Ten must-play records for an evening on the dance floor, nominated by Gil Burns, deejay at Avalon.
— ”Ahead,” Wire
— ”The Game,” Echo and the Bunnymen
— ”Don`t Argue,” Cabaret Voltaire
— ”Victim of Love,” Erasure
— ”Strangelove,” Depeche Mode
— ”Kanday,” L.L. Cool J
— ”I Don`t Know,” the Replacements
— ”How Beautiful You Are,” the Cure
— ”True Faith/1963,” New Order
— ”Shock,” Psychedelic Furs
VISUALS
The top-renting videotapes at Video Beat, an Evanston store dealing exclusively in music-related tapes. Enumerated by Lee Budowsky, owner of Video Beat.
— ”The Unheard Music,” X (Key Video)
— ”Right Side of My Brain,” Lydia Lunch (Death Trip Films)
— ”The Whole Story,” Kate Bush (Sony Video)
— ”The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl,” the Doors (MCA Home Video)
— ”R.E.M. Succumbs,” R.E.M. (A&M Video)
— ”Supershow,” footage of a 1969 live concert in London featuring Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Roland Kirk, Buddy Miles and others (Sony Video)
— ”Sid and Nancy” movie (Embassy Home Entertainment)
— ”It`s Clean, It Just Looks Dirty,” compilation tape featuring Diamanda Galas, Einsturzende Neubauten, Psychic TV and others (Giorno Poetry Systems)
— ”Janis,” documentary on the life and career of Janis Joplin (MCA Home Video)
— ”Further on Down the Road,” footage of a Carnegie Hall concert by Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack and Roy Buchanan (Barznton Productions)
THE TOP-SELLING CDS AT CHICAGO COMPACT DISC
Enumerated by Michael Bernard, owner of Chicago Compact Disc, an Evanston CD-only store.
— ”Solitude Standing,” Suzanne Vega (A&M Records)
— ”The Joshua Tree,” U2 (Island Records)
— ”Graceland,” Paul Simon (Warner Bros. Records)
— ”Whitney,” Whitney Houston (Arista Records)
— ”In the Dark,” Grateful Dead (Arista Records)
— ”Round Midnight” soundtrack (Columbia Records)
— ”La Bamba” soundtrack (Warner Bros. Records)
— ”Who`s That Girl” soundtrack (Warner Bros. Records)
— ”Legend,” Bob Marley and the Wailers (Island Records)
— ”Soul Mining,” The The (Columbia Records)
THINGS PEOPLE HAVE LEFT BEHIND AFTER AN EVENING AT POP-MUSIC CLUBS
AND CONCERT VENUES
Sources: Jam Productions, the Rosemont Horizon, Cabaret Metro, Erik`s, Club Dreamerz.
— Cameras and binoculars
— T-shirts
— Shoes
— Earrings
— Underwear
— I.D.s
— Keys
— Paper money in denominations ranging up to $100
— Entire box of blank checks
— Umbrellas
— Birth control pills
— Neiman-Marcus charge card
