2024-04-18 22:48
"Jack Scott" - Jack Scott (1958)The music is cool, and the cover pleases me to no end! Looking like Nicholas Cage from “Peggy Sue Got Married” and Kramer from the NY Fab Fo… Read More
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A blog about classic rock and deep cuts along with interviews, Indie Surprises. Revisit old films & books.
2024-04-14 18:05
"People certainly didn't knowwhat to make of us,let's put it that way."~ David Surkamp ~ There is a fierce and fearless determination in the musical path David Surkamp has… Read More
2024-04-04 01:48
"Unchained" - Elias Hulk (1970 - Rei 2023)Elias Hulk's..."Unchained." One look at the cover and I knew I had to have it. I was treading into dangerous territory purchasing… Read More
2024-03-27 00:47
"Triangle" - The Beau Brummels (1967)I'm a fan of everything Beau Brummels (apart from "...'66") and what a surprise to find "Triangle" at a garage sale on my way to lunch at Braum's. … Read More
2024-03-15 00:04
"Armageddon" - Armageddon (1975)File this self-titled Armageddon square in the relatively obscure inexpensive powder keg bin. A mix of proto-metal, prog-psych spank… Read More
TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Big Brother & The Holding Company" - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
2024-03-07 02:54
"Big Brother & The Holding Company" - Big Brother & The Holding Company(1967) This is the album notable for introducing Janis Joplin to the world during what wo… Read More
2024-02-27 01:26
"Song Of A Gypsy" - Damon (1968 - Rei 2023) Original copies of Damon's..."Song Of A Gypsy" are a haystack needle to find and will set your credit card aflame if you ever do. &hell…Read More
2024-02-17 23:11
"Kapt. Kopter And The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds" - Randy California (1972)"Kapt. Kopter..." is a really good album to snag from the used bins should you come across it. I don't see this… Read More
2024-02-15 00:27
"Wow" - Moby Grape (1968) "Wow" was Moby Grape's second album and though I didn't find it as strong as their debut, it's pretty good. The good stuff is really good… Read More
2024-02-10 17:46
"Fear Of The Dawn" - Jack White (2022)Drop the needle on this square and hear the downpour of guitar bees swarming out of the speakers like an industrial rush. And some mad bass determ… Read More
2024-02-09 18:39
"Cherry People" - Cherry People (1968)From Washington, D.C., Cherry People travel mostly in the garagey sunshine-pop lane stopping for an occasional dip in the light psych pond. O… Read More
2024-01-27 20:56
"Batman And Robin" - The Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale (1966)"Batman And Robin" was a cash-in money-grab, no argument there, but the music doesn't sound throw-away. T… Read More
2024-01-20 17:47
"Flashes" - Ill Wind (1968 - Rei 2022)This is some West Coast cosmic cream delivered from the East Coast Boston band…Ill Wind. Their only album, "Flashes" has a little bit of an… Read More
2024-01-12 23:38
"Epic Forest" - Rare Bird (1972)Rare Bird was a prog-rock band from the UK that just never got much of a push in the States. That's why most of their albums are harder to find around h… Read More
2024-01-06 00:57
"The Papas & The Mamas" - The Mamas & The Papas (1968)Last month, I picked up a couple of new albums and as I was heading to the register, I saw a Mamas and Papas album in the used b… Read More
2024-01-01 00:32
The College Crowd Digs MeSnowy White (Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy)"It's funny how these things happen, but they're pretty loose mostof the time when they do."~ Snowy White ~ Jamiso… Read More
2023-12-16 17:18
"Head Hunters" - Herbie Hancock (1973) I'm not up too much on my jazz, but I do pick up some things here and there. Herbie Hancock's "Head Hunters" is one of those a… Read More
2023-12-12 23:29
The Rookby Daniel O'Malley(2012)Softcover, 486 pages NO SPOILERS: Author Daniel O'Malley takes a familiar trope and turns it the fawk on its noggin.  &hell…Read More
2023-12-06 01:04
"Red Hash" - Gary Higgins (1973 - Rei 2008)Gary Higgins's only album..."Red Hash"...is a highly recommended folk-psych album that rubs shoulders a bit with loner-rock and together creates an… Read More
2023-11-29 23:50
