Club Med / Pop / Balearic

Style: Tropical Dreams / Pop for the clouds

Format: LP

Label: Growing Bin Records

Year: 2022

Condition: M/M

Fresh and zesty with subtle tropical flavours, this is a delightfully listenable debut from Matthieu Beck on Growing Bin. Inspired by the lilting rhythms, jazzy instrumentation and slow listening gems found on his Love In The Afternoon radio show, the Frenchman has crafted a gorgeous collection of laid back sophisti-pop, perfect for long summer days or seasonally affected escapism.

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Style: Deep Downtempo / Cosmic Throb / Sensitive Soft Rock

Format: 12"

Label: When Doves Cry

Year: 2021

Condition: M/M

It’s a strange world we’re living in and these addictive cuts mirror it well.

Dancing all night in cheerful melancholy with two strictly limited edits.

The A-side renders gothic synth pop at cruising tempo, spinning a web of tape delay as your mind unravels. A bassline throbs, pistons hiss and a paranoia takes hold of an icy vocal. Lose yourself in the otherwhere.

We step into a pristine wilderness on the B-side, stately pads gliding over a supple rhythm section while tender chimes tug at your heartstrings. Emotion abounds on an instrumental which never was. Big boys do cry, and this dove’s weeping over broken wings…

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Style:  Sensual Pop

Format: LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Palm Tree Luxury galore. A wonderful voice, great arrangements and a whole lot of feeling. Fay rules :)

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Style: Mellow Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Wea

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Mellow fusion by dutch guitar master Jan Akkerman. He also plays bass and synths on this one. Also on Synths - Joachim Kühn... check out the ambient jam Cool In The Shadow and you may see why I call this my favourite Akkerman LP.

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Style: Balearic Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: Mgic / WEA

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

Don't worry about the money, honey as long as you feel the SWEET BUMP. What a JAM!

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Style: Soft Pop

Format: 12"
Label: EMI

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG  taped rip

aMAZEing balearic pop. Maybe the #1 hit of the album? EXTENDED mix and radio edit plus that wonderful non LP track Weekend.

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Style: Exotic Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Wonderful Synth Pop - partly with a disco vibe, partly very balearic. Produced by nobody else but Daniel Vangarde and featuring Georges Rodi on Synths and Pierre Alain Dahain on Drums. 

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Style: Balearic House & Chill

Format: LP
Label: MFD

Year: 2021

Condition: M/M

Sunburnt House and moon-setting chill. Saxhaters better skip the first track (no clip ;) and then dive and dance with Leo Mas and Fabrice, Rheinzand, Troels Hammer and Reinhard Vanbergen...

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Style: Disco Pop

Format: 12"
Label: WEA

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+  

A major hit that doesn't fail almost 40 years later. Including the Extended Special Dance Version and most important: the Instrumental!

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Style:  Sensual Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+ tiny cut

Sensual is the word here! If You Wanna See Me Girl is nice but What Is Love Today is the TUNE. Slow, sensual and a bit sleazy. Highly recommended for seducing beauties on the beach or just yourself!

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Style: Sunny Synths

Format: 12"
Label: ZYX

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Shuffled up balearic synth pop on side a plus that Mike Francis style sleazy cocktail jam Water From The Moon on the flipside. TUNES!!!

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Style: Trip Hop / 2000 Grooves

Format: 2LP
Label: Vienna Scientists

Year: 2001

Condition: NM/NM

Unplayed backstock copy of this wonderful family affair of trippy downbeat and organic grooves. As laid back as you'd expect from viennese scientists...

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Style: Lightweight Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Twin

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

Here's some magic by the swiss equivalent to Sly & Robbie! These gifted studio musicians have played on almost every european fusion LP before recording their "solo" album. Apart from the fantastic Magic Feelings, that has been gloriously edited by Abel, there's so much more magic on the album. Check it out!!

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Style: Italo / Balearic

Format: 12"
Label: WEA

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG small tear

Into The Night is an emotional Italo Disco song. Useful, but nothing really something special to my ears. The flipside is indeed A DREAM IN THE NIGHT. A tight instrumental jam clocking in at 100BPM. Relaxoing balearic pleasures galore

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Style: Talking Modern

Format: 12"
Label: Arrow

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG

Another proof against mankind.

You need to hear it to get the full picture

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Style: Perfect Pop / Truly Balearic

Format: LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

This balearic synth pop gem from Spain has not really made it to the beaches, bars and mixtapes yet. Let's change this!

