11/29/24

Led Zeppelin- Houses Of The Holy
The Plugz- Better Luck
U2- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assembled Edition)
David Bowie- The Man Who Sold The World
Pink Floyd- Masters Of Rock
Bjork- Debut
Quiet Sun-Mainstream
The Monkees- Personal Playlist
Graham Parker & The Rumour- Stick To Me

11/28/24

Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Andrew Cyrille- Taking Turns
Dr. Michael White- A Song For George Lewis

The Sons Of Negus- Freedom Sounds
(This is essential. Good for a Sunday morning. Works on a Saturday night. Look it up!)

Johnny "Hammond" Smith- Wild Horses Rock Steady
JD McPherson- Nite Owls
Blossom Toes- We Are Ever So Clean
801- Live
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Europe '79, Live At Pinkpop
The La's- S/T
Ramones- The Godfather Meets The Punks (Personal Playlist)
Nick Lowe- Nick The Knife

11/27/24

New Order- Brotherhood (Definitive Edition)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Armed Forces
Neil Young & Crazy Horse- Ragged Glory
The Rolling Stones- Now! (MONO)
Queen- Duck Soup: Best of The 80's/90's (Personal Playlist)

iPod on Shuffle:
Wasteland- John Cale
Take The Coltrane- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Crash- Aerosmith
Everybody Dance Now- World Party
I Walk In My Sleep- Berna-Dean
I Wonder U- Prince & The Revolution
I Got The News- Steely Dan
Uptown- Prince
It's Not Difficult- Robert Palmer
Sierra- Boz Scaggs
Be My Number Two- Joe Jackson
If You Were Still Around- John Cale
Words Of Love- The Mamas & The Papas
Killer- Alice Cooper
Don't Let Them Take You Down- The Wallflowers
Something- The Blues Busters
Marathon- Chuck Prophet
I Go To Sleep- Pretenders
Fly Away- Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon
The Fez- Steely Dan
Equality & Justice- The Paragons
Careless Love- Ronnie Lane
Rollers Show- Los Straitjackets
Night People (Reprise)- The Tubes
Like A Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
Happiness- U2
Haven't Got Time For The Pain- Steely Dan
Solo (John Peel)- Sandy Denny
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

11/26/24

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Kraftwerk- Radio-Activity
I Roy- Dread Baldhead
David Bowie- David Live (2005 Mix)
The Move- Message From The Country (Personal Edit)
Cheap Trick- S/T (1977)
Pretenders- S/T

11/25/24

v/a- Parchman Prison Prayer: Another Mississippi Sunday Morning
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio- Gravity
Stanton Moore Trio- Emphasis (On Parenthesis)
Genesis- Foxtrot (2008 Remix)
The Saints- (I'm) Stranded (Original Mix)
Scissor Sisters- S/T
Dr. John & Donald Harrison Jr.- New Orleans Gumbo

11/24/24

Ace Frehley- S/T
Dwight Yoakam- Brighter Days
Phil Manzanera- K-Scope
David Hidalgo & Louie Perez- The Long Goodbye
Elvis Costello- Brutal Youth
The Who- Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy (Abbey Road HSM)
U.K.- Danger Money
Aerosmith- Pump (Personal Edit)
v/a- "N": The Weekend Mix

11/23/24

Aretha Franklin- Aretha's Gold (Kevin Gray Master)
The Beatles- A Hard Day's Night O.S.T (2024 MONO Remaster)
The Coward Brothers- S/T
v/a- Making Time: A Shel Talmy Production
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (Deluxe Bonus Tracks)
Genesis- Foxtrot (2008 Remix)
Yes- Close To The Edge
The Hollies- Butterfly (MONO)
Sex Pistols- Original Recordings
Utopia- Malibu Beach Club, 8/25/81

 

11/22/24

Rickie Lee Jones- Ghostyhead
(This wasn't what I wanted from RLJ when it was released, but it worked better years later.)

The Beatles- Meet The Beatles (2024 MONO Remaster)
(This sounded like crap. What a disappointment. I've got a few more to go.)

Golden Earring- Miracle Mirror

The Beatles- Second Album (2024 MONO Remaster)
(Wow. These new remasters are awful! What a mess.)

Kendrick Lamar- GNX
(People, friends and musicians who I love and respect, loved "To Pimp A Butterfly." I didn't get it. But I really enjoyed this one. I might write up something for BW, but it'll probably go over like reggae and metal. Not sure I want to work that hard. But there was something about this that I really liked.)

