Pop / Balearic / Mediterrenea

 
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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Style: flying sax at sundown

Format: 12"
Label: Nunk

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+

Balearic boogie meets the flying sexyphone at sundown - in Santa Barbara of course! If that wasn't enough there's also this speccial occasion to walk down California Street. Fans of the genre will quickly snap that this one is not just another version of FG's Romance's What Is Love Today - it sounds so much better on that california street!! All written by Frank de Gryse ;) NM copy with two gentle pops!

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Style: Italo AOR

Format: 12"
Label: Eichhorn (Private)

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Odd mid 80s Italo Pop from the baltic sea.

Has that AOR vibe to it and a whole lotta DIY charm

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Style: filho ingles

Format: 3LP
Label: Declassé

Year: 2015

Condition: M/M 

Three! LPs full of ever-amazing jams by the man that co-brought us Pork and Fila Brasilia. (to name just two out of a huge bag of goodies) His relaxed view on all things from downbeat to house will ground you for sure. Well at least one foot at a time while the other one's dancing in space. Limited and almost gone completely...

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Style: Cosmic Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Software / Private Records

Year: 1982 / 2017

Condition: M/M 

Such a beauty! A reissue was overdue since the prices of original copies went through the roof...

ONE PER CUSTOMER

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Style: Cocktail Pop goes Jazz

Format: 7"
Label: Beggars Banquet

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

Two mindblowingly sweet tunes on this excellent Single. 

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Style: Synth Reggae

Format: 7"
Label: CBS

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/generic

The in demand 7" of this amazing tune.

Definitely one of my top ten finds of 2012.

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Style: Balearic Dance

Format: LP
Label: Teldec

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+ seamwear

If you should have an image of Righeira please rethink this. Yes, Vamos a la playa is a disgrace to your ears, but forget about it for a second and listen to Gli Palero Di Te, Jazz Musik and Kon Tiki. Now we can talk :)

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Style: Ambient Guitars / Balearic Balaton

Format: LP
Label: AMiga

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG

The cover on the back says it all - Ralf dressed all in white holding his guitar, drifting away to far away lands in the mediterrenean. A dream that might have come true 3 years later when the wall came down...

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Style: Super Bien

Format: 12"
Label: Epic

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

My favourite Sade track on side A. It couldn't get more intimate. If that wasn't enough we have the instrumental highlight Super Bien Total in EXTENDED FORM on side B. Balearic Funk at it's best and strangely enough: sampled by BDP for 13 and good.

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Style: Smooth Jazz / Cocktail Time

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+

Are my ears deceiving me or is this this the strongest Sade album out there? A true beauty all the way through and a gentle must... Seriously one of my favourite pop records of all times. Maybe it's the Compass Point Studio magic!?!

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Style:  BALEARIC / Flamenco Jazz

Format: 7"
Label: APM / Polydor

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+  

Excellent Flamenco Jazz made in Germany featuring Santiago's Tato Gomez. German only promo 7" of the balearic ÜBER-HIT Nena.

Do yourself a favour and listen!!!

NENA!

 
Style:  Synth Pop with that Special Touch

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG Sticker tear

Her first longplayer including ALL these hits!!

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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: 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: Sadness Galore

Format: LP
Label: Metronome

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG (light discoloration top front)

Sensual boogie meets emtional electro.

This Sadness ripoff got it going on!

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Style: Pino Jazz-Pop

Format: LP
Label: Scio

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

Signore Daniele is just too good.

I haven't heard a bad record by this guy yet.

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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:  Pop

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Wonderful pop from Hamburg, Germany.

Dancing to forget is one of my favourite discoveries of 2012. 

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Style: Balearic Tearjerkes

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Awesome synth pop plus that exceptional beauty All Hung Up On You. Time to show some emotions!

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Style: Balearic Soul

Format: 7"
Label: BCM

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Enter the Balearic Soul Express!

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Style: Various

Format: LP
Label: Raubbau Private

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+  

Here's an eerie newcomer compilation made in tiny suburb of Hamburg. Some surprises included. Especially  Heisser Sand by Dolce Vita, Schwuler Frosch by Thotes Schwein and Tasten Hopser by Schwachsinniges Geklimper.

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Style: Balearic Pop

Format: 7"

Label: Metronome

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

Here's the ORIGINAL german 7" of this stone cold balearic classic. Of course including the very useful INSTRUMENTAL!

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Style: Ambient Pop

Format: LP
Label: Aufruhr (Private)

Year: 198x

Condition: NM/NM 

Captivating Ether Pop / Ambient. An excellent album that gained only little recognition when it came out. Check out this fameless pearl.

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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:  Balearic Disco

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

It looks pretty cheesy but it's a big personal fave for the summer days! Just imagine this being played at an Ibiza beach.... that's what the title is about!

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Style: Fusion / Pop Jazz

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1980

Condition: VG+/VG

Including the fantastic Longing For You,

that has been my TOTD for ages....

