Les Paul & Mary Ford- Bye Bye Blues!- ****
(This record is a few different levels of sublime.)
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Best Of The Wailers, 1970-****1/2
(All of the early, pre-Island Wailers stuff is fantastic. Two different sounds between the early and the popular, and both wonderful. But the early stuff gets no appreciation.)
Stanton Moore Trio- The Offbeat Session-***1/2
Curtis Mayfield- Sweet Exorcist-****
Van Morrison- Pay The Devil-**1/2
(15 songs. 15 identical arrangements.)
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Satisfy My Soul Jah Jah, 1971-1972-****
(See above)
The Beatles- 1962-1966 (2023 Mix)- ****
Black Sabbath- Master Of Reality- ****
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Night Moves-****
(My friend Shuster played this record and "Stranger In Town" over and over and over on his boombox as we walked around Greenwich Village looking for trouble in 1978. I couldn't listen to it for almost 50 years because of it. But I heard a snippet of "Fire Down Below" while in CVS and the memories started to flood my head. I had to pull it out and give it a spin. It really holds up.)
The Jam- Sound Affects-***1/2
(I love this record. It didn't work tonight. It will again.)
The Replacements- Boink!!-****1/2
(My fave 'Mats record.)
Dr. John- Desitively Bonnaroo-****
2 comments:
Pay The Devil is not a good album. Same goes for the album with Linda Lewis and Keep It Simple. But Van’s got 40 more that are alright or better.
- Paul in DK
Those Les and Mary albums were great favourites of my Dad when I was growing up, absolutely sublime as you say. I was inspired to dig out the greatest hits this morning and what struck me is how futuristic it sounds, and at the same time nostalgic. Thanks for the reminder!
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