The autograph Story is great 😂 10:03

“I just listen to this shit.” Well said.

I like that you can make a distinction between favorite album and best album. Long live Priest! 🤘🏼

ac/dc back and black is my favorite!!! you make me laugh out loud when I watch you. good job.

Around 25 years ago I was posting a lot on the jazz guitar Usenet newsgroup, and one day I posted "hey, remember Billy Zoom? He was a hoot on stage and a good guitarist too", and a guy responded right away to my post, saying "yeah, I kinda remember that guy".....it was Billy Zoom himself! Haha. Seemed to be a nice guy.

Yes. 1980 was such a great year. No less than 10 amazing albums I would rate 10/10, including one in your top 10. Here's mine: 1 Metamatic - John Foxx 2 Organisation - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 3 Compass Kumpas - Dalek I Love You 4 Closer - Joy Division 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 6 Seventeen Seconds - The Cure 7 Vienna - Ultravox 8 Do a Runner - Athletico Spizz 80 9 Travelogue - The Human League 10 Visage - Visage.

Killing Joke - a self titled album - an endless masterpiece

Excellent choices Richie. I LOVE that someone thought you were Billy Zoom... awesome. You must have been stopped there just grinning away and he thought you were the man! Happy Thanksgiving!

Fantastic list. Five of these will be in my future 1980 video, unless I change my mind.

Aaaaahhhhhhh!!! The 1980's! Now you're speaking my language! You pulled at my heartstrings with the Pretenders and Priest records. Definitely two of the best that year. In fact, I like every one of those records. Can't wait to see 85 and up! Cheers!

Great list.. I like ALL of your picks, and nice placement from 10 to # 1 !! Peter Murphy is so good, and cool music.. "Los Angeles" I found in a thrift store in Carson City 10 years ago, one of my favorite albums that I have. I want to pick up a vinyl copy of '"Frankenchrist" Have a good one Rich..

Wow Prince opening with the Stones!!!!🎉 Very cool Richy, very KooL! 😮

I'm not an encyclopedia of music history,I just listen to the shit.... that's #ucking brilliant, best quote on the VC ever !!! Fantastic albums on show sir,I'll check my Fresh fruit album for police truck 👍👍👍

You rock, love your channel, greetings from Argentina!!!

Loved your version of Chemical Warfare.

Nice seeing you again, Richie, enjoy your dissertations whenever you make a video.

Other gems with a 1980 copyright date: IRON MAIDEN- s/t debut MOTORHEARD- Ace of Spades PLASMATICS- "New Hope For the Wretched COCKNEY REJECTS- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 GG ALLIN- Always Is, Was, And Always Shall Be The DAMNED- Black Album STIFF LITTLE FINGERS- Nobody's Heroes BARNABAS- Hear The Light BLACK SABBATH (w/ Dio)- Heaven & Hell OZZY- Blizzard of Ozz WITCHFYNDE- Give 'Em Hell RAMONES- End of the Century PHOTOS- s/t

Thanks for doing the video keeps me insane play records everyday I'm disabled so I got a lot of time on my hands

Good to see you back at it! Man thats the Prince album I need. Wouldve been in my best of 80. Cramps was in my Top 10 too. Never got to see them live. Were on my bucket list.

That is so cool you got to see Prince open up for the stones bro! Wow I can't believe they got booed off stage.,. I saw them in the late '80s I think it was the tour after purple rain.

Again a great list from you, Ritchie👌. Pretty similar to my taste. I might have added Motörhead, ‘Ace of Spades’ Cure, 17 seconds and Iron Maiden debut. It’s amazing how much brilliant music came from England at these times in general! I also dig a lot the Furs. The US cover of their debut is quite different in comparison to their German/UK version (I live in Germany). I think a lot of the Back in Black material was already written and arranged with Bon Scott. imagine how this would sound with Bon.

Great list, Richie. I think my 1980 will look a little different, but we'll see.

AC/DC and DK were high on my list too! Bauhaus also killer album. Great list Richie! Surprised by your #1 pick. One I dont seem to have or couldnt locate for my 1980 video.

I see the Billy Zoom! Bauhaus is going through a revival with the kids. I like that. Great list. Your power rankings will be even more interesting. Good luck vs The Pats.

Solid ringwear on the Judas Priest. Love that X LP. Found a live 2LP from them at the Whisky I think was the venue. Killer stuff.

