I also acquired a NAD amp, Dual turntable and Mission speakers, but after Uni; and, in due course, a Technics cassette player and Matsui CD player - all still working.
Enjoyable video, David. You are a fantastic raconteur… liked listening to your tales of leaving school and finding your path in life alongside your musical journey. Very odd, but I was thinking about doing a 1981 video right before seeing your video. Having watched yours, my choices are fairly different, so might do it this weekend. Oh, nice House of Love beside your right arm! Great stuff, Jack
Jack, You're too kind. But thank you. Good spot re The House of Love. It was a pretty fallow period for music when they came along. I was too focused on work, and relocating to the Midlands. But I did see them live in Leeds, and thought they were very good. I like them even better today.
I was born in 1973. 1981 is probably my favorite year in music. Sad to hear about the bike accident, as a cyclist things like that happening is concerning.
Yes, you never like to hear of a cyclist going down, and it's even worse when it's you. I regularly ask myself "do you really want to keep doing this", but have come to the conclusion that long-term health and enjoyment means I have to keep getting back on the horse!
Thanks for sharing these cool stories and memories with us, David. Is it me or did you purposely mention concerts you attended in the year 1980 on a video about best albums released in ...1981 😉As usual, your selection is second to none, though I was pretty sure that the album ''From the Lions Mouth'' by the band called The Sound would be part of today's selection as their contribution was IMHO a critical piece of the puzzle for anyone interested in how punk got to be post punk got to be new wave got to be early 80s synth pop.. I never heard of Dick Gaughan which peaked my curiosity. And yeah, Dare does play like a Greatest Hits album. Magnificent podium! Ranking a jazz album as number 2 for a new wave/post punk year was unexpected, but very interesting... I couldn't agree more with your #1 choice, as we have already talked about...
Hi Romauld, Thanks once again for your kind comments. You're right about those concert tickets. I'd forgotten to show them in the 1980 video, so I thought I'd slip them into 1981!. The same has happened in my 1982 Top 20 video, which didn't show any tickets. That latest video has even more personal memories!?! There's been a lot of love for The Sound, but they passed me by (honest!). I've been catching-up a bit with their stuff online, and I can see why they didn't quite make it, good though their music sounds.
A very interesting mix of albums on your list . It was great to see Squeeze on your list , one of the great power pop bands . Here's my list , more of less in order of preference , starting with my favourite : Rush : Moving Pictures. (. maybe my hometown boys' best album ) Squeeze : East Side Story. ( just edged out by ArgyBargy as my favourite album by them ) ( I saw them in Toronto on this tour , and they were fantastic ) King Crimson : Discipline The Rolling Stones : Tattoo You. ( with the magnificent Waiting on a Friend , and that great slice of funk , Slave ) Genesis : Abacab. (.except for the egregious Who Dunnit ? , I pretty much like the rest of the songs ) Human League : Dare Phil Collins : Face Value Santana : Zebop ! ( one of my favourite latter day albums by this magnificent guitar player ) The Cars : Shake It Up. (. I'm Not the One is one of my favourite Cars' songs ) The Police : Ghost in the Machine. ( my favourite by them , with the great Darkness ) The Moody Blues : Long Distance Voyager. ( an excellent latter day album from them ) ABBA : The Visitors Jon & Vangelis : Friends of Mr. Cairo. ( with the gorgeous Beside , and other great tracks to boot ) The Pretenders : The Pretenders 2 Mink De Ville : Coup de Grace Blue Oyster Cult : Fire of Unknown Origin. ( with the great Burnin' For You ) The Tubes : The Completion Backwards Principle. ( Talk to ya Later ! ) Strange Advance : Worlds Away. ( check out the title track , it's killer ) Vamgelis : Chariots of Fire Soundtrack 10CC : Ten Out of Ten Thanks !
A big overlap in our respective lists. Even though I bought the albums, Rush had peaked (for me), as had 10CC. The BOC, Tubes, and Mink Deville recommendations are all great in my book.
