John Lee Hooker – Black Night Is Falling
When this popped up in the blues bin, I admit I was a little hesitant because here was a John Lee Hooker record I’d never heard of before, and a live performance at that,...
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John Lee Hooker – Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go
Next up in the new John Lee Hooker acquisitions: Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go. Recorded in New York City in 1966, originally released in 1967, this features about the best backing Hooker could have: Muddy...
John Lee Hooker – Don’t Turn Me From Your Door
Next up in our flurry of John Lee Hooker acquisitions for 2024: this Black Friday Record Store Day reissue of 1963’s “Don’t Turn Me From Your Door.” His only release on ATCO, it brings...
John Lee Hooker – Burnin’
Okay, we’re about to go through a slew of new John Lee Hooker records. I currently have 20 albums by John Lee Hooker. Five of those, I’ve bought in the past year. And that’s...
Jimi Hendrix – Songs For Groovy Children
The latest Record Store Day, the Black Friday 2024 event, was really the first time I had a long list of wants, and this was on it. For a bunch of reasons, live recordings...
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hollywood Bowl, August 19, 1967
Eventually I figured out that what I want from a Jimi Hendrix record is for it to be live. I’ve already written about “Are You Experienced?” and how I prefer “Axis: Bold As Love,”...
Heated Garage – Toasty Treasures from Minnesota’s Key Bank Studio
Some garage rock compilations are more special than others. In a sense, garage rock records are the definition of limited edition – but this one is actually numbered! This was a Record Store Day pickup...
Isaac Hayes – Truck Turner (Original Soundtrack)
Okay, it has been a long time since I saw a movie and instantly thought, “I need that soundtrack!” What was the last one? “Go!”? “Empire Records”? Something back thataway. And most of the...
Eddie Hazel – Jams From The Heart
In keeping with my relatively recent discovery of all things Funkadelic – here’s a solo record from Eddie Hazel, the blistering guitarist who made so many of those Funkadelic records what they are. Now,...
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