Lee,
 You are blowing my mind. A new Bill Nelson? And then I tracked down his site and see that he has a bunch of new albums this year. What is it like?  Guitar oriented, or electronic ?
 And a new Jules Shear? Did not know that either. He is one of my all time faves.
 Very cool list indeed.

> From: lee_elliott59@hotmail.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: My Best of 2008
> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:07:21 -0600
> 
> 
> Looking at it now, it's quite an odd list. Oh, well. 2008 was quite an odd year. Happy new year everyone!New Releases:01 Marillion- Happiness Is The Road Vol 1: Essence (I didn't 'get' these guys until I heard 'This Train Is My Life'. Most soulful album I've heard in ages. Now I'm a fan)02 Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid (from the day it was released, I knew this was going to be my favorite record of the year...until that damn Marillion song kicked me in the ass)03 Portishead- Third04 Lucinda Williams- Little Honey05 Glen Campbell- Meet Glen Campbell06 Shelby Lynn- Just A Little Lovin'07 Bill Nelson- Clocks And Dials08 Duffy- Rockferry09 The Fireman- Electric Arguments10 Todd Rundgren- Arena (the studio recording is okay, but it really rocked live) 11 Brian Wilson- That Lucky Old Sun12 Ron Sexsmith- Exit Strategy Of The Soul13 Van Der Graaf Generator- Trisector14 Lindsay Buckingham- Gift Of Screws15 Was (Not Was)- Boo!16 Oasis- Dig Out Your Soul17 Aimee Mann- @#%&! Smilers18 Emmylou Harris- All I Intended To Be19 Neon Neon- Stainless Style20 Paul Weller- 22 Dreams21 Sparks- Exotic Creatures Of The Deep22 Jules Shear- More23 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes24 Last Shadow Puppets- The Age Of Understatement25 REM- Accelerate Reissues:01 Genesis- 1970-1975 (especially 'Selling England By The Pound')02 Dennis Wilson- Pacific Ocean Blue03 The Osmonds- Crazy Horses / The Plan04 Man- UA Catalog (especially 'Back Into The Future')05 Amon Duul 2- Made In Germany
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