Exploring music from the 1970s and '80s — the 15-some-odd years that I've termed the Maximal Trilustrum (TriMax) — will never be over for me, even if the number of things from that era that I've yet to hear or even learn about grows smaller. With tens of thousands of albums worked through between the dawn of the 1970s and the mid 1980s, I have more than enough to listen to from that illustrious timeframe for as long as I live. Furthermore, I have hundreds of titles that I've yet to work through and add to the lists for each of those years.
The TriMax musical well will never be exhausted for those in the know, and it will continue to find new listeners as long as the vast riches from those years are promoted and compiled in an accessible manner for younger audiences. TriMax remains relevant because it marked the global pinnacle of innovation, hybridization and virtuosity at the most critical juncture in the history of recorded music — the years in which pre-rock classical sensibilities melded with the unprecedented technological advances of the late 20th century. By contrast, the innovation and breadth of post-TriMax music has been minuscule in comparison.
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Originally Posted by Trane
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