Hi Solo,
Actually you are completely right, I’m getting carried away with all this a little. I’ll try to keep schtum! 
I’m really short of time today so I’ll try to get one or two ready later this afternoon. If not, there will be a few tomorrow night as I have the night off work 
No.89: “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” by Pink Floyd (1967)
The debut album from my favourite band.
Comprising original members Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, this bunch of hippy trippy lads knew each other at art college in Cambridge and sharing a love of music, in particular The Beatles they formed The Pink Floyd. After gaining some interest in local clubs and finally making onto national radio, the band released a number of singles (which were not to feature on their subsequent album) and finally the long player which appeared in late 1967.
“Piper” is a very decent first album and stood up quite well to big names who released their own monsters that year – in particular The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s.
I believe that if those first two singles in particular (‘Arnold Layne’, ‘See Emily Play’) had been on the record it would have taken off massively, however they weren’t but as tracks such as ‘Astronomy Domine’ and the ultra-psychedelic swirls of near-10 minute instrumental ‘Interstellar Overdrive attest, they did indeed come up with a fine debut regardless.
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Videos:
Syd Barrett Documentary:
Extra videos (non-album singles):
Interview:
Personnel:
Pink Floyd
• Syd Barrett – lead guitar, vocals
• Roger Waters – bass, vocals
• Richard Wright – Farfisa Combo Compact organ, piano, uncredited celesta on “The Gnome”, vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Production
• Syd Barrett – rear cover design
• Peter Bown – engineering
• Peter Jenner – intro vocalisations on “Astronomy Domine” (uncredited)
• Vic Singh – front cover photography
• Norman Smith – production, vocal and instrumental arrangements, drum roll on “Interstellar Overdrive”
A good debut psychedelic album, but if I had to pick one Pink Floyd album that I actually liked it would be The Final Cut (which many would disagree with me on as it’s mainly Roger Waters). That, or the soundtrack to Zabriskie Point.
No.88: “Hymns To The Silence” by Van Morrison (1991)
A glorious double album which features all the Morrison trademarks – that rich, soulful voice, the top notch musicianship, lush orchestral arrangements and some marvellous songwriting. This album concern regular topics such as his harking back to his childhood days (‘Take Me Back’, ‘On Hyndford Street’), religious themes, beautiful love songs and quite a few rants-in-song about his continuous disdain for all things music press and publicity (the brilliantly catchy ‘Some Peace Of Mind’). In short, a lovely album and this was the tour I got to see him on too so it’s an extra special reason for choosing a high place for this album.
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Remember this…a cassette?!
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Other videos:
Interview:
Personnel:
• Van Morrison - vocal, guitar, harmonica, alto saxophone
• Haji Ahkba - flugelhorn
• Derek Bell - synthesizer
• The Chieftains
• Terry Disley - piano
• Neil Drinkwater - accordion, piano, synthesizer
• Candy Dulfer - alto saxophone
• Dave Early - drums, percussion
• Georgie Fame - piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals
• Eddie Friel - piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
• Steve Gregory - flute, baritone saxophone
• Carol Kenyon - backing vocals
• Katie Kissoon - backing vocals
• Steve Pearce - bass
• Paul Robinson - drums
• Nicky Scott - bass
Funny video lol! ^
The Final Cut is awesome mate. True, basically a Roger Waters solo release though apart from a few guitar licks from Gilmour.
Hymns To The Silence is a great album and I suspect there is still more Van to come.
No.87: “Pretenders” by The Pretenders (1980)
Released in the first week of 1980, this classic debut record coincided with ‘Brass In Pocket’ reaching No.1 in the singles chart at virtually the same time. Two previous singles had already been released in ’79 (‘Stop Your Sobbing’, ‘Kid’) and the third was famously allegedly “hyped up” to the top slot in the chart though whether it was or not, it was a great single and deserved its placing. The tremendous ‘Tattooed Love Boys’ is another highlight and this album is well worth the three posts I have allotted to it.
Chrissie Hynde was a journalist for the NME amongst other jobs, arriving from her native Akron, Ohio in the mid-1970s. her brash, no-nonsense ‘don’t mess with me’ persona put her in good stead to achieve exactly as she wanted (though two failed rock star marriages to Jim Kerr and unbelievably, Ray Davies wouldn’t have been on that list) and the band she formed carries on in fits and starts to this day with drummer Martin Chambers ever faithfully at her side.
A great record, this has all the elements of Tom petty-style rock and roll combined with the gritty angst of the best of the new-wave genre.
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Full concert video:
Interview:
Full album audio:
Personnel (main band):
• Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals
• Pete Farndon – bass guitar, backing vocals
• James Honeyman-Scott – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
It is wonderful Ffosse. Not allowed to say if there are any more to come though 
I still enjoy listening to the Pretenders and a lot of their songs have become timeless classics. Love ‘Precious’ and ‘Kid’. Although not as pretty as our Debs, Chrissy was still a sex pot IMO.
Just got time for this masterpiece…
No.86: “Vol.1” by The Traveling Wilburys (1988)
Aside from Cream, in fact, better than Cream, Asia and any other “supergroup” you could possibly think of, this awesome band of five musicians comprised such a famous line-up that they were bound to succeed with this document of their musicianship prowess.
A chance meeting in a Los Angeles car park between Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty sowed the seeds firstly for Petty’s solo album Full Moon Fever, and having just produced George Harrison’s Cliuyd Nine album a year beforehand, the three of them got together for some reminiscing. Meanwhile one of them suggested talking Bob Dylan about an idea they had for a future project and he was brought into the line-up, having being friends with all three members for some time. The masterstroke was completed by the addition of one Roy Orbison who hadn’t really been seen actively since the late 1960s and whom Lynne already had ideas on for a further visionary experiment (Orbison’s ‘Mystery Girl’ LP duly surfaced in ’89 too).
The five got talking and writing songs singularly and in partnerships and together they would firstly jam a little in the studio and soon they would be laying down new songs for completion. The album took off like a Lear Jet and was massive all over the world with first single ‘Handle With Care’ showing trademarks of all five members of this amazing band. The album was jaunty, good old-fashioned rock and roll fun throughout and was an irresistible record.
A second album was released (curiously entitled “Vol.3”) but suffered slightly from not having the recently departed Orbison present. It’s still worth a listen though.
Since then we have also lost George and Tom from the band. Sadly missed legends.
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Videos:
Interviews:
“Classic Albums” documentary (audio):
Personnel:
Traveling Wilburys
• Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison) – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, backing vocals
• Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne) – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar,[19][20] keyboards, backing vocals
• Charlie T. Wilbury Jr (Tom Petty) – vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison) – vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan) – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica on “Handle with Care”, backing vocals
Additional personnel
• Buster Sidebury (Jim Keltner) – drums
• Jim Horn – saxophones
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Ian Wallace – tom-toms on “Handle with Care”
• Michael Palin (as Hugh Jampton, E.F. Norti-Bitz Reader in Applied Jacket) – album liner notes
Production
• Produced by Otis and Nelson Wilbury (Jeff Lynne and George Harrison)
• Engineers – Bill Bottrell, Richard Dodd, Phil McDonald, Don Smith
Oh she was one hell of a roughneck dirty rock chick bud wasn’t she? To put it mildly 
Brass In Pocket - I’m sure I have that 45 single somewhere. Great track.
Now that was the spring /summer of me growing up
I loved Brass in Pocket, as it seemed so did everyone. It was played everywhere by everyone
And you guys might have thought her a dirty rock chic, but as a female I thought she was just doing it for the girls.
Fantastic record, one of my all time favs
Nothing wrong with a dirty rock chick…;-)…
