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: Tolan Harber
Day 71:
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Rough Trade Records, UK, LP, 1979)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Chrysalis Records, Germany, LP, 1979)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Celluloid Records, France, LP, 1979)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Rough Trade Records, US, LP, 1980)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Restless Retro Records, US, compact disc reissue, 1989)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Restless/Rykodisc Records, compact disc reissue w/ 3 bonus cuts, 2004)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (4 Men with Beards, US, 180-gram LP reissue, 2010)
Stiff Little Fingers: INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (Parlophone Records, UK, limited edition red vinyl LP reissue w/ bonus 2 track 7-inch single, 2019)
Purchased: 24 March 1982 in Providence, RI (Rough Trade US LP).
https://www.eastportlandblog.com/category/tom-kipp/
Tracks 1 & 2 on side B!
By the by, pretty sure this also marked my first exposure to Captain Beefheart (“Ella Guru”) and to one of the most-delightful Kinks obscurities (“When I Turn Out the Living Room Light”):
https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Big-Ball/release/1986115
Day 71:
Stiff Little Fingers: “Johnny Was” (1979; written by Bob Marley)
