Happy birthday Secret Samadhi! Options

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For those of you who got it on the release day back in 1997, tell your story. I did, but I'm busy watching Philadelphia right now

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I can't believe it has been 27 years since the release of Secret Samadhi by Live! I remember in great detail skipping school that morning to sit outside HMV for about an hour to be the first to buy the album. I remember seeing it on display through the gate and waiting for the store to open. And slapping that bad boy into my DiscMan on the bus ride back home.....OH!!! What memories!

Secret Samadhi was dark and haunting in a way I never would have expected. But it, with the help of other albums of the time like Ultra by Depeche Mode and just Portishead in general allowed me to have the deep and introspective, and frankly necessary glimpse into who I really was. Love them or hate them, Live had a huge influence on me in so many ways. I developed musically and intellectually because of this band.