Vinyl Distractions

Bewitched: The Goddess Edition front cover. It is just a photograph of the artist, Laufey. She is posed facing the viewer, but her gaze is down and to her left. She has brown wavy hair parted just off-center, held in place on her rigth by a pearly clip just above her ear, accenting a pair of large pearls in her earring. One her right her hair falls behind her shoulder, on her left, it drapes across the front. She is wearing a very frosty color of eye shadow that strongly accents her eyes. She is wearing an off the shoulder dress, white bows at each shoulder becoming a ribbon across the bodice. Below that the dress is dark in color, and only seen partly.

'20s / Catchup / Colored Vinyl / Jazz / Pop

February 15, 2025

Laufey – Bewitched: The Goddess Edition

My love affair with contemporary music, with keeping up with the latest releases, lasted for a fairly short time in my life – from when I got my first clock-radio in 1972 to about...

'20s / Catchup / Colored Vinyl / Pop

February 13, 2025

Lake Street Dive – Fun Machine: The Sequel

Back in 2012, Lake Street Dive put out an EP of cover songs called “Fun Machine.” Ten years later, they went somewhat longer and made a full album of cover songs, which I bought...

Hypnagogia front cover – album cover by Kuf Knotz and Christine Elise. Their names are in psychedelic style lettering in a circle in the upper right. Taking up most of the album cover is a triangle filled with other psychedelic colors and designs. Where the triangle isn't is filled with other designs in two dark shades.

'20s / Catchup / Colored Vinyl / Hip-Hop/Rap

February 11, 2025

Küf Knotz & Christine Elise – Hypnagogia

This album’s presence in my collection is the result of one of those moments when I stepped outside my comfort zone and found something amazing there. If you were to scroll back through all...

'70s / Catchup / Rock

January 30, 2025

The Kinks – Preservation Act 1

As I’ve said before, I’m pretty allergic to most concept albums. And I was slow to get into the deep catalog of The Kinks, to listen to some of the full albums that really...

Something Else by the Kinks front cover – the type is in a drawn, fantasy-style font above four circular photographs, in high-contrast black and white, of the four members of the band. The circles are linked by art nouveau decorative elements.

'60s / British Invasion / Catchup / Pop / Rock

January 25, 2025

The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks

I’ve written before about how I somehow managed to consider myself a Kinks fan while still owning hardly any Kinks records. I had the stuff from Misfits on into the ’80s, and an old...

Front cover of Writer by Carole King. Her name is emphasized over the album title. Below that is a rectangular photograph of Carole King, standing in a long, floral dress, before the upper reaches of bare-limbed trees, a drawn three-color rainbow extending from the back of her head to the sky. The only color in the picture is in the dress and the rainbow.

'70s / Catchup / Folk-rock / Pop / Rock

January 19, 2025

Carole King – Writer: Carole King

It may just be that, back when I was collecting records in the ’70s and ’80s, I really wasn’t looking for any Carole King. Since Tapestry was ubiquitous and its music inescapable, and I...

Front cover of Reno Road, with the title and artist name superimposed over a piece of abstract art.

'60s / Blues / Catchup / Colored Vinyl / RecordStoreDay / Roots

January 15, 2025

Jorma Kaukonen – Reno Road

Despite my love of Jefferson Airplane, I never followed Hot Tuna or Jorma Kaukonen until just a few years ago. During the COVID-19 lockdown, word got out that Jorma was playing some of the...

Back To The Crossroads – The Roots of Robert Johnson

Blues / Catchup

January 14, 2025

Back To The Crossroads – The Roots of Robert Johnson

This is an interesting approach to a blues compilation – it presents the blues that most likely influenced Robert Johnson. I think it’s important to note something that Andrew Hickey and others have repeatedly...

'50s / Blues / Catchup / Rock

January 5, 2025

Etta James – Etta James Sings

With regard to the title – I mean, that’s what Etta James does, right? This is actually the only Etta James I have on vinyl, and it isn’t even, apparently, an official release. This...

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