5/30/25

Tommy Ridgely- The Shrewsbury Kid (Personal Playlist)- ****
Millie Small- The Best Of (Disc One)- ***1/2
Sparks- Indiscreet-****
John Lennon- Gimme Some Truth (Personal Edit)- ***1/2
v/a- I Wanna Be A Teen Again: North American Power Pop 1980-1989 (Personal Playlist)- ****
Joe Ashlar, Stanton Moore & Brad Walker- Happy Organ Hour, Maple Leaf, 5/28/25 (First Set)- ****
The Zombies- Odessey & Oracle- ****1/2
Mott The Hoople- All The Young Dudes-****

5/29/25

Jerry Garcia- Reflections- ****
Rick Derringer- Spring Fever-***
Beau Brummels- Bradley's Barn-**1/2
Ty Segall- Possession-****
Sparks- Mad!- ***1/2
Velvet Underground- S/T (Valentin Mix)- ****
Flat Worms- Witness Marks-***1/2
Gyasi- Here Comes The Good Part-****
Garbage- Let All That We Imagine Be The Light-**

5/28/25

Tyrannosaurus Rex- My People Were Fair...- ***1/2
Bob Dylan- Together Through Life- ***1/2
Skid Row- Skid (1970)- **1/2
The McCoys- Personal Playlist- ****
Gyasi- Here Comes The Good Part-****
Joan Jett- Bad Reputation- ***1/2
Utopia- Chicago, 10/20/77-****
Derringer- Sweet Evil-****
Gyasi- Here Comes The Good Part-****

5/27/25

Maurice Brown & Friends- The Rabbit Hole, New Orleans: 4/24/25 (First Hour)- ***
Groundhogs- Thank Christ For The Bomb-***1/2
Sunflower Bean- Champagne Taste-****
Smiley Lewis- Shame Shame Shame (Disc One)- ***
Johnny Adams- Heart & Soul-****
Rick Derringer- Guitars & Women-****
Derringer- Derringer Live-***1/2
Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains The Same (Sides One, Two & "Whole Lotta Love")- ****1/2
Utopia- Ra (Side One)- ****
Steve Hillage- L-***
Rockpile- Seconds Of Pleasure-****1/2
v/a-Stompin' (1-10: Personal Playlist)- ***

5/26/25

Ray Charles- Dedicated To You-****
Jerry Garcia- Compliments- ***1/2
Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic-****
Soul Syndicate- Harvest Uptown/Famine Downtown-***1/2
Bobby Fuller Four- King Of The Wheels-***
The Rolling Stones- Metamorphosis-****
Beau Brummels- Volume 2-***1/2
Ian Hunter- Motter Than Hell (Personal Playlist)- ****1/2
Rick Derringer- Guitars & Women-****
The Toms- S/T- ****
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees-****1/2
v/a-I AM A DJ: An Inspired Mix For The Long Weekend- ****

5/25/25

The Stovall Sisters- S/T-****
Emmylou Harris- Wrecking Ball- ***1/2
Metallica- St. Anger-***
v/a- The Story Of Jamaican Music (Disc Two: Reggae Hit The Town, 1968-1974)- ****
Electric Light Orchestra- A New World Record-***1/2
Crowded House- Temple Of Low Men- ****
Marshall Crenshaw- Live...My Truck Is My Home-****
World Party- Live!-***1/2
X- Los Angeles-****
The Black Crowes- Amorica- ****

45s
The Beau Brummels- You Tell Me Why
Badfinger-Day After Day
The Ronettes- Walking In The Rain
Betty Wright- Baby Sitter
David Ruffin- My Whole World Ended
Irma Thomas-The Hurt's All Gone
Red Foley- Midnight
The Easybeats- Heaven & Hell
Pretenders- Talk Of The Town
Roy Wood- Keep Your Hands On The Wheel
Gene Terry- Cindy Lou
Mary Wells- Bye Bye Baby
The Who- Call Me Lightning
Tina Britt- The Real Thing

5/24/25

Miles Davis- Miles Smiles-****
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'- Room On The Porch (most of it)- **1/2
Cimarons- In Time-***1/2
Blind Blake-Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker (Personal Edit)- ****
Blossom Toes- We Are Ever So Clean- ****1/2
Yes- S/T- ****
Bruce Springsteen- The River (Personal Edit)- ****1/2
The London Souls- Unreleased Debut- ****
Nine Inch Nails- With Teeth-****1/2
Nick Curran & The Nitelifes- Doctor Velvet-****

5/23/25

Chicago- II (Steven Wilson Remix)-****

Cimarons- People Say: An Early History- ****1/2
(These guys are new to me. Just fantastic! Definitely a Toots/Maytals vibe, but they cover a lot of ground. Love this!)

