Caroline True Records (CTR)

06/06/2025

**Order Now ! Histoire De Coeur - Lost French Synth-Pop 7'ers & Euro-Bombs (1980-89) 180G Heavy Vinyl - & Download ** LTD 300 COPIES **Vinyl & Retro T-Shirt Bundle (30 Only) A golden age of Synth-Pop – Post-Disco..inventing the future ..celebrating the chanson of the past. Updating that for a new generation & a new dancefloor. Glorious vocals ,soaring synths and irresistible basslines it’s all here ..Listen & ORDER HERE :
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03/06/2025

Great Henry Badowski 'Life Is A Grand' review here ~ some anecdotes about the artwork I'd never heard before ~ well researched ~ Vinyl + CD still available ~ but, stocks are getting low!

Henry Badowski emerged from punk having been briefly in CHELSEA, THE DAMNED and KING His only album ‘Life Is a Grand’ was named after the English slang word meaning a thousand pounds. “A grand will always make your life easier” Badowski said

27/05/2025

What next on CTR ? ...

24/05/2025

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Now shipping-Jon Savage's "Space" collection on Vinyl (Ltd) & CD ..
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23/05/2025

**Jon Savage's "Space" CD-Shipping & Order Now ** ! ** - Yes the CD is In & Shipping ! The Vinyl June 6th - Listen & Order HERE -From Sun Ra to Mr Fingers .. It's a trip !
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16/05/2025

**CTR Digital Release! Promises,Promises-Borders & Mid-Wales Punk/Post-Punk 1979-83 ** - Featuring -The Exhumed (Ludlow) Prefex (Welshpool) The Bags (Telford) & a plethora of creative & refusenik sounds from the wild Wales/England hinterland .. Mostly previously unheard / unpublished & forgotten -until now ! Pic below: The Exhumed 1979- Get it HERE : https://ctrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/promises-promises-borders-mid-wales-punk-post-punk-1979-83

11/05/2025

**Shipping Now! Henry Badowski-Life Is A Grand Vinyl & CD Reissue - The Wire - "Unexpected flavours & textures" Listen & Order HERE ! They're Going Quickly ..Ex Damned Man's Solo Work: https://carolinetruerecords.com/products/henry-badowski-life-is-a-grand-limited-vinyl-bonus-tracks-download?mc_cid=351fb39b3f&mc_eid=UNIQID

09/05/2025

Thanks to the Post-Punk Monk for an essential & entertaining blog - Also for a lovely review of the Henry Badowski - Life Is A Grand reissue ( Vinyl & CD) on CTR - Get it now ! Etc - Read all about it here -the singular Henry & his music :-)

This was one I sure didn’t expect at this late stage in the game! The sole album by former Alternative TV member Henry Badowski, which was an early I.R.S. Records release from 1981, snuck out…

29/04/2025

veritable ! Remerci

On croit parfois connaître. Un peu, sans prétention. On se résigne même à ce que, au fil des ans ou des décennies, l’exploration maniaque et quasi-exhaustive des tréfonds des tiroirs de tous les catalogues les plus obscurs de l’histoire de la pop par d’innombrables labels d’archéolog...