Archives for January 1984

Best record of 1984

Wow, Japan could have been the Smiths, Run DMC, or countless other great records I picked up here. But sitting in the jazz bars (no bands, just playing records) in Tsukuba, it was this reissue of Chet Baker that was everywhere. Chet Baker Sings I brought back with me. It only took about 10 years to catch on in the US, I guess I should have opened that record store? Think of the stuff that still hasn’t caught on and its 20 years later.

Best record of 1984

Wow, Japan could have been the Smiths, Run DMC, or countless other great records I picked up here. But sitting in the jazz bars (no bands, just playing records) in Tsukuba, it was this reissue of Chet Baker that was everywhere. Chet Baker Sings I brought back with me. It only took about 10 years to catch on in the US, I guess I should have opened that record store? Think of the stuff that still hasn’t caught on and its 20 years later.