Faces – The BBC Session Recordings
Listen, one good Faces live album deserves another. Even though this includes four of the exact same performances as were on Had Me A Real Good Time, there’s enough beyond that to make up...
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Faces – Had Me A Real Good Time
As I’ve already documented, I’m a huge fan of the Faces, and absolutely the only thing wrong with them is that they made so few records. Official studio albums – there are but four....
The English Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
How did it come to be that I never really got into much two-tone or ska? I have only a handful of ska records, most acquired within the past few years. There was a...
Elton John — 17-11-70+
This one’s brand new, or very close to it anyway. Never had this before, never really had any particular interest in it. Being a live performance from 1970, released as his fourth album in...
The Electric Flag – Live From California 1967-68
So, how does it come to be that I come from the ’70s, and that I come from a love of the blues, and yet, until the last couple of years, never had any...
Willie Dixon – Catalyst
What can I possibly say about Willie Dixon, one of the greatest blues writers and performers of all time? Other artists made such great performances of his songs that a 1990 Chess box set...
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – 4 Way Street
Here’s how much I had back-burnered my interest in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young since those early days of teen fandom: I forgot that this record even existed. Surely, I saw it dozens of...
The Clash – If Music Could Talk
(Still catching up on relatively recent acquisitions, still struggling with doing anything in alphabetical order) Delighting in this Father’s Day gift from my kid – a Record Store Day release from 2021 of a...
The Belairs – Volcanic Action!
This is a pretty recent acquisition, because all the kids are clamoring for reissued surf music in the 20teens. But what surf music! I previously only knew The Belairs for their sublime 1961 contribution...
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