Ramblings about My Records
I think I’ve said before, my first visit to Siren Records in Doylestown, PA, yielded a treasure trove of blues. HIstorically, used record stores have not done well with the blues, offering battered B.B....
In 1968, with their TV show cancelled or about to be, The Monkees made a movie with Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson called “Head,” and put out a soundtrack by the same name. I...
This one is most notable for the great “Valleri” and the ubiquitous “Daydream Believer,” but the rest of the album really suffers from each member pretty much going it alone – proof that, using studio...
For me, this has always been my second-favorite Monkees record (“Head” being the top, by far). Less cutie-pie pop (with the odd and possibly ironic exception of “Cuddly Toy,” written by Harry Nilsson of...
I didn’t think I owned More of The Monkees, except in a late-purchased digital version. It was released in January 1967, just three months after their debut. It’s an absolute classic with several songs...
I’m not going to get into the all the obvious discussions about The Monkees – if you want to beat on them for being manufactured and not having played their instruments, you’d better toss...
Moby Grape was one of those groups that I just didn’t even give a chance back in the day when I was getting into psychedelic music and the San Francisco sound. I don’t know...
This is one of those weird acquisitions from the time in my life when my policy was to buy nearly anything from the British Invasion. Being a huge fan of The Animals and pretty...
A long, long time ago, I had the much-less-sought-after Woodstock Two soundtrack album. I’m pretty sure I got it at what was, for me, a life-changing garage sale. For whatever reason, despite my love...
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