Pop / Balearic / Mediterrenea

 
Style: Moments in Silk

Format: LP
Label: PAJ

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

A lovely vocal jazz album incl. the sought after Storm. It might have popped in your Youtube playlist or you first heard it here ...

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Style: Super Bien

Format: 7" Single
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: Sade

Format: LP
Label: Epic

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/NM

If anyone should wonder why this album was such a success - it's a wonderful record!! Including two of their biggest hits Hang On To Your Love and Smooth Operator. Don't buy a 180g reissue for 30€ ...

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Style: Italian Pop

Format: LP
Label: CGD

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Unplayed archive copy of this beauty that I discovered some years ago. It made it's way into a whole lot of bags already. No wonder - I count three HITs on it. In Alto Mare is the Überhit, but Io Resto Senza Vento and Bongo Bongo are amazing tracks either....

 
Style: Proto Vaporwave / Ambient Pop

Format: LP
Label: MCA

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Art Deco houses. A Ferrari Testarossa in white.

Jan on the synthesizer. Tubbs and Valerie!

My 1987 was ruled by Paid in Full, Yo! Bum Rush The Show,

Tango In The Night and this opus magum here!

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Style:  Mediterrenean Funky Pop

Format: LP
Label: Numero Uno

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG+ 

Lucio made so many fantastic records. Una Donna Per Amico is no exception. Maybe Prendila Cosi might be the outstanding track here. A massive track that was even sampled by Carl Craig for his wonderful remix of Incognito's Out Of The Storm

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Style:  Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Crepuscule

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/NM sealed

Such a sweet album. Incl. the balearic anthems Sea Side Weekend, Play Back and Easy Street. Not to forget about the boogie-ish La Vie Est Trop Courte

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Style: Mediterrenean Beauties

Format: LP
Label: EMI italia

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+

And what a beauty! If you have not been a fan yet, you'll be soon. Richie teams up with with Pino Daniele to record such everlasting marvels as Gay Cavalier, Things Must Change, Leave Well Enough Alone and more.

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Style: Floatin' Free

Format: LP
Label: Metronome

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Take off your shoes and feel the warm sound under your toes... Teneriffe is one of the greatest Balearic tracks I've ever heard. SERIOUSLY!

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Style:  Mellow Metheny

Format: LP
Label: ECM

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/NM 

One of the highlights in Metheny's extensive output in stunning condition. Are you going with me? Off Course!!

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Style:   SLow Jam

Format: 12"
Label: Chrysalis

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG

This is the Fox from the british group Fox. IMO its's a miracle that this song has not been a major hit when it came out. 

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Style: Goldener Reiter goes Balearic

Format: LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Ocean blue vinyl version of this excellent and eccentric synth pop album by the our favourite Herbergsvater. Sounds like he listened to a lot of YMO. Goldener Reiter goes fairytale Balearic!

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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: Balearic per Definition

Format: LP
Label: Island

Year: 1980

Condition: VG+/VG+

There are so many beauties on the album but the Spanish Dancer is exceptional... For me the this is the definition of balearic!

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Style:  Italian Pop

Format: LP
Label: Numero Uno (Ger)

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG

This overall great album is including Questo Amore that has been skillfully edited by Lexx for Lovefinger's Concetration comp plus the incredible Perchè Non Sei Una Mela that some of you might know from Chee's Tropicalia mix

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Style: Pop Marrocain

Format: LP
Label: Blue Box

Year: 1987

Condition:NM/VG+

Wonderful deep and atmospheric pop with a scent of mint and harira. Perfect for outdoors!

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Style: Little Dub

Format: 12"
Label: WB (Ger)

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Jellybean's extended Remix of this emotional club classic still creates a proper rush to the dancefloor...

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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: Summer Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Barclay

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+  

I was dancing to this a kid, i was dancing to this as a youth and I'm still dancing to this almost 30 years later. It might be some kind of hit then?

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Style: Bizarre Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Wonderland

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+  

Funny cat, eh?

Bizarre B-Side wins!

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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:  Über-BALEARIC / Flamenco Jazz

Format: LP
Label: APM / Polydor

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Excellent Flamenco Jazz made in Germany featuring Santiago's Tato Gomez. This record is including the balearic ÜBER-HIT Nena. Do yourself a favour and listen!!!

NENA!

 
Style: Derrida Shoegaze

Format: LP
Label: Rough Trade

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/NM lovely embosed cover

so many wonderful tunes on this album

and then there is THE SWEETEST GIRL!

