy Huntington

Bang Bang Baby

30,99 €*

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Trouble Purple Vinyl Edition

Girly

12" | 1987 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Burn On The Flames Black Vinyl Edtion

Paul Paul

12" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Zuckerzeit 50th Anniversary Edition,

Cluster

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

29,99 €*

12" | 1983 | Reissue (Austudy)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Limited Anniversary Edition: 180g vinyl, hand numbered, 1000 copies available! In 1974, Cluster entered the sugar era. This doesn"t mean that they had finally arrived in their promised land, but they had simply moved from Berlin to the country, to a small place called Forst on the river Weser. Many a thing had changed for band members Moebius and Roedelius since Cluster II: They had moved from boisterous Berlin to this calm rural village, they had founded the band Harmonia, had set up their own studio and had bought new equipment. As a result of this and many other things, new impulses were noticeably spurring the evolution of their music. The album Zuckerzeit ("sugar era") launched a revolution for Cluster.

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Toyland

Blau 50th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1983 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Super-rare, highly sought-after EP from 1983 Adelaide, Australia - a raw blend of post-punk and new-wave under a heavy blanket of dub and afro-pop experimentation from Toyland

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Conrad Schnitzler

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

29,99 €*

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Whitney Houston SuperVinyl 180g 33rpm LP Edition

Whitney Houston

LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

75,99 €*

LP | 1975 | DE | Reissue (Teldec)

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND LIMITED TO 4,000 NUMBERED COPIES:

MOBILE FIDELITY'S 180G SUPERVINYL LP PRESENTS 1985 BLOCKBUSTER IN AUDIOPHILE SOUND, PLAYS WITH EXCEPTIONAL CLARITY
PCM digital master to analogue console to lathe

Whitney Houston’s self-titled debut album has few parallels. Viewed solely through the lens of sales numbers, Whitney Houston is a watershed statement on par with the most commercially successful and culturally dominant LPs ever released. Having sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S. and upwards of 25 million units worldwide, the 1985 LP became the equivalent of the television show or blockbuster film that everyone collectively experiences and discusses. Nearly four decades later, it’s lost none of its appeal or magnetism — and its artistic significance and historical import have only grown.

Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, and strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's 180g SuperVinyl LP of Whitney Houston presents the breakthrough in audiophile sound for the first time. The signature traits Houston exhibits on every song — her three-octave range, radiant warmth, personal conviction, impossibly controlled register — come across with exceptional clarity, focus, and presence. Free of artificial ceilings and constricted dynamics, this reissue plays with an openness, airiness, and balance that put the singer’s once-in-a-lifetime instrument and immortal artistry into proper perspective.

It does the same for the songs’ cascading melodies and captivating arrangements. Individually produced by one of four renowned industry veterans — Kashif, Micheal Masser, Jermaine Jackson, and Narada Michael Walden — each composition feels grander, closer, more genuine. A vocal spectacular, Whitney Houston benefits from the high-end characteristics of SuperVinyl, which include a nearly inaudible noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces. This is how an album that changed the direction of popular music — opening previously inaccessible doors for Black artists; bringing smooth-singing vocalists back into the mainstream; kickstarting a movement that soon included several “divas” who would command the charts through the early 21st century — should look and sound.

Though Houston’s seemingly effortless performances suggest otherwise, creating the record Rolling Stone ranks as the 257th Greatest Album of All Time wasn’t easy. Nearly 18 months were required to identify songs suitable for a still-unknown singer who did not fit into the conventional frameworks of the mid ‘80s. Confident, powerful, and prodigiously talented, Houston would forge her own parameters with Whitney Houston. In the process, she obliterated the stubborn lines between R&B and pop, Black and white radio. She dared to reimagine who could be a superstar and then went out and defined the role. Recorded for nearly $400,000 and released on Valentine’s Day, the LP exceeded the wildest expectations of those most closely associated with it — save for Houston and her family.

Having made her first public appearance at the age of 11 singing at a Baptist church, Houston understood pressure and knew her way around, inside, and through a song. The invaluable guidance and support she received from her mother, Cissy, an accomplished gospel vocalist who backed Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, are on display throughout Whitney Houston. They arrive in the types of authoritativeness, discipline, and diction rare for even most seasoned veterans — and unheard-of for a 21-year-old newcomer. Houston brings a soulful elegance, understated glamour, and in-the-moment rapture to every note. Moving up, down, or staying in the middle of the vocal ladder; channelling softness or sweetness; showing restraint or increasing the volume, she is a marvel of emotionalism, a dynamo who can seamlessly transition from one mood to another within a verse.

