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...
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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...
The Beatles – Long Tall Sally (EP)
Ahh, this one’s easy. I mean, for one thing, it’s just an EP, but it was one that was originally released June 19, 1964 by Parlophone in the UK, the fifth Beatles EP. It...
The Animals – The Animals (10″ EP)
This one’s really just a novelty. As a 10” 45 RPM EP, it was apparently released in the UK, New Zealand and Australia in 1964, but never in the US until this Record Store...
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