9/29/24

The Clarendonians- Best Of
Traffic- S/T
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- All This Useless Beauty
David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
Rolling Stones- Steel Wheels
The Jam- In The City
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac- Greatest Hits
The Meters- Rejuvenation
The Rascals- Time Peace: Greatest Hits

9/28/24

Bee Gees- Horizontal (Stereo)
Gene Clark w/ The Gosdin Brothers (Stereo)
David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
Joe Jackson- Look Sharp
Motorhead- Ace Of Spades
Homer & Jethro- Wanted For Murder
Elton John- Honky Chateau
Foreigner- Personal Playlist
Alice Cooper- Greatest Hits
The Cars- S/T
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes- Hearts Of Stone
(Bought a small collection today, about 400 records. All but my Foreigner playlist were from that collection.)

9/27/24

Ornette Coleman- Virgin Beauty
Link Wray- S/T
David Bowie- I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour '74)
v/a- Burning Wood's Reggae Birthday Bash
Deep Purple- Deeper Purple (Personal Playlist)
Thin Lizzy- Johnny The Fox (2024 remix)
Sweet- Action (Personal Playlist)
The Explorers Club- S/T
Devo- 50 Years Of De-Evolution (Highlights)

9/26/24

The Jam- All Mod Cons
The Sunset Travelers w/ O.V. Wright- Peacock Singles
Thin Lizzy- WMMS, Cleveland: 5/11/76
Squeeze- Ridiculous
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- Indoor Safari

9/25/24

Mike Viola- Rock Of Boston
(This record agitated me. Not what I was hoping for. I''ll try again...maybe.)

David Bowie- Hunky Dory
Elvis Costello- Out Of Our Idiot!
Queen- Duck Soup: Best of The 80's/90's (Personal Playlist)

Terry Adams- Holy Tweet
(His cover of "Indian Love Call" is worth the price of admission.)

Peter & Gordon- Lady Godiva
David Bowie- Toy

Oasis- (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
(I would really love to hear this record cleaned up and toned down. It's relentless, and not always in a good way.)

Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)- The Low Highway
(His best, I think. Def my fave.)

Ron Wood- I've Got My Own Album To Do
Diana Ross- Diana (Chic Mix)

9/24/24

Bob Dylan & The Band- Chicago, 1/3/74
Shelagh McDonald- Stargazer
Lennie Hibbert- Moonlight Party
Bob Dylan & The Band- Chicago, 1/4/74
Iggy Pop- Rainbow Theatre, 3/7/77
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals- African Dub: Almighty
(This was a very unsatisfying day of music. The Dylan stuff was fine. I wasn't overwhelmed. Maybe just slightly whelmed. The Iggy recording was too muddy. The Lennie Hibbert was straight jazz and I was hoping for something a little more exotic from the Jamaican. Even the Joe Gibbs fell flat. Volume Three of the "African Dub" series is the winner. That Shelagh is considered a lost classic and it was pretty good, but I might not have been in the mood. Had to snap out of it with some old favorites below.)

Utopia- Ra (Side One)
Todd Rundgren & Utopia- Live At The Old Waldorf, 1978
Motorhead- Bomber
Ramones- Animal Boy

9/23/24

Movie Movie- Now Playing
Lloyd Charmers w/Byron Lee & The Dragonaires- Reggay Charm
John Cale- Helen Of Troy
J.D. Simo & Luther Dickinson- Do The Rump
Squeeze- Personal Playlist

iPod on Shuffle:
Silver- Pixies
Cnacel Everything- Ron Wood
Let's Talk About Us- Dave Edmunds
Creeping Jean- The Kinks
In My Life- Jackie Robinson
Over Her Head- John Cale
Without Someone- Electric Light Orchestra
Baby Boomerang- T.Rex
Five Magics- Megadeth

9/22/24

The Sons Of Negus- Freedom Sounds
The Wild Tchoupitoulas- S/T
Eva Cassidy- Nightbird (Sides A-D)
Todd Rundgren- Healing Live

9/21/24

Bill Evans Trio- Waltz For Debby
Lou Reed- S/T

Paul Weller- True Meanings
(This record really hit home today.)

XTC- All The Rest (Sal's Highlights)
The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds (Kevin Gray Stereo Master)
Elf- S/T

Cheap Trick- Busted
(One of the many underrated records in CT's catalogue.)

v/a-Roots Rock Rebels: When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982 (Disc 2)
Bad Brains- I Against I

The Rolling Stones- Through The Past Darkly (U.K. MONO)
(Superior in every way to the U.S. counterpart.)

