The Peak, week of 4/21/14

[RGMike]

Mon 4/21/14: April 1982

LNs: XTC, Toto, Haircut 100.

WOSes: Asia,

BOSFRA: Thin Lizzy "Hollywood"

BOS2 Third World "Try Jah Love"

VHM Rainbow "Stone Cold"

[RGMike]

Tue 4/22/14: April 1971

holee crap: EJ, "My Father's Gun" -- rarity of the month! BOSFRA

LNs: "Love Her madly". "Wild World", "Joy to the World"

BOSes: Stones, "Dead Flowers"; David Crosby, "Music Is Love" (another serious rarity); B&S "One Toke Over the Line"; Alice "I'm Eighteen", Seatrain "13 Questions" (rarity #3); ELP "Knife Edge" --damn, an embarrassment of riches today.

[RGMike]

Wed 4/23/14: April 1986

LNs: The Call (oy!); Moodies, PG's "Sledgehammer"; Simple Minds

BOSes: Bowie, "Absolute Beginners", ZZT "Rough Boy", HoJo "No One is To Blame"

VHM Stones, "One Hit..."

relative rarities: Julian Lennon "Stick Around"; Joe Cocker "Shelter Me"

LOL: Geraldo opens Al Capone's vault.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Wed 4/23/14: April 1986

LNs: The Call (oy!); Moodies, PG's "Sledgehammer"

BOSes: Bowie, "Absolute Beginners", ZZT "Rough Boy", HoJo "No One is To Blame"

VHM Stones, "One Hit..."

relative rarity: Julian Lennon "Stick Around"

LOL: Geraldo opens Al Capone's vault.

The Peak and AL seem to be somewhat in sync as of late - play a couple of tolerable LNs, and make the rest of it a real pleasure.

[RGMike]

Thur 4/24/14: April 1976

BOSes: "Blitzkreig Bop", "Squonk", "Detroit Rock City", Boz "It's Over", Zep "Candy Store Rock"; Tull "Too Old to Rock'n'Roll", Tubes "Don't Touch Me There"

LNs: Sebastian "Welcome Back"; Heart "Crazy on You"

WOS Stones "Fool to Cry"

[RGMike]

Fri 4/25/14: April 1990

An AL/DC-esque start with Stone Roses and Black Crowes.  LN1 & 2

LN3: Midnight Oil.  More LNs: Sundays, Lightning Seeds

VHM: Percy "Tie-Dye on the Highway"

Little Feat from their "let's sound like NRBQ" period, "Texas Twister"

Twin Peaks: "*damn* fine cup o' coffee"

BOS Lloyd Cole, "Downtown"

WOS: Heart "All I Wanna Do Is make Love to You"

VHM Primal Scream, "Loaded"