Françoise Hardy – L’Amitié
Another one from Françoise Hardy, this one from 1965 and, as with her other early albums, only released with her name; the title came later from the most popular song. This one features some...
Category: ’60s
Françoise Hardy – Mon Amie la Rose
In the last entry, I talked about why I’m just buying Françoise Hardy records almost whenever I find them. She has a lovely voice, I enjoy French pop even though (and perhaps because) I...
Françoise Hardy – Tous les Garçons et les Filles
There was a brief period in the mid-2000s when I suddenly went international in my tastes. Or, at least, French. I have always loved the sound of the French language, I have always loved...
Richard Harris – A Tramp Shining
Do I have to? Do I have to do this one? Be assured, I own this as something of a joke. A little tongue in cheek. After Donna Summer had a huge, huge hit...
Buddy Guy – First Time I Met The Blues
I’ve already gushed about how amazing Buddy Guy was, and what my discovery of his music meant to me. There was the first time I saw Buddy Guy, playing a major blues festival headlined...
Get Yourself A College Girl (Original Soundtrack)
Oh, boy. I may have some explaining to do. I swear I bought this for the kitsch factor, for how stupid and outdated the title seemed. I think I bought this in the fall...
France Gall – Baby Pop
As is well-acknowledged, Quentin Tarantino (and/or his music director) has a talent for breathing new life into forgotten old songs. He did this in “Death Proof” with the remarkable April March song “Chick Habit,”...
The Bobby Fuller Four — Best of The Bobby Fuller Four
When I bought this album in 1981, the only thing I knew about The Bobby Fuller Four was the same thing anyone knew about them: They were the ones who made a hit of...
The Fugs — Tenderness Junction
If you know anything about The Fugs at all, it’s probable that you know them for one of the greatest anti-war “protests” ever — the time they were part of an effort to levitate...
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