#vinylfinds — Public Fediverse posts
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Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg, 1988 on Amiga
This is actually the album released as Talking With the Taxman About Poetry in the US and UK, but retitled for behind the iron curtain. When I found it in the store I thought it was some kind of bootleg live album, not recognizing the tracklist (which I should have recognized). Not sure if Mayakovsky was out of favor or self-titled just made more sense for the market behind the iron curtain. From what I can tell (discogs) this was the only Bragg album Amiga issued. Fun to read (google […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/14/billy-bragg-billy-bragg-1988-on-amiga
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Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg, 1988 on Amiga
This is actually the album released as Talking With the Taxman About Poetry in the US and UK, but retitled for behind the iron curtain. When I found it in the store I thought it was some kind of bootleg live album, not recognizing the tracklist (which I should have recognized). Not sure if Mayakovsky was out of favor or self-titled just made more sense for the market behind the iron curtain. From what I can tell (discogs) this was the only Bragg album Amiga issued. Fun to read (google […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/14/billy-bragg-billy-bragg-1988-on-amiga
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The Blow Monkeys, Wicked Ways, 1986 on RCA
The Blow Monkeys were a really interesting UK pop / new-wave band in the 80s, and "Digging Your Scene" was their big hit in the US. This single was also from the Animal Magic LP that hit was from. Fronted by the self-titled Dr. Robert (Bruce Howard), the band included Mick Anker (bass), Neville Henry (sax), and Tony Kiley (drums) plus many guests. The cover on the b-side ("It's Not Unusual") was recorded in 1984 at the Hammersmith Palais in Paris. My copy—via Lifebridge thrift shop in […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/13/the-blow-monkeys-wicked-ways-1986-on-rca
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The Blow Monkeys, Wicked Ways, 1986 on RCA
The Blow Monkeys were a really interesting UK pop / new-wave band in the 80s, and "Digging Your Scene" was their big hit in the US. This single was also from the Animal Magic LP that hit was from. Fronted by the self-titled Dr. Robert (Bruce Howard), the band included Mick Anker (bass), Neville Henry (sax), and Tony Kiley (drums) plus many guests. The cover on the b-side ("It's Not Unusual") was recorded in 1984 at the Hammersmith Palais in Paris. My copy—via Lifebridge thrift shop in […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/13/the-blow-monkeys-wicked-ways-1986-on-rca
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Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual, 1983 on Portrait
Lauper’s debut solo album, She’s So Unusual had four top-five singles: “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop,” and “All Through The Night.”
A number of the songs were covers – “Money Changes Everything” by The Brains, “When You Were Mine” by Prince, “All Through The Night” by Jules Shear, and even “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” which was written by Robert Hazard who had performed it with multiple bands and made a demo recording.
Truly a must-have album for an 80s music fan.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a 1984 pressing with the original inner liner and Portrait label.
#1980s #1983 #CyndiLauper #JulesShear #LowellMA #MillNo5 #Portrait #prince #RobertHazard #TheBrains #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Broadcast, Tender Buttons, 2005 on Warp Records
This was the third studio album from Broadcast, at this point largely a proect of Trish Keenan and James Cargill as a duo, credited on the album as James & Trish. Tender Buttons was also a book of poetry by Gertrude Stein that came out in 1914 – I took a flyer on the album just based on that (and did not know Broadcast before) but it is really wonderful.
The vinyl releases have a slightly different track order than the CDs or streaming.
My copy is the 2025 Vinyl Me Please “20th Anniversary” edition on magenta & cyan vinyl, in the Essentials Track. It’s a great package and sounds wonderful.
#2000s #2005 #2025 #Broadcast #DreamPop #Electronic #JamesCargill #Reissue #TrishKeenan #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Milt Jackson, Ballads & Blues, 1956 on Atlantic
Jackson’s most well know as the vibraphonist in the Modern Jazz Quartet but he also collaborated and recorded with many other bop musicians. Here he is joined by Lucky Thomson (sax), John Lewis (piano), Skeeter Best (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), Lawrence Marable (drums), and Barry Gailbraith (guitar). (Lewis and Clarke had […]
#1950s #1956 #2019 #Atlantic #BarneyKessel #BarryGailbraith #Bop #jazz #JohnLewis #KennyClarke #LawrenceMarable #LuckyThomson #MiltJackson #ModernJazzQuartet #NesuhiErtegun #OscarPettiford #PercyHeath #Reissue #SkeeterBest #SpeakersCornerRecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot