Tag: 1987
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Hoodoo Gurus, Blow Your Cool, 1987 on Elektra.
Hoodoo Gurus, Blow Your Cool, 1987 on Elektra. Dave Faulkner and crew’s third album, with the big hit “What’s My Scene.” Guest vocals by Susanna Hoffs and Vicki Peterson of The Bangles on Good Times. Promo copy via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain
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Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros
Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros With Larry Blackmon on “All Shook Up” and Harry Dean Stanton on “Across the Borderline” Specialty Records Pressing – not the first issue as it has the correct Larry Blackmon credit via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain
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INXS, Kick, 1987 on Atlantic
INXS, Kick, 1987 on Atlantic The massively popular (6x platinum) sixth studio album from INXS with Devil Inside, Need You Tonight, Never Tear Us Apart, and New Sensation. This was the follow up to Listen Like Thieves, which had What You Need on it. Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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The Woodentops, Hypnobeat Live, 1987 on Upside Records.
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 Theater in LA, November ’86. Good Thing, Move Me, Why, Get It On – great frenetic indie thrash pop 😉 Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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Pet Shop Boys, It’s a Sin (12″), 1987 on EMI America.
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″ says on the sleeve and labels the track “can be heard on the forthcoming album Jealousy” but the album was (actually) Actually. Specialty pressing with the embossed…
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Simply Red, Men and Women, 1987 on Elektra.
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 get as much airplay and promotion as their debut but really a solid second album.
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Alter Boys, Soul Desire, 1987 on Big Time Records.
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 by Andy Shernoff of The Dictators right as the label folded so never got the promotion it deserved.
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Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time.
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, Exploding White Mice, Love Tractor, The Lucy Show, and Boston’s own Christmas Love label samplers and this one I’ve had since 1987
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U2, Joshua Tree, 1987 on Island Records
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 as good today as it did in 1987
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Robbie Robertson, Self-titled, 1987 on Geffen.
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 Daniel Lanois You may remember “Somewhere Down The Crazy River”
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The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me, 1987 on Sire.
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 and the arrival of Slim Dunlop in late 1986 early 1987. Love the mix of styles on this record, with Skyway and Nightclub Jitters alongside Shooting Dirty…
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David Sylvian, Secrets of the Beehive, 1987 on Virgin
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) with Ryuichi Sakamoto All three were reissued in 2019 on 180g vinyl (see davidsylvian.com) but this one is a 1987 pressing. Via Mystery Train Records in Gloucester…
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Terence Trent D’Arby, Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby, 1987 on Columbia Records.
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 of this album is perfect. Still sounds current but also fits into that decade. D’Arby is now known as Sanada Francesco Maitreya
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Sting, Nothing Like The Sun, 1987
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 this record
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The Del Fuegos, Stand Up, 1987 on Slash Records.
The Del Fuegos, Stand Up, 1987 on Slash Records. Note the cutout on the back that lets you stand up the album cover.
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The Blue Up?, Now, 1987 on Susstones Records
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 for Columbia in 1995. I’ve had this since it came out in 87.
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Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros.
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, but learned to appreciate later. Note the paper cutout dolls on the original paper inner sleeve Via Planet Records in Cambridge MA.
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Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers.
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 – Everywhere, Big Love, Seven Wonders, Caroline.