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Want List: Robert Palmer BSOG of Complete Island Albums UK 9xCD
We were slow to acknowledge the many charms of Robert Palmer at first. In 1978, when he got his first US Top 40 hits on his ’78/’79 albums with “Every Kinda People” and “Bad Case Of Loving You” I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Want List
Tagged 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, BSOG, Edsel Records, Robert Palmer
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Keith Levene: 1957-2022
Saturday, I received the word from my friend and frequent commenter chasinvictoria that Keith Levene had died from liver cancer. When I think of the three guitarists from the Post-Punk era who helped to define the new concepts that would … Continue reading
Posted in obituary
Tagged 1978, 1979, 1981, Cowboys International, Keith Levene, PIL
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New Wave Blind Spots: Squeeze
There’s almost 2500 posts at PPM and this is the first one on Squeeze. There’s a reason for that. In all candor, they were never a group that really excited me in any way. I know many at the time … Continue reading
Poll: The Bowie Compilation Album To Have When You’re Having Only One [part 1]
I was looking at the latest feed on Discogs and noticed a Bowie compilation that was new to me this morning. “Chameleon” was an Australian/New Zealand compilation new to me, and with a very dated line in airbrush art using … Continue reading
Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Mid-80s Malaise, Uncategorized
Tagged 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, compilation, David Bowie, promo only
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Record Review: A Focus On Fashion Phase One Gives Us “Fàshiön Music” Reissued And Expanded UK 2xCD [part 3]
[…continued from last post] 1978 Demos The last six tracks on disc one were 1978 demos. The single conceit of the title, which was almost all of its lyric content, was the crux of “I Don’t Take Drugs, I Don’t … Continue reading
Record Review: A Focus On Fashion Phase One Gives Us “Fàshiön Music” Reissued And Expanded UK 2xCD [part 2]
[…continued from last post] The Singles The CD led off with each of the nine tracks on the band’s four singles. Three of them released in the UK on their own Fàshiön Music sublabel of FaultyProducts. And over in The … Continue reading
Record Review: A Focus On Fashion Phase One Gives Us “Fàshiön Music” Reissued And Expanded UK 2xCD [part 1]
Fashion: Fàshiön Music DLX RM – UK – 2xCD [2022] Disc 1 Steady Eddie Steady Killing Time Citinite Wastelife Silver Blades Silver Blades A Deeper Cut Sodium Pentathol Negative [The] Innocent Red, Green & Gold Fiction Factory Do It In … Continue reading
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