Various Artists-Blast Off (1982)


 

Artist: Various Artists (Melissa Manchester, Ray Parker Jr., Billy Idol, Genesis, Van Halen, A Flock of Seagulls, Steel Breeze, 38 Special, Kansas, Tane Cain, Haircut One Hundred, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, John Cougar)

Title: Blast Off

Label: K-Tel

Format: LP

Cat #: TU-2960

Year of Release: 1982

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 4/10/21

Sell Price: $2.99

Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/21 $9.99 NM/NM

Low: $1.00

Median: $3.50

Average: $4.30

High: $9.99

Current low price: $3.00

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13

Have/Want: 633/22

Where Sold: Walnutport, PA

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: given in a stack of discarded albums

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: F

Sad To See It Go: No

"You can tell it's Y-Tel.  It'll Never Sell."-Firesign Theater

I didn't bother to listen to this when it sold before it went out.  I didn't have to, I know all these songs from tracking American Top 40 from 1979-1984 or so.  This is a credible overview of those Top 40 hits from 1982, but did I feel the need to actively listen?

Well I bought "Paperlate" as a 7", so I guess that was my favorite of these hits back in '82 as an 11/12 year old.  I also had Joan Jett's I Love Rock 'n Roll on LP and of course VH's Diver Down I would crank up at the time.  I also collected Billboard number one albums so had Cougar's American Fool.  

I convinced myself that I didn't remember the "alternative" Haircut One Hundred, but it indeed graced the bottom of Kasey Kasem's chart peaking at #38, so of course I remember that "ay-yie-yie-yie" track.

Most of this is permanent pharmacy background noise, if they bother to play music.  If you want to call it music.    A merge of AOR stalwarts like 38 Special, "new rock" like A Flock of Seagulls, lite R&B like Ray Parker Jr.,soulless musical one hit wonder spam like Tane Cain and the soul crushing Melissa Manchester that opens the record.

Somebody bought this for pleasure.  

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