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  1. Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD

    Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali’s Car) are among my favorite musical lineages.

    They’d released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which itself was new in 1980 under the Beggars Banquet umbrella.

    The cover is a photograph called Homage to Purvis de Chavannes by American photographer Duane Michals – hopefully it doesn’t get my account flagged as naughty.

    My copy – as so many in the last few weeks via Slipped Disc at a Mill No 5 record fair – is a 2013 reissue.

    #1980 #1980s #4AD #Bauhaus #DanielAsh #DavidJay #Goth #KevinHaskins #LowellMA #MillNo5 #PeterMurphy #SlippedDisc #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  2. Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD

    Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali’s Car) are among my favorite musical lineages.

    They’d released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which itself was new in 1980 under the Beggars Banquet umbrella.

    The cover is a photograph called Homage to Purvis de Chavannes by American photographer Duane Michals – hopefully it doesn’t get my account flagged as naughty.

    My copy – as so many in the last few weeks via Slipped Disc at a Mill No 5 record fair – is a 2013 reissue.

    #1980 #1980s #4AD #Bauhaus #DanielAsh #DavidJay #Goth #KevinHaskins #LowellMA #MillNo5 #PeterMurphy #SlippedDisc #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  3. The Special AKA, In The Studio, 1984 on Chrysalis / 2 Tone

    This was the third album from The Specials, and the only LP under the name Special AKA (early on the band had used The Special A.K.A. as well). The lineup changed quite a bit from the original Specials, after the departure of Neville Staple, Terry Hall, and Lynval Golding (who would form Fun Boy Three).

    Some great tracks here including of course “Nelson Mandela” but also “Racist Friend” (not to be confused with the They Might Be Giants song “Your Racist Friend”).

    My copy—via Slipped Disc at a vinyl fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a US 1984 pressing on Chrysalis labels, with the original inner liner and a hype sticker for “Free Nelson Mandela.”

    #LowellMA #MillNo5 #SlippedDisc #TheSpecialAKA #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  4. The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980 on A&M

    Third album in the brilliant opening set of LPs from Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers. Side one opens with “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” “Driven To Tears,” and “When The World is Running Down, You Make The Best of What’s Still Around” – what a sequence!

    There’s such a tight and interesting rhythm to these early Police albums – obviously a trio of brilliant musicians taking basic rock structures and expanding on them in interesting and challenging ways.

    Before I starting bringing discogs (on my phone) when record shopping, I bought 2 or 3 copies of each of the first 5 Police LPs – now I know better and only pick one up if it is an upgrade of quality.

    My copy—via Slipped Disc at a vinyl fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—looks to be a 1981 pressing from Pittman, perhaps with stampers from Terre Haute.

    #1980 #1980s #AM #AnySummers #LowellMA #MillNo5 #SlippedDisc #StewartCopeland #ThePolice #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  5. I had a nerve block five weeks ago, but it made very little difference to my pain. Looks like I'm going to be having spinal surgery #sciatica #slippeddisc

  6. CW: Unexpected tune in the shopping mall.

    "Just to see her" by Smokey Robinson. It's a silky smooth heartbreak love song, where Smokey would do anything to see his honey again.

    Big in the States in 1987 - number 1 Adult Contemporary, top ten overall.

    Smokey's big comeback was a number 52 slipped disc over here, sold about 30,000 copies. Perhaps it is smooth and relaxed and bland enough for a suburban mall.

    #SmokeyRobinson #SlippedDisc #MallMusic
    youtube.com/watch?v=g5bvjUrVOb

  7. CW: Unexpected tune in the shopping mall.

    "Just to see her" by Smokey Robinson. It's a silky smooth heartbreak love song, where Smokey would do anything to see his honey again.

    Big in the States in 1987 - number 1 Adult Contemporary, top ten overall.

    Smokey's big comeback was a number 52 slipped disc over here, sold about 30,000 copies. Perhaps it is smooth and relaxed and bland enough for a suburban mall.


    youtube.com/watch?v=g5bvjUrVObk