I love Bragg's version of The World Turned Upside Down. I also love Bragg's version of Gaughan's Think Again, (far more than the original version). Though, that's from a different album. The only Peter Hammill I have is a cassette copy of Peter Hammill & The K Group - The Margin (Live). I will take your advice and have a listen to more. Nice to see you include Japan; that's a great album. Discipline might be my fav record from 81. I have a provisional ranking, but I have never done this year, yet. I do still like Face Value, but I am not sure it would break into my top twenty... . I have never ever heard about that Cure box. Now, I want it! (But, I just looked up the price 😔). Love you #1 pick. Fabulous records. Brilliant video from beginning to end 👍
You're a kind man, Brian. Cheers. You should watch my Peter Hammill video before diving-in to his catalogue. 'The Margin - Live' is a bit of a dead-end in my judgement. Great (and edgy) though it is, I don't think it leads the curious listener anywhere else. I think Hammill is fantastic, and as you appreciate Crimson, I'm pretty sure you'd enjoy Hammill's work with VDGG too.
I left Newcastle University in June 1981 and started work as a trainee accountant in the September. Very much a culture shock and it diverted my attention from music for several years. I wasn't helped by the growth in synth music and the decline of many of the bands I loved. I'll be back with my favourite albums from 1981. Sorry to hear about your bike accident and the potential implications.
Blimey David. I deal with Catastrophic loss in PI. Many involving cyclist, so i have a good idea what youve been through, i've read enough medicals! 1981 was a great year. Alot of my picks would be american guitar alternative, but they were discovered around 88. Stuff I listened to at the time 'Madness 7' ELO 'Time' Teardrops 'Kilimanjaro' Lovely that someone put an arm around you & gave some life changing. advise.I can say in total honesty at that age I wouldnt have listened & done the exact opposite😆..been my achilles heel all my life! Brilliant video.
Morning HP, and thanks! But dammit, did I miss out 'Kilimanjaro'? Definitely would have been there or thereabouts. As for that bike accident, who knows what will happen in the future? It's far from certain whether that statistical risk elevation comes true. Hopefully not. The good news is that the driver admitted liability at the scene (and was prosecuted - although I haven't been called as a witness), and their insurance company paid out a PI claim. One day I'll tell you how much, but it was more than a few quid!
Hi David! That sounds like a terrible bike crash. Patty had a nasty one too during her triathlon days in the 90s involving a dog. Hopefully you two can talk cycling next July. Your mentor sounds like a great one. I have one too, and it’s really everything that leads us to where we are. My first year at university in the dorm was like a contest to see who could party louder. Very cool you still have some of your original equipment. I’m the same buying second hand gear/kit. Motley Crue! Let’s party! Who else was on that triple bill that you saw? Essential Van Halen LP. Unchained is a wicked track. ABBA was not a surprise here. I listened to that UB40 album tonight! I love it! University days for that one. Agreed on “One in Ten”..I love all the Police records. Agree with you on “Demolition Man”…”October” is so good. As you said, no grandiosity there. I have a few King Crimson albums including that one. I was really into Peter Gabriel at that time and the Tony Levin connection led me to those 80s King Crimson releases. Those early Simple Minds albums look mint. I have a very perfect original 12” Love Song I picked up at the time. Agreed on Phil Collins. Very cool B52s collection. I have a copy of “Dare”…love it. Of its time though as you said.
Hi Mike, Oh yes, that crash was a belter! I'll post a pic and a video about it sometime (I made a couple of videos soon afterwards to make sure I didn't forget anything in case I was required to go to court (the driver was prosecuted). Your university partying would definitely put me in the shade. I'll bet it was a blast in your place! That Motley Crue gig was a 3 for the price of 1. Headliners were Def Leppard (a bit too slick for my taste, although (like everyone else) I love 'Hysteria'. The second support was the one that got me and a pal buying tickets. It was the great Steel Panther. What a hoot!
