reissue Archive
07 Sep 2020
Album Review: Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Chet Baker – Ballads for Two
In an odd way, it’s entirely fitting that nowhere on the sleeve or label does Ballads for Two indicate when the album was recorded or originally released. It’s fitting because […]
20 Aug 2020
Album Review: Martin Denny — Exotic Moog
Introduced in the middle 1960s, Dr. Robert A. Moog’s invention – the Moog Modular synthesizer – changed the musical landscape. Groundbreaking releases like Switched on Bach made it plain that […]
31 Jul 2020
Album Reviews: Five from the Coed Record Label
Doo-wop – or r&b vocal, if you prefer – is an important part of the rock and roll story. The style began just after World War II, and doo-wop enjoyed […]
03 Jul 2020
One Good Reason: Alan Parsons on the ‘Ammonia Avenue’ Boxed Set … and More (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: Back in the ’70s and the early ’80s, did Arista Records ever put pressure on you to assemble a live band? Alan Parsons: […]
02 Jul 2020
One Good Reason: Alan Parsons on the ‘Ammonia Avenue’ Boxed Set … and More (Part One)
Alan Parsons is a unique figure in popular music; very few people go from working as a recording engineer and producer to becoming an artist in their own right. After […]
23 Jun 2020
Album Review: Iron City Houserockers – Have a Good Time … But Get Out Alive!
There’s a gritty, heartland strain of rock ‘n’ roll that has persisted through the decades. Bruce Springsteen’s best material is an exemplar of the style; shorn of artifice and filigree, […]
22 Jun 2020
Album Review: Be-Bop Deluxe – Modern Music
Be-Bop Deluxe was one of those bands that didn’t fit neatly into a genre classification. Variously classified as progressive rock, glam rock and art rock, in truth none of those […]
28 May 2020
Album Review: Bonniwell Music Machine
There’s an esteemed list of albums from the 1960s that didn’t get their due the first time around; the era was so rich with gems that plenty of great albums […]
25 May 2020
Album Review: Four Early Allman Brothers-related Titles
A group as great as The Allman Brothers Band doesn’t simply burst forth fully formed. There has to be a back story. And while it’s true that the greatest bands […]
14 May 2020
Album Review: Marvin Gaye — More Trouble
I’ve read critical essays that characterize Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man as part of a triptych of albums, one of three soundtrack albums for ‘70s “blaxpliotation” films. Yet against the backdrop […]