There are compilations and then there are exceptional compilations, this is one of the latter - popular, well known songs of the 1980's
PARTY TAPES - 32 Original Hits By The Original Artists
Polystar Records
Cat# 814 851-1
1983
Australian release
Gatefold cover is in very good condition, meaning that there are no tears, no seam splits, no graphic damage or discolouration and no personal writing at all.
New inner plastic sleeve
Both vinyl are in very good condition, visually inspected under a bright White halogen light source I can see no significant scratching or marks on any of the four sides - very nice looking. Just looking at the vinyl is a not a great way to judge the overall condition so I then played this double record ENTIRELY, both sides and all tracks. Generally there are no issues with surface noise nor clicks n pops but I did notice a couple of things ...
RECORD 1
Side 1 plays very nicely, no hiccups here at all
Side 2 generally also plays very nicely with the exceptional of around where Track 4 begins (Let's Stick Together) where I can hear light clicks and ONE quick mistrack. By the end of this track the clicks (due to a scratch I hadn't noticed) have all but ceased and Track 5 (Hot Stuff) plays very nicely once again and this continues until the end of this side - no further problems. I examined the vinyl once again and yes, I can see the short scratch which caused the noise and single mistrack - unfortunately no amount of cleaning is going to solve this problem, the damage has been done!
RECORD 2
Side 1 plays very nicely without any surface noise nor click n pop issues.
Side 2 does have a short period of very low level clicks (effectively buried by the music) on Track 1 (Gemini Dream) but from Track 2 ~ 9 there are no further issues that I heard - also a nice play (and some of my favourites on this side!)
New outer protective plastic sleeve
RECORD 1
ARTIST - TRACKS:
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Rick James - Superfreak
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Dragon - Rain
Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
ABC - Poison Arrow
Ace Frehley - New York Groove
Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
Stars On 45 - Beatles Medley
Irene Cara - Fame
RECORD 2
ARTIST - TRACKS:
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
ABC - The Look Of Love
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Dr. Hook - Girls Can Get It
Skatt Bros. - Life At The Outpost
Charlie - It's Inevitable
Berlin - Sex (I'm A...)
The Moody Blues - Gemini Dream
Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard
The Who - You Better You Bet
Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go
The Call - The Walls Came Down
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Tears For Fears - Mad World
Visage - Fade To Grey
So many great rock songs on this side but in tribute to Suzi who is touring Australia (even gigging at a stadium just a kilometre from here) yet again during October/November this year, here is a younger Suzi doing her stuff - this gal just doesn't stop!
I saw her many many moons ago and 'fell in love', such energy and passion for her craft and yet here she is at 75 still rockin' hard - dang! What a woman!
