Delurking for a while to admit that I, like Drew MacDonald,  have 171 of the top 200.  Now admittedly, I have been a Borack devotee ever since  he compiled his first major list in Goldmine in 1996 and spent eight fairly luckless years tracking down them all down.   I now go by the credo -  " Borack writes- I buy"  - which, admittedly costs me a lot of money but what greater  compliment can one pay to a power pop avatar like John?    So I guess I had quite a head start on most other people with the latest list . But John really  HAS unearthed some incredible gems that everyone should try to seek out.    Highly recommended - Michael Guthrie Band - Direct Hits; Jimmy Silva and the Goats( Heidi) ;   The Keys ( The Keys) ;  Squire ( Big Smashes); The Late Show ( Portable Pop)  and  Sneetches( Blow Out the Sun) 

Disappointments:  The absence of Grapes of Wrath ( Now and Then) ; David Halley (  Broken Spell) ; Stolen Moments ( Shoes); Love Candy ( Sacrilicious) ; Tom Petty Fever ( Full Mooon Fever)  and anything by the Wackers. 

Avi Davis


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