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Tag Archives: 1986
Hail to the kings of movie soundtracks
Last Saturday I closed a loop that had started 40 years ago: I saw the movie Footloose. You ought to know that the movie as well its soundtrack were huge hits in 1984; the catchy title song, in particular, was all over the radio and TV. It was almost as big as Flashdance from the year before. Kenny may have been dubbed the “King of Movie Soundtracks” in the eighties but it was ultimately Giorgio Moroder and Harold Faltermeyer who were pulling the strings. Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, 1986, achievement unlocked, blockbuster, memories, movies, music, personal, soundtrack, tapes, wasted youth
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Remembering the Inner Sleeve Record Library
The Inner Sleeve Record Library was exactly that: not a library where one would get books, but one where you could borrow records. Vinyl records. This was the mother lode! Continue reading