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'50s

Howlin’ Wolf — Howlin’ Wolf

January 23, 2021January 22, 2021 cjvinyl

Until I bought this record about three years ago – a brand new reissue of his second album, with a gorgeous new cover but no hint of the iconic “rocking […]

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'70s

Hot Tuna — The Phosphorescent Rat

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 cjvinyl

One of the great joys of the pandemic times (because you have to invent some joy during this epic disaster) has been the many musicians who, out of love or […]

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'70s

Hot Tuna — Hot Tuna

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 cjvinyl

The deficiency of my Hot Tuna collection is a little embarrassing, especially given how big a Jefferson Airplane fan I am. I’ve always known that Hot Tuna was essentially Jorma […]

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'50s

John Lee Hooker — I’m John Lee Hooker

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 cjvinyl

This is a beautiful Spanish 180 gram reissue of a 1959 Vee Jay release. The tracks are from 1955-59, and, as with the other John Lee Hooker discs, they sound […]

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'60s

John Lee Hooker — The Real Folk Blues

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 cjvinyl

The Real Folk Blues was a series issued by Chess Records from 1965-67, intended to introduce audiences to the blues that were then being idolized and reinterpreted by so many […]

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