
Rush
Signals
Mercury Records
1982
Rush meets MTV!



Rush
Signals
Mercury Records
1982
Rush meets MTV!



Cheap Trick
In Color
Epic Records
1977
My favorite Trick studio album.




Rolling Stones
Tattoo You
Rolling Stones Records
1981
Tattoo You was released 35 years ago today. This was my first Stones record; it’s still my favorite.



Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon
Harvest Records
1973
Perhaps more than any other album, Dark Side has been re-issued, re-mastered, and re-packaged. Re-releases include Ultradisc, Gold CD, Anniversary edition, Boxed Set, and 180 Gram Vinyl version.
This is the original 1973 LP version and it’s perfect as it is.



Pearl Jam
Vs.
Epic Records
1993
The cover photo on the LP version of “Vs.” is more content sheep than the CD version’s angry sheep.

Rush
Moving Pictures
Mercury Records
1981
MASTERPIECE. That is all.


Robert Plant
The Principle of Moments
Es Paranza / Atlantic Records
1983
Released 33 years ago this week, this was Robert Plant‘s second solo album and scored a big hit with one of my favorite tunes, “Big Log.” Guitarist Robbie Blunt sounds ridiculously like Jimmy Page here!

Cheap Trick
At Budokan
Epic Records
1979
We’re all alright.




The Beatles
1962-1966 and 1967-1970
(Also known as The Red Album and The Blue Album)
Apple
1973
What was the biggest band of the 1970s? The Bee Gees? The Eagles? Led Zeppelin?
Nope…The Beatles ruled, even though they broke up in 1970.
If you grew up in the 70s or 80s, you probably didn’t first listen to the fab four on the original iconic albums or am radio like our friends from the 60s did. You probably had one or both of these gems.




Pink Floyd
Pulse
Columbia Records / EMI
1995
This 4-record LP box set contains live shows recorded in London and Rome on from the Division Bell era lineup. The CD version has a pulsing red LED light on the spine which lasted a couple of years. But this vinyl set has a large hardcover book of in-concert shots.

