faves of 1983 #2

 This one is from earlier in the year - January 15

The Xavier doesn't ring any bell at all. Nor can I summon the tune of "Insecure Me" or "Dance Your Ass Off". 

faves of 1983

May 1983 to be precise - a snapshot of my listening as a 19-year old, via an old letter that came into my possession again recently

Formative me...  on the cusp of leaving behind the teenage years...  discoveries and delights mostly indexed to critics I followed oh-so-closely....  but starting to scope out paths across the past all by myself: The Easybeats, reconceived as punk precursors; the strangeness of the Glitter-Leander sound....

 

My Top 38 - by Brian Eno

 

from Sounds magazine, February 5, 1977 - the end bit of an interview with Vivien Goldman.