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   Mike DG to ana1ana2@yahoo.com   
   Re: 1977 - an extraordinary year for mus   
   01 Feb 08 19:57:57   
   
   From: mikedale@ozemail.com.eh.you   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:qorqo3ttrtl6meei99aks1ahjl3f9q0rrn@4ax.com...   
   > Oh man, I was a college freshman that fall, and the college had a   
   > radio station, into which I quickly insinuated myself. I was the guy   
   > who went down to the mailroom to get the records that came in, then   
   > I'd sit in one of the studios listening to them. I remember Elvis   
   > Costello's first album blowing me away. Devo's first album; what the   
   > hell was this shit? The first Clash album. Talking Heads 77. The last   
   > decent Pink Floyd album came out that year.   
   >   
   > Aja's cover knocked me out immediately. You know, album-size   
   > cover art was a thing of beauty in its time. (And as Shelby Lynn noted   
   > in the NY Times the other day, you can't roll a joint on an IPod).   
   >   
   > I was no jazz fan at 18, but this shit was amazing. I immediatly   
   > walked a mile or so to the nearest dept. store and shoplifted it.   
   >   
   > Noam Sane   
   >   
      
   Hmmm - I imagine the downside of the size of the 12" LP comes in when you   
   are trying to shoplift them....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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