Bangles – Bangles
This is the 1983 release (on Miles Copeland’s Faulty Records) of The Bangles’ first record, just titled “Bangles.” (No “the” on title or band at that point. In fact, there’s a radio promo that...
Category: New Wave
Altered Images – Happy Birthday
This is 1981’s “Happy Birthday,” by Altered Images, now described as a post-punk or new wave band from Scotland. None of their original singles appear to have been released in the US, although their...
Altered Images – Pinky Blue
Next up from Altered Images is “Pinky Blue.” This was their second album, and the second one of theirs I bought, but I didn’t get it in 1982 when it came out; my Altered...
Altered Images – Bite
I’ve been trying to do these the way my records are stored — alphabetically, then chronologically. But my grownkid, a fan of “High Fidelity” and no slouch in the cataloging department, says it only...
Marc and the Mambas – Untitled
With Marc Almond, I’m going to run into my first series of serious problems with doing this project in alphabetical order. (Or any order, for that matter). First, there’s the problem of an artist...
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