Prelude to The Beatles
The Beatles present a particular challenge for presenting in any sort of order. On my shelf, the albums sit chronologically, but that has no relation to how I experienced them, coming to The Beatles...
Category: ’60s
The Beach Boys – Endless Summer
Sort of like The Beatles (which we’re about to get to, in detail), The Beach Boys’ music was just something that was in the air when I was growing up. I knew all the...
The Barbarians – The Barbarians
Just a couple of entries back, we were kneedeep in garage rock with the Back From The Grave series. Well, here’s some legendary garage rock (from Cape Cod –not usually thought of as the...
Bar-Kays – Soul Finger
Having grown up in the ’60s, I was certainly familiar with “Soul Finger,” and Bar-Kays (who somehow get away without using a definite article). They were session players at Stax and became Otis Redding’s...
Back From The Grave, Volume Five
The last of the Back From The Grave series I was able to buy back in the ’80s was Volume Five. Volumes Three, Four and Five all came out in 1984, though I think...
Back From The Grave, Volume Three
After picking up my first Back From The Grave, which happened to be Volume Four, I was lucky enough to find two more. Volume Three was next, and it’s no less insane and great...
Back From The Grave, Volume Four
So, it’s 1984. I’ve moved from my early obsession with the British Invasion to new wave and a smattering of oddities. But it would be fair to say that musically, I was bored. Radio...
Charles Aznavour – The Aznavour Way
I continue to be alphabetically challenged on a project that is alphabetically centered. It really makes me wonder what I’m up to here. When I go to the end of the P’s, I decided...
Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 5
A long time ago now, when I first started this project to look at my entire vinyl collection in alphabetical order, I raved about Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974 Volume 6, which covered the...
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