Nick Lowe- Party Of One-****1/2
Groundhogs- Black Diamond-***1/2
Sparks- Mad!-****
Husker Du- Zen Arcade-***1/2

v/a- Cameo-Parkway: 1957-1967 (Personal Playlist)-****
(The hits are legendary. But there are so many amazing records that didn't do anything on this collection.)

5/22/25

Neil Young- The Bottom Line, 5/16/74-****
Orquestra Afro-Brasilera- Obaluaye!-****
John Lee Hooker w/The Groundhogs- Hooker & The Hogs-***1/2Groundhogs- Solid- ****1/2
Sparks- Mad!- ****
Paul Williams- Someday Man-***1/2
Paul Weller- 66- ****
The Kinks- Muswell Hillbillies-****Groundhogs- Split-****
Del Amitri- Some Other Sucker's Parade-****1/2
Squeeze- East Side Story- ****

5/21/25

Jackie Edwards- Tell It Like It Is-***
Nigel Hall- Live At The Maple Leaf, New Orleans: 4/30/23- ****
Tapper Zukie- Living In The Ghetto- ***1/2
v/a- I'm A Freak, Baby (Disc One)- ***1/2
Sheena Easton- Do You: The Uncut Nile Rodgers Sessions (three songs)- **
Dave Edmunds- D.E. 7th- ****
Motorhead- S/T- ***1/2
Iggy Pop- Suck On This: Live 1977-****
The Easybeats- Absolute Anthology (Disc One)- ****
King's X- Ear Candy-***1/2

5/20/25

Guitar Slim- Complete: 1951-1958-***
New Orleans Groove Masters, Jazz Fest: 4/25/25- ****
Gregory Isaacs- Lonely Lover- ***1/2
Steely Dan- Can't Buy A Thrill- ****
The Who- Who's Next-****1/2
Leon Russell-S/T (Kevin Gray Master)- ****1/2
Wyldlife- sorted.-****

5/19/25

Johnny Adams- The Real Me: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus- ****
Bob Dylan- Phoenix Outlaw, 5/13/25-***1/2
Lloyd Price- The Exciting...- ***1/2
Warren Zevon- Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School-****
Rod Stewart- Occasionally A Dull Moment (Personal Playlist)- ****
Wyldlife- sorted.- ****
The Tremblers- Twice Nightly- ****

5/18/25

Brother Cecil L. Shaw- The Imperial Recordings- ****
v/a- Imperial Singles (Personal Playlist)- ***1/2
v/a- the Lamp Records Story (Disc One)- ****
The Kinks- Mono Kollectables (Personal Playlist)- ****
Thin Lizzy- Bad Reputation- ****1/2
The Zombies- R.I.P.- ****
The English Beat- I Just Can't Stop It-****1/2
Amyl & The Sniffers- Cartoon Darkness-****
Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger- ****
Elvis Costello- Taking Liberties- ****
Tchotchke- S/T-***1/2
Stiff Little Fingers- Inflammable Material- ***1/2

5/17/25

Jason Marsalis- New Orleans Jazz Fest, 5/3/25-***1/2

The Temptones- Singles & Demos- **1/2
(Haven't heard this in years. Daryl Hall's early, third rate Temptations group.)

Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors- Evening Time-***
Eddie Bo- The Complete Ric & Ron Recordings- ***1/2
Johnny Adams- The Complete Ric & Ron Recordings-****
Supergrass- I Should Coco-****
The Hotrats- Turn Ons-****1/2
Fats Domino- Here Stands Fats Domino- ****
Elvis Costello- Eight Bloody Burgers & Eight How's Your Sister Kates (Personal Playlist)- ****1/2
The Rolling Stones- Through The Past Darkly (U.K. MONO)- ****1/2
Galactic w/Jelly Joseph & Irma Thomas- New Orleans Jazz Fest, 5/4/25-***1/2

5/16/25

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra- Begin The Beguine- ***1/2
Roots Radics featuring Gladstone Anderson- Radical Dub Session-***
Ambrosia- S/T-****
v/a- Imperial Singles: 5251-5300 (Highlights)- ****
Fleetwood Mac- Like Crying: The Songs Of Danny Kirwan- ****1/2
Elvis Costello- Brutal Youth (Bonus Disc)- ****1/2
Phil Lynott- Solo In Soho-****
Aerosmith- Rocks- ****1/2
Judas Priest- Point Of Entry- ****

5/15/25

v/a-Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary: 1960-2000 (The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz- Disc Two)- ***1/2
Gregory Isaacs- Extra Classic-****
Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone–Per Un Pugno Di Samba-***1/2
John Cale- Hobosapiens-****

