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Thanks Bob. I clipped the entire thing into an Evernote list I keep of my music wishlist. I was only born in 69 but I actually had many of those on vinyl or cassette Sadly, almost all of them were stolen off a truck during a move and many deserve to be found again. The 3 boxes of music were the only thing that were stolen, which is testament to your list, perhaps.

Has anyone questioned how Bob happened to have come across so many albums and cassettes that were in YOUR collection Andy?

That's a good point. We actually knew it was somebody "from away...." as they didn't have Island plates.

It's a funny story actually, we caught they guys piling the boxes into the back of a Chevette so we thought we could easily catch up to them and <text removed in case it's being monitored by law enforcement>, I mean... "negotiate with them".

We piled into the big Dodge pickup my buddy owned and chased them but we forgot to close the tailgate and a bunch of other stuff started sliding off the back of the truck. We decided to cut our losses before our limited electronics and furniture hit the pavement. Not that it was worth anything, but it was all we had.

I've been in a car with Bob at the wheel in downtown Boston.

I call him Bob K. Foyt when he's out of earshot.

Jus' Sayin'.

So what I got out of this is that Bob and Kevin have been friends for almost as long as I have been alive, and they are old geezers. Sound about right?



OK, so I actually listened to a good amount of those albums. Should be worthy of a revisit as some point... I do try to put music on my phone to listen to while mowing the grass in the summer. There is enough here to get me through the whole mowing season and not listen to a repeat.

It's true that much of that music is better with some grass in the mix.

Once again, Tom, we are, as you have said, sympatico.

Bob, I dig the list. I'd add these:

Blondie - Parallel Lines (vs Eat to the Beat)
Rush - 2112 (vs Moving Pictures)
The Who - Tommy (vs Who's Next or Quadrophenia)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

You're wrong about Tommy. But we're still friends.

I know you're a Quadrophenia guy. Trying to pick between Tommy and Quadrophenia is like trying to pick between a million 1969 dollars and a million 1973 dollars. Both awesome, and I'd take either one gladly.

I would take The Wall over Dark Side of the Moon, but that's just me.

My two favorite Rush albums are actually Hemispheres and Power Windows, but I adjusted for the masses.

Well, if we're adjusting for the masses, I think you have to take "Who's Next".

I guess Bob stipulated "best of their type" or some such. Now, I don't know exactly what that means and maybe he thinks that the "types" we're trying to cover with Rush, The Who and others are already covered.

Other than the suggestions already offered by others, I think this is a pretty amazing and complete list of important works during that time period. How about Tower of Power - Back to Oakland?