Having completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such matters—in this, ahem, “map of my musical sensibility”!
I also want to nominate 25 MORE friends whom I’d love to see post their own sets of “25 albums that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me”! (Though of course NO ONE should feel the least bit obligated to do so.)
As before, I’ll be posting “just album covers without any explanation”, though I AM planning to craft and post a summary essay once this madness reaches its Ballardian “terminus”!
By the by, please feel free to follow the eventual links (in the comments) to EAST PORTLAND BLOG, where my indefatigable EPB editor, Ricky, has been re-posting these 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’ve missed any albums along the way, wish to revisit a particular selection, or would simply enjoy listening to the songs, you’ll find it MUCH easier to scroll back through these posts on EAST PORTLAND BLOG than to attempt such an endeavor via Facebook!
To simplify matters further, here’s a direct link to the “Tom Kipp” section of EPB, which presently contains/archives over 200 of my posts (on a wide variety of subjects!), going back to June 25th, 2010:
https://www.eastportlandblog.com/category/tom-kipp/
Today I nominate: Ike Turner
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Day 69:
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS (aka THE RUNES, FIVE SYMBOLS) (CBS Records, UK, LP—10 tracks, 1980)
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS (aka THE RUNES, FIVE SYMBOLS) (CBS Records, UK, cassette tape—10 tracks, 1980)
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: THE EVIL ONE (415 Records, US, re-sequenced LP—10 tracks (5 in common w/ UK version, 5 new), 1981)
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: I THINK OF DEMONS (Edsel Records, UK, LP—original UK sequence w/ 2 bonus cuts, 1987)
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: THE EVIL ONE (Pink Dust Records, US, re-sequenced compact disc compilation w/ all 15 tracks from the combined contents of the original UK & US LPs, 1987)
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: THE EVIL ONE (PLUS ONE) (Sympathy for the Record Industry, US, 2 x compact disc reissue of Pink Dust compilation w/ 20-cut bonus disc from 1979 KSJO (San Francisco) FM radio broadcast, 2002)
Roky Erickson: THE EVIL ONE (Light in the Attic Records, US, re-sequenced compact disc reissue of Pink Dust compilation w/ 48-page cd booklet, 2013)
Roky Erickson: THE EVIL ONE (Light in the Attic Records, US & Canada, 3-sided/2 x LP reissue of original UK LP plus the 5 additional tracks from its US companion—15-track compilation w/ “etched” side 4 & 20-page LP-size booklet, 2019)
Acquired: 11 July 1984, via mail-order from Midnight Records in New York City, NY (THE EVIL ONE, US LP).
Acquired: 11 December 1984—taped from a friend in Missoula, MT (ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS, UK LP).
Purchased: 8 February 1986 in Missoula, MT (sealed UK cassette).
Purchased: 13 September 1988 in Fairfax, VA (sealed UK LP).
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Day 69:
Roky Erickson and the Aliens: “I Think of Demons” (1980)
