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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

By James Stafford on January 21, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Lessons Learned From a $100 Turntable

By James Stafford on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

By James Stafford on January 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

You Need To Write That Great Story

By James Stafford on January 11, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

By James Stafford on January 7, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Who Dares To Tackle the Push-Up Challenge?

By James Stafford on December 31, 2020 • ( 4 Comments )

From The Stacks: Kings Road Plays The Heavy Sounds Of The Watkins Glen Concert

By James Stafford on June 8, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

On July 28, 1973, the Grand Prix Raceway in Watkins Glen, New York hosted what at that time was the largest audience ever gathered for a concert.  Four years after Woodstock’s half […]

Jane’s Addiction On Tour

By James Stafford on June 7, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

My generation’s Woodstock was Lollapalooza, the first incarnation of which was intended to be Jane’s Addiction’s farewell tour.  That was in 1991 —  thank goodness Perry and the rest of Jane’s aren’t […]

81. You Know That The Hypnotized Never Lie

By James Stafford on June 3, 2012 • ( 12 Comments )

“How was your walk, Dad?” “Good.  I went along the river.” “What did you listen to?” “Woodstock.” “Is that good?” “Some of the performances are great, others not so much.  Mostly for […]

From The Stacks: Mom’s Apple Pie

By James Stafford on May 31, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

Mom’s Apple Pie’s self-titled debut might just be the coolest album in my stacks.  Not only were they a ten-piece funky band with lots of brass and a bad wah-wah who beat […]

Ray Torres: 1942-2012

By James Stafford on May 31, 2012 • ( 15 Comments )

“Good Rockin’ Ray” was one of those guys who was unknown outside of his profession but was a giant within it.  Drummers revered the man as one of the funkiest drummers to […]

Deep Cuts: The Rock Week

By James Stafford on May 30, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

My mother was legendary for knowing a song about anything.  The woman was a musical encyclopedia.  “Hey, Larry has cancer.”  “Ohhhhhh cancer cancer / not for dancers….” Now I’m that guy.  My […]

80. Though I Am Weary I Can’t Stop To Rest

By James Stafford on May 27, 2012 • ( 8 Comments )

We were standing in an Ace Hardware store up in California’s Sierra Nevada range.  This was gold country long ago.  Mark Twain once did a gig here back in 1868.  One hundred-fifty […]

From The Stacks: Morrison Hendrix Winter Jam

By James Stafford on May 24, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

This is one from the golden era of bootlegs, when sound quality was bad and cover art was worse.  Jimi was a notorious jammer.  The guy loved to play, which is great […]

Introducing the Controversial Album Cover Gallery

By James Stafford on May 24, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

I sneaked in a new gallery last week of album covers that have been banned, censored,  or created some sort of media uproar.   I’ll be adding to it as I find new […]

Deep Cuts: Best Of Benefit Albums

By James Stafford on May 23, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Benefit gigs are great for a few reasons:  they raise lots of money, and hopefully a good chunk of that flows to the designated charity;  they bring together disparate artists that may […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

From the Stacks »

From The Stacks: The Mamas and the Papas, ‘The Papas and the Mamas’

From The Stacks: ‘David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter And The Wolf’ (Green Vinyl)

From The Stacks: Queen Cassette Singles

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Cartoon Saturday: George Garabedian, ‘Tijuana Christmas, Volume Two’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Chet Atkins, ‘The Most Popular Guitar’

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Wishbone Ash, ‘No Smoke Without Fire’

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