I picked up two of my favorite albums of all time today... Frist is the reissue CD of Let It Be by the Replacements. It sounds awesome. Better than ever really. Plus it's full of extra tracks. I first got it in 1985 for my 16th birthday from my good friend Pat Goddard. I remember that gift more than any other that year. It had a profound effect on me. It definitely changed my outlook on music. Maybe because it had Sixteen Blue, but I think more so because of Unsatisfied and Black Diamond. Ah hell it's all great.
I also picked up Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen on vinyl. It probably tops my list of best albums. It's epic. Even though it's new vinyl, it sounds much better than any CD version that's been released. The CD mastering has always sucked, so it's nice to have it back on a "wax pancake" (hey Andy).
Listen: The Replacements - Seen Your Video
Listen: Minutemen - Shit From An Old Notebook
Interesting timing. I also just picked up Let It Be just last month. What a great album that was (and is). Whenever any of my fellow Seattlites start getting smug about grunge, I give them a little history lesson about Minneapolis in the early '80s.
No Replacements, no Nirvana. :)
See, Cameron Crowe knows his musical pedigrees - that's why Paul Westerberg is all over the Singles soundtrack (he could have just kept it to Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, but made the right choice instead).
Okay, off the soapbox now...
Posted by: Tbone | April 28, 2008 at 06:14 AM