ALPHAVILLE Forever Young LP ATLANTIC 1984 US orig+inner 80186-1
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1984 US ORIGINAL PRESSING [SRC] on ATLANTIC Records. SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear, BUT surface discolouration/wear/wrinkles on/near corners, cut-edge (bottom right), mild creases on edges, left spine is fully readable; INNER also with cut-edge, creases, 4cm split on bottom; for details see photos. The vinyl is in VG+ condition [crackles at the start on both sides + some sparse crackles and clicks] and sounds great.
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ALPHAVILLE
German synth pop group Alphaville enjoyed major success in the United States with their early hits "Forever Young" and "Big in Japan," and went on to a lasting career in Europe, South America, and Asia. Alphaville were formed by vocalist and lyricist Marian Gold and keyboard player Bernhard Lloyd, both of whom were members of the Nelson Community, a multimedia art collective based in Berlin.
"FOREVER YOUNG"
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
1984 LP ATLANTIC RECORDS 80186-1
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: (text) 0 7567-80186-1 9
Catalog on cover: (spine) 7 80186-1 (rear) 80186-1
Catalog/Matrix on labels: 80186-1 ST-A-845557-SP / 80186-1 ST-A-845558-SP
Matrix/Runout (Side A, Etched [SRC Stamped]): SRC ST-A-845557-A 1-1 Digital High Dynamic Mastering By SNB
Matrix/Runout (Side B, Etched [SRC Stamped]): SRC ST-A-845558-A 1-1 Digital High Dynamic Mastering By SNB
On labels: for details see dedicated pictures
On Back Cover: Tracklist
Atlantic.........℗ © 1984 WEA Musik GmbH Printed in U..S.A.
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Alphaville's 1984 debut, Forever Young, deserves to be viewed as a classic synth pop album. There's no doubting that Germans are behind the crystalline Teutonic textures and massive beats that permeate the album, but vocalist Marian Gold's impressive ability to handle a Bryan Ferry croon and many impassioned high passages meant the album would have worldwide appeal. Indeed both "Big in Japan" and the touching, sad change-of-pace "Forever Young" raced up the charts in multiple continents. Borrowing inspiration from Roxy Music's detached theatricality and Kraftwerk's beats and rhythms, Gold and company hit upon a magic formula that produced here an album's worth of impossibly catchy tunes that could almost serve as pure definitions for the synth pop genre...(AllMusic)
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