I still haven't consulted reference texts in doing this - but I did
find a list I had started on this very topic fron a few years ago, but
which I did also compile just off the of my head at the time. (Pardon
the all caps, that's the way I had it in the list.)

As I say - I bet I could double this list, easy. There's tons more UK
pop stuff from this period (particularly things in the Cherry Red
orbit), and I also haven't even touched jazz here yet.

Also - don't take this as a blanket "I approve of all this stuff"
list. Some of it - a lot it, really - I do love. But there are also
plenty of things on here that I'm either lukewarm to, or not overly
fond of. But I think everything here can at least, in some way, be
considered a "notable" recording. And with the possible exception of
1967, I don't think you can find another single year that had both the
quality and quantity, not to mention variety, than this stuff.

And to condense it by about half, also off the top of my head, here's
the shortlist of my five star/essential/etc of that first list : (and
with the correct Budd title, which was wrong first time around.)

COLLINS, PHIL FACE VALUE
GENESIS ABACAB
GODLEY & CRÈME ISMISM/SNACK ATTACK
KING CRIMSON DISCIPLINE
LEWIE, JONA HEART SKIPS BEAT
MILLER, STEVE CIRCLE OF LOVE
NATIONAL HEALTH D.S. AL CODA
NELSON, BILL QUIT DREAMING & GET ON…
SPARKS WHOMP THAT SUCKER
VEGA, ALAN COLLISION DRIVE
WHO, THE FACE DANCES
ZAPPA, FRANK YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:02:56 -0500, capolk@hotmail.com wrote:

These are the records from your list I ever owned (not sure if I've
dumped some over the years or not)

GODLEY & CRÈME ISMISM/SNACK ATTACK
KINKS, THE GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT
NATIIONAL HEALTH D.S. AL CODA
KRAFTWERK COMPUTER WORLD
SCHMIDT, I./B SPOERRI TOY PLANET
TANGERINE DREAM THIEF
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCH. S/T
CLASH, THE SANDINISTA
COSTELLO, ELVIS ALMOST BLUE
COSTELLO, ELVIS TRUST
MAGAZINE MAGIC, MURDER, & THE WEATHER
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED FLOWERS OF ROMANCE

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:52:33 -0500, R. Totale yahoo.com>
wrote:

Great stuff! A return to rock after the Euro-synth pop of the previous two
albums, not that there was anything wrong with them at all...

"Don't Shoot Me" is worth the price of the album on its own...

capolk@hotmail.com wrote:

And then in 1982 you got access to a terminal
that wasn't a Hazeltine 2000.
http://tinyurl.com/ydupo7

capolk@hotmail.com wrote:

And then in 1982 you got access to a terminal
that wasn't a Hazeltine 2000.
http://tinyurl.com/ydupo7

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:02:56 -0500, capolk@hotmail.com wrote:

For any good Jazz you would have to go back to the 1960s and before IM
very HO. Most everything since then doesn't do it for me. Perhaps
because the art form quit evolving. All this noisy jazz you hear these
days or some old school wannabe does not hold a candle to the greats.

Looking at your list there is not much worth listening too IMHO. 81
was a bad year over all so it is not your fault. That said 81 is still
better then this decade other then some of the Kings X releases...

Mike wrote:

Have you tried Aricept?

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:50:46 GMT, "Mark Rae"
markNOSPAMrae.co.uk> wrote:

I think "Upstairs" is one of their greatest lyrics ever. And that's
saying something.