Eurythmics — Be Yourself Tonight
I took a pass on the initial excitement around Eurythmics. While I liked the video imagery of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and yes of course I thought Annie Lennox had an amazing...
Vinyl Distractions
The English Beat – Wha’ppen?
So after falling in love with “I Just Can’t Stop It,” I decided to take (not much of) a chance on this re-release of “Wha’ppen?” and truthfully, it’s even more to my taste, the...
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...
The Enemies — Products of the Street
You always remember the band you saw the night your friend set his pants on fire. The summer of 1980 was one of extreme decadence for me. I worked on the summer weekly edition...
Elvis Hitler – Disgraceland
Honestly, I nearly missed this one. I haven’t played it in years and years. That’s not because I don’t like it, but because of its “album cover” format, if you can call it that....
Elton John — Caribou
Just to drive home a point about his incredibly prolific early output — Elton John released studio albums in June 1969, April 1970, October 1970, March 1971, November 1971, May 1972, January 1973, October...
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Sometimes I just have to marvel at the creative pace that was kept by (forced on?) recording artists in the ‘60s and ‘70s. I’ve talked about it before with The Beatles and The Animals...
Elton John — Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player
This is the one that started it all. I’ve written before about my life before I owned any vinyl at all — when in seventh grade I was forced to produce record reports using...
Elton John – Honky Château
Originally released in May 1972 — I was in the sixth grade, not yet really listening to music, just about to get seriously into AM Top 40 radio. I wasn’t hip to Elton John,...
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