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Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead
Title: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s DeadYear/Genre: 1970, Country RockCondition: New Cultural Fac...
Title: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s DeadYear/Genre: 1970, Country RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded quickly at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco after years of debt, busted sound systems, and LSD-era excess caught up with the band. Marked a turn toward harmony-heavy, song-focused writing influenced by The Band and Bakersfield country, with Robert Hunter’s storytelling at the center. The cover photo was shot in San Francisco’s Mission District, underscoring the album’s bl...
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Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black S...
Title: Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black StarYear/Genre: 1998, Hip-HopMatrix #: 02...
Title: Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black StarYear/Genre: 1998, Hip-HopMatrix #: 0253786267Condition: New Cultural Facts: In 2006, Mos Def was arrested outside the MTV Video Music Awards for performing “Katrina Clap” from a flatbed truck without permission—a protest against government negligence after Hurricane Katrina. Both rappers named their group after Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line, symbolizing Pan-African pride and self-determination. DJ Hi-Tek’s production blended ...
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Opeth – Blackwater Park (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Opeth – Blackwater ParkYear/Genre/City: 2001, Metal / Progressive Death Metal, Stockholm, SwedenMatrix #: N/ACondition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Co-produced with Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), starting a long-running collaboration that expanded Opeth’s creative network outside metal circles. Scene Ecology: Recorded at Fredman Studio in Gothenburg, a hub that defined much of Sweden’s late-’90s/earl...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Michael Jackson - ThrillerYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Pop, Dance-Pop, Gary, Indiana 5/26Matrix #: 8875143731Condition: NEW sealed Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Jackson grew up under intense family pressure and alleged abuse from his father, turning childhood into labor before he reached adulthood. Public Scandal: Thriller made Jackson the biggest pop figure on earth, but later all...
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Danzig – Danzig RARE (Staff Pick!)
Title: Danzig – DanzigYear/Genre: 1988, Heavy MetalMatrix #: DEF 24208Condition: New Cultural Fac...
Title: Danzig – DanzigYear/Genre: 1988, Heavy MetalMatrix #: DEF 24208Condition: New Cultural Facts: Produced by Rick Rubin, who encouraged Glenn Danzig to strip back speed-punk aggression for a darker, blues-metal tone. Features future Queens of the Stone Age drummer Chuck Biscuits, formerly of Black Flag and D.O.A. The song “Mother” became a hit years later after MTV banned its original video, giving it cult resurgence in the ’90s. +1 5/9/25 - EK Sold 11/24/25
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Stiff Little Fingers – Complete Chaos 1979 (Sta...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Stiff Little Fingers – Complete Chaos 1979Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Rock, Punk Rock, Belfast, Northern IrelandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Belfast punk operated under real risk—shows and youth culture collided with sectarian tension, policing, and curfews during the Troubles. Media Narrative: Live/document releases like this helped SLF travel globally when UK media often flattened N...
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Taylor Swift - 1989 (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Taylor Swift – 1989Year/Genre: 2014, PopCondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Her “full-pop” pivot landed with a carefully built NYC-era image shift—friends, fashion, and tabloid culture baked into the rollout. Album Art: The Polaroid-style cover and handwritten scrawl turned “instant nostalgia” into branding, copied across 2010s pop packaging. Legal Trouble: The album later became ground zero ...
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Viagra Boys – Consistency of Energy / Call of t...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Viagra Boys – Consistency of Energy / Call of the WindYear/Genre: 2017, Post-PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Early-press EP era when the band’s myth spread through small Stockholm rooms and tour-floor word-of-mouth before the “album narrative” existed. The Shrimptech universe shows up immediately—fake corporate language as a way to clown masculinity, tech culture, and self-help slogans. These tracks c...
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The Spits – The Spits (White Vinyl! Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Spits – The Spits (3rd Album)Year/Genre: 2003, PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: A 2000s garage-punk staple in the post-KBD/bootleg era—fans were hunting “dumb fast punk” through message boards, zines, and small distro catalogs. Their shows were built for chaos: short sets, crowd baiting, and prank energy that made venues and promoters nervous even in punk-friendly towns. The band’s myth spread thro...
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The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics!!!
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!!Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1965, Garage Rock, Proto-Punk, Rock and Roll, Tacoma, Washington 9/26Matrix #: HIQLP 065Condition: VG+ (ob) | Members: The Sonics (N/A) | Producer: Buck Ormsby, Kent MorrillCultural Facts: Too Loud on Purpose: The Sonics wanted their records to sound dirtier and more violent than the polished pop coming out around them. Engineer Kearney ...
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