The Replacements; Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash; 1981 on Twin/Tone

This was the debut album of Minneapolis’ own The Replacements, in all its ragged glory. Somehow – likely because of how I acquired them – I’d always thought that Stink! (the EP) came out before Sorry, Ma – but it was the other way ’round.

I don’t usually by CDs these days, but this reissue came in a 4 CD plus 1 LP, including a remastered version of the original album, two CDs of demos, outtakes, & alternate versions, one live CD (Unsuitable for Airplay) and a vinyl LP of an alternate version of the original album.

My copy via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH

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Rush, Exit . . . Stage Left, 1981 on Mercury

Like many, I found Rush as teen (or maybe pre-teen?) and was immediately hooked by the aggressive musicality and complexity and the allusive nature of Peart’s lyrics. Even the album title here is a reference to Snagglepuss (as well as a reference back to All The World’s a Stage?).

Still holds up as an amazing live album, drawn from the tour supporting Moving Pictures as well as the previous Permanent Waves tour. Mixed and overdubbed / fixed at Le Studio in Quebec after the tour.

My copy via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH

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Ry Cooder, Borderline, 1980 on Warner Bros.

Cooder’s 9th studio solo LP, with John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, Jesse Harms, George Pierre, Bobby King, Willie Green Jr., Reggie McBride, and Tim Drummond. Produced by Cooder with Leslie Morris.

Personally I don’t quite love this one as much as 1978’s Jazz, but it is a really sold album including a cover of John Hiatt’s “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” and Eddie Floyd / Steve Cropper’s “634-5789” (first recorded by Wilson Pickett).

The album cover seems to be a painting by Ruano Llopis (you can make out the end of a signature in the bottom left) but is not credited anywhere from what I can tell. Anyone able to identify the source painting?

My copy via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH

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Ry Cooder, The Slide Area, 1982 on Warner Bros.

Ry Cooder is a long time favorite who still has a tendency to fly a bit under the popular radar (though musicians do tend to love him). This 1982 album I guess you’d call sort of mid-career though he’s still active so hard to say what that means – his 10th full length LP.

Includes Bob Dylan’s “I Need a Woman” and Curtis Mayfield’s “Gypsy Woman” as well as Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes.” John Hiatt guests on guitar on “That’s The Way Love Turned Out For Me.”

My copy is a mid-eighties repress in the “Super Saver Series” (that’s me) via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH. At this point I basically just pick up any Ry Cooder LP I run into that I don’t already have.

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Dire Straits, Alchemy – Dire Straits Live, 1984 on Warner Brothers

Wonderful 2xLP live album of early 80s Dire Straits. Recorded in London at the Hammersmith Odeon over two nights in July 1983. Great versions of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Sultans of Swing.” There was also an accompanying film (on VHS, later reissued on DVD and Blu-Ray).

My copy – hype stickered as being on Quiex II vinyl – via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH

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Simon & Garfunkel, The Concert In Central Park, 1982 on Warner Bros

One of the best live albums from one of my favorite duos. Good variety of tempos and tunes, enough stage banter to feel live but no so much that you feel the need to skip ahead.

Wikipedia correctly recognizes it as “the” concert in central park – recorded in front of a half million people in September 1981. It was actually a benefit for the park itself – and was filmed by HBO (it was both […]

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Depeche Mode, Some Great Reward, 1984 on Sire

I’ve not shared many Depeche Mode records here, mostly because I’m sharing new additions to my collection and I don’t find many DM records I don’t already have, but also because my collection is very 80s heavy, and I’m trying to rotate through decades.

That said, I have been a massive Depeche Mode fan from the minute I first heard “People are People” and then went back to the back catalog […]

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Commodores, All the Great Hits, 1982 on Motown

Wonderful collection of Commodores songs – their second compilation of hits, with many more to follow. “Lady.” “Sail On,” “Brick House,” “Easy,” and “Three Times a Lady” are each worth the price of admission.

Solid find as I don’t have any of their original records from the 70s or 80s.

My copy, via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH, is an RCA Music Service club edition (as per the “Mfd. […]

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Screaming Blue Messiahs, Bikini Red, 1987 on Elektra

Bill Carter and the Screaming Blue Messiahs put out four major label studio albums in the 80s – this was the third, in 1987.

Some great and funny songwriting here: “I Wanna Be a Flinstone” and “Jesus Chrysler Drives a Dodge” as well as “I Can Speak American.”

Power rock trio of Carter on guitar and vocals with Kenny Harris on drums and Chris Thompson on bass. Produced by Vic Maile who […]

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