Alabama 3 – Cold War Classics Vol. 2 LP
Alabama 3 Cold War Classics Vol. 2 LP (Submarine Cat Records) Before anyone gets nervous about what they might have missed, it’s important to…
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Cheater Slicks – Ill-Fated Cusses LP
Cheater Slicks Ill-Fated Cusses LP (In The Red Records) After the last couple of decades (basically, from 1996 forward) which have seen the release…
Blues from Laurel Canyon: My Life as a Bluesman
By John Mayall with Joel McIver Published by Omnibus Press With a career that spans an impressive sixty years, John Mayall is living musical…
Lux & Ivy’s Good For Nothin’ Tunes: The Wild, the Weird and the Wang Dang Doodlin’
Various artists: a double CD featuring 50 classic slices of madcap vinyl as enthused over by The Cramps’ Lux and Ivy You’d expect a…
Baker Gurvitz Army – Since Beginning: The Albums 1974-1976
Once again Esoteric must be applauded for releasing a superb box-set that is not just a pleasure to listen to but also historically important….
Jon Spencer – Spencer Sings The Hits LP
That the fidelity, equalization and overall sound found on a vinyl recording is unmatched by any other musical medium to date is a claim…
The Nude Party – s/t LP
As one listens to The Nude Party‘s self-titled album, it’s instantly easy to pick out some sounds and ideas which may have inspired the…
Arthur Buck s/t
Full honesty and disclosure: I’ve been a really big fan of R.E.M. for a really long time and approached Arthur Buck’s self-titled debut album…
Clutch – Book of Bad Decisions
One advantage of running your own label is that you don’t have anyone telling you what NOT to put on the album. Maybe that…
Graveyard – Peace
They’re back from the dead. Gothenburg rockers Graveyard were at the forefront of the whole retro-rock revival of the late aughts, with 2011’s Hisingen…