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CD Review: The Who Sell Out – Super Deluxe Box Set
The Who Sell Out, the band’s third studio album from that heady conceptual year of 1967, has received yet another expansion! Packed with five CDs, two vinyl singles, and pound after pound of printed matter, it’s almost more Sell Out … Continue reading
CD Review – Metropolitan Klezmer, Mazel Means Good Luck
There is something uniquely invigorating about a klezmer band in full flight. And quite possibly nothing more pathetic (in the original, true, sense of the word) than a klezmer band in mournful, melancholy mood. If proof is required, Metropolitan Klezmer … Continue reading
CD Review: Flaming Lips – The Terror (Warner Bros.)
Give the Flaming Lips credit for this; after thirty years in business, at the height of their commercial stature on a major label, they’re not afraid to keep it weird. During my twenty years as a fan (I can point … Continue reading
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Tagged bob lee, cd review, flaming lips, sembryonic, steven drozd, the los angeles beat, the terror, warner brothers, wayne coyne
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Legacy Reissue Roundup: Charles Mingus, The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Bill Withers
Here are some suggestions to weigh down someone’s stocking this year from the good folks at Legacy Recordings. I have a personal preference for boxes that deliver the most music for the most reasonable price, and these modestly sized but … Continue reading
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Tagged bill withers, cd review, charles mingus, holiday shopping guide, legacy recordings, thelonious monk
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CD Review: Neil Young And Crazy Horse – Americana (Reprise Records)
I have a feeling that shortly after Neil Young announced his plans to release an album of cover tunes – mostly old timey American campfire songs like “Oh Susannah” and “Comin’ Round The Moutain” – somebody from the Home Shopping … Continue reading
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Tagged americana, billy talbot, bob lee, cd review, clementine, crazy horse, neil young, oh susannah, poncho sampedro, ralph molina, reprise, the los angeles beat, tom dula
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