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Family man, music junkie, audio nut, vinyl geek, tape head, concert goer, Northwestern alum. Resident audio nerd/regular contributor to @TheHookRocks podcast.

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Here are my favorite 25 new albums released in Q2 (April-June) of this year, listed alphabetically by artist name. I liked all of these enough to buy them on vinyl or CD. It was a strong quarter for new releases! #NewMusic2024 #NewMusic #AOTY #AOTY2024
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Post a pic of a rock musician you love but think is a really unlikely rock star. I’ll start:
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A perfect album from the 60’s that isn’t the Beatles or the Stones.
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A perfect album from the 60s that isn't the Beatles or the Stones. 🎶
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Night 2 of @deadandcompany at Wrigley Field was stellar!!! I’ve been seeing “Dead” shows spanning across 5 decades, and if this really was my last, it sure was a banger!!! #DeadandCoFinalTour #livemusic
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Sat. 6/10/23 Chicago, IL Showtime: 639pm-10:30pm Next show: Tues. 6/13/23 Cincinnati, OH 7pm showtime, don’t be late!! 📷: Matt Busch
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Finally finished plans for my new house - what do y’all think?
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All time rock bass players for me: Chris Squire Geddy Lee Tony Levin Phil Lesh Who do you have?
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Let’s make a Mount Rushmore of all-time rock bass players! These bassists rock our list of four: Geddy Lee Jaco Pistorius Paul McCartney Flea Who do you have?
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 11, #5 : Rush - 2112 While it was Permanent Waves that cemented me as a lifelong Rush fan, the album that started me down the path was 2112, and overall it’s still my favorite. In my top 10 any band/genre/era.
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I was 17 when this masterpiece dropped.
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I was 17 when this masterpiece dropped.
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YUP 🤪
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - Meddle #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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It’s hard to describe just how awesome #IronMaiden was tonight at the #UnitedCenter in Chicago…but maybe this video can convey just a little of it… #UpTheIrons
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What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 21?
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What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 21?
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Now spinning at Skylab: Neil Young - Harvest #NowPlaying #vinyl #NeilYoung
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 11, #4 : Yes - Close to the Edge While my entre to Yes was Fragile, and I do love it dearly, CTTE is a notch above even that masterpiece. In my top 5 any artist/genre/era. The title track is one of the very best prog epics ever.
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 9, #7 : Pink Floyd - Meddle This is my favorite Floyd album, and Echoes is almost the perfect prog epic (minus 0.5 points for the too-long screaming albatross section 😂) A masterpiece record in every way.
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RIP, Alan White…what an incredible drummer, who I am fortunate to have seen live on a number of occasions. Alan has always been one of my all-time favorites. Yes made music that certainly challenged a drummer, and he was incredible. #RIPAlanWhite
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Now spinning at Skylab: Genesis - Selling England By The Pound #NowPlaying #Genesis #vinyl
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 14, #2 : Porcupine Tree - Deadwing This album changed my life. In 2005 I went from having never heard of Porcupine Tree to owning everything they’d recorded and considering them my favorite band of all time by 2010, which I still do.
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Now spinning at Skylab: The Cars - Candy-O #NowPlaying #TheCars #ReeltoReel
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What 4 albums do you think that are absolutely perfect? Mine are:
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Building off @patmurray1964 's flawless 4 albums, what 4 albums do U think that are absolutely perfect? Mine are: 1- #BobMarley 2- #Nirvana 3- #Beatles 4- #TheWho
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 1, #15 : Saga - Worlds Apart Saga is such an underrated band. I saw this tour in 1983, and hearing this material played live, at an incredibly high level, cemented them as a long-time favorite.
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Well well well…this arrived on an interesting day… #RipEddieVanHalen #EddieVanHalen #HonorEVH
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What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 16?
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What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 16?
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Still the best sounding format there is 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 #ReeltoReel #BlackSabbath
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Truth.
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Now spinning at Skylab: Boston - Don’t Look Back #NowPlaying #Boston #ReeltoReel
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - The Division Bell #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 15, #1 : King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Almost all of my favorite music can trace its roots to this amazing record. I adore the Mighty Crims, and “Court” is landmark, influential, and also stupendous in and of itself.
