The Moody Blues – A Question of Balance
Weirdly, I was standing around outside an open mic the other night, waiting in line, and in a conversation with another performer about how much he loved the ’70s classics, he said “A Question...
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The Moody Blues — To Our Children’s Children’s Children
If you’ve been following along, you’ve found that while I count myself quite the fan of The Moody Blues, I originally owned none of the original albums after Go Now! up to this one....
The Moody Blues — On The Threshold of a Dream
Here’s another Moody Blues album, from 1969, the key tracks of which were so well represented on the “This Is The Moody Blues” compilation that, back in my early collecting days, I didn’t feel...
The Moody Blues — In Search of The Lost Chord
So, true confessions. I loved The Moody Blues in my college years – but despite that, I didn’t grab up everything they ever issued. Hardly anything, in fact. I had the incredibly well-done compilation...
The Moody Blues – Go Now (The Moody Blues #1)
Well, I was bound to mess up the alphabet eventually – yeah, I posted something I decided to attribute to Muddy Waters (under M) before I did The Moody Blues. So it goes. The...
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter — Super Blues
I think I’ve said before, my first visit to Siren Records in Doylestown, PA, yielded a treasure trove of blues. HIstorically, used record stores have not done well with the blues, offering battered B.B....
The Monkees — Head
In 1968, with their TV show cancelled or about to be, The Monkees made a movie with Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson called “Head,” and put out a soundtrack by the same name. I...
The Monkees — The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
This one is most notable for the great “Valleri” and the ubiquitous “Daydream Believer,” but the rest of the album really suffers from each member pretty much going it alone – proof that, using studio...
The Monkees — Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones
For me, this has always been my second-favorite Monkees record (“Head” being the top, by far). Less cutie-pie pop (with the odd and possibly ironic exception of “Cuddly Toy,” written by Harry Nilsson of...
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