Marianne, I love your idea about everyone listening to MOA on the first day of spring. I will definitely send out a reminder to the list.
As far as winter albums, mine is DJRD, mostly because when it first was released in Chicago it was like 10 below zero. I remember coming home from work, freezing my ass off, turning on the radio, and there was this classical music coming out from the speakers. A little odd for a rock station, but in those days, radio wasn't afraid to play an eclectic mix of musical styles. Anyway, I was only listening half-heartly, when all of a sudden, a very familiar voice joined the mix, at which point I dropped whatever I was doing and sat there in disbelief. I finally had the presence of mind to slap a tape in the old cassette deck, and managed to record the last couple of minutes of Paprica Plans. Once it ended, the DJ announced that that was side three of the new Joni Mitchell album, and to stay tuned as side four was justs minutes away. Needless to say, I kept the tape recorder rolling. I remember sitting on the couch, wrapped in afgan, listening to side 4 for the first time, ! and forgot all about the horrible weather outside. To this day, whenever the whether is extremely cold, or I've just finished shoveling a ton of snow from the driveway, I slip DJRD on, and I'm immediately transported to a warmer place. Jack
