Modern+talking

The 45 of Everyday People - World full of people is well known on the modern soul and funk scene and it relatively easy to find a copy for maybe 500 pounds. What was always less well known was that there was also an LP by the same band but labels as People Pleasure. I first came across this LP in Turku, Finland in the early 2000s when at the house of DJ and Collector Felix Manell who pulled a pile of rare and interesting bits that day. I did not really appreciate the true rarity until trying to source my own copy.

Live At The Sun Plaza Hall is a 2CD bootleg live recording by the Talking Heads. The original version featured ten songs but this edition adds three recordings. It is said to be taken from a 1981 show in Japan but it's uncertain if the three bonus tracks are from the same place.

Every episode of BBC Radio 2’s popular Sounds Of The 80s show takes listeners on a journey back to a well-loved decade with its distinctive musical landscape. Hosted by Gary Davies (and formerly Sara Cox) the show delves into the various genres that made the 80’s so musically diverse from classic and alternative pop to rock, dance and hip-hop. UMC and the BBC have teamed up to compile a set of official Sounds Of The 80s branded collections that will showcase the decade’s fabulous sounds in three bite-size chunks. Each carefully compiled 3CD album will include UK Chart smash hits taken from every major music catalogue including Universal, Sony, Warner and BMG to do the show and the decade the justice it deserves. Like A Record Baby celebrates the biggest and best hits from the middle three years of the decade and features the likes of a-ha, Tina Turner, Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and many more…

WITH A FOREWORD BY TOM BRADY