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Vinyl Releases of the Week: December 28, 2011
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011The last reissues of 2011 are the perfect antidote to your sugar coma. Between the 180-gram imports from Real Gone Jazz (who took three classic albums from some of the most legendary jazz artists and packaged them together on virgin white vinyl) and Wax Time, all signs point to NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: June 15, 2011
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Reissues are in bloom this week! In addition to deluxe Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, and Neil Young reissues, there is a treasure chest of jazz vinyl imports from the Wax Time imprint and an anthology from Motown’s West Coast subsidiary, Mowest. Paul McCartney – McCartney, McCartney II (HEAR Music) Two of Paul McCartney’s […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: May 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011This week, Radiohead released the world’s first “Newspaper Album” and The Cars released their first album in 23 years. Top that off with three Prince represses from Rhino Records and some classic reissues from Coltrane, Mingus, Cash, and Dylan, and you’ve got a record-breaking week of vinyl! NEW RELEASES: Radiohead – The King of Limbs […]
Rock With Barack: The President’s Playlist
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010This story is too good for me to pass up! It turns out Barack Obama was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine about his musical taste, and other things…politics, foreign policy, blah, blah, blah. This of course, does not concern me at all. So! What music does the pres like to listen to? He says […]
Album Review: John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Classical music afficionados have Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Rock fans have The Beatles’ White Album. Jazz fans have A Love Supreme. If you’ve read my post about essential jazz recordings, you know that I ranked this album as #1. John Coltrane’s masterpiece is a winner on so many different levels. Let’s take a closer look. The […]
What Am I listening to Today?
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Howdy everyone, I think it might be fun to chime in from time to time to share what music I am listening to. Here goes… In the Car: I am enjoying John Coltrane’s “Lush Life“, which was the first album he released as a bandleader. On the iPod: I have enjoyed a few albums so […]
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