Old Enough to Forget

Strange Behavior is an album I remember fondly, and for many years I looked for it on CD. I never did find a copy. When I set up my old stereo in the basement, this was one of the first records I played. To be fair, it's not like I had a lot of vinyl left to choose from, but what I had left was special, at least to me. I could picture Gary standing there playing his Roland G-707 in a sheepskin-collared bomber jacket. He was the epitome of cool. In short, I was having a great time reminiscing. I'm playing this now and, partway through the first side, the little things that irritated me back then weren't as pronounced. I'm a sucker for hi-hat work and a good drummer. Sure, the Simmons kits of the early '80s had a sound that defined the decade, but in terms of accentuating hardware, it was practically non-existent here. The result on Strange Behavior is a driving beat without any accoutrements, so to speak, although here and there, buried in the mix, you can hear a cy...