Having completed my initial assignment “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me” (thanks, Chris Estey), and having enjoyed said project a GREAT deal, I’ve decided to post 25 MORE, for good measure.
So, “50 albums in 50 days”, here I come. Upon completion next month, I think it will amount to a highly entertaining “map” of my musical sensibility!
As before, I’ll be posting “just album covers without any explanation”, and nominating “a different person each day to do the same”.
By the by, please feel free to follow the eventual links (in the comments) to my longtime home at EAST PORTLAND BLOG, where my dear friend (and EPB editor) Dave has been re-posting my daily album selections (in an expansive layout where you can view ALL the variant album covers and aural media formats AT ONCE), plus a link to one song I’ve chosen to spotlight from each recording!
If you missed any along the way, want to revisit a particular post, or simply wish to listen to the songs, it’s MUCH easier to scroll back through these posts on EPB than it is on FB. Once you’re there, just click on the Tom Kipp “button”!
Today I nominate: Chris Badgley
Day 35:
Hüsker Dü: METAL CIRCUS (SST Records, 12-inch EP, 1983)
Hüsker Dü: METAL CIRCUS (SST Records, cassette tape EP, 1983)
Hüsker Dü: METAL CIRCUS (SST Records, compact disc EP reissue, 1987)
Hüsker Dü: METAL CIRCUS (SST Records, 10-inch EP reissue—colored vinyl editions in blue, green, orange, pink, and purple, 1991)
Hüsker Dü: METAL CIRCUS (SST Records, Japan, “SST Dynamite Series Again” compact disc EP reissue, 2012)
Acquired: 30 March 1984 via mail-order from Midnight Records in NYC (12-inch vinyl EP).
– Tom Kipp
Day 35:
Hüsker Dü: “Diane” (1983)
For many years I performed a cover of this record’s “Diane” as Ein Heit‘s (and on a few occasions, Silkworm’s) set capping/closing song.
From the moment I heard “Diane”, I’ve considered it the greatest song/recording released during The 1980s!
35 years haven’t moved that opinion a millimeter:
