Back From The Grave, Volume Five
The last of the Back From The Grave series I was able to buy back in the ’80s was Volume Five. Volumes Three, Four and Five all came out in 1984, though I think...
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Back From The Grave, Volume Three
After picking up my first Back From The Grave, which happened to be Volume Four, I was lucky enough to find two more. Volume Three was next, and it’s no less insane and great...
Bacharach & Costello – The Songs of Bacharach & Costello
I lived long enough to go from thinking that Burt Bacharach’s songs were the squarest songs in the world – probably solely because they were appreciated by the older generation – to thinking they...
Back From The Grave, Volume Four
So, it’s 1984. I’ve moved from my early obsession with the British Invasion to new wave and a smattering of oddities. But it would be fair to say that musically, I was bored. Radio...
Charles Aznavour – The Aznavour Way
I continue to be alphabetically challenged on a project that is alphabetically centered. It really makes me wonder what I’m up to here. When I go to the end of the P’s, I decided...
Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 5
A long time ago now, when I first started this project to look at my entire vinyl collection in alphabetical order, I raved about Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974 Volume 6, which covered the...
Atlantic Blues: Vocalists
“Atlantic Blues: Vocalists,” like the previous album (“Atlantic Blues: Piano”), came out in 1986. It is every bit as good as the piano collection — a little less broad in range, but with significantly...
Atlantic Blues: Piano
“Atlantic Blues: Piano” is one of my favorite album acquisitions of all time. I bought this new when it came out in 1986, a time when CDs were still quite pricey and double CDs...
Argent — Encore: Live In Concert
This one is being written after I’ve already finished with the A’s in my collection; I just picked it up in February. I cannot overstate my love of The Zombies, and of course Rod...
Things We Said Today