The August Album Challenge: 10. Coloured Record

I don't really remember a lot of records that were on Coloured Vinyl prior to the whole Punk and New Wave Scene, I'm sure there was some (maybe have to do some investigating and see what the first record was to have Coloured Vinyl).

But there were loads of singles I can remember that came out on Coloured Vinyl like 999's Nasty Nasty (Green), Sound of the Suburbs - The Members and Life Begins at the Hop - XTC (Clear), C.I.D. - UK Subs (Red, Orange, Blue, Green and a couple of others as well I think), Warhead - UK Subs (Brown), Friday's Angels - Generation X (Orange, Red, Pink and Yellow), Banana Splits - The Dickies (Yellow), Eve of Destruction - The Dickies (Pink), Picture This - Blondie (Yellow), Shadow - The Lurkers (Red), and loads more. I had a Stranglers EP, an American release that was kind of a lucious Pink swirl, and whilst scratching my head think of another album that was coloured vinyl I vaguely recall that Road to Ruin by Ramones was issued on Yellow vinyl.

My choice though is an album that is one of my absolute all-time favourites. I still play this album, sadly not on vinyl these days because I don't have a turntable (but I still have a copy of it that's a bit beaten and worn from a lot of play previously when I did have a player).

I don't think there's a bad track on the album myself, others would probably disagree. Hard to say what my favourite track is on the album but if pressed I'd say it's a toss up between Lovers of Outrage, Nostalgia and Free Money, I can't decide really but the top spot is swaped around between those three!

 The First 15,000 copies on luminous vinyl

Moving Targets - Penetration

Virgin Records

Produced by Mike Howlett and Mick Glossop

Released October 1978

UK Chart #22

Personnel

Pauline Murray - Vocals

Neale Floyd - Guitar

Fred Purser - Guitar

Robert Blamire - Bass

Gary Smallman - Drums

Original Tracklist

Side One

01. Future Daze

02. Life's A Gamble

03. Lovers of Outrage

04. Vision

05. Silent Community

06. Stone Heroes

Side Two

01. Movement

02. Too Many Friends

03. Reunion

04. Nostalgia (Buzzcocks Cover)

05. Free Money (Patti Smith Cover)

Moving Targets was #6 in the Sounds Critics' Album of the Year and #13 in the NME Critics' Album of the Year.

Singles from the album

"Life’s A Gamble" / "V.I.P." (September 1978: VS 226)