The Clash — Black Market Clash
I remember getting “Black Market Clash.” It was my third summer in Syracuse, 1981. We were living in a hot apartment, technically a sublet — we were staying in an apartment over a sub...
Category: ’70s
The Clash — The Clash
Okay, the way I’ve been doing these (alphabetical by group, but then chronological by issue date), The Clash should really have come before London Calling. But there’s a personal level to the order, too,...
The Best of The Chicago Blues
Not the first and not the last alphabetical challenge. Not the first and not the last new entry to my collection that presents said alphabetical challenge. This is Vanguard’s incredible 2-disc “The Best of...
Harry Chapin — Greatest Stories Live
I loved Harry Chapin. His story songs were just part of what it was to listen to music in the ’70s. I had a number of his hits or at least singles that saw...
The Cars — The Cars
Okay. True confessions time: I never owned this album before. Despite being a freshman in college when this was released, despite being the target audience for anything new wave (or at least I would...
Eric Burdon Band – Eric Burdon Band
Our last disc was by “The Eric Burdon Band.” This is just “Eric Burdon Band.” Budgetary issues? Label wouldn’t spring for a “The”? Well that, can’t be it – unless they used up all...
The Eric Burdon Band – Sun Secrets
Here’s another new old record — new to me, old to the earth. Despite being a big Animals fan and, by not much extension, a big Eric Burdon fan, I don’t believe I ever...
History of British Blues Vol. 1
Forever Changes, our pop-up record store that is currently popping up on a monthly basis here in Phoenixville, had a blues themed event back in the beginning of March, which I knew was going...
Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights
Karla Bonoff did a tour in support of “Restless Nights,” and, quite enamored of her debut album, the Woman Who Would Become My Wife (WWWBMW? 3WBMW? Or maybe just Lee) and I went to...
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