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Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (SILVER VINYL) - SYNTH-POP *NEW/COLOR*
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December 28, 2024
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October 28, 2024
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IMAGES MAY NOT BE EXACT - SEE DESCRIPTION FOR MENTION OF *ACTUAL PHOTOS* - OTHERWISE THEY ARE LIKELY GENERIC PHOTOS FOR REFERENCE. REFER TO CONDITION RATINGS FOR THE BEST IDEA OF SLEEVE AND VINYL CONDITIONS AND/OR COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO THIS COPY. 'NEW' RECORDS ARE UNPLAYED AND SENT AS THEY WERE RELEASED - MOST OFTEN SEALED, BUT SOME RELEASES COME UNSEALED AS NEW (WE USUALLY NOTATE 'NEVER WAS SEALED' IN THE DESCRIPTION IF A RECORD COMES THIS WAY 'NEW') ***PRE-ORDERS*** The label of pre-orders will be created within a day of purchase but your item will not actually ship until, or just before, the release date - Also, if you combine a pre-order with existing stock items you will need to pay 2 shipping charges if you would like your in-stock items to ship right away and have the pre-order ship later -or- we will wait for the pre-order and ship all together at no extra shipping charge. PRE-ORDER RELEASE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE - WE CANNOT GUARANTEE A RELEASE DATE - WE CAN GUARANTEE WE WILL SHIP IT AS SOON AS IT DOES ACTUALLY RELEASE AND THE STOCK HAS REACHED OUR SHOP FROM DISTRIBUTION. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (SILVER VINYL) - SYNTH-POP *NEW/COLOR* Item Description
*BRAND NEW / SILVER VINYL / 180 GRAM VINYL /
Description
The Golden Age of Wireless is the debut album by English musician Thomas Dolby. The album was originally released in May 1982.
Several tracks have a submerged, barely audible layer of almost random sound that serves as a constant (and disturbing) subtext, occasionally erupting into a song. This sonic underworld is all part of Dolby's mechanical wizardry.
Rolling Stone magazine awarded The Golden Age of Wireless four stars out of five, calling it ''one of the most impressive debuts'' of 1982. They compared the album's melodicism to the works of Paul McCartney and concluded that ''unlike many synthesizer bands from England, Dolby eschews morbid, droogy drones.'' Musician magazine said the album was ''the best damned record to come out of Europe's current fascination with synth-pop. Period.'' They added, ''Dolby is purely amazing. And best of all, he writes songs.''
The Golden Age Of Wireless is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on silver colored vinyl and includes an insert.
* 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
* HIS DEBUT ALBUM
* INCLUDES INSERT
* LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON SILVER COLORED VINYL
Tracklisting:
SIDE A
1. Flying North
2. Commercial Breakup
3. Weightless
4. Europa And The Pirate Twins
5. Windpower
SIDE B
1. The Wreck Of The Fairchild
2. Airwaves
3. Radio Silence
4. Cloudburst At Shingle Street