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Style: Over the top Balearic Disco

Format: 12"
Label: CBS

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Big Fun under the sun with this one.

Wether you're a gigolo or a nice guy!

PS. it's about the Seaside Dub (of course)

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Style: Hollywood Happiness

Format: LP
Label: A&M (UK)

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG

Here's one of the mighty Batteau brothers and his wonderful solo LP.  If you dig the Batteaux LP you'll definitely love, love, love this one two... Mellow AOR grooves with a lot of soul.

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Style: Sweetest Pop

Format: LP
Label: Stiff

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

Isn't she sweet? Especially when she sings about the differences...

Such a wonderful and naive "balearic fake reggae" GEM.

This is the marbled green vinyl version!

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Style: Mega-Sleaze

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+ incl printed inner sleeve

Super sleazy slow jams by this grown sex symbol and the world's most prominent groaner. Of course Tarzan Gainsbourgh is in the house and british library god Hawkshaw too.

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Style: J Hip Hop / Balearic Bangers

Format: CD EP
Label: Major Force

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/NM 

Like new copy of this Balearic Banger of a Japanese Hip Hop instrumental.

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Style: Percussive Seduction

Format: LP
Label: Barclay

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  

Highly seductive chansons by a beautful lady.

Who could resist?

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Style: Kiwi Pop

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Synth Pop meets Balearic - when I first found a copy it reminded me of that Romie Singh album and this hasn't changed over the years. This one should have been a hit album back in the days. Sadly people have slept on it big time. You hear the alarm clock?

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Style: Drowning in downtempo

Format: LP
Label:  Sinnbus

Year: 2010

Condition: NM/VG+

When Indie attitude meets deepest downtempo vibes.

I Love My Harbour  is reasone enough already...

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Style:  Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Epic

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG small sticker abrasion

Superb Japanese Synth Pop with the ability to make the floor explode. Connoisseurs will gently nod when the featured artists Pecker and Sandii are mentioned...

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Style: Country Rock WTF?

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+ cut still in shrink

Oh my god! These Tippy Toes get me every time.

Does anybody else hear these secret messages to a certain Frank?

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Style: Sweetest Pop

Format: LP
Label: Ariola

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  incl. the doll dress insert

Sweetest Pop indeed writen by Jay Alanski, produced by Telex (Moulin/Lacksman) and sung by the adorable Lio. Lots of tunes here. From the Alanski Boogie Comix Discomix over the mellow beauties Petite Amazone and You Go To My Head to Telex Style hit Speedy Gonzales - fantastique (and all in the soundclip)

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Style:  Balearic Synth

Format: LP
Label: London (Ger)

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG tear

Heaven sent Synth Pop with some great tropical vibes in the incredible well aged No Wonder They Never Made It Back. Can I serve some cocktails to it?

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Style: Draggin' My Heels

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/VG+

My only Hollies album. Draggin' My Heels is a stone cold loft classic and Thanks For The Memories is just perfect for the mix, beach, poolparty, whatever! 

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Style: It IS Balearic!

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Cocktail time! Coming from the same pen that wrote the end of the night saxophone monster "Hold On". Four hits ranging from Silky Schmoov to balearic Boogie for your next sundown session!

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Style: Perfect Pop

Format: LP
Label: Teardrop

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+

Yes perfect Pop by George Kochbek, who has recorded some amazing records before. Balearic heads have danced hours to Help The Man and Kraut collectors are still looking desperately for Louise For One Night. I'm off to Lingerton instead!

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Style: Balearic Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: When Doves Cry

Year: 2017

Condition: NM/VG+ (has your initials on the label)

Ladies & gentlemen, strike your most curious pose and welcome WDC101 into your lives and living rooms. One gentle adjustment of a tunes that shoulda, woulda coulda been a hit if it weren’t for that horrible hook, overblown saxophone or depressing denouement. A pair of 80s artefacts rescued from the euro bin and revived with tender scissors.

Whether you’re after Balearic boogie or an end of night anthem,

this platter of passionate pop should more than hit the spot.

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Style: Balearic Bangers

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/NM

Proper "Feel-Good-Italo-Disco" for the people of Ibiza and those who just go there to party. Hands in the air! TOP COPY btw...

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Style:  Balearic Pop

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/NM

I wonder who of them is the sun?

