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Pat Benatar – Crimes Of Passion
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Pat Benatar – Crimes Of PassionYear/Genre/City: 1980, Pop Rock, Brooklyn, NYMatrix #: CHE 1275Condition: VG+ (sounds great) Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Benatar broke out of New York’s late-’70s club circuit, moving from opera training into rock at a moment when labels were scouting MTV-ready acts. Media Narrative: Early MTV rotation made her one of the first women to dominate the channel, reshapin...
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torp...
Title: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn The TorpedoesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Rock,...
Title: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn The TorpedoesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Rock, Pop Rock, Gainesville, FloridaMatrix #: MCA-5105Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Petty fought Shelter and MCA in court over contract control, even filing bankruptcy to block being transferred like property. Band Drama: The title reflected Petty’s mood during label warfare; the record arrived with the band under real business pressure, not just studio t...
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Title: The B-52’s – The B-52’sYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Pop, New Wave, Athens, GeorgiaMatr...
Title: The B-52’s – The B-52’sYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Pop, New Wave, Athens, GeorgiaMatrix #: BSK 3355Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Athens wasn’t a “scene” yet—this band helped turn a small college town into a national underground pipeline before R.E.M. blew it open. Family Ties: Guitarist Ricky Wilson died in 1985 from AIDS-related illness; the band publicly framed it differently at the time, then went quiet for years. Media Narrative: Their thrift-store camp a...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: America – Holiday Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1974 / Folk Rock / Soft Rock / London Matrix #: W 2808 Condition: VG Cultural Facts: Studio Lore George Martin produced the album, giving America a more polished, orchestral frame just as they were moving beyond their early acoustic image. Personal Struggle Dan Peek later spoke openly about depression, substance abuse, and spiritual crisis, struggles that shadow...
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Three Dog Night – Golden Bisquits
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Three Dog Night – Golden BisquitsYear/Genre/City: 1971, Pop Rock, Los Angeles, CAMatrix #: 1971 Dunhill DSX 50098Condition: EX Cultural Facts: [Three Singers]: Their identity was built around having three lead vocalists trading songs, which also meant internal competition—who gets the spotlight, who gets the money, who gets the credit. [Industry Machine]: They were a hits factory run through outside writers a...
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The Beach Boys – Endless Summer
Year/Genre: 1974, Pop RockMatrix #: SVBB-11307Condition: EX, sounds great, light marks Cultural F...
Year/Genre: 1974, Pop RockMatrix #: SVBB-11307Condition: EX, sounds great, light marks Cultural Facts: The Beach Boys came out of Hawthorne in L.A.’s South Bay, singing about cars and surf while the aerospace industry hummed nearby. By 1974, nostalgia for early-60s California youth culture was rising just as the postwar “endless summer” dream was fading. Compilations like this let a new wave of teens and their parents share the same sunny myth while gas crises and Watergate sat in the b...
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Year/Genre/City: 1985, Pop Rock, Manchester, EnglandMatrix #: 9 60452-1Condition: EX, sou...
Year/Genre/City: 1985, Pop Rock, Manchester, EnglandMatrix #: 9 60452-1Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good Cultural Facts: Breakout Single: “Holding Back the Years” became the anchor—first a UK hit, then a major U.S. breakthrough that helped turn mid-’80s “adult” pop-soul into a global radio format. Band Origins: The song’s roots go back to Mick Hucknall’s pre–Simply Red days (Frantic Elevators), making this debut feel like a “new band” built around older, road-tested material. Sc...
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Title: Asia – AlphaYear/Genre: 1983, Pop Rock.Matrix #: GHS 4008Condition: Sealed Cultural...
Title: Asia – AlphaYear/Genre: 1983, Pop Rock.Matrix #: GHS 4008Condition: Sealed Cultural Facts: Recorded during a period of massive pressure after Asia’s debut became the best-selling album in the U.S. the year before. Internal tensions grew so intense that band members recorded parts separately to avoid clashing in the studio. Early MTV rotation turned “Don’t Cry” into a global hit, cementing Asia as one of the era’s defining arena-rock supergroups. Price Suggestions:NM: $18...
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Men At Work – Business As Usual
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Men At Work – Business As Usual Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981 / New Wave / Pop Rock / Melbourne Matrix #: FC 37978 Condition: VG++ Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology Men At Work came out of Australia’s pub-rock circuit, where bands had to be tight, adaptable, and built for constant live play before breaking internationally. Legal Trouble The album’s legacy was later shadowed by the famous “Down Under” copyr...
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Rod Stewart – The Best Of Rod Stewart
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Rock, Soft Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: SRM-2-7507Condition: E...
