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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘The Dancing Beat of the Latin Bands’

By James Stafford on April 15, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Luis Tiramini, ‘A Touch of Cuba’

By James Stafford on April 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Hugo Winterhalter, ‘Wish You Were Here’

By James Stafford on April 1, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bob Thompson, ‘On the Rocks’

By James Stafford on March 25, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

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

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Xavier Cugat, ‘The Best of Cugat’

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

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 […]

79. No One Will Guide You Through Armagideon Time

By James Stafford on May 21, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

“Hey, you’re a little headbanger. Want these?”  I handed Sherri’s little brother my 8-track collection:  KISS, AC/DC, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath. “Why, what’s wrong with them?” “Nothing.  I’m just not […]

Congratulations Kelly and Tomas

By James Stafford on May 18, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Last week I posted the doodle to your left, which was the cover I did for my high school’s literary magazine in the mid-eighties.  When I found it in the attic my […]

Deep Cuts: Daisy Petal Pickin’

By James Stafford on May 17, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

Tres Hermanas in Sacramento, California’s Midtown District is to Mexican food what the Sistine Chapel is to men in drag and funny hats — it just doesn’t get any better.  The place has […]

From The Stacks: The Kid Inside and Chestnut Street Incident

By James Stafford on May 16, 2012 • ( 10 Comments )

Johnny Cougar/John Cougar/John “Cougar” Mellencamp/John Mellencamp made three — three — albums before the sort-of-self-titled John Cougar, which most people think of as his first album.  There’s nothing really unusual about that — […]

Gillian Welch Signs On For Calgary Folk Music Festival

By James Stafford on May 15, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

My love for American roots music isn’t exactly a secret, be it bluegrass, blues, hillbilly, gospel, folk, or country up to and including the Nashville Sound.  In previous pieces I’ve mentioned Doc […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘The Dancing Beat of the Latin Bands’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Luis Tiramini, ‘A Touch of Cuba’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Hugo Winterhalter, ‘Wish You Were Here’

From the Stacks »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Arthur Fiedler, ‘Gaite Parisienne’

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)

Album Covers »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bob Thompson, ‘On the Rocks’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Xavier Cugat, ‘The Best of Cugat’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Jodette, ‘How To Belly Dance’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Carmen Cavallaro, ‘Love Can Make You Happy’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Larry Fotine, ‘Listening To Larry’

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Deep Cuts: Ritual Songs

Deep Cuts: Songs For Sickness

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