Hey David. Great video. Glad you survived that bike accident and you had a mentor that changed your life's direction. I saw Nugent once on the Cat Scratch Fever tour, Uriah Heep were the opening act supporting their Firefly album. Bill Withers is amazing. Discipline and the Grace Jones are killer. Love that Cure album. Cheers
I like your stories, including your gear journey -- the classic NAD 3020 and Mission! I have a few NAD pieces, and actually wanted some Mission speakers, but they weren't available in the U.S. so I got the Zu Omen Dirty Wknd II. Curious how the Utah-made Zu ended up available used in the UK! Look forward to that video. Given your picks of The Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen (coincidentally Heaven Up Here has been on my turntable all week), I mentioned the following two bands in your 1980 video, but with each on their second album, both The Sound and The Comsat Angels were absolutely at their peak, and fit right between Bunnymen's melody and drama, and The Cure's darkness. The Sound were on Korova with the Bunnymen, but got the short end of the promotional budget, and absolutely deserved much more acclaim. Their story has been well documented in the film Walking in the Opposite Direction (2016) and the new book by Simon Heavisides, Destiny Stopped Screaming. Their first three albums are being reissued by Rhino on colored vinyl on Nov 29 (preorders are on Piccadilly and Rough Trade sites), and anyone who loves The Cure and Bunnymen absolutely needs to hear them. Another album that I think would be up your alley is Martha & the Muffins - This is the Ice Age, produced by Daniel Lanois, who serves an Eno type role in adding creative ideas and sound design. 1. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth 2. The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More 3. Rush - Moving Pictures 4. The Raincoats - Ody Shape 5. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju 6. Echo & the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here 7. Japan - Tin Drum 8. Electric Light Orchestra - Time 9. The Cure - Faith 10. Iron Maiden - Killers 11. The Police - Ghost In The Machine 12. Modern Eon - Fiction Tales 13. The Method Actors - Little Figures 14. The Suburbs - Credit In Heaven 15. The Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex 16. Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call 17. The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire 18. Martha & The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age 19. King Crimson - Discipline 20. X - Wild Gift 21. The Gun Club - Fire Of Love 22. Wipers - Youth Of America 23. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic 24. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture & Morality 25. Opposition - Breaking The Silence 26. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing 27. The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk 28. Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM 29. Kraftwerk - Computer World 30. David Byrne/Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Bubblin' under: dB's, Scars, Sabbath, Teardrop Explodes, Scientist, Associates, This Heat, Gang Of Four, Mission Of Burma.
Thanks so much for your comment. That's a great list of albums, but I'll hold my hand up: The Sound came and went, and I never bought that album. I'm going to seek it out after such a strong recommendation. Surprisingly (for me) that ELO album 'Time' is getting some love too. I have a copy, and will be digging that out. I also have a Comsat Angels 12' picture disc that I'm going to sample, but I see why they didn't register as strongly as The Bunnymen and others fighting for attention at that time. On the hifi front, the ZUs are lovely. So much so, I have two pairs! I bought my first from a hi-end dealer and loved them, mainly because I was trying-out valve (tube) amps at the time. I even upgraded them with some new drivers from Utah. They were in the matt black finish, and I still have them on a second hifi. When a pair of piano black ones appeared I was on it straight away. They're a but monolithic and dominate the room, but they are so lively.
@@davidatkinson-lifematters4826 Which models are your Zus? I love the look, the woofers are like the eyes of a baleful speaker monster. It was a 30+ year journey for me with The Sound and Comsat Angels inching up my list past U2, The Cure and Echo, so they're growers! But when I did find copies in the late 80s and spun them on my post-punk radio show, I always got calls like, "who the F is THAT and why haven't I heard of them before???"
Nice video man, interesting idea. Hope the brain injury works out for you. Got smashed up myself on a bike a few years ago, lost a leg. No brain injury though..I think!? We're a similar vintage so I'll be following with interest.
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. Losing a leg is off the scale bad compared to what I've had to put up with. The statistics around my long-term risk are on my side, but short-term, I'm doing fine right now. Best of luck to you. 👊
@@davidatkinson-lifematters4826 Heya, if you do a search for 'Heaven Up Here Hoffman' and find the thread called 'Was the Bunnymen's "Heaven Up Here" ever remixed?', you'll get the info, certainly very interesting.
