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Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 onColumbia / MPL Sticking with Paul McCartney from yesterday’s post. Tug Of War is early 80s Macca, with guest Stevie Wonder on…
Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat, 1981 on I.R.S. Records. The Go-Go’s debut – the sound of the early 80s. Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got the Beat ….
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic. Follow up to Texas Flood, SRV in prime shape. via Antiques on Elm
Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease anthology, The Story Of The Grateful Dead, on red and blue vinyl. One of my two…
Paul McCartney, McCartney II, 1980 on Columbia/MPL Paul McCartney‘s second solo album, with broad range of styles as he played with synths and recorded at home. “Dont go…
Various Artists, Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture), 1983 on Casablanca One of the must have soundtracks of 80s cinema (alongside Footloose and The Breakfast Club). “She’s…
Carmen McRae, Zoot Sims, Paul West, and Jimmy Madison, Europa Jazz, 1981 on Europa Jazz. Recorded in 1974, released in 1981 on an Italian label – there is…
Pretenders, Pretenders, 1980 on Sire Debut album – “This album has a longer running time than most average LPs, therefore to achieve maximum effect PLAY THIS ALBUM LOUD”…
Cats Can Fly, Self-Titled, 1986 on Epic. Major label debut (and only release) by Ontario’s own Cats Can Fly. Top 40 hits for “Flipping to the A Side”…
Run-D..M.C, King of Rock, 1985 on Profile Records Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons, and Jason Mizell, straight out of Hollis Queens to the King of Rock @kingdmc @rundmc @jammasterjay…
The Suburbs, Credit In Heaven, 1981 on Twin/Tone. The Suburbs’ second studio LP, with Music For Boys, Girl Ache, Tape Your Wife To The Ceiling. Produced by Paul…
Tones on Tail, The Album Pop, 1984 on PVC. This is the US version of what in the UK was just called Pop, with three songs from the…
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…
Eurythmics, Touch Dance, 1984 on RCA. Remixes of four tracks from the album Touch, by Jellybean Benitez and Francois Kerkorkian- 4 with vocals on the A side and…
U2, Wide Awake in America, 1985 on Island Records. My copy is the 2018 remaster & reissue by UMC I always thought of this as sort of a…
Simply Red, Men and Women, 1987 on Elektra. Follow up to Picture Book, with “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,” “I Won’t Feel Bad,” and “The Right Thing,.” Didn’t…
ZZ Top, El Loco. 1981 on Warner Brothers. I think this was my first exposure to ZZ Top – love the grooves
Dr. John, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981 on Clean Cuts. Dr. John used “Mac Rebennack” for his writing credits (or Mac Rebennack used Dr. John for some…
Human League, Lebanon, 1984 on Virgin. 12″ single with an extended Lebanon om the A side and “Thirteen” plus an instrumental version on the B side EMI Records…
U2, The Unforgettable Fire, 1984 on Island Soundtrack to much of my adolescence – big shift for the band after Boy->October->War and Under a Blood Red Sky Produced…