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fifty-seven albums
Adrenalin O. D. - The Wacky Hi-Jinks of... Adrenalin O.D.
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
Black Flag - My War
The Blue Nile - A Walk across the Rooftops
Lindsay Buckingham - Go Insane
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Cherrelle - Fragile
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
The Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Coil - Scatology
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Danielle Dax - Jesus Egg That Wept
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of... the Fall
Fang - Where the Wild Things Are
Flipper - Gone Fishin'
Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
The Icicle Works [U. K. edition]
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
The Judds - Why Not Me
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Teena Marie - Starchild
The Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Metal Church
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
R. E. M. - Reckoning
The Replacements - Let It Be
Sade - Diamond Life
The Scorpions - Love at First Sting
Section 25 - From the Hip
Shockabilly - Vietnam
The Smiths
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
The Swimming Pool Q's
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
Test Dept. - Beating the Retreat
This Kind of Punishment - A Beard of Bees
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
Toxic Reasons - Kill by Remote Control
Trouble - Psalm 9
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Van Halen - 1984 (MCMLXXXIV)
Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
fifty-two singles and deep cuts
Bryan Adams - 'Run to You', Reckless
Bryan Adams - 'Summer of '69', Reckless
Alphaville - 'Forever Young', Forever Young
Animotion - 'Obsession', Animotion
Autograph - 'Turn Up the Radio', Sign In Please
Bananarama - 'Cruel Summer', Bananarama
The Bangles - 'Going Down to Liverpool', All over the Place
David Bowie - 'Loving the Alien', Tonight
Laura Branigan - 'Self Control', Self Control
Bronski Beat - 'Smalltown Boy', The Age of Consent
Cameo - 'She's Strange', She's Strange
Ray Charles (With Willie Nelson) - 'Seven Spanish Angels', [Ray Charles] Friendship
Phil Collins - 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)', [Various artists] Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Divine - 'You Think You're a Man', The Story So Far
Harold Faltermeyer - 'Axel F', [Various artists] Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop
The Fastbacks - Every Day Is Saturday [E. P.]
Foreigner - 'I Want to Know What Love Is', Agent Provocateur
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 'Two Tribes', Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 'The Power of Love', Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Glenn Fry - 'The Heat Is On', [Various artists] Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop
Gang Green - 'Sold Out'
Sammy Hagar - 'I Can't Drive 55', VOA
Daryl Hall/ John Oates - 'Out of Touch', Big Bam Boom
Billy Joel - 'Uptown Girl', An Innocent Man
Billy Joel - 'The Longest Time', An Innocent Man
Elton John - 'Sad Songs (Say So Much)', Breaking Hearts
Daniel Johnston - 'True Love Will Find You in the End', Retired Boxer
Chaka Khan - 'I Feel for You', I Feel for You
Kenny Loggins - 'Footloose', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
New Edition - 'Cool It Now', New Edition
New Order - 'Thieves like Us', Substance [1987]
Billy Ocean - 'Caribbean Queen', Suddenly
The Pet Shop Boys - 'West End Girls'; new version [1985], Please [1986]
Queen - 'Radio Ga Ga', The Works
Ratt - 'Round and Round', Out of the Cellar
Mike Reno/ Ann Wilson - 'Almost Paradise', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
Rockin' Sidney - 'My Toot Toot', My Zydeco Shoes Got the Zydeco Blues
David Lee Roth - 'California Girls', Crazy from the Heat [E. P.] [1985]
Scratch Acid [E. P.]
The Smiths - 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', Hatful of Hollow
The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now?', Hatful of Hollow
The Special A. K. A. - 'Free Nelson Mandela', In the Studio
Evelyn Thomas - 'High Energy', High Energy
Twisted Sister - 'We're Not Gonna Take It', Stay Hungry
Bonnie Tyler - 'Holding Out for a Hero', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
John Waite - 'Missing You', No Brakes
WASP - 'Animal (Fuck like a Beast)'
Wham! - 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go', Make It Big
Wham! - 'Careless Whisper', Make It Big
Deniece Williams - 'Let's Hear It for the Boy', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
Stevie Wonder - 'I Just Called to Say I Love You', Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Weird Al" Yankovic - 'Eat It', "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
three archival and compilation albums
Blind Blake - Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
Gene Pitney - Anthology 1961-1968
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow