4/29/25

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington- The Complete Sessions- ***1/2
The Clarendonians- The Best Of...****1/2
The Isley Brothers- The Brothers Isley- ***
David Bowie- Station To Station-****1/2
Family- Music In A Doll's House-***1/2
Todd Rundgren- Faithful (2024, 2 LP Audiophile RM)-****1/2
Queen- A Day At The Races-****1/2
The Cure- The Head On The Door-****1/2
The Alarm- Standards-****1/2
The Alarm- Declaration-****
Todd Rundgren- Space Force-****
Brian D'Addario- Till The Morning-****1/2

4/28/25

Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True (Kevin Gray Master)-****1/2
(Again, Kevin Gray works magic. This record never sounded better.)

Luke Winslow-King- Flash-A-Magic-***
Billy Nicholls- Would You Believe?-****
David Bowie- Hunky Dory- ****
The Who- My Generation (2014 Stereo Mix)-****
The Drifters- Golden Hits (Kevin Gray MONO Master)-****1/2
The Who- Who's Next (Steven Wilson Remix w/Bonus Tracks)- ****1/2
Riot- Fire Down Under- ****1/2
Utopia- POV-***1/2
Iggy & The Stooges- Raw Power-****1/2
Motorhead- 1916-****

4/27/25

Joe Lovano- Homage-***
Marcos Valle- Garra-****
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games-****
Linda Ronstadt- Mad Love-****
Allen Toussaint- Toussaint-****
The 5th Dimension- The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles (Personal Edit)- ***1/2

Champion Jack Dupree- From New Orleans To Chicago- ****1/2
(This hit the spot.)

45s
Irma Thomas- It's Starting To Get To Me Now/The Hurt's All Gone
Staple Singers- For What It's Worth
Berna-Dean- I Walk In My Sleep
The Beatles- Baby You're A Rich Man
The Members- Working Girl
Patty & The Emblems- Mixed-Up, Shook-Up Girl
The Exciters- Do Wah Diddy

 

4/26/25

Professor Longhair- Classics:1949-****
Corey Harris- Daily Bread-****
v/a- Boppin' By The Bayou: More Dynamite-***1/2
The Kinks- Face To Face (Kevin Gray MONO Master)-****1/2
The Who- Live At Hull-****
David Bowie- Is It Any Wonder?-***1/2
Queen- II-****1/2
Lil' Band O'Gold- *****
C.C. Adcock & The Lafayette Marquis-*****
The Jaded Hearts Club- You've Always Been Here-****1/2
Jon Cleary- GoGo Juice-****

4/25/25

Professor Longhair- Crawfish Fiesta-***1/2
Sarah Quintana- Baby Don't-****
Steve Kuhn Trio- Three Waves-****
Samantha Fish- Paper Doll-***1/2
Irma Thomas- Safe With Me-***
Faces- Personal Playlist-****1/2
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires- Uptown Top Ranking-****
The Bobby Fuller Four- I Fought The Law-****1/2
The Boys- Alternative Chartbusters-****
Jon Cleary- The Bywater Sessions-****1/2

4/24/25

Larry Marshall- Presenting Larry Marshall-****
Charlie Halloran w/The Tropicales- Shake The Rum-***

Joe Ashlar, Stanton Moore, Danny Abel & Brad Walker- Happy Organ Hour, Maple Leaf, 4/23/25 (First Set)- ****1/2
(You need to dial up the Maple Leaf channell on YouTube and get in on these amazing "Happy Organ Hour" shows.)

Johnny Guitar Watson- Original Gangster Of Love (1953-1959)- ***1/2
Carlton & The Shoes- Love Me Forever- ****
Steely Dan- Aja-****1/2

Echolalia-S/T- **1/2
(Really uneven. The good stuff reminded me of Soft Machine. The bad stuff was a snooze fest, like some amelodic, indie alt-country crap.)

Stanton Moore, James Singleton & David Torkanowsky w/Skerik & Eric Bloom- Live From Jazz Fest, 4/24/25-****
(Good set...even if I was on my couch and not front and center. This is gonna be a tough two weeks.)

Jon Cleary-So Swell-****1/2
Jon Cleary- The Bywater Sessions- *****
Stanton Moore- All Kooked Out!-****

4/23/25

William D. Smith- A Good Feelin'-****
The Kinks- The Kink Kronikles-****1/2
Genesis- A Trick of The Tail-****1/2
The Beatles- VI (MONO)- ****

Hamilton Leithauser- This Side Of The Island-****
(I can't say I recall any of The Walkmen's records, but this new one from their lead singer/songwriter is really good.)

Crosby, Stills & Nash- S/T- ***1/2

Au Pairs- Playing With A Different Sex (half)- **1/2
(Think I'm over Au Pairs.)

Irma Thomas- In Between Tears-****1/2
(I don't play this one enough. Irma and Swamp Dogg! And Duane Allman!)

Jon Cleary- The Bywater Sessions-*****

Aerosmith- Draw The Line-****
(This record never had a chance after "Rocks." So much better than its rep.)

The Runaways- Waitin' For The Night-***1/2
Jon Cleary- The Bywater Sessions-*****

4/22/25

Laura Nyro- Angel In The Dark- ***1/2

Larry Marshall- Presenting Larry Marshall-****1/2
(Incredible roots reggae record.)

King Tubby- Laser Rock-***
Bob Dylan & The Band- The Basement Tapes-****
The Beatles- Mono Masters (Personal Edit)- ****1/2
Ace Frehley- S/T-***1/2
Ray Barretto- Indestructible-***
Lucio Alves- A Bossa e Nossa-***1/2

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue- Orleans And Claiborne-****
(2005 release when Shorty and then "Jonathan" Batiste were still kids and STILL playing the shit out of their instruments. A great vibe throughout, just in time for Jazz Fest, including killer New Orleans twists on cuts by Curtis Mayfield and Maroon 5!)

Dr. John- Things Happen That Way-****

4/21/25

William D. Smith- A Good Feelin'-****
(1977 release, featuring songs and production by Allen Toussaint and James Booker on organ. First time hearing it, as I only discovered it this weekend. Really great stuff.)

Ginger Baker Trio- Going Back Home-**1/2
Irma Thomas- The Story Of My Life- ***1/2
Phyllis Dillon- Rocksteady-****
Young Marble Giants- Colossal Youth-****
John Doe- A Year In The Wilderness-****

Squeeze- Domino-***1/2
(A much better record than I remembered.)

v/a- Girls In The Garage Vol. 2- **1/2

Elton John- Live At The Rainbow, 5/7/77 (Personal Edit)- ****
(I listened to this because it just got a vinyl release for RSD and I saw Elton say "I listened to it and it was pretty fucking good, if I do say so myself." He's right. It's really fucking good.)

Roxy Music- Country Life-****
Johnny Guitar Watson- A Real Mother For Ya-****

 

4/20/25

Irma Thomas- After The Rain-****1/2
Roussel Maajon- S/T- ****
Johnny Guitar Watson- Ain't That A Bitch-****1/2
Elvis Costello & The Imposters- The Boy Named If- ****1/2
Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane- Rough Mix-****

iPod on Shuffle:
A Deeper Shade Of Soul- Ray Barretto
Heartbreaker- Nick Lowe
I'm Alone Because I Love You- Uncle Lionel
Baby's Coming Back- Jellyfish
Angel Eyes- James Booker
Homeward Bound- Simon & Garfunkel
Village- Paul Weller
Your Love (All That I'm Missing)- J.D. McPherson
Ruby- The Explorers Club
Penny Lane- The Beatles
Samba de Orpheus- Charles Neville & Diversity
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling- Paul Collins

4/19/25

Allen Toussaint & Dr. John- James Booker Tribute, Jazz Fest, 4/25/97-****1/2
(This was kinda brilliant.)

Irma Thomas- Take A Look- ****

Ken Boothe- Freedom Street- ****1/2
(Essential!)

Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson- What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow (four songs)- **1/2
(I expected more from this. Or maybe I lost patience.)

Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto- Electric War (about half)- **1/2
(Opening track had promise. Then the next three were exactly the same. Mojo called this "The British version of The Meters." Hardly!)

XTC- BW's Waxworks (Personal Playlist)-****1/2
The Who- Quadrophenia- (Sides 1-3)-****
Dub Specialist- Dub Store Special- ****1/2
The Rascals- Time Peace: Greatest Hits-****

Fiction Plane- Everything Will Never Be Ok-****
(Sting's son Joe Sumner's first full length with his band Fiction Plane killed me in 2003. Then, I got to see the band up close at a Mercury Lounge showcase, and the room was on fire. "Everything Will Never Be Ok" was one of my favorite records that year. This is the first time hearing it in probably 20 years and it's still fantastic! He sounds so much like his father, it's like a great lost Police record.)

Jason Falkner- Genius (Personal Playlist)- ****1/2

4/18/25

Edu Lobo e Maria Bethania- Edu e Bethania-****

Horsegirl- Phonetics On & On- **1/2
(More anemic, indie crap. Still, I didn't hate it. Just won't play it ever again.)

Billy Nicholls- Love Songs-***1/2

Cymande- Renascence (about half)- **1/2
(This was a disappointment. The Mojo magazine review of this record was more exciting than the music. I'll stick with the debut.)

v/a- Girls In The Garage Vol. 1- ***

Julien Baker & TORRES- Send A Prayer My Way (about half) ***
(Meh.)

David Bowie- Aladdin Sane-****12
Mott The Hoople- The Hoople-****1/2
The Rolling Stones- Aftermath (U.K. MONO)-****
Emerson, Lake & Palmer- Tarkus (Side One)- ****
Elvis Costello- Out Of Our Idiot- ****
The Replacements- Tim (Ed Stasium Mix)- ****1/2
Daryl Hall/John Oates- Private Eyes-****

 

4/17/25

iPod on Shuffle:
Frame By Frame- King Crimson
Stiff Competition- Cheap Trick
Get Lost- Tom Waits
La-La-La Lies- The Who
Glutton Of Sympathy- Jellyfish
Birds Of A Feather- Joe South
Run Run Run- The Who
Becalmed- Brian Eno
My Most Beautiful Mistake- Elvis Costello
You're The One- The Vogues
Hard Hard Year- The Everly Brothers
Marcella- The Beach Boys
I Just Don't Know What To Do - Linda Ronstadt
Come See About Me- The Supremes
Blue- Jeff Lynne's ELO
Boy About Town- The Jam
Mo Jo Hannah- Betty Harris
They Don't Know How To Fall In Place- The Lemon Twigs
Queen Of The Rub- Dub Specialist
Mano A Mano- Daryl Hall/John Oates

Television - Adventure- ***
The Who- By Numbers- ****1/2
Gal Costa- India-****
Jeff Beck- Live At B.B. King Blues Club- ***1/2
Galactic And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen-****
Rob Wagner Trio- S/T- ***1/2
Earth, Wind & Fire- S/T-****
Nuno- Schizophonic-****
Ricky Byrd- Lifer- ****

4/16/25

Roberto Carlos- Em Ritmo de Aventura-***
Nazz- Nazz Nazz (MONO)- ****
The Futureheads-S/T (almost all of it)- ***
Renaissance-Personal Playlist- ****

Ok Go- And The Adjacent Possible-****
(This band is always good for a solid video or two, but I haven't really followed their records. This is my second spin on the new one and I think it's great.)

Kasim Sulton's Utopia- Live At The Kate, Old Saybrook: 3/5/20 (Select Songs)- ***
(Something/Someone's missing. Inspired vocal on "The Verb To Love," though.)

Brian D'Addario- Till The Morning- ****1/2
(Gorgeous. Yeah I know, it's a "Lemon Twigs cult." Or maybe it's just beautiful melodies and harmonies, and old-fashioned record-making.)

The Techniques- Little Did You Know-****1/2
The Ramones- Pleasant Dreams (The New York Mixes)- ****

Spin Doctors- Face Full Of Cake-****
(I've known these guys since the old East Village days at Nightingale Bar, a few years before they signed a record deal. My bud Tim Vega and I printed up tickets and flyers for their gigs at the copy shop where we worked . That said, I can't believe that 36 years later, they put out a really solid record. Very happy with this, give or take a few lemons.)

The Clash- Combat Rock-***1/2
(I didn't love this then. I don't mind it now. But it ain't their first four!)

 

4/15/25

Joe Higgs- Life Of Contradiction-****1/2
(I can't stress enough just how great this record is.)

The Harvey Averne Dozen- S/T-****

Larry Williams & Johnny "Guitar" Watson- Boss Lovin': 1965-1969-****
(Excellent, MASSIVE Butterboy comp.)

Paul McCartney- McCartney-****1/2
Leon Redbone- On The Track-****

John Scofield & Jon Cleary- Live In Worpswede, 11/20/19-*****
(This killed me! First I had no idea it existed, so thank you pmac. Next, the setlist is ridiculous, with a number of songs I had never heard Cleary play before, and I have seen Cleary easily 40 or 50 times. Also, the guitar/piano set up is really special. And to hear Cleary sing "Stardust," my single favorite song of all time, just made my week...and it's only Tuesday. Amazing from top to bottom.)

Fleetwood Mac- The Pious Bird Of Good Omen- ****

Elvis Costello & The Imposters- Momofuku- ****
(The forgotten gem of EC's catalogue.)

Robert Palmer- Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley- ****1/2

4/14/25

The Searchers- Ten Tracks (Personal Playlist)- ***1/2
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders- The Best Of...****
The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper...(U.K. MONO)- ****
Gene Clark with The Gosdin Brothers (MONO)-****
Neil Finn- Sessions At West 54th- ****1/2
Spin Doctors- Face Full Of Cake- ***1/2
Ultravox- Ha! Ha! Ha!- ****
Ben Folds Five- Whatever And Ever Amen- ***
Galactic And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen (TRC Vinyl Edition)- ****1/2
The Rolling Stones- Through The Past Darkly (UK MONO)- **** 1/2
Ok Go- And The Adjacent Possible- ****

4/13/25

Duke Ellington- Afro Bossa-****
Duke Ellington- Ellington '65-***
Irma Thomas- Live From French Quarter Fest, 4/12/25-****
Galactic & And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen-****1/2
Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die-****
Tom Petty- Highway Companion-****1/2
Gladys Knight & The Pips- Greatest Hits (Motown)- ****
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers-****1/2
The Ventures- In Space (MONO)- ****1/2
The Grays- Ro Sham Bo (Expanded RSD LP)- ****1/2
Paul Carrack- One Good Reason- ****

4/12/25

John Scofield- Piety Street- ****
Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow (Kevin Gray MONO Master)- ****
The Darkness- Dreams On Toast (Members' Editon)- ****
Wanda Jackson- Rocks-***1/2

The Grays- Ro Sham Bo (Expanded RSD LP)- ****1/2
(I am THRILLED to see this released on vinyl. And it's a GREAT sounding pressing!)

Todd Rundgren- Runt (Alternate April 1970 Master)-****

The Lemon Twigs- A Dream Is All We Know- ****1/2
(Laying off of this for a while really worked. It sounded better than ever.)

Boston-S/T-****1/2
(I love this record, through and through. It evokes great summer memories for me. But really, is there another record that sounds like this? It's pretty fucking brilliant. Every song is a hit.)

Izzy Stradlin & The Ju Ju Hounds- S/T-****1/2
(The best Guns N Roses album!)

The Replacements- Let It Be-****

4/11/25

Gregory Isaacs- Private Beach Party (half)- **1/2
Wilco- Cousin-***
Sam Hawkins- The Very Best Of...***1/2
Irma Thomas- Love Is The Foundation-****
Todd Rundgren- Initiation (2025 2 LP RM, Sides One & Two) - ****1/2
Neurotic Outsiders- S/T (RSD Release w/Bonus Tracks)- ****1/2
Graham Parker- Squeezing Out Sparks-****

4/10/25

Lucy Dacus- Forever Is A Feeling-****
(This one is holding up. Good stuff.)

Tim Finn- Imaginary Kingdom-***1/2
Todd Rundgren- Solo At Town Hall, 4/23/03- ***1/2
The Idle Race- The Birthday Party- ***1/2

The Creation- Action Painting- ****
(Get rid of the alternate mixes and a few of the Mark Four tracks, and this set kicks ass!)

Blondie- Parallel Lines-****
(More Clem Burke. I absolutely loved this record when it came out. My friend Chuck at Second Coming Records on Sullivan Street did a brilliant impression of Jerry Vale singing "Sunday Girl." Still hear his voice when I hear that song. But as good as this record was, "Eat To The Beat" beat it.)

Sex Pistols- The Original Recordings-****

4/9/25

Miles Davis- Sketches Of Spain-****1/2

Larry Young- Mother Ship-****
(This is an ass kicker.)

Howlin' Wolf- Moanin' In The Moonlight-****
July- S/T- ***

Nara Leao- Nara Pede Passagem-**** 1/2
(One of her best. It's early, but it covers a lot of ground musically. A classic.)

Ken Boothe- Boothe Unlimited- ****1/2
Talk Talk- It's My Life-***1/2
The Replacements- Pleased To Meet Me-****1/2
Bad Brains- Quickness-****

Galactic And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen-*****
(If I keep playing this every day, it will continue to be the best thing I listened to each day. They could have easily dropped the ball. But...they nailed it. Kudos Galactic. And to Miss Irma.)

Jon Cleary- Occapella-****1/2

4/8/25

iPod on Shuffle:
I.O.U.- The La's
Miller's Farm- ZZ Top
You've Broken The Guitar- Ken Boothe
No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine- Dillard & Clark
To The Island- Crowded House
Ankle Deep- Tom Petty
Goddess Of Love- Bryan Ferry
Kiss Of Life- Peter Gabriel
Winter World Of Love- Engelbert Humperdinck
Clockface- Siouxsie & The Banshees
It Is Not Easy- Desmond Dekker & the Aces
I'm Back Again- Dwight Twilley
Submarine- Genesis
Eldorado Overture- Electric Light Orchestra
Ships Don't Disappear In The Nught (Do They?)- 10cc
Didn't Tell The Man- Radio Birdman
Original Funky Bell Bottoms- Ironing Board Sam
Futurevisioon- Adrian Belew
Underdog Backstreet- Warren Lee
Find My Way- Paul McCartney
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me & My Monkey- The Beatles

Ricky Byrd- Tough Room...This World- ***1/2
Joan Baez- The Newport Era- ***1/2
Squeeze- Play-****1/2
Andrew Duhon- The Parish Album (three songs)- **
Galactic And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen-*****
Mikey Dread- At The Control Dubwise-***1/2
The Young Rascals- Groovin' (MONO)- ****1/2
Traffic- Heaven Is In Your Mind (Kevin Gray U.S. MONO Master)- ****
Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello- Flowers In The Dirt (demos)- *****
Galactic And Irma Thomas- Audience With The Queen-*****

4/7/25

Marcos Valle- Garra-****
Charlie Rich- It Ain't Gonna Be That Way: The Complete Snmash Sessions- ***1/2
Butler, Blake & Grant- S/T- **1/2
John Cale- Slow Dazzle-****1/2
Sister Carol- Liberation For Africa (Side One) -***
Peter Tosh- Equal Rights- ****1/2
Giles, Giles & Fripp- The Complete 1969 Recordings-***1/2
The Parlour Band- Is A Friend? (Side One) - ***
Killing Joke-S/T- ****
Blondie- Eat To The Beat- ****1/2
Ricky Byrd- NYC Made-*****
X- Wild Gift-****1/2

4/6/25

The Swan Silvertones- Saviour Pass Me Not-****
(Sublime start to a Sunday.)

The Gaylads- Fire & Rain-***1/2
Sarah Quintana- Baby Don't- ****
Bob & Marcia- Pied Piper-****1/2
Bruce Springsteen- We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions-***1/2

J. Geils Band- Ladies Invited-****
(This one got lost between the early classics and the 80's hit machine. Really good record.)

Ricky Byrd- NYC Made-****1/2
(Shaping up to be in my Top 5 of the year.)

Paul McCartney- Personal Playlist-****1/2
(If anyone is interested, tracks are below. This was really great...if I do say so myself.
Fine Line
My Brave Face
Ballroom Dancing
The Other Me
Little Willow
Early Days
New
Get Enough
Queenie Eye
I Don't Know
Little Lamb Dragonfly
What It Is
Jenny Wren
I'm Carrying
However Absurd
A Certain Softness
I Do
No Words
Winter Bird/When Winter Comes
The End Of The End
Mull Of Kintyre)
 
World Party- Dumbing Up-****
Ian Hunter- All American Alien Boy-****
Squeeze- Cool For Cats-****

4/5/25

Preservation Brass- For Fat Man-****

Sarah Quintana- Baby Don't- ****
(Sweet new record. Full review coming up this week on BW.)

Elton John & Brandi Carlile- Who Believes In Angels?- ***
(Found another two tracks I like, and one more I can't stand, "Swing For The Fences," which sounds like a Fox Baseball promo. Horrible.)

Squeeze- Argybargy-****1/2
Earth, Wind & Fire- Head To The Sky-**1/2
King Crimson- In The Court Of The Crimson King (U.S. MONO Promo)-****
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight-****
Pixies- Doolittle-****
Ricky Byrd- NYC Made-****1/2
Bunker Hill w/Link Wray & The Ray Men- Singles-***1/2

Graham Parker- Howlin' Wind-****1/2

Squeeze- Some Fantastic Place-****
(Really underrated.)

Big Audio Dynamite II- The Globe-***
(I loved this record when it came out, but I lost patience about halfway through.)