"Midnight Express Soundtrack" - Giorgio Moroder (1978)Without ever having seen the film or heard the soundtrack, you might still be familiar with one of the songs. Late-night radio "Co… Read More
2023-11-21 23:39
"Akido" - Akido (1972) For an obscurity, this one-and-done album "Akido" is pretty good. There is a nice symbiosis between the funky African-style drumbeats and voca… Read More
2023-11-16 01:06
"American Flyer" - American Flyer (1976)File "American Flyer" under the heading of bargain bin gold. Semi-gold, anyway. The music has a nice Eagles-Poco-Parsons singer-songwriter… Read More
2023-11-11 17:52
"Aorta" - Aorta (1969) The Chicago-based band...Aorta...and their 1969 self-titled debut album, reminds me of Three Dog Night if they had all dropped acid on the way to the studio and… Read More
2023-11-05 18:23
"Harumi" - Harumi (1968)The mysterious Japanese singer, Harumi, traveled to New York and recorded this self-titled double album, his one and only, and then just disappeared. Literally… Read More
2023-10-20 23:07
"The Buddy Holly Story" - Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1959)I knew I wanted to own a copy of this iconic album. I really like the cover. But I was never actively looking for it… Read More
2023-10-15 23:21
Fairy Tale by Stephen King(2022)Hardbook, 599 pagesNO SPOILERS:Fairy Tale is an homage of sorts to the fairy tales of old. The tales that snuck horrific, disturbing acts of nastin… Read More
2023-10-07 17:11
"Merkurius" - Baby Grandmothers (2018)Baby Grandmothers was a Swedish band and one of the earlier purveyors of the psych juice. In the early days, the band was asked to support Jimi He… Read More
2023-09-30 18:16
"It's an iconic line atthis point. People screamthat to me still to this day."~Courtney Gains ~We've all seen the original "Children Of The Corn." (1984) Many, like mys… Read More
2023-09-22 23:09
"MTV Unplugged In New York" - Nirvana (1994 - Rei 2013)I wasn't expecting to come home with this. Let me be upfront by saying that I was never the biggest fan of Nirvana. Don't g… Read More
2023-09-08 22:38
"Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys (1966) I found this copy of "Pet Sounds"...The Beach Boys 11th studio album...at a record swap at the table of 'Garageman G… Read More
2023-09-02 16:40
"Rob Jo Star Band" - Rob Jo Star Band (1975 - Rei 2013)The French band...Rob Jo Star Band were five guys who recorded an album in 1975. It was a one-and-done affair with an album caugh… Read More
2023-08-22 22:25
"Atom Heart Mother" - Pink Floyd (1970) I found "Atom Heart Mother"...Pink Floyd's 5th studio album...in the used bin with a $10 price tag and a warning..."Sleeve… Read More
2023-08-13 16:28
"Slow Train Coming" - Bob Dylan (1979) "Slow Train Coming" was Bob Dylan's 19th studio album and the last album he released in the 1970s. It's described as Dylan's first Ch… Read More
2023-08-08 00:30
"Ssssh." - Ten Years After (1969)Ten Years After were four British blues rock guys that brought a nice stoner rock, psych-dusted attitude to their albums. Led by guitar-bleeding A… Read More
2023-08-01 12:43
"I just always have played music. For better or worse, I banked my whole life on it."~ Henry Lee Summer ~It's strange how music lets you travel through time as if there trul… Read More
2023-07-28 22:02
"Daughter Of Time" - Colosseum (1970)This was Colosseum"s fourth studio album and not as psych-inspired as their classic "Valentyne Suite." "Daughter Of Time" was a partial blind buy f… Read More
2023-07-24 00:40
"The Buddy Holly Story" Soundtrack (1978)If you weren't a Buddy Holly fan before seeing this movie...you were one walking out. Gary Busey was nominated for an Academy Award for hi… Read More
2023-07-21 22:46
"The Adventures Of Robert Savage, Volume 1" - Robert Savage (1971)Robert Savage was made up of a power trio that rode into town to make some tasty hard acid rock. And I don't know wher… Read More
2023-07-16 15:53
"A Lovely Sight" - Pisces (1969 - Archival 2009)The lysergic journey one takes from the spinning of "A Lovely Sight" is one of ominous wonder and tension. The music has an edgy ambianc… Read More
2023-07-12 23:16
"Spaceship Earth" - Sugarloaf (1971)I was surprised at how much I enjoyed spinning this biscuit. Sugarloaf's sophomore effort sounds fresh and nostalgic at the same time. Delight… Read More
