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Recently, Phil and Ashley Nicolo from Studio 4 Vinyl in Coatesville, PA joined us at Start Local to share a bit about their experience running their vinyl-pressing business. Phil Nicolo, Grammy-winner and owner of Studio 4 Vinyl, works alongside Ashley Nicolo, the COO, to take care of business problems before they even get the chance to become major issues. 🎧 🎹
Listen to the full episode here: https://startlocal.co/pressing-vinyl-records-with-phil-nicolo-and-ashley-nicolo/
🇬🇧 The Cure "Concert" – 1984
The Cure's first live album and recorded during the 1984 World Top Tour, it presents the band with Andy Anderson on drums, Phil Thornalley on bass, Porl Thompson on guitar, Tolhurst on keyboards and Robert Smith on vocals and guitar that sit at the centre of a performance and feels raw, physical and considerably heavier than the studio recordings...
#thecure #postpunk #alternativerock #80smusic #livemusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Nitzer Ebb "Let Your Body Learn" – 1986
A 6:27 minutes extended mix remixed by Daniel Miller. Appearing on the debut album "That Total Age", establishing itself as one of the defining early Nitzer Ebb tracks...
#nitzerebb #ebm #industrial #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Nitzer Ebb "Murderous" – 1986
EBM at its finest...
#nitzerebb #ebm #industrial #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Nitzer Ebb "Join in the Chant" – 1987
Featured on their debut album "That Total Agec, the track became one of the defining recordings of early EBM. Its stark combination of machine rhythm, aggression and dancefloor functionality would go on to influence generations of industrial and electronic artists. It even reached No. 9 on the US Dance chart...
#nitzerebb #ebm #industrial #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
Released today 46 years ago:
🇬🇧 Killing Joke "Killing Joke" – 1980
Essentially captured live in the studio, the album strips the music down to bass, drums, guitar, vocals and electronics, then pushes every element towards maximum tension. Killing Joke produced the record themselves. It reached No. 39 in the UK Albums Chart...
#killingjoke #postpunk #industrial #industrialrock #gothicrock #darkwave #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
Released today 45 years ago:
🇬🇧 Depeche Mode "Speak & Spell" – 1981
Their album debut is bright, youthful and almost disarmingly playful, built from synthesizers, drum-machine rhythms and Vince Clarke's gift for writing extraordinarily immediate melodies. It reached No. 10 in the UK Albums Chart...
#depechemode #synthpop #electropop #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
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🇬🇧 Peter Gabriel "I Don't Remember" – 1980
The limited 12-inch EP expands the track into a particularly interesting collector's release, pairing it with “Shosholoza”, a remixed “Biko” and “Jetzt Kommt Die Flut (Here Comes the Flood)”...
#petergabriel #artrock #experimentalrock #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🏴 Simple Minds "Sweat in Bullet" – 1981
Originally appearing on "Sons and Fascination", the song was also issued as this four-track 12-inch. The extended 7:23 version stretches the groove into something darker and more hypnotic, while the B-side pairs two live recordings from the Hammersmith Odeon show of 25 September 1981...
#simpleminds #postpunk #newwave #artrock #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Goldfrapp "Train" – 2003
Released as the first single from Black Cherry, it reached No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart. It marked a clear step away from the delicate, cabaret-inflected world of "Felt Mountain" towards the sleeker electro-pop and dance-oriented sound that would become central to Goldfrapp’s identity...
#goldfrapp #electropop #electronica #alternativepop #2000smusic #electronicmusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🏴 Cocteau Twins "Love's Easy Tears" – 1986
Cocteau Twins at one of their most luminous and otherworldly points. It reached No. 53 in the UK chart...
#cocteautwins #dreampop #etherealwave #4ad #80smusic #alternative #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇺🇸 Boy Harsher "Burn It Down" – 2022
Originally developed from an old demo, the song was brought back to life specifically for David Gordon Green’s "Halloween Ends". Its nocturnal electronic textures proved a natural fit for the film, while the accompanying EP expanded the track into four versions, including a rework and two instrumentals...
#boyharsher #darkwave #synthpop #electronicmusic #industrial #coldwave #80sinspired #halloweenends #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
Adore
2026 Worldwide 2xLP reissue
I’m taking my teenage son to see the Pumpkins in Vancouver in November, and I’m really excited for him.
To prepare, we’re wading through the albums in their discography that he’s NOT familiar with (everything except Siamese Dream, Pisces, Mellon Collie).
We listened to Gish the other night, & now, we have come to Adore.
For me, Adore is a little heavy handed at times, but not without its charms.
The great songs are GREAT.
So far, my son’s reaction to it is…surprised.
His initial thoughts were that it feels really pulled back, which I fully agree with.
The usual walls of distorted guitars are replaced by more keyboards, drum machines, and dare I say.. restrained (?) percussion and rhythm?
The result is a darker, but more spacious Pumpkins.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #1990s #90s #90smusic #smashingpumpkins
THE TUBS
Dead Meat
2023 U.S. pressing
For the last 3 years, I’ve been having a passionate love affair with The Tubs.
It was absolute love at first listen, & they are without a doubt my favorite band of the past 10 years, and it’s not even close.
This was their 1st album, & it was the first one I heard.
Like the following two albums, the songs are wonderfully constructed; jangly, catchy, and heartfelt.
Their sense of melody is some upper- echelon shit, the lyrics are great, the rhythm section is fantastic… everything about this band is just fantastic.
Not a single bad (or even AVERAGE) song in their entire catalog.
If you don’t know The Tubs, please get to.
Start with Dead Meat.
You’ll be glad you did, I promise.
It always ends up that THESE kinds of bands don’t last long.
I’m hoping that’s not the case with The Tubs.
Amazing shit.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #indie #alternative #thetubs
🇬🇧 Cabaret Voltaire "Colours" – 1991
Cabaret Voltaire transforming from Sheffield industrial experimentalists into a sophisticated electronic dance act this Club Mix is pushing Stephen Mallinder and Richard H. Kirk’s original sound into a more expansive, club-oriented territory built from programmed rhythms, samples and hypnotic repetition...
#cabaretvoltaire #industrial #electronicmusic #experimental #electro #technomusic #90smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇺🇸 Iggy Pop "Candy" – 1990
The duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52’s is what gives the song its distinctive character. Her cool, melodic response turns the track into a conversation between two people still caught in the memory of a relationship. Released as the second single from Brick by Brick, “Candy” became Iggy’s only US Top 40 hit, reaching No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100...
#iggypop #katepierson #rock #alternativerock #90smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇩🇰 Russia Heat "Tell Me Your Name" – 1985
Driven by a high-energy beat, synthesizers and a distinctly international feel, it became a dance hit in Denmark. Behind Russia Heat was Ian Johansson, later known as Ian Ion. His path from Russia Heat led directly into The Overlords...
#russiaheat #ianion #theoverlords #danishelectronic #synthpop #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Soft Cell "It's a Mug's Game" – 1982
Originally released on the B-side of “Where the Heart Is" and finds Marc Almond and Dave Ball moving beyond the immediate pop impact of “Tainted Love” into something more tense, nocturnal and psychologically claustrophobic...
#softcell #synthpop #electropop #electronicmusic #darkwave #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇩🇰 Martin Hall "Crush (1989 Edit)" – 1989
“Crush” began life on "Cutting Through" in 1986. Three years later, this shorter edit brought the song back into focus as part of the 12-inch Counterpoint (The Point of No Return Soundtrack). Hall handles the vocals and instruments, with Flemming Nygaard adding cello. A small but striking detail within the otherwise electronically driven arrangement...
#martinhall #experimental #electropop #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Killing Joke "Me or You?" – 1983
Released as a non-album single following Fire Dances, it reached No. 57 in the UK Singles Chart...
#killingjoke #postpunk #industrial #gothicrock #darkwave #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Killing Joke "Birds of a Feather" – 1982
Marks a significant shift in Killing Joke’s sound. More melodic and spacious than the confrontational material of their earliest records, but still carries the band’s characteristic tension and heavy bass. It was also the first Killing Joke release featuring Paul Raven on bass. The single reached No. 64 in the UK charts...
#killingjoke #postpunk #industrial #darkwave #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Killing Joke "A Love Like Blood" – 1985
Killing Joke at their most melodic without sacrificing the dark intensity that defines the band. Second single from Night Time, and became one of the band’s biggest UK hits, reaching No. 16...
#killingjoke #postpunk #industrial #gothicrock #newwave #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Killing Joke "King and Queens" - 1985
Misprint...
From Discogs: Track A was meant to be Kings And Queens (Knaves Mix) (4:50)" but the record plays "The Madding Crowd". "The Madding Crowd" is a remix of "Multitudes.
It’s also on the b-side... 🙄
#killingjoke #industrial #postpunk #industrialrock #gothicrock #darkwave #electronicmusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
🇬🇧 Killing Joke "Eighties" – 1984
The paranoia of the Cold War and the feeling of living under the shadow of nuclear destruction. The first single from "Night Time", and reached No. 60 in the UK. This 12-inch includes the “Serious Dance Mix” alongside the original version and “The Coming Mix”, pushing Killing Joke towards the dancefloor...
#killingjoke #postpunk #industrial #gothicrock #newwave #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
I recently bought Boards of Canada's "Inferno" via Bandcamp, and when it arrived, it turned out that disc two had a lot of small (invisible, but audible as a short "brrt") no-fills, and one large one that made four 33rpm-spaced loud pops.
I wrote an email to BC to ask what could be done. They asked me to make a recording and send it, which I did, and yesterday, my replacment (free of charge) arrived.
I know people are a bit ambivalent about BC due to semi-recent changes and events, but I thought I'd also relate this very positive story.