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February 27, 2018

It's 1982 this time, year of the English Beat's swan song, "Special Beat Service." Hip hop was emerging, thanks in part to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. X released a punk classic called "Under the Big Black Sun." It was the year of "Chronic Town," the initial EP for R.E.M. It was also the year of the best-selling album of all time — you guessed it, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson.

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