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Style: Sleaze, sleaze sleaze and a bit of romance

Format: LP
Label: Idea

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+

Superb eazy sleazy tunes by the italian library prince. Including tracks from the film "Orgasmo nero". Expect some erotic moments on this one ;)

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Style:  Mediterrenean Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Movieplay

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

Elegant and breezy mix of Fusion Jazz and Vocal Pop not lacking a bit of wonderful melancholy. Highly recommended for a blissful start into the golden summer!!

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Style: Psyche-Rock

Format: LP
Label: Elektra (Ger)

Year: 1967 (late 70s reissue)

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Their first including all the hits and the #1 "last song of the night"

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Style: Adult Pop

Format: 7"
Label: EMI

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

it's all about that wonderful instrumental The Garden ...

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Style: Westcoast / Sngr- Sngwrtr

Format: LP
Label: Prodigal

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+

Totally diggin it since I dug it out. A real classy one.

Funky Singer /Songwriter LP with a whole lot of good tracks.

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Style: 30 years later

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

It seems like not too many took notice of this pop group from belgium when they released their one and only album on 1986. Apart from the Duran Duran style dance numbers there's this amazingly subtle gem...

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Style: Progged out Pop

Format: LP
Label: Polydor Italia

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

Progressively influenced italian siinger songwriter pop. Including that incredibly beast of a track called La Voglia Di ... (transl. "the desire to...") it sounds as if it's coming from Toni Esposito's Rosso Napoletano.

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Style: Cool and Breezy

Format: 12"
Label: PWL

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG 

the german remix single with the Cool And Breezy Jazz Version. 8 minutes of balearic vibes and guilty pleasures - awesome jam. Stock, Aitken & Waterman never sounded better!!

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Style: Mediterrenean Jazz

Format: 7"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

It's all about the B-Side here. An unbelievable tune somewhere between Jazz-Funk and AOR Mediterrania. The only record he ever made and unfortunately never turns up ... almost never ;) Maybe it's just a promo thing that flopped so they didn't go into pressing a lot of copies?

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Style: Ambient Jazz / Balearic Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+  

White vinyl in gorgeous multi fold cover.

Looks like it's made for the white island.

And it sounds like that as well!

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Style:  Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Les Disques Du Crepuscule

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM  

Nicest copy of Anna Domino's 3rd album.

Excellent emotional pop as you'd expect from the lady! 

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Style:  Elegant Disco

Format: 7"
Label: CBS

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/NM  

a HIT written by Gainsbourgh, Arranged & Produced by Wally Badarou and sung by Alain Chamfort

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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:  Funky Soul / Disco

Format: LP
Label: Touchstone

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+   

Rediscovered this fine record lately when "car listening" to a 10 year old cd with various tracks on it. Crazy that it still plays ; ) What's It All About has been on repeat for at least half an hour.  So nice with the sunshine... and there's more lovely tunes on the LP. 

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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:  Synth Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Idee

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Under the radar Balearic Synth Pop gem. Released on the tiny german label that also brought us the Papertiger...

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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:  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: Balearic Nutcase

Format: LP
Label: Ariola

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Bavarian Balearic? Of course this isn't possible!

But these dudes have tried at least. The outcome is rather strange, but I can really enjoy this. Let 's see if I'm alone with this guilty pleasure. The Edit will be on soundcloud soonish...

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Style: Chilled 80s Fusion / Unintentional Balearica

Format: LP
Label: Intercord

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+  

It seems like these guys just can't fail. And ageing doesn't keep them from bringing the good stuff. Dancing in the shade brings you exactly what the name offers. Some incredibly mellow post fusion Pop played by humble giants. Highest recommendation!

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Style: Tropical Pop

Format: LP
Label: Idee

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/NM  

Axel Schulz aka John Buttermann aka Papertiger and the Cat Cammer Orchestra delivers some intense teutonic balearic vibes in Dein Mann Sucht Seine Frau (Your husband is looking for his wife). In this song a guy is trying to convince the lady of his heart to stay for the whole night instead or returning to her husband immediately after having a good time... an AWESOME LUSH & TROPICAL TUNE!!

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Style: Balearic Boogie / Italo Disco

Format: LP
Label: Teldec

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Never judge a record by it's cover! Of course these ladies did sing on horrible tracks but doesn't mean that everything they did was horrible. Give A Little Love Again is one of the TOP Balearic Boogie tunes i know. And there's more to discover ...

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Style: Italian Pop

Format: LP
Label: BMG ARiola

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+  

Nicest mediterrenean pop tunes.

Among them the epic jam Dimmi Dimmi -

everybody on the floor...

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Style: J-Pop / Mellow Gold

Format: LP
Label: Crown

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  

Heavenly sweet J-Pop by Miss Ohnuki and her band (Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto)

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Style:  Ethno Synth Pop

Format: LP

Label:  Spoon

Year:  198x

Condition: NM/VG+

TD of Diethelm/Famulari fame on the solo trip.

Highly recommended adult Pop with splashes of Ethno!

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Style:  Party Crushers

Format: LP
Label: Merlin (Private)

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+  

One of the obscurest private DIY Pop records I came across in the last few years. Of course I got attracted by the beautiful combination of cover and title ;) Musically it's just as interesting: Soft but Cynical Post Sade Synth-Pop with a boogie touch at times!

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Style: Exotic Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/NM 

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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