Yaz: Upstairs at Eric's - LP Vinyl, Limited, Numbered, Remastered

MoFi - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

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SKU:
MOFI1-020
UPC:
0821797100205
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Edition:
1x LP Vinyl, Limited, Numbered, Remastered, Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes, 1/4inch, 15ips analog master to analog console to lathe, The Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, Pressed on High-Definition Vinyl at RTI in USA
Rotation Speed:
33rpm
Vinyl Record Type:
LP
MoFi - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Cat#:
MOFI1-020
Released:
2012 in US
Original Release:
1982 Label Sire Cat# 1-23737
Genre:
Pop-Rock
Artist:
Yaz
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AN 80S LANDMARK: EX-DEPECHE MODE MEMBER VINCE CLARKE AND VOCALIST ALISON MOYET CREATE SYNTHPOP CLASSIC

1/4" / 15 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe

The 1980s will forever be remembered for electropop sensations, yet few, if any, are quite as sensational as Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's. A standard-setting mélange of smoky blues singing, jazzy arrangements, disco-tinged beats, and dancefloor vibes, the smash debut fits equally as well at a late-night club as it does in a living room, where the record's complexity and exoticism takes listeners hostage. No wonder the 1982 landmark remains one of the decade's most essential albums.

Tracklist:

A1 Don't Go
A2 Too Pieces
A3 Bad Connection
A4 I Before E Except After C
A5 Midnight
A6 In My Room
B1 Only You
B2 Goodbye Seventies
B3 Situation
B4 Winter Kills
B5 Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)

This numbered edition Silver Label LP breathes with a decongested openness, textural richness, and expansive tonal palette. Alison Moyet's inimitable vocals, such a huge part of the record's appeal, are dramatically enhanced, her sensual timbre, bittersweet crooning, and knockout range now encompassing the full frequency spectrum and projecting outward in a way that traverses the flatness of the original pressings.

Indeed, her bluesy deliveries are at once elegant and exuberant, and give collaborative partner Vince Clarke free range to construct beat architectures that encompass freewheeling disco, house music, uptempo dance, and chilled-out pop. The former Depeche Mode member also layers on elegant keyboard melodies, establishing contagious hooks and electronic-laced landscapes that preceded the techno explosion and do so with a cooler elegance. Tape loops, random field-noise dialogues, and synth-stroked bass notes add to what's nothing less than a perfect collusion of moody paranoia and soulful warmth.

While a cousin to synth-pop LPs by the likes of the Eurythmics, Soft Cell, OMD, and Depeche Mode, Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's is singular for its chemistry between Moyet and Clarke – and an insouciant batch of songs high on emotion, style, and substance.

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