Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Category: Power Pop

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'80s / New Wave / Pop / Power Pop

The Bangles – All Over The Place

Another one being inserted out of alphabetical order because I insist on buying more vinyl. I’ve already written about how much I enjoyed that very first Bangles EP, and that even though like almost...

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'70s / Pop / Power Pop / Rock

Badfinger — Straight Up

Less than two months after I found “Magic Christian Music,” another nice Badfinger record turned up in the Forever Changes bins: 1971’s “Straight Up.” This is a classic, with “Day After Day” and “Baby...

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'70s / Pop / Power Pop / Rock

Badfinger — Magic Christian Music

For the longest time, there has been a Badfinger-sized hole in my record collection. Back when we were initially collecting records, in the early ’80s, my roommate Danny had several Badfinger albums, including this...