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Rock, Soft Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: SRM-2-7507Condition: EX, sounds perfect, looks great Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Mercury pushed this double-LP to close out his contract before he jumped labels, turning a career chapter into a product. Band Drama: It lands as Faces were unraveling—Ron Wood splitting time with the Stones, Stewart pulling harder toward solo control. Personal Struggle: Stewart was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000; surgery...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Pat Benatar – Precious TimeYear/Genre/City: 1981, Pop Rock, New York City, NYMatrix #: Chrysalis CHR 1346Condition: VG++ Cultural Facts: Married Team: Benatar and producer/guitarist Neil Giraldo were a real-life couple, running the project like a two-person command center. Industry Push: Early-’80s rock radio was male-gated; her success forced programmers to treat a woman as a primary rock act, not a novel...
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Supertramp – "...Famous Last Words..."
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Supertramp – "...Famous Last Words..."Year/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1982, Rock, Pop RockMatrix #: SP-3732 (audiophile)Condition: VG+++ Cultural Facts: UK band shaped by the London art-school and pub circuits, then filtered through Los Angeles’ studio-and-tour machine. Documents the end of an era: internal strain between key members as early-’80s pop trends and money pressures tightened. Early-’80s adult rock cult...
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The Doobie Brothers – The Captain And Me
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: The Doobie Brothers – The Captain And MeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1973, Rock, Classic RockMatrix #: BS 2694Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Bay Area band shaped by Northern California biker bars and roadhouses—an audience built on real nightlife, not teen TV culture. Early-’70s U.S. touring economy: endless highways, FM radio, and regional promoters turning bands into mobile working crews. Captures a pre-d...
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Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor 1983 SEALED!
Year/Genre: 1971 Soft RockCondition: New, sealed 1983 Description: Billy Joel’s debut album capt...
Year/Genre: 1971 Soft RockCondition: New, sealed 1983 Description: Billy Joel’s debut album captures the raw emotional depth that would later define his career. Raised in Long Island, Joel drew from New York’s piano-bar scene and classical training to craft intimate, lyrical ballads with cinematic flair. This early work reveals the seeds of a songwriter who would become one of America's most iconic storytellers. A must-have for fans of heartfelt, piano-driven rock rooted in the East Coast tr...
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Huey Lewis And The News – Fore!
Title: Huey Lewis and the News – Fore!Year/Genre: 1986, Pop Rock Matrix #: OV 41534Conditio...
Title: Huey Lewis and the News – Fore!Year/Genre: 1986, Pop Rock Matrix #: OV 41534Condition: Like New- came sealed, opened to verify Cultural Facts: The band’s fourth studio album, producing four Top 10 singles including “Hip to Be Square” and “Stuck with You.” Reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, solidifying Huey Lewis and the News as radio mainstays of the Reagan-era sound. Its upbeat, corporate-clean production became emblematic of 1980s mainstream pop rock. Price Sugg...
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Title: Pat Benatar – TropicoYear/Genre: 1984, Pop RockMatrix #: FV 41471Condition: Vinyl looks a...
Title: Pat Benatar – TropicoYear/Genre: 1984, Pop RockMatrix #: FV 41471Condition: Vinyl looks and sounds Near Mint Cultural Facts: Recorded at Legacy Studios in New York, this was Benatar’s first album to lean toward atmospheric pop rather than her earlier hard rock sound. The album’s cover art, shot by Rebecca Blake, reflected Benatar’s shift to a more cinematic and mature image. Her husband and guitarist Neil Giraldo produced and co-wrote much of the record, cementing their creative...
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Title: The Monkees – Greatest HitsYear/Genre: 1976, Pop RockMatrix #: AB 4089Condition: VG+++ Des...
Title: The Monkees – Greatest HitsYear/Genre: 1976, Pop RockMatrix #: AB 4089Condition: VG+++ Description:Issued by Arista Records in 1976, this compilation revived interest in The Monkees just as reruns of their TV show gained a new audience. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965 as a television band, their eventual struggle for creative control became a defining moment in ’60s pop history. This release reintroduced the group to the mid-’70s nostalgia market, bridging the original teen craze with la...
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Title: David Bowie – Scary MonstersYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Rock, Pop Rock, London, Engla...
Title: David Bowie – Scary MonstersYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Rock, Pop Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: AQL1-3647Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great, some light marks Cultural Facts: Family Ties: Bowie’s half-brother Terry, a lasting source of inspiration and pain, had schizophrenia and remained a shadow over much of Bowie’s writing life. Studio Lore: Robert Fripp cut his guitar parts fast and under pressure, helping Bowie get the jagged, nervous edge he wanted without endless p...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Rosetta Stone – Rosetta StoneYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1977, Rock, Pop Rock, Downpatrick, Northern IrelandMatrix #: PS 7011Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Public Scandal: They were managed by Bay City Rollers handler Tam Paton, later convicted for child sexual abuse—his shadow hung over multiple acts. Scene Ecology: Started as local teenage band Young City Stars, working dance halls and opening for bigger t...
