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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,048 posts) Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:44 PM Mar 21

Album released this date in 1987.

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Album released this date in 1987. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 21 OP

Oh Gawd. What a brilliant collection. Diamond_Dog Mar 21 #1

Stupendous album. When that album dropped, my then-girlfriend was Mike 03 Mar 21 #2

I bought this album about a week later. Basso8vb Mar 21 #3

Diamond_Dog

(36,489 posts)

1. Oh Gawd. What a brilliant collection.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:15 PM

Mar 21

Mike 03

(18,326 posts)

2. Stupendous album. When that album dropped, my then-girlfriend was

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:58 PM

Mar 21

the U2 fan (I became a real fan after seeing Rattle & Hum). We lined up outside of a Tower Records in Los Angeles. When it was midnight on the east coast, music stores on the west coast were allowed to start selling the albums.

It might be hard for young folks today to understand how exciting it was when these highly-anticipated albums were released--what a (social) event it could be.

Basso8vb

(808 posts)

3. I bought this album about a week later.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 03:02 PM

Mar 21

Most of the girls in my high school classes were losing their minds on release day and would not shut up about it!

One of my all time favorite albums.

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