The Peak, week of 8/5/13

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Mon 8/5/13: Aug 1975

uber-LNs: "Born to Run", "Tush", "Feel Like makin Love", "Ballroom Blitz"

BOSes: Stephen Stills turns back the pages; Tubes have a baby's arm holding an apple; Paul & Phoebe are gone; Television meet Li'l Johnny Jewel.

VHMs: Pure Prairie League "2-lane Highway", just for not being "Amie"; EJ gets his life saved (but anything else from this LP woulda been a BOS).

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Tue 8/6/13: Aug 1992

Temple of the Dog and the Arc Angels, coupla rarities to start

LNs: RHCPs, U2, Lemonheads, Black Crowes, INXS, PG

BOS Sophie B Hawkins; BOS2FRA Roger Daltrey "Days of Light"

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Wed 8/7/13: Aug 1980

uber-uber-BOSFRA: Mink DeVille, "Just to Walk That Little Girl Home". 

LNs: Cars, Stones, Queen, Vapors, Jackson Browne, Devo, Billy Joel.

VHM NRBQ

LOL the trailer for Prom Night.

BOS2 PG, "Biko"

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Thur 8/8/13: Aug 1971

BOSes: "Bangla Desh", Floyd's "Biding My Time", Tull "Wond'ring Aloud", ABB's live "Eliz Reed", and yet another Stephen Stills rarity, "Marianne".

LNs: Doors, Marvin, 5-man E-band, CCR's "Swedisha Hykah", and even the 'oo -- "Behind Blue Eyes" is a longtime fave but it's reached its tipping point.

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Fri 8/9/13: Aug 1986

BOSes: BJ, "Matter of Trust"; Smiths, "There is a Light..."; Winwood's "Split Decision", one of the few tracks from that LP that can still be considered a rarity.

LNs: PG, INXS, REM, D+D, Eurythmics. T.Heads are wearing filthy 'jamas. or something.

LOL: scenes from She's Gotta Have It. "Let's set da bitch on FIRE!"

WOS: B-52s "Summer of Love" -- I found them rather useless in this period.