Off Topic Best Albums of the 80s

I haven’t got the attention span any more. When you get to my age the proximity of the nearest toilet is more important than what the artiste intended with his or her precious bodily fluids.

In the olden days, when it was all vinyl, of course it was all or nothing. But I reckon now a rapidly reducing group of artists put together a coherent album, because they know that exactly what you fear will happen. But then again I listen to very little new music nowadays, because there is still so much brilliant old music that I’m not familiar with yet. As I said on the review thread, I’m running out of time to get all of this stuff in, I have to prioritise. So I can no longer listen to Sandinista! in it’s entirety, as Strummer and Jones intended. Or indeed Tusk.....

 

I know where to turn when looking for supplies for my next skeet shooting festival then.....

 

I may never listen to them again.....but there's no way I could get rid of them either. Every one brings out a different memory or emotion - just today looking out my REM collection bought such a rush of reminiscence I could easily have spent a couple of hours down there!

Unless you're talking about my vinyl, then I think I'd have to turn the gun on you!!

 

Got rid of all our CDs in a house move ten years ago. But oddly building a new vinyl collection, which is going to demand some investment in better kit soon.

I can’t get rid of books. Attic full of boxes of them. Probably a structural risk.

 

It's what makes all our music so special, a personal journey through our lives. Never lose that emotion, especially the vinyl, they're priceless...

 

We've discussed this before Sooper - CDs, the great Rock'n'Roll swindle!

 

My vinyl collection is gradually creeping up, must be about 200 or so now, and although I keep promising myself an equipment upgrade my current set-up of turntable, pre-amp and one of juniors guitar amps pretty much blows the walls down!

Artists are getting clever, releasing limited editions with coloured or patterned vinyl, and the latest trick seems to be offering pre-sale to gigs with vinyl releases, therefore doubling their income from the sale (I always try to buy direct from the artist if I can anyway). Although, with gigs on hold for now I may have a bunch of tickets that are worthless!

 

Where and when ? Sounds an interesting topic that I must of missed

 

Music thread - ages ago! Be there or be square

 

THIS !

 

Don’t do it, you will regret it big time!

 

I’ve resisted for the last 10 years and still holding out.....

 

What no Sam Fox?
10 Long Ryders - Native Sons
9 Robert Cray - Bad Influence
8 The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
7 John Martin - Grace and Danger
6 Gil Scott Heron - Reflections
5 De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
4 The Damned - Stawberries
3 Stone Roses - Stone Roses
2 Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
1 Vivian Stanshall - Sir Henry of Rawlinson End

 

That’s an excellent, eclectic list. I could have sworn Grace and Danger was seventies, but just looked it up. I miss John Martyn.

 

Queen at live aid.
One of the greatest live performances ever, never mind in the eighties.
I think there's an album with it on.
The Works was a great album too.

 

I must admit to many hundreds of CDs (probably a thousand plus) with a very varied content, and they do mean a lot. A life lived I suppose, music evokes so many memories of journeys through a life and emotions - I am proud to say music can bring a tear to my eye just like a film can. However my vinyl is like my blood and arteries - I could never let it go. Too much emotional attachment (even though I haven’t had a rig for years to play them) - how crazy is that.

 

SW,
It’s the fact that you know you have it there, safe & sound, able to venture down that road whether you feel the need.
It’s the feel good factor that has been developed of a lifetime.
If you were to let them go, you would create a huge void of life memories that you can currently revisit at any given time.

Anyway, just my two bobs worth on the matter.

 

Mandate my ass

 

I missed out on some of the links, but I used to listen to Marillion albums, however as they were a "story album" (or at least that's how I saw them) you had to play from first to last. Misplaced Childhood, Script for a Jester's Tear..
Also, with an album, for me it is also the art work on the cover. I like a band called Disturbed, a heavy rock band and he artwork on their covers is brilliant.
Also, I feel I need to confess: Since the Now that's what I call music albums, tapes and CD's started to be released, I am missing first release date Now 1,2 and 9, but have all the others. It's a habit I have to continually feed and fortunately where I live, there are some very good second hand records stores (plus a couple of second hand book stores) down in Dorset. I am not too far from Hampshire and occasionally venture into Sussex to feed this addiction

 

Well, you have a history of popular music, or music that was popular in the UK, from the early 80s, nothing to be ashamed about. As long as you listen to them from start to finish with no skipping tracks.