Melanie — Live At Drury Lane
Honestly, I don’t get too excited about Record Store Day – I’m not a fan of created scarcity and the commercial push to go to a certain place on a certain day or completely...
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Jorma Kaukonen – Too Many Years
I’ve already written about how late I was to the Jorma Kaukonen party, despite having been a huge fan of Jefferson Airplane for decades. I only ventured into Hot Tuna territory in the past...
Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen – The Legendary Typewriter Tape
Can you even imagine what San Francisco was like as a creative environment in the early ’60s? The Beat Generation leading into the hippies and the Summer of Love? The kind of environment where...
Jefferson Airplane – Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival
Yes, I have an inordinate love of the Jefferson Airplane, and yes, I’m going to buy up pretty much everything new that gets released by this iconic band. When my friend Shawn’s Forever Changes...
Françoise Hardy – L’Amitié
Another one from Françoise Hardy, this one from 1965 and, as with her other early albums, only released with her name; the title came later from the most popular song. This one features some...
Françoise Hardy – Tous les Garçons et les Filles
There was a brief period in the mid-2000s when I suddenly went international in my tastes. Or, at least, French. I have always loved the sound of the French language, I have always loved...
The Fleshtones – Face of the Screaming Werewolf
As I have previously gushed, The Fleshtones have been key to my listening pleasure for something like 30 years now. They keep on putting out new records, and I keep on buying them. This...
Fleetwood Mac — The Alternate Rumours
Got this Saturday, yo! It was Record Store Day, version whatever, 2020. While I enjoy and appreciate the purpose of Record Store Day, even in the best of years I have not been willing...
Fleetwood Mac — The Alternate Fleetwood Mac
There’s not much I can say about this that I didn’t already say about the original album. This is a set of alternate versions and takes from the 1975 album that were released previously...
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