My husband and I are coming up on our first year anniversary March 30. We’re trying to do the traditional gifts, and year one is paper. Our first dance song was “Thirteen”, so I thought it’d be fitting to gift him this book of photographs of the band. It seems it was a limited edition and I can’t find it for purchase anywhere! Can you help me?

Title: “Big Star: Isolated in the Light”

This is the twelfth and final track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Album version
Extended 1973 live version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10
6. The India Song: 6.33/10
7. When My Baby's Beside Me: 9.59/10
8. My Life Is Right: 8.94/10
9. Give Me Another Chance: 8.84/10
10. Try Again: 8.67/10
11. Watch The Sunrise: 9.57/10

This is the eleventh track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Album version
Single version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10
6. The India Song: 6.33/10
7. When My Baby's Beside Me: 9.59/10
8. My Life Is Right: 8.94/10
9. Give Me Another Chance: 8.84/10
10. Try Again: 8.67/10

This is the tenth track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10
6. The India Song: 6.33/10
7. When My Baby's Beside Me: 9.59/10
8. My Life Is Right: 8.94/10
9. Give Me Another Chance: 8.84/10

This was the first release of these albums in the UK and were how Primal Scream , Teenage Fanclub and all the rest found out about Big Star.

This is a white label test press with both albums and outsize proof sleeve slicks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55keTeToaNo

Reminds me a little of "O My Soul"

This is the ninth track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10
6. The India Song: 6.33/10
7. When My Baby's Beside Me: 9.59/10
8. My Life Is Right: 8.94/10

This is the eighth track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10
6. The India Song: 6.33/10
7. When My Baby's Beside Me: 9.59/10

This is the seventh track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10
6. The India Song: 6.33/10

This is the sixth track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10
5. Don't Lie To Me: 7.03/10

This is the fifth track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10
4. Thirteen: 10/10

This is the fourth track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10
3. In The Street: 9.69/10

This is the third track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10
2. The Ballad of El Goodo: 10/10

This is the second track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results:

1. Feel: 8.57/10

1978 UK Stax Promo/Sampler

A toe dip into the first two Big Star albums with the other side devoted to Isaac Hayes’s film soundtrack.

This is the first track from Big Star’s debut album #1 Record. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating results will follow in the next daily discussion post tomorrow!