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3CD | 2024 | UK | Original (August Day)

Orchestral Eighties

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD Box | 2024 | UK | Original (August Day)

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A Flock Of Seagulls

String Theory

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Singles: The First Fifty Years

ABBA

4LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Polar Music)

99,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Age Of Consent - 40th Anniversary Edition

Bronski Beat

2LP | 2024 | Original (London)

37,99 €*

The Age Of Consent - 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Bronski Beat

CD+DVD | 2024 | Original (London)

The Age Of Consent - 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Synth pop trio Bronski Beat's 1984 debut The Age of Consent is a rarity in musical history - an album that both defined a generation and challenged the status quo. Its four singles, and particular lead single 'Smalltown Boy', have endured with astonishing resonance, offering home to all listeners dreaming of escape from their familiar surroundings and situations.

Every track on the album places the listener 'in the room': they are in it, living it, rolling inside each song's thematic meaning. Through the blue-eyed wonder of singer Jimmy Somerville's vocal pirouettes, they too take the punch of hate in 'Why?', question the bible with alongside a male voice choir on 'It Ain't Necessarily So', and watch the same crappy TV advertising on 'Junk'. They are part of the trade-off between lust and commerce in 'Love and Money' and the heated near climax of 'Need A Man Blues.'

40 years later and The Age of Consent remains as prescient and vital as ever as it did on its original release; truly transgressive - defiant, queer, and laden with hooks. To celebrate this important anniversary, London Records revisit the album across a series of expanded formats, uncovering sonic archival gems, new mixes, essays and more.

TRACKLISTING:

LIMITED 4CD+1DVD BOXSET

DISC ONE : THE AGE OF CONSENT - THE ALBUM PLUS
1. WHY?
2. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
3. SCREAMING
4. NO MORE WAR
5. LOVE AND & MONEY
6. SMALLTOWN BOY
7. HEATWAVE
8. JUNK
9. NEED A MAN BLUES
10. I FEEL LOVE / JOHNNY REMEMBER ME
11. SMALLTOWN BOY (DJ 7" EDIT) - Bonus track
12. WHY? (REMIX) - Bonus track
13. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (7" VERSION) - Bonus track
14. I FEEL LOVE (7" VERSION) WITH MARC ALMOND - Bonus track
15. RUN FROM LOVE (RADIO VERSION) - Bonus track
16. HARD RAIN (NME 7" VERSION) - Bonus track

DISC TWO : HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS - THE REMIX PLUS
1. HEATWAVE (HARVEY GOLDBERG REMIX)
2. WHY (HARVEY GOLDBERG REMIX)
3. RUN FROM LOVE (DOMINIC MAITA REMIX)
4. HARD RAIN (HARVEY GOLDBERG REMIX)
5. SMALLTOWN BOY (HARVEY GOLDBERG REMIX)
6. JUNK (HARVEY GOLDBERG REMIX)
7. LOVE AND MONEY (HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS REMIX) * - Bonus track
8. INFATUATION / MEMORIES - Bonus track
9. CLOSE TO THE EDGE - Bonus track
10. I FEEL LOVE (CAKE MIX) WITH MARC ALMOND - Bonus track
11. CADILLAC CAR (EXTENDED) - Bonus track

DISC THREE : CONSENT EXTENDED - THE 12 INCHES PLUS
1. SMALLTOWN BOY (12" VERSION)
2. WHY? (12" VERSION)
3. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (12" VERSION)
4. I FEEL LOVE (12" VERSION) WITH MARC ALMOND
5. RUN FROM LOVE (US CLUB REMIX '85) *
6. SMALLTOWN BOY (US CLUB REMIX '84) *
7. RED DANCE
8. THE POTATO FIELDS
9. PUIT D'AMOUR
10. SIGNS (AND WONDERS)
11. I FEEL LOVE (FRUIT MIX)

