X — Wild Gift (Cassette)

USED Cassette / 1981 / Slash Records / 2nd album from Los Angeles's X. Call it whatever you like -- punk, atomic rockabilly, or whatever, this is what a masterpiece sounds like. It captures a particular moment of 1980-1981 L.A. punk rock from the Beatles of the movement. The era was gone so fast, but was so fertile, if only for a glimmer.