{"id":989,"date":"2012-07-04T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2012-07-04T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:59:35","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-123-academy-days-more-reo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/07\/04\/my-musical-evolution-part-123-academy-days-more-reo\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 123 Academy Days More REO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I added these REO Speedwagon <\/em>albums like this because they were part of the Academy Days but their impact was not so great. As you may recall, my interest in REO Speedwagon began on a “date” to Cedar Point The Amazement Park. Hi Infidelity<\/em> was a great album and I followed what would be my usual procedure of backfilling the catalog. I’m still surprised that I never considered doing this with Kansas<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In a short space of time, I acquired the REO Speedwagon <\/em>albums you see above on factory cassette of course. This might demonstrate the importance of thes records. I have yet to get any of them on Compact Disc. So, i haven’t heard these albums since the Academy Days<\/em> or shortly thereafter. I did go investigate them on Amazon.com a few weeks ago. I must admit that I’m very curious to get them and listen to them again. I wonder if anything will strike a chord.<\/p>\n

Allan had one of the live albums that they had out at that time I think it might have been You Get What You Play For<\/em>. I vaguely remember Golden Country<\/em> and some story about the telephone ringing during a moment of marijuana consumption or something.\u00a0 That album like the ones above, were very different than Hi Infidelity<\/em>.\u00a0 After all, those records were made during the late 1960’s and mid 1970’s. The sounds and themes reflected that.\u00a0 So at first, they were rather disappointing at second they were rather forgettable. That may be too harsh. The fact is that I have not yet felt motivated to replace those lost cassettes.<\/p>\n

I do plan on checking them out again. I’ll be sure to let you know what I find out. As for right now, here are the few that stick out.<\/p>\n

Golden Country<\/em>
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