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...
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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...
Blotto – Hello! My Name is Blotto. What’s Yours? (2)
So, I’m at our local twice-a-year vintage festival, “A Whole Lot of Lulu,” possibly spring of last year. Sometimes we call it Lulufest, because the store that sponsors it is also called “A Whole...
Blotto – Combo Akimbo
1982’s Combo Akimbo was Blotto’s Big Chance — their opportunity to be recognized on a national scale, to be the Weird Al of their day (which, of course, was exactly the same day). That...
Blotto – Across and Down
Blotto’s next release was another EP, 1980’s “Across and Down,” which had the clever conceit of an album cover that was a real crossword puzzle. They’d already lost Blanche by this time, so no...
Rory Block — Intoxication
I haven’t had the chance to write about Rory Block before, even though she takes up an amount of space in my CD collection. In the early ’90s we had a strong Rory Block...
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