lead singer (and producer\/arranger) Eugene Record. But it\u2019s the soaring title track that really cooks, with a vibe closer to Sly & the Family Stone. With a knowing political perspective that remains as relevant now as then, it\u2019s essential listening. On vinyl!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/richard_hell_destiny_street.jpg\")
Richard Hell and the Voidoids \u2013 <\/b>Destiny Street Complete<\/b><\/i>
\nThough they never entered to commercial mainstream the way that Blondie, Ramones and Talking Heads would, Richard Hell and the Voidoids were one of my most important and significant bands to come out of the NYC punk scene of the 1970s. Their best known songs — \u201cBlank Generation\u201d and \u201cLove Comes in Spurts\u201d \u2013 date from \u201877, but their 1982 album Destiny Street is widely considered the artistic equal \u2013 if not an improvement upon \u2013 their \u201877 debut LP. This expansive 2CD set gives it deluxe treatment, with three versions of the album plus an album\u2019s worth of demos dating from 1978-80. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bonnie_hayes.jpg\")
Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo \u2013 <\/b>Good Clean Fun<\/b><\/i>
\nAs I\u2019ve been learning through my research for my upcoming book about 415 Records, the San Francisco punk\/new wave scene of the late \u201870s and early 1980s was a thrilling, free-wheeling phenomenon that was welcoming to most all comers. One of those \u2013 though not on 415 \u2013 was Bonnie Hayes. With her group the Pnts and later with Wild Combo, she made highly appealing, slightly ambitious pop\/new wave. Perhaps if <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Good Clean Fun<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> had a different title and less horrible cover art, it might have launched. The unfailingly appealing, upbeat and keyboard-led pop-rock deserved better. Thrill to it now.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hasaan_abn_ali.jpg\")
Hasaan Ibn Ali \u2013 <\/b>Metaphysics<\/b><\/i>
\nFor listeners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> who enjoy a compelling back story, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Metaphysics<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> certainly has one: The album was recorded and then shelved with pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali was jailed on a narcotics charge. The album would have built on the success and buzz of the 1964 LP <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, but it was not to be. Yet thanks to Omnivore Recordings, this lively session can now be heard. And the back story can be embraced or ignored at will, because the music\u2019s the real draw. Ali is a madman on the piano, playing with lyrical fire and intensity. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These five are all archival, reissue and\/or compilation releases. There\u2019s even a vinyl release here. Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker \u2013 Quintet Sessions 1979 I was only recently introduced to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,42,50,59,62,64,65,69,73],"tags":[4456,504,4458,4455,1622,4457,4295],"class_list":["post-20507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funk","category-jazz","category-new-wave","category-punk","category-rawk","category-reissue","category-review","category-soul","category-vinyl","tag-bonnie-hayes","tag-chet-baker","tag-chi-lites","tag-hasaan-ibn-ali","tag-omnivore-recordings","tag-wild-combo","tag-wolfgang-lackerschmid","cat-31-id","cat-42-id","cat-50-id","cat-59-id","cat-62-id","cat-64-id","cat-65-id","cat-69-id","cat-73-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26189,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20507\/revisions\/26189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker \u2013 <\/b>Quintet Sessions 1979<\/b><\/i>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/chi-lites.jpg\")
The Chi-Lites \u2013 <\/b>(For God\u2019s Sake) Give More Power to the People<\/b><\/i>