T. Rex- Bolan's Zip Gun-***1/2
 

4/4/25

Icecream Hands- The Good China-****
Yusef Lateef- Eastern Sounds- ****
Levon Helm- Electric Dirt-****
Alison Krauss & Union Station-Arcadia-***
The Pretty Things- Get The Picture?-****
Bad Brains- Rock For Light-**** 1/2
Ricky Byrd- NYC Made-****1/2
The Darkness- Dreams On Toast-****
Stevie Wonder- Fulfillingness' First Finale-****
The Kinks- Something Else (Kevin Gray MONO Master)-****1/2
The Who- My Generation (Japanese True Stereo)- ****1/2
Eddie Money- Personal Playlist-****

4/3/25

Donald Harrison Jr.- The Chosen-****

Annie & The Caldwells- Can't Lose My (Soul)- ***1/2
(Debut from 80 year old Annie and her family. Not what I was expecting at all. I thought this was a gospel record. But it's more like a late 70's Isley Brothers record. Pretty good stuff.)

Elton John & Brandi Carlile- Who Believes In Angels?- **1/2
(This record is a mess.)

10cc- How Dare You-****

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass- Personal Playlist-****1/2
(If you can get the whole "Whipped Cream," thrift store, vinyl nonsense out of your head, you will hear a killer band with a sound like no other. They sold millions for a reason.)

Robyn Hitchcock- Globe Of Frogs-***1/2
Todd Rundgren & Kasim Sulton- Sing Bacharach (Wiltern Theater, 3/23/25)- ***1/2
Paul Carrack- Suburban Voodoo-****
Tommy Keene- Behind The Parade-***1/2
The Runaways- S/T-***1/2

 

4/2/25

Robert Walter- Cure All- ****1/2
(One of the very best from New Orleans, with James Singleton on bass and John Vidacovich on drums. Plus you get to hear Robert Walter on organ and piano, the latter, a not very common occurrence.)

Al Di Meola- Casino-****
Sade- The Best Of...- ****
The Techniques- Little Did You Know-****
Ronnie Lane- Anymore For Anymore- ***1/2

Charlie Rich- That's Rich-****1/2
(I truly love this record. It never gets old.)

Cops 'N Robbers- A's & B's- ***1/2

Martha & the Vandellas- Greatest Hits (MONO)- ****
(Because I only just found out today that Marvin Gaye plays drums on "Dancing In The Street," not to mention "Please Mr. Postman," "Fingertips" and "Psychedelic Shack." Holy crap!)

Tom Verlaine- S/T-****
Bad Company- Straight Shooter-***1/2
The Kinks- Kinda Kinks (Kevin Gray MONO Master)- ****
Los Lobos- By The Light Of The Moon-***1/2

4/1/25

Chappell Roan- The Rise & Fall Of A Midwest Princess-***1/2
Field Music and The NASUWT Riverside Band- Binding Time-***1/2
Raul Seixas- Krig-ha, Bandolo!- ***
v/a- Boppin' By The Bayou- ***1/2
Peter Townshend- Who Came First-****
Stevie Wonder- Songs In The Key Of Life (Personal Edit)- ****1/2

Jason Falkner- Bliss Descending- *****
(This hit the spot. And it made me think that I will probably die before Falkner releases a new record. Ah well. You win some, you lose some.)

The Godfathers- Birth, School, Work, Death-****

3/31/25

Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barrett- Loose Talk- ***
(I had no interest in a spoken word record until I found out that some of Ferry's music on this record dated as far back as the first Roxy Music album, and that Roxy drummer, Paul Thompson was involved. Verdict? Not bad. Interesting, though I prefer John Cale's spoken word more. Probably won't listen again any time soon, but if you're a Roxy fan, it's worth one pass.)

Branford Marsalis Quintet- Belonging-****
(Hot set. I enjoyed this far more than the original Keith Jarrett album.)

Jeff Matthews- Heavy Rotation E.P.- ****
(Another strong outing from Jeff and the usual suspects- Earl Slick, Paul Santo, Steve Holley and Mark Hudson.)

Shelagh McDonald- Stargazer-***1/2
(Long out of print cult classic of British folk, finally gets a vinyl reissue. Nice record, for sure. Not quite Sandy Denny, though maybe more like Joni trying to be Sandy. Definitely not as sweet or melodic as Sandy.)

Detective- It Takes One To Know One- ***1/2
(I played the debut to death back in the day and so the follow-up felt like a disappointment. But this record has aged well and really holds up on its own.)

v/a-Studio One Showcase 45-***

The Beatles- Rubber Soul (U.K. Stereo)- ****1/2
(Good band.)

Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)- The Low Highway-****1/2
Elton John- Never Too Late (Personal Playlist From Soundtrack #2)- ****
The Kinks - Arthur, Or...(Bonus LP)-****
The Kinks- Lola Versus Powerman & The Moneygoround, Part One-****