Wild Style 1983

Perhaps one of the most underrated and overlooked melodic rock releases of the mid-80s was Tobruk’s “Wild On The Run”. Unfortunately, unless you were a hard rock aficionado back then, this one might have been released right under your nose without you ever hearing about it…

Oliver Knussen - London Sinfonietta - Higglety Pigglety Pop! & Where the Wild Things Are
A double bill of fantasy operas based on the books by Maurice Sendak
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon "20-21" # 469 556-2 | Country/Year: Europe 2001
Genre: Classical, Children's Music | Style: Opera, Contemporary

Oliver Knussen is one of British music’s great originals, and a rare example of a contemporary composer who has succeeded in writing music that is at once thoroughly modern but also shamelessly enjoyable. Knussen’s combination of artfulness and accessibility informs every aspect of his music. It is technically complex and often fiendishly challenging for performers, but also vivid and direct in its appeal. It is painstakingly crafted (Knussen is a notorious perfectionist, and a famously slow composer) but in performance sounds captivatingly effortless and spontaneous…

In the early '80s, another wave of backward-masking hysteria hit the national scene, with unfounded claims that popular rock bands intentionally hid Satanic messages in their records. ELO had already been hit with this rumor for a song on their album ELDORADO, and on the following album's "Fire on High," Jeff Lynne deliberately placed an obvious backwards message…

John Foxx - The Golden Section (1983) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD2015 rel 2008}
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© 1983, 2008 Metamatic Records / Edsel Records / Demon Music | EDSD2015
Synth-Pop / New Wave / Electronic

John's third solo album was released in 1983 and charted at number 27 in the UK. Disc 2 includes 16 bonus tracks: non-album a- and b-sides, rarities as well as eight previously unreleased tracks. The booklet contains the lyrics to all the songs as well as rare photos, and the singles sleeves.

In the early '80s, another wave of backward-masking hysteria hit the national scene, with unfounded claims that popular rock bands intentionally hid Satanic messages in their records. ELO had already been hit with this rumor for a song on their album ELDORADO, and on the following album's "Fire on High," Jeff Lynne deliberately placed an obvious backwards message. Because the initial prank worked so well, Lynne did not only did it again in this album's opening–the message is simply the album's title–but named the album in honor of the hysteria. SECRET MESSAGES proves that Lynne's artistic vision, like his sense of humor, was undimmed. Tracks like the psychedelically tinged "Loser Gone Wild" and the delicate "Bluebird" are as strong as anything he'd previously done, and the rockabillyish "Rock and Roll Is King" even pays tribute to the '50s-influenced style of his former bandmate Roy Wood.

Metallica formed in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. The duo first met through an ad in a Los Angeles-based music newspaper…

Metallica formed in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. The duo first met through an ad in a Los Angeles-based music newspaper. At the time, Ulrich had little musical experience and no band but managed to secure a slot on an upcoming compilation record called “Metal Massacre”. Metallica’s contribution, “Hit The Lights”, featured Hetfield, Ulrich and lead guitarist Lloyd Grant…