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The 80’s Called…….
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Tag Archives: 1980’s
Heavy Metal
We just got in a great assortment of heavy metal rings from the 1980’s. $20 each.
Good Reads
Good vintage reads from the hay days of Melody Maker…….. $25-75.
S E X
Released on October 21, 1992, to accompany Madonna’s fifth studio album Erotica (released a day earlier), Sex is a coffee table book like no other. Filled with soft-core pornographic images, she wrote the book as a character named “Mistress Dita”, inspired by the 1930’s film actress Dita Parlo. Shot in New York City and Miami, the locations ranged from hotels and burlesque theaters, to the streets of Miami. The photographs were even stolen before publishing, but were quickly recovered. In spite mass controversy related to its release, it was a commercial success with over 150,000 copies sold on the first day. Warner Bros was reluctant to allow Madonna to publish such a book, but gave in after forcing Madonna to sign a contract that forbade her from showing child pornography, bestiality and religious imagery. Much to their surprise, Madonna founded the entertainment company, “Maverick” shortly there after, giving her total artistic control over any of the work released by Maverick, thus making the agreement she signed with Warner Bros obsolete. This is still one of the most sought after, out of print books, and Cloud 8 Records is proud to sell this mint condition copy here in the store. Here is a small sample of one of the greatest post-feminist art pieces of our time.
Happy Memorial Day
Today is the holiday that kicks off summer! Here are some great classics we have to offer. Perfect soundtracks for your poolside shenanigans!
Funk, Funk, Funk
Some fun, “Fonky” eight tracks in the Cloud 8 archives.
“Live at the Garden”, this 12 track vinyl is a great dance compilation featuring James Brown & The Famous Flames,with hits like “Night Train” and “Hold It”. Other noteables include The Wobblers, Herb Hardesty, Henry Moore, Clifford Scott, and Hank Marr.
Released in 1978 on Warner Bros., Funkadelic’s, “One Nation Under A Groove”. The inside sleeve artwork is as entertaining as the record itself, including comedic rants like, The Funkadelic DooDoo Awards: “George Puke, Rolling Drones, Donna Bummer, Backstab Dismanagement, Ted Nuisance, Pee Gees, Poot & Fire and those responsible for “Thank Dogs, Its Friday”.
Its Ken Nordine! Instead of giving my two cents…I’ll just quote Ken on himself. “Imagine the imagination as a jazz instrument wailing words, verbal riffs that swing from images to ideas to images……It’s also out loud daydreaming that may be of interest to psychiatrists, amateur, or otherwise…..”
Muddy Evening Heads from Cloud 8
DJ copy, postwar blues vinyl by Chess records with Elmore James and John Brim. Deep, emotional lyrics from Elmore with relaxed rhythms from Brim. Chess records insert included with vinyl. 
If you love King Crimson, you need this 5 track vinyl with Robert Fripp on guitar and Brian Eno on synth. Released in 1975, the cover is a reproduction of a painting by Peter Schmidt titled, (no surprise here) Evening Star.
David Byrne direced and wrote the movie, True Stories. While this is not the actual soundtrack to the movie, (in which most of the songs are sung by the actors), this album contains Talking Heads’ versions of the songs from the film. Released in 1986. 
Wedding With Willie!!
New in Cloud 8 Records! A framed wedding invitiation for one of Willie’s roadies, at which he played one of his infamous private concerts (noted on the invite). Included are six, unpeeled, backstage passes ranging from the 70’s to the 2000’s, one of which is autographed!
Johnny Rotten
Due to the recent visit of Johnny Rotten and P.I.L. We decided to do a post dedicated to The Rotten himself.
Still Sealed!!
We carry a rare selection of great classic vintage Lps still sealed in their original packaging. Seriously. Here’s just a small sampling of what we have that is ‘still sealed’.
