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Middle-aged Dummies are back and bursting at the "themes" to get going! Full theme ahead! (1 Viewer)

kupcho1 said:
I should have known that this theme countdown would be solid from the jump. W/r/t the artist countdowns, there are very few that have 30+ incredible songs.
Songs in the 30s that I haven't even mentioned yet, such as Who Can It Be Now, Downtown, Middle of the Road, Never Tear Us Apart ... I could go on and on.

Again, even the new-to-me tunes have been a revelation at 30: Band of Gold, Wacko from Waco, Zzyzx Rd., the list goes on.
And the best part is I have no idea what 29 will hold (since @KarmaPolice hasn't posted it yet :D ).
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And yes, @kupcho1 - you know what the above post means.

I can only make them as fast as I get them. ;) To be fair, krista gave me the option of one at a time or getting all of them and I said I didn't trust myself or you to not listen to all the playlists in a week. :lol:
 
L5 - "Retiens Moi" (2002) Girl Groups X Boy Bands #30

You can usually count on some French Pop on any @ditkaburgers list and we're getting it early on. L5 is a French girl group that was a product of the first season musical competition show Popstars France. Unlike American Idol or The Voice, Popstars didn't have a single winner--the top singers were assembled into a group and giving a recording contract. Reality TV was still in its infancy, so L5 got a huge commercial bounce when their first single shipped and it was one of the 50 biggest French hits of all time.

That kind of popularity isn't sustainable; their star had faded a bit by the time "Retiens Moi" came out. But it's the one L5 song that ditkaburgers remembers because it was on a Pop music compilation we brought back when we went to France in 2002. She says every time she hears it, she's instantly 11 years old again. L5 have managed to soldier on and had a reunion tour with all five original members in 2002.

The video is a pretty generic 2000s Spice Girls takeoff.
 
Nice variety on the #30s. I can probably say that about any of these playlists.

New-to-me favorites were "Woyaya" by Osibisa, "Big Brother" by American Dream, and "Rappcats Pt. 3" by Quasimoto. Really enjoyed the drumming on "Big Brother" and the beat on "Rappcats."

Special shout-outs to Toots and the Maytals for being them, to Oingo Boingo for the especially good mallet-ing, and Candlemass for making me enjoy a style of music that isn't usually my bag.

ETA: Forgot to add I particularly liked the Guess Who song, too.
 
higgins said:
KarmaPolice said:
@John Maddens Lunchbox - I didn't see your Batman pick on Spotify. Same with @higgins' selection
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So it’s not a part of the playlist? Thanks for trying!

This probably won’t be the last time….
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I can certainly put in a replacement if you would like some Spotify representation. I see something that would qualify from the same artist in a mid-90s album, for example. 0 clue on the quality of song, just was scanning titles. :lol:
 
Whatever makes your job easier — no reason to search for anything if you don’t immediately see it on Spotify — it simply won’t make it on the playlist!

:thumbup:
 
krista4 said:
Nice variety on the #30s. I can probably say that about any of these playlists.

New-to-me favorites were "Woyaya" by Osibisa, "Big Brother" by American Dream, and "Rappcats Pt. 3" by Quasimoto. Really enjoyed the drumming on "Big Brother" and the beat on "Rappcats."

Special shout-outs to Toots and the Maytals for being them, to Oingo Boingo for the especially good mallet-ing, and Candlemass for making me enjoy a style of music that isn't usually my bag.

ETA: Forgot to add I particularly liked the Guess Who song, too.
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FFS, another contest??!!


;)
 
titusbramble said:

Completely missed this at first time of reading, but DM me nearer the time if you're needing any local knowledge in advance of the Oasis trip, or want to grab a beer in the event it's not a get in - watch gig - get out visit to the area
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Thanks for the offer. All I know for now is that we've got two nights booked at the AC Hotel on Mason St in City Centre and that getting back from the show at Heaton Park may be a total cluster. My main goal, other than seeing Oasis, is getting a photo of the Salford Lads Club so as to briefly feel young and angsty again.
 
KarmaPolice said:
krista4 said:
Nice variety on the #30s. I can probably say that about any of these playlists.

New-to-me favorites were "Woyaya" by Osibisa, "Big Brother" by American Dream, and "Rappcats Pt. 3" by Quasimoto. Really enjoyed the drumming on "Big Brother" and the beat on "Rappcats."

