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Saturday, November 05, 2005
More albums that changed lives.
This past week I asked the WRIF staff to submit their albums that changed their lives:

Anne Carlini: "My mom came home from shopping at Farmer Jack's with the first Aerosmith album. It was my first experience with real guitar rock outside of anything on a Beatles album. Immediately after hearing 'Mama Kin' I started planning my first tattoo. By the time 'Walking the Dog' ended I was walkin' down the road of no return. Rock me! Thanks Mom! "

Screamin' Scott: "EDGAR WINTER 'S THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT ALBUM 1972-73
I WAS 9 WATCHING THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS AND THEY (EDGAR WINTER BAND) PLAYED FRANKINSTINE, AND BLEW MY MIND . THE VERY NEXT DAY
I WENT TO KORVETTS ( KINDA OF A CHEAP K-MART) AND PLUNKED
DOWN $7 DOLLARS .............IN PENNIES. GOT HOME AND PLAYED IT A million TIMES.aT THE TIME IT WAS SO DIFFERENT THEN ANYTHING OUT IN 73' SYNTH-ROCK . IT WAS MY FIRST IMPULSE RECORD BUY . WHEN I HEARD IT , I JUST HAD TO HAVE IT!"

DJ Sparky: "My album is Pearl Jam's Ten album. It came out on August 27, 1991. I was 12 years old. I was I was really into rap and hip hop at that time, and PJ's CD was the
first rock CD that I listened to straight front to back. AMAZING!! That album really opened me back up to the rock world. I am of the opinion that Ten was their best album, and the band went slowly downhill after."

Dave Doran:
Wow...gotta tell ya, I've thought about this a lot & come to find out, there are 3.

My cool sister: I remember when my sister won some contest with the Oakland Press. She came home from picking up her prize & said she didn't want it. She gave it to me. When she told me what it was, I was thinking, "I don't want a CLASSICAL album." How un-informed I was when she handed me VAN HALEN 1. Brightened my day. That was also the 1st day my mom yelled, "Turn that crap down!" I'm sure you can understand a kid not knowing who VH was at the time thinking it might be a classical album. Played the CRAP out of it. Still got it.

The power of advertising: Saw a TV commercial for BOSTON's 1st album. Begged my parents for it. They got it for my birthday. Played the CRAP out of it. Still got it.

Dating myself: Back when I was in 7th grade I went to a friends house after school. We thumbed through his brothers collection, not really knowing what we were looking at or for. We just thought it was cool to pick something & listen to it. We ended up staring wide eyed at each other while KISS ALIVE played on the turn table. Played the CRAP out of it. Still got it.

Jay Hudson: "I was only 8 years old but my Grandma went out and got me Guns and Roses - Appetite For Destruction and I have been scared ever since and i love it!"
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