That Metal Show’s Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson have a three night stand this week (9/29-10/1) at DC’s shiny new Riot Act Comedy Theater and as such we thought we’d spend this week at TVD getting Don and Jim on the record—on METAL records. We’ve got their Top Five Favorite Metal LPs on VINYL in a countdown that’s not too different from a That Metal Show Top Five List.
And we’re not leaving you guys out of the loop either. We want to hear your Top Five Metal LPs on VINYL in the comments to all of Don and Jim’s posts this week and the one commenter who makes a solid case for his or her Top Five list will win a free pair of tickets to see Don and Jim on a night of their choosing this week. (Our winner will be chosen this Thursday, 9/29, at noon!)
It’s Day #2 which means we’ve got the guys’ #4 on their Top 5 List. We’re counting ’em down backward – all Casey Kasem-like…
DON JAMIESON’S #4: AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
Love the people on the front cover with the black bars on their faces. Victims of Bon Scott’s ‘Problem Child’ no doubt…’Dirty Deeds’ indeed! Not a dull moment on this record.
JIM FLORENTINE’S #4: Raven “Rock Until You Drop”
When I was a kid there was no way of hearing the music beforehand on the internet or even radio if it was metal. I saw the cover to this record with all the equipment on top of them and figured it must be good and took a chance with my hard earned dishwashing money to spend $16 on import for this.
This album introduced me to what would be labeled later on as Thrash Metal. This album still sounds just as fresh today as it did back in 1980. I do miss the original drummer Whacko and his Helmet that he wore. I think he was the original Special Ed!
