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Cats Can Fly, Self-Titled, 1986 on Epic.

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”…

Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, 1986 on Def Jam / Columbia.

Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, 1986 on Def Jam / Columbia. Mine’s a 2016 reissue (30th anniversary) 180g on Def Jam / UMG Reissue sounds great – No…

Suburbs, self-titled, 1986 on A&M.

Suburbs, self-titled, 1986 on A&M. Hometown Minneapolis band The Suburbs first (and only?) Major label release. Recorded at Metro Studios Via the other Record Exchange (St. Louis, MO,…

Kraftwerk, Electric Cafe, 1986 on Warner Brothers

Kraftwerk, Electric Cafe, 1986 on Warner Brothers Another early selection for me from Columbia House Record Club. In very good shape considering how much I played it back…

Elvis Costello Featuring the Attractions and Confederates, King Of America, 1986 on Collumbia.

Elvis Costello Featuring the Attractions and Confederates, King Of America, 1986 on Collumbia. Costello working with T-Bone Burnett (and of course many others) following a series of tours…

Everything But the Girl, Love Not Money, 1986 on Sire

Everything But the Girl, Love Not Money, 1986 on Sire (in the US, Blanco y Negro in the UK) Huge fan of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt –…

The Smithereens, Especially For You, 1986 on Enigma

The Smithereens, Especially For You, 1986 on Enigma Blood and Roses, Behind the Wall of Sleep, Strangers When We Meet. After this album was a hit they released…

Steve Earle, Live From Austin TX, 2017 on New West

Steve Earle, Live From Austin TX, 2017 on New West Recorded in 1986, released in 2004, and issued on vinyl in 2017. Long time fan of Steve Earle…

Gene Loves Jezebel, Discover, 1986 on Geffen.

Gene Loves Jezebel, Discover, 1986 on Geffen. Saw them on tour in August 1987 at Northrup Auditorium with Echo & the Bunnymen and New Order – quite a…

What’s New (1983), Lush Life (1984), and For Sentimental Reasons (1986)

What’s New (1983), Lush Life (1984), and For Sentimental Reasons (1986) A great trio of platinum albums by Linda Ronstadt with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra on Asylum/Warner Bros….

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, If You Leave (extended version), 1986 on A&M.

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, If You Leave (extended version), 1986 on A&M. Another song that was on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack – clearly John Hughes films…

Fishbone, In Your Face, 1986 on Columbia

Fishbone, In Your Face, 1986 on Columbia Studio debut LP (after the Fishbone EP) “You act this way when problems arise” Via Academy Records, NYC

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Live / 1975-85, released 1986 on Columbia.

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Live / 1975-85, released 1986 on Columbia. 5 LP box set, recorded at Meadowlands, Giants Stadium, Nassau Coliseum, Winterland, The Roxy, and…

Screaming Blue Messiahs, Gun Shy, 1986 on Elektra.

Screaming Blue Messiahs, Gun Shy, 1986 on Elektra. “I wonder just how long we’ll be / out in the wild blue yonder” Excellent first full-length of rockabilly-punk-Americana craziness…

True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018 on Nonesuch Records

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.

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…

Eurythmics, Revenge, 1986 on RCA

My copy is an italian pressing I got at Flashback London Always loved Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, apart or together

‘Til Tuesday’s second album, 1986. @realaimeemann is still the coolest.

‘Til Tuesday’s second album, 1986. @realaimeemann is still the coolest.

General Public, Hand to Mouth (1986).

General Public, Hand to Mouth (1986). Second album from the group formed by The [English] Beat’s Dave Wakeling and @rankingroger (RIP), along with Mickey Billingham (Dexy’s Midnight Runners)…

The Call, Reconciled, 1986 on Elektra

I think “I Still Believe” may be the first song I ever figured out the chord progression to on the piano and actually understood.