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Tag Archives: 1987
NEW ORDER – SUBSTANCE: Reissued in 4xCD DLX RM…Finally!
Another day. Another New Order oriented posting. Oh, how we couldn’t wait for New Order’s “Substance” package back in 1987. A double CD with basically every 12″ A-side and most of the B-sides as well? Yes, please! I unwisely unloaded … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Content, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Live Music, seminal single, Want List
Tagged 1987, 2023, DLX RM, New Order
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A Young Person’s Guide To Pet Shop Boys – “Always On My Mind”
I was all-in on Pet Shop Boys by the point that anyone else would be. I hadn’t heard them until “West End Girls” was released in its second recording on EMI on 1985 and managed to make the duo one … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review
Tagged 12" single, 1987, 1988, Japan, Japanese Pressing, New Wave Cover Version, Pet Shop Boys, promo only
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The Catburgers Hurtle Forward 35 Years Through Time As If From C87 NME Tape
Part of the joy of being the Post-Punk Monk is not only finding things you missed 40 years ago, but finding things you didn’t even have a clue about! Edinburgh threesome The Catburgers [Robert Jones – guitar, vocals, Stuart Macgregor … Continue reading
Posted in Immaterial Music, Record Review, Scots Rock
Tagged 1987, 2022, The Catburgers
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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 9]
[…continued from last post] We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention one more project that The Blow Monkeys were involved in during 1987 that you might have heard of. An album that sold 37 million copies called the “Dirty Dancing” … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, film, Record Review, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1987, Blow Monkeys, Dirty Dancing
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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 8]
[…continued from last post] The album shifted on its axis tremendously when “side two” got underway with “[Celebrate] The Day After You.” The album’s third single was tremendous. The Blow Monkeys had covered Curtis Mayfield’s epic “Superfly” as a B-side … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Record Review, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1987, Blow Monkeys, She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter
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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 7]
The Blow Monkeys She Was Only A Grocer’s Daughter | 1987 3 […continued from last post] Following their dalliance with a hit on both sides of The Atlantic and a period that saw their second album [unlike their first] released … Continue reading
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