2023-07-09 17:44
"Black And White" - Tony Joe White (1969)Tony Joe White is bringing some funky swamp rock and soulful swamp rock to the house. Greasy biscuits and gravy. This was his debut album… Read More
2023-07-05 22:55
"The Friends Of Mr. Cairo" - Jon And Vangelis (1981)I was always a fan of the title track, yet never knew the name of the dang song until recently. I remember hearing it several years… Read More
2023-06-30 23:07
"Corridor Of Faces" - Lazy Smoke (1968 - Rei 2010)Lazy Smoke was a psychedelic pop-rock group out of Massachusetts. In 1968, the band released their one album. And, as all too of… Read More
2023-06-25 16:06
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Book TwoMatt Wagner and Steven T. SeagleGuy Davis (Illustrator)Vertigo (2016)Graphic softcover, 384 pagesIt's the 1930s and Sandman is the wealthy, but unassuming, W… Read More
2023-06-19 23:35
"A Wizard, A True Star" - Todd Rundgren (1973)I probably have more albums from bands that have been produced by Todd Rundgren, than I do his own albums. He's a musical savant in the st… Read More
2023-06-15 23:57
"The Deluge" - Manilla Road (1986 - Rei 2017)"The Deluge" was Manilla Road's fifth album and it's an entertaining beast. From Wichita, KS, their music is a mix of ferocious heavy… Read More
2023-06-11 17:42
"After The Gold Rush" - Neil Young (1970)Everyone knows about Neil Young's..."After The Gold Rush." The square shows up on almost everyone's list of greatest all-time albums. Thi… Read More
2023-06-07 00:07
"Tin Tin" - Tin Tin (1970)Tin Tin's self-titled album was released in 1970, and though the music sounds like it's trying to play catchup, the square is a surprisingly good spin. Tin Ti… Read More
2023-06-03 17:06
"Electric Band" - The Glass Family (1969 - Rei 2015)The Glass Family was a trio from the West Coast area that opened for almost everybody but was never the bride. They have an occasion… Read More
2023-05-28 16:09
StingerRobert R. McCammon(1988)Paperback, 538 pagesNO SPOILERS:I wasn't exactly sure what this novel was going to be about. I avoid reading the front and back blurbs beforehand so as n… Read More
2023-05-25 00:38
"Synthesis" - Cryan Shames (1968)"Synthesis" is mostly an entertaining pick-up. It starts off with a cool garage burner that's a lot of fun. But it's also the hardest track on he… Read More
2023-05-21 15:15
(a short jaunt)"Dark Star" - Crosby, Stills & Nash / "CSN" (1977)"Forgive me if my fantasies might seem a little shopworn.I'm sure you've heard it all before. I wonder what's… Read More
2023-05-18 00:29
"Little Queen" - Heart (1977)I was familiar with Heart's classic "Barracuda" and the fun rocker "Kick It Out"...but I'd never heard this album in its entirety. And as famous as Heart b… Read More
2023-05-14 22:32
"Family Entertainment" - Family (1969)From Leicester, England, Family released a musical discourse of seven studio albums, each one climbing the UK charts. But rarely do their albums s… Read More
2023-05-07 17:35
"Elephant Ball" - Crystal Syphon (2015)Crystal Syphon shared the stage with all of the west coast puppies...holding their own and making fans wherever they played. And when not working… Read More
2023-05-03 23:33
Essential Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 (#1-24)Stan Lee (Writer), Jack Kirby (Artist)Marvel (1999)(first published in 1963-66)Graphic softcover, 564 pagesThe Marvel Essential editions are well… Read More
2023-04-30 17:50
"Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath (1970)Everyone knows this monster album so I won't regurgitate the long list of accolades except to remind again just what a game-breaker Black Sabbath's entr… Read More
2023-04-26 23:41
"Here In The Land Of Victory" - Rex Holman (1970)Flipping through a box of albums, I almost passed over this unknown square until I noticed the words "Acid Archives" printed under the $10 pr… Read More
2023-04-22 16:13
(a short jaunt)"What About Me" - Richie Havens / "The Great Blind Degree" (1971)"And I feel the future tremblingas the word is passed around.If you stand up for what you do believe,be prepar… Read More
2023-04-18 16:20
"Music Emporium" - Music Emporium (1969 - Rei 2014)Music Emporium was a one-and-done West Coast psych-rock band. Their music is a mix of tasty organ-driven, fuzzed-out spins, and dream… Read More
