8/12/2026

The Beatles- A Hard Day's Night, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: MONO RM (1964/2024) ****

The Critters- Younger Girl (1966) ***

The Kinks - Arthur, Or...:Kevin Gray Stereo Master (1969/2019) ***1/2

The Partridge Family- Album (1970) ***

8/11/2026

Gram Parsons- GP (1973) ****

Roy Ayers Ubiquity- Red Black & Green (1973) **** 

Can- Ege Bamyasi (1972) ***1/2

Andy Crofts- Melody Boy (2026) **1/2 

Robert Palmer- Secrets (1979) ****

Faces- Ooh La La: Kevin Gray Master (1973/2025)  ****

Generation X- S/T (1978) ****

Graham Parker- Howlin' Wind (1976) ***1/2

Cheap Trick- The Latest (2009) ****

8/10/2026

Bryan Ferry- Bete Noire (1987) ***1/2

Paul McCartney & Wings- Red Rose Speedway (1973) **** 

Cheap Trick- All Washed Up (2025) ****

The Beatles- Meet The Beatles: 2024 MONO RM (1964/2024) ****

The Kinks- Soap Opera: Kevin Gray Master (1975/2023) ****

iPod on Shuffle:
Meanwhile Back At The Ranch...Should I Smoke -Badfinger
Only- Nine Inch Nails
Who's That Man- Todd Rundgren
Get Up, Get Into It, & Get Involved- James Brown
Day Tripper- The Beatles
Border Song- Aretha Franklin
Julian The Hooligan- Rockin' Horse
Know Your Rights- The Clash
Thoughs To Send- Juliana Hatfield & Eric Payne
Rudy, A Message To You- Dandy
Do Right Woman-Do Right Man- Aretha Franklin
Road To Ruin- Mr. Big
If She Knew What She Wants (Live)- Jules Shear, Marshall Crenshaw & Graham Maby
Nightmare- The Whyte Boots
Wild Mountain Thyme- The Byrds
Terrapin- Rockfour
Had To Phone Ya- The Beach Boys
Champs- Wire
Everything- Adrian Belew
First Came The Thunder- Chuck Prophet w/Qiensave
How Can That Be- Lou Rawls
Love To Love You Baby- Donna Summer

8/9/2026

The Agrovators Meets The Revolutioners At Channel One Studios (1977) ****

Linton Kwesi Johnson- Bass Culture (1980) ***1/2  

Gal E Caetano Veloso- Domingo (1967) ***1/2

Harry Nilsson- Harry (1969) ***1/2

Otis Redding- Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) ****

Small Faces- The Autumn Stone: Expanded Remaster,  Sides 1-4 (1969/2025) ****

Robyn Hitchcock- The Confuser (2026) ****

The Psychedelic Furs- Forever Now (1982) ***1/2

The Ventures- In Space: MONO (1964) ****

Charli XCX- Music, Fashion, Film (2026) ****

Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981) ****

Paul Weller- Wake Up The Nation: Anniversary Remix (2010/2020) ****

Specimen- Wet Warm Cling Film Red Velvet (1997) ***

The Pretty Things- Get The Picture? (1965) ***1/2

8/8/2026

Mississippi John Hurt- Today! (1966) ***1/2

Dennis Bovell & The 4th Street Orchestra- Ah Who Seh? Go Deh! (1976) ****

The Pretty Things- Emotions (1967) **1/2

Love- S/T: Kevin Gray Stereo Master (1966/2018) ****

Jules Shear- Allow Me (2000) ****

Lou Reed- Street Hassle (1978) ***1/2

Albert King- Born Under A Bad Sign (1967) ****

The Beatles- Beatles For Sale: Stereo (1964) ****

Jr. Walker And The All Stars- Home Cookin' (1969) ****

Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes (1972) ****

Charlie Hunter- Space Bomb (2026) ****

Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Blood & Chocolate (1986) ****

Bad Brains- Rock For Light (1983) ****

Television- Adventure (1978)

• The 4th Street Orchestra will be this week's Reggae Record Of The Week. Get a jump on it.

• "Emotions" is a pretty lousy Pretty Things record. They really couldn't decide just what kind of band they wanted to be for the first 10 years of their career, at least to my ears.

• Kevin Gray strikes again. Love's debut never sounded better. It's as if you're in the studio hearing playback.

• "Space Bomb" is Charlie Hunter's best in years. Check it out here.

• "WE WILL NOT DO WHAT THEY WANT OR DO WHAT THEY SAY! OH NO!"

 

• I've tried, twice a year, maybe three or four, since 1978, to appreciate "Adventure." And if "Marquee Moon" never existed, I'd have more love for it. But it is really a terrible follow-up. 

 

8/7/2026

John Lee Hooker- The Real Folk Blues (1966) ***

Allen Toussaint- Life, Love And Faith (1972) ****

Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980) **1/2

The Rails-  Fair Warning (2014) ****

The Beatles- Help!: Stereo (1965) ****

Utopia- Deface The Music (1980) ****

The Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour: Stereo (1967) ****

Wet Leg- moisturizer (2025) ****

Faces- Long Player (1971) ***1/2

8/6/2026

Jimmy Witherspoon- Classics: 1950-1951 (2005) ***1/2

Del Shannon- Move It On Over (2011) ****

T. Rex- The Slider: Tony Visconti Remaster (1972/2020) ****

The Everly Brothers- Sing (1967) ****

Graham Parker & The Rumour- Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) ****

Ian Hunter- You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979) ***1/2

Stardust Five- S/T (2006) ****

Yes- S/T (1969) ****

Lou Reed- New Sensations (1984) ****

The Sorrows- You've Got What I Want: The Essential Sorrows, 1965-1967 (2010) ***

 

 

• There is a song on the Jimmy Witherspoon collection called "Once There Lived A Fool" that knocked me out. I was ready to make it a Song Of The Day, but YouTube only has a version from years later. It's a solid version, but if you could track down the version from 1951, it'd be worth your time.

• "New Sensations" is def top 5 Lou.

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