THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS-David Bowie (1972).
Certainly like all facets of "The Thin White Duke'"s career, but those early 70's albums with Mick Ronson on guitar are truly seminal, especially this one.

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This is one of my favorite records of 2020. Again, makes me miss Elvis Christ cause I think he'd be way into it. Crazy weird black metal Captain Beefheart garage rock monstrosity.

HARD ATTACK-Dust (1972). Incredible band that had too small a label for proper promotion. Sort of a "Supergroup" with Gtr/Voc Richie Wise (who along with partner/producer/songwriter Kenny Kerner produced the first two KISS albums along with singles like "Brother Louie" by Stories and "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Night and The Pips), Kenny Aaronsen, who has played with a "Who's Who" of musicians and Drummer Mark Bell who later was inducted in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Markie Ramone. ****1/2

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BLACK MASS FOR A MASS GRAVE by INQUISITION.

tepid peppermint wonderland...bjm

CATCH A FIRE-Bob Marley and The Wailers

STRANGE DAYS-The Doors

Aja - Steely Dan
American Pie - Don McLean

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BLACK MASS FOR A MASS GRAVE by INQUISITION, again.

The A's
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
The Best of 1980-1990 - U2
Beyond the Sunset - Blackmore's Night

Blackstar - David Bowie
Boundless - Damien Escobar
Building the Perfect Beast - Don Henley
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John

The Celts - Enya
Come By Me - Harry Connick, Jr.
Corinne Bailey Rae
Dark Sky Island - Enya
A Day At The Races - Queen
Divide - Ed Sheeran
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player - Elton John

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Still listening to the new INQUISITION record daily. It's fucking awesome!

blackstar was so good! rip bowie

PHYSICAL GRAFITTI-Led Zeppelin

BACK IN BLACK-AC/DC

Eagles
The Essential Darryl Hall & John Oates

THE SYMBOL REMAINS-Blue Oyster Cult. New album by them

Christmas Peaceful Piano
Every Man Should Know - Harry Connick, Jr.

50th Anniversary Collection - Jethro Tull
80s 100 Hits - Various Artists

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RASKOL by BATUSHKA

ARE YOU EXPERIENCED-The Jimi Hendrix Experience

A couple of Debut albums...

AEROSMITH-1973. So Good and Raw!

STARFIGHTERS-1982. Bought the album after hearing "Alley Cat Blues" on the radio back then; had a serious AC/DC vibe as Rhythm guitarist was Stevie Young, nephew to Angus and Malcolm and now plays in AC/DC.

The A's
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Bee Gees' 1st - Bee Gees
Black Cars - Gino Vannelli
Boundless - Damien Escobar
Building the Perfect Beast - Don Henley
Caribou - Elton John

STARZ-Starz (1976). Great debut from a band that really should have had more success-sound like an Aero/Cheap Trick hybrid. Long time favorite with "Detroit Girls", "Boys In Action", "She's Just a Fallen Angel" and the somewhat controversial pair of "Night Crawler" and "Pull The Plug" still rock my world.

Any Love - Luther Vandross
Baby I'm-a Want You - Bread
Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
The Celts - Enya
Come On Get Happy! The Very Best of The Partridge Family
Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross
David Uosikkinen's In The Pocket: Essential Songs of Philadelphia
December - George Winston
Diver Down - Van Halen
Duran Duran

Every Breath You Take: The Classics - The Police
Evolve - Imagine Dragons

From The Toybox - Simon Apple
Soundtrack from Season 6 of Game of Thrones

IT'S ABOUT TIME (2020). New album by Patty Smyth, vocalist of 80's band Scandal.

Gorgeous George - Edwyn Collins
30 - Harry Connick, Jr.

BLACK AND BLUE -The Rolling Stones (1976)

HERE AND THERE-Elton John (1976). HAT doesn't seem to get any love , but I think it's a great document of Elton's career. "Here" is a command Performance for Princess Margaret with "Skyline Pigeon" and "Love Song" (Duet with composer Lesley Duncan) standing out. "There" is a Thanksgiving 1974 Madison Square Garden show where John Lennon turned up at the end. Simply fabulous with the powerful "Funeral For a Friend/Loves Lies Bleeding", "Your Song", "Take Me to the Pilot" and the John Lennon portion irresistible. He had a exemplary band at this time, especially Ax Man Davey Johnstone.

MASTER OF REALITY-Black Sabbath

Just doesn't get better than this!

Kansas - Audio-Visions -- Been a long time since I listened to this. Very solid album, with a really diverse set of songs that actually work as an album. Some very free and loose compositions, mainly from Steve Walsh, make the album. Kerry Livgren still has some great songs on here, particularly Hold On, whereas some of his others are a little strict and serious, but still enjoyable compositions.

My favorite here, is one of Kansas' best songs, penned by Steve Walsh, that amazingly wasn't on the greatest hits, and so was saved from classic rock radio repeat-repeat-repeat hell: Got To Rock On:

FRESH CREAM-Cream

I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL-Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

EL DEGUELLO-ZZ Top (1979)

LIVE AT LEEDS-The Who (1970) For my money THE best live album of all time, by anyone! So incredibly hard and primal. Realized Yesterday, it was the 51st anniversary of that show and still sounds amazing.

2112-Rush (1976)

HIGH VOLTAGE -AC/DC Australian version