Saturday, June 14, 2025

6/13/25

Van Morrison- Remembering Now-****1/2
(Even better the second time around.)

Steely Dan- Countdown To Ecstasy- ****
Vanilla Fudge- S/T (Kevin Gray MONO Master)- ***

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts- Talkin' To The Trees (five songs)- **
(I guess it was asking too much to have great records from both Van and Neil. This was all kinds of terrible.)

AC/DC- Powerage- ****
(Nice palate cleanser to get that nasty Neil Young record out of my head.)

Frank Sinatra- Greatest Hits- ****

Jules Shear- Watch Dog-****1/2
(I haven't played this one in a while. Produced by Todd Rundgren, this is a match made in my heaven.)

Queen- A Day At The Races-****

Thurman- Lux-****
(I've written about this record a few times on Burning Wood. One and done glam band thatm does Bolan and Bowie better than most who try to do Bolan and Bowie.)


2 comments:

Michael Giltz said...

Re: Neil Young. Hahahahaha. Ok, miracles don't happen. But I thought Coastal was solid. Maybe Young didn't get the memo to save his decent album until now. You knew something called "Talking To The Trees" was gonna be iffy.

Bill said...

You’re a braver man than me, Sal, jumping into that Neil Young album. I suppose I’ll put it on at some point, but…

Does he have one more good album in him? At this point, all signals point to “no.”

1/31/2026

Sam Rivers- Dimensions & Extensions (1967/1986)- **** (1967 session that remained on the shelf until 1986. This is an excellent hard bop...