Tag: 1987
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Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros.
Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt. This is one of those albums I was probably too “cool” for when it came out, but learned to appreciate later. Note the paper cutout dolls on the original paper inner sleeve Via Planet Records in Cambridge MA.
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Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers.
Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers. Rumours and Tusk get all the attention (and are great) but I really dig this one too – Everywhere, Big Love, Seven Wonders, Caroline.
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Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on Geffen
Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on @geffenrecords (US pressing). Another from my own (meaning I’ve had it since the eighties and can’t recall where I got it). Without Nitzer Ebb there would be no Nine Inch Nails or so many other wonderful things.
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The Ophelias, self-titled, 1987.
The Ophelias self-titled from 1987. Not @theophelias but The Ophelias The inclusion of dialogue from Hamlet won me over as a precocious high school Shakespeare scholar but the music is a wonderful genre mixing psychedelic joyful mess. One of my favorite early vinyl finds I picked up based on the name and the cover in…
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Defenestration, Dali Does Windows, 1987 on Relativity
Defenestration was Tyson Todd Meade’s band from Norman OK, before Chainsaw Kittens. ( @ttmeade on instagram, http://twitter.com/dadacameltalk & tysonmeade.com) . He’s got new music out again . . . He also has a “luxury cannabis line” at http://twitter.com/smokeMeade
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New Year’s Day U2
Got a promotional email from Wolgang’s Vault pointing to U2’s September 18, 1987 show at the Boston Garden, from the Joshua Tree tour. Thanks to a well placed note in the comments, found the same show over at U2Start.com: 1987-09-18 – Boston, Massachusetts. You can register at U2start.com free, and then download the show –…