Rather than picking 20 from each year, I took the view that I'd share the list of albums that are keeping for a position in my all-time top 500. This way, we can both see which are the great years, which are mediocre and which were dreadful. And 1981 was pretty awful from my perspective, as I'm only going to list six albums: 1 Maze - Live In New Orleans 2 The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth 3 Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role 4 Electric Light Orchestra - Time 5 Bobby Womack - The Poet 6 King Crimson - Discipline We've only got one in common of the albums that I think are worth recommending. I have Face Value, but I only bought it a year or two ago. I probably need to give it more attention. I also have East Side Story, Dare, October (I liked back in 1981) and Heaven Up Here (which I bought back in 1981 based on critical reviews and didn't like). Probably my two favourite groups are The Who and Genesis and it's sad to see what they'd become by 1981, with Abacab and Face Dances amongst their worst albums. 1982 is quite a lot better for me.
well if you were going to dabble in hard rock for 1981 Rush - Moving Pictures would have been a much better choice. Your friend didn't do you any favours
Heaven Up Here the best album of 81? Absolutely, what an extraordinairy album.
I also acquired a NAD amp, Dual turntable and Mission speakers, but after Uni; and, in due course, a Technics cassette player and Matsui CD player - all still working.
How times have changed, you can continue working and studying online now. Great vid. God bless.
Fantastic half hour in your great company. Never get tired of that fabulous accent. Keep the videos coming friend 🎉
Heaven Up Here! YES!
Nice video, and nice storytelling. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
I could listen to people talk about past events all day especially when it comes back to the music that shaped who you are 👍
Enjoyable video, David. You are a fantastic raconteur… liked listening to your tales of leaving school and finding your path in life alongside your musical journey. Very odd, but I was thinking about doing a 1981 video right before seeing your video. Having watched yours, my choices are fairly different, so might do it this weekend. Oh, nice House of Love beside your right arm! Great stuff, Jack
Jack, You're too kind. But thank you. Good spot re The House of Love. It was a pretty fallow period for music when they came along. I was too focused on work, and relocating to the Midlands. But I did see them live in Leeds, and thought they were very good. I like them even better today.
What an amazingly eclectic list!
I was born in 1973. 1981 is probably my favorite year in music. Sad to hear about the bike accident, as a cyclist things like that happening is concerning.
Yes, you never like to hear of a cyclist going down, and it's even worse when it's you. I regularly ask myself "do you really want to keep doing this", but have come to the conclusion that long-term health and enjoyment means I have to keep getting back on the horse!
Thanks for sharing these cool stories and memories with us, David. Is it me or did you purposely mention concerts you attended in the year 1980 on a video about best albums released in ...1981 😉As usual, your selection is second to none, though I was pretty sure that the album ''From the Lions Mouth'' by the band called The Sound would be part of today's selection as their contribution was IMHO a critical piece of the puzzle for anyone interested in how punk got to be post punk got to be new wave got to be early 80s synth pop.. I never heard of Dick Gaughan which peaked my curiosity. And yeah, Dare does play like a Greatest Hits album. Magnificent podium! Ranking a jazz album as number 2 for a new wave/post punk year was unexpected, but very interesting... I couldn't agree more with your #1 choice, as we have already talked about...
Hi Romauld, Thanks once again for your kind comments. You're right about those concert tickets. I'd forgotten to show them in the 1980 video, so I thought I'd slip them into 1981!. The same has happened in my 1982 Top 20 video, which didn't show any tickets. That latest video has even more personal memories!?!
There's been a lot of love for The Sound, but they passed me by (honest!). I've been catching-up a bit with their stuff online, and I can see why they didn't quite make it, good though their music sounds.
A very interesting mix of albums on your list .
It was great to see Squeeze on your list , one of the great power pop bands .