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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Pop, Soft Rock, Los Angeles, CAMatrix #: TA 5004Condition: EX, s...
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Pop, Soft Rock, Los Angeles, CAMatrix #: TA 5004Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good Cultural Facts: Family Ties: Jim Seals’ brother was Dan Seals (England Dan & John Ford Coley)—two major ’70s lanes from one family. Media Narrative: This predates their stadium-level fame; it’s from the pre-hit period before they became a fixed “radio” identity. Personal Struggle: They spent years as working LA sidemen, taking any gig to cover rent before their ow...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Gowan – Great Dirty WorldYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1987, Rock, Pop Rock, Toronto, ON, CanadaMatrix #: BFC 40754Condition: SEALED Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: LA sessions with producer David Tickle; Jon Anderson (Yes) cameoed on “Moonlight Desires.” Media Narrative: Went multi-platinum in Canada, a rare domestic pop-rock breakout of the era. Personal Struggle: He’s said some high-school friends w...
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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1987, Rock, Pop Rock, Vancouver, BC, CanadaMatrix #: S...
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1987, Rock, Pop Rock, Vancouver, BC, CanadaMatrix #: SP-3907Condition: VG+, unopened, repackaged at Power Plant Records Cultural Facts: Political Science: This era leaned into real-world themes—one song directly references war remembrance and the costs carried by ordinary people. Studio Lore: Built with his core partner Jim Vallance, while working with engineer/producer Bob Clearmountain during a peak “big room” rock production moment. Personal...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tim Curry – Read My LipsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Rock, Art Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: SP-4717Condition: VG Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Already famous as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Curry fought being boxed in as a cult character actor while trying to launch a serious music career. Scene Ecology: Straddled theater, film, and rock at a time when crossover artists were often treated as novelt...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Go-Go’s – VacationYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Pop, New Wave, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMatrix #: SP70031Condition: VG plays great, cover worn from age but plays amazing Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Success turned toxic fast—internal fights and heavy drug use escalated until the band fractured and split in 1984. Legal Trouble: Years later they sued former manager Ginger Canzoneri over alleged financial...
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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...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tantrum – TantrumYear/Genre/City: 1979, Soft Rock, Los Angeles, CAMatrix #: OV-1735, (Promo Copy)Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: A major-label attempt to tap the late-’70s L.A. rock pipeline—club testing, radio courting, then fast album rollout. Media Narrative: Promo copies were label ammo: sent to program directors and reviewers to manufacture momentum before the public could. Band Drama: ...
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Electric Light Orchestra – Secret Messages
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Electric Light Orchestra – Secret MessagesYear/Genre/City: 1983, Pop Rock, Birmingham, UKMatrix #: QZ-38490Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Originally assembled as a double-LP, then cut down—tracks and sequencing reshaped by label realities, not just artistic preference. Media Narrative: The “backmasking” panic era made hidden-message jokes feel timely; ELO leaned into the paranoia as marke...
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Year/Genre/City: 1986, Pop Rock, New York CityMatrix #: OC 40402Condition: EX, sounds great, look...
Year/Genre/City: 1986, Pop Rock, New York CityMatrix #: OC 40402Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Joel brought outside collaborators into a process he’d long controlled alone, creating internal tension over authorship and direction. Media Narrative: Framed as a stylistic pivot, the album fed debates about relevance versus tradition for legacy artists in the MTV era. Scene Ecology: It reflects New York musicians navigating ’80s studio polish while still ...
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Sting – ...Nothing Like The Sun
Year/Genre/City: 1987, Pop Rock, London, UKMatrix #: SP 6402Condition: EX, sounds great, looks gr...
Year/Genre/City: 1987, Pop Rock, London, UKMatrix #: SP 6402Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great Cultural Facts: Political Science: Several songs were shaped by Cold War anxiety and Amnesty International involvement, reflecting Sting’s move toward explicit global politics. Family Ties: The album title references a line by his mother, grounding a highly public, activist-era record in private grief and reflection. Media Narrative: Its success cemented Sting’s break from The Police, re...
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Sting – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Sting – The Dream Of The Blue TurtlesYear/Genre/City: 1985, Rock/Pop, London, UKMatrix #: SP-3750Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Marked Sting’s first solo move after The Police imploded under internal tension and an informal hiatus. Scene Ecology: Built with top-tier jazz players (Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland), signaling a deliberate break from his band past. Political Science: Written ami...
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