Special shout-outs to Toots and the Maytals for being them, to Oingo Boingo for the especially good mallet-ing, and Candlemass for making me enjoy a style of music that isn't usually my bag.

ETA: Forgot to add I particularly liked the Guess Who song, too.
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FFS, another contest??!!


;)
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:lmao: Well played.
 
Raging weasel said:
The 30's
Another great playlist! In fact too good because I'm too lazy to type out all the liked. There were 15 known likes and liked almost everything else.
Top 3 fav songs by bands I've never heard of
The Way I Talk
Black Tiles
Kill This Love
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it's so good the autoplay after it was done was good enough for me to let it run for a couple hours.

eta: I sent it to chaosburgers. she played it over the pa system in the retail place where she works. i asked her if she enjoyed it. she said she had many questions. :)
 
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Wow, these are some strong lists. So many song I loved (old and new), and we’re only at the 30s. Looking forward to what’s ahead!

Known Numbers:
The Rain - Oran Juice Jones
Connection - Elastica
Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
Middle of the Road - Pretenders
Nothin’ But A Good Time - Poison

Total Surprises:
Boxcars - Joe Ely
Hearts - Marty Bain
The Way I Talk - S.G. Goodman
Retiens Moi - L5’
Melodia Maori - The Del-Vipers
Zzyzx Rd. - Stone Sour
 
Just caught up on both playlists, also in the camp that I enjoy the randomness and mix of known to unknown songs:

31's
Caught My Attention
XTC: Earn Enough For Us
Courteeners: Not Nineteen Forever
Psychedelic Furs: No Easy Street
King Gizzard: Magenta Mountain

30's
Caught My Attention
Joe Ely: Boxcars
Maximo Park: Apply Some Pressure
Simple Plan: I'm Just a Kid
Oingo Boingo: Grey Matter
Stone Sour: Zzyzx Road
 
#29 songs

kupcho1 – rain

It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall - Leon Russell


Eephus – Single (Named) Ladies

Replay – Tems


Charlie Steiner – songs from Mad Men

Manhattan - Ella Fitzgerald


simey – train songs

Breakdown - Jack Johnson


Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Long Way Back From Hell – Danzig


Dr. Octopus – guitarists I’ve seen live

World Leader Pretend - R.E.M. (Peter Buck)


Yo Mama – World’s Worst Superheroes

Man On The Moon - REM


Mrs. Rannous – umlauts

Where Are U Now - Jack Ü


KarmaPolice – songs from artists not on shuke’s list

Mind Idea - Jeremy Enigk


Don Quixote – Afrobeat

Heaven (Spotify) - Ebo Taylor (Ghana)


JMLs secret identity – songs in D#Minor, the saddest key of all

I'm Going Slightly Mad (Spotify) - Queen


-OZ- - song / music moments from the Marvel cinematic universe

Robot Rock - Daft Punk


Mt. Man – Number, Please

634-5789 – Wilson Pickett


Pip’s Invitation – songs from albums produced and/or engineered by Todd Rundgren

Smiling Wine – Great Speckled Bird


falguy – songs by 31 different Canadian artists

Make a Good Man (Wanna Be Bad) - Anthony Gomes


Raging weasel – name-checking Beatles or their songs

When – Shania Twain


jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Summer Madness – Kool & the Gang


scorchy – songs by Manchester(-ish) artists

We Bros - WU LYF


titusbramble – Grand Theft Auto, specifically the 3D era

Rockit - Herbie Hancock (VC - Wildstyle)


shuke – Saxytime

Magma (Spotify) - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard


Ilov80s - One song from each of the 31 best albums of 1984

Speed Your Love to Me - Simple Minds


John Maddens Lunchbox – Batman

Losing You (Spotify) - The Boxer Rebellion


Mister CIA – Texas Places in Song Titles

China Grove - Doobie Brothers


El Floppo – Mallet Rock

Spices - The Hold Steady


landrys hat - favorite Side 2 Track 1s from my record collection

Changes, Pts. 1 & 2 - Neal Francis - Changes (2019)


rockaction - Songs that state the genre they’re in

Doctor Rock - Motörhead


ditkaburgers - Girl Groups X Boy Bands

Don't Wanna Cry - SEVENTEEN


MrsKarmaPolice – Animal Kingdom

Bulls On Parade - Rage Against the Machine


Tau837 – Hair metal

To Be With You – Mr. Big


DrIanMalcolm – Songs about New York

Leaving New York - R.E.M.


higgins – Instrumentals with places in the title

Louisiana Swamp Swank - Steve Vai


Zegras11 – New wave

Der Kommissar - After The Fire


Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Disco - Surf Curse


krista4 – Chicagoland

Jesus Just Left Chicago – ZZ Top


Anonymous Mystery Theme Dictator - ???

Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band


MAC_32 – Songs to play during (and after) a funeral

Born - Kenny Chesney
 
Not many guesses after the last one, which isn't really surprising. I told you this would be difficult! Someone will get it eventually.

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band



Incorrect guesses:

Songs that give advice

Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen

Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury

Songs featuring the Mellotron

Fear mongering

Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs

Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference

Bands with family members

Songs that reference a location in another country

Songs that have nine or more words in the title

Songs that mention famous streets

Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found

Songs that reference footballguys user names

Songs without a guitar
 
krista4 said:
kupcho1 – rain

It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall - Leon Russell
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In researching Leon Russell I discovered this guy played with everyone (phrasing!), from Jerry Lee Lewis to Phil Spector to the Rolling Stones (per his Spotify bio). At 14, Russell lied about his age to land a gig at a Tulsa nightclub, playing behind Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks before touring in support of Jerry Lee Lewis.

"The ultimate rock & roll session man", Leon played on many of the finest pop singles of the '60s such as a song about one of the world's worst superheroes Mr. Tambourine Man. Dude had a lot of range too, playing on Ike & Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High and Herb Alpert's A Taste of Honey.

I've stumbled up on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled over six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, well it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
 
krista4 said:
MAC_32 – Songs to play during (and after) a funeral

Born - Kenny Chesney
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I don't recall what I wrote during summer MAD, so if this is redundant, I apologize. Each year in recent memory there has been one particular album that has really grabbed me by the horns. In 2024, it was Kenny Chesney's new release that most people haven't listened to. Not because I enjoy the songs cover-to-cover, although I do, but because it caused my outlook on life to evolve.

It's all relative, I was in incredible shape mentally and physically as recently as 3 1/2 years ago, so when I say my health has waned recently, that was my starting point. As I started to create a game plan to get out of the rut, I struggled identifying the problems, which I felt I needed to do to create solutions. This album, and this song in particular, offered that clarity.

We all wanna know what we're made for
Is this the right road, is that the right door?
Who we're meant to be or meant to be more
Are we the sun or are we the storm?
For every unknown, one thing's for sure
We'vе all been livin' since the day we wеre born

When my number gets called, I want this song on, turning it up progressively louder throughout, then all the way to the max after the 4th of 6th bars in the outro guitar solo. Cause this song ****in' rocks. But maybe it'll also grab someone else in that crowd like it grabbed me last summer. Don't dwell about my death, live dammit!

Born to be wild
To smile
To dance
Born to die tryin' to leave a good stamp down here
Down here...
 
krista4 said:
Don Quixote – Afrobeat

Heaven (Spotify) - Ebo Taylor (Ghana)
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This one probably should be a bit higher, but Ebo Taylor is someone who will appear more than once on my list and I am spreading his stuff out a bit. He is pretty synonymous with Ghanaian highlife/Afrobeat music, with his career starting in the late 1950s and continuing up to the present. His music has been sampled by a lot of hip-hop artists: “Heaven” was sampled by Usher and Ludacris for “She Don’t Know.” (And to pre-empt the question, JML, “Heaven” is a song that you included in your 1977 Part 2 list with my assist.)

I teased in my #30 write-up that my one up next had a new album coming out today. His new one is part of the “Jazz is Dead” series. I was listening to it this morning — despite suffering a stroke a few years ago and his voice being raspy as he is hitting 90 years old, it is great.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1iKRvRE0TAb0CgPJtUYTkh?si=7YjQJH9KT5GvNFfiOzCAAw

As part of the run-up to the release of his new album, the New York Times had a feature about him recently. He also has a North America tour this spring that is being billed as his final tour here. So, if you want to see Ebo Taylor live, now is your last chance.
 
29. Manhattan - Ella Fitzgerald


New York City is a marvelous machine, filled with a mesh of levers and gears and springs. Like a fine watch. Wound tight and always ticking.
-Bert Cooper, Season 1, episode 4, New Amsterdam (The full scene in which this quote appears is here.)