Here's my list , more of less in order of preference , starting with my favourite :
Rush : Moving Pictures. (. maybe my hometown boys' best album )
Squeeze : East Side Story. ( just edged out by ArgyBargy as my favourite album by them ) ( I saw them in Toronto on this tour , and they were fantastic )
King Crimson : Discipline
The Rolling Stones : Tattoo You. ( with the magnificent Waiting on a Friend , and that great slice of funk , Slave )
Genesis : Abacab. (.except for the egregious Who Dunnit ? , I pretty much like the rest of the songs )
Human League : Dare
Phil Collins : Face Value
Santana : Zebop ! ( one of my favourite latter day albums by this magnificent guitar player )
The Cars : Shake It Up. (. I'm Not the One is one of my favourite Cars' songs )
The Police : Ghost in the Machine. ( my favourite by them , with the great Darkness )
The Moody Blues : Long Distance Voyager. ( an excellent latter day album from them )
ABBA : The Visitors
Jon & Vangelis : Friends of Mr. Cairo. ( with the gorgeous Beside , and other great tracks to boot )
The Pretenders : The Pretenders 2
Mink De Ville : Coup de Grace
Blue Oyster Cult : Fire of Unknown Origin. ( with the great Burnin' For You )
The Tubes : The Completion Backwards Principle. ( Talk to ya Later ! )
Strange Advance : Worlds Away. ( check out the title track , it's killer )
Vamgelis : Chariots of Fire Soundtrack
10CC : Ten Out of Ten
Thanks !
A big overlap in our respective lists. Even though I bought the albums, Rush had peaked (for me), as had 10CC. The BOC, Tubes, and Mink Deville recommendations are all great in my book.
@@davidatkinson-lifematters4826 Thanks !
Love the story of your first hi-fi. We've all been there David. Great video as always.
Grace Jones made some brilliant albums along with Sly & Robbie
Hi David Atkinson.I Really like this channel,great music room as well.
I love Bragg's version of The World Turned Upside Down. I also love Bragg's version of Gaughan's Think Again, (far more than the original version). Though, that's from a different album. The only Peter Hammill I have is a cassette copy of Peter Hammill & The K Group - The Margin (Live). I will take your advice and have a listen to more. Nice to see you include Japan; that's a great album. Discipline might be my fav record from 81. I have a provisional ranking, but I have never done this year, yet. I do still like Face Value, but I am not sure it would break into my top twenty... . I have never ever heard about that Cure box. Now, I want it! (But, I just looked up the price 😔). Love you #1 pick. Fabulous records. Brilliant video from beginning to end 👍
You're a kind man, Brian. Cheers. You should watch my Peter Hammill video before diving-in to his catalogue. 'The Margin - Live' is a bit of a dead-end in my judgement. Great (and edgy) though it is, I don't think it leads the curious listener anywhere else. I think Hammill is fantastic, and as you appreciate Crimson, I'm pretty sure you'd enjoy Hammill's work with VDGG too.
Another great video and I understand know the importance of doing this series - hopefully your health will stay good for many years to come 🎉
Subscribed. You remind me of Armin Mueller Stahl😅
He was a good lookin' fella?!
I left Newcastle University in June 1981 and started work as a trainee accountant in the September. Very much a culture shock and it diverted my attention from music for several years. I wasn't helped by the growth in synth music and the decline of many of the bands I loved.
I'll be back with my favourite albums from 1981.
Sorry to hear about your bike accident and the potential implications.
Thanks a lot, Paul.
You are a charismatic guy. Great list and a better story. I wish you well buddy. 😊
Thank you. That's very nice of you.
Im glad that you survived the crash. Hope all remains well.
Thanks. I'm well, hoping it stays that way!
Blimey David. I deal with Catastrophic loss in PI. Many involving cyclist, so i have a good idea what youve been through, i've read enough medicals! 1981 was a great year. Alot of my picks would be american guitar alternative, but they were discovered around 88. Stuff I listened to at the time 'Madness 7' ELO 'Time' Teardrops 'Kilimanjaro' Lovely that someone put an arm around you & gave some life changing. advise.I can say in total honesty at that age I wouldnt have listened & done the exact opposite😆..been my achilles heel all my life! Brilliant video.
