Oh, and it had a radio, one of those large, Bakelite machines the size of a tumble dryer, with four (!) frequency dials and evocative city names as markers: Luxembourg, Stockholm, Berlin. But now they had all married and moved and it was large enough to have rooms with a funereal weirdness to them: the “front room” that once hosted piano parties now hosted just a piano. My dad had been divorced for five years and we would go on holiday (or you could say retreat) to my Nan’s house in Essex, a pre-war, two-story brick house large enough to once have raised a large family inside. England was “the old country” where my aunts and uncles and grandparents lived. As self-involved as it sounds, “Windpower” feels like it was born out of my summer vacations in East Anglia.īoth of my parents were English, but I was first generation American. The last time I revisited it, with a much better sound system and a nice French 12” single I bought off Discogs, I realized how much Dolby’s obsessions had become my obsessions, but with a little bit of chicken-and-egg confusion. And then time would pass and styles would change, and each time I returned to the song it got a little bit weirder, stuck out just a little bit more than usual, and started to feel like a direction that pop music never followed again-not even at the hands of Dolby himself. I listened to it so much over those years that for a while I wasn’t even hearing it-the song had become a natural state of things, a section of DNA. This is Thomas Dolby’s 1982 song “ Windpower,” and in some alternative universe it’s the song he’s best known for, instead of his herky-jerky pop hit “She Blinded Me with Science.” Then again, my 12-year-old self would never have heard of Dolby if not for that MTV-dominant single, and I wouldn’t have purchased one of my first ever vinyl records, the Blinded by Science EP on which “Windpower” is the opening track of Side Two. ![]() And then our singer steps up to the mic: “Switch off the mind and let the heart decide… who you were meant to be.” There’s a short intake of breath, a low om-like hum. To order by phone - Call (+44) 0147485010 quoting RareVinyl.It starts as it always does, with the sound of a cold, synthetic wind, whistling tones, and the nervous twitch of a Morse code signal. Postage/Shipping Cost - Add item to your basket for a postage/shipping quote. Related Artists - Fallout Club, Low Noise.Īvailability - In Stock - Buy Now for shipping today Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. ![]() We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 5053199888541Ĭondition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.Īdditional info - Deleted, Picture Sleeve Title - Radio Silence (click link for more of the same title)įormat - 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)Ĭatalogue No - VIPS102 (click link for more) Sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely playedĪrtist - Thomas Dolby (click link for complete listing) Single, also including Radio Silence, picture sleeve. THOMAS DOLBY Radio Silence (1982 UK solid centre 7" vinyl
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