Saturday, June 7, 2025

6/6/25

The Gladiators- Roots Natty-****
(Excellent 2025 RSD release which collects some late 70's singles, dubs and oddities. A great player!)

Dirty Dozen Brass Band- Voodoo-***1/2
Mike McGear- McGear-***1/2
Joe Jackson- I'm The Man- ****

Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Blood & Chocolate-****1/2
(Whenever I listen to this or "King Of America" it confirms my feelings that that one/two punch equals Costello's two greatest records.)

Ron Wood- I've Got My Own Album To Do-****
Led Zeppelin- IV-****1/2

The Yardbirds- Little Games (MONO)- **1/2 
(This isn't a very good record.)

Devo- 50 Years Of De-Evolution (Personal Playlist)-***1/2
The Rolling Stones- More Hot Rocks (1986 Remaster for Virgin Vinyl, Sides One, Two & Three)- ****
Graham Parker- The Up Escalator-****


 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those two Elvis C albums are wonderful. I was in a Juju mood yesterday, so played Wayne Shorter’s and loved it so much that Siouxsie and The Banshees’ album had to follow. Worked surprisingly well.

- Paul in DK

Michael Giltz said...

My Aim Is True and This Year's Model is a heck of a one-two punch but I agree: Blood and Chocolate and King of America is a great one-two punch. I see a post coming! How about Rubber Soul and Revolver? Born to Run and Darkness? Or The River and Nebraska? It ain't easy.

Anonymous said...

Concur with both suggestions for EC’s one-two punch. I’d like to offer Get Happy!! And Trust - from garage-band Stax-Volt to sophisticated Cole Porter pop and everything else. Both are loaded with hooks.
Not many artists have multiple one-two punch qualifiers. :)

1/30/2026

Cast- All Change (1995)- *** (I remembered why I didn't remember this record. It's kinda flat. Nothing terrible, but no great songs ...