Jools Holland and His Millionaires — Jools Holland and His Millionaires
This first solo record by Jools Holland came out in 1982, and I think I got it around 1983. I was such a huge Squeeze fan at that time, and although Jools had left...
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The Hitmen — Torn Together
This was the release we were looking for when we became so enamored of the early MTV hit “Bates Motel” (wrote about it last time). For a band that was on MTV, they didn’t...
The Hitmen – Aim For The Feet
As I’ve said before, MTV in its earliest days was a real influential hitmaker. With the right video, the right sensibility for the time, video could make a hit that never got across on...
Al “He’s The King” Hirt — The Horn Meets “The Hornet”
Part of what drove my intense exploration of the British Invasion and ’60s music generally was a certain kind of nostalgia, something that it seems is very common for people in their 20s, to...
Herman’s Hermits — Blaze
There’s a craze currently for 180 gram vinyl. While not necessarily better than lightweight vinyl in terms of sound, in years past it was the sign of a significant release, with proper remastering and...
Herman’s Hermits — There’s a Kind Of Hush
By 1967, the British Invasion by this point had split into acts that had become wildly experimental, breaking new boundaries and challenging musical forms, and the acts that kept on doing what they did....
Herman’s Hermits – Hold On!
I have good news: the music on this 1966 soundtrack album has almost nothing to do with the Herman’s Hermits movie of the same name. Their second film is about . . . no,...
Herman’s Hermits – Herman’s Hermits On Tour
I may have mentioned before, there was a time when I was all about the British Invasion. Everything involved with it, I was into. My roommate Danny shared the fascination, and between us we...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Live at Berkeley
Folks, it’s been a long lockdown. I’m writing this in the latter half of December 2020, having endured what most sensible people have endured for the past 10 months. We’ve barely left the house;...
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