May 5 – Monday – The List

I exercised tonight. It doesn’t matter to what now. Just know that it was one of the albums that are on the Ram list, which as Ram remains number one of a list of twenty, we will no longer refer to it as the Ram alternative list. And here it is:

1. Ram – Paul McCartney
2. Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
3. Syl Sylvain and the Teardrops (I felt I was overly exuberant during my first listening)
4. Delaney & Bonnie – The Best of…

And in no particular order:

Derek And The Dominos – Layla and other assorted love songs      Bette Midler

Benny Goodman – The Golden Age of…      Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Stranger in Town    Ten Years After – Ssssh.

The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed   Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow

The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks        Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes

The Waitresses – Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?     Slade – Sladest

Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.        Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green

The Who – Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Reach Up And Touch The Sky (sides 3&4)

I don’t know how clear this picture will be, but this is me at 21. That waistline is a goal. An unrealistic one, but a goal nonetheless.