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Great LPs for your vintage vinyl collection



Soft Cell / Mark Almond 4x Lot - New Wave LPs Original 1980's Pressings

1.  Soft Cell - The Art of Fallling Apart 1983 Sire Records USA Pressing Double LP 9  23769-1 Vinyl:   NM- / VG+ Jacket:   VG+ With Original Lyric Insert

2.  This Last Night In Sodom Sire Records 1984 USA Pressing 1-25096 Vinyl:  NM- Jacket:  VG+ to NM-



3.  Marc and the Mambas Untitled Gatefold Double LP Some Bizarre Records 1982 UK Import Pressing - BZS-13 Vinyl:  NM- Jacket:  VG+ to NM- With Original Lyric Insert Sleeve

4.  Marc Almond Vermin in Ermine Some Bizarre Records 1984 UK Import Pressing - BZL-8 Vinyl:  NM- Jacket:  NM- With Original Lyric Insert Sleeve






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Soft Cell:

Best known for their smash 1981 cover of ' "Tainted Love," which turned the pop-soul tune into a haunting electronic torch song, synth pop duo  formed in England in the late '70s. Also remembered as the first project of singer/songwriter , he and producer/multi-instrumentalist  released four U.K. Top 20 albums together between 1981 and 1984 before pursuing separate music careers.  eventually reunited in the early 2000s, releasing  in 2002, which produced a Top 40 U.K. hit in "The Night." The duo performed a farewell show at London's O2 Arena in 2018.

 was founded in 1977 by  and , who met as art students at Leeds Polytechnic. They quickly recorded an EP on a two-track recorder. Originally funded by family members,  was eventually released by the Big Frock label in 1980. That led to a record deal with Some Bizarre Records, which would release all of their forthcoming studio albums.

The duo had a Top 40 dance hit in the U.S. with stand-alone single "Memorabilia" in May of 1981. Two months later,  released a 12" single version of the medley "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go," which paired the -penned tune originally sung by  in 1965 (a reworked club version produced by  followed in 1976) with a cover of the 1964  tune that was a hit single for . The  single became an iconic hit of the already thriving new wave era, reaching number one in countries including the U.K., Germany, Canada, and Australia. The song was included on their full-length debut, , that November. It reached the Top Five of the album charts in the U.K. and Canada. "Tainted Love" peaked at number eight on the Hot 100 when it was released in the U.S. in early 1982, and spent over 40 weeks on the chart.  also offered the singles "Bedsitter" and "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye," which were Top Five hits in the U.K.

Though  never again reached the U.S. singles chart, they landed in the Top Three in the U.K. with 1982's "Torch" (a stand-alone single) and "What!," the sole original song on the remix mini-album , issued in 1982. That album charted at number six in the U.K. and peaked at number 57 in the U.S. They hit the Billboard 200 one more time, with 1983's . Containing the U.K. Top 30 singles "Where the Heart Is" and "Numbers," it reached number five at home. Released in 1984,  peaked at number 12 behind two more U.K. Top 30 hits, "Soul Inside" and "Down in the Subway."

In the meantime,  had formed , a collaboration with  and 's , and  issued his first solo LP, .  soon disbanded as they both pursued other collaborations and their own solo careers.  released his first proper solo album, , in 1987. His steady stream of solo material kept him in the limelight in the U.K., with his sole number one, the single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart," a duet with the legendary , arriving in 1989. By then,  had formed the electronic dance group , which found chart success well into the '90s with songs such as 1994's "Swamp Thing."

 and  got back together in 2001 for a brief  reunion tour and stayed together to record the 2002 album . Their cover of ' "The Night" reached number 39 on the singles chart in the U.K. A compilation of rarities recorded between 1978 and 1980 titled  followed in 2005. In 2007,  included new remixes of  songs by over a dozen acts, including , , and . As  continued to release solo material,  formed the post-punk-inspired group , which issued their debut album in 2011.  made his highest solo appearance to date on the U.K. albums chart in 2017 with the covers LP , which reached number 14.

In 2018,  reunited for a final time, releasing the original singles "Northern Lights" and "Guilty (Cos I Say You Are)" before performing a farewell show. The concert took place at the O2 Arena on September 30, 2018. That same month, Mercury/Universal issued the ten-disc compilation , over half of which consisted of previously unreleased material. It was accompanied by the 20-track .