5/14/25

v/a-Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary: 1960-2000 (The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz- Disc One)- ***1/2
Syd Barrett- The Madcap Laughs-****
Paul McCartney & Wings- Red Rose Speedway (Personal Edit)- ***1/2
The Soul Syndicate- Was Is & Always-****
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble- The Messenger: Live At The Original Velvet Lounge- ****
Trouble- S/T- ***1/2
Gregory Isaacs- Soon Forward- ****
The Jam- All Mods Cons-****
Bram Tchaikovsky- Funland- ***1/2
Marshall Crenshaw- #392: The E.P. Collection- ***1/2

 

5/13/25

Keith Hudson/Soul Syndicate- Nuh Skin Up Dub- ****
Miles Davis- E.S.P.- ***1/2
Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill- Long After The Fire-***
Little Feat- ***1/2

Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans (Sides A, B & D)- ***1/2
(I get why people feel the need to trash this record. But I wonder, of all the people who trash it, how many actually listened to it. It's better than you think,)
The Roches- Another World- ***1/2

Jules Shear- Allow Me- ****1/2
(I've decided...it's his masterpiece.)

Marshall Crenshaw- Good Evening-****
The Hollies- For Certain Because (Stereo)- ****

The Ramones- End Of The Century-****
(Another record that deserves better.)

5/12/25

v/a- Deep & Gritty, The Sound Of The City: New Orleans Vol. 3-****
Lennie Hibbert- More Creation- ***1/2
Keith Hudson/Soul Syndicate- Nuh Skin Up Dub- ****1/2
Timebox- The Deram Anthology- ****
Robert Palmer- Addictions Vol. 1-****1/2
Jerry Reed- The Unbelievable Guitar & Voice Of...-****
v/a- Real Life Permanent Dream (Personal Playlist)- ***
The La's- S/T-****1/2
Humble Pie- As Safe As Yesterday Is-***1/2
The Mighty Diamonds- I Need A Roof- ****

5/11/25

iPod on Shuffle:
Last To Know- Neil Finn
All I Wanna Do- Dion & The Belmonts
All For Leyna- Billy Joel
I Don't Know What You Want- Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded- Warren Zevon
Go, Hippie- Fountains Of Wayne
Just How Lonely- Southern Culture On The Skids
I've Got A Flair- Fountains Of Wayne
Lost Cause- Krasno/Moore Project
Stop- Howard Tate
Out Of The Blue- Roxy Music
When The Lovelight Starts...- The Supremes
Crystal Days- Echo & the Bunnymen
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue- Dion
Been And Gone- Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Tearing Down- Psychedelic Furs
C'mon Marianne- The Four Seasons
No. 13 Baby- Pixies
Swing To The Right- Utopia
Why Don't You Write Me- Simon & Garfunkel
Fast Talking Slow Walking- The Rolling Stones

Neil Finn- One Nil-****
The Millennium- Begin-****
Brian D'Addario- Till The Morning-****
The Who- Farewell Tour Playlist-***1/2

5/10/25

George Winston- Beloved: A Celebration Of Professor Longhair (five songs)- **1/2
(Winston was a good player, but he's just not cutting it doing 'Fess. No swing at all and awful tone on the piano. Ain't nothing like the real thing.)

Rico- Rising In The East-***1/2
Dr. Alimantado- Best Dressed Chicken In Town-****
Sly & The Family Stone- Sly Lives! ((aka The Burden of Black Genius)-****
Stanton Moore Trio w/Skerik and Benny Bloom- Live At The New Orleans Jazz Fest- 4/24/25-****
James Andrews- Satchmo Of The Ghetto-****1/2
Barbara Lynn- Crazy Cajun Recordings-****1/2
Carlene Carter- Musical Shapes- ****
Hollywood Stars- Shine Like A Radio: The Great Lost 1974 Album- ****
Utopia- Oblivion- ****
David Bowie- "Heroes"-****
The Beatles- Rubber Soul (1965 Stereo Mix)- ****1/2
XTC- Skylarking (Steven Wilson Remix)- ****

5/9/25

I'm With Her- Wild And Clear And Blue (four songs)- **1/2
Preservation Hall Jazz Band- Live At The New Orleans Jazz Fest, 4/26/25-***1/2

Lennie Hibbert- Creation- ****
(This record is the musical equivalent of floatation tank therapy.)

Papa Mali's Shantytown Underground- Live At The New Orleans Jazz Fest, 4/24/25- ****
(Great set! Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne is New Orleans' best kept secret.)

Lester Young- The Lester Young Story- ***1/2
(This is the R&B soul screamer, not the jazz sax player. Wasn't aware of his music. Pretty good, if a bit typical.)

Joe Bataan- Poor Boy-****

James Andrews- Satchmo Of The Ghetto-****1/2
(I have loved this record since it was released, but only realized today that it was produced by Allen Toussaint. How the hell did I miss that?)