Crowded House- The Very Very Best Of...
(The wife's request...and a good one at that!)

45s
Nappy Brown- Don't Be Angry
Robert Mosley- Crazy 'Bout My Baby/Goodbye My Lover Goodbye
Red Foley- Midnight/Deep Blues
The Blossoms- Soul & Inspiration/Stand By
The Blossoms- Stoney End
The Kinks- Sitting In My Hotel'Sweet Lady Genevieve
John Sykes w/Phil Lynott- Please Don't Leave Me

9/20/24

The Rolling Stones- Black And Blue
Patti Smith- Personal Playlist
Megadeth- Warheads On Foreheads (Personal Playlist)
The Who- My Generation (Japanese True Stereo)
The Kinks- Mono Kollectables (Personal Picks from Both Volumes)
Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Sides One & Two)
Paul McCartney & Wings- Red Rose Speedway (Side One)
Swag- Catch-all
The Darkness- Hot Cakes
Captain Beefheart- The Legendary A&M Sessions
The Heartbreakers- L.A.M.F.: The Found '77 Masters

9/19/24

Paul Weller- 66
(In the running for Top Ten of 2024.)

Tyrannosaurus Rex- My People Were Fair...
(This early fairy stuff is usually hit or miss with me, but I enjoyed this today.)

Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska

Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
(RAWK!)

Judas Priest- Sad Wings Of Destiny

Blossom Toes- We Are Ever So Clean
(I've had a fantastic repress of this record for sale at a stupid price for a month. No takers. So I sent it to a friend whose teenage son is just getting into vinyl. I wondered if I had ever written about these guys on Burning Wood. I did! It's here.)

13th Floor Elevators- The Psychedelic Sounds Of...

Iggy Pop- Lust For Life
(No question, one of the best Bowie records of all time, though "The Idiot" wins by a nose. Just for the balls on the song below.)

Grand Funk Railroad- On Time

9/18/24

Kraftwerk- Ralf & Florian
Ellis Marsalis- For All We Know
v/a- Deep & Gritty: The Sound Of The City Vol.14; New Orleans
David Shire- The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3, O.S.T.
Irma Thomas- Love Is The Foundation
Toots & The Maytals- Slatyam Stoot
David Bowie- Earthling
The Jam- Extras
Ian Hunter- S/T

9/17/24

iPod on Shuffle:
On A Summer's Day- The Turtles
Feel- Syd Barrett
Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape- Be-Bop Deluxe
Heartbeat- The Collins Kids
Neighborhood Bully- Bob Dylan
Baby I've Changed- Fountains Of Wayne
Undecided- Ray Charles

Genesis- Wind & Wuthering
Crowded House- Together Alone
The Kinks- Misfits
New Order- Power, Corruption & Lies
Timebox- The Deram Anthology
Traffic- Heaven Is In Your Mind (U.S. MONO, Kevin Gray Cut)

9/16/24

Michael Chapman- Fully Qualified Survivor
v/a- Goldband Blues (Personal Playlist)
Creole And Chinafrica- Journey From Creation 1975-1985
Gang of Four- Entertainment!
XTC- English Settlement
Paul Weller- Stanley Road
Led Zeppelin- I
Jack White- No Name
Michael Monroe- Hanoi & More (Personal Playlist)
Jon Cleary- Dyna-Mite

9/15/24

John Boutte- Boutte Call (Personal Playlist)
(Great performance at The Bitter End on Saturday night. A rare NYC visit for Mr. Boutte, I had to make a playlist to start off Sunday.)

Sly & The Family Stone- Greatest Hits (Quad Mixes)
v/a- Mondo Zombie Boogaloo
New York Dolls- S/T
Mott The Hoople- The Hoople (Quad Mixes)
Tears For Fears- Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
Todd Rundgren- Something/Anything? (2022 45 RPM, RM-Sides One, Two & Three)
Van Morrison- Personal Playlist

9/14/24

Bob Marley & The Wailers- One Love At Studio One: 1964-1966 (Record Two)
Cheap Trick- In Color (Kevin Gray Remaster)
Sam The Sham & Pharoahs- The Wooly Bully Years (Personal Playlist)
v/a- the Mod Top 100 (25 Personal Picks)
Krasno/Moore Project- Book Of Queens

9/13/24

Jennifer Lara- Studio One Presents...
The Rolling Stones- Their Satanic Majesties Request (U.K. MONO)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (Personal Edit)
Family- Entertainment
Sparks- Mael Call (Personal Playlist)
Electric Light Orchestra- VH-1 Storytellers
Siouxsie & the Banshees- Juju
Iggy Pop- Singles & Rarities

iPod on Shuffle:
Waste Not Want Not- The Pretenders
I Found The Magic- Dwight Twilley
All La Glory- The Band
Whisky River- Budgie
Stream Of Stars- Jeff Lynne
California- Tom Petty

9/12/24

Robyn Hitchcock- 1967: Vacations In The Past
(I was hoping to like this more. But almost all of his covers really got under my skin.)