DISC FOUR : IGNORE AT YOUR PERIL - THE RARITIES PLUS
1. SMALLTOWN BOY (CAPITAL RADIO SESSION, MAY '84) *
2. HEATWAVE (CAPITAL RADIO SESSION, MAY '84) *
3. HARD RAIN (CAPITAL RADIO SESSION, MAY '84 )*
4. WHY? (EARLY VERSION, MARCH '84) *
5. CRAZY MARAQUITTA (STUDIO SESSION) *
6. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (EARLY VERSION) *
7. UPSIDE DOWN (STUDIO SESSION) *
8. SCREAMING (EARLY VERSION, MARCH '84) *
9. THE POWER OF THE GOLD (STUDIO SESSION) *
10. LOVE AND MONEY (EARLY VERSION) *
11. FIRST CHURCH (FEEL LOVE) (STUDIO SESSION) *
12. JUNK (EARLY VERSION 2) *
13. WALKING (STUDIO SESSION) *
14. NO MORE WAR (EARLY VERSION) *
15. GO (YOU & ME) (STUDIO SESSION) *
16. CLOSE TO THE EDGE (EARLY ALTERNATE EXTENDED MIX) *
17. HEATWAVE (EARLY VERSION) *
18. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS (STUDIO SESSION) *
19. SMALLTOWN BOY (EARLY VERSION, MARCH '84) *

DISC FIVE / DVD : THE FIRST CHAPTER - THE VIDEOS PLUS
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS
1. SMALLTOWN BOY (RESTORED PROMO)
2. WHY? (RESTORED PROMO)
3. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (RESTORED PROMO)
4. I FEEL LOVE (RESTORED PROMO) WITH MARC ALMOND
TOP OF THE POPS PERFORMANCES
5. SMALLTOWN BOY (BBC 'TOP OF THE POPS', JUNE '84)
6. WHY? (BBC 'TOP OF THE POPS', SEPTEMBER '84)
7. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (BBC 'TOP OF THE POPS', DECEMBER '84)
8. I FEEL LOVE (BBC 'TOP OF THE POPS', APRIL '85) WITH MARC ALMOND
ORIGINAL TV ADVERTS
9. THE AGE OF CONSENT - TV ADVERT #1 (DECEMBER '84) *
10. THE AGE OF CONSENT - TV ADVERT #2 (JANUARY '85) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

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Bronski Beat

2CD | 2024 | Original (London)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Now That's What I Call The 80s

3LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Now)

43,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Pop

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Now That's What I Call The 80s

5LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Now)

105,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Pop

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Live At The Hammersmith Odeon London 1983

LP | 2024 | EU (DBQP)

Il Tuffatore Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Pop

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Depeche Mode live on their ‘Construction Time Tour’. This is the recording of the first of three shows at the Hammersmith Odeon in London starting on the October 6,1983. The first tour with the then new keyboarder Alan Wilder.

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Flavio Giurato

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (The Saifam Group)

45,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Amore Mandarino Clear Green Vinyl Edition

I Tirelli

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (The Saifam Group)

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Glorious - The Ultimate Collection Red Vinyl Edition

Bananarama

LP | 2024 | Original (London)

33,24 €* 34,99 € -5%

Shibuya Kokaido Tokyo 1980 Purple Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Bananarama celebrate over 40 years at the top with the release of 'Glorious - The Ultimate Collection'. With 40 tracks selected by Sara and Keren themselves, the double CD album revisits every decade of the band's career, with hits including Cruel Summer, Venus, Love in the First Degree, Only Your Love, Preacher Man, Move in My Direction and more, along with two new singles, Feel The Love (released October 18) and Supernova.
- The 1LP edition features 16 tracks : singles + new remixes of classic hits and "Feel the Love" & "Supernova "for the first time on vinyl.
- Bananarama are THE original girl group. They're featured in Guinness World of Records for the most internationally charted hits by an all female band, with in excess of 30+ million sales worldwide.

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Toto

LP | 2024 | EU (The Vinyl Champ)

18,99 €*

Live From The Board... The Official Bootleg Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Edition

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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Phil Collins

10" | 2024 | Reissue (Rhino)

The Killing Moon Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Available for the first time on vinyl, Live From The Board... The Official Bootleg is an EP of recordings from the European leg of Phil’s Both Sides tour in 1994. It includes big hits such as Sussudio and Easy Lover. Packaged in a special edition 10" EP for RSD Black Friday.

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Echo & The Bunnymen

12" | 2024 | US | Reissue (Rhino/Warner)

Silver Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Arguably Echo & The Bunnymen's biggest track, and Ian McCulloch's self-proclaimed "greatest song ever written", The Killing Moon is one of the ‘80s and alternative rock's biggest songs of all time. The epic, ethereal track is available alongside the amazing (All Night Version) as a 12" single for the first time since its original release, celebrating forty years of the album Ocean Rain.

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Echo & The Bunnymen

12" | 2024 | US | Reissue (Rhino/Warner)

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Echo & The Bunnymen's second single from their timeless fourth studio album Ocean Rain, which celebrates forty years this year. Issued on 12" for the first time since original release, it includes the epic Tidal Wave version of the track.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition Green Vinyl Edition.
Note: Disc 1 is slightly warped and has a label pressing error that affects the last two tracks on side A. Disc 2 is close to VG+
Includes original inner sleeves.

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The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (No Music No Life)

Imagination

The Very Best Of

The Preacher's Wife Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Double vinyl with the best of the famous pop disco group of the 80s. Contains two bonus tracks.

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Whitney Houston

2LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The Preacher's Wife Black Vinyl Edition

Whitney Houston

2LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Pressed on 180g black vinyl, comes in gatefold sleeve.

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The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven Vinyl Box Set

Box | 2023 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

235,19 €* 335,99 € -30%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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12 x 7" vinyl, cassette, book and memorabilia

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The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven Blue Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Smash-The Singles 1985-2020 2023 Remaster

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Pressed on 2x 140g blue vinyl, comes in gatefold sleeve.

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Pet Shop Boys

Box | 2023 | EU | Original (Parlophone Label Group)

124,99 €*

Faber - Periodo Karim - The Singles Collection Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Fabrizio De André

4x7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Philpot Lane)

120,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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The CTC - Creative Technology Consortium

Panoramic Colorsound

3LP | 2023 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

46,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The venerable Dark Entries celebrates it’s 300th release with Panoramic Coloursound, a triple LP from the Creative Technology Consortium. Traxx, Andrew Bisenius, and Jason Letkiewicz forged the CtC during the depths of pandemic isolation. Drawing from film and television music of the 80’s/90’s and armed with a mighty array of vintage analog and digital synthesizers, they set out to explore heists, vices, and catastrophe. Panoramic Coloursound collapses sound and image into a neon blur throughout its 25 tracks. While retro scores were the starting point for the CtC, the project does more than pay dutiful homage — these notes are warped and skewed, devolving into decaying digital soundscapes. EBM-inflected basslines pop up on tracks like “Catastrophe” and “A Retro Vice”, menacing numbers that recall Traxx and Letkiewicz’s legendary work as Mutant Beat Dance (a project also featuring Beau Wanzer). “Follow Our Kode” pairs heroic synths with funky bass, striking cosmic chords akin to the material that Traxx and Bisenius have released as An Anomaly. Krautrock-esque guitars slide along anthemic pads on “Beautifully Polluted Sunset”, which comes across like an alien Miami Vice closing theme. The CtC channel corroded VHS vibes while making music for the future. Panoramic Coloursound was mastered by Frédéric Alstadt. The sleeve was designed by Eloise Leigh, and features a photograph by Jason Letkiewicz. Also included is a postcard featuring liner notes, a gear list, and a photograph by Maria Tzeka.

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3LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Now)

Now Dance The 80s

41,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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In 1985, NOW Music released 'NOW Dance: The 12' Mixes', a 20-track compilation that included the extended or remix versions of some of the biggest recent hits and popular club tracks. This was followed a year later by a second 20-track volume, and in 1989, a third. NOW Music proudly present 'NOW Dance - The 80s'; a selection of 26 tracks that appeared on those three original 'NOW Dance' albums - all in their 12-inch, extended or remixed versions across a 3LP set, pressed on red vinyl.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3 Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 HHV Exclusive Tropical Love Trip Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Light In The Attic)

57,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 500 copies, worldwide, exclusively available at HHV. The latest chapter in the acclaimed Pacific Breeze series!

