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Want List: OMD’s 40th Anniversary ‘Dazzle Ships’ Gives Another Chance For The World To Catch Up
Note: We’ve interrupted the “Rage In Eden” ultrabox thread today because we still have not had the time to listen carefully to the 5.1 mix of the album in detail. Let’s hope for that after this next weekend. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Want List
Tagged 1983, 2023, 40th Anniversary, Dazzle Ships, DLX RM, OMD
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40 Years Of Spoons “Arias + Symphonies” Demands Close Inspection of Canada’s Best Album [part 1]
October marked the 40th anniversary of one of my favorite albums ever released in North America, and quite possibly my favorite Canadian album of all time. Spoons “Arias + Symphonies.” I’ve owned a copy for 40 years now and it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Content, Core Collection, Record Review
Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, Martha & The Muffins, Martha Ladly, OMD, Peter Saville, Spoons
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When Titans…Collaborate: Malcolm Garrett + Peter Saville Sleeves [part 2]
[…continued from last post] The last post examined a single that graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Peter Saville had collaborated on together in 1981 for Duran Duran. Today we’ll examine a more substantial pairing of the two Mancunian designers who … Continue reading
Posted in Assorted Images, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Record Review
Tagged 1983, Dazzle Ships, graphic design, Malcolm Garrett, OMD, Peter Saville
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The Night Of The Proms: Middlebrow Eurokitsch?…Or The Final Frontier Of Your Obsessive Collection?
It was during the medium-high internet record collecting years around the turn of the century, that I became aware of a European phenomenon called “The Night Of The Proms.” This was begun in 1985 in Belgium by two students and … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Your Prog Roots Are Showing
Tagged 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Alphaville, Bryan Ferry, Grace Jones, Heaven 17, Joe Jackson, Kid Creole + The Coconuts, Martin Fry, Midge Ure, OMD, Simple Minds, Tears For Fears
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REDUX: Scarcity vs. Ubiquity: The Rise And Fall Of Synthpop [part 3]
July 1, 2015 With UK technopop experiencing a meteoric rise in the years 1979-80, the next year was a watershed for the sound. Big changes were underfoot. OMD dropped their third album and it was filled with experimental elements like … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Uncategorized
Tagged 1978, 1981, Kraftwerk, OMD, Ultravox
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REDUX: Scarcity vs. Ubiquity: The Rise And Fall Of Synthpop [part 2]
June 30, 2015 Gary Numan had made one album as the sci-fi punk band Tubeway Army in 1978. It was full of chugging guitars and even the same Philip K. Dick lyric references [“Listen To The Sirens” opens with the … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, Uncategorized
Tagged 1979, Gary Numan, OMD
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