Though the 10-track LP largely concerns itself with the ballad tradition, Houston covers the bases, getting into an R&B groove on the fleet “Thinking About You,” turning up the heat on the duet “Take Good Care of My Heart,” and investing the contagious dance-pop confection “How Will I Know” with all the anxiety, hope, energy, and enthusiasm its lyrics demand. Featuring her mom on background vocals and Houston’s pitch-perfect tone, uncanny precision, and skyscraper highs (no AutoTune here, friends), the synth-based anthem propelled Whitney Houston into the stratosphere, the vocalist into regular MTV rotation, and the term “crossover” into popular parlance. The double-platinum single reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, Hot R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts — a trifecta that foreshadowed accomplishments that would ultimately crown Houston as the most-awarded female artist of all time.

Whitney Houston became the first album by a Black female performer to top the Billboard charts. It remained there for 14 non-consecutive weeks en route to claiming the title of the best-selling LP of 1986. It stands as the first debut and first album by a solo female artist to spawn three No. Hits, as well as the first album by a Black female artist to top the year-end charts in Australia and Canada. These are just a handful of the accolades — along with four Grammy nominations — that surround a set that also contains the unforgettable ballad “Saving All My Love,” string-accompanied “Greatest Love of All,” and sensual “You Give Good Love.”

As TIME observed in an article written two years after the album took the world by storm: “This is infectious, can't-sit-down music, and her performance dares the listener not to smile right back.” We’re still smiling.

SACD

Sourced from the original master tapes and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD of Whitney Houston presents the breakthrough in audiophile sound for the first time. The signature traits Houston exhibits on every song — her three-octave range, radiant warmth, personal conviction, impossibly controlled register — come across with exceptional clarity, focus, and presence. Free of artificial ceilings and constricted dynamics, this reissue plays with an openness, airiness, and balance that put the singer’s once-in-a-lifetime instrument and immortal artistry into proper perspective.

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La Düsseldorf

30,99 €*

Release: 1975 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

Scotch

Penguins' Invasion

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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12" | 1987 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

Kissing The Kiss

Run Stop

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Cosmic Curves Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Dee D. Jackson

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Dderecords)

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Minimal Wave)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Reissue of the Queen of Space Disco's famous 1978 album.

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Martin Dupont

Hot Paradox

29,99 €*

Bi Ki Ni Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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We are honored to present the first vinyl reissue of French legends Martin Dupont’s seminal album from 1987, ‘Hot Paradox’. Martin Dupont was originally founded by Alain Seghir in Marseille in 1980. He enlisted numerous collaborators throughout the years, including Beverley Jane Crew, Brigitte Balian, and Catherine Loy. Martin Dupont was immensely talented with a rare dynamic between its varying members that was likely inspired by a combination of their magnetic personalities, creative vision, and the home studio where they recorded. Their music was colorful, enthusiastic, and delicate, but also melancholy and mysterious. A mixture of hot and cold, light and dark. They created electronic music that incorporated guitars, clarinets, and saxophones and is described by many as New Wave yet truly transcended genres. Aside from having been released as part of ‘The Complete Collection: 1980-1988’ 5-lp box set, the ‘Hot Paradox’ album hasn’t been available on vinyl since 1987. It is one of Martin Dupont’s most exquisite albums, illustrating the band’s mastery of synthesizer work, drum programming, and vocal duets. The album is vibrant and emotive, simultaneously somber and bright, theatrical and danceable. It is an essential album in the French cold wave, new wave, and minimal synth scenes, and in recent years, has finally received the recognition it deserves beyond any musical categorization. The Hot Paradox album reissue is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, is accompanied by the original insert/lyrics sheet, and is housed in a heavy-weight sleeve featuring art by Yves Cheynet.

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Anri

LP | 1983 | Reissue (For Life Music)

57,99 €*

LP | 1980 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 1983 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Originally released in 1983
5 dance-able tracks in Side-A were written, composed, arranged and produced by Toshiki Kadomatsu who met with Anri’s previous title “Heaven Beach”. Tracks in Side-B, Takeshi Kobayashi, one of Anri’s band member for that moment, produced them with moody & mellow tune. This title was the 1st one of 3 titles by Toshiki Kadomatsu.

