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Yoko Ono’s 5th studio album was released on 8 June 1981.

Released less than 6 months after the murder of John Lennon, Ono was told by the record company that stores would refuse to carry the album with a photograph of Lennon’s bloody glasses on the cover. “I didn’t understand it. Why? They said it was in bad taste… . his body was taken away, and the pair of glasses were the only thing I had managed to salvage… . ‘I’m not changing the cover. This is what John is now,’ I said.”

The album peaked at #49 in the US, her best-performing album to date.

The Psychedelic Furs’ 2nd album was released on 6 June 1981.

Talk Talk Talk did not sell as well in the UK as their debut, but found a wider audience in the US, where it peaked at #89.

While containing the same songs, they were re-ordered on the US release.

Siouxsie and the Banshees‘s 4th studio album was released on 6 June 1981.

Noted for John McGeoch’s guitar playing, Juju was a critical and commercial success, peaking at #7 in the UK. The band had still not found an audience in the US.

Spandau Ballet photographed by Lynn Goldsmith, 1981.

CALVIN KLEIN JEANS, 1981

Mod: Brooke Shields

Foto: Richard Avedon

Brooke Shields  -  b. May 31, 1965

Book and Coffee Mug *   -   Barbara Astman ,1981.

Canadian,b.1950-

Colour print

* From the Red Series.

Hall & Oates during a photo session for their album release Private Eyes in New York City, 1981.

Photos by Ed Caraeff

“Mechanical(Extended Dance Mix)” by The QUARKS (1981)

never heard of this until last night , it’s been on repeat since .

➢ Record Mirror - 1981

“Seeing Out The Angel” by Simple Minds(1981)

sunset synth. I never get sick of this song.

1981

‘Carlton’ Room Divider, 1981. Memphis Milano. Wood, plastic laminate

1981 moog synthesiser advertisement.

Rami Malek     Born May 12, 1981

American Pop (1981, Ralph Bakshi)

7/20/17

THE ASSOCIATES: WHITE CAR IN GERMANY (1981; Rankine/Mackenzie)

In memory of Billy Mackenzie (27 March 1957 – 22 January 1997), who would have been 64 today. The video is an obvious playback performance, but it is a great song and has Martha Ladly (from Martha and the Muffins) pretending to play a Prophet-5.

Below the cut: A personal story, probably of no interest to anyone but myself, from my merrily wasted youth about how I started listening to The Associates, along with the song lyrics.

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