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Style: Sensual Pop

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Cosy and sensual pop. I got asked for Let's Make Love

more than one time ... such a tune!

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Style: Summer Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Barclay

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+  

I was dancing to this a kid, i was dancing to this as a youth and I'm still dancing to this almost 30 years later. It might be some kind of hit then?

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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: 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: New Age Funk

Format: LP
Label: Origin Peoples

Year: 2017

Condition: M/M

Initial listens to Inre Rymden (Swedish for “Inner Space”) reveal it to be a curious combination of slow-motion house music and salubrious New Age funk. In this case, first impressions are accurate, and they should intrigue you enough to dive deeper into the paradisiacal vistas Tommy Awards paint here.

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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: 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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Style: Italian Sleaze

Format: 7"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG woc

Slip into something comfortable and enjoy this sleazy beast. The title roughly translates "Patrizia's Game". Now what a game would that be??

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Style: AOR / Hawaiian Pop

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG

This hawaiaan goddess is going to rule your world with her Pleasure In The Pain. Now worship her by pushing the button!

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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:  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: French Pop

Format: LP
Label: ZTT

Year: 1985

Condition: VG+/VG+

Classy and elegant french Synth Pop. Souvenir D'Un Paris is the JAM!!

Friends of Anna Domino and Isabela Antena will LOVE this...

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Style:  Synth Pop with a balearic twist

Format: LP
Label: Ariola

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM 

Such a beauty - finally back in stock. Elisa Waut's 2nd longplayer.

Including the hits Four Times More and Lots Of People.

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Style: Balearic

Format: 7"
Label: ZYX

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

whatever excuse you may have to exclude this record from your collection - talk to the hand coz the face won't ...

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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: Tropical Island Dreams

Format: 12"
Label: Sire

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Last Night I Dreamed Of San Pedro! Including extended and instrumental for karaoke pleasures. You might as well play a hip hop accapella over it. Running by The Pharcyde worked pretty well once.

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Style: Odd Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Idiot

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Good humour and a golden voice.

Fay sure is funny as Ramon is romantic.

Don't miss to

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Style: Brazil 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: Sweetest Pop

Format: LP
Label: Ariola

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  incl. the doll dress insert (one dress missing)

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: 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: WTF

Format: 12"
Label: Mercury

Year: 1990

Condition: VG+/VG+

Balearic Swingbeat! The B-Side wins again...

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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: Ciggy or Spliff?

Format: 12"
Label: Philips

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG

Serge chilling with Sly & Robbie on the island. Swapping the perpetual ciggy for a spliff!

Record shows lotsa hairlines but plays surprisingly clean

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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: 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: Island Music

Format: LP
Label: Island

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/NM

E.S.S.E.N.T.I.A.L!

Whatever Grace Jones hit you seek - you'll find it here...

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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 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: Funky 80s O.S.T.

Format: LP
Label: Teldec / Clan

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

My favourite Celentano record is an obscure 80s soundtrack including the massive pumping Il Tempio - 7 minutes of fun on the dancefloor.

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Style: Latin Pop

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Wonderful Post -Santiago Balearic Pop by Mario Argandona with the Santiago crew behind him. Dude has something like god status in Chile! Brown Eyes might be his most beautiful song on record. I'm totally hooked! Listen and you'll understand...

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Style:  Italian Funk

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

Toto Cotugno was the head of the italian group Albatros, known amongst friends of Balearic Funk and Italian Disco. Here's his first solo album. Boring italopop numbers being highlighted by some heavy funky chooons!!!

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Style: saxophone?

Format: 7"
Label: Zeppellin

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Here's the 7" Single of a neglected and forgotten emotional pearl that has recently gained cult status among aficionados of balearic pop. Dug out many years ago by my dear friend Meda this has been a wonderful end of the night secret. Until I've sent a copy as a gift to Manchester ;) Now it's official! Contact me if you hate sax like Johnny ... 

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Style: Battisti in inglese

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  light corner bumps

This album includes english versions of some of Lucio's most beautiful songs. Amarsi Un Po is now To Feel In Love etc. etc.

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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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Style: Mysterious Synth Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

and then the herbergsvater switched to english and recorded these irresistible synth pop gems. yes the hook is pretty much unbeatable (Cheers JD!)

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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: 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: 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: 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: Flop

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Very continental sounding Disco just perfect for the beach!! Doesn't really sound like a Flop to my ears...

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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: 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: 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:  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:  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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