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Friction

35,99 €*

Generation X Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 1980 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Friction is one of the first Japanese punk bands and formed by Reck, Chiko Hige and Lapis in Tokyo in March 1978, and now the band is still keeping active. Reck and Chiko Hige had previously been on the NY no wave scene as founding members of James Chance and the Contortions, and brought back the experience and influence to the Japanese music scene. It's no exaggeration to say that the band laid the foundation for alternative music in Japan. P-vine is proud of reissuing all of their albums on vinyl.

"軋轢=Friction" is their 1st album released in 1980 which is also known as the only album in the period of Masatoshi Tsunematsu participating the band. Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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Generation X

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Chrysalis)

25,99 €*

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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First Album Silver Marbled Vinyl Edition

Modern Talking

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Error In The System Record Store Day 2023 Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• DELUXE HEAVYWEIGHT SLEEVE WITH GOLD-SPOT VARNISH ON THE MODERN TALKING LOGO ON THE FRONT COVER + LEATHER LAMINATE FINISH
• INCLUDES INSERT
• 1985 DEBUT ALBUM BY THE GERMAN DUO THOMAS ANDERS AND DIETER BOHLEN
• FEATURING THE INTERNATIONAL HIT SINGLES “YOU’RE MY HEART, YOU’RE MY SOUL” & “YOU CAN WIN IF YOU WANT”
• THE ALBUM SOLD MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE
• CERTIFIED PLATINUM IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AND CERTIFIED GOLD IN POLAND AND SPAIN
• LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON SILVER MARBLED VINYL

The 1st Album is the gigantic debut studio album by German duo Modern Talking. The album peaked at number one in Germany, spending four weeks atop the chart and 18 weeks within the top 10. It sold more than eight million copies worldwide.

The album spawned two singles, with "You're My Heart, You're My Soul” topping the charts in Germany (where it spent four weeks at the top), Austria, Switzerland and Belgium, while charting inside the top five in France, Norway and Sweden. This song has about half a billion views on YouTube.

The 1st Album is available as a limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on silver marbled vinyl and includes an insert.

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Peter Schilling

LP | 1983 | Reissue (Warner Music)

19,99 €*

Release: 1983 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1976 | US (Atlantic)

ABBA

Dancing queen

12,99 €*

Escape From Dimension Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1976 / US

Genre: Pop

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/ voulez-vous

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Momoko Kikuchi

LP | 1987 | JP | Reissue (Lawson)

39,99 €*

LP | 1985 | PL | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 1987 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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* Momoko Kikuchi's 4th album * Pressed on pink vinyl * Featuring production and arrangement by Tetsuji Hayashi, Joe Hisaishi and Shiro Sagisu...

Remastered sound sources for all songs, double-page spread lyric cards that reproduce the original specifications, reprinted with belt specifications.

An urban mellow 4th album, swayed by the cutting-edge brocon sound at the time.

In addition to Tetsuji Hayashi's consistent production work since his debut, Joe Hisaishi and Shiro Sagisu also participated in the arrangement of this work. It is a hidden masterpiece with a wide variety of songs that followed La Mu, such as the urban shuffle beat 'yokohama City OF Lights' and the famous ballad 'sundial' with a delicately echoing drum machine.'

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Tears For Fears

Songs From The Big Chair

Release: 1985 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Blondie

Parallell Lines

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (ZYX)

Brando

Rainy Day

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1982 | EU | Reissue (ZYX)

Wanexa

The Man From Colours

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Einzelhaft Deluxe Version

Falco

3LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

39,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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'Lectric Workers Feat. Funny R

The Garden

12" | 1982 | EU | Reissue (ZYX)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Vintage Pleasure Boutique)

J.F. & Hitwave

Dance Floor Girl

18,99 €*

One Second Limited Reissue 2022

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Massimo Morini, has been technical director and conductor of San Remo festival for over 30 years. On his conducting debut in 1995 he was only 26 years old. Before his big hall music adventure started, back in 1985 he formed his first italo disco group – J.F & Hitwave, later to be transformed into Love Kills (I want to Become). A forgotten and highly demanded among obscure 7″ italo collectors tune titled “Dance Floor Girl” is now brought back to the light of day on a 12″ vinyl. The reissue contains previously unreleased 12″ version as well remixes by Flemming Dalum, Italoconnection and Also Playable Mono.