Morning HP, and thanks! But dammit, did I miss out 'Kilimanjaro'? Definitely would have been there or thereabouts.
As for that bike accident, who knows what will happen in the future? It's far from certain whether that statistical risk elevation comes true. Hopefully not. The good news is that the driver admitted liability at the scene (and was prosecuted - although I haven't been called as a witness), and their insurance company paid out a PI claim. One day I'll tell you how much, but it was more than a few quid!
Hi David! That sounds like a terrible bike crash. Patty had a nasty one too during her triathlon days in the 90s involving a dog. Hopefully you two can talk cycling next July. Your mentor sounds like a great one. I have one too, and it’s really everything that leads us to where we are. My first year at university in the dorm was like a contest to see who could party louder. Very cool you still have some of your original equipment. I’m the same buying second hand gear/kit. Motley Crue! Let’s party! Who else was on that triple bill that you saw? Essential Van Halen LP. Unchained is a wicked track. ABBA was not a surprise here. I listened to that UB40 album tonight! I love it! University days for that one. Agreed on “One in Ten”..I love all the Police records. Agree with you on “Demolition Man”…”October” is so good. As you said, no grandiosity there. I have a few King Crimson albums including that one. I was really into Peter Gabriel at that time and the Tony Levin connection led me to those 80s King Crimson releases. Those early Simple Minds albums look mint. I have a very perfect original 12” Love Song I picked up at the time. Agreed on Phil Collins. Very cool B52s collection. I have a copy of “Dare”…love it. Of its time though as you said.
Hi Mike, Oh yes, that crash was a belter! I'll post a pic and a video about it sometime (I made a couple of videos soon afterwards to make sure I didn't forget anything in case I was required to go to court (the driver was prosecuted).
Your university partying would definitely put me in the shade. I'll bet it was a blast in your place!
That Motley Crue gig was a 3 for the price of 1. Headliners were Def Leppard (a bit too slick for my taste, although (like everyone else) I love 'Hysteria'. The second support was the one that got me and a pal buying tickets. It was the great Steel Panther. What a hoot!
Hey David. Great video. Glad you survived that bike accident and you had a mentor that changed your life's direction. I saw Nugent once on the Cat Scratch Fever tour, Uriah Heep were the opening act supporting their Firefly album. Bill Withers is amazing. Discipline and the Grace Jones are killer. Love that Cure album. Cheers
Thanks very much Bobby. Really nice to see you admire Bill Withers.
@@davidatkinson-lifematters4826How do you turn a duck into a soul singer??....pop it in the oven until its Bill Withers .
I like your stories, including your gear journey -- the classic NAD 3020 and Mission! I have a few NAD pieces, and actually wanted some Mission speakers, but they weren't available in the U.S. so I got the Zu Omen Dirty Wknd II. Curious how the Utah-made Zu ended up available used in the UK! Look forward to that video.
Given your picks of The Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen (coincidentally Heaven Up Here has been on my turntable all week), I mentioned the following two bands in your 1980 video, but with each on their second album, both The Sound and The Comsat Angels were absolutely at their peak, and fit right between Bunnymen's melody and drama, and The Cure's darkness. The Sound were on Korova with the Bunnymen, but got the short end of the promotional budget, and absolutely deserved much more acclaim. Their story has been well documented in the film Walking in the Opposite Direction (2016) and the new book by Simon Heavisides, Destiny Stopped Screaming. Their first three albums are being reissued by Rhino on colored vinyl on Nov 29 (preorders are on Piccadilly and Rough Trade sites), and anyone who loves The Cure and Bunnymen absolutely needs to hear them.
Another album that I think would be up your alley is Martha & the Muffins - This is the Ice Age, produced by Daniel Lanois, who serves an Eno type role in adding creative ideas and sound design.
1. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth
2. The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
3. Rush - Moving Pictures
4. The Raincoats - Ody Shape
5. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju
6. Echo & the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
7. Japan - Tin Drum
8. Electric Light Orchestra - Time
9. The Cure - Faith
10. Iron Maiden - Killers
11. The Police - Ghost In The Machine
12. Modern Eon - Fiction Tales
13. The Method Actors - Little Figures
14. The Suburbs - Credit In Heaven
15. The Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex
16. Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
17. The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire
18. Martha & The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age
19. King Crimson - Discipline
20. X - Wild Gift
21. The Gun Club - Fire Of Love
22. Wipers - Youth Of America
23. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic
24. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture & Morality
25. Opposition - Breaking The Silence
26. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
27. The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
28. Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM
29. Kraftwerk - Computer World
30. David Byrne/Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Bubblin' under: dB's, Scars, Sabbath, Teardrop Explodes, Scientist, Associates, This Heat, Gang Of Four, Mission Of Burma.
Thanks so much for your comment. That's a great list of albums, but I'll hold my hand up: The Sound came and went, and I never bought that album. I'm going to seek it out after such a strong recommendation. Surprisingly (for me) that ELO album 'Time' is getting some love too. I have a copy, and will be digging that out. I also have a Comsat Angels 12' picture disc that I'm going to sample, but I see why they didn't register as strongly as The Bunnymen and others fighting for attention at that time.
On the hifi front, the ZUs are lovely. So much so, I have two pairs! I bought my first from a hi-end dealer and loved them, mainly because I was trying-out valve (tube) amps at the time. I even upgraded them with some new drivers from Utah. They were in the matt black finish, and I still have them on a second hifi. When a pair of piano black ones appeared I was on it straight away. They're a but monolithic and dominate the room, but they are so lively.
@@davidatkinson-lifematters4826 Which models are your Zus? I love the look, the woofers are like the eyes of a baleful speaker monster.
It was a 30+ year journey for me with The Sound and Comsat Angels inching up my list past U2, The Cure and Echo, so they're growers! But when I did find copies in the late 80s and spun them on my post-punk radio show, I always got calls like, "who the F is THAT and why haven't I heard of them before???"
Mentors are invaluable to young men.
Nice video man, interesting idea. Hope the brain injury works out for you. Got smashed up myself on a bike a few years ago, lost a leg. No brain injury though..I think!? We're a similar vintage so I'll be following with interest.
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. Losing a leg is off the scale bad compared to what I've had to put up with. The statistics around my long-term risk are on my side, but short-term, I'm doing fine right now. Best of luck to you. 👊
Stranglers - La Folie ???
Great picks! Have you ever looked into the early European pressings of Heaven Up Here that apparently feature different mixes?
I haven't actually. I have a reissue vinyl copy too, but I've not heard anything about different mixes. Intrigued.
@@davidatkinson-lifematters4826 Heya, if you do a search for 'Heaven Up Here Hoffman' and find the thread called 'Was the Bunnymen's "Heaven Up Here" ever remixed?', you'll get the info, certainly very interesting.
I'm hoping for a Sons n Fascination reissue.
Rather than picking 20 from each year, I took the view that I'd share the list of albums that are keeping for a position in my all-time top 500. This way, we can both see which are the great years, which are mediocre and which were dreadful.
And 1981 was pretty awful from my perspective, as I'm only going to list six albums:
1 Maze - Live In New Orleans
2 The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth
3 Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role
4 Electric Light Orchestra - Time
5 Bobby Womack - The Poet
6 King Crimson - Discipline
We've only got one in common of the albums that I think are worth recommending.
I have Face Value, but I only bought it a year or two ago. I probably need to give it more attention. I also have East Side Story, Dare, October (I liked back in 1981) and Heaven Up Here (which I bought back in 1981 based on critical reviews and didn't like).
Probably my two favourite groups are The Who and Genesis and it's sad to see what they'd become by 1981, with Abacab and Face Dances amongst their worst albums.
1982 is quite a lot better for me.
My school years in a nutshell,
No Prince Charming by the mighty Adam and the Ants?
Ha! Good shout. A truly great singles band, but I could never tolerate a whole album.
Fair Warning... Full Stop!
well if you were going to dabble in hard rock for 1981 Rush - Moving Pictures would have been a much better choice. Your friend didn't do you any favours