14. 'Kill The Poor' - Dead Kennedys - Alternative Tentacles 12953 - 1980. For a brief moment, this was the punkest band around. The music was evil, the stance was delicious and the politics were a dizzying mix of commie and anarchist. In truth, the DKs, like the MC5 before them, were garden-variety liberals, but they were initially so loud and distorted it sounded like muthafukkin' revolution. Here it all comes together in one 3-minute assault: passion, sarcasm, guts, hooks, speed, treble - and graffiti ideology. A Reagonomics K-Tel classic.

15. 'Raspberry Beret' / 'She's Always In My Hair'- Prince - Paisley Park [Warners Bros] 28972 - 1985. It's hard to believe this was a hit (there's almost no bass frequency whatsoever), and a lot of people were skeptical, but Prince was on a roll and his 'psychedelic' phase was embraced along with his earlier triumphs. The first of three 45s from Around the World in a Day, all of them feature quality non-LP B-sides (which Warners fails to include on the CD) and snappy label artwork.

16. 'The Wagon' - Dinosaur - Sub Pop 68A - 1990. This one is by is 'Dinosaur,' not 'Dinosaur Jr' - and, on Sub Pop's 'record-of-the-month' (with trendy white vinyl), it's a real find. Mascis is a pretty limited artist, annoying to anyone with a low tolerance for the 'rocking' Neil Young, but this tune is certainly inspired enough. Brisk drums, roaring guitars, murmured catch phrases; it may sound like 'grunge,' but it's just a boy's plea for a girl's attention - the basic building block of rock 'n roll, in other words, and timeless stuff.

OK, there's some of them. I'm still looking for certain ones, too. A guy can spend a lifetime on eBay just scanning the Beach Boys.