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  1. John Eckman @[email protected] ·

    Various Artists, The Harder They Come, 1972 on Mango

    This was the soundtrack to a film of the same name, released in the UK in 1972 and in the US in 1973. Although Jimmy Cliff's name is above the title, and he has six of the twelve tracks (though 2 have double versions on the LP_, there's also two Maytals tracks and one Desmond Dekker and others. I was too young to know, but this is said to have been a major part of breaking reggae outside of Jamaica as popular music - I know it established who Jimmy Cliff was for me. My copy—via private […]

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    #1970s #desmonddekker #jimmycliff #mangorecords #reggae #reissue
  2. John Eckman @[email protected] ·

    Various Artists, A Very Special Christmas, 1987 on A&M

    Long before Maria’s “All I Want For Christmas” came this wonderful compilation to benefit Special Olympics International with a whos-who of mid-late 80s artists covering holiday songs:

    • The Pointer Sisters – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
    • Eurythmics – Winter Wonderland
    • Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear
    • Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Merry Christmas Baby
    • The Pretenders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
    • John Cougar Mellencamp – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    • Sting – Gabriel’s Message
    • Run-DMC – Christmas in Hollis
    • U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
    • Madonna – Santa Baby
    • Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – The Little Drummer Boy
    • Bryan Adams – Run Rudolph Run
    • Bon Jovi – Back Door Santa
    • Alison Moyet – The Coventry Carol
    • Stevie Nicks – Silent Night

    This is holiday music I can get behind – though Christmas in Hollis does have a certain earworm quality I still love it. Artwork by Keith Haring, of course.

    My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewelry. Different versions exist with black vs gold lettering on the cover, and with green/red on different side labels.

    #1980s #1987 #AM #AlisonMoyet #BeverlyCoinJewel #BeverlyMA #BruceSpringsteenTheEStreetBand #BryanAdams #compilation #Eurythmics #holiday #JohnCougarMellencamp #Madonna #PointerSisters #Pretenders #RunDMC_ #StevieNicks #Sting #U2 #variousArtists #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WhitneyHouston

    #1980s #am #alisonmoyet #beverlycoinjewel #beverlyma #brucespringsteentheestreetband