This is a lovely german only release. Very deep and sunny! Including the great slowmotion boogie Heartbeat,  westcoast feeling in Free Spirit and balearic vibes in Bulding Bridges.

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Style: Esoteric Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Mercury

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Aaahsome esoteric fusion with latin and tropical influences.

Reminds me of Ben Tankard's All Keyed Up ...

Highly recommended!!

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Style: Soft Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Zeppelin

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

If Double came from Italy they might have sounded like this undiscovered Synth Pop duo from Hanover, Germany. Depeche Mode influences on the flip... On the lovely Zeppelin label that brought us so much joy at the end of the night

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Style: Truly Golden

Format: 12"
Label: Old Gold

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/NM

Two wonderful emotional jams on this 12" maxi single. Hearing Ned Doheny To Prove My Love gives me the feeling it couldn't get any better but then Alan Hawkshaw slows down the tempo and my mind slips into something more comfortable...

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Style: Wrongspeeders / Balearic Bananas

Format: 12"
Label: Avenue

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

I love Maureen, but she's moving too fast.

Fortunately this green vinyl runs on 45...

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Style: Power Pop

Format: LP
Label: MCA

Year: 1982

Condition: VG+/VG+

The stadium pop songs on this album are just too much for me.

Fortunately there are these hidden pearls...

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Style: Summer Pop

Format: LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Aside from the obvious hits like Yeh Yeh and Dancing In The Streets and the latin jazz boogie Smooth this fantastic album holds one of my favourite pop songs for the sunny season - Summer Song!

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Style: Shoegeysirs in Heaven

Format: LP
Label: Rough Trade

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/NM

A true beauty of an album! Inlcuding that wonderful Love At First Sight: Staring at my shoes thinking this is the best pop song I've ever heard...

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Style: Sweets

Format: 12"
Label: Whitelabel Promo

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+

Sought after promo by Gregorian shows how to mingle Girl You Know It's True beats with post Sadness vibes and a hook for th charts (it never happened as far as I know)

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Style: Blue Songs

Format: LP
Label: Rerpise

Year: 1971

Condition: VG/VG

A classic. Deeply blue. Water in you eyes. Sadly the vinyl shows surface scuffs and clicks in A3. Apart form th other occasional clicks. It's still really nice to listen to at home. I did this a lot the last weeks... Clean CDr in the bag!

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Style: Shoegaze Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Crepuscule

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/NM

A highly potent compilation from the Crespuscule vaults.

Unbutton your collars and DANCE!

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Style: AOR / Post Santiago Pleasures

Format: LP
Label: Bubble

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Wonderful AOR from the same sessions as the magnificent Guy Maxwell LP.  Santiago in the house. A feast for the ears. Don't sleep!

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Style: Prog Pop

Format: LP
Label: Melodiya

Year: 1985

Condition: VG+/VG+

It's the mellow moments of this estonian prog obscurity that melt...

Perfect to chill out to!

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Style: New Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Jumping from the pumping synth-pop section into the New Beat pool. Totally irresistible.

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Style: Sleazy Chansons

Format: LP
Label: Barclay

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

You just slipped out of bed on sunday with the taste of your lover present. Sofie knows the deal and sings Pas Etonnant just for you ...

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Style: Adult Pop

Format: LP
Label: Les Disques Du Crépuscule

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG (painted tear)

There is a lot of blue on the cover! The seed of optimistic melancholy we heard on her early albums has grown to a beatitul flower here...

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Style: Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: CeeM

Year: 1988

Condition: VG+/VG+

Scritti Politti is one of my favourite bands when it comes to 80s pop not pop and I'm always happy when i find music by people they influenced. Here's a rare example of young germans making their version of the Scritti sound. Is Rolf Kiffmeier a nom de plume?

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Style: Not Acid Jazz nor Streetsoul

Format: LP
Label: Arista

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/NM

A highly unique Soul-Pop hybrid from 1991, when soulful music from the UK was either Acid Jazz or Streetsoul. Deep tunes and an addictive voice. Try to resist!

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Style: Odd Pop

Format: LP
Label: Mercury (Br)

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG tear

Seldom seen synth pop from Brazil.

When 80s chill meets tristeza...

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Style: Balearic Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Chic

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

Not me! When we played comboys and indians I was an indian. Makes it easy for me to skip the cowboy side and get lost totally in No Identity - a wonderful dancefloor pop pearl penned by the amazing Toni Cicco.

