Erasure - The Two Ring Circus 1987
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Don’t know what happened to my original copy of The Circus, but I still have the companion album, complete with chewed corner when my puppy took an interest in my collection.

Not quite as slick as The Innocents, but an electronic masterpiece nonetheless.

@TheAbbotTrithemius
Stuart Adamson left after The Absolute Game, forming #BigCountry and the rest is history

@dauphin87
It’s timeless 😍

Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado 1974
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While Glam-Rock was at its height, 12 year old me was getting lost in my first concept album.

Eldorado is a symphony; it even says it on the cover. It is a brilliant collection of songs about a character who dreams of fantasy worlds as a way of escaping his boring, ordinary life.

The album achieves that very thing, taking you on that journey with Lynne’s amazingly creative music.

One of my all-time fave albums.

The Skids - Fanfare 1982
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For when you don’t have time to listen to all the albums.

The very best of Scottish post-punk.

@stueytheround Still sounds as fresh today

Erasure - The Innocents 1988
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Surely one of the best pop albums of the 80’s… no, ever… surely

The Jam - Sound Affects 1980
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Little did we know at the time, but Weller’s progression away from 70’s mod appreciation into jazz-funk was already underway.

Foxton & Buckler couldn’t really play Style Council stuff, and this was the last great album with F&B up front and centre. before the horns and keyboards started taking over.

Not quite the end of the era, more the herald of a false dawn for a new Jam style.

@stueytheround @StevePLMarquis @ecksmc @process

👋 I’m here, but not as often as I used to be

@ATXJane
Original copy, with barely a crackle. Sounds every bit as good today 🧡

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 1977
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Is it even a record collection if it doesn’t have this?

Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence (Longer) 12” 1982
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One of my favourite DM tracks, but I have a very bittersweet love of this song.

This was a very underrated breakup song that really hit a nerve and came out at a very dark time in my life.

It stands the test of time, much like every other track on ‘A Broken Frame’.

Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra 1982
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Not a bad track on this, and still in great condition after 42 years

Don’t think M&S have thought this through 😳

Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day 1973
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Despite some great tracks (Roll Over Beethoven, 10538 Overture, Kuiama) the first two ELO albums were heavy going, and a little grim tbh.

For me, the ELO era really started with this record. It wasn’t my first ELO purchase (Eldorado in ‘74 has that distinction) but it began a run of fantastic albums that were, and still are, regulars on my turntable.

Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970
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Another musical great I had the privilege of seeing in Berlin

A great memory, sitting on the grass steps of the Waldbühne sipping cold beer on a warm summer night

A proper classic

Talk Talk - The Party’s Over 1982
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One of the most underrated bands ever.

First heard Mark Hollis’ brilliant voice belting out ‘Today’ through the crackles of Radio Luxembourg when I was doing an army course in Bünde, W. Germany.

Such a sad loss when he died in 2019.

@EdgeOErin
Surely one of them’s orange… surely? 🤔

Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement 1981
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When the Human League split we got two great bands out of it.

My original copy, still playing as well as ever.

Dundee’s beautiful at this time of year
📸 Steven Neish

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