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Yello

LP+12" | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Polydor / Island)

52,99 €*

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1989 | JP | Reissue (King)

Miho Nakayama

Hide 'N' Seek

64,99 €*

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Mesh-Key)

Release: 1989 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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First reissue of a rare analogue from the late 80’s! Anri, Cindy, Yuji Toriyama and others participated in the composition team for this work, which has a strong taste following the previous work “ANGEL HEARTS”. This album incorporates an array of musical genres: “DESTINY” incorporating new jazz swing, crystal urban city pop “VIRGIN EYES” which blurs the night view of the city, and a remake of Toshio Kadomatsu’s blockbuster ballad “YOU’RE MY ONLY SHININ’ STAR” is also featured. Includes recorded version. At that time, the media was in the transition period to CD, so the original analog board is extremely rare! The long-awaited analog reissue.

Originally released in 1989
First ever reissue of this rare city pop record
Featuring a cover of Toshio Kadomatsu’s blockbuster ballad “YOU’RE MY ONLY SHININ’ STAR”

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Morio Agata

Norimono Zukan

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Japanese folk-rock legend Morio Agata stunned fans with this way-outta-left-field dispatch - a synthesizer-laden, new-wave/post-punk classic. Originally released by Osaka’s Vanity Records in 1980 and back on vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years, this fully authorized reissue has been remastered from the original analog tapes. In tip-on sleeve, with double-sided insert.

50 years ago, Hokkaido-born singer-songwriter Morio Agata released his debut single, Sekishoku Ereji (Red Elegy), an emotive, shuffling piano ballad that (shockingly) sold half a million copies in Japan. While he would never have another Top-40 hit, Agata would spend the next half century issuing a series of idiosyncratic, experimental pop albums. Today, he’s a beloved cult figure, still actively touring and recording in his seventies.

In his first decade as a recording artist, Agata released a stream of classics right out of the gate — Otome No Roman (1972) melded American-styled folk rock with traditional Japanese melodies, Zipangu Boy (1976) was a sprawling, Haruomi Hosono-produced psychedelic opus, and Kimi No Koto Suki Nan Da (1977) saw Agata tackle slick, lightly funky AOR. While this sort of stylistic schizophrenia might sink your average artist, Agata’s singular voice and magnetic charisma elevates everything he touches, and subsumes it all into Morio Agata World — a joyous, playful and frequently unhinged world.

Arguably the biggest left-turn of Agata’s early career, however, came in 1979, when legendary experimental label Vanity Records’ Yuzuru Agi paired Agata with major players from his label’s roster and the Osaka punk scene for an impromptu recording session. An impressive list of musicians took part (sab, Yukio Fujimoto (Normal Brain), Masahiro Kitada (inu), Taiqui (Ultra Bide), Jun Shinoda (ss), Chie Mukai (Che-Shizu), and others) and even though they all came from different wings of the underground music scene, together they built an arresting, minimalistic bedrock of synthesized and acoustic sounds for Agata to work his magic over. The recording sesssions were tense and it took a while for the collective to find their footing. But the hard work paid off — Norimono Zukan is a masterpiece of ramshackle new wave and droning dirges, topped off with Agata’s unmistakeable croon, at times delicate, other times twisted. It’s a relatively short album, but a deep one, and Mesh-Key is honored to introduce it to a new generation of music fans.

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Joachim Witt

Silberblick

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Reach The Beach Gold Vinyl Edition

The Fixx

LP | 1983 | US | Reissue (Friday Rights Mgmt)

41,99 €*

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

Roxy Music

Avalon

38,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1989 | UK | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Hassan Ideddir

Atfalouna

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B / Sky)