Joao Donato- A Bad Donato- ***1/2
Blondie- S/T-***1/2
Sweet- Action: The Anthology (Personal Edit)- ****
Kiss- Love Gun- ****

5/8/25

Quiet Sun- Mainstream- ***1/2
Astral Project- Big Shot-***1/2
v/a- Paese Mio Bello Vol. 1 (about half)- **1/2
Judas Priest- Savage (A BW Playlist)- ****
The Who- Who Are You- ****
The Cars- A Revved Up BW Mix-****
Fats Domino- The ABC-Paramount Years (Personal Playlist)- ****

5/7/25

Clifford Jordan- These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly-***1/2
Todd Rundgren- Initiation (2025 2 LP RM, Sides One & Two)- ****
Prefab Sprout- 38 Carat Collection (Disc One)- ****1/2
Genesis w/Bill Bruford- Hamburg, 6/29/76-***1/2
The Lords Of The New Church- S/T-****
Ultravox!- S/T- ****1/2
Phil Lynott- Solo In Soho-****

5/6/25

Suzanne Vega- Flying With Angels- ****
America- Personal Playlist-***1/2
Lady Blackbird- Slang Spirituals-***1/2
Small Faces- S/T (Decca MONO)- ****
Fats Domino- Fats On Fire-****1/2
Iggy Pop- The Idiot-****1/2
The Tubs- Cotton Crown-****
The Kinks- Preservation Act 1-****
David Bowie- Re:Call 1 (Record Two)- ****1/2
The Who- Magic Bus- ****

 

5/5/25

Annie Laurie- Since I Fell For You: The Essential...-***1/2
(Reading John Broven's book about New Orleans R&B. The two paragraphs on Annie Lauren sent me here. Solid, but I like others more.)

Fats Domino- This Is Fats Domino-****
Yes- Live At The Rainbow, 12/16/72-****

The Cure- Mixed Up-***
(The extended versions made me say out loud to no one, "GET ON WITH IT!" Not a fan of remixes.)

Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello- Flowers In The Dirt (demos)- ****1/2
Suzanne Vega- Flying With Angels- ****
The Soft Boys- A Can Of Bees-***1/2

Brian Eno & Karl Hyde- Someday World- ****1/2
(Forgot how much I enjoyed this record.)

Public Image- S/T (U.S. Mix)- **1/2
(I think I'm over this record.)

5/4/25

Milt Jackson w/The Thelonious Monk Quartet- ****
Andrew Hill- Black Fire-***1/2
Suzanne Vega- Flying With Angels- ****1/2
Paul McCartney- Memory Almost Full- ****
Pink Floyd- 1968 Germin/ation-***1/2
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Imperial Bedroom- ****
Jill Sobule- Personal Playlist- ****1/2
The Mavericks- Trampoline- ****1/2
XTC- Nonsuch (Steven Wilson Remix)- ****1/2
Icecream Hands- No Weapon But Love- ****
Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers- Live From Jazz Fest, 5/4/25-****

5/3/25

801- Live-****1/2

Robin Trower- Bridge Of Sighs (2024 Remix)- ****

Jellyfish- Bellybutton Demos- ***
The Pursuit Of Happiness- Love Junk-****1/2
The Rumble- Stories From The Battlefield-****1/2
Sex Pistols- Live In Dallas '78- ***

5/2/25

Dr. John- Desitively Bonnaroo-****1/2

Toots & The Maytals- Reggae Got Soul-****1/2

The Black Crowes- Happiness Bastards- ****

The Rolling Stones- Personal Playlist-****1/2

5/1/25

iPod on Shuffle:

My Name Is Jack- Manfred Mann

Frozen Notes-Warren Zevon

Rawhead And Bloodybones- Siouxsie & The Banshees

You Want Her Too- Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello

Do You Wish To Be A Man?- The Kinks

Need You Tonight- INXS

Good Night (Take 22)- The Beatles

All Come True- World Party

Kindred Friend- The Black Crowes

Loves Me Like A Rock- Paul Simon

Make A Better World (Live At Tipitina’s)- James Booker

Pressure Drop- Toots And The Maytals

Heartless - John Doe w/Dave Alvin

I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More- Barry White

Sweet Lady Genevieve- The Kinks

Let’Em In- Wings

Come On Baby (Shift That Log)- Cat Stevens

Leafy Mysteries- Paul Weller

The Uptown Train- Joe Jackson

Look So Fine Feel So Low- Paul Kelly & The Colored Girls

I Know What Boys Like- The Waitresses

I Think I Love You- The Partridge Family

She Goes On- Crowded House

Song From The Edge Of The World- Siouxsie & The Banshees

Out Of Touch- Paul Carrack

Uncontrollable Urge- Devo

Donna- Blues Busters

Champion Jack Dupree- Rocks-****

4/30/25

Bee Gees- Horizontal (Kevin Gray MONO Master)-***1/2

Daryl Hall/John Oates- X-Static-***1/2

The Alarm- Change-****