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David Gilmour - About Face

Back in '84 both Roger Waters and David Gilmour put out solo albums. David's record dropped first and a month later Roger, who had enlisted Eric Clapton, released  The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.  If people were expecting to settle the Waters / Gilmour debate, all the solo albums did was give the people little flags to plant in one camp or the other ... often both. I had both albums, and frankly I never really gave Roger's release more than a cursory listen ... although over the years it has grown on me. Over time both albums would be certified Gold by the RIAA in the states, but sales were nowhere near what Pink Floyd delivered - even  The Final Cut went double platinum. Roger wanted to be Roger, and David it seemed was trying to stay relevant. About Face spent a lot of time on my turntable back in '84. In hindsight a few of the songs on the album haven't aged that well, and even David himself stated that listening now the album has some great moments but it...

Whitesnake - Slide it In

Happy Valentine's Day (VD, har de har har). For today's listening enjoyment I decided to spin one of rocks greatest collection of love songs. This is not high art ... and I should be a little ashamed of what is about to happen. But I really have no shame, so here goes. Let's peek under the covers and listen to Whitesnake's 1984 release Slide it In . Like a lot of people, this was my introduction to David Coverdale and Whitesnake. Which puts me firmly in the camp of the great unwashed, but I didn't care. I didn't have a deep well of musical knowledge at the time, other than what I liked I liked. Even now I'm surprised that I wasn't reading Rolling Stone, or reading Guitar Player and stuff back then. Oh sure, I'd flip through them in the magazine rack when I was looking for my comics, but I wasn't spending my limited cash on them. I'd rather pour over the credits and listen to the records in my room. Which is what I did. Oddly, that's what ...