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Sunday, May 17, 2020

Love - Out Here (1969 us, superb acid psych rock, 2008 remaster)

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What happens when the life you expected to end continues? Such was the predicament facing Love frontman Arthur Lee, who famously...
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Friday, May 15, 2020

Love - Four Sail (1969 us, eminent acid psych rock, 2002 remaster and expanded)

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My favorite Love album is Four Sail (Elektra 1969). None of the original band members save for Arthur Lee are on this one. This ...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969 uk, excellent rock r 'n' b, 2017 SACD)

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Joe Cocker’s delightful second album is ample proof that the imagination that transformed a song so fixed in our minds as “With ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Lou Reed - Live (1975 us, fantastic live set, 2006 japan reissue)

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Perhaps the fact that Lou Reed’s curious career continues is more important than what he does with it at this particular stage. H...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll Animal (1974 us outstanding live recording, 2006 japan edition)

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Ever since Beatlemania, it’s been standard operating procedure for rock bands to write, record, and perform their own music. We’r...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Love - Forever Changes (1967 us, masterpiece, 2018 four discs 50th anniversary edition)

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Forever Changes, the third album from the Los Angeles band Love, arrived on Elektra Records in November 1967 – the same month a...
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Thursday, May 7, 2020

The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966 us, trailblazer garage rock, 2009 remaster and expanded)

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The Monks story is, it's true, one of the more truly odd ones in annals of rock. But if it were only about their biography, t...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

John Mayall - John Mayall Plays John Mayal (1965 uk, fascinating blues roots 'n' roll, 2008 japan SHM and 2001 with extra tracks)

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John Mayall's debut album, recorded live in December 1964, is a little unjustly overlooked, as it was recorded shortly befor...
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Sunday, May 3, 2020

Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972 us, blistering musical masterpiece, 2002 remastered and expanded)

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On his third studio album, Randy Newman found a middle ground between the heavily orchestrated pop of his debut and the more stripped-...
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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Snake Eye - The Journey (1970-72 uk, exceptional twin guitar rock with prog shades, 2006 remaster)

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Having released a 1970 album and played a few shows, the band Red Dirt decided that a change of name was their passport to fame a...
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