8. & 9. George Harrison - Somewhere in England and Gone Troppo
Place of Purchase: Wal-Mart
These came from the huge discount bin of tapes Wal-Mart used to have that you had to dig through. I don't think I've seen one there since 1999-ish. I had liked "All Those Years Ago" off England since it was popular when I was 6, and I just got Troppo out of curiosity. Alas, these are the only 2 on the list no longer with us; they were chewed up a long time ago more from lack of quality control on Warner Bros. Records' part than anything I did with them.
Choice Cut (England): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA
Choice Cut (Troppo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcoIQXp0-Ts
10. Caddyshack movie soundtrack
Place of Purchase: Camelot Music (R.I.P.), Mall of Memphis (R.I.P.), Memphis, TN.
Kenny Loggins' "I'm Alright" was another favorite of mine as a kid, and the attraction only grew as I became more independent as a teenager and adult. Would love to find this on CD if it even exists for the Hilly Michaels track and the rocked-up version of the "1812 Overture."
Choice Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSUyYSQie8
11. Ghostbusters II movie soundtrack
Place of Purchase: Musicland
OK, this one is a bit lame. I like the chart-topping Bobby Brown hit at the time, but now I find its drum-machine-heavy production annoying, so I guess I'll highlight the Glenn Frey track off this instead.
Choice Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2CcyOewcCA
12. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & the Cooked
Place of Purchase: I actually don't remember. I'm getting old. :)
One mega-album, and then you disappear. It's still a good album, though.
Choice Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHYnS9Dm-g8
13. XTC - Oranges and Lemons
Place of Purchase - gift (Wal-Mart)
I won this on a bet from my mother over which Milli Vanilli video I had taped for her. I internally gag just writing that.
Choice Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t2j8NcVpW4
14. and 15. Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt and Give My Regards to Broad Street movie soundtrack
Places of Purchase - Flowers from Wal-Mart, Street from Camelot
I already covered Dirt two entries back. I probably got Street on the grounds that I liked "Good Day Sunshine" and "Ballroom Dancing." Despite how much my mother tells me she played "No More Lonely Nights" when it was popular, I don't remember it at all. This was my first exposure to Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere," and I still prefer the McCartney version on here on the original.
Choice Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67TePwGLlEs