Telling that his response was basically "dammit... all right, let me get my wallet", like when the neighborhood middle school sports team knocks on the door selling coupon books

It wasn't just the CD reissues. MTV had wall-to-wall coverage around "It was 20 years ago today" for Sgt. Pepper. It was the peak of Boomers' control of the entertainment industry, so it was inevitable. But having grown up on "Let 'Em In" and "Silly Love Songs", they had me at (orchestra tunes up)

Same - the CD reissues were how I realized that for every song I knew by them, there were 5-10 more that were just as great. (I checked them out from the library and found someone with a CD player to dub them onto cassette for me - those tapes were 50% of my music listening for the next 18 months.)

One of the records I'm gifting for Vinyl Santa includes this sticker that indicates it came from a "flowers, gifts & music" store in Venezuela. I found it at Goodwill!

Getting "Assistant Regional Manager" / "Assistant To The Regional Manager" vibes from this

Every once in a while I'll get a record that's good enough that I wonder if they included it by mistake instead of as padding. Otherwise I just throw it in the thrift store bag

I think about this all the time re: this album and Hüsker Dü's New Day Rising/Flip Your Wig - in 8th grade, didn't even know their names, wouldn't hear a note of any of it for a good 3-4 years

Best wishes to Mick, regardless

I think it's more of a Mick Jones Presents Foreigner situation

I thought he was just musical director or something, though, not actually playing?

Double Vision? You'll go blind looking for any original members on stage!

I love the part where he makes Joy Division's drummer record his parts on the roof of the studio.

This Black Fungus! Might Be Healing Chernobyl