Tommy James & The Shondells — Something Special!
It’s possible (nay: probable) that I bought all my Tommy James records in the same few months, during the spring semester of 1980, because I associate every one of these albums with an apartment...
Category: ’60s
Elmore James – Blues After Hours
I’ve already written about how my first impressions of Elmore James actually came through a song by Eric Burdon from his solo career, in which he bemoans the loss of the blues great in...
Immediate Records — The Immediate Singles Story
Way back when, I almost never owned any records on cassette. Commercial cassettes just had generally poor sound quality, the risk of damage, and I didn’t want to be involved. There were a few...
Howlin’ Wolf — Howlin’ Wolf
Until I bought this record about three years ago – a brand new reissue of his second album, with a gorgeous new cover but no hint of the iconic “rocking chair” by which the...
John Lee Hooker — John Lee Hooker
If I haven’t said this before, I should, just to remind myself: If you see a John Lee Hooker record, buy it. For one thing, even if it has the same song titles as...
John Lee Hooker – Burnin’
Do you have a record dealer who will literally chase you down the street with something he thinks you need to see? I do, and I’m not complaining. I was walking down to the...
John Lee Hooker — The Real Folk Blues
The Real Folk Blues was a series issued by Chess Records from 1965-67, intended to introduce audiences to the blues that were then being idolized and reinterpreted by so many British Invasion artists. Marshall...
The Hollies — The Hollies’ Greatest Hits
I already admitted that I often wouldn’t buy albums because I already have the hits elsewhere on a greatest hits collection or even on 45, and in the days when every dollar counted, buying...
The Hollies — The Hollies’ Greatest Hits
So weird. I love The Hollies. At least, I thought I loved The Hollies. They certainly fit in with my love for the British Invasion, my love of harmonies, my love of finely crafted...
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