Cream — Wheels of Fire
Astute readers may begin to wonder exactly what Cream albums I did have — because here’s another one, from 1968, that I only recently acquired. Never had it before, not even digitally, until I...
Vinyl Distractions
Cream – Disraeli Gears
This is probably the best known of Cream’s albums — released in November 1967, Cash Box listed it as the No. 1 album of 1968, a year with some incredible musical competition. This is...
Cream – Fresh Cream
For the most part, I hold onto my records no matter what. There was a time when we were pretty short on space and I just decided to consign a whole bunch of records...
The Robert Cray Band – In My Soul
I wrote a while back about the ubiquity of Robert Cray in the ’80s, and the thought that here was the bright young star who was going to bring the blues back to the...
The Robert Cray Band – Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
So, thinking about it more, these Robert Cray albums may have been my first real blues albums. It would still be another few years, and a geographic shift, before I would really start to...
Robert Cray — Strong Persuader
I’m not entirely clear if I knew about Robert Cray before “Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll” or not . . . but it was definitely around that time – this album came out in...
The Cramps — Songs The Lord Taught Us
I cannot exactly explain why this is my only album by The Cramps. I have had it forever. I have always loved it. I used songs from it to fill various mix tapes throughout...
The Cowsills – The Cowsills in Concert
Talk about a hairpin turn – from Cowboy Junkies to The Cowsills. Sheesh. The movie “Hair” came out in early 1979, 11 years after the Broadway musical about a draftee meeting a tribe of...
Cowboy Junkies – Sharon
As someone who loves, loves, loves the early Cowboy Junkies albums, I have to admit there came a point at which I just fell off. That usually happens – I get to a point...
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