You Am I- Apollo Bay Music festival, 4/22/06 (2006)- ***1/2
v/a- Arise Rootsman-Jamaica Roots 1965-1983: Disc One (2003)- ***1/2
Steve Kelly- Here's The Thing (2025)-***12
(Really enjoyed this. Soulful, occasionally funky with some great musicians backing Kelly up, including Isaac Eady from Tedeschi-Trucks, Stanton Moore & Robert Mercurio of Galactic and Gabrielle Cavassa. Very sweet cover of "Harvest Moon," as well.)
Todd Rundgren- Nearly Human (1989)- ****
Gary Walker & The Rain- Album No. 1 (1968)-***1/2
(I enjoy this from time to time. Super rare! Featuring a pre-Badfinger Joey Molland and a post-Walker Brothers Gary Leeds, aka Gary Walker.)
The Kinks- Face To Face: MONO (1966)- ****
Billy "Red" Love- Gee...I Wish: The Sun Years, 1951-1954 (2011)- ***
(Exactly what you think an R&B, boogie woogie piano player's records would sound like. I listened to about 10 songs. It was enough.)
Yes-S/T: Kevin Gray Master (1969/2019)- ****
Ian Hunter- Defiance Pt. 2: Fiction (2024)- ****
New York Dolls- 'Cause I Sez So (2009) -****
(Rhino's new reissue is a vast improvement over the original vinyl pressing on Atco, which was one of the worst records I had ever heard. This is a really good record which deserves this new pressing.)
Iggy Pop- The Idiot (1977)- ****
(His best, and one of the best records of all time. On certain days, this could be one of my ten Desert Island Discs.)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians- Element Of Light (1986)-****
(His best, I think.)
The Replacements- Let It Be (1984)- ****
The Records- Smashes, Crashes And Near Misses (1988)- ****
7 comments:
I know you're working your way through the Robyn Hitchcock catalog,. Have you heard I Often Dream Of Trains and EYE? Those are his "acoustic" records, but I think they contain his best tunes.
I know I've listened to both the first time I went through his catalog a few years ago, but I no longer have them in iTunes, after that hard drive wipe of 2023.
Re: Element of Light, Winchester is perhaps his most beautiful song.
Thanks for the tip on Steve Kelly.
- Paul in DK
The Steve Kelly record is TRC add on vinyl for this month. I liked what I head, so I added it to my order.
I did the same.
Lots of great music you’ve shared here, sir. Steve Kelly’s “How Are We Here Again” subtly hints at “Wishing Well” in a cool way, for me. :)
Thanks for all you do!
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians (a mix)
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/robyn-hitchcock-the-egyptians-a-mix/pl.u-4JomR2mub1M8q
I don't think I could even do a Top Ten artists for my desert island, much less just ten albums!
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