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Robert Plant, Now and Zen, 1988 on Es Paranza Records. Es Paranza was a boutique label for Plant’s solo work Two tracks with Jimmy Page. My copy did…
The Alarm, self-titled EP, 1983 on IRS Records. The Alarm are out on tour in 2020 and Mike Peters is doing a show (Mike Peters Presents The Alarm…
After yesterday’s pre-Jerry Harrison Talking Heads, some solo work: Jerry Harrison, The Red And The Black, 1981 on Sire Nona Hendryx , Bernie Worrell, Adrian Belew and other…
Van Halen, Women and Children First, 1980 on Warner Brothers. I didn’t really discover VH until 1984, with Panama, but then went back to the earlier albums including…
Simply Red, Picture Book, 1985 on Elektra. This is such a solidly great debut album – Mick Hucknall, Toney Bowers, Chris Joyce, Tim Kellett, Sylvan Richardson, and Fritz…
Sir Paul McCartney, Pipes of Peace – originally 1983 on Parlophone. My copy is a 2015 “Barnes & Noble Exclusive” pressing on Concord that came with a second…
Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers. Rumours and Tusk get all the attention (and are great) but I really dig this one too –…
The Police, Reggatta De Blanc, 1980 on A&M. Via Metro City Records in Manchester NH. Love this even more now than ~40 years ago
The Mission UK, The First Chapter, 1987, on Mercury. Known just as The Mission *in* the UK, this record collected tracks from the first two EPs, including (on…
Thompson Twins, Here’s to Future Days, 1985 on Arista. This may be the first TT albumin bought back in ’85, probably at Down in the Valley when they…
Travelogue, The Human League, 1980 on Virgin (UK pressing). This is early Human League, with Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, who went on to found Heaven 17,…
Tones on Tail, self-titled, 1985 on Situation Two, a sublabel of Beggars Banquet (a UK pressing). Tones on Tail have three self-titled releases, this one, a 1982 EP,…
An 80s staple – Reach the Beach by the Fixx. 1983 on MCA Records Found my copy at A1 Records, NYC
Bootleg of The Police 1981 live in Melbourne at Festival Hall. My copy says it is on “Washington Ave. Sound” label, but there are many versions out there,…
Run DMC, Tougher than Leather, 1988 on London Records. Via Unknown Pleasures in Edinburgh Scotland (aka @vinylnet.co.uk )
There just aren’t enough Donny Hathaway albums in the world. In Performance, 1980 on Atlantic Records, SD 19278 Via Vintage Vinyl in St. Louls MO
The Cult, Sonic Temple, 1989 on Sire / Reprise / Beggars Banquet
True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018 on Nonesuch Records 2 LP version expanding on 1986’s Sounds From True Stories. Via ListenUp Music, Natick MA
The Wallets, Take It, 1986 on Twin Tone. Found at Record Exchange in St. Louis When the Talking Heads’ Naked came out in ’88, the liner notes included…
Rank and File, Sundown, 1983 on Slash records. I had (on cassette) two Slash Records samplers in the eighties I played to death, which had “The Conductor Wore…