50 records I bought between April 2nd 1988 and August 23rd 1988

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If you can't beat them....

From 1986 - 1988 I kept meticulous records of every record I bought. These are the 50 7"s, 12"s and LPs i added to my collection over that period. Quite a few were second hand but around 40 of the 50 were brand new releases at that time. Many of them were bargain bin 12's. The poll ends on Various – Techno! (The New Dance Sound Of Detroit) which I bought exactly 35 years ago to the day.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader	6
Big Black - Talk About Fucking	6
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (remix)	5
Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype	5
Dave Howard Singers - Yon Yonson	4
Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection	3
The Upsetters - Super Ape	3
S'Express - Theme From S-Express (remix)	3
D-Mob - We Call It Acieed!	2
Robert Rental & The Normal - Live At West Runton Pavilion	2
Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven	2
23 Skidoo - Seven Songs	2
Cabaret Voltaire - 2 x 45	2
Swans - Feel Good Now	1
Jolly Roger - Acid Man	1
Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Heat It Up	1
Front 242 - Headhunter	1
Severed Heads - Greater Reward	1
Various – Techno! (The New Dance Sound Of Detroit)	1
Chris & Cosey - Take Five	1
Revolting Cocks - You Goddam Son Of A Bitch	1
Various - Jack The Tab	1
The Slits - Earthbeat	1
Diamanda Galas - The Divine Punishment	1
Shakti - Forbidden Dreams	0
Coil - Gold Is The Metal	0
White House White - Ouverture	0
Various - This Is Electronic Body Music	0
Psychic TV - Tune In (Turn On The Acid House)	0
Singers & Players - Leaps & Bounds	0
In-D - Bastion In-D Stress	0
Yello - The Race	0
Chumbawamba - Smash Clause 28	0
Various - House Sound Of London vol 4	0
Baby Ford - Oochy Coochy	0
Cabaret Voltaire - Here To Go	0
Erotic Dissidents - Move Your Ass and Feel The Beat	0
Mr. Lee - Pump Up London	0
Annie Anxiety - Soul Possession	0
Laibach – Rekapitulacija 1980-84	0
Tyree - Acid Over	0
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - First Cut	0
Lovestreet - Galaxy	0
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - Pre Teenage Jesus And The Jerks	0
Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore Then Machine	0
Virgin Prunes - Faculties Of The Broken Heart	0
Bomb The Bass - Megablast	0
The Anti Group - Ha / Zulu	0
White Knight - Gonna Jack	0
Various - House Hallucinates	0

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 23:51 (two years ago)

Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore Then Machine = Ignore The Machine

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 23:54 (two years ago)

Hairway

― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:22 (two years ago)

Had no idea Chumbawamba have been around since the 80s

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:49 (two years ago)

1st (and my favourite) single was 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWLHpuLrpyk

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:51 (two years ago)

1. hell yes to this one, this is darn close to my ground zero as well but it looks like I might be a teeny bit older? (I will be 57 soon)

2. voted Seven Songs JUST BARELY over that fantastic (and still not reissued?) Chumbawamba 7"

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 01:28 (two years ago)

As a Torontonian, I vote Dave Howard.

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 24 August 2023 17:02 (two years ago)

Voted Live At West Runton Pavilion.

― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 August 2023 17:03 (two years ago)

Wanted to vote Megablast but had to go for Super Ape

― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Thursday, 24 August 2023 22:01 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 27 August 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

The only one of these I bought at the time was S-Express, so I'll vote for that

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:20 (two years ago)

The only one of these I bought at the time was S-Express, so I'll vote for that

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:20 (two years ago)

Almost voted for Follow the Leader but went with RevCo because fuck it, that album slams so hard. Plus the conceit of a band basically no one outside Chicago had even heard of at that point releasing a double live album is hilarious.

― read-only (unperson), Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:26 (two years ago)

Diamanda (the new remaster of this one is smashing), Laibach/23 Skidoo tied for 2nd place

― atonar, Sunday, 27 August 2023 23:22 (two years ago)

there's some fucking bangers on this one

the S'Express album was the 2nd tape I ever bought with my own money

― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 27 August 2023 23:25 (two years ago)

Last minute vote for Follow The Leader, as I definitely heard it during that same period. Very first rap longplayer I heard, in fact, as a tween. It sounded like the future!

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 27 August 2023 23:26 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 28 August 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

Was not expecting the Big Black promo interview disc to win

― look i'm not sally fucking rooney (Matt #2), Monday, 28 August 2023 00:08 (two years ago)

ha! i wonder how many of those 6 failed to notice the actual title?

the real shocker imo is the number of votes for Dave Howard Singers

― stirmonster, Monday, 28 August 2023 02:11 (two years ago)

I only know "I Am A Bunny", clearly I need to investigate

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 28 August 2023 03:19 (two years ago)

I voted Dave Howard! Great song, esp. the Dr Ruth version. Lyrics derived from Kurt Vonnegut I believe. I saw him supporting Swans once in London, above the Sugarcubes on the bill! Who, ironically, polled one more vote tham him here. Swans polled three votes less (and that album was recorded on that very same tour).

― look i'm not sally fucking rooney (Matt #2), Monday, 28 August 2023 11:08 (two years ago)

great coincidences.

went with RevCo because fuck it, that album slams so hard. Plus the conceit of a band basically no one outside Chicago had even heard of at that point releasing a double live album is hilarious.

that's not right; plenty of people outside Chicago knew them as Big Sexy Land had been a big seller across Europe already.

― stirmonster, Monday, 28 August 2023 14:43 (two years ago)

would have voted super ape if i had seen this poll in time

― ava (paolo), Monday, 28 August 2023 18:13 (two years ago)

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