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Fri May  7 13:13:47 1982
Top 40 Countdown
Since this is a record poll, I thought I'd include my "Top 40" records
(YUK!YUK!)  The first 20 are listed in sort-of rank order, valid at least
as to which quartile they are in, followed by another ten that couldn't fit,
followed by ten (subject to interpretation) anthologies, which I didn't
think belonged in a favorite records list. It's unfair to pit a regular
album against somebody's greatest hits package.  Well, here goes...
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The Beatles                                     The Beatles
The Residents Commercial Album                  The Residents
Another Green World                             Brian Eno
Magical Mystery Tour                            The Beatles
Close to the Edge                               Yes
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!              Devo
More Songs About Buildings and Food             Talking Heads
Low                                             David Bowie
The Man-Machine                                 Kraftwerk
Singles Going Steady                            The Buzzcocks
Who's Next                                      The Who
Closer                                          Joy Division
Music for Films                                 Brian Eno
Revolver                                        The Beatles
This Year's Model                               Elvis Costello
Debussy Piano Preludes, Books I & II            Paul Jacobs
What's Going On                                 Marvin Gaye
Phaedra                                         Tangerine Dream
London Calling                                  The Clash
Satanic Majesties Request                       The Rolling Stones
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Plastic Ono Band                                John Lennon
Here Come the Warm Jets                         Brian Eno
Talking Heads '77                               Talking Heads
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen                         The Residents
Unknown Pleasures                               Joy Division
Holst's "The Planets"                           Isao Tomita
My Aim Is True                                  Elvis Costello
Parallel Lines                                  Blondie
Real Life                                       Magazine
Third Reich and Roll                            The Residents
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Hot Rocks                                       The Rolling Stones
Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy                        The Who
Greatest Hits                                   The Kinks
Once Upon a Time                                Siouxsie & the Banshees
Greatest Hits                                   The Monkees
Greatest Hits                                   Tommy James & the Shondells
Nuggets                                         -----
We Do 'Em Our Way                               -----
Themes for Great Cities                         Simple Minds
ANY MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY                            Vandellas, Supremes, Four Tops,
                                               Miracles, Jacksons, Stevie, ...
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I know the last one's not really fair, but I put caveats on my recommendations
of any of these anthologies (I personally own three, but would love to own
more).  The big three record jobs are mostly filler.  But the one record sets
are always lacking one/two great songs (Marvin Gaye's lacks "Ain't That
Peculiar", so I own the single).  I've been told that "The Motown Story",
though it has everything you'd ever want to own (almost), contains voiceover
intros by the artists to almost every song.  "The Motown Story" is a great
monument to music history at $10-$12 for 3, 4 or 5 (I forget) records. Motown
has just released two new packages called "Sixteen Number One Hits: The
Early (or Late) Sixties", which are MUST-OWN records, especially at the 4.00
budget price!!!!!
P.S.  Nuggets is a collection of rare (?) 60's gems compiled by Lenny Kaye,
which I picked up at (you guessed it) Cheap Thrills for 2.99 (two records).
We Do 'Em Our Way, a collection of "punk" bands covering old tunes (incl.
Pistols' "Rock Around the Clock", Slits' "Heard It Thru the Grapevine", and
the unforgettable "Nights in White Satin" by the Dickies) for 3.99 at
C.T.'s.   (Nuggets probably isn't available there anymore, though the
"Pebbles" collections are, sometimes at cutout prices.)
               Rich Rosen pyuxjj!rlr

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