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From The Stacks: Various – Dancehall 101
What the hell kind of school is this? Please welcome Dancehall 101 to the Bad Album Cover Hall of Fame.
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The (Kind Of) Complete Woodstock: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Following Johnny Winter early that morning was Blood, Sweat & Tears. They were at the top of their game at the time: “Spinning Wheel” was a monster hit, and BST commanded $12,000 for their Woodstock appearance. That was a lot of money for 1969, and they never saw a dime.
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From The Stacks: The Three O’Clock – Arrive Without Travelling
When 1985’s Arrive Without Travelling was released it immediately went into my heavy rotation, and I still think “Her Head’s Revolving” is one of the great singles of the eighties.
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Why It Matters to Michael Quercio
One of my favorite albums from 1985 was The Three O’Clock’s Arrive Without Travelling. By ’85 Michael Quercio, bassist and lead singer, was the only remaining member of the band that started life as The Salvation Army. The Three O’Clock were part of the same Los Angeles scene that spawned The Rain Parade, The Dream…
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Deep Cuts: The Best of Not the Best of Sting
Listen, if you love your Sting with a hurdy gurdy that’s cool. The guy is insanely talented, and somebody has to revive Elizabethan love songs (I guess). It’s just really not my bag is all. But for those of you who prefer earlier Sting and are sick of “Roxanne” and “Message In A Bottle,” here…
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117. Stars Will Fall From Dark Skies
I’ve been pretty hard on El Gordo Sumner over the last couple of years, probably because he makes it so easy with his lutes and his tantric boners. But like pretty much everything else in my musical history, Sting mockery is a bit of revisionism. The truth is that I liked Sting.
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From The Stacks: Donny and Marie – Goin’ Coconuts
“Hey, Marie, aren’t we having fun?!” “Yeah, Donny!” “And our outfits are as white as our souls!” “Yeah, Donny!” “What’s on that backdrop, Marie?” “A photo I took under the shower curtain of you, Alan, Merrill, Wayne, Jay, Jimmy, Dad, and Gramps!” “Wow! You’re a filthy voyeur!” “I know!” End scene. Opening sequence begins: …and…
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The (Kind Of) Complete Woodstock: Johnny Winter
Midnight. The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was supposed to over by now, but rain and other delays have pushed the festival into a fourth calendar day. We’re heading into Monday, and Johnny Winter is going to get it going for us.
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From The Stacks: The Standells – Dirty Water
This is one of the “scary hippy records” handed down from my aunt’s collection when I was a pup. That’s a preschooler’s perspective, obviously. The Standells were neither scary nor hippy.
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Why It Matters to the Standells’ Larry Tamblyn
The Standells’ Dirty Water was one of the first records in my stacks, handed down to me when I was four years old or so. The title cut on that album is legendary, qualifying as everything from garage rock to proto-punk to a damn fine, hooky single, and the rest of the album rocks hard,…
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