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
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A blog about classic rock and deep cuts along with interviews, Indie Surprises. Revisit old films & books.
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
2022-09-28 17:21
The Instituteby Stephen King(2019)Hardcover, 561 pagesNO SPOILERS:There are roughly 800,000 children that go missing every year. Most are found. One way or another. But the… Read More
2022-09-25 17:16
"Gandalf" - Gandalf (1969 - Rei 2020?)The face is surrounded by butterflies and flowers. But then there's the eyes. Eyes with yellow pupils. No matter where I set thi… Read More
2022-09-21 16:41
"Martin" - Donald Rubinstein (1979)The "Martin" soundtrack is meant to be absorbed completely. A full meal. The square spins between classical gothic headine… Read More
2022-09-18 17:33
"The Split Level (Divided We Stand"" - The Split Level (1968)I had never heard any of the songs from The Split Level, but I was aware it had a somewhat pop-psych reputation. The music… Read More
2022-09-12 18:13
"You Won't Remember Dying" - Bulbous Creation (1971 - Rei 2021)As the story goes, in 1971 Bulbous Creation from Prairie Village, Kansas scraped together enough money to record some… Read More
2022-09-09 17:26
"It was a very aggressive approach thatwe had. And a lot of the audience I thinkfound it pretty intimidating."~ Zal Cleminson ~In 1972, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band became the… Read More
2022-09-06 15:49
"The Who Sell Out" - The Who (1967)This album completes my '60s Who period. And my appreciation for The Who has grown in leaps. "The Who Sell Out" is a nerf ball of ideas and pos… Read More
2022-08-31 14:20
(a short jaunt)"Ghost Blues" - Rory Gallagher / "Fresh Evidence" (1990)"Came home this morning,looking halfway like a ghost."Funny how we gravitate to certain blues guys. We love this… Read More
2022-08-28 15:50
"Shinin' On" - Grand Funk (1974)This Grand Funk album was an upgrade for me. My previous copy was missing the 3d glasses and the front cover had a wicked tear from where the glasses ha… Read More
2022-08-24 17:05
"Demon & Eleven Children" - Blues Creation (1971 - Rei 2022)"Demon & Eleven Children" is a banger of an album to spin. The music is early 70s heavy acid rock that recalls early… Read More
2022-08-21 16:59
"Earthbound" - King Crimson (1972)This has to be one of the more polarizing releases in the King Crimson catalog. And I get it. King Crimson's first official live album and it's… Read More
2022-08-14 17:41
"Easter Everywhere" - 13th Floor Elevators (1967 Rei-2013)I'm reminded of a documentary I watched about this guy who attempted to high-wire walk between the Twin Towers. No nets… Read More
2022-08-08 14:58
"Up Up And Away" - The Generation Gap (1968)"Up Up and Away" is just one of several exploitation records that flooded the market in the 60s. A quick psychedelic cash-in money grab.&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-08-03 16:54
"Saint Steven" - Saint Steven (1969)Saint Steven's self-titled debut is a mixture of hard psych rock and softer folk-psych trippage. Sound effects, animal noises, and snippets from a p… Read More
2022-07-31 18:09
(a short jaunt)"When The World Is Running Down, You Make..." - The Police / "Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)Turn on my V.C.R. Same one I've had for years.James Brown on the T.A.M.I. sho… Read More
2022-07-27 17:18
"Coven" - Coven (1971)Not as interesting as the band's satanic-minded debut. On their sophomore album, Coven leaves behind their evil ways and brings a more West Coast bar band vibe to… Read More
2022-07-24 17:48
"Growers Of Mushroom" - Leaf Hound (1971 - Rei 2015)This is some heavy, hard-candy, UK stoner rock from the early cusp of the 70s. And what Leaf Hound lacks in originality, the band ma… Read More
2022-07-17 16:58
"Obscured By Clouds" - Pink Floyd (1972)Pink Floyd's seventh album..."Obscured By Clouds"...dropped a little less than a year before their iconic monster album "Dark Side Of The Moon" was re… Read More
2022-07-13 16:02
"The Mandrake Memorial" - The Mandrake Memorial (1968)I didn't know what to make of The Mandrake Memorial's self-titled debut album. For whatever reasons, my expectations were skewed a… Read More
2022-07-10 17:52
The 6th Extinctionby James Rollins(2014 )Paperback, 567 pagesNO SPOILERS:James Rollins is a beast when it comes to doing his research. He collects the facts and joins them with plausib… Read More
2022-07-06 16:44
"Stranger Things (Music From The Netflix Original Series)" - Various (2018)I'm a much bigger fan of the "Stranger Things" albums that include the original score for the series. And if… Read More
2022-07-03 17:23
"SRC" - SRC (1968)Really good psychedelic rock with tasty organ and amazing fuzzed-out guitars. When Gary Quackenbush lets his guitar off the chain, the frying begins. The spin l… Read More
2022-06-29 17:31
(a short jaunt)"T.B. Sheets" - Van Morrison / "Blowin' Your Mind" (1967)"Now listen, Julie baby.It ain't natural for you to cry in the midnight.It ain't natural for you to cry when the midni… Read More
2022-06-26 17:47
"The Progressive Blues Experiment" - Johnny Winter (1969)I'm not the biggest aficionado of the blues. I mean, I'll pull a blues album from a bin from time to time if my pockets ar… Read More
2022-06-22 18:05
"Hard Meat" - Hard Meat (1970)I like late 60s and early 70s acid rock/hard rock and Hard Meat's self-titled debut is a welcome addition to the shelf. The album has good songwriting and… Read More
2022-06-19 17:46
"The Early Bird Cafe" - The Serfs (1969)I love the album Mike Finnigan did with The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood. And I certainly dig his under-appreciated Finnigan and Wood p… Read More
2022-06-16 17:20
"July" - July (1968 - Rei 2017)July's self-titled debut album is a must-own for any fan of the psychedelic genre. Hailing from England, July tickles the head with a chameleon… Read More
2022-06-12 17:29
"Presenting..." - Lothar And The Hand People (1968 - Rei 1972)Lothar and the Hand People, from Denver, is cited as being the first band to tour with a Moog synthesizer and the theremin. &hell…Read More
2022-06-08 16:24
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Book Oneby Matt Wagner, Guy DavisVertigo (2016 )Graphic softcover, 323 pagesSandman is a crimefighter from the Golden Age of comics. His only weapon is a sleep… Read More
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