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...
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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...
The Animals – Ark
In 1983, the original Animals recorded another reunion album, on I.R.S. Records, of all things (I.R.S. was well known for new wave and alternative rock, not for bands whose heyday had been almost two...
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