Not sure exactly what made me think of this album. Maybe it was due to the recent perusal of Rolling Stone’s latest Top 500 Albums. At number 60, RS says this: “Astral Weeksย was the sound of sweet relief. Van Morrison was newly signed to artist-friendly … Continue reading Featured Album – Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
I haven’t heard or even thought about this album in so long I can’t remember. For some reason, it popped into my head and I said to myself, Gotta dig that one up. It’s a great gob of late ’60’s bluesy-rock. And if it sometimes … Continue reading The Great Lost Album – Spooky Two – Spooky Tooth
“Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?” To say that Frank Zappa was a unique individual is like saying the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. It’s a given. The thing is – for me – … Continue reading The Crux of the Biscuit – Apostrophe (‘) – Frank Zappa
Machine Head was released in 1972 and is considered a classic album by pretty much everybody who digs good, crunchy blooze-rock. They may well make ’em like this these days but I sure as shit can’t find them. (I’m still depressed about how underrepresented and … Continue reading Featured Album – Machine Head – Deep Purple
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