Happy 45th birthday to Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club, released as a UK single on this day in 1981 youtu.be/aCWCF19nUhA
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]
YouTube video by RHINO
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Record Mirror & Sounds mags both gave 5/5 stars to Swiss #SynthPop duo #Yello’s 1985 album STELLA, “Desire” was featured in the 1986 “Killshot” episode of #80s TV hit #MiamiVice & also the 1991 Ed O’Neill comedy film DUTCH. The video was filmed in #Cuba- it was a Starck fave youtu.be/GAF8qrR1pdE
Yello - Desire
YouTube video by YelloVEVO
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The John Coltrane Quartet on stage in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, July 26 or 27, 1965. McCoy Tyner and John Coltrane photographed by Randi Hultin. #art #jazz #jazzmusic
King Ayisoba made Pure Confusion in one afternoon, live with his kologo in Ramsgate. Adrian Sherwood then dubbed it, with Doug Wimbish on bass and a former Yardbird on harmonica. Nine tracks and forty-five minutes, including three voices, one of them his grandfather's.
King Ayisoba drops seventh album Pure Confusion, cut live in one afternoon — JOLT
The Ghanaian kologo player recorded the whole record live at Adrian Sherwood
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Every once in a while, I like to remind the world (and educate the young) that Boston-born actorJohn Cazale was in only five feature films before he passed away in 1978. All five of those films were nominated for Best Picture.
It's Doug Wimbish's 70th birthday. Most know him from playing bass on many iconic Sugar Hill tracks, and his later work on various On-U Sound releases, but here's something funky from 50 years ago from Sugar Hill's pre-rap All Platinum label www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bB...
The mighty African Head Charge are on tour for their 45th anniversary this October and November, taking in Brighton (Chalk 2 Oct), Hastings (St Leonard's Church 24), Nottingham (Metronome 30) and Birkenhead (Future Yard 7 Nov) The Strange World of African Head Charge #ThePortal buff.ly/GPRd2uq
Rolling Stone #Japan ranks #NewWave band #Plastics 1980 debut album WELCOME PLASTICS at #19 of the “100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums Of All Time.” Critic #BenSolis called them ‘innovative, kooky & loads of fun’- their 1980 single “Good” was an early Starck fave #80sMusic #80s youtu.be/Gqt--9X8Kb0
PLASTICS - GOOD (Music Video)
YouTube video by Victor Entertainment
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For the heads: stumbled over this list of #Berlin record stores, should you happen to find yourself on a trip to our capital some time soon. #vinylsky
Hit the Decks: Berlin's Best Record Shops - The Berliner
The vinyl revival is in full blow in Berlin. With over 80 record stores in the city, check out our top picks of spots to stock up on records.
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Edwyn Collins takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from indie, soul and country classics to his encounters with Sparks and The Cribs #EdwynCollins’ Favourite Music #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive buff.ly/yWR8iy6
Peter Max flyer for The Head Shop. Probably the first head shop in the country, possibly the world. Debbie Worked there. I've managed to hold onto this since the 60s
Born in #NorthCarolina, #RnB singer #JocelynBrown sings backup as a “Harlette” in #BetteMidler’s 1980 film DIVINE MADNESS & sang on 23 hit singles that charted in the UK including 8 which reached the Top20- her 1984 single “Somebody Else’s Guy” was a Starck fave #80sMusic #80s youtu.be/ImxVWBwUla0
Jocelyn Brown Somebody's Elses Guy ( Video ) HQ
YouTube video by Sergioluna80s
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Hadn't seen this before... Harmonies and florescent lighting, woot! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Ez...
Talking Heads - South Bank Show (1979)
YouTube video by Ross Hudson
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The Only Ones: Bruce’s Records, Rose Street, Edinburgh (October 1977) youtu.be/oWImfgbA2FY?... @brucerisk.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @muzicgeezer.bsky.social @stevomusicman.bsky.social
Happy 45th birthday to Homosapien by Pete Shelley. Here's the classic video youtu.be/lQa1dGk--xI
Pete Shelley - Homosapien (Official Video)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 3w ago45
Remembering Peter Tosh who was killed on this day in 1987 aged just 42. Here's a self-produced 7" he released on his Intel-Diplo label. This features Bunny Wailer on harmony vocals and also featured on Peter's Equal Rights LP... youtu.be/s-CFaoM1vyA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Dubious attempts at panoramic photos with a Kodak disposable camera (looking north and south). Taken from the WTC South Tower roof deck, first visit to NYC at the end of 1988. #WorldTradeCenter
Harlem Dance, couple kissing , mid 1950s Photo by Jay Maisel
Taxi driver sunbathing in New York, 1983. Jay Maisel Checker stopped building new taxis in 1982, a year before this picture, but this cab was still on the streets.
“In the 1980s, he fell into addiction and homelessness, and died virtually unnoticed and unknown in 1990. Now, though, Eastman’s music has come roaring back.” Works by Julius Eastman and Works for Multiple Cellos:
#4934, Works by Julius Eastman and Works for Multiple Cellos | WNYC
Hear work for multiple cellos, and music by Julius Eastman, and the work where the two threads overlap - "The Holy Presence of Jean d'Arc" as played by cellist Seth Parker Woods.
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Nina Simone backstage Town Hall, NYC, 12/09/1959 [Herb Snitzer]
