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Pete Shelley – XL•1 (1983) full album w/ visuals programmed by Joey Headen for Sinclair ZX Spectrum - read the story here

1. Telephone Operator [0:11] 2. If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No) [3:28] 3. What Was Heaven? [7:53] 4. You Know Better Than I Know [13:00] 5. Twilight [18:00] 6. Millions of People (No One Like You) [21:28] 7. Many a Time [25:36] 8. I Just Wanna Touch [32:21] 9. You and I [35:26] 10. XL•1 [38:30]

1983, complete "XL•1" album by Pete Shelley, synced to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer program designed to run in tandem with the music. 

 More info: http://www.headen.com/XL1.htm 

Bill Wakelin’s cover for the fantasy game, Athena, for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. 

Here’s a side by side comparison of the same image, with 80s female bodybuilder Lisa Lyon. 

Fine, be boring and use the B-side of your single for another dull song - all the cool kids use theirs for Sinclair ZX81 programmes

In 1983, Chris Sievey of The Freshies released a solo single called Camouflage - the B-side of which contained a series of impenetrable noises; impenetrable that is, until recorded onto cassette and played into a ZX81, when it was revealed that they were actually the code for a game called Flying Train and a music video for the song.

Here's the full thing, lovingly restored by a dedicated fan:

Getting a clean enough recording of the 'data' side of the record apparently proved to be a challenge, and required cleaning using PVA glue!

The following year, Sievey went one better and released a ZX Spectrum video game about breaking into the music industry

This time, the game was accompanied by a 12-inch promotional record, supposedly recorded by a fan of The Freshies, but actually performed by Sievey. The fictional fan's name? Frank Sidebottom.

Sidebottom rapidly became Sievey's main public persona, developing a large cult following, and (very loosely) inspiring the recent movie Frank