It's a shame how with so much music being so easily accessible through the internet these days that more and more people are not devoting enough time to great albums. I often hear about people simply listening to one album, if that, and then moving on to the next bundle of files they downloaded without much of a chance of the previous albums being returned to multiple times to become part of that person's life. Where I come from we would call these people posers.
I encourage everyone to actually listen to the albums that speak to them. Return to them many times and live them.
Below I made a few lists of music that meant a lot to me in 2007.
These are lists for music that:
*was released in 2007 that I fell in love with
*I discovered and fell in love with in 2007, but was released in another year
*I rediscovered and fell in love with again in 2007. I tried to keep this down to music I have not listened to for ten years or more.
I know I missed a lot of great shit this year or I just need to give some albums more time to fall in love with - they will make it on next year's list.
I generally hate lists, they usually do nothing but name drop. I made this from a few friends' requests and decided to also post it here. I feel that this list is honest and reflects a mass amount of amazing music.
First - the most mind-blowing, life fuckery of an album for me in 2007, what deserves to be first on this list:
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Kemialliset Ystävät - Kemialliset Ystävät
A few albums that deserve to be mentioned at the top of the list:
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Anthony Braxton - 9 Compositions (Iridium)
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Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood - Enter the Cult Until the Dust to Represent the World Has Discovered the Hallucinogens and Bent us to Their Use
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Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
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David Torn - Prezens
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KK Null - Fertile
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World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland
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Ween - La Cucaracha
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Terracid - Pinnacles Upon Aesthetes in Glorious Rows
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Letters Letters - Letters Letters
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John Zorn - Six Litanies For Heliogabalus
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Noah Creshevsky - To Know And Not To Know
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Lamborghini Crystal - Dial 747-Creepozoid / Little Deuce Coupe T.V. Dinners
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Keith Rowe - The Room
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Akron/Family - Love Is Simple
The rest of the list of releases in 2007
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Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
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alex delivery - Star Destroyer
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Alog - Amateur
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Amon Tobin - Foley Room
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Angelo Petronella - Sintesi da un Diario
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Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
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Battles - Mirrored
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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
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The Book of Knots - Traineater
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Bougouni Yaalali - Yaala yaala
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Castanets - In The Vines
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The Cherry Blossoms - The Cherry Blossoms
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Chris Potter - Follow The Red Line
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Dalek - Abandoned Language
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Daphne Oram - Oramicss
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Death Ambient - Drunken Forest
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Derek Bailey - Standards
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DJ Scotch Egg - Scotch Hausen
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Dredd Foole - Daze On The Mounts
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Drona Parva - Drona Parva
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EAQuartett - Electroacoustiquarett
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(etre) - Voices Stomp Flames for Requiem Times
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Eyvind Kang - The Yelm Sessions
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Factums - Alien Native
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Flying Lotus Reset EP
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The Focus Group - We Are All Pan's People
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Frank Zappa - Wazoo
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Fred Frith-
Evelyn Glennie - The Sugar Factory
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Frode Haltli - Passing Images
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Giuseppe Ielasi - Augus
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Grinderman - Grinderman
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Gultskra Artikler - Kasha Iz Topora
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Heliocentrics - Out There
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Islaja - Ulual Yyy
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Jennifer Gentle - A New Astronomy
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John Wiese - Soft Punk
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Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stimmung
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Koch-Schütz-Studer - Tales From 30 Unintentional Nights
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Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
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MoHa! - Norwegianism
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Monks - Demo Tapes 1965
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Panda Bear - Person Pitch
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Pekos /
Yoro Diallo - Pekos/Yoro Diallo
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Puzzleweasel - Exo-Grid
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Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom
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Religious Knives - Remains
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Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft of the Lost Art
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Sightings - Through The Panama
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Subtle - Yell&Ice
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Supersilent - 8
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Tomahawk - Anonymous
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Tomutonttu - Tomutonttu LP
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Tujiko Noriko - Solo
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Un Festín Sagital - Epitafio a la Permanencia
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Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
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Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips
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Wooden Wand - James and the Quiet
Compilations of 2007:
•Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics 1918-1955
•The Crests Of The Avians Dance To Our Vibes
•Ethnic Minority Music Of North Vietnam
•People Take Warning (Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs: 1913 - 1938)
•Ethnic Minority Music Of Southern Laos
Music I discovered and fell in love with in 2007, but was released in another year:
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Aa - gAame / 2006
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Aktuala - Aktuala / 1973
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Alastair Galbraith, Alex Neilson, Richard Youngs - Belsayer Time / 2006
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Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ronald Frangipane & Don Cherry - The Holy Mountain OST / 1973
