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Day 30: Rain Prince and the Revolution - “Purple Rain”

an article from that week's Billboard about the sales success of the Sinead O'Connor album:

Day 29: Traveled to See Live I don’t go to live shows but a few years ago, I was entertaining the idea of going down to the Calgary Folk Festival to see these guys… Thee Sacred Souls - “My Heart Is Drowning”

Day 28: Any Record Gifted to You Perfume Genius - Ugly Season A gift from dhodo, my 2022 Secret Santa!

Day 27: 70s or 7” Decided to just go with the 7” today… Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - “Jimmy’s Groove”

Day 26: Sleeve Face (if you’re willing) Mavis Staples - Mavis Staples

Justified is fine. The hits are definitely the best songs on the album and shaving off about 4 or 5 songs could’ve helped, but it’s fine. Best: Rock Your Body, Cry Me a River Worst: Never Again, Take It From Here

is FutureSex/LoveSounds in the book too or is this it?

from Radio & Records dated April 27th... ...and, just for fun, the list of top 40 stations R&R was monitoring at the time. Is your local station on the list?

Day 25: New This Month The Charities - "Fatal Attraction" I actually got this early from my local at the end of last month but it didn't officially drop until April 4th (and also the only other new record I got this month I already played a couple weeks ago).

Day 24: Piece of Band Merch …does a signed copy of that same album count as merch? Ghost Funk Orchestra - An Ode to Escapism I won it in a contest on Instagram & I framed it!

from that week's Billboard... I don't think this album charted any alternative hits but it would spawn two top 10 Hot 100 hits.

The Beatles - With The Beatles

Day 23: YouTube Anniversary Logic - Under Pressure YT was never my way of discovering new music but Logic was one of the few examples. Around the time he signed to Def Jam, I saw his name pop up online (probably on a Complex list), heard his mixtapes on YouTube (before I knew sites like...

Day 21: Played at a Record Store I’m borrowing today’s pick from my dad’s collection… Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver We were at Blackbyrd recently (a week or so before RSD) and they were playing a used copy of this album behind the counter. Day 22: Earth Day Spin Prince - Planet Earth

4/20: JUST BLAZE! Willie Nelson - Both Sides Now

Day 19: Spin Any Soundtrack Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Original Score) Decided to play a David Lynch soundtrack since I plan on going to see Wild At Heart in the theatre tonight!

Day 18: Want to See Live GA-20 - Crackdown I don’t go to live shows but I was tempted to go and see GA-20 when they came to Edmonton a few years ago. I should’ve gone, now that their lead singer’s left the band.

Day 16: Collab or Tribute Menahan Street Band featuring Saundra Williams - "There's a New Day Coming" "Lovingly dedicated to the memory of our friend Charles" Day 17: Great Live Performance/Recording Shelly Manne & His Men - At the Black Hawk, Vol. 1