Manhattan is an old American standard written in 1925 by Richard Rodgers of the Broadway musical songwriting team of Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with another Broadway musical lyricist, Lorenz Hart. They wrote the song for a fundraising event for New York's theatrical society, the Theater Guild, where it was an unexpected hit with the crowd. It was included in the Great American Songbook, ensuring its place among American 'standard' songs. It has been recorded by the likes of Harry James, Bing Crosby, Mel Torme, Jan & Dean, Tony Bennett and even as a duet by Rod Stewart and Bette Midler. This version by Ella Fitzgerald is from 1956 and appears over the end credits of episode 4 of season 1, in which newly married Pete Campbell, a native New Yorker whose family is considered New York royalty, and his wife Trudy settle on their first apartment in the city.

The song itself was actually written with ironic intentions; at the time, many of the places mentioned specifically in the song were described in flattering lyrics but were actually either not very pleasant or the exact opposite of how they're described in the song. For example, 'Old Delancey' was actually a crowded, bustling commercial strip of the city's not so glamorous lower east side. Being less than familiar with all the different characteristics of Manhattan/New York City, the irony of this song on the heels of talking about New York 'royalty' sailed right over my head until just now, yet it was used so perfectly on the show that I can't help but wonder if the scene was written with the song in mind, and if it was, who does that?

I included this song because to me, Manhattan/New York City is more than just the main setting, it's also to a degree a living character in the show, and Bert Cooper talking about it in this scene underscores this idea. At one point, I wrote down all the names of places listed and/or visited in this scene, as well as the rest of the show so I could look them up, and like so many of the other details in the show, they all tied in just right and added the perfect texture each time.
 
krista4 said:
Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Disco - Surf Curse
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If you watched White Lotus you might recognize it. That's where I first heard it and thought it worked on my playlist. Not this MADs playlist but the playlist from which I harvested this playlist. Surf Curse is just a couple dudes from Indiana, a drummer and a guitar player. Both sing. They make a stripped down surf pop-ish shoegaze sound that resonated on Tik Tok and went viral-ish a few years before Disco became their "hit".
 
krista4 said:
#29 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Long Way Back From Hell – Danzig
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Summary: Danzig is an American heavy metal band led by former Samhain and Misfits singer Glenn Danzig. Formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey, the group early on became a unique voice in the rock scene, playing a bluesy, doom-laden metal with Glenn Danzig crooning in the style of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley.

Times Seen Live in Concert: 1 = 1994 (with Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies)

Personal Connection: One day my friend told me “You have to check out this singer, Glenn Danzig, he is like a heavy metal Elvis”. My first introduction was the song Killer Wolf which became a sort of joke between us as we felt it was over the top and would mimic it day after day. However, after listening to the first three of Danzig’s albums, I began to appreciate the quality of music and got used to the vocals. But Killer Wolf still gets me to this day.

Other songs to consider: Their most well-known song is Mother, but the runner-up for my song choice was Devil’s Plaything. I also really like the Danzig IV album.
 
World’s Worst Superhero #29

Man on the Moon
Artist – R.E.M. (1992)

Strengths – Seemingly unlimited wealth to do anything he wants; owns a piece of everything, from controlling the retail space to extensive government contracting to ownership of key means of communication

Weaknesses – Only interested in using his wealth and power to curry political power, or to fund vanity projects like submarine voyages to the Titanic and ultimately into space to now reside on the Moon; I mean he’s all the way up on the Moon, how much can he really help down here?


There Goes My Hero

Situation – Imagine if you will a future hellscape where billionaires have gained more wealth and power than ever before in human history. They have overseen the irreparable damage to the world’s ecology and economy for their own benefit, and have created wealth inequality never before seen. The masses are buried in debt related to student loans and skyrocketing housing and cost of living expenses – slaves to their corporate overlords. Scary to think of such an unimaginable future, I know. You reach out for some aid to solve some of the world’s problems – there is only one man who can help.

You: [using a sat phone to connect to the Moon base] “Man on the Moon, come in. We need your help!”

Man on the Moon: [yawning] “Yeah, I’m here. Can you believe I put a man on the moon (me)? What time is it?”

You: “Man on the Moon, the world is falling apart! Climate change is destroying the Earth! We need to fund journalism to speak truth to power. People can’t afford to pay for school, for housing. Have you seen the price of eggs?!”

