Electric Light Orchestra — Discovery
I really used to think I was something of a completist about a lot of collections. In particular with records, there are just some artists where I would not say no. I really had...
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Electric Light Orchestra — Out of the Blue
Just about a year after “A New World Record,” and really, only months after the singles from the album hit it big, ELO released “Out of the Blue” in October 1977. That was the...
Electric Light Orchestra — A New World Record
Hoo boy. How to talk about one of the most important albums in my life? Like I said last time, as a teen in the ’70s, I was aware of ELO, and I liked...
Electric Light Orchestra — Olé ELO
ELO sort of snuck up on me in my teens. I remember hearing “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head” on the radio — it was a pretty big hit in 1975, and I...
Donovan — Donovan’s Greatest Hits
As an aficionado of pretty much everything from the hippy dippy era, I was of course obliged at some point to get at least slightly into Donovan. It was mandatory. I remember my roommate...
Jackie DeShannon — Put A Little Love In Your Heart
I’ve always had a weak spot for Jackie DeShannon. Her version of Bacharach/David’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love” is one of the earliest songs I really have a memory of. While it...
Jim Croce — Photographs & Memories
I first woke up to popular music just about the time I entered seventh grade, 1972-73. I had been given an AM clock radio and suddenly the whole world of AM Top 40 radio...
Marshall Crenshaw — Stranger and Stranger
There’s not a lot to say about this one — it’s a three-song single (Discogs calls it an EP) that Marshall Crenshaw was selling at one of his shows here at Steel City Coffeehouse....
Marshall Crenshaw – Downtown
This one’s brand spanking new. To me, that is. The album itself came out in 1985, and despite another change in production and direction, it didn’t do very much. If I even noticed that...
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