Dennis Bovell- Sufferer Sounds
The Dukes Of Stratosphear- 25 O'Clock

iPod on Shuffle:
Saving Grace- Tom Petty
She's Calling You- Bad Brains
Honest With Me- Bob Dylan
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall- Bryan Ferry
Eight Hours Sleep- Paul Kelly
Arrow Through Me- Wings
Body & Soul- Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett
Black Cat Bone- The Bluerunners
Weirdo- New Order
Sea Spray- Paul Weller

11/21/24

Wynton Marsalis- Live At The House Of Tribes
(One of the hottest and swinginest sets out there.)

Kim Deal- Nobody Loves You More
(This received a 5 star review in Mojo. For the life of me I can't understand why, and I love the Pixies.)

Elton John- Rock Of The Westies (Piano Demos)
(This was fun. Once.)

Lawrence Arabia- Absolute Truth
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach- Painted From Memory
Elvis Costello & The Imposters- The Boy Named If
Electric Light Orchestra- Discovery

11/20/24

Serge Gainsbourg- Aux Armes Et Caetera
(Had no idea this existed, as I am not a Serge fan. I discovered it on a reggae blog. Lots of Jamiacan heavy hitters backing up Gainsbourg. Sounds exactly like you think it would sound. Not bad.)

The Coward Brothers- S/T
(As an ardent non-supporter of most things T- Bone Burnett is involved in, I fully expected to hate this record. But first pass was a lot of fun. Looking forward to a second spin. Costello's voice, by the way, much better in the studio than it has been live.)

Boston- S/T (Kevin Gray Master)

The Doors- All You Need (Personal Playlist)
(Once a year I try to get into the Doors, mostly because I really like Side One of their debut. So I made a playlist with most of Side One and a few other songs I thought I liked. But I lose patience so quickly. I really can't listen to Jim Morrison for more than a song or two without saying out loud to no one, "Jim, just shut the fuck up!")

Lou Reed- Street Hassle
Alice Cooper- Muscle Of Love (Alternate Version)
The Young Rascals- Collections (Stereo)
Siouxsie & The Banshees- Peepshow
Ray Barretto- Barretto-Power
Pete Townshend- All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

The Who- Live At Leeds
(Sounds even better with all 12 inserts!)

Todd Rundgren- The Bayou, D.C., 7/24/95

11/19/24

Johnny Cash- American V: A Hundred Highways

Geordie Greep- The New Sound
(This was suggested by three unrelated people who I respect. I lost patience by Track Four. I don't get it.)

The Rolling Stones- Exile On Main Street
Wilco- Summerteeth
XTC- Burning Wood's Waxworks
Aerosmith- S/T
Eddie Money- S/T 

11/18/24

Jeremy Ledbetter Trio- Gravity
(This was a thrill!)

Steely Dan- Aja
v/a- Baton Rouge Blues: The Jay Miller Sessions
The Black Crowes- Happiness Bastards
Graham Parker- Acid Bubblegum
David Bowie- Is It Any Wonder?
King's X- Ear Candy

Black Sabbath- Sabotage
(This really needs to be loved as much as the first four. This record is a badass.)

11/17/24

Silkroad Ensemble w/Rhiannon Giddens- American Railroad
George Harrison- Living In The Material World (Alternates)

XTC- Starple Penis (Personal Playlist)
(Been wanting to do this for years. It's five from "Apple Venus" and five from "Wasp Star" sequenced to my liking.)

v/a- "F": The Weekend Mix
Bee Gees- Mythology (Personal Playlist)
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Rock Art & The X-Ray Style
Television- Marquee Moon (Kevin Gray Master)
The Black Crowes- The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion

11/16/24

Carly Simon- No Secrets (Kevin Gray Master)

Silverlites- S/T
(I had a really hard paying attention to the music when my mind was almost completely focused on Joseph Arthur's anti-COVID-vax stance and his relentless distribution of false and harmful info. I wish I felt differently. Record sounded like something I might have enjoyed otherwise.)

Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow (Kevin Gray MONO Master)

St. Vincent- Todos Nacen Gritando
(Spanish language version of "All Born Screaming." Very effective. I think I love it more now.)

Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On
Lucinda Williams- Blessed
Todd Rundgren- Arena

The Godfathers- Birth, School, Work, Death
(Always ALWAYS hits the spot!)

Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend
Elvis Costello- This Year's Model

Bad Brains- I Against I
(The heavyweight champion of them all!)

11/15/24

Silkroad Ensemble w/Rhiannon Giddens- American Railroad
(I had an idea of what this would sound like, but I had no idea how hard I would fall. Wow. This was stunning! I did not want it to end.)

Jon Batiste- Beethoven Blues
(Another winner.)

Judy Mowatt- Black Woman
(Hard to find a better reggae record.)

The Kinks- BW's Great Lost Kinks Compilation
(Recently compiled. Giving it a test run now.)

John Cale- Paris 1919 (2024 Remaster & Bonus LP Of Outtakes and Unreleased)
(This is a pretty stellar reissue of an all time favorite. Fantastic remastering and interesting bonus tracks, though not sure why a newly recorded track needed to be here. It sounds like something off his last record and definitely out of place.)

Todd Rundgren- Arena
(First time on vinyl for this, one of my 10 faves from Todd. Nice pressing, too. It's the little things.)

Paul Weller- Kings Theater, Brooklyn: 9/7/24

11/14/24

The Jam- Snap!
George Harrison- Living In The Material World (2024 Remix)
The Move- The Best Of
Todd Rundgren- 2nd Wind
Julie Driscoll- 1969
Todd Rundgren- Healing Live
The Who- My Generation (Japanese True Stereo)

11/13/24

Sam Cooke- Mr. Soul
Procol Harum- A Salty Dog
Boss Capone Meets George Dekker- Blackfire
Thin Lizzy- Chinatown
Skip Bifferty- S/T
Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts- Rogue To Redemption (about half)
Rosalie Cunningham- To Shoot Another Day
Iggy & The Stooges- Raw Power (1997 Iggy Mix)
Judas Priest- Savage (Personal Playlist)
The Saints- (I'm) Stranded
Iggy Pop- Every Loser

11/12/24

XTC- Apple Venus Volume One
Yes- The Yes Album (Steven Wilson Remix)

Purson- Desire's Magic Theatre
(This didn't kill me. Not nearly as melodic or interesting as Rosalie Cunningham's solo records.)

St. Vincent- All Born Screaming
(Shaping up to be a Top 5 of 2024.)

The Beatles- Mono Masters
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing

Soul Asylum- Slowly But Shirley
(Disappointing. Something about the sound of the recording and the tone of Pirner's aging voice rubbed me the wrong way. Might give it another go at some point.)

The Flat Five- It's A World Of Love & Hate
The Kinks- Latter Day Gems (A Vintage Burning Wood Mix)

11/11/24

WorldService Project- For King And Country

Boss Capone Meets George Dekker- Blackfire
(Excellent new old school ska record featuring Desmond's brother George. Great stuff!)

Lawrence Arabia- Absolute Truth
(Nice record. Really laid back pop, a la Nilsson, Emitt Rhodes, even a bit of Brian Wilson.)

Rosalie Cunningham- Two Piece Puzzle
(This blew me away. A rec from a friend who bet that it would be the best thing I listened to today. He won that bet.)

Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True (Kevin Gray Master)
Pet Shop Boys- New London Boy/All The Young Dudes E.P.

Genesis- A Trick Of The Tail (Nick Davis Remix)
(Diehards don't love these remixes, but I think every one is stellar.)

Rosalie Cunningham- Two Piece Puzzle
(Had to go in again.)

The Rails- Fair Warning
The Rails- Australia E.P.

11/10/24

Terry Adams- Terrible
v/a- Unhappy Holidays: A BBJ Mix
Elton John- Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player
Fountains Of Wayne- Welcome Interstate Managers
The Paragons w/Roslyn Sweat
v/a- "D": The Weekend Mix
Small Faces- S/T (Decca, MONO)
The Kinks- The Journey Pt. 2
David Johansen Group- The Agora, 7/11/78

11/9/24

Rod Stewart- Gasoline Alley
The Who- A Quick One (Japanese Stereo, with bonus tracks)
Misty In Roots- Live Counter Eurovision 1979
Tne Beatles- Burning Wood's Beatles' Alternatives
Ian Hunter- Personal Playlist
Roland Kirk- Gifts & Messages
The Tubes- The Completion Backward Principle
Paul Weller- Personal Playlist
v/a- Super Hits Of The 70's (Personal Playlist)

11/8/24

The Beach Boys- Endless Summer (Sides 3 & 4)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins- Sonny Side Up
Elton John- Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Rush- Hemispheres
New Order- Substance (Personal Edit)
v/a- Cracking The Cosimo Code: 60's New Orleans R&B Soul

11/7/24

The Meters- Rejuvenation
(Time to snap outta my Election Day funk and into the real thing.)

