Monday, March 16, 2026

3/15/2026

Henry Mancini- Music From Peter Gunn (1959)- ***
Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks: MoFi Orig. Master (1975/2012)- ****
v/a- Jin Records: 1967-1969 (2026)- ***

v.a- Written In Their Soul-The Stax Songwriter Demos: Uncut Songs Part One (2023)- ****

(This set is endlessly entertaining. Some highlights below.)

(Stax Lagniappe

Squeeze- Trixies (2026)- ***1/2
Elton John- Tumblweed Connection (1970)- ****
Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)- ****

The Tubes- Personal Playlist (2026)- ****
(It's HERE for your listening (dis)pleasure. Fair warning, it's heavy on the Todd Rundgren produced records. Hey, whattaya want from life?)

The B-52's- Cosmic Thing (1989)- ****
Alice Cooper- Greatest Hits (1974)- ****

Scandal- S/T (1982)- ****

(This was great! I've got a few stories about this record, this band, Patty. Maybe I'll add it to the book. Or not.)


3 comments:

Bob Aurora said...

Thanx for the Stax!

Michael Giltz said...

Like the day John McEnroe came into NYCD and you didn't have any Scandal albums in stock and he said, "You cannot be SERIOUS!" ??(Hey, I rarely get to mention tennis here.)

JD said...

Written In Their Soul-The Stax Songwriter Demos is a level of quality that every box set should strive for.

3/16/2026

Kraftwerk- Radio-Activity (1975)-***1/2 Juliana Hatfield & Erik Payne- Bets (2026)- **** (Second spin even better. Love this record.) Ro...