Collection: Bronski Beat​

A countertenor over two keyboardists: Jimmy Somerville's voice leads the trio's synth-pop on these 1984 pressings. Smalltown Boy comes as a Canadian 7-inch on London Records, and Why? turns up both as a limited Canadian 12-inch single and as Why? (12" Version) on MCA Records in the US.

Profile:

Popular synthpop trio comprising keyboardists [a421881 (real name: Steven William Forrest) (Born: February 7, 1960. Died: December 9, 2021)
and [a421879 (real name: Lawrence Charles Anthony Cole) (Born: May 6, 1960. Died: December 16, 2016)
with countertenor vocalist [a28365 (Born: June 22, 1961).
Somerville left in 1985 to form [a64601 and was replaced by [a2035946 (real name: John Foster). Jøn left Bronski Beat in November 1986, and was later replaced by [a838567.

Variations:

BB, Bronsi Beat, Bronski, Bronski Beats, Bronski-Beat, Bronskie Beat, Bronsky, Bronsky Beat, Browsky Beat, The Boys, ブロンスキ・ビート

Bronski Beat at Rectangle Triangle — 6 records, mostly 12", 1984.

Styles in this crate: Synth-pop.

Labels represented include London Records, MCA Records.

These records live at the shop on Rue Atateken in Montréal; anything marked sold stays listed for reference. Every record is graded to the Goldmine standard. We ship worldwide, or you can pick up in store.