{"product_id":"all-the-young-droids-junkshop-synth-pop-1978-1985-various-artists-2xlp-green-vinyl","title":"All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 \/ Various Artists 2xLP Green Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 \/ Various Artists 2xLP Green Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“And then came the rise of synth pop : blokes with dodgy haircuts hunched over keyboard-operated machines stuffed with wires and do-it-yourself tone oscillators making sounds like a brood of geese passing gas in a wind tunnel. Whoopee! This is the way the ‘70s ended : not with a blood-curdling bang bang but with a cheap, synthesized, emasculating whimper.” NICK KENT, NME. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 is a new compilation that charts the underbelly of the epoch-defining sound of the synthesiser in 80s popular music. Compiled by Philip King (previously seen compiling All The Young Droogs, Glitterbest and Boobs - The Junkshop Glam Discotheque), the music here connects the dots between DIY synth enthusiasts grappling with new, cheap synthesisers at the tail-end of punk and wannabe, jobbing songwriters enthral to the new music pioneered by Gary Numan, Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller’s Mute Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing rare tracks of auto-didactic progressive pop music, proto-techno punk, shoot-for-the-stars-land-in-the-gutter chart flops and heralded, underground synth classics, School Daze paints a picture of beautiful failure. Complete with extensive sleeve notes written by King and never before seen imagery, all 24 tracks were remastered by RPM in-house engineer Simon Murphy, many from vinyl copies due to lost master tapes…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1. Design - Premonition\u003cbr\u003e2. Vision - Lucifer’s Friend\u003cbr\u003e3. Richard Bone - Alien Girl\u003cbr\u003e4. John Howard - I Tune Into You\u003cbr\u003e5. Ian North - We’re Not Lonely\u003cbr\u003e6. Selwin Image - The Unknown\u003cbr\u003e7. Harry Kakoulli - I’m On A Rocket\u003cbr\u003e8. Rich Wilde - The Lady Wants To Be Alone\u003cbr\u003e9. Billy London - Woman\u003cbr\u003e10. Alan Burnham - Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e11. The Microbes - Computer\u003cbr\u003e12. The Goo-Q - I’m A Computer 1\u003cbr\u003e3. Gerry \u0026amp;amp; The Holograms - Gerry \u0026amp;amp; The Holograms\u003cbr\u003e14. The Warlord - The Ultimate Warlord\u003cbr\u003e15. Die Marinas - Fred From Jupiter\u003cbr\u003e16. Dee Jay Bert \u0026amp;amp; Eagle - I Am Your Master\u003cbr\u003e17. Peta Lily \u0026amp;amp; Michael Process - I Am A Time Bomb\u003cbr\u003e18. Sole Sister - It’s Not What You Are But How\u003cbr\u003e19. Alasdair Riddell - Do You Read Me?\u003cbr\u003e20. Karel Fialka - Armband (The Mystery Song)\u003cbr\u003e21. John Springate - My Life\u003cbr\u003e22. Incandescent Luminaire - Famous Names\u003cbr\u003e23. Disco Volante - No Motion\u003cbr\u003e24. Dream Unit - A Drop In The Ocean\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46776221171884,"sku":"RVSN003G","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1779\/6353\/files\/AlltheYoungDroids_1cfdec62-f615-44f3-86e2-6891968c0a29.png?v=1784179981","url":"https:\/\/sound-merch.com.au\/products\/all-the-young-droids-junkshop-synth-pop-1978-1985-various-artists-2xlp-green-vinyl","provider":"sound-merch.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}