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1981 Albums

Robot Woman 1 > Mother Gong

Artist: Mother Gong
Label: Butt Records
Catalog#: BUTT 003
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1981

Sails Of Silver > Steeleye Span

Artist: Steeleye Span
Label: Takoma
Catalog#: TAK 7097
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1981

Sei Still, Wisse ICH BIN > Popol Vuh

Artist: Popol Vuh
Label: Innovative Communication
Catalog#: KS 80.007
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1981

Sitting Targets > Hammill, Peter

Artist: Peter Hammill
Label: Passport Records
Catalog#: PVC 8902
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1981
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Peter Hammill entered the 80s as a solo artist and without a label, yet still managed by former Charisma director Gail Colson. This link led to a (somewhat controversial) production job for Random Hold's 1980 debut album, Etceteraville, and later, briefly, a label, S-Type, that released his 1980 album A Black Box. Arranged, performed and produced by Hammill himself, it's a curious record, full of technological experimentation and odd, chunky production.

Sky 3 > Sky

Artist: Sky
Label: Arista
Catalog#: AB 4288
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1981

Sonic Attack > Hawkwind

Artist: Hawkwind
Label: RCA
Catalog#: RCALP 6004
Format: Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Hawkwind headlined Glastonbury Festival in June, and in a bizarre twist of fate, none other than Ginger Baker was co-headliner! The band had recovered from the debacle with their former drummer and regrouped around Dave Brock, Huw Lloyd-Langton and Harvey Bainbridge—the latter now sharing keyboard duties with Brock. Martin Griffin, previously a member of Ark and the Hawklords, returned on drums, as did poet Michael Moorcock (absent during most of the Robert Calvert era).

Speechless > Frith, Fred

Artist: Fred Frith
Label: Ralph Records
Catalog#: FF 8106
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1981

Ssssstop > Wallenstein

Artist: Wallenstein
Label: Harvest
Catalog#: 1c064-46307
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1981

The Bodast Tapes > Howe, Steve

Artist: Bodast featuring Steve Howe
Label: Cherry Red
Catalog#: BRED 12
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1981

The Burning (Original Soundtrack) > Wakeman, Rick

Artist: Rick Wakeman
Label: Varèse Sarabande
Catalog#: STV 81162
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1981