Es Paradis / Ibiza / Postcards /1985
It has been a very balearic day. These also arrived in the post today courtesy of our friend Piers (who I should mention has a pretty essential looking book out soon – Italo-Disco: A Secret History of Modern Pop). Thanks Piers.
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This one is a nice find courtesy of Milo of the Wild Bunch, the flyer for the party of the mix that we posted ages ago on Test Pressing here.
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Why Chris Blackwell Is A Genius Part 312. This comes from an interview with Mott The Hoople’s Ian Hunter in today’s The New Review magazine (part of the Independent). The passage has been about Mott manager, and later producer of ‘London Calling’, Guy Stevens, and his cavalier attitude to life when they got onto the...
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Thought and fine design on show here. Stolen wholesale from Trevor Jackon’s Facebook page (more from him soon).
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Was looking through an old i-D from October ’88 and found this advert for the Balearic Beats compilation on ffrr. Artwork, of course, by Dave Little. Thought it would be nice to scan in Terry Farley’s classic sleevenotes to go alongside.
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Ladies and gentlemen Ms Grace Jones And Keith Haring… Image © Robert Mapplethorpe Thanks to Nick Dart for digging this one out.
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Pop and lock! Another quick one stolen from Shawn Stussy’s blog to make mine look nice. If you have five minutes go kill it there.