Synth/Electronic LP recommendations

Early Depeche Mode,
'Upstairs at Eric's' by yazoo (Vince Clarke-ex depeche mode/Alison Moyet).
The Human League.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Laurie Anderson.
Roxy Music.
Rick Wakeman especially '6 wives of Henry the 8th' and 'Criminal Record'
Soft Cell.
Vangelis
ELP
Pet Shop Boys
Jean Michel Jarre.
Goldfrapp
Ultravox
OMD.

Since you are asking for Synth mainly,

Check out the ' Broken Spindles' by Broken Spindles- The first electronic album from ' the Faint'. Very Kraftwerky, synth and bells, if you like synth the last track on this album will take your breath away. LPs available, i think.

Another must for the Kraftwerk fan is the albums from 'Kraftwelt'- Deranged in space and Retroish. Oh man you will love these. Not sure about LPs

Of course work from Depeche mode. 'synthesizer hits' compilation is what I turn to to get 80's synth sound- many hits- like miami vice theme and many more

Check out 'www.discogs.com' for anything electronic- you will find rare LPs there- at a price $$

On other note , my new find lately is the Dub steps category: Pole, Deepchord, Benga. And for taste of meditation/beautiful dub, try the 'dub tractor' - music and moniker so cooool.

Right. Hard to find, but if you see **anything** by Global Communications, pick it up. The first album is the 'ear' album (reissued 3 times), 2nd is 'Remotion' (not reissued) and finally Pentamorous Metamorphosis. If you are into this stuff, these LPs are required.

Vangelis did a soundtrack for the movie 1492, it is on LP and so far is his best work. About the same time Mike Oldfield released his best work to date, 'Songs of Distant Earth', also on LP but like 1492, quite rare. But awesome. If you get into Vangelis, his other LPs are spotty, perhaps one of his best is called Soil Festivities. You want to get the British LP. Opera Sauvage is quite nice too.

There is a sizable amount of stuff that came out of Germany during the 1970s, loosely called 'Kraut Rock' of which Tangerine Dream is the tip of the iceberg. You may also enjoy Can, Ashra Temple, Klaus Schultz (stay away from his later stuff...), Neu (we issued one of Michal Rother's later albums on LP, if you are interested), Cluster...

And our LP, Thunderbolt Pagoda, has been getting good reviews, although its more of a space rock, like early Hawkwind. We did 360 copies and the cover is hand-screened. (myspace.com/thunderboltpagoda)

Atmasphere I consider myself a HUGE Global Communication fan so I have to make a correction. Pentamerous actually came out before 76:14 aka the "ear" album. It was re-released because George Lucas wanted the one 5 second CR-P0 sample removed. That may be the year you have. Remotion is a remix album of theirs' that is superb. You should track down the Reload album for more GC goodies.
Nilthepill you should check out the new Distance album. Ace dubstep producer. It's titled Repurcussions I believe.
Another pick for me is the Sending Orbs label. The Secede album titled Tryshasla is my fave.
Spacetime Continuum-Sea Biscuit.
Speedy J-G-Spot.

Synthfreek, you and I have a lot of musical taste in common. Thanks for the trivia about GC. I do a one-man synth act called Salubrious Invertebrae (myspace.com/salubriousinvertebrae)

An obvious band I forgot- the Orb.
Another essential LP is Mystical Experiences, by the Infinity Project, on the Blue Room label.

And- Bola.

I'm also a big fan of Porcupine Tree. Lots of electronic soundscapes there, especially in their early stuff.