John Mayall – Thru The Years
I’m not sure how, in my early years of collecting, I formed an opinion of John Mayall and his bands without actually ever hearing them – but I did. And in those days, when...
Category: ’60s
John Mayall – The Turning Point
A couple of years back, I wrote about my late discovery of John Mayall. (Well, isn’t that the theme of this blog? My late discovery of nearly everyone?) At that time, my discovery that...
Maximillian – Maximillian
When it time to clear this from my new acquisitions shelf, I realized that I hadn’t played it much, and thought that was at least in part because when I got it, my wife...
The Luv’d Ones – Truth Gotta Stand
Last time, when writing about Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, I mentioned that Yep Roc Records was one of the only modern record labels I gave any credence to as a label. Well, Sundazed...
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Strikes
Here’s another really heavyweight reissue by Lightnin’ Hopkins – I mean, the cardboard has a weight not seen since the early ’60s. Very sturdy gatefold. Verve was always oriented toward quality production, and seems...
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mojo Hand (Japanese Mono)
Did I end up buying a second copy of “Mojo Hand“? Yes, yes I did. Did I know that it was virtually identical to another recently acquired copy of “Mojo Hand” when I bought...
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...
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...
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...
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