John Mayall’s Blues Breakers — Crusade
I do wish there were some consistency as to whether “Blues Breakers” is one word or two, but perhaps that’s a lot to ask of British musicians. On this album it’s two words, so...
Category: ’60s
John Mayall — Blues Breakers
For the longest time, I just paid no attention to John Mayall. My British blues was mostly filtered through The Animals and the like – that particularly British turn on R&B. For my blues,...
Manfred Mann — The Best of Manfred Mann
Sometime after I acquired that previous Manfred Mann record, I got this more modern release, a “best of” collection that was released in 1977. Looking at its condition, I may have even bought it...
Manfred Mann — The Manfred Mann Album
I didn’t go into this expecting to defend Manfred Mann. I really thought I was going to be in another Dave Clark Five situation, a band that I once really appreciated that now I...
The Mamas & The Papas — The Papas & The Mamas
I picked up a very beat-up copy of this 1968 release at a garage sale a mere 11 years later, and remain confounded at how other people treat their records. How could you beat...
The Mamas & The Papas — Farewell to the First Golden Era
This 1967 release was another 1979 garage sale find, I feel pretty certain, and another Mamas & Papas record in fairly rough shape that I just never bothered to get a better version of....
The Mamas & The Papas — The Mamas & The Papas
If you didn’t grow up in the ’60s, it may be impossible to relate how huge a phenomenon The Mamas & The Papas were. They crossed over from the counterculture to mainstream in perhaps...
Love — Forever Changes
Despite being pretty new to me, this one is special to my heart because it’s special to a friend’s heart – so special that he named his record store after it! Recorded and released in...
Love — Da Capo
My interest in Love piqued by my friend Shawn at Forever Changes records, and having picked up their first album from Sundazed, I went back to him for more. He gave me this, but...
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