Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Tagged: records

If I Could Only Remember My Name 0

'70s / Folk-rock

David Crosby — If I Could Only Remember My Name

Here’s a record that, until last year, I just straight-up didn’t know about. We went to see the David Crosby biopic “Remember My Name” at the Colonial Theatre last October (had I mentioned that...

Crosby, Stills & Nash 1

'60s / Folk-rock

Crosby, Stills & Nash — Crosby, Stills & Nash

Sometimes musical interests can be tidal, with ebbs and flows. It’s possible to be super into something for a while, maybe even a long while, have that interest recede, and then someday to have...

Stranger and Stranger 0

'10s / Pop

Marshall Crenshaw — Stranger and Stranger

There’s not a lot to say about this one — it’s a three-song single (Discogs calls it an EP) that Marshall Crenshaw was selling at one of his shows here at Steel City Coffeehouse....

Downtown 0

'80s / Pop / Power Pop

Marshall Crenshaw – Downtown

This one’s brand spanking new. To me, that is. The album itself came out in 1985, and despite another change in production and direction, it didn’t do very much. If I even noticed that...

Field Day 0

'80s / Pop / Power Pop

Marshall Crenshaw — Field Day

Last time, I simply gushed about my love for Marshall Crenshaw. That first album of his was one of the absolutely definitive albums of my final college year, a ray of new, happy music...

Marshall Crenshaw 0

'80s / New Wave / Power Pop

Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw

Wow. What is there to say about this album? In 1982, things were happening, musically. There was change, opportunity, an explosion of creativity. “New” sounds were breaking in everywhere, although many of them were...