Released today 9 years ago:

🇬🇧 Depeche Mode "Spirit" – 2017

A politically charged and sonically stripped-back album that leans into a raw, analog-driven electronic sound.
Themes of societal unrest, power structures, and disillusionment run throughout, with Dave Gahan delivering a more forceful and direct vocal performance..

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Released today 9 years ago:

🇬🇧 Depeche Mode "Spirit" – 2017

A politically charged and sonically stripped-back album that leans into a raw, analog-driven electronic sound.
Themes of societal unrest, power structures, and disillusionment run throughout, with Dave Gahan delivering a more forceful and direct vocal performance..

#depechemode #electronicmusic #synthpop #darkwave #industrialpop #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

Released today 40 years ago:

🇬🇧 Depeche Mode "Black Celebration" – 1986

The album is built on dense layers of synthesizers, sampled textures, and deep, resonant basslines, creating an atmosphere that feels both intimate and expansive with shadowy melodies and restrained arrangements supporting Dave Gahan’s controlled vocal delivery.

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Released today 40 years ago:

🇬🇧 Depeche Mode "Black Celebration" – 1986

The album is built on dense layers of synthesizers, sampled textures, and deep, resonant basslines, creating an atmosphere that feels both intimate and expansive with shadowy melodies and restrained arrangements supporting Dave Gahan’s controlled vocal delivery.

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Cut Me Deep (A Story Of Indie Pop 1985-1989)
2024 UK 4xCD Box Set

THIS was something I just couldn’t pass up.

There were just too many amazing artists and too many great songs to not buy it.

Each CD has over 70 mins. of music on it, and it’s the kind of thing where you can just pick ANY of the four, let it play from the beginning, and be completely happy.
It really is an embarrassment of #80s indie pop riches.

I’ll let you read the tracklist on your own to see what I’m talking about.

This might be my favorite thing I’ve bought all year.
Which is wild, because it’s CDs!

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Cut Me Deep (A Story Of Indie Pop 1985-1989)
2024 UK 4xCD Box Set

THIS was something I just couldn’t pass up.

There were just too many amazing artists and too many great songs to not buy it.

Each CD has over 70 mins. of music on it, and it’s the kind of thing where you can just pick ANY of the four, let it play from the beginning, and be completely happy.
It really is an embarrassment of #80s indie pop riches.

I’ll let you read the tracklist on your own to see what I’m talking about.

This might be my favorite thing I’ve bought all year.
Which is wild, because it’s CDs!

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #indiepop #1980s #80sMusic #alternative #artrock #cd #cds #compactdisc #compactdiscs #cherryred

MERCURY REV
Deserter's Songs
2018 U.S. reissue

A perfect album for quiet, chilly Monday afternoon.

An absolute musical masterpiece and one of the finest albums of the #90s .

It’s still the only Mercury Rev album I need. Whenever I hear ANYTHING else by them playing, my immediate thought is “Why isn’t Deserter’s Songs on?”.

When I first bought this on CD in ‘98, it was the first album I had become completely immersed in and obsessed with since Radiohead’s OK COMPUTER, which came out in May of 1997.

For the following 16 months, most everything else I heard came of banal and underwhelming.

Until Deserter’s Songs arrived in September of ‘98.

Just a beautiful, inspirational and timeless sounding record made for a day like I’m having today.

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MERCURY REV
Deserter's Songs
2018 U.S. reissue

A perfect album for quiet, chilly Monday afternoon.

An absolute musical masterpiece and one of the finest albums of the #90s .

It’s still the only Mercury Rev album I need. Whenever I hear ANYTHING else by them playing, my immediate thought is “Why isn’t Deserter’s Songs on?”.

When I first bought this on CD in ‘98, it was the first album I had become completely immersed in and obsessed with since Radiohead’s OK COMPUTER, which came out in May of 1997.

For the following 16 months, most everything else I heard came of banal and underwhelming.

Until Deserter’s Songs arrived in September of ‘98.

Just a beautiful, inspirational and timeless sounding record made for a day like I’m having today.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1990s #90smusic #mercuryrev #alternative #indie

Released today 42 years ago:

🇬🇧 Soft Cell "This Last Night in Sodom" – 1984

A darker and more confrontational record that marked the end of Soft Cell’s original 80s run. The album leans into harsher electronics, heavier rhythms, and a mood of decadence and disillusion where Marc Almond delivers vocals full of drama and intensity..

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Released today 42 years ago:

🇬🇧 Soft Cell "This Last Night in Sodom" – 1984

A darker and more confrontational record that marked the end of Soft Cell’s original 80s run. The album leans into harsher electronics, heavier rhythms, and a mood of decadence and disillusion where Marc Almond delivers vocals full of drama and intensity..

#softcell #marcalmond #synthpop #electronicmusic #newwave #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

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This Is Reggae Music
1974 Canada pressing

A great compilation that features a murderer’s row of #reggae legends.

All the GOATS are here; Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, The Maytals, The Heptones, and more.

Sometimes, you just need a good mix of slayers after a long day.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1970s #70s #70smusic

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This Is Reggae Music
1974 Canada pressing

A great compilation that features a murderer’s row of #reggae legends.

All the GOATS are here; Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, The Maytals, The Heptones, and more.

Sometimes, you just need a good mix of slayers after a long day.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1970s #70s #70smusic

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First Edition
1982 Canada 10” Compilation

Great little mix of stuff for a chilly Saturday morning, featuring artists that appeared on the EG label.

There’s a few different versions of this comp that came out, depending on the market in which it was being sold.
The U.S. version has a completely different track list and was a traditional 12” record. THAT version had a King Crimson track on it that’s absent on this 10” Canadian version, as well as a few other differences.

It’s a killer comp regardless of which one you have. This Canadian one has Adam And The Ants, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, Longe Lizards, and The League Of Gentlemen to name just a few.

One of my favorite compilations ever.

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First Edition
1982 Canada 10” Compilation

Great little mix of stuff for a chilly Saturday morning, featuring artists that appeared on the EG label.

There’s a few different versions of this comp that came out, depending on the market in which it was being sold.
The U.S. version has a completely different track list and was a traditional 12” record. THAT version had a King Crimson track on it that’s absent on this 10” Canadian version, as well as a few other differences.

It’s a killer comp regardless of which one you have. This Canadian one has Adam And The Ants, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, Longe Lizards, and The League Of Gentlemen to name just a few.

One of my favorite compilations ever.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #alternative #indie #punk #newwave #nowave #artrock #abstract #1980s #80s #80sMusic #brianeno #robertfripp