2023-04-12 15:34
BinaryJohn Lange (Michael Crichton)(1972)Paperback, 240 pagesNO SPOILERS:"Binary" is the perfect pageturner to help clean the reading palette between the last big novel you just put down and… Read More
2023-04-09 22:03
"Kill your brother.You'll feel better."Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander)Everyone who likes the 80s movie "The Lost Boys" loves the Frog Brothers. Jamison Newlander along with Corey Fe… Read More
2023-04-04 16:54
"The Seven Deadly Sins" - Plus (1969)"The Seven Deadly Sins" was a blind buy found in the wild. I was hoping it might be some psych or maybe a little doom, and it is in places, but it'… Read More
2023-03-28 16:48
"An Electric Storm" - White Noise (1969)White Noise's 1969 debut album, "An Electric Storm" was eye-opening stuff and an early example of electronica being pushed forward. Much li… Read More
2023-03-22 16:54
"Apple Venus Volume One" - XTC (1999 - Rei 2018)From needle drop to label, "Apple Venus Volume One" is a solid heady fly-by. Unusual chords and tunings and melodies, they are… Read More
2023-03-15 15:53
"Black Pearl" - Black Pearl (1969)Black Pearl might have been breaking bread in San Francisco but they weren't serving up any of the West Coast sounds that were mostly flooding t… Read More
2023-03-12 17:55
The Terrorby Dan Simmons(2007)Softback, 769 pages NO SPOILERS:The Terror is an epic atmospheric horror that swallows the reader whole. And the terror is as much about sailors from… Read More
2023-03-07 18:55
"It's funny how these things happen, but they're pretty loose mostof the time when they do."~ Snowy White ~Receiving a message that Pink Floyd is trying to get in touch with you wo… Read More
2023-02-28 16:33
"Living In A Ghost Town" - Rolling Stones (10" single 2020)The first Covid lockdown. There was an "all for one, one for all" kind of spirit that circled around us. However brief… Read More
2023-02-26 16:45
"The Natch'l Blues" - Taj Mahal (1968)Much like his first album, Taj Mahal's follow-up..."The Natch'l Blues"...sounds like everyone just grabbed a piece of porch, kicked off their… Read More
2023-02-20 17:34
"Montgomery Chapel" - The Search Party (1969 - Rei 2015)This is a 'religious' psych-rock album. Christian in nature. And it's really good. In 1969, The Search Party were ge… Read More
2023-02-15 18:13
(a short jaunt)"The Nazz Are Blue" - The Yardbirds / "Roger The Engineer" (1966)"I got a hundred and fifty things,now all I gotta find is you.And if the Nazz don't help me, babyyou better fo… Read More
2023-02-13 19:04
"Nutz" - Nutz (1974)"Nutz" was a blind buy I made at a swapmeet last year. It was kinda dry that day and I just wasn't finding much. The album had an $8 price tag. The cove… Read More
2023-02-10 17:39
"Julie Is Her Name" - Julie London (1955)"Julie Is Her Name" is a late-night album spin. The music throws a quiet and smoldering drowsy-cool aura in the air. Julie London si… Read More
2023-02-05 18:41
"Satori" - Flower Travellin' Band (1971 - Rei 2021)We sometimes forget there were other bands from other places bringing the thunder and lightning. In this instance, the Japanese metal… Read More
2023-01-29 18:57
"Coryell" - Larry Coryell (1969)I enjoyed this spin very much. Larry Coryell was a guitar jazz mage, of course, but here he is a firestorm of wah-wahs, distortion, and burn riffs. &hell…Read More
2023-01-23 18:29
"The Gospel According To Zeus" - Power Of Zeus (1970 - Rei 2019)There must be something in the Detroit water that makes so many good bands wanna blow your house down. This time it's th… Read More
2023-01-15 18:43
"The Fabulous Wailers" - The Wailers (1960)This is an original pressing of The Wailers' debut..."The Fabulous Wailers" and honestly, I knew very little about this band other than they are kn… Read More
2023-01-11 18:36
"May Blitz" - May Blitz (1970 - Rei 2022)"May Blitz" is a top-notch early hard rock stoner. The guitar has a distinctive sound and the bass and drumming are fierce and on purpose. &hell…Read More
2023-01-08 18:15
(a short jaunt)"Rudy" - Supertramp / "Crime Of The Century" (1974)"Rudy's on a train to nowhere,halfway down the line.He don't want to get there, but he needs time."A proggier pop flavor tha… Read More
