Category Archives: Records I Used To Own

REDUX: Record Review: Adam + The Ants – Prince Charming

October 26, 2015 Adam + The Ants: Prince Charming US CD [1981] Scorpios Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios Prince Charming 5 Guns West That Voodoo Stand And Deliver Mile High Club Ant Rap Mowhok S.E.X.– The Lost Hawaiians … Continue reading

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Square Records, Akron

You may have noticed that this blog hasn’t been updated in almost a week. Lots of things are pulling me in other directions these days, but last week we had to take a trip to Akron for family business. We … Continue reading

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Giving Into “Temptation” is Easy…

My point of entry to New Order was with the “Movement” album, which got a lot of airplay on WPRK-FM, which I was listening to heavily in 1981! It sounded pretty good, but I don’t think I went all in … Continue reading

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FINALLY! A DLX RM of Malcolm McLaren’s “Duck Rock,” But You’d Better Own A Turntable…

I’ve grown whiskers waiting for a DLX RM of the great “Duck Rock” album curated by the master trickster Malcolm McLaren and made with musicians who would soon become Trevor Horn’s ZTT Theam [Anne Dudley, Louis Jordan] as well as … Continue reading

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Want List: B.E.F. “Music For Stowaways” On LP + CD…Finally!

It was some time in February that chatter in the back channels from chasinvictoria and Echorich alerted me to the fact that the famous B.E.F. tape-only album “Music For Stowaways” was coming to both the PVC disc and the silver … Continue reading

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Landscape Are Preparing Comprehensive Boxed Set Of God With “Landscape-A-Go-Go”

Last week I received an email from commenter Richard Anvil who managed to strike gold in his internet travels. We share many music obsessions and the great Technopop band Landscape was among them. He ran across a current Landscape website … Continue reading

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How In The Hell Did I Ever Own: Wham! U.K. – “Fantastic?”

I’m the first to admit it: I’m hardly the hippest one in the room! I’ve made mistakes and musical gaffes that I can look back on and wonder, “what was I thinking, there?” Growing up I just soaked up US … Continue reading

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