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REDUX: The Blue Monday Ripoffs
March 3, 2014 It was almost 31 years prior to the day when the seminal New Order single “Blue Monday” was initially released. The 12″ sporting a floppy disc inspired sleeve was issued by Factory on March 3, 1983 and … Continue reading
Posted in Blast From The Past, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, seminal single
Tagged 1983, Blue Monday, Divine, New Order, The Cure
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REDUX: Corn-Fed New Wave: Figures On A Beach, The Early Years
February 20, 2014 Ten days ago, commenter Rob C made an eloquent defense of Detroit’s Figures On A Beach and little did he know, but his words were only a portion of the FOAB event horizon that I find myself … Continue reading
Posted in Blast From The Past, Record Review
Tagged 1983, 1984, 1985, Figures On A Beach, FOAB
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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 17]
[continued from previous post] After the “Dazzle Ships” campaign stalled with the non-hit status of “Telegraph,” the earmarked third single “Radio Waves” never had a chance of happening. Virgin must have had kittens because OMD, who had sold 3,000,000 copies … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Rock GPA
Tagged 1983, Dazzle Ships, OMD
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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 16]
Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships | 1983 – 4 [continued from this post] So… we return to the OMD Rock G.P.A.® thread, abandoned almost three weeks ago for a sudden obituary thread for someone I’ve known for over … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Rock GPA
Tagged 1983, Dazzle Ships, OMD
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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 15]
Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships | 1983 – 4 [continued from previous post] Following the brilliant pop of “Telegraph,” the album snapped violently back into fragmentary sound collage with “This Is Helena.” This was surely one of … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Rock GPA
Tagged 1983, Dazzle Ships, OMD
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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 14]
Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships | 1983 – 4 [continued from previous post] After those first two tracks, anything could have happened here. So a line in the sand was definitely crossed when “ABC Auto Industry” began. … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Rock GPA
Tagged 1983, Dazzle Ships, OMD
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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 13]
Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships | 1983 – 4 [continued from previous post] When the needle hit this wax the opener, “Radio Prague,” abruptly let us know that we were not in Kansas anymore. The sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Rock GPA
Tagged 1983, Dazzle Ships, OMD
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