Release: 1989 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Hassan Ideddir’s 1989 single “Atfalouna” sees an expanded repress courtesy of Dark Entries. Born to Berber parents in Morocco, Ideddir began making music at the age of 10 after being discovered singing in the stairwell by his school’s headmaster. Encouraged by his peers, he began playing concerts, and his status grew. In 1987, he played a string of sold-out concerts in Casablanca, Rabat, and Marrakesh, in support of a children’s charity. The success of these concerts secured him a record deal, and he went to Paris to record his debut single “Atfalouna” in 1988. Released in 1989 on WEA, “Atfalouna” is a dense slab of multi-genre pop. An opening wash of digital synths and reverberant vocals quickly falls away to a cascade of orchestra hits and pulsing electronic drums; the monotone chant-rap of a female chorus collides with Ideddir’s soaring melismatic vocals, pleading against the injustice and hunger in the world. While Hip-Hop and New Beat borrowed tropes from Arabic music, “Atfalouna” inverts the gesture, resituating orchestra hits and sampling techniques within a Moroccan music framework. A shorter instrumental version follows, which preserves the female vocals. Also included are two tracks not on the original 12”. “Ibina” is a moody, downtempo instrumental that sounds like a cult Italo B-side. The record closes with “Ydouchababe”, an electro number driven by funky guitars, electronic claps, huge horn riff. Here, Ideddir sings of a youth festival honoring Hassan II, former king of Morocco. All songs were remastered by George Horn. The sleeve is a replica of the original 12” cover art, featuring Ideddir set in a cheeky collage of clocks, columns, and camels. Also included is a postcard with a photo of Hassan, as well as lyrics in both Arabic and English. We will be donating 100% of proceeds from this release to Sphere who provide support to the young queer community across Ukraine and the Palestine Children's Relief Fund who help provide urgent humanitarian care for Gaza's children.

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Cluster

Cluster 71

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Richard Pinhas

Iceland

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B / Sky)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Originally released in 1979, Iceland is Richard Pinhas' third solo album and his first following the breakup of Heldon. While moving away from the maximalism of his old band, paring down Heldon's hybrid of otherworldly sci-fi imagery and pummeling psych-prog riffs, the journey through Iceland is decidedly more inward.

Consisting of longer, brooding synth-based pieces as well as short proto-industrial études and interstitial sketches, Iceland features Pinhas' delay-ridden electric guitar, pulsating machine rhythms and analog synthesizer washes – all vivid in texture and timbre, notwithstanding an undeniably chilling ambience.

This first-time vinyl reissue includes "Wintermusic," an immersive 25-minute bonus track recorded in 1983 and appearing here on vinyl for the first time. Pinhas' excursions channel the season's stillness and sublimity, its majesty and its threat. Without a doubt, one his finest moments.

Recommended for fans of Cluster, Mica Levi and Fripp & Eno.

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Cluster

Sowiesoso

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1988 | UK | Reissue (Fda / Anne Clark)

Anne Clark

R.S.V.P.

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Release: 1988 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Limited edition re-issue of 1988 longplayer recorded live at the Music Centrum, Utrecht, The Netherlands in may 1987 !
Anne Clark is a poet, songwriter and singer in one person. The musician conveys her sophisticated lyrics to her audience through a kind of spoken word singing. She dresses them in a sound costume primarily characterized by electronic instruments, which lends her songs a certain coolness.
1988 saw the release of "R.S.V.P.", her first concert album, recorded at the Music Centrum, Utrecht in May 1987. The keyboard-heavy band performs with routine and sensitivity. A highlight of the disc is the mystic-mysterious sounding "Cane Hill". And also with "Wallies", one of her more popular songs, Anne Clark can score.
A very successful album, atmospheric, melodic, well produced. You can literally feel the intimate atmosphere between Anne Clark and the audience present. Also successful is the interpretation of the pieces, which are intoned live yet somewhat different than in the studio, consistently more melodic.

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Peter Schilling

Fehler Im System

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Hookey Opaque Blue Vinyl Edition

Sylvi Foster

12" | 1982 | EU | Reissue (ZYX)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Growing Bin)

Guy Maxwell

Outside My Window

12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (ZYX)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Basking in the golden glow of an Indian Summer, Basso brings us a much needed reissue of one of his most treasured musical discoveries, Guy Maxwell’s ‘Outside My Window’. A long time favourite in the Growing Bin, this mellow masterpiece originally crept out in 1980 with no backing from its label, the soon to burst Bubble. Now resequenced and redressed to the exacting standards of Mssr. Maxwell, ‘Outside My Window’ is ready to warm the hearts and cheer the ears of a whole new audience. Born in Bordeaux under a wandering star, Guy spent the 70s on the road, freewheelin’ from Paris to Rome, guitar in tow, before settling in Switzerland at the end of the decade.

