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BLACK VINYL MONDAY To much Music not enough time

The Replacements “The Complete Inconcerated Live” 2020 Rhino/Sire/Reprise Records - The Mats in all of their shambolic r...
03/16/2025

The Replacements “The Complete Inconcerated Live” 2020 Rhino/Sire/Reprise Records - The Mats in all of their shambolic rag-tag glory! I’ve had the promo CD of this for years, but it’s nice to now have the complete show on vinyl, recorded at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on June 2, 1989.

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco “Celia & Johnny” 1975/2025 Vaya Records/Craft Music Latino - The second release celebrating ...
03/16/2025

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco “Celia & Johnny” 1975/2025 Vaya Records/Craft Music Latino - The second release celebrating the Celia Cruz centennial. This was the duo’s second album together. Another superb spin.

Cooking tunes for cooking dinner: Afternoon Gumbo prep edition:“The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues” 1994 Rhino Reco...
03/16/2025

Cooking tunes for cooking dinner: Afternoon Gumbo prep edition:

“The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues” 1994 Rhino Records 6 CD Box set. Compiled by James Austin, Richard Foos and Billy Vera.

Celia Cruz “Son Con Guaguanco” 1966/2025 Tico Records/Craft Music Latino - Two essential Celia Cruz reissues came out in...
03/16/2025

Celia Cruz “Son Con Guaguanco” 1966/2025 Tico Records/Craft Music Latino - Two essential Celia Cruz reissues came out in the last week, recorded nine years apart, celebrating the 100 year centennial of Cruz’s birth. This one is a banger!

Grin “Grin” 1971 CBS/Spindizzy Records - The first album by Nils Lofgren’s band from 1971 through 1974 when not working ...
03/15/2025

Grin “Grin” 1971 CBS/Spindizzy Records - The first album by Nils Lofgren’s band from 1971 through 1974 when not working with Neil Young. Not surprisingly, it’s produced by David Briggs.

Galt MacDermot “Woman Is Sweeter” Original Soundtrack 2022/1969 Now Again/Kilmarnock Records - MacDermott wrote the musi...
03/15/2025

Galt MacDermot “Woman Is Sweeter” Original Soundtrack 2022/1969 Now Again/Kilmarnock Records - MacDermott wrote the music for the musical, ”Hair” which debuted on Broadway in 1968. After “Hair,” MacDermot composed and conducted the score to this film in 1969. There’s much to love here, if you’re a fan of the music of “Hair.” This was a Record Store Day release from 2022.

The Lovin’ Spoonful “The Best of the Lovin’ Spoonful” 1967 K**a Sutra Records - Sometimes, you just want the hits.
03/14/2025

The Lovin’ Spoonful “The Best of the Lovin’ Spoonful” 1967 K**a Sutra Records - Sometimes, you just want the hits.

New Order “Power Corruption and Lies” 1984 Rough Trade/Factory Records Factus 12
03/14/2025

New Order “Power Corruption and Lies” 1984 Rough Trade/Factory Records Factus 12

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet “The Way Out of Easy” 2024 International Anthem Recording Co. - I ordered this shortly after it ca...
03/14/2025

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet “The Way Out of Easy” 2024 International Anthem Recording Co. - I ordered this shortly after it came out in December and waited until yesterday for delivery. It was so worth the wait. Great groove album with Jeff Parker on guitar and electronics, Josh Johnson on sax and electronics, Anna Butterss on double bass, and Jay Bellerose on percussion.

Cooking tunes for cooking dinner…Jeff Beck “Beckology” 1991 Epic Legacy Records
03/13/2025

Cooking tunes for cooking dinner…

Jeff Beck “Beckology” 1991 Epic Legacy Records

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Jumping Jack Flash” by Ananda ShankarEast certainly met West on Ananda Shankar’s epony...
03/11/2025