Artwork by renowned illustrator Hiroshi Nagai

Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab)

Newly remastered audio

2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with full color inner sleeves and custom die-cut OBI

Extensive artist bios by Yosuke Kitazawa

Digital mockups are not an exact representation of colors

Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar sounds are spun through the unique lens of optimistic, cosmopolitan fantasy colored by Japan’s affluence at the time. Much of the music has previously been nearly impossible to acquire outside of Japan and continues to captivate listeners with its unique blend of groove-laden escapism, even birthing wholly new genres such as Vaporwave.

Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country’s creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as “Heartbeat” by Miho Fujiwara.

This volume of Pacific Breeze, like its predecessors, is a female-forward offering, with many tracks being voiced by women who would become household names in Japan as actresses and pop idols. Their songs here subvert the norm and brim with an innovative spirit that shatters gender roles in favor of sonic transcendence. Techno-pop classics from Susan, Miharu Koshi and Chiemi Manabe sit alongside sublime funk from Atsuko Nina and Naomi Akimoto, while Teresa Noda slides into the mix with a sultry reggae jam. The genre span is stretched wider with hypnotic jazz fusion by Parachute and Hiroyuki Namba, a synthesizer fantasy from Osamu Shoji, and magnetic pop by Makoto Matsushita and Chu Kosaka.

Although not front and center, the visionary members of Yellow Magic Orchestra are still very present on Pacific Breeze 3, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi taking up producer and musician roles on many of these tracks. Pacific Breeze 3 serves up a captivating musical journey that adds an essential chapter to the iconic compilation series.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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* The latest chapter in the acclaimed Pacific Breeze series! * Artwork by renowned illustrator Hiroshi Nagai * Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab) * Newly remastered audio * 2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with full color inner sleeves and custom die-cut OBI * Extensive artist bios by Yosuke Kitazawa * Digital mockups are not an exact representation of colors * Available in two vinyl variants: Pink or Black Vinyl

Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar sounds are spun through the unique lens of optimistic, cosmopolitan fantasy colored by Japan’s affluence at the time. Much of the music has previously been nearly impossible to acquire outside of Japan and continues to captivate listeners with its unique blend of groove-laden escapism, even birthing wholly new genres such as Vaporwave.

Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country’s creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as “Heartbeat” by Miho Fujiwara.

This volume of Pacific Breeze, like its predecessors, is a female-forward offering with many tracks being voiced by women who would become household names in Japan as actresses and pop idols. Their songs here subvert the norm and brim with an innovative spirit that shatters gender roles in favor of sonic transcendence. Techno-pop classics from Susan, Miharu Koshi and Chiemi Manabe sit alongside sublime funk from Atsuko Nina and Naomi Akimoto while Teresa Noda slides into the mix with a sultry reggae jam. The genre span is stretched wider with hypnotic jazz fusion by Parachute and Hiroyuki Namba, a synthesizer fantasy from Osamu Shoji, and magnetic pop by Makoto Matsushita and Chu Kosaka.

Although not front and center, the visionary members of Yellow Magic Orchestra are still very present on Pacific Breeze 3, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi taking up producer and musician roles on many of these tracks. Pacific Breeze 3 serves up a captivating musical journey that adds an essential chapter to the iconic compilation series.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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* The latest chapter in the acclaimed Pacific Breeze series! * Artwork by renowned illustrator Hiroshi Nagai * Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab) * Newly remastered audio * 2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with full color inner sleeves and custom die-cut OBI * Extensive artist bios by Yosuke Kitazawa * Digital mockups are not an exact representation of colors

Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar sounds are spun through the unique lens of optimistic, cosmopolitan fantasy colored by Japan’s affluence at the time. Much of the music has previously been nearly impossible to acquire outside of Japan and continues to captivate listeners with its unique blend of groove-laden escapism, even birthing wholly new genres such as Vaporwave.

Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country’s creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as “Heartbeat” by Miho Fujiwara.

This volume of Pacific Breeze, like its predecessors, is a female-forward offering with many tracks being voiced by women who would become household names in Japan as actresses and pop idols. Their songs here subvert the norm and brim with an innovative spirit that shatters gender roles in favor of sonic transcendence. Techno-pop classics from Susan, Miharu Koshi and Chiemi Manabe sit alongside sublime funk from Atsuko Nina and Naomi Akimoto while Teresa Noda slides into the mix with a sultry reggae jam. The genre span is stretched wider with hypnotic jazz fusion by Parachute and Hiroyuki Namba, a synthesizer fantasy from Osamu Shoji, and magnetic pop by Makoto Matsushita and Chu Kosaka.

Although not front and center, the visionary members of Yellow Magic Orchestra are still very present on Pacific Breeze 3, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi taking up producer and musician roles on many of these tracks. Pacific Breeze 3 serves up a captivating musical journey that adds an essential chapter to the iconic compilation series.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Siouxsie & The Banshees

All Souls

Exploded View + Demos 1981-184

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Copy closer to NM

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The Actor

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mannequin)

30,99 €*

Red 35th Anniversary Edition Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Expanded double-LP of »Exploded View« from Dutch minimal synth pioneers The Actor. Originally released in 1982 by Trumpett Tapes, the album was repressed for the first time by Mannequin Records in 2014, and is now coming back to life again in 2022, enriched by an extra full-length of demos from a 1981-1984 period.

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The Communards

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (London)

Red 35th Anniversary Edition Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The Communards’ sophomore album ‘Red’ consolidated the genius of the musical partnership between Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville and pianist Richard Coles. Fusing synths and hi-NRG production with lush string and horn arrangements, The Communards straddled pop and the political, the album’s themes set against the political unrest and moral panic of late 80s Britain. A global smash upon its release, this remastered and expanded 35Th Anniversary Edition features an extensive array of B-sides, live tracks, demo versions and remixes, including classic mixes by legendary 80s club doyens Shep Pettibone, Clivilles & Cole (better known as C&C Music Factory) and a euphoric new 2022 remix of ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ by UK outfit The 2 Bears (Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and DJ Raf Rundell). Available on Deluxe Double CD , Collector White & Red Double Vinyl , Black Vinyl. All editions remastered , with new sleeve notes.

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The Communards

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (London)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Modern Harmonic)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The Dance

Do Dada

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Fuzz Dance Classics Over The World

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Spittle)

14,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Pioneers, that’s what we call them. Not properly a giant team, but a bunch of forward thinking producers. In the heyday of the italo disco there was some forward thinking, a new way to address the club scene. 1985 is the golden year and if you want to get to the core of the synth-pop experience look no further ! This previously unreleased compilation collects a series of unbelievable tracks. An outstanding vision featuring la crème de la crème of the early 80s scene. All the way from electro wizard Alexander Robotnick to the astonishing performance of vocalist Mya Fracassini, through the French connection of Bigazzi brothers of Mon Bijou.

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Siouxsie & The Banshees

All Souls Deluxe Edition

24,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Against The Odds: 1974-1982 Deluxe Edition

Blondie

4LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Virgin)

74,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Against The Odds: 1974-1982 Limited Super Deluxe Edition

Blondie

12LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Virgin)

340,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Live At The Hammersmith Odeon In London 1984

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (DBQP)

22,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Exclusive live performance straight from the ‘Construction Time Again Tour’.

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Greatest Dance Hits Of The 80s

LP | 2022 | EU (Cloud 9)

27,89 €* 30,99 € -10%

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Boney M.

The Magic Of Boney M.

