Saturday, September 23, 2023

CD Longbox #40

Joe Sample - Carmel (1979)





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Saturday, September 9, 2023

Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #86


Albums: Krokus - Hardware (Ariola, 1981)
Episode:  Season 3, Episode 21, "Till Debt Do Us Part"
Original air date: Sunday, April 5, 1981


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Monday, August 21, 2023

CD Longbox #39

Queen - The Game (1980)




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Sunday, July 9, 2023

40 Years Ago - Top Jazz Albums of July 9, 1983


Let's take a look at what was topping the various jazz album charts on July 9, 1983.


Billboard
Cash Box
Radio & Records
1
Jarreau
Al Jarreau
In Your Eyes
George Benson
Low Ride
Earl Klugh
2
Low Ride
Earl Klugh
Travels
Pat Metheny Group
In Your Eyes
George Benson
3
The Hunter
Joe Sample
Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Jarreau
Al Jarreau
4
Star People
Miles Davis
The Genie
Bob James
Journey to a Rainbow
Chuck Mangione
5
The Genie
Bob James
Low Ride
Earl Klugh
The Genie
Bob James
6
Friends
Larry Carlton
Star People
Miles Davis
Les Fleurs
Ramsey Lewis
7
Autumn
George Winston
Friends
Larry Carlton
Friends
Larry Carlton
8
Mirage a Trois
Yellowjackets
The Hunter
Joe Sample
Mirage a Trois
Yellowjackets
9
Dave Grusin and the New York/L.A. Dream Band
Mirage a Trois
Yellowjackets
Travels
Pat Metheny Group
10
In Your Eyes
George Benson
Journey to a Rainbow
Chuck Mangione
The Hunter
Joe Sample



Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:
  1. Jarreau (26 points)
  2. Low Ride (25 pts)
  3. In Your Eyes (20 pts)
  4. The Genie (19 pts)
  5. Friends (14 pts)
  6. (tie) The Hunter and Star People (12 pts)
  7. Travels (11 pts)
  8. (tie) Mirage a Trois and Journey to a Rainbow (8 pts)
  9. Les Fleurs (5 pts)
  10. Autumn (4 pts)
  11. Dave Grusin and the New York/L.A. Dream Band (2 pts)





Listen to selected tracks from the above albums and other 1983 releases, courtesy of Dr. Smooth:


Saturday, July 1, 2023

Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #85


Albums: Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America, 1981), Stiff Records (1980), Jefferson Starship - Modern Times (Grunt, 1981), The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (Warner/Atlantic, 1981), The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle (Capitol, 1981)
Episode:  Season 4, Episode 3, "The Union"
Original air date: Wednesday, October 21, 1981

Bonus: visible album sleeve is Tattoo You.




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