So many good debuts that year! Bauhaus is my fave! Great list, Billy Z!

Great year for albums. I would have Pretenders debut higher but guess what…it’s your channel, not mine. I gotta admit I was surprised by your number one. Not because I disagree, it’s a freaking great album, but I just figured you would pick something else. That’s good. Nice surprise ending.

Finally getting around to seeing this. What a great year. It would be tough for me to to a Top Ten of 1980. That DKs album would DEFINITELY be on my list! And that AC/DC, as well.

I think I had (or still have) all these albums except for Prince, British Steel and X. "Stop Your Sobbing" is one of my favorite songs on Pretenders. Go figure. I like Tattooed Love Boys a lot too. Along with the rest of the album. I love Prince's falsetto singing, like on "Kiss" for instance. That is a cool Dead Kennedys album cover - don't think I've seen that color before. The Vinyl Richie autograph is probably more in-demand than than an authentic Zoom autograph...in the VC anyway. lol Favorite AC/DC lyric? "Forget about the check/There'll be hell to pay/Have a drink on me!" Happy Holidays Vinyl Richie!

Good stuff, I mostly agree with your picks. Number one was a surprise to me, but not a bad pick. Seeing X in a few weeks, if they're still alive then. Cheers, Tom

that AC/DC album rocks, a favorite of mine is Shake A Leg!!

I tuned in just to see you in your jammies.

love that first pretenders album

I like the shirt. Makes me wanna chop down a tree..... 1980.. Mazzy will wonder why you didn't include Double Fantasy but I know why. YOKO...

Dirty Mind is my favorite Prince album - I got to see him at Radio City in the early 90s and he was fantastic.

I love Closer. "DIRTY MIND" is the one. I wish I was old enough to have attended one of those early shows!! That album still sounds fresh. Such a punk ethos. Incredible Dead Kennedys album; love that cover. "Back in Black" is solid all the way through. Great picks, Richie

I do dig that X

I was also at the Stones/Prince show. My favorite memory was Bill Graham's foul-mouthed rant to the hostile, bottle throwing crowd. Also, J. Geils kicked the Stones ass.

Great list as always - My top 2 for 1980 are U2's Boy - and The police's Zenyatta mondatta

I am in Cincinnati. In a few hours I will be rocking out to T.S.O.L. and The Dickies. Same goes for tomorrow night in Columbus.

"Dude, what are you fuckin' doin' " 😂

Awesome video, my favorite of 1980 has to either be get happy or fresh fruit for rotting vegetables

Funny intro, wished you could have squeezed in Ace of Spades but I liked your list. I have a soft spot for Priest and the Scorps they both had a great run from 74 to 84.

Three Australian/New Zealand gems: True Colours by Split Enz East by Cold Chisel Aspirations by X, recorded in 5 hours because they were in a rush to attend a Rose Tattoo gig. Also, Flowers by Icehouse and The Boys Light Up by Australian Crawl.

Always dig your lists and to each his own but quite a few differences. Here are some of mine Just Can’t Stop It - English Beat Peter Gabriel- Peter Gabriel Sandinista - Clash Sound Effdcts - Jam Argybargy- Squeeze Remain in Light - Talking Heads Uprising- Bob Marley

Great selection, VR. 👍Wondering why you had no room for Kate Bush's Never For Ever, but anyway......Those last two are album covers I'm not a fan of, but the music overcomes that. Liking the MA comp. you've shown in the background - and a 1980 version at that. 😀Cheers from Oz. John D.

Awesome choices!! I can’t believe you picked Judas Priest as number one!! Vinyl Richie from 8 years ago would be laughing at you today!! But I’m onboard with your picks!! Cheers, Jon

You are way ahead of me now. For the most part I guess I could just say, watch Vinyl Richie’s video and that will cover my picks except for maybe a couple because I don’t have them back in the collection yet. My love of that Cramps album would easily be #1 Your metal choices would be on my list but further done. Between Cramps, X and DK it’s hard to pick. Awesome year for music! Did Christopher Cross put out a album that year?

10 Total Bangers!

The Pretenders - when James Honeyman Scott was at the top of his game

Nice list with P Furs & Joy Division ➗️ & kind words for The Cure & Echo. Missing in action .. Talking Heads , The Jam & Peter Gabriel. I remember Wild Gift was mostly songs that didn't make Los Angeles & was still almost as good. I like the documentary Unheard Music where some MCA rep says he signed Point Blank over X 😬

Well it's about time, V-R. You;re later than 1980 itself.

