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Title: The Cars - PanoramaYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Rock, New Wave, Boston, MassachusettsM...
Title: The Cars - PanoramaYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Rock, New Wave, Boston, MassachusettsMatrix #: 5E-514Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good, some very light marks Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr were friends, rivals, and later estranged, with old tensions hanging over the band long after the early run. Studio Lore: Roy Thomas Baker pushed dense, exacting sessions, which fit the band’s control-heavy style but also fed their reputation for being emotional...
$30.00
The Cure – All Is Yellow, Hot, Hot, Hot (Rare &...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Cure – All Is Yellow, Hot, Hot, HotYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2021, Rock, Post-Punk / New Wave (Live Broadcast), Crawley, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Captures the band on the 1987 “Kiss Me” touring circuit—UK arena-scale Cure, preserved via radio-broadcast culture. Studio Lore: A live FM/BBC-style document: mixed for broadcast speed and clarity, not for an official “live albu...
$36.98
Morrissey – Unplugged (Color!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Morrissey – UnpluggedYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2025, Rock, Acoustic Alternative Compilation, Manchester, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: An unofficial “acoustic file” of Morrissey cuts—radio takes, odd versions, and outtake-style recordings curated into a single LP narrative. Media Narrative: The unplugged framing doubles as a reputation reset: less spectacle, more persona—useful in an ...
$34.98
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Duran Duran – The Wild Boys Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984 / New Wave / Synth-Pop / Birmingham Matrix #: V-8617 Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Media Narrative “The Wild Boys” was created specifically for the band’s live album Arena, but its massive MTV video turned it into one of their biggest standalone hits. Studio Lore Producer Nile Rodgers helped shape the recording, bringing a tighter, dance-o...
$19.00
The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980 / Rock / New Wave / London Matrix #: SP-3720 Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Studio Lore The band recorded much of the album quickly while touring, squeezing sessions between dates because their global schedule had become overwhelming. Band Drama Tensions between Sting and Stewart Copeland were already escalating, with creative control becoming a...
$27.00
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Wisp – PandoraYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2024, Rock, Shoegaze / Nu-gaze, San Francisco, CaliforniaCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Started as a DIY vocal take recorded with Apple earbuds over a friend’s instrumental, then scaled into an Interscope-backed EP. Scene Ecology: A Bay Area artist breaking through via TikTok/streaming first, then building the “real-world” circuit with tours after the v...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Ric Ocasek – BeatitudeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Rock, New Wave, Boston, MAMatrix #: GHS 2022Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: He later produced Weezer’s 1994 debut, giving him a second life as a behind-the-scenes alt-rock producer. Studio Lore: Made as his first solo LP while The Cars were still active—more side project than breakup statement. Personal Struggle: His late-life separat...
$15.98
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Squeeze – U.K. SqueezeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Pop, New Wave, London, EnglandMatrix #: SP-4687Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: The original UK title/cover was blocked in the US over “sexual” marketing concerns, forcing a rebrand that highlighted how easily pop got policed. Band Drama: Even early on, the band’s identity centered on the Tillbrook/Difford partnership, creating tens...
$14.98
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Various – Sounds - Waves 3Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, New Wave, AustraliaMatrix #: N/ACondition: VG Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Tied to Sounds magazine’s role in documenting Australia’s pub-rock-to-new-wave shift—comps like this functioned as scene snapshots. Media Narrative: Magazine-backed compilations blurred journalism and promotion; editorial taste directly shaped which bands got national exp...
$8.98
Suburban Lawns - Suburban Lawns
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Suburban Lawns – Suburban LawnsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Rock, Post-Punk, Long Beach, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Came out of the Long Beach/L.A. art-punk pocket that overlapped with galleries and downtown clubs, not the beach-scene myth people assume. Media Narrative: Their one-album arc got mythologized because they dodged the usual band career—more like a short-lived art proje...
$28.98
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: U2 – Wide Awake In AmericaYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985 Post-PunkMatrix #: 7 90279-1-ACondition: NM Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Mid-80s U2 were already fighting the “messiah band” storyline—earnest politics vs. rock-star suspicion in the press. Scene Ecology: They came up in a tiny Dublin circuit where punk DIY networks doubled as rehearsal rooms, promoters, and social life. Political Science: B...
