The State Theatre in New Brunswick will unveil its updated album-spine mural, Oct. 30.
The State Theatre’s record collection is growing. Artist Les Floyd is adding 15 album spines to the 11 that are already on his mural, on a wall outside the New Brunswick theater. The official unveiling ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 30 at 2:30 p.m. Jim Babjak of The Smithereens (whose Especially for You was in the first batch) and Glen Burtnik (whose Heroes and Zeros is in the second batch) will attend, with a reception in the theater’s lobby, with refreshments, following.
Those interested in attending should RSVP by emailing community@stnj.org.
The albums are all by artists who have performed at The State Theatre.
The new albums are:
Kool & the Gang’s Celebrate
Foreigner’s 4
ZZ Top’s Afterburner
Steve Winwood’s Back in the High Life
Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare
Diana Ross’ Diana
Chicago’s Chicago’s Greatest Hits
B.B. King’s Completely Well
Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Chubby Checker’s Twist with Chubby Checker
Jackson Browne’s The Pretender
Ringo Starr’s Stop and Smell the Roses
Tina Turner’s Private Dancer
The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds
Glen Burtnik’s Heroes and Zeros
The albums previously on the mural are:
The Smithereens’ Especially for You
Aretha Franklin’s I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Ella Fitzgerald’s Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook
Los Lobos’ How Will the Wolf Survive?
Liza Minnelli’s Live at Carnegie Hall
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons’ Anthology
George Carlin’s Class Clown
Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA
Tony Bennett’s I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Pat Benatar’s Precious Time
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