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					Originally Posted by  Neapolitan
					 
				 
				Is that an album? Never heard of it.  
 
You should know the meaning of "top shelf." "Top shelf" alludes to the fact that most bars keep their quality liquor on the top shelf, hence the epithet "top shelf."  I don't know why I have to explain this since you are a well-read reader and a world renown music-journal novelist. Maybe it's cause there is no such thing as quality top shelf liquor in Ireland cause they only drink beer? 
			
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 You of course know I'm referring to the "jaz-mag" 
Hustler, but whatever. For those who were never that young or innocent, in the days when porno mags were sold in shops they were always put on the top shelf, so that you could see them but they were out of reach of youngsters, plus you kind of had to make the effort if you wanted to buy one, rather than just scooping one up with say 
Time or 
Newsweek.
Unlike Woody does here.