MotM: “What’s in it for me? I’m bored. Let’s play Twister, let’s play Risk.”

You: “Focus, Moon Man! It would only take a tiny fraction of your wealth to end all these crises!”

MotM: “Have you seen how much my ex-wife spends? Do you have any idea how expensive a presidential inauguration is these days?”

[awkward silence]

MotM: “How about Monopoly, Twenty-One, Checkers, or Chess?”

[dial tone]
 
Yambag said:
Other songs to consider: Their most well-known song is Mother, but the runner-up for my song choice was Devil’s Plaything. I also really like the Danzig IV album.
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Nice. I've always been partial to "Twist of Cain." I had the first Danzig about the day it came out (huge Misfits fan). I was done with him by Danzig II: Lucifuge. I just couldn't take it seriously, and you sound like you had the exact same experience upon introduction with "Killer Wolf," which I can't remember for the life of me.
 
krista4 said:
jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Summer Madness – Kool & the Gang
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The first of... I think three (or maybe four) instrumentals on the list. Played loud, this one will give your gear a workout, especially at the top end. Those synth highs (that always go one higher than I expect) are hard to keep nice and clear at volume, partially because there's also a pretty heavy bass that's asking a lot from your amp. One of those cool "mood" tunes that gets better and more complex as it goes on.
 
krista4 said:
krista4 – Chicagoland

Jesus Just Left Chicago – ZZ Top
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Not much Chicago connection here, but it's too good a song to leave off the list. I suppose I Karma-Police-d it by not adding "Waitin' for the Bus" at the beginning, but I wanted just this one.

Artist connection to Chicago (1-5 scale): 1 - ZZ Top is as Chicago as a rodeo.
Song connection to Chicago (1-10 scale): 3 - It's not much about Chicago at all, since Jesus just left there, but the line about going from Chicago to NOLA, "turning muddy water into wine" earned it an extra point or two for its semi-veiled reference to the Chicago bluesman.
Total: 4
 
jwb said:
krista4 said:
jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Summer Madness – Kool & the Gang
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The first of... I think three (or maybe four) instrumentals on the list. Played loud, this one will give your gear a workout, especially at the top end. Those synth highs (that always go one higher than I expect) are hard to keep nice and clear at volume, partially because there's also a pretty heavy bass that's asking a lot from your amp. One of those cool "mood" tunes that gets better and more complex as it goes on.
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Ooooo, I'm very much looking forward to this listen on the good stereo.
 
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One of those cool "mood" tunes that gets better and more complex as it goes on.
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Sampled by the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff in the ubiquitous summer track "Summertime."

This track is bouncing around my headphones. Like for realz. The synthesizer also gets going toward the bottom of my ears and then seems to ascend up through the top of the headphones the higher the tone is.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is high fidelity.
 
krista4 said:
jwb said:
krista4 said:
jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Summer Madness – Kool & the Gang
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The first of... I think three (or maybe four) instrumentals on the list. Played loud, this one will give your gear a workout, especially at the top end. Those synth highs (that always go one higher than I expect) are hard to keep nice and clear at volume, partially because there's also a pretty heavy bass that's asking a lot from your amp. One of those cool "mood" tunes that gets better and more complex as it goes on.
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Ooooo, I'm very much looking forward to this listen on the good stereo.
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Doing so now. It's phrigen butter. Dat bass so tight. Kool and the Gang. Who knew? Nice one JWB.
 
#29: JEREMY ENIGK - MIND IDEA

I didn't know this connection to Carrie Brownstein until reading her memoir. They lived close by, so it was Jeremy who ended up teaching her a few cords on the guitar. Very distinct voice on Jeremy that anybody who had heard Sunny Day Real Estate probably recognizes here. I got introduced to Sunny Day from the FFA in one of our musical adventures or drafts a while ago and have been listening to their stuff since then. After reading that book, I dove into Jeremy's other projects and ended up liking a bit his solo stuff as well. Shuke has Sunny Day on the list, so like Sleater-Kinney I decided to go a little deeper here as well.

Recommended listening: anybody who hasn't, I would suggest to listen to Diary first (from Sunny Day Real Estate). That is a great 90s album, and then Ok Bear and World Waits were two that stuck out of his solo efforts.

Next: dipping back to the 70s with an artist I had never heard of who had a one-off album in 1970 but now has 2 more since 2014.
 
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