1980 - Let's hit the record shop! For x-daysofmusic

Another year of this #x-daysofmusic challenge set up by @backinblackdevil.

Queen - Save Me

From The Game
I got enough money on my birthday to buy two albums! In Boots in Camberley I bought The Game and the next album. I already had this single on 7", but it's no longer in my collection. Love the song; love the cheesy video.

AC/DC - Back In Black

From Back In Black
AC/DC were all over Top of The Pops in 1980/81. Back In Black set the template for their career ever since, which at least means you only need to buy an album every few years, as they all sound the same (awaits flagging). However, it was fresh here, and Mutt Lange produced a corker of an album.

Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

From British Steel
The single was available in a gatefold sleeve with an iron-on patch of the razor blade image from British Steel. I searched long and hard for a copy, and finally picked one up during our summer holiday in a Plymouth record shop. That was the start of my record collection. The iron-on patch went on to the denim jacket and both have long since been consigned to the wheelie-bin of history. But the single itself is still in my box of treasured 7”s.

Black Sabbath - Turn Up The Night

From Mob Rules. Only video I could find
My favourite from this era of Sabbath and I still have the 7" picture disc. Ozzy may have been a better front-man, but Ronnie had the voice and the songs. The 'Live Evil' album shows this well, as Dio handles the earlier songs with ease.

Whitesnake - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City

From Live.... In The Heart Of The City. Only viable video I could find
From when they were a top class blues band and not a bunch of video poseurs (mutter, grumble, MTV). A cover of an old Bobby Bland song, beautifully performed. Bernie Marsden & Micky Moody are great players and still out and about, playing the blues clubs.

All the above videos are taken from YouTube, mostly courtesy of people who don't hold the rights.

My days of music: 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979