These days, any sign of life from Sonic Youth is welcome news  – even this self-released live album from the summer of 1985. It documents one of the first shows the Youth did with Steve Shelley on drums. You can hear them gear up for a major lurch into greatness, midway between the feedback scum rock of their early days and the creative breakthrough of Evol, Sister and Daydream Nation. They give a taste of glories to come with primitive versions of "Expressway to Yr Skull" and "Secret Girl." But the peak is the early ballad "I Love Her All the Time" – noisy, emotionally alive, jittery with excitement for the future. It's a map to the territory Sonic Youth were just starting to explore.

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.