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the one good thing about being in boston with no soulseek is that i've bought some great albums that i'd never have got round to hearing otherwise; for example cupid & psyche 85 and lexicon of love. what else should i be looking out for? (yeah this is a broad q but my 80s knowledge, for example, is next to zero). i'm currently hunting a-ha's "hunting high and low" and the human league's "dare", but i'm sure there are a million other great albums i couldget on the cheap...

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:46 (twenty-three years ago)

There's a copy of Peloton in the Brum M&VE for £4, getting cheaper all the time. It justs gives me heartache seeing it there, going down by a pound week on week... if anyone stops by the place, would they mind awfully buying it? I'd do it meself, but I've already got a copy...

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Looking specifically for 80's pop?

Altered Images - Happy Birthday and/or Pinky Blue
The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Fegmania! and/or Globe of Frogs
Duran Duran - Duran Duran and/or Rio
Tears For Fears - The Hurting and/or Songs From the Big Chair
Echo & the Bunnymen - Songs To Learn & Sing
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah and/or The Swing and/or Listen Like Thieves and/or Kick
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream and/or Sparkle in the Rain and/or Once in a Lifetime
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes and/or Mainstream

― paul cox (paul cox), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:51 (twenty-three years ago)

ma$e - harlem world

― ep, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement

not sure about boston and CDs, but in london both of these can be picked up in any second hand record shop in london for £1 on vinyl, and both are ace

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:54 (twenty-three years ago)

add Haircut 100's Pelican West to paul c and Robin's lists

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 16:58 (twenty-three years ago)

lou reed: metal machine music (you may get it on vinyl and do go for that since its very dense).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Cheaply" was, I think, the important term here. Everytime I see MMM, it's going for upwards of $20.

― paul cox (paul cox), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

and i have MMM already obv!

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I was in Boston recently and it was great for cheap vinyl - beat the pants off NYC which was 3 or 4 times the price.

― tigerclawskank, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 17:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Fleetwood Mac: "Tusk" and "Then Play On," which have only a rhythm section (and a great one) in common. I'm absolutely serious about this.

― Douglas, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 18:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Anything from Flat Duo Jets

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 18:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Right on, Douglas. Everyone should own at least Tusk -- if not the whole album, even the 45.

― paul cox (paul cox), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

AR Kane-"69"
Orange Juice-"You can't hide your love forever"

― Michael Bourke, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 18:24 (twenty-three years ago)

so,,, if you buy a cheap copy of Metal Machine Music on vinyl, and it's all scratched and wrecked,,,,,,,, does it sound any worse?

― JasonD, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 18:37 (twenty-three years ago)

NB - Tusk the LP must be acquired on vinyl (for the complete version of "Sara"). Avoid the CD.

― zebedee, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

the 6ths first album. the Liquorice album on 4AD.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 22:31 (twenty-three years ago)

The major label Husker Du albums--Warehouse and Candy Apple Grey
Talking Heads stuff of all sorts
Stone Roses Second Coming (maybe not 'great' but it's a damn solid listen, and I see it all the time for sub-$4)
Also very cheap is the second Sugar album, File Under Easy Listening

I imagine you'll start seeing copies of Slanted & Enchanted now too, what with people buying the reissues. The same with all the recently reissued Rolling Stones albums.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 6 November 2002 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

the first two long fin killie albums 'houdini' and 'valentino'.

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 7 November 2002 01:34 (twenty-three years ago)

ha yeah i got valentino for $1 and have seen dozens of copies for $2...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 7 November 2002 01:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I see the Subaqwa album everywhere for $1, and it's actually a really good guitarpop record.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 7 November 2002 01:49 (twenty-three years ago)

breeders last splash..always...anywhere

― jack, Thursday, 7 November 2002 02:14 (twenty-three years ago)

I dunno if it's "great," but a personal favorite: Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen. In almost every cut-out bin I've seen.

― wl (wl), Thursday, 7 November 2002 03:06 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

― sam500, Saturday, 2 July 2011 13:54 (fourteen years ago)

'Show World' by Redd Kross. It's still everywhere.

― Colin Allstations (PaulTMA), Saturday, 2 July 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

this thread is absurd. dig me out? metal machine music?

― � (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 2 July 2011 15:05 (fourteen years ago)

cheap trick's live at budokan

― estimate the percent chance that i break my foot off in your ass (Neanderthal), Saturday, 2 July 2011 15:09 (fourteen years ago)

xxpost. "Show World" was a bad album, a flop and unfortunately was a career killer for Redd Kross. There's only one good track on it.

― everything, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:27 (fourteen years ago)

You can usually find R.E.M.'s second best post-1988 album (Monster) in the cheapest of bargain bins in the cheapest of used shops. I've seen it for as little as 50 cents.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 13:56 (fourteen years ago)

As mentioned in the first post you can always find 'Dare', which is the first record that came into my mind, but look just a tiny bit harder and you'll be able to find 'Love and Dancing' too.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:24 (fourteen years ago)

Is that on CD?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:24 (fourteen years ago)

Most of the The The back catalogue (in my experience)

― sam500, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:27 (fourteen years ago)

Not sure, but if you're being picky, almost every 2nd hand CD store has a vinyl section.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:28 (fourteen years ago)

-xpost-

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:28 (fourteen years ago)

Not being picky (not as such), I have the LP in the garage somewhere, a thrift store purchase, never got to playing it (yet)

― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:32 (fourteen years ago)

not an album, but "smalltown boy" by bronski beat!

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:39 (fourteen years ago)

peter gabriel - so
roxy music - avalon

two of the greatest records ever made and always in the bargain section

― corpse pose (missingNO), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:53 (fourteen years ago)

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