Ohio Players – Honey
Well, if as a teenager I couldn’t have brought home the Ohio Players’ “Fire” because of its provocative cover, I sure as hell couldn’t have brought home “Honey.” In fact, I didn’t buy it...
Vinyl Distractions
Ohio Players – Fire
Ohio Players was probably my first real exposure to funk. In 1973, just as I was beginning to be music-crazy, they had an infectious hit single, “Funky Worm,” that was like nothing I had...
The O’Jays – The Best of The O’Jays
I was a teenager who absolutely worshipped AM Top 40 radio in the ’70s (which was the most diverse radio available where we lived), and to have been a Top 40 listener then was...
New Order – Blue Monday
This is just a 12″ single of another big song for New Order – which actually hit number 5 on the US dance charts, where nothing else they did previously ever made a mark....
New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
As I said last time, for some reason or other, these New Order records were a gift from my college roommate, who I believe brought them back from Italy (two of these are Italian...
New Order – 1981-Factus 8-1982
My New Order records were all (as far as I can remember) a gift from my friend, former roommate and companion on our five-year musical journey, after he had moved across the country. I...
Never On Sunday – Original Movie Soundtrack
This is one of those things that has always been around in my life, and yet I had never actually seen the movie. Throughout my youth, the song “Never On Sunday” was ubiquitous –...
Graham Nash/David Crosby – Graham Nash/David Crosby
As I mentioned last time, I picked this 1972 release up at a garage sale in 1979, with a number of albums that completely shaped my musical tastes for decades to come. But, this...
Graham Nash – Songs for Beginners
Once again, I get to relate that I considered myself a real fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash and/or Young, without having hardly any of their records for years. And when it came to the...
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