2023-01-04 16:57
"Released" - Jade Warrior (1971)Jade Warrior was a magical conundrum. Hailing from the other side of the big pond in the United Kingdom, this band could bring the heavy rock drops and… Read More
2023-01-01 19:02
"Time Changes A New Musical" - Ford Theatre (1969)Ford Theatre's second and last album is a folkish psych-pop spin that has a cool darker vibe than I expected. A few songs are tasty go… Read More
2022-12-30 18:00
The College Crowd Digs Me"So I started playing this beat andimmediately David went, 'That's it! That's it! That's good. We're gonnaopen the album up with that.'"… Read More
2022-12-27 20:30
"Sirio 2222" - Il Balletto Di Bronzo (1970 - Rei 2014)Il Balletto Di Bronzo's debut album..."Sirio 2222"...brings us some tasty acid rock with sprinklings of psych dust and just hints of pro… Read More
2022-12-23 17:22
"Planet Waves" - Bob Dylan (1974)I was able to fill another spot in my Bob Dylan collection. I saw a $2 price tag on "Planet Waves" with a half-price sign above the box as I was walkin… Read More
2022-12-22 21:57
"Bow Street Runners" - Bow Street Runners (1970 - Rei 2019)"Now, look what we have here before us. We got the Saracens sitting next to the Jones Street Boys. We've got the Moonrunners right… Read More
2022-12-22 21:57
"The Savage Resurrection" - The Savage Resurrection (1968 - Rei 2015)The Savage Resurrection's eponymous debut is a fuzzed-out psych square that comes at the listener with a duel guitar stri… Read More
2022-12-05 19:23
"I'm A Man" - The Spencer Davis Group (1967)The Spencer Davis Group was from the groovy town of Birmingham. Birmingham, England that is. I've been wanting this album for a… Read More
2022-11-30 18:52
"Mighty Baby" - Mighty Baby (1969 - Rei 2021)Mighty Baby's debut is a psych biscuit with whispers of proto-prog peeking through the curtains. Add to this the influences of Haight… Read More
2022-11-27 19:07
"...Your eyescould steal a sailorfrom the sea."~ Looking Glass ~Elliot Lurie was a singer/songwriter for the 70s band Looking Glass. The band recorded two albums and had a couple of hits alo… Read More
2022-11-21 17:04
"Every book is a new book if you haven't read it!" And so, let us begin.The Whiskey Rebelsby David Liss(2008)Historical fiction is spun near the time Alexander Hamilton was attemp… Read More
2022-11-14 18:04
"Gypsy" - Gypsy (1970 - Rei 1979)Gypsy's self-titled double-album debut has a sort of splattered psych-prog vibe. There is an enjoyable headiness about it, but the album never quite commits… Read More
2022-11-08 16:52
(a short jaunt)"(Do The) Instant Mash)" - Joe Jackson / "Look Sharp" (1979)"It's so easy. It's so easy.Grab can, lift arm, stack can, turn around.It's so easy. It's so easy.Do th… Read More
2022-11-02 16:36
"Os Mutantes" - Os Mutantes (1968 - Rei 2007)Oh man, but is this ever a wonderful psychedelic spin. So well done. Two brothers and a female singer from Brazil made quite a stunni… Read More
2022-10-25 19:33
"Dracula's Greatest Hits" - Gene Moss (1964)Gene Moss was the Weird Al Yankovic on this album. Moss wrote all the song parodies for "Dracula's Greatest Hits" along with a few original… Read More
2022-10-19 16:23
"Heaven Was Blue" - Rick Saucedo (1978 - Rei 2015)The "Heaven Was Blue" album is one of the more expensive private pressings to own in its original form. It's an acid folk-psych grail… Read More
2022-10-16 16:51
"Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger" - Bo Diddley (1960)I wasn't actively seeking out Bo Diddley. I'm not the biggest fan hanging from the ceiling. But I can still appreciate h… Read More
2022-10-13 14:35
"Let Me In" - Poobah (1972 - Rei 2021)Poobah was a power rock trio outta Youngstown, Ohio and their debut album "Let Me In" has plenty of stoner rock to go around. Plus there's a littl… Read More
2022-10-05 14:34
(a short jaunt)"Hey Fredrick" - Jefferson Airplane / 'Volunteers" (1969)"Either go away or go all the way in.Look at what you hold."Grace Slick makes her demands known right from the start o… Read More
2022-10-03 16:34
"The Doors" - The Doors (1967)I realize this copy of The Doors' self-titled album I picked up is in rough shape. The back cover had been stuck to something once upon a time and mo… Read More
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