Living Colour- The Chair In The Doorway
(The underrated gem of the Living Colour catalogue.)

The Charlatans- Up To Our Hips
The Beatles- Paperback Writer/Rain (2022 Stereo Remix)
Captain Beefheart- The Spotlight Kid
v/a- "I": The Weekend Mix
v/a- Popscene: From Baggy To Britpop 1989-1994 (Personal 1 CD Edit)

11/6/24

Kraftwerk- Tour de France
Paul Weller- On Sunset
Sting- The Soul Cages
Ray Davies & The Dessoff Chamber Choir- Town Hall, NYC: 11/20/09
v/a- "U": The Weekend Mix
Dead Boys- We Have Come For Your Children
Blue Oyster Cult- Agents Of Fortune: 40th Anniversary Live
Utopia- Pier 84, 8/8/83

11/5/24

Fantastic Cat- Now That's What I Call Fantastic Cat!
Pink Floyd- Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (MONO)
Roxy Music- Stranded
Bob & Marcia- Pied Piper
Be-Bop Deluxe- Axe Victim
Johnny Thunders- So Alone
Iggy Pop- The Idiot
Mott The Hoople- Mott (Kevin Gray Master)
AC/DC- Bon Rock Ce Soir (Personal Playlist)
(Hitting a lot of my all timers today. Comfort food.)

11/4/24

Roland Kirk- I Talk With The Spirits
Roland Kirk- We Free Kings
Todd Rundgren- North Stage Theater, NY: 12/13/81
Robert Palmer- Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
NRBQ- Wild Weekend
Ian Hunter- Short Back N' Sides
Todd Rundgren- Agoura Hills, 7/15/11

11/3/24

Willie Lindo- Far & Distant
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers- A Hard Road
Big Youth- Screaming Target
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Personal Edit)
Small Faces- S/T (Immediate MONO)
Pete Townshend- All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
Utopia- Pier 84, 8/8/83
Jason Falkner- Play Myself Some Music
Judas Priest- Stained Class
Leon Russell- S/T (Kevin Gray Master)

11/2/24

iPod on Shuffle:
My Girlfriend Is A Waitress- The Iguanas
Liar- Todd Rundgren
The Milk Of Human Kindness- Procol Harum
Bones- Joe Walsh
Feel Like Makin' Love- Bad Company
Cindy- John Jackson
Vengeance (The Pact)- Blue Oyster Cult
Big Love- Little Village
Substitute- The Who
Heard It On The X- ZZ Top
Wedding Ring- The Easybeats
Johnny Strikes Up The Band- Warren Zevon
Beside You In Time- Nine Inch Nails
Holyman (Reprise)- Paul Weller
If You Only Knew Her- The New Mendicants
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (US Single Mix)- The Who
Time To Hide- Wings

Hank Williams- MGM Sides (Personal Playlist)
Elvis Costello- King Of America (2024 Remaster)
The Slits- Cut
Chuck Prophet feat. ¿Qiensave?- Wake The Dead
Soul Asylum- Let Your Dim Light Shine
Yes- Drama
Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure
Todd Rundgren- Under Cover O.S.T.
Jon Cleary- Hotel Room Ruffs
The Young Rascals- Groovin' (MONO)
Thin Lizzy- Renegade

11/1/24

Paul Kelly- Fever Longing Still
The Kinks- The Kink Kontroversy (Kevin Gray MONO Master)
John Entwistle- Smash Your Head Against The Wall
King Crimson- Red (2024 Steven Wilson Remix)
The Black Crowes- Amorica
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- Live At Fillmore East, 1969
Todd Rundgren- Faithful
Faces- Snakes & Ladders: The Best of The Faces

10/31/24

I Roy- Dread Baldhead
Bad Brains- Rock For Light
Paul Weller- 66
The Drifters- Golden Hits (Kevin Gray MONO Master)
David Bowie- Live, Nassau Coliseum '76
Todd Rundgren- Niagara Falls, 11/20/17
Todd Rundgren's Utopia- S/T (Side One)