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Alexander Tucker - Furrowed Brow / 2006
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AltaiKAI - XXI Century / 2005
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Andrew Hill - Compulsion / 1964
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Azalia Snail - Cooling System / 1998
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Beach House - Beach House / 2006
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Between - And the Waters Opened / 1978
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bhob rainey/
Ralf Wehowsky - I Don't Think I Can See You Tonight / 2006
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Carla Bozulich - Evangelista / 2006
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Cerberus Shoal - Bastion of Itchy Preeves / 2004
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Chris Brown - Rogue Wave / 2005
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Code III - Planet Of Man / 1974
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Conlon Nancarrow - Studies for Player Piano / 1990
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Davenport - Free Country / 2005
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Debashish Bhattacharya And
Bob Brozman - Mahima / 2003
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Divine Styler - Spiral Walls Containing Autumns Of Light / 1992
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Dr. Strangely Strange - Kip of the Serenes / 169
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Dream/Aktion Unit - Blood Shadow Rampage / 2006
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Earwax Control - Earwax Control / 1984
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Erase Errata - At Crystal Palace / 2003
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Exuma - Exuma / 1970
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The Franciscan Hobbies - Masks & Meanings / 2003
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Furekaaben - Prinsessevaerelset / 1970
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Gorguts - Obscura / 1998
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The Goslings - Grandeur Of Hair / 2006
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Gravity Adjusters - Expansion Band / 1973
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The Heads - At Last / 2003
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Igor Wakhevitch - Docteur Faust / 1971
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Infidel?/Castro! - Bioentropic / 2005
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Jagatara - Sorekara / 1989
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Jazkamer - METAL MUSIC MACHINE / 2006
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Kieran Hebden And
Steve Reid - The Exchange Session Vol. 1 / 2006
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Kiila - Silmät Sulkaset / 2004
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Kode9 & The Space Ape - Memories Of The Future / 2006
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Krzysztof Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic / 1965
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Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Sevens, Volume 4 / 1991
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Mark Stewart - Learning to Cope with Cowardice / 1983
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Mickey Newbury - Frisco Mabel Joy / 1971
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Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon/The Wild Bull / 1968
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Paper Windmill - Mountains / 2005
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Musica Dispersa - Musica Dispersa / 1970
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Musica Elettronica Viva - Leave The City / 1970
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Mythos - Mythos / 1972
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Nervous Cop - Nervous Cop / 2003
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Noah Howard - The Black Ark / 1973
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Pandit Pran Nath - Raga Cycle: Palace Theatre, Paris / 1972
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Pierre Henry - Apocalypse de Jean / 1968
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Poing - Planet Poing / 2005
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Polwechsel - Archives Of The North / 2006
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Pumajaw - Becoming Pumajaw / 2006
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Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel / 1992
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Rabih Abou-Khalil, Joachim Kühn, Jarrod Cagwin - Journey To The Center Of An Egg / 2005
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Shuta Hasunuma - Shuta Hasunuma / 2006
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The Skaters - Wind Drapeing Incense / 2006
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Spires That in the Sunset Rise - This is Fire / 2006
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Stark Reality - Now / 1970
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Strountes - Strountes / 2006
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Suara Sana - Anasaraus / 2006
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Tama - Sandru / 1990
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Telepathic Swinger - crazy soul / 2002
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Terminal 11 - Additions To Arsenal / 2005
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Third Ear Band - Music From Macbeth / 1972
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Tipographica - The Man Who Does Not Nod / 1995
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Tokyo Kid Brothers - Throw Away The Books, Let's Go Into The Streets / 1971
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Tom Dissevelt / Kid Baltan - Song of the Second Moon / 1967
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Tower Recordings - Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles / 1998
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Twink - Think Pink / 1970
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Uli Troyer - Nok / 2000
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Uniform - Protocol (Planet Mu) / 2006
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Vas Deferens Organization - Saturation / 1996
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Volcano the Bear - Classic Erasmus Fusion / 2006
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Welcome - Sirs / 2006
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Yximalloo - The Worst Of 1986 / 1986
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Zimmer Frei - Zimmer Frei / 1981
Compilations from a year other than 2007
•LAFMS: The Lowest Form Of Music / 1998
•Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Volume 1 (1955-1966) / 1978
•Douze Pour Un / 1982
•Underground French Music 1977-198 / 2004
•Gold Leaf Branches / 2005
•Vintage Hawaiian Music: Steel Guitar Masters 1928 - 1934 / 1989
•Siked Psych: Not Not Fun Gold / 2006
Music I rediscovered and fell in love with again in 2007:
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Chrome - Half-Machine Lip Moves / 1980
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Count Basie - The Complete Atomic Basie / 1957
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Crass - Penis Envy / 1981
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Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite / 1971
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Dwarves - Blood Guts & Pussy / 1990
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The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion / 1967
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Klaus Nomi - Klaus Nomi / 1981
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Naked Raygun - Jettison / 1988
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The Queers - A Day Late and a Dollar Short / 1984
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Rapeman - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule / 1989
At the end I still feel it useless to create such a list. For myself it was useful in many ways but I can't imagine how it will do anyone else any good. If I was a better person I would put a description with each release. Just a list of artists doesn't seem to accomplish much.
Anyway, I hope it can be useful to someone.
Daphne Oram
Altarra, Princess of the Blue Woman