Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1986.

Show notes:

• Recorded in the backyard of CompCon HQ

• Jay was 18 going on 19 in '86, Phil was 16 going on 17

• Nine of the top 10 selling albums of '86 came out the year before

• Older artists make comebacks

• Pop and hair metal were big

• Boston finally released its third album

• Phil's non-top 5s: Talking Heads, Smithereens, Prince, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, XTC, Bad Brains, Gene Loves Jezebel, Love and Rockets, World Party, Dead Milkmen, B-52s, Luka Bloom, Feelies, Joe Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Sonic Youth, Rolling Stones, Dylan, Steve Earle, DLR

• Jay's non-top 5s: David & David, Peter Gabriel, Iron Maiden

• To be continued

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.