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Style: Downtempo Dons

Format: 4LP
Label: ESL

Year: 2005

Condition: VG+/VG+ first side plays with some crackles. rest is top!

The downbeat dons from Washington DC third album.

First pressing from 2005. 16 top jams on 45.

The dubby side of balearic, or is it cosmic?

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Style:  Balearic Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Teldec

Year: 1984

Condition: M/NM still sealed!!

Including the massive Electro Dancer Berlin

and the balearic Übertune Samba Olec. 

Highly recommended!!

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Style: Contemporary "Pop"

Format: LP
Label: Ralph

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/NM still in shrink

A rare blend of reichy contemporary and popular vibes.

Music for the relaxed afternoon!

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Style: "sensual" Pop

Format: LP
Label: Fontana

Year: 1969

Condition: NM/VG+  

Lovely tunes by the girl and the guy with the cigarette. Recorded in 1969 - L'Anneé Erotique. Of course their major hit Je T'Aime is sincluded but I don't consider this the strongest track on the album. 69 or Jane B. with that particular pre Melody Nelson sound are way more interesting to my ears ...

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Style: Sunshine Pop

Format: LP
Label: Dureco

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/NM

I have no clue why this is so damn hard to find. I really took me a while to spot another copy. the album is filled with wonderful 80s pop gems. Standout tracks are Heartbeat and Sunshine. You might have heard these in mixes by yours truly ...

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Style:  Tigers and elephants in the mediterrenean....

Format: LP
Label: Monopol

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/NM

This is Circus Music from the late 80s - and what a surprise!

Among the musicians: Zabba Lindner (Tomorrow's Gift, Release Music Orchestra, ES, ...) , Kurt Rudschuck (Pago Pago), Sid Gautama (Aera, Nine Days Wonder) and percussionist Sergio Bore!!

The style is a unique mix of 80s fusion jazz with pop / dance that partly has a decent worldmusic feel to it. And a good part of Circus magic. Will appeal to friends of the mediterrenean dance grooves....

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Style: Yacht Disco

Format: LP
Label: Atlantic

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG+

Most excellent AOR Disco and some mellow tunes as well.

Let the Lightning strike you ...

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Style: Emotional Assistance

Format: LP
Label: Mercury

Year: 1985

Condition: VG+/VG+

Something We Can Do!!

The sunset and this song -  what a combo <3

Emotional pop. High on drum machines!

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Style: Euro Disco / Balearic Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Transparent

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Balearic Pop on side a and that innocent Summer Boogie jam on side b. If you too are waiting for a good time I have good news for you...

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Style:  Never Too Much Style

Format: LP
Label: Teldec

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Superb german Synth Pop from the mid 80s. I remember Concrete + Clay from the radio. It was a big hit over here in 1985. Too Much was hit too and that one's timeless....

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Style: Balearic Hanseatic

Format: LP
Label: Teldec

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Wonderful Pop from Hamburg, Germany. The album holds some Pop pearls and my fave among them is Secrets Of The Night with that irresistible hook! One of my favourite discoveries of 2012.

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Style:  Slow Disco /Balearic Italo

Format: 12"
Label:  WEA

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Today Let the music play is lesser known than New Mexico, but it probably was Sammy Barbot's biggest success. Sounds like somwhere between Italo Disco and Balearic Boogie. The instrumental Love Sensation on the flipside is a great piece of freestyle electro. Vinyl shows lightest hairlines and plays perfect.

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Style: Tearjerking Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Metronome

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  

Including the sensual balearic pop anthem Hush plus some more neglected pop pearls

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Style: Emotional / Nitchpop

Format: LP
Label: Arista

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+  (Promo)

Highly emotional pop that would have felt right home in a Zecky set.

Melancholy by the pool!

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Style: Vocoder Dreams

Format: LP
Label: Growing Bin Records

Year: 2016

Condition: M/M

Growing Bin is swapping bucolic Poland for the buzz of the Big Apple, reaching a magnificent seven in the company of synth-pop dreamer Shy Layers (JD Walsh to his mum) and his sublime self titled debut. Over the course of ten emotional pop serenades, the New York musician recalls lost days sofa surfing to the lounge electronica of Air, Mellow and early Phoenix or the swooning lo-fi psychedelia of a pre-MD Simian.
Fusing French pop, glistening Americana, 80s AOR and afrobeat into a hazy vision of balmy mornings, long evenings and lazy days, Shy Layers has served up the soundtrack to your summer.

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