Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Tagged: vinyl records

The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’ 0

'20s / Garage / Rock

The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’

Okay, I love The Courettes, but I have to admit – I’m still not quite sure what I’m listening to here. The few promotions or reviews of this 2024 album don’t make it clearer....

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'20s / Rock

The Courettes – Back In Mono

It was “Want You! Like A Cigarette” that first brought The Courettes to my attention earlier this year – and then “Hop The Twig,” and “Trash Can Honey,” and holy cats is this a...

We Are The Courettes front cover 0

'10s / Garage / Rock

The Courettes – We Are The Courettes

I don’t have much to say about this, being brand new to me just this March, except that this 2018 release is even more exciting than their debut. Every song is a rocking good...

Here Are The Courettes front cover 0

'10s / Garage / Rock

The Courettes – Here Are The Courettes

I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...

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'70s / Country Rock / Rock

Country Joe & The Fish – Reunion

“Reunion,” released in 1977, constituted a reunion of the 1967 version of Country Joe and the Fish. They wisely didn’t just dip into the old psychedelic well, because that really wasn’t likely to go...

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'70s / Psychedelic

Country Joe & The Fish – C.J. Fish

It’s amazing how quickly the air can go out of a band. Country Joe and the Fish started as a folkish duo (with Barry Melton performing the function of The Fish) in 1965, went...