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Jumping Jack Flash” by Ananda Shankar
East certainly met West on Ananda Shankar’s eponymously titled first album from 1970.
Shankar’s father was the Indian choreographer, Uday Shankar, while his more-famous uncle was the master sitar player, Ravi Shankar. Although, Ananda also became famous for playing sitar, he did not study under his uncle, but rather studied traditional Indian music with Lalmani Misra at Banaras Hindu University. Shankar was first exposed to Western sounds when he traveled with members of his famous family, as they performed on concert stages across America during the 1960s.
The concept for his debut album was simple, meld Western rock sounds with the traditional music of Shankar’s homeland, India. To this end, Shankar moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s and fell in with the west coast rock crowd, jamming with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and many others. This led to him forming a band for his debut album for Reprise that included session great Jerry Scheff (Elvis Presley) on bass, and Paul Lewinson on moog synthesizer, that along with Shankar’s droning on the sitar, provided an extra layer of space to the soundscapes.
The album mixed popular rock songs of the day like The Doors’ “Light My Fire” and today’s Song Of The Day, The Rolling Stones’ “Jumping Jack Flash” with contemporary classical Indian music composed by Shankar himself. It was produced by Alex Hassilev, who was an original member of the folk group The Limeliters (along with Lou Gottlieb and Glenn Yarbrough) during the 1950s and ‘60s.
While his version of the two rock songs do seem somewhat novel (in a very cool way) today, the classical Indian cuts on the record are the real reason to tune in, especially the 13-minute “Raghupati” which was used many years later as part of the soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and the entrancing “Metamorphosis.”
His second album, “Ananda Shankar And His Music” was a jazz-funk affair released in 1975 that has since become a much sought after record for club DJs. Shankar continued to make musical soundscapes combining his sitar playing with electronics throughout the 80s and 90s until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1999. His music was used extensively several years ago throughout the short-lived NBC situation comedy “Outsourced.”
For those interested in hearing more, the album “Ananda Shankar “was reissued on CD several years ago by Collector’s Choice Music.

T***s and The Maytals “Live” 1980 Island Records - Anybody who ever had the pleasure of seeing T***s and the mighty Mayt...
03/09/2025

T***s and The Maytals “Live” 1980 Island Records - Anybody who ever had the pleasure of seeing T***s and the mighty Maytals Live will attest that T***s put everything he had into the moment and the song. He was indeed one of the greatest and most charismatic performers ever, right up there with Prince, David Bowie, David Byrne, Jack White & Jerry Garcia. I saw him at The Stone Pony around 1981.

Roy Orbison “PolaRoy” 1989 Virgin Records - This was the pre-release promo version of “A Black & White Night,” featuring...
03/07/2025

Roy Orbison “PolaRoy” 1989 Virgin Records - This was the pre-release promo version of “A Black & White Night,” featuring the likes of Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, k.d. lang, plus numerous others. (see photo) “PolaRoy” is a play on instantly developed Polaroid Pictures from back in the day.

Roy Orbison “Greatest Hits & Finest Performances” 1994 Reader’s Digest Music - This is one I put together for Reader’s D...
03/06/2025

Roy Orbison “Greatest Hits & Finest Performances” 1994 Reader’s Digest Music - This is one I put together for Reader’s Digest.

Panda Bear “Sinister Grift” 2025 Domino Recording Company - The latest from Noah Lennox is a winner featuring most of hi...
03/06/2025

Panda Bear “Sinister Grift” 2025 Domino Recording Company - The latest from Noah Lennox is a winner featuring most of his Animal Collective bandmates. Panda is in full Beach Boys/Everly Brothers mode here.

Labelle “Nightbirds” 1974 Epic Records - Patti, Sarah and Nona...add production and arrangements by Allen Toussaint and ...
03/05/2025

Labelle “Nightbirds” 1974 Epic Records - Patti, Sarah and Nona...add production and arrangements by Allen Toussaint and you’ve got some serious soul stew.

The Pointer Sisters “Steppin’” 1975 ABC/Blue Thumb Records - They don’t get nearly the love they deserve, and this album...
03/05/2025

The Pointer Sisters “Steppin’” 1975 ABC/Blue Thumb Records - They don’t get nearly the love they deserve, and this album is a banger.

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan “Rufusized” 1974 ABC Records - I saw the mighty Chaka Khan at The Pitchfork Music Festival ab...
03/05/2025

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan “Rufusized” 1974 ABC Records - I saw the mighty Chaka Khan at The Pitchfork Music Festival about a decade ago, and when she busted out “Once You Get Started,” we were all Rufusized!

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