I have bought the same album five times.

Not because I lost it.

Not because I wore it out.

Because every time music technology promised to bring me closer to what was captured in the studio in 1982, I wanted to hear it again.

Tomorrow on The Twelve Inch, I’m diving into one of the most important albums of the eighties, ABC’s The Lexicon Of Love and the single that changed everything: The Look Of Love.

It’s the story of a band from Sheffield that took the sophistication of Chic, the ambition of post-punk and the glamour of old Hollywood and somehow fused them into something entirely new.

It’s also the story of Trevor Horn before he became Trevor Horn, of a chance meeting with Paul Morley, of David Bowie dropping by a recording session, and of a twelve-inch remix that helped redefine what dance records could be.

More than forty years later, it still sounds like the future.

Tomorrow.

💿 The Twelve Inch #215 🎹 ABC – The Look Of Love