Tag: Debut

  • Let’s Active, Cypress, 1984 on IRS Records

    Let’s Active, Cypress, 1984 on IRS Records

    Mitch Easter, Faye Hunter, and Sara Romweber’s debut full-length as Let’s Active, following after the Afoot EP. My copy is UK pressing – “A & M Records Ltd are the exclusive licensees for the UK. Made in England” on the label – but still has the IRS logo. Hunter and Romweber would both move on…

  • John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic.

    John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic.

    John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from January. Artwork by Joshua Petker So many wonderful originals on this his debut record

  • Fine Young Cannibals, Self-titled, 1985 on IRS Records.

    Fine Young Cannibals, Self-titled, 1985 on IRS Records.

    Fine Young Cannibals, Self-titled, 1985 on IRS Records. Beautiful debut album – Roland Gift joining David Steele and Andy Cox from The English Beat Johnny Come Home, Suspicious Minds, Move To Work – quite the debut.

  • The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society

    The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society

    The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society (in white vinyl with charcoal splatter). Debut from Christian Bland of The Black Angels and Lee Blackwell of The Night Beats Need to find the right 3D glasses for that cover image Via VNYL curation, maybe because I like 13th Floor Elevators? Pink Floyd? I…

  • U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M.

    U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M.

    U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M. U.K. Squeeze were known in the UK as Squeeze. My copy is on red translucent vinyl with promo labels. Yes, they made colored vinyl back in the 70s as well, it is not just a new hipster thing. Take Me I’m Yours and Strong In Reason are my favorites…

  • The Alarm, Declaration, 1984 on IRS Records.

    The Alarm, Declaration, 1984 on IRS Records.

    The Alarm, Declaration, 1984 on IRS Records. Look at that 1984 hair – I think Eddie MacDonald set the bar for my 14 year old attempts at big hair. Debut album from The Alarm

  • The Ophelias, self-titled,  1987.

    The Ophelias, self-titled, 1987.

    The Ophelias self-titled from 1987. Not @theophelias but The Ophelias The inclusion of dialogue from Hamlet won me over as a precocious high school Shakespeare scholar but the music is a wonderful genre mixing psychedelic joyful mess. One of my favorite early vinyl finds I picked up based on the name and the cover in…