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Spins: Bob Marley and the Wailers ⢠The Capitol Session â73
Bob Marley and the Wailers The Capitol Session â73 (Tuff Gong/Mercury/Universal) After October 1973 shows in San Francisco during October 1973, producer Denny Cordell brought reggae pioneers Bob Marley and the Wailers to Los Angeles for a session at the famed Capitol Studios. The results are this 12-song CD and film, released for the first […]
Spins: Vanishing Shores ⢠“Maps”
Vanishing Shores Maps (independent) Vanishing Shores has made a swift ascent toward their summit of song. Kevin Bianchi established a compelling sonic identity for the group with 2018âs self-titled debut EP, but he strides forward with this full-length release. Maps finds Bianchiâs artistry expanding while offering a more focused and personal portrait. Elements of Laurel Canyon […]
Spins: Jeff + Ping ⢠The Threefinger Opera
Jeff Elbel + Ping The Threefinger Opera (Marathon Records) A few years ago, Chicago-area musician Jeff Elbel experienced a crushed nerve ending that denied him the use of two fingers on his left hand. This is bad news for someone who not only fronts his own band, the expansive Jeff Elbel + Ping but sits […]
Spins: George Porter Jr. and Runninâ Pardners ⢠Crying for Hope
George Porter Jr. and Runninâ Pardners Crying for Hope (Controlled Substance Sound Labs) Bassist George Porter Jr.is widely recognized as a prime mover of funk and soul music, and an ambassador of New Orleansâ treasured musical heritage since the formation of the Meters in 1965. Crying for Hope is Porterâs first album with his crew of […]
Spins: Colin Hay ⢠Going Somewhere – 20th Anniversary Reissue
Colin Hay Going Somewhere (Compass) The collapse of Men at Work was the end of stadium-level stardom for Colin Hay, but it left an open door. Hay stepped through that door and persevered through hard times to rebuild his brand as a respected guitarist, master storyteller, and unparalleled songsmith. True, Hayâs career as a New […]
Spins ⢠Tom Petty: ‘Finding Wildflowers”
Tom Petty Finding Wildflowers (Warner Records) Wildflowers & All the Rest was 2020âs premier rock and roll reissue project, celebrating Tom Pettyâs justly canonized 1994 solo gem Wildflowers with a range of revealing packages. A 7-LP Deluxe version did brisk business, but the 9-LP Super Deluxe collection took a leap in price that exceeded many fansâ […]
Spins ⢠Rob Zombie: “Lunar Injection Kool-Aid Eclipse Conspiracy”
Rob Zombie Lunar Injection Kool-Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast) For the past three decades, Rob Zombie has been musicâs master of macabre. Heâs built his career on disco metal groove songs about witches, monsters, and sexy mamas. He excels in disco sleaze groove metal horror-inspired songs to shake your ass to. And thatâs exactly […]
Spins: Paul McCartney ⢠McCartney III
Paul McCartney III (Capitol) III is compelling and worthwhile, even if thatâs more because of what the album represents as an artifact of its time and Paul McCartneyâs artistic resilience than it is for the songs themselves. The album was built upon the back of its most fully-realized song, a lovely chestnut from the vault […]
Spins: Taylor Swift ⢠evermore
Taylor Swift evermore (Taylor Swift) Despite the roller-coaster year that was 2020, it seems that nothing can stop Taylor Swift from doing what she does best. Swift dropped her surprising second no-skip album of the year in early December, somehow managing to display her own genius yet again. Continuing the contemporary alternative writing of her […]
Spins: U2 – “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” ⢠Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set
U2 All That You Canât Leave Behind Super Deluxe vinyl box set (Island/Interscope/UMe) During the year 2000, U2 was a band on a mission. After the perceived disappointment of 1997âs experimental and techno-friendly Pop (an album that went âmerelyâ platinum in the United States), the Irish quartet were determined to reclaim their signature soundâand with […]
Spins: Bobby Bare ⢠Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus
Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus (Bear Family) Country music superstar Bobby Bareâs career spans more than six staggering decades, with an extensive catalog peppered with hits from the heyday of American radio from the late ’50s to the mid-’80s. Bareâs 1958 #2 single âThe All American Boyâ (errantly credited to Bill Parsons) […]
Spins: Paul McCartney ⢠McCartney 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master
Paul McCartney McCartney 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master (UMe/MPL/Capitol) Paul McCartneyâs debut solo album McCartney followed releases by all three of his Beatles bandmates and arrived a month before the bandâs 1970 swan-song release Let it Be. This 50thanniversary reissue made its own debut with Septemberâs Record Store Day Drop and now remains available in a […]
Spins: Credence Clearwater Revival ⢠Cosmos Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmoâs Factory (Craft) In a brief career littered with highlights, most fans point to CCRâs fifth album as its best. Cosmoâs Factoryarrived in July 1970 with a feel-good country-folk single âLookinâ Out My Back Door.â The LP produced six top-ten hits and spent nine weeks atop the Billboard albums chart, toppling chart rivals […]
Spins: The Rolling Stones ⢠Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City
The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City, New Jersey (Eagle Vision) The Rolling Stones hit the road in 1989 like they had something to prove. It was the British juggernautâs first North American run in eight years, and the band was keen to make a good showing for the solid work heard on their […]
Spins: Tom Petty ⢠Wildflowers & All The Rest Deluxe Edition – Reviewed
Tom Petty Wildflowers & All the Rest Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros.) After seven gold and platinum-selling albums with the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty released his first solo album in 1989.Chart favorites including âFree Fallingâ and âI Wonât Back Downâ helped the Jeff Lynne-produced Full Moon Fevereclipse even the success of 1979âs Damn the Torpedoes. When Into the […]
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