All songs (well, most) tell a story, but story songs are really something special.
Deep Cuts: Story Songs
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Renaissance, ‘Prologue’
Artist: Renaissance Title: Prologue Year: 1972 Label: Capitol For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
Art: A Workout For Your Empathy Muscles
What if I told you that you can solve all of the world’s problems by writing a story?
From The Stacks: ‘Battle Beyond the Stars’ Original Soundtrack
Here’s a cool little Rhino collectible.
From The Stacks: Howard Menger, ‘Authentic Music From Another Planet’
Here’s one from the weird albums department. Howard Menger was either a lunatic, an alien contactee, or a first-class grifter, or maybe all three, whatever you prefer. UFO contact is a bit […]
Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bucky Crawford, ‘Red, White and the Blues!’
Artist: Bucky Crawford Title: Red, White and the Blues! Year: 1962 Label: Mount Vernon Music Cover Design: Burt Portnoy For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.
Deep Cuts: Pie Songs
Some people love pie, others are wrong. There’s not much pie that I would turn down, though honestly I’m not much of a fan of pecan or sweet potato. Anything else, though, […]
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: The Hollies, ‘Distant Light’
Artist: The Hollies Title: Distant Light Year: 1972 Label: Epic For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
Balancing the Broom
I experienced a very vivid and very stray memory the other day.
From The Stacks: The Who, ‘Who Are You’ (picture disc)
Who Are You is the last essential Who album. Don’t get me wrong: It’s Hard has some good stuff on it, and Face Dances is–well, it’s Face Dances. Endless Wire, released in […]
