Julian Lennon - Valotte

Tomorrow (October 15th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Valotte, the debut album of Julian Lennon. This 1984 release went to number 60 in Denmark, number 41 in Japan, number 20 in the UK, number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent forty-six weeks total on the chart), number 15 in New Zealand, number 12 in Canada, and number 8 in Australia.

Eric Clapton - Money and Cigarettes

Today (February 1st) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Money and Cigarettes, the eighth solo studio album from British guitar legend Eric Clapton. This 1983 album went to number 20 in Australia, number 16 in the Netherlands and on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 13 in the UK, number 11 in New Zealand, number 9 in Japan, number 5 in Sweden and number 3 in Norway.

Assisting Clapton on the record were Ry Cooder (guitar), Albert Lee (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass), and Roger Hawkins (drums). Backing vocals were also provided by Chuck Kirkpatrick and John Sambataro.