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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4LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Falco

Falco The Box

46,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Falco

The Sound Of Musik

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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In The Garden Of Venus - The 6th Album

Modern Talking

LP | 2021 | DE | Reissue (Sony Music)

27,99 €*

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Hyperspace Communications)

Release: 2021 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Smoke coloured vinyl. German reissue from 2021. Copy n° 002158

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Los Microwaves

The Birth Of Techno

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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The Dark Side Of Italo Disco

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ZYX)

17,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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

Getting The Fear

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dais)

21,24 €* 24,99 € -15%

Death Is Bigger 1984-85 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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Getting The Fear

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dais)

23,99 €*

At The Movies Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Kenny Loggins

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Columbia)

Warte Mein Land, Warte HHV Exclusive Beige Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.
Limitation: 2100 copies.

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

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Ozan Ata Canani

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

21,59 €* 23,99 € -10%

The Breathtaking Blue 2021 Remaster

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Limited to 300 units. Only at HHV.

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Alphaville

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

35,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Shake It Up Green Vinyl Edition

The Cars

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Elektra)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2020 | Reissue (Warner)

Sign "O" The Times

36,99 €*

Release: 2020 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

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

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Black 2LP Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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LP | 2020 | EU (Radio Broadcast)

The Purple Era

20,99 €*

We Could Be Heroes - The Legendary Broadcasts Picture Disc Edition

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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David Bowie

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (CODA)

23,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Fan The Flame Part 1 White Vinyl Edition

Dead Or Alive

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Demon)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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12" | 2020 | EU | Original (ZYX)

The Managers

One Race

14,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Graveyard And The Ballroom Colored Vinyl Edition

A Certain Ratio

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Mute)

27,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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

2LP | 2020 | UK | Original (BGP)

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

Box | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner)

314,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Deluxe 4LP Vinyl Edition

4LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner)

71,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sign O' The Times Remastered Limited Peach 2LP Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Warner)

A Diamond In The Mind Live 2011

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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Duran Duran

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

32,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Vinylart, The Premium Picture Disc Collection

Serge Gainsbourg

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

22,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Girls In The Grass 2024 Repress

Steve Hiett

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

Walking In The Neon / Strange Desires Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2024 Repress

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

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Peter Richard

12" | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Fulltime)

12,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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

Rick Astley

The Best Of Me

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Tens Across The Board

24,99 €*

Down On The Road By The Beach

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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Steve Hiett

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

34,99 €*

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

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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This 1983 album appears on vinyl for the first time.

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Steve Hiett

Girls In The Grass

The Lonely Crowd Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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The Misz

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Minimal Wave)

Volume 1 White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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

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

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

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The Creatures

12" | 2019 | EU | Original (Mr. Disc)

11,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 500 copies.

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

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

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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

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

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

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

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

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A Broken Frame | The 12" Singles

3x12" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Mute)

74,99 €*

Ride The Beam EP Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Vinyl close to NM.

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Selection

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Full Time)

11,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 500 copies.

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A Broken Frame - The 12" Singles Collection

3x12" | 2018 | US | Original (Warner)

84,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Speak & Spell - The 12" Singles Collection

3x12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Warner)

68,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2018 | FR | Original (Island)

The Best Of 1980-1990

38,99 €*

Release: 2018 / FR – Original

Genre: Pop

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Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Chrysalis)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Rhino)

Phil Collins

The Singles

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Immaculate Collection

Madonna

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Rhino)

46,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Electroconvulsive Therapy Volume 4 - The Art Of Survival Records

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Medical)

34,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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The Best Of Italo... Discomagic

4LP Box | 2017 | EU | Original (Use Vinyl)

73,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Island)

The Joshua Tree

43,99 €*

Tango In The Night Remastered Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves.
Includes 12"x12" booklet of lyrics, photographs and credits.
Download voucher.

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Fleetwood Mac

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Rhino)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | US | Original (Superior Viaduct)

The Fall

Slates

LP | 2015 | BE | Reissue (Onderstroom)

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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Twilight Ritual

The Ritual

8,99 €*

LP | 2015 | Reissue (Virgin EMI)

Release: 2015 / BE – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG+

Record is slightly warped but still enjoyable.
Cover with tiny tear at opening side.

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Queen

The Game

25,99 €*

Release: 2015 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Onderstroom)

Twilight Ritual

The Ritual

16,99 €*