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The Woodentops, Hypnobeat Live, 1987 on Upside Records. Upside Records licensed from Rough Trade for US distribution. (Came out on Rough Trade in 1986). Recorded at the Palace…
Pet Shop Boys, It’s a Sin (12″), 1987 on EMI America. I was (and still am!) A big fan of Pet Shop Boys in the 80s. This 12″…
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…
Alter Boys, Soul Desire, 1987 on Big Time Records. I always felt like they ought to be from Minneapolis but they were indie rockers out of NYC. Produced…
Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time. Label sampler with Love and Rockets, Alex Chilton, Dumptruck, Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Dream Syndicate, Redd Kross, The Pastels,…
U2, Joshua Tree, 1987 on Island Records I still remember buying this very copy the day it came out, at Down in the Valley store in Richfield Sounds…
Robbie Robertson, Self-titled, 1987 on Geffen. Great solo debut from Robbie Robertson of The Band, with appearances by The BoDeans, U2, and Peter Gabriel Co-produced by Robertson and…
The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me, 1987 on Sire. This copy is a Rhino 2020 reissue on translucent blue vinyl. Recorded in between the departure of Bob Stinson…
David Sylvian, Secrets of the Beehive, 1987 on Virgin The third in a trio of brilliant post-Japan solo albums with Brilliant Trees (1984) and Gone to Earth (1986)…
Terence Trent DArby, Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby, 1987 on Columbia Records. One of the gems of the later 80s – I think every note…
Sting, Nothing Like The Sun, 1987 While Sting has fallen out of fashion in some hip circles (duet album with Shaggy for example) I love every second of…
The Del Fuegos, Stand Up, 1987 on Slash Records. Note the cutout on the back that lets you stand up the album cover.
The Blue Up?, Now, 1987 on Susstones Records Minneapolis based group fronted by (later) video performance artist @anavoog (nee Rachael Olson). They went on to record an album…
Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt. This is one of those albums I was probably too “cool” for when it came out,…
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 –…
Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on @geffenrecords (US pressing). Another from my own (meaning I’ve had it since the eighties and can’t recall where I got it)….
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…
Defenestration was Tyson Todd Meade’s band from Norman OK, before Chainsaw Kittens. ( @ttmeade on instagram, http://twitter.com/dadacameltalk & tysonmeade.com) . He’s got new music out again . ….
Got a promotional email from Wolgang’s Vault pointing to U2’s September 18, 1987 show at the Boston Garden, from the Joshua Tree tour. Thanks to a well placed…