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What’s more fun before seeing #PorcupineTree live in Hollywood, than seeing the #Rush star in Hollywood! #RushFamily 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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Here are my 25 favorite new albums of the FULL YEAR 2022! I liked over 130 (!) albums released in 2022 enough to buy them on either vinyl or CD. Of those 130+, these were my top 25. Thanks to these great artists for their amazing music! #AOTY #AOTY2022 #NewMusic2022 #ListSeason
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Now spinning at Skylab: Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door #NowPlaying #vinyl #LedZeppelin
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Hemispheres #NowPlaying #Vinyl #RushFamily
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Today is the 5th anniversary of the one and only time I saw RUSH live. I don’t know why it took so long, and I can’t believe it ended up being my only time...but at least it happened! Went with both my kids who are now also huge fans...truly special event.
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (2022 mono reissue) #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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Name an album with a bird on the cover
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Name an album with a bird on the cover
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - Live at Knebworth 1990 #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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The things we did for music back then 🤣🤣🤣
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - Animals - happy release anniversary! #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 6, #10 : Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory On almost every list of the best concept albums of all time, as it should be. Easily my favorite DT album, tho I adore all of them. Very high on my all-genre faves list.
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 7, #9 : The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot One of my early prog faves, and still one of my favorite albums. A concept album chock full of great songs and a standout even among the fabulous APP catalog.
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Besides a grunge album, repost a great album released in the 1990’s. My pick(s): How about 4 great ones from the same year! (1999)
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Besides a grunge album, repost a great album released in the 1990s. My pick: Faith No More - Angel Dust
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Now spinning at Skylab: Van Halen - Fair Warning #NowPlaying #vinyl #EddieVanHalen #HonorEVH
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Now spinning at Skylab: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet #NowPlaying #PorcupineTree #ReeltoReel
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 3, #13 : Marillion - Misplaced Childhood In some respects not even my favorite Marillion album, but a masterpiece nonetheless, by one of my favorite bands, and this is the album that was my entry point.
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Now spinning at Skylab: King Crimson - Lizard #NowPlaying #vinyl #KingCrimson
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Counterparts #NowPlaying #Vinyl #RushFamily
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These are my 25 favorite new albums released 2023 - and what an amazing year for music it was! I bought over 100 new 2023 releases on vinyl or CD and these were my favorite of that already fabulous lot 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 #AOTY #AOTY2023 #NewMusic #NewMusic2023 #listseason
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - All the World’s a Stage #NowPlaying #ReelToReel #RushFamily
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Prog rock royalty, assembled! I’ve seen all 4 of these awesome fellows play live…but only separately of course. What a picture!
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It was great to connect with pals Nick Beggs, Steve Rothery and Jakko Jakszyk, watching the Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall last night.
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Name 2 concerts that you’ve attended representing two opposite extremes in styles: Mine: Opeth and Patricia Barber
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Judas Priest and Doc Watson 🎶
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Just spent 2+ hours re-organizing most of my vinyl collection. I’m drenched in sweat! This should be some kind of new workout craze 😂 I’m pleased, things are much easier to find now, even if it doesn’t look a lot different to anyone else 🤣 #vinyl #vinylcollection #shelfie
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#ProgArt15 Top 15 Prog/Art Rock Albums - Day 12, #3 : Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing While I loved Grace For Drowning, it was Raven that convinced me I could live without new Porcupine Tree - my favorite band! One of the finest albums of the 21st (or any) century
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Now spinning at Skylab: Jethro Tull - Aqualung #NowPlaying #vinyl #JethroTull
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Now spinning at Skylab: Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation #NowPlaying #vinyl #PorcupineTree
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Now spinning at Skylab: Steely Dan - Can’t Buy a Thrill #NowPlaying #Vinyl #SteelyDan
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Now spinning at Skylab: Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow #NowPlaying #vinyl #RIPJeffBeck
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - Ummagumma - happy birthday Roger, you miserable old git 🤪 #NowPlaying #Vinyl #PinkFloyd #HBDRogerWaters
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What an incredible show tonight from #PorcupineTree at the Greek Theater in LA - the best of the 4 shows I saw on this tour, and one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. Absolutely spectacular. I sure hope there is continuation, because this band is stellar!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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Now spinning at Skylab: The Beatles - Hey Jude #NowPlaying #TheBeatles #ReeltoReel
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Happy Birthday #JerryGarcia ! This year I turn 54. Jerry didn’t make it to 54. That kind of freaks me out. But few musicians have left the kind of legacy he has. This is how I picture Jerry when I think of him - it’s the Jerry I “knew” and like to remember. Thanks for music, JJG.
