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Tag Archives: 1988
Maybe It’s Time For That Unnamed Men Without Hats Rarity Project™?
After last month’s rippingly great Men Without Hats show, I’ve been on a MWH jag, understandably! I only have the first three albums, and have penciled in the others into the endless want list®, but the fact remains, that I … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Content, Remastering, Want List
Tagged 12" remix, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2024, Men Without Hats
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REDUX: A Young Person’s Guide To: Bryan Ferry – Limbo
November 4, 2015 1987 brought the Bryan Ferry album “Bête Noir” and at the time, I was somewhat distanced by the Patrick Leonard writing credits on most of the tracks. That meant that half of the album had the unsavory … Continue reading
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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Corn-Fed New Wave: Pittsburgh’s The Affordable Floors’ Elegant Pop Still Works Thirty Years Later [pt. 2]
[…continued from last post] The Affordable Floors released their second album two year later, in 1989 and instead of co-producing with T.J. Wilkins, the band brought in Al Synder [Corbin Hanner Band] to share production with the band. A lot … Continue reading
Posted in Immaterial Music, Record Review, Want List
Tagged 1988, 1992, 2018, Bandcamp, download, Larry Fast, The Affordable Floors
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Monk Melts Down: Is There Room For Barry Manilow In The Record Cell?
There are all sorts of anomalies out there that manifest to give me conundrums to chew on. For certain there are those examples of False New Wave [a.k.a. “faking it“] but for every ex-hippie trying to fit into the new … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Want List
Tagged 12" remix, 1988, CD single, Kid Creole + The Coconuts
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Is It Time For The 35th Anniversary Of “Let It Bee” Already? Deluxe Remaster Headed Our Way Soon!
Like so many other things these days, we just got wind of something being reissued that we can get behind. The 35th anniversary DLX RM of Voice of the Beehive‘s classic 1st album; now enhanced with plenty of their top … Continue reading
Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 13]
[…continued from last post] Next, the album took a fascinating side-trip into downtempo R+B with Go-Go beats predominating. There were only a few surgical licks of rhythm guitar or strings on the darkly named “Sweet Talking Rapist At Home” to … Continue reading
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