Ray Charles — Seven Spanish Angels
This had to have come pretty late in my LP collecting. It certainly looks like I bought it new, but given that it came out in 1989, which was just about the end of...
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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 Byrds — Greatest Hits
True confessions time. This 1967 collection, which I bought well-used in 1980, is the only Byrds album I ever owned, until quite recently. Did I love this record, and play it endlessly? I did....
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield
You know that thing where you’ve known and liked songs by a band for, oh, say, 50 years, and where some members of that band went on to form some of your other favorite...
Boyce & Hart — It’s All Happening On The Inside
Boyce & Hart’s third album came out in 1969 (it was actually released in Canada in 1968), very soon after their second record. It’s not quite a concept album, but it’s definitely thematic, and...
Boyce & Hart — I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite?
If Test Patterns was a bit of a disappointment coming from two of the biggest hitmakers of their day, “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite?” more than made up for it. The title track,...
Boyce & Hart – Test Patterns
If you don’t recognize the names Boyce & Hart — well, then you don’t recognize a couple of ‘60s songwriting deities. If you know The Monkees, then you know Boyce & Hart. Tommy Boyce...
The Box Tops – The Letter/Neon Rainbow
I almost skipped this one. Why? Well, it was out of order in my collection, and it’s a record I may not have physically played since, oh, say, 1980. It’s a record that is...
Karla Bonoff — Wild Heart of the Young
There are some artists to whom I feel like I owe an apology. Karla Bonoff would be one. I’ve already written about how, despite my absolute, total love for her first album, and despite...
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