The Moody Blues — On The Threshold of a Dream
Here’s another Moody Blues album, from 1969, the key tracks of which were so well represented on the “This Is The Moody Blues” compilation that, back in my early collecting days, I didn’t feel...
Ramblings about My Records
Here’s another Moody Blues album, from 1969, the key tracks of which were so well represented on the “This Is The Moody Blues” compilation that, back in my early collecting days, I didn’t feel...
So, true confessions. I loved The Moody Blues in my college years – but despite that, I didn’t grab up everything they ever issued. Hardly anything, in fact. I had the incredibly well-done compilation...
I’m not going to get into the all the obvious discussions about The Monkees – if you want to beat on them for being manufactured and not having played their instruments, you’d better toss...
Moby Grape was one of those groups that I just didn’t even give a chance back in the day when I was getting into psychedelic music and the San Francisco sound. I don’t know...
This is one of those weird acquisitions from the time in my life when my policy was to buy nearly anything from the British Invasion. Being a huge fan of The Animals and pretty...
In 1977, when “Bat Out of Hell” was released, I was 16, and this album was a goddamn cultural phenomenon. It’s surprising now to find that neither the album nor its singles went to...
Prior to the Dave Mason & Cass Elliott album, I had no real interest in Dave Mason. I was never a fan of Traffic (I have an active distaste for Steve Winwood’s voice). I...
After Bachelor No. 2, I remained a staunch fan of Aimee Mann. “Lost In Space,” which came out just two years later, really hit me, just an incredible collection of songs very much in...
This was the album that gave me an absolutely stunning introduction to Aimee Mann. I knew her name from years before with ‘Til Tuesday, and had probably heard about her previous release, “I’m With...
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