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Russ Meyer-Motor Psycho/Finders Keepers,Lovers Weepers/Mud Honey (1965/1968) 25 Mar 2013 | 07:44 pm
Could not resist this one! Nothing beats a Russ Meyer Soundtrack (or two or three) to make my day. My thanks to hippy-djkit for this one. Be sure to look for the booklet of pics included in this downl...
Ry Cooder - Into The Purple Valley (1971) 26 Feb 2013 | 02:53 am
Review by Bob Gottlieb - allmusic.com Ry Cooder is known as a virtuoso on almost every stringed instrument, and on Into the Purple Valley, he demonstrates this ability on a wide variety of instrument...
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) 26 Feb 2013 | 02:51 am
Album Review Don McLean's second album, American Pie, which was his first to gain recognition after the negligible initial sales of 1970's Tapestry, is necessarily dominated by its title track, a leng...
The end of the road.... 13 Dec 2012 | 10:01 pm
To all my loyal followers and those who just occasionally visit, I have decided to end this blog. It's been fun, but the fun is gone; Too many issues to deal with. I will leave this blog just as it is...
Art Garfunkel - Breakaway (1975) 13 Jan 2012 | 04:39 am
Review by William Ruhlmann - allmusic.com The second time around, Art Garfunkel turned to pop producer Richard Perry, who liked to record in studios rather than cathedrals and who replaced the angel...
The Meters - Fire On The Bayou (1975) 2 Nov 2011 | 05:20 am
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine The Meters' third album for Reprise, Fire on the Bayou, is their best record for the label for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the high quality of materi...
The Walker Brothers - Take It Easy With The Walker Brothers (1965) 13 Oct 2011 | 03:15 am
Biography - by Richie Unterberger (allmusic.com) They weren't British, they weren't brothers, and their real names weren't Walker, but Californians Scott Engel, John Maus, and Gary Leeds were briefly...
The Artwoods - Art Gallery (1965) 2 Jul 2011 | 02:31 am
Review by Richie Unterberger - allmusic.com The Artwoods' only album was an enjoyable mixture of club-oriented soul, R&B, and jazz with a strong organ spice, although it found them falling seriously ...
Brinsley Schwarz - S/T (1970) 8 Apr 2011 | 03:54 am
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine - allmusic.com Brinsley Schwarz's eponymous debut is the stuff of rock legend because it is the punch line to a great story. It arrived after a disastrous publicity ...
The Greatest Show On Earth - The Going's Easy (1970) 12 Mar 2011 | 04:11 am
Review by Lindsay Planer - allmusic.com As had been the case with the Greatest Show on Earth's (GSOE) debut long-player, Horizons (1970), the follow-up, Going's Easy (1970), made very little impact d...
