Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Category: Colored Vinyl

The Cream front cover – photograph of John Lee Hooker, a 60-something-year-old black man in a very dapper light colored three piece suit, a black silk or nylon shirt with an incredibly wide collar reaching to the shoulders of his suit jacket, and a tall, broad-brimmed light colored hat. He is seated at a diner table, a tabletop jukebox selector in the booth behind him. He has one arm resting on the table, the other on his knee, his left leg crossed on his right knee, he sits turned out from the booth. On the table is a heaping ice cream sundae covered in whipped cream with a cherry on top. 0

'70s / Blues / Catchup / Colored Vinyl

John Lee Hooker – The Cream

Well here’s a brand new, 2024 re-release of another John Lee Hooker album that I was previously unaware of – from 1977 (released in 1978), a live recording titled “The Cream,” but having nothing...

Funkadelic front cover 2

'70s / Catchup / Colored Vinyl / Funk

Funkadelic – Funkadelic

My loving wife gave me a great biography for my birthday – “George Clinton and the Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire,” by Kris Needs. Great because it answers the question Shawn (owner of...

Sue Foley – The Ice Queen 0

'10s / Blues / Catchup / Colored Vinyl

Sue Foley – The Ice Queen

Immediately after getting back on the Sue Foley bandwagon with Pinky’s Blues in 2023, I picked up “The Ice Queen,” a rather acclaimed release from 2018. I mean, she’s just so good. It’s an...