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The Strokes ‎– Is This It

Title: The Strokes – Is This ItYear/Genre: 2001, Garage RockMatrix #: 0786368045Condition: NewCul...

Title: The Strokes – Is This ItYear/Genre: 2001, Garage RockMatrix #: 0786368045Condition: NewCultural Facts: Julian Casablancas is the son of John Casablancas, founder of Elite Model Management, whose clients included Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. Despite that glamorous connection, Julian’s strict boarding school years in Switzerland inspired the detached cool that defined his lyrics and stage persona. After 9/11, “New York City Cops” was pulled from U.S. pressings—stores scramble...

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The Smiths - Meat is Murder

Title: The Smiths – Meat Is MurderYear/Genre: 1985, Post-PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Rec...

Title: The Smiths – Meat Is MurderYear/Genre: 1985, Post-PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded by the Manchester band at a time when unemployment, Thatcher-era politics, and UK youth disillusionment were shaping their outlook. The cover uses a Vietnam War photograph with the helmet slogan altered to “Meat Is Murder,” turning antiwar imagery into a militant vegetarian statement. Morrissey’s outspoken stance on animal rights and authority on this record helped tie The Smiths to stud...

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Pixies - Doolittle

Title: Pixies – DoolittleYear/Genre: 1989, Alternative RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Produ...

Title: Pixies – DoolittleYear/Genre: 1989, Alternative RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Produced by Gil Norton, marking the start of a producer relationship that steered the band’s mid-era direction and studio discipline. Lyrics pull from surrealist cinema and Bible imagery; interviews from the period often refused “official meanings,” feeding the band’s myth-making. The sleeve by Vaughan Oliver’s 23 Envelope (monkey + numerals) became a signature 4AD visual and a heavily echoed alt-r...

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