Albums First Released in 1982
Polished pop and music television shaped 1982, but hardcore punk, goth and electronic dance music were also developing quickly. Standout albums from 1982 include Thriller by Michael Jackson, Rio by Duran Duran, Avalon by Roxy Music and The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden.
Thriller showed the scale pop could reach, while Rio and Avalon defined different versions of sleek 1980s production. At the same time, the Cure, Bad Brains and Iron Maiden served audiences outside mainstream pop.
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Our Pick of the Year: Thriller by Michael Jackson
Thriller joined pop, R&B and rock with producer Quincy Jones's precise arrangements. Billie Jean, Beat It and the title track each target a different part of the audience, but Jackson's voice and the album's rhythm keep the set coherent. Its videos expanded the reach of the songs, while the LP remained the centre of the project.
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Sarah Vaughan – Crazy And Mixed Up
NewOriginal price $75.00 - Original price $75.00Original price$75.00$75.00 - $75.00Current price $75.00Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne Description Release details Tracklist The Penguin Guide to Jazz R...
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Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw – Jazz Patterns
NewOriginal price $58.00 - Original price $58.00Original price$58.00$58.00 - $58.00Current price $58.00Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne Description Release details Tracklist "Rough diamond" describes n...
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Count Basie Big Band – Farmers Market Barbecue (Analogue Productions, Pablo Series)
NewOriginal price $82.00 - Original price $82.00Original price$82.00$82.00 - $82.00Current price $82.00Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne Description Release details Tracklist 180-gram vinyl Cut f...
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Count Basie 6 – Kansas City
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George Adams, Don Pullen – Melodic Excursions (VG+/VG+) – LP, NL 1982
Second Hand / NetherlandsOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Al Cohn – Overtones (E/E) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Comments: Still in shrink but ...
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Richie Cole – Return To Alto Acres (VG+/E) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release...
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Sonny Stitt, Richie Cole, Jack Wilson – Legacy (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good (VG) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: Fogging to d...
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Harry Edison, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – Vol. 2 Opus Funk (E/E) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price$35.00$35.00 - $35.00Current price $35.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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The Woody Herman Big Band – Live At The Concord Jazz Festival (E/E) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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Don Burrows – Burrows' Jazz Brothers - A Retrospective (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Barbara Thompson, Rod Argent – Ghosts (VG+/VG+) – LP, UK 1982
Second Hand / UKOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Ernie Watts – Chariots Of Fire (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price$15.00$15.00 - $15.00Current price $15.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Etron Fou Leloublan – Les Poumons Gonflés (VG+/VG+) – LP, CH 1982
Second Hand / SwitzerlandOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Continuum – Mad About Tadd (VG+/E) – LP, US 1983
Second Hand / USOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release...
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Bob James – Hands Down (NM/E) – LP, JP 1982, With OBI
Second Hand / JapanOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Near Mint (NM or M-) Cover: Excellent (E) Comments: Japanese pres...
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The Jeff Hamilton Quintet – Indiana (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Terry Gibbs & His West Coast Friends – My Buddy (VG+/VG+) – LP, JP 1982, No OBI
Second Hand / JapanOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: Light ...
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Various – Casino Lights (E/E) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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L. Ron Hubbard – Space Jazz (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Bill Watrous, Brian Dee, Len Skeat, Martin Drew – Bill Watrous In London: Live At The Pizza Express - London March 1982 (E/E) – LP, UK 1982
Second Hand / UKOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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Art Farmer Quartet – A Work Of Art (E/E) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price$30.00$30.00 - $30.00Current price $30.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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Nancy Wilson – 20 Golden Greats (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price$15.00$15.00 - $15.00Current price $15.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Eiji Kitamura, Teddy Wilson, Cal Tjader, Ernestine Anderson, Eddie Duran, Bob Maize, Jake Hanna – Seven Stars (VG+/E) – LP, US 1983
Second Hand / USOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release...
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Sphere – Four In One (E/VG+) – LP, NZ 1982
Second Hand / New ZealandOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price$35.00$35.00 - $35.00Current price $35.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description Release...
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Peter Erskine – Peter Erskine (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price$15.00$15.00 - $15.00Current price $15.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: Scuffi...
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Robbie Buchanan, James Newton Howard, Lenny Castro, Nathan East, Michael Landau, Carlos Vega – The Sheffield Track Record (VG+/VG) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price$45.00$45.00 - $45.00Current price $45.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good (VG) Description Releas...
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Don Burrows – Burrows' Jazz Brothers - A Retrospective (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Crossfire – Hysterical Rochords (E/E) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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Earl Klugh, Bob James – Two Of A Kind (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1982
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price$15.00$15.00 - $15.00Current price $15.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good (VG) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description Releas...
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Weather Report – Weather Report (E/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $75.00 - Original price $75.00Original price$75.00$75.00 - $75.00Current price $75.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: Half-Speed Ma...
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Herb Alpert – Greatest Hits (VG+/VG+) – LP, JP 1982, With OBI
Second Hand / JapanOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price$30.00$30.00 - $30.00Current price $30.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: Japane...
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Tom Scott – Desire (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price$15.00$15.00 - $15.00Current price $15.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Paper Moon (E/E) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price$45.00$45.00 - $45.00Current price $45.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release detail...
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Weather Report – Weather Report (VG+/G+) – LP, JP 1982, With OBI
Second Hand / JapanOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Good Plus (G+) Comments: Clean copy a...
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Paquito D'Rivera – Mariel (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1982
Second Hand / USOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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