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Can’t believe it’s tonight! @PorcupineTree @TheAnthemDC
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Grace Under Pressure #NowPlaying #Vinyl #RushFamily
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Now spinning at Skylab: Badlands - s/t (1989) #NowPlaying #Badlands #vinyl
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Now spinning at Skylab: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery #NowPlaying #ELP #HBDCarlPalmer
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Now spinning at Skylab: Steely Dan - Aja #NowPlaying #ReeltoReel #SteelyDan
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Now spinning at Skylab: The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord #NowPlaying #vinyl #MoodyBlues
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Well here we are, @paultguitarist @tje1964 and I, ready for #MorseFest2021 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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My top 5 favorite albums of all time are: King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing Yes - Close to the Edge David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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🔥Complete The Sentence! My top 5 favorite albums of all time are ________________________!
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Now spinning at Skylab: Steely Dan - Gaucho #NowPlaying #vinyl #SteelyDan
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Hold Your Fire #NowPlaying #VinylRules #RushFamily
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Now spinning at Skylab: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet #NowPlaying #surroundsound #PorcupineTree
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Now spinning at Skylab: Genesis - Seconds Out #NowPlaying #vinyl #Genesis
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Now spinning at Skylab: Grateful Dead - Dave’s Picks Vol. 46 - Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA 9/9/72 #NowPlaying #GratefulDead #DavesPicks
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Now spinning at Skylab: Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood - 5.1 Surround Mix #NowPlaying #JethroTull
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Moving Pictures #NowPlaying #Vinyl #RushFamily
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Now spinning at Skylab: Yes - 90125 #NowPlaying #Vinyl #Yes90125
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Now spinning at Skylab: Steven Wilson - Hand Cannot Erase #NowPlaying #StevenWilson
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Now spinning at Skylab: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti #NowPlaying #LedZeppelin #vinyl
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Now spinning at Skylab: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II – The Only Way to Fly #NowPlaying #Vinyl #LedZeppelin - happy release anniversary!
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I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY by how good @STYXtheBand was last night at @RiverEdgeAurora - Tommy Shaw playing and sounding GREAT, James Young tearing it up, and Lawrence Gowan masterful and entertaining - the whole band was just superb. Highly impressed - see these guys this tour!
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Now spinning at Skylab: Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings #NowPlaying #DreamTheater #vinyl
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Now spinning at Skylab: Styx - Pieces of Eight #NowPlaying #Styx
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Roll The Bones #NowPlaying #RushFamily
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Now spinning at Skylab: Iron Maiden - Powerslave #NowPlaying #vinyl #IronMaiden
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Now spinning at Skylab: Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - happy birthday KB! #NowPlaying #KateBush #vinyl #SundayVibes
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Well…if this was my last time being in the court of the Crimson King - it sure was special!!! Incredible performance tonight at #ravinia by #KingCrimson 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻
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Now spinning at Skylab: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic - happy *50th* release anniversary to this absolute masterpiece! #NowPlaying #vinyl #KingCrimson #LTIA50
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I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY by @Squeezeofficial at the @saltshedchicago tonight - so so glad we went, just a spectacular performance from them!!! #Squeeze #SaltShed #LiveMusic
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - Animals - 2018 5.1 Surround Mix #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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Now spinning at Skylab: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here #NowPlaying #vinyl #PinkFloyd
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Now spinning at Skylab: Wishbone Ash - Argus #NowPlaying #WishboneAsh #vinyl
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Now spinning at Skylab: Rush - Exit…Stage Left #NowPlaying #RushFamily
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Now spinning at Skylab: King Crimson - Discipline - happy 40th release anniversary! #NowPlaying #vinyl #KingCrimson
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Now spinning at Skylab: Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door #NowPlaying #Vinyl #LedZeppelin
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Now spinning at Skylab: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing #NowPlaying #PorcupineTree #vinyl
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#4Albums4Decades Day 1: Albums With Fave Opening Track 1969: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man 1977: Steely Dan - Black Cow 1982: Judas Priest - The Helion > Electric Eye 1999: Porcupine Tree - Even Less
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