Ramblings about My Records
I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...
Another new one. I had never heard of Quill Records, but my history with garage rock compilations thus far has been that I have never found one I didn’t like. A lot. As I...
I’m at a serious disadvantage with this one, as I picked it up on February 8 of this very same year and haven’t really had a chance to form much of an opinion. Not...
The Chesterfield Kings were a post-punk garage rock band from not-so-far-away Rochester, NY. (Not so far away when we lived in Syracuse, I mean). I don’t think we ever got to see them, but...
Somehow I got through an intense period of ’60s rock/British Invasion/rhythm ’n’ blues/psychedelic fandom without ever buying a Blues Magoos record. I’ve got The Beau Brummels and the Standells and The Barbarians and The...
Just a couple of entries back, we were kneedeep in garage rock with the Back From The Grave series. Well, here’s some legendary garage rock (from Cape Cod –not usually thought of as the...
The last of the Back From The Grave series I was able to buy back in the ’80s was Volume Five. Volumes Three, Four and Five all came out in 1984, though I think...
After picking up my first Back From The Grave, which happened to be Volume Four, I was lucky enough to find two more. Volume Three was next, and it’s no less insane and great...
So, it’s 1984. I’ve moved from my early obsession with the British Invasion to new wave and a smattering of oddities. But it would be fair to say that musically, I was bored. Radio...
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