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Mark Tower

You Aren't Fall In Love

14,99 €*

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1982 | US | Reissue (1972)

Maximum Joy

Stretch

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Forty years ago, on July 8th and 9th in 1981, a group formed by the splintering of some of Bristol’s essential post punk bands, entered the hallowed studio at Berry Street in London to record their debut single. What would emerge was not only an exuberant post funk classic on the A-side, but also a wildly influential dub workout on the flipside, whose reverberations can still be heard today. Both songs have proven essential in very different ways.

A focal point for the unique punk-funk that was coming together in Bristol as the bridge from the 70s to the 80s arrived, Maximum Joy was formed by Glaxo Babies multi-instrumentalist Tony Wrafter and 18 year old vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Janine Rainforth. Soon they drafted in additional Glaxo Babies in the form of drummer Charlie Llewellin and bassist Dan Catsis, along with guitarist John Waddington, fresh from The Pop Group. The group set about making a one-of-a-kind mix of funk, punk, pop, jazz, dub, soul, afrobeat and reggae; creating a brilliant charge of danceable tunes wrapped around elastic basslines and complex percussion, punctuated by melodic horns and stabs of guitar, all of it highlighting Rainforth’s naturally enthusiastic vocal style.

Bursting at the seams, “Stretch” feels like it can barely be contained within the studio walls. Rainforth delivers a vocal performance that can only be found within the freedom of someone recording their first ever single. I’m not lying when I say there isn’t another song that sounds quite like it. The group’s love of funk is evident on “Stretch”, but the heavy influence of dub and reggae from their surroundings shapes the moody skitter of “Silent Street”. Here, the sing song vocals seem to drift across the heavy late night air. The two songs are wildly different, yet both could only have come from this key collection of players. Paired with the likes of The Pop Group, The Slits, The Raincoats and the On-U-Sound collective, Maximum Joy still stands out as a unique voice in the movement.

Y Records head Dick O’Dell would join the sessions and give the release a warm home in the UK while legendary 99 Records in New York took on the US release since Maximum Joy made perfect sense being equal parts ESG and Liquid Liquid. This 12” has been a staple for DJ’s in the know since day one.

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P!OFF?

LP | 1985 | JP | Reissue (HMV Record Shop)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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1980, Friday evening in the Munich suburban pub »Panoptikum«. My girlfriend draws my attention to the fact that behind me two guys are talking about looking for a new guitarist for their band. I turn around, chat them up (Jochen and Thomas) and praise my skills to the skies. A few days later I’m standing in Thomas‘ perfectly equipped practice room with my Ibanez Les Paul copy. We jam a little while – jazz rock, to which I can contribute very little due to my lack of skills. We quickly agree on a new style: minimalist, no drums, just a drum machine, Moog and organ, less guitar, dry bass. And German lyrics! We don’t really know or want that this should be ”ndw”. But of course we listen to DAF, Ideal, FSK, Fehlfarben and – yes, Spliff too. These influences are undeniable. So we found the ”piss OFF Orkesstr”, which very quickly becomes ”p’off Orkesstr” and then finally ”P!OFF?”. Ambitious and inspired, we produce a demo cassette that already contains ”Das dicke Kind”, ”Großer Bruder”, ”Pass Auf!” and ”Walkman” and send it to various record companies – including Munich‘s ”Ariola”, which is desperately looking for NDW acts because the Ariola empire has missed this trend. Therefore, they ”buy” about 25 bands at the drop of a hat – and P!OFF? is supposed to be one of them, because they expect some good airplay mainly from ”Walkman”. Producer god Anthony Monn (Amanda Lear, Relax, Saragossa Band, Fancy et al.) takes us under his wing and manages to keep the original demo sound, but to improve it considerably. ”Mein Walkman ist kaputt” didn‘t make it into the charts, but it was played more often on the radio and the Album didn‘t sell badly. In 1982, however, NDW is now commercialised to death and that ship had sailed. But we stay together (under different band names) and over the decades become first New Romantics, then Indie Rockers, then Grunge Noise Makers and finally Electronic Freaks. In 2009, for my fiftieth birthday, we decide to play a few songs from the old 82 record live, which becomes a huge success. And so we are – again as P!OFF? – still on the road with our old songs. The ’82 Album has become a sought-after collector‘s item and cult object – so we are very happy that Bureau B is presenting a lovingly remastered reissue after almost 40 years.

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World Standard

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