The year 1980 marked the waning of the malaise era in America and the second year of Thatcher in the UK. The anything goes 70s was being supplanted by the glossy, go-go 80s where the shiny surface masked such travails as AIDS and a resurgent Cold War. The first year of the decade catches music [...]
Here are the best re-issues and archival releases of the year according to yours truly. Each of them would make a fine Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Ramadan or Zoroaster’s Feast gift: 1) Various artists (including Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Temptations etc. )- The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7 1967, Vol. 8 1968These were two of [...]
Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis: Guesting on Manilow’s Greatest Songs of the Eighties? Clearly the favorite is Barry Manilow’s continuing attempt to schlock his way through the decades, this time The Greatest Songs of The Seventies, and no, Televisoin’s “Marquee Moon” is not on the playlist. Manilow, who had most of his big hits in that [...]
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