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- Indoor Safari
The Who- Kingston, 2/12/20
MC5- High Time
The Stooges- Personal Playlist

Jack White- Fear Of The Dawn

Living Colour- Collideoscope
(I remembered nothing about this record, but I have been on a Living Colour kick and I really loved their last album "Shade." This record was horrible. Dense and tuneless. Explains why I have no memory of it.)

v/a-Roots Rock Rebels: When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982 (Disc 1)
(Great Disc One. Really solid programming. Looking forward to Disc Two.)

Joe Higgs- Life Of Contradiction
(Emailing with a vinyl buyer looking for reggae titles, and we both agreed that this record is a Top 5 of all time. I told him I thought it was the "Rubber Soul" of reggae records. If you are reading, you should listen to it, if you don't know it.)

9/11/24

Scott Walker- Scott 2
Roland Alphonso & the Beverley's All-Stars- Dream Land
Neil Young- After The Gold Rush
John Cale- Slow Dazzle
David Bowie- Reality
The Kinks- Something Else By...(Kevin Gray MONO Master)
Eva Cassidy- Live At Blues Alley
Terry Reid- S/T
The Yardbirds- Having A Rave Up
Radio Birdman- Radios Appear

9/10/24

iPod on Shuffle:
That's The Way God Planned It- Joe Bataan
I Just Want You- Ozzy Osbourne
Remember Sam- The Easybeats
American- The Plugz
Save Me, Jesus- Bobby Charles
Bright Light Girl- Heart
The Jangling Man- Martin Newell
On The Beach- Neil Young
Another World (Reprise)- Cheap Trick
Running- Scott Walker
You Got It (L.F.D.H.)- Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall
Falling In Love Again- Robert Plant
Words Of Wisdom- U-Roy
What You Were Doing- The Lemon Twigs
Limelight- Rush
Old World- The Modern Lovers
E Too D- Small Faces
Never Going Back Again- The Candy Butchers

Robert Fripp- Exposure (Third Edition)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates
The Wild Tchoupitoulas-S/T
St. Vincent- Marry Me
The Idle Race- The Birthday Party

9/9/24

Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks (MoFi HSM)
The Zombies- Continue Here
David Bowie- Diamond Dogs
The Ventures- In Space
Browning Bryant- S/T
Electric Light Orchestra- Face The Music
Led Zeppelin- IV (Companion Disc)
Golden Earring- Moontan (U.S., Side One)

9/8/24

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66- S/T
Grant Green- Feelin' The Spirit
The Modern Jazz Quartet- Patterns
(This was a very satisfying trio on a Sunday morning.)

Bob Marley & The Wailers- Uprising
Sade- The Best Of...

Sly & The Family Stone- Greatest Hits (Quad Mix)
(A few of these mixes are wild! Fun to hear songs you think you knew inside out, inside out.)

Beastie Boys- To The 5 Boroughs
(Haven't played this one in ages. Saw this tour at MSG. Great show and great record. Sounded good today.)

Doris Troy- S/T
The Fireman- Electric Arguments

Faces- BBC In Concert, April 1973
(Another set from that new BBC box. Excellent!)

Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak (Kevin Gray Master)
T. Rex- Bolan's Zip Gun
The Replacements- Boink!!

9/7/24

Jeff Lynne- Armchair Theater

Prince Lasha Quintet feat. Sonny Simmons- The Cry!
(Impossible to find for years. Brand new, stellar reissue released on Friday. Brilliant!)

Crosby, Stills & Nash- S/T
Massive Attack- Blue Lines

David Bowie- Never Let Me Down (2018 McNulty Remix)
(Mario McNulty did the impossible and turned one of the worst records of Bowie's career into something very listenable. I genuinely like this record now.)

Jack White- No Name
Led Zeppelin- III
(There are so many Zeppelin references and sounds and phrasing on this new Jack White record, it brought me right to "Zep III.")

Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
Leon Russell- S/T (Kevin Gray Master)

9/6/24

Bash & Pop- Friday Night Is Killing Me
(This has aged really well. It's like The 'Mats going full on power pop.)

David Gilmour- Luck And Strange
(Lots of fine guitar playing, as well as a few memorable tunes. But def needs an edit.)

Bad Brains- Quickness

Willie Tee- I'm Only A Man
(Very happy to have this back in the collection.  For years it was a $400 record. I finally sold it for good money. And now it's back in a limited run of 1000. A New Orleans legend, Willie Tee meets a legendary producer David Axelrod, and the results are exactly as good as they should be. A deep soul classic!)

The Doors- S/T (APP 45 RPM Cut)

Jack White- No Name
(Wow! Did not expect to love this as much as I did. Dedicated post on Burning Wood coming Monday.)

The Plugz- Electrify Me
Queen- S/T

iPod on Shuffle:
Seven Years In Tibet- David Bowie
In The Light- Led Zeppelin
The Little Things (My Baby Does- Bruce Springsteen
Rock & Roll Pussy- Todd Rundgren
Pictures- Tommy Keene
Sister Europe- Psychedelic Furs
Daddy Don't Live In That N.Y.C. No More- Steely Dan
Santa Barbara- World Party
C'mon Everybody- NRBQ
No Expectations- The Rolling Stones

9/5/24

Rockpile- Seconds Of Pleasure
The Remains- S/T (Kevin Gray MONO Master)
The Beach Boys- Wild Honey
The Beach Boys- 20/20
The Guess Who- The Best Of
(Did some record shopping in Philly on Wednesday and picked up a dozen or so records, including these five. That mono Remains is a great release and a must listen, and I do think "20/20" is really underrated.)

Rhett Miller- The Believer
(Too much to say about this. Stay tuned for a Burning Wood post.)

Elvis Costello- Spike
(There's a great E.P. within this album.)

Faces- John Peel, 1971
(If the whole BBC box sounds like this, it's going to be one of the best releases of the year!)

Bobby Womack- My Prescription

New Order- Substance
(Had to hear this after seeing it performed live in Philly on Wednesday. "Substance" would be a contender for best  "best of," but a few songs really knock this down a peg. It felt that way at the show, too.)

9/4/24

Amyl & The Sniffers- Comfort To Me
The Waldos- Rent Party
Dr. John- Gris Gris
MC5- Back In The U.S.A.

9/3/24

Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks- True

African Head Charge- Drastic Season (about half)
(Man, this is one weird record.)

v/a- Niney The Observer Presents Jah Fire!
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster NCF All Stars- The Broadside, 5/1/24
Eno- Here Come The Warm Jets
Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow (Kevin Gray MONO Master)

Living Colour- Shade
(If you have ever enjoyed this band, this is a late career gem,)

The Rolling Stones- S/T (U.K.MONO)
The Rolling Stones- Now! (MONO)
(These records are terribly underrated. I think both "Aftermath" and "Between The Buttons" are overrated. They seem to lose their way a bit. But on the first three or four, they really knew what they wanted.)

9/2/24

The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Gilded Palace of Sin (Kevin Gray Master)
Ian Hunter- Man Overboard
Traffic- S/T (Kevin Gray Master)
Mott The Hoople- The Hoople
David Bowie- The Next Day

9/1/24

Caravan- S/T (U.K. MONO)
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Kaya

Benny Trokan- Do You Still Think Of Me?
(First solo record from Jay Vons, Reigning Sound and Spoon bassist. Great 60's AM radio sound and vibe, but as usual, no real songs to go with them. I've heard worse.)

Engelbert Humperdinck- Gold
(Just read about the ongoing 60 year feud between Humperdinck and Tom Jones, with Jones just last week calling Humperdinck a "prick." Put me in the mood for some of the Hump's 60's singles. I really dig about a dozen of them.)

Wings- Venus & Mars
St. Vincent- Actor
Yes- S/T

8/31/24

Ranking Joe w/Sly & Robbie- Top Ranking (five songs)
(Not good.)

Beck, Bogert & Appice- S/T
(I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Really not a fan of this record and hadn't played it for a years. But on a whim, pulled it out. Feeling like I will play it again very soon.)

Paul McCartney- Chaos & Creation In The Backyard
(Late career masterpiece.)

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint- The River In Reverse
Lloyd Charmers w/Byron Lee & The Dragonaires- Reggae Charm
The Beatles- 1962-1966 (2023 Remix: Sides Two, Three, Five & Six)
The Who- WHO