$25.00
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Q-Feel – Q-FeelYear/Genre/City: 1982, New Wave, Los Angeles, CAMatrix #: VA 66005Condition: BG+ Cultural Facts: [One-Hit Shadow]: The band’s name is mostly remembered through “Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop),” a breakout moment that turned them into an MTV-era curiosity and then quickly eclipsed everything else they did. [Hollywood Work]: Members were tied to the working LA musician ecosystem—studio gigs, T...
$19.98
Lords Of The New Church - Killer Lords
Title: The Lords Of The New Church – Killer LordsYear/Genre/City: 1985, Post-Punk / Gothic Rock (...
Title: The Lords Of The New Church – Killer LordsYear/Genre/City: 1985, Post-Punk / Gothic Rock (Compilation), London, EnglandMatrix #: N/ACondition: VG+ Cultural Facts: [Supergroup]: The original lineup was a punk collision: Stiv Bators (Dead Boys), Brian James (The Damned), Dave Tregunna (Sham 69), and Nick Turner (The Barracudas) building a new band out of older scenes. [Unreleased Cuts]: This comp pulls across their early albums and adds previously unreleased tracks (“Lord’s Prayer” and a...
$26.98
The Cure – Some Like It Hot (Color)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Cure – Some Like It HotYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: Rock, Alternative Rock, Crawley, West Sussex, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Unofficial soundboard set from Sony Music Studios, New York (May 22, 1996), captured during the Wild Mood Swings cycle. Scene Ecology: Formed in Crawley; early shows at The Rocket anchored the band’s DIY start before they became a touring institution. Med...
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Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns – Party Weekend
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Joe “King” Carrasco & The Crowns – Party WeekendYear/Genre: 1981 · New Wave Matrix #: MCA-5404Condition: Very Clean Cultural Facts: Released in 1981, this record sits in the post-punk/new wave moment when regional dance music scenes (Tex-Mex, border sounds, R&B, rockabilly) started getting folded into the same club circuits as skinny-tie rock. Carrasco’s whole thing was turning cultural hybridity ...
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Brian Briggs – Brian Damage (STAFF PICK)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Brian Briggs – Brian DamageYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1981, Electronic, New WaveMatrix #: BRK 699Condition: EXC+ (would be NM if the cover looked better) Cultural Facts: Brian Briggs was studio alias of engineer John Holbrook, who’d worked at IBC Studios in London and major rock sessions before this side project. Holbrook also worked for EMS, the UK synth company—an engineer stepping out from the control-room w...
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Tubeway Army – Tubeway Army (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tubeway Army – Tubeway ArmyYear/Genre: 1978, New Wave / Synth PopCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded by London band Tubeway Army just as Gary Numan was shifting from punk guitar songs to cold, sci-fi themed electronics. Lyrics draw on dystopian and android imagery influenced by writers like Philip K. Dick, tying it to late-’70s post-punk futurism. Its success led Numan to put his own name out front ...
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Year/Genre: 1979, Rock / New WaveMatrix #: SP4773Condition: VG++ (plays great, very light w...
Year/Genre: 1979, Rock / New WaveMatrix #: SP4773Condition: VG++ (plays great, very light wear) Cultural Facts: Released in 1979 as Curry’s second solo album, cut while he was still best known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Issued on A&M, recorded between acting commitments as labels tried to position him as a credible rock frontman. Arrived during the late-’70s shift from glam and theatrical rock into early MTV-era video culture, which Curry would later tap into. Price ...
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Sparks – Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat
Title: Sparks – Pulling Rabbits Out of a HatYear/Genre: 1984, New WaveMatrix #: 7 80160-1Co...
Title: Sparks – Pulling Rabbits Out of a HatYear/Genre: 1984, New WaveMatrix #: 7 80160-1Condition: Near Mint, looks and sounds clean Cultural Facts: Made during Sparks’ synth-heavy ‘80s era, recorded while the Mael brothers were splitting time between L.A. and Europe. Their label pushed for more commercial singles, creating tension with the band’s eccentric writing style. MTV rotation helped them gain a new U.S. audience despite modest chart success. Good option if you like De...
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Rock Menu – Hot Platter of Chrysalis Hits
Title: Rock Menu – Hot Platter of Chrysalis HitsYear/Genre: 1986, Classic Rock / New W...
