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Subject: Re: The best rock & classical music (to - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 23:56:05 EST
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smu!salomon    Feb  7 08:48:00 1984

Marc's list of indespensible records:

  The Clash	London Calling (1979)  Called by some the best rock
		record on the 1970's

  The Jam	Snap (1983) If I had to choose the best of the Jam,
		this would be what I would tape. The best of England's
		biggest band since the Beatles.

  Elvis Costello Punch the Clock (1983) Elvis Costello hits a new musical
		high on this one. Vocal arrangements abound with special
		guest appereances by Futura 2000.

  U2		BOY (1981) Ireland's best group ever. All under 24 years.
		Buy this record now. Not one bad song of all 12. One of
		the most superior debut albums of the last 15 years. 

  Rolling	Exile on Main Street (1972) Stones classic double album.
  Stones	Heavily induced Heroin music with a Stones flair. Undercover
		mentioned in a previous note is the only album since that
		can even come close.

  The Police	Outlandos De Amour (1978) On a budget of $5000.00, the 
		fledgling Police Created a masterpiece.               
		
  Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bullocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.(1977)
		The Punk anthology that made rock something that your
		parents didn't want you to listen to. This record started
		to change the scene that the Beatles(whom I love) sanitized
		so nicely.

  The Beatles	Abbey Road (1969) The last real gasp from the band who
		committed the above sanitization with class. This platter
		of wax was the best way to end the sixties(which I barely
		remember)

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  A list of other essentials-

	Police - all are great
	Clash  - I like them all, but you might find only a few
		 cuts of each one. Sandinista (3 record set) gets
		 wierd.
	Jam    - Americans missed one of the best ever (broke up 
		 in 1982) Phenomonoly popular in Britian.

	The    - Smash it Up  single from 1977. one of the best punk
        Damned   singles around. Hard driving guitar with out being
		 like the current current of HARD CORE(yecch)

 	Elvis  - Gone from 1 min 50 fast songs to actual musical
	Costello creations. Great in Concert.

	Big	- The single 'In a Big Country' is one of the best
	Country	  singles to hit the states by a debut band since
		  U2 in 1981. Nice dueling guitars. Sounds almost         
		  like bagpipes!(they're Scottish)  

	U2	- My personal favorite band. These guys in concert
		  are fabulous. I have driven far and wide to see 
		  them. Each of the five shows that I hae seen have
		  been among the best.

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		All those in the Los Angeles area-

		Please make an effort to see the
		
		Telefones. These guys are from
		
		Dallas, and put on a show well worth
		
		the $5.00 or less cover that they 
		
		charge. You probably won't be 
	
		dissapointed.


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		Keep on rocking.

		Marc


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