Full Force - Full Force

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the self-titled debut album from Full Force. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, the band included Brian "B-Fine" George (drums), Junior "Shy Shy" Clark (bass), Curt "Curt T-T" Bedeau (guitar), Gerry "Baby Gee" Charles (keyboards), Paul Anthony George (vocals) and Lucien "Bow-Legged Lou" George Jr. (vocals).

Star Wars and Me

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

It was the summer of 1977 and I was twelve years old living in a small town in western New York. On that fateful day, the much younger next door neighbor kid Teddy came up to the group of us who were hanging out playing and excitedly said, "I just saw the coolest movie! There were space ships, and robots, and this guy got his arm sliced off by a laser sword!"

Any Trouble - Where Are All The Nice Girls (35th anniversary)

This year marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of Where Are All The Nice Girls, the debut album from the British rock band Any Trouble. They would follow this a year later with another release on the Stiff records label, then two releases on the EMI America label in 1983 and 1984 (a mix of previously release material and new tracks). They broke up shortly thereafter, but regrouped again in 2007 to release their fifth album. A schedule sixth studio album from a slightly different line up was slated for November of 2015.

For my full review of this album, click here.

Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals (30th anniversary)

Today (December 10th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Fine Young Cannibals, the self-titled debut album from the Birmingham, England, band of the same name. This 1985 release went to number 21 in Canada, number 17 in Switzerland, number 11 in the UK and New Zealand and number 2 in Australia. Here in the US, it spent twenty-eight weeks on the Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 49.

For my full review of this record, please click here.

Queen - Flash Gordon (soundtrack) (35th anniversary)

Today (December 8th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the release of the Flash Gordon soundtrack album, the ninth studio album from Queen. This one spent fifteen weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 23. It also charted at number 29 in Australia and Norway, number 25 in Sweden, number 12 in Japan, number 10 in the UK, number 7 in the Netherlands, number 2 in Germany, and number 1 in Austria.

For my full review of this album, click here.

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Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (35th anniversary)

Today (December 6th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Billboard Album chart debut of 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, the twenty-third solo album from country music legend Dolly Parton. Beginning her third decade in the business, the album reached number 1 on the US Country charts, number 11 on the US Billboard Album charts (with a thirty-four week total run), number 36 on the Canadian Country charts, and number 15 on the general Canadian music charts.

For full details on this record, click here.

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