Indie rock poster children Guided By Voices are enjoying a resurgence of popularity these days with the release of a new album. Coincidentally, I’d recently purchased my first GBV CD, a “two-fer” of the band’s fifth and sixth records, Propeller and Vampire On Titus, originally issued on the Cleveland, Ohio, label Scat Records in 1993. [...]
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So, I just bought my first Lynyrd Skynyrd record! I say that because it feels weird to acquire one of their records after collecting for about 35 years. I’ve got things in my collection that some folks would absolutely hate, but I know few people that dislike Skynyrd. Why the wait? Well, for all of [...]
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Joni Mitchell – Hejira I’ve been stuck in a Joni Mitchell mode lately. It’s not a bad place to be. While I’d venture a guess that her catalog is not held in the high regard that was bestowed upon it as recently as ten years ago, those that haven’t familiarized themselves with her work have [...]
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Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle A few months ago, I took the time to write some words concerning Mr. Bungle’s sophomore album, Disco Volante. My goal was to preach the gospel of Bungle to the masses, but apparently there are a few of you that are yet unconverted. Let’s go back a bit further, then, [...]
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Joni Mitchell – Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm In 1988, veteran pop singer Joni Mitchell was working through a contract with Geffen Records and trying to recapture some of the magic that she’d enjoyed with the successes earlier in her career. The success would prove fleeting, but Mitchell’s attempts would bring very clever experiments [...]
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I discovered the 1970′s country-rock outfit Mason Proffit on one of my many record-shopping trips. I found a copy of the 1973 release Bare Back Rider, for $1.99 and immediately locked onto their blend of Byrds-meet-Buffalo Springfield arrangements. After that I tracked down copies of every LP from the band: Movin’ Toward Happiness, Last Night [...]
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One of the few greatest-hits albums I ever bought was Deep Purple, Deepest Purple. On that record I discovered a wealth of the band’s early hits, with “Speed King” and “Child In Time” culled from In Rock, along with the pre-release single, “Black Night.” It was Deepest Purple that sent me back to In Rock, [...]
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Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime album review There are a few records in my collection that I not only feel I need to encourage any serious rock music fan reading this column to go out and purchase immediately, but also encourage the collector to purchase on vinyl. One of these is the 1984 [...]
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Audiophile Audition has posted a new review of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon 30th Anniversary 180-gram vinyl edition. Reviewer Robbie Gerson gives the LP a 5-star rating, saying, “the intricate complexity of the recording is captured vibrantly on the LP.” I haven’t had the chance to hear this version, but I’m a big [...]
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