Title: Rock Menu – Hot Platter of Chrysalis HitsYear/Genre: 1986, Classic Rock / New WaveMatrix #: 1P 7736Condition: Brand New (factory sealed)Cultural Facts: 1986 US Chrysalis label sampler spotlighting its mid-’80s roster. Catalog LP 7736; US pressing with diner-menu branding and “Entrées/Desserts” labels. Arrived as Chrysalis was pushing MTV-era acts across pop/rock radio. If you like Pat Benatar, Billy Idol, Blondie, Huey Lewis & The News, or Ultravox, this fits.Pri...
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Title: Cats – CatsYear/Genre: 1980, Rock / PopMatrix #: 6E-275Condition: VG+ Plays PerfectCultura...
Title: Cats – CatsYear/Genre: 1980, Rock / PopMatrix #: 6E-275Condition: VG+ Plays PerfectCultural Facts: This U.S. Elektra LP (catalog 6E-275) is the self-titled release from the band Cats (not the musical) and appeared around 1980. It was pressed during Elektra’s late ’70s/early ’80s rock era, a period when the label expanded into newer wave/pop acts. Some copies are found as promo pressings (Allied Pressing “AR”) suggesting limited promotional distribution. Price Suggestions:NM:...
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Title: Utopia – OblivionYear/Genre: 1984, New Wave/RockMatrix #: PB 6029Condition: VG++ LP is per...
Title: Utopia – OblivionYear/Genre: 1984, New Wave/RockMatrix #: PB 6029Condition: VG++ LP is perfect, some cover scuffsDescription: Released in 1984 on Passport Records, Oblivion marked Utopia’s shift toward a slicker, synth-heavy sound that reflected the new wave era. Led by Todd Rundgren, the band embraced tighter production and shorter song formats, moving away from the progressive tendencies of their 1970s work. The album captures their adaptation to mid-1980s trends while retaining thei...
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Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed (Special Re...
Title: Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed (Special Remix Version) Year/Genre: 1983, New Wave/Pos...
Title: Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed (Special Remix Version) Year/Genre: 1983, New Wave/Post-Punk Matrix #: 4V9-42689 Condition: VG+++ just some light cover scuffs. Description:Released in 1983, this special remix 12" featured Fun Boy Three’s version of “Our Lips Are Sealed,” originally co-written by Terry Hall and Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Wiedlin. Hall brought the song back to the U.K. with his band after leaving The Specials, reshaping it into a darker, more minimalist new wave cut comp...
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Title: Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (a.k.a. “Melt”)Year/Genre: 1980, Art Rock/New WaveMatrix #: ...
Title: Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (a.k.a. “Melt”)Year/Genre: 1980, Art Rock/New WaveMatrix #: SD-36-147Condition: VG+++ really great! Cultural Facts: Gabriel’s third solo album, nicknamed Melt for its cover, was produced by Steve Lillywhite with engineering from Hugh Padgham, pioneering the “gated reverb” drum sound.2. The politically charged track “Biko” brought international attention to South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle.3. This album cemented Gabriel’s break from Genesis, solidifyi...
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Year: 1984, New Wave/Pop RockMatrix #: 7 90160-1Condition: VG+ Description: The Swing marked a tu...
Year: 1984, New Wave/Pop RockMatrix #: 7 90160-1Condition: VG+ Description: The Swing marked a turning point for INXS, as it was the first time the band recorded outside of Australia. Splitting sessions between the UK and New York, they worked with Nile Rodgers fresh off producing David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, embedding INXS deeper into the global pop landscape. 5/16/24 ob sold whatnot 9/28/24
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Depeche Mode - The Singles: 81-85 (Staff Pick!)
Year/Genre: 1985 New Wave / Synth-PopMatrix #: MUTEL 1Condition: NEW, repackaged at Power Plant D...
Year/Genre: 1985 New Wave / Synth-PopMatrix #: MUTEL 1Condition: NEW, repackaged at Power Plant Description: Released in 1985, The Singles 81→85 captures Depeche Mode’s formative years, charting their transformation from bright, minimalist synth-pop to the darker, more textured sound that would define their later work. Assembled during a pivotal point in their career, it reflects the band’s growing sophistication in songwriting and production while preserving the energy of the early ’80s elec...
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