I have many of these tho I don't talk about punk much. But I have the Furs, X, Joy Division, and Pretenders. You're probably right about that Prince album being one of this better efforts. I was never a fan either. I didn't like the way he always included the synthetic drum sound in his mix (if indeed that's what it is). Surprised he was booed on stage. Crocodiles by Echo & the Bunnymen was a good debut. Seventeen Second by the Cure. Get Happy by Costello. U2's Boy was a good debut. Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants is great if you find it somewhere. Good year for music.

Hurrah for The Pretenders debut album, one of my all-time faves. Doesn't matter what year it was, years are only a number. Wow, Prince, J. Geils and George Thorogood, awesome concert line-up. I'm always on the look-out for The Cramps, Dead Kennedys and all that, but Punk is just not readily available in this area, though I did find a 7" of Fea which was buried under a stack of children's books at the 2nd hand store. I just need to break down and order a big batch of it some time. Great 1980 list!

The Unknowns Dream Sequence Ep (1981)

My favorite album of 1980 is Glass Houses by Billy Joel!

Cool list dude, only one I predicted was X. The Vinyl Ambassador? 😂 please enlighten us commoners.

I can't listen to the first few Prince albums, but Dirty Mind is OK. That Billy Zoom autograph story is probably the best story I've yet heard on a VC video.

Killer top 10’s Now I gotta go listen to this shit

X - yes. I'm smelling some Undertones around this time, too. Pizza on erf.

Interesting list. I would also have Dead Kennedys there. Why not Cramps too.

Such a great album year. So LA’s vs SF’s Dead Kennedys. I agree w you. I’d pick X over the DKs 😎

The Canadian version of that Dead Kennedys record also has a B&W cover. To be honest, I've never actually seen one with an orange cover in person. They never show up here.

Everybody should check out AC DC live at River Plate it's a masterpiece

Hmmm, best selection, keep going!

Yeah, Prince's vocals can annoy. We pretty much agree on 1980 though you know the albums much better than me and I don't know the Cramps and don't like Dead Kennedys. I would add "Making Movies" by Dire Straits in the top 10 and Get Happy! by Costello would be my favorite album of the year. And put the Pretenders album higher than you. I like "Stop your sobbing" and anyway is much better than Kink's original but don't like Brass in Pocket. The best songs are Kid (great guitar, singing; beautiful song) and Mystery Achievement. Nice maneuver to look like Billy Zoom.

Sweet!

Good list. Is that Craig from the Vinyl Rumdown on your shirt? Los Angeles might be my favorite west coast punk record of all time

All great picks. Would add Killing Joke and Van Halen Women and Children First

Joy Division album is a suicide note

10:03 can you Show some Photos from the time when you looked like Billy zoom. This would be awesome🤩

The Pretenders, AC/DC and Priest would be on my list

Really good choices. My Finnish pressing of Fresh Fruit… doesn’t include Police Truck but it does have Too Drunk To Fuck.

Solid list Richie. Yea Prince opening for Stones was not a good idea. I am glad you just listen to the sh!t and not buy records for the pressing and say nothing about the music.

Nice list Richie, no End of the century? I don't mind Prince but I don't think he belongs on that list but it's yours, so be it.

You’ve got to go on Vinyl Richie! Don the shoulder pads put on the pancake makeup, mascara and lipstick and do 1981-1985!!!

Speaking of vocals: I saw The Psychedelic Furs in a club probably on that same tour. The vocal style turned me off immediately. When I stared hearing REM, I thought they (Stipe) had the same style (strangely enough) and have never really warmed up to them either.

It's strange you did not include "Remain in Light".

I was arguing with a guy in my rpg group awhile back, speaking of the Bauhaus, did people use the term “goth” back then or have people call themselves that?

You forgot the B-52's Wild Planet.

Frank Zappa was a genuine fan of Prince. Add that to the book of useless facts.

What punk album could be better? lol, well I like your picks but Circle Jerks Group Sex is better and maybe the best punk record ever recorded.

You and Jello are enemies, so an odd choice!

You know everyone thinks you are a Historian just cause you love music and know some shit... LOL... you should hear the questions people ask me.