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REPOST: The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1997 Music Compilation 7 May 2012 | 06:08 pm
It's hard to believe that The Oxford American has been doing their annual music issue for 15 years now because it seems like I bought the first installment from 1997 only yesterday. For those already...
REPOST: String Ragtime - To Do This You Got to Know How (Yazoo, 1974) 3 May 2012 | 07:08 pm
String Ragtime - To Do This You Got to Know How qualifies as one of the more unusual albums in Yazoo Records' original L-1000 series of LPs as the featured musicians come from various racial backgroun...
REPOST: In Praise of Oxala and Other Gods - Black Music of South America (Nonesuch, 1960s) 6 Apr 2012 | 02:10 pm
One must tread carefully when delving into ethnic, international, or world music - whatever you want to call it. A lot of it just sounds like stuff intended for the ears of tourists. nevertheless, ev...
Mailbox for General Correspondence 6 Apr 2012 | 12:26 pm
Due to recent cutbacks at the US Postal Service, this mailbox facility will no longer accept comments. If you have remarks or questions that do not pertain to a specific post, please send all correspo...
REPOST: The Charlatans - From the Red Dog to Straight Street - Live in the 60s (Bootleg, 2003) 21 Mar 2012 | 05:03 pm
The Charlatans are on the list of my top three favorite San Francisco bands from the 1960s. While some critics will argue that the group was more important historically than musically, I still think t...
Other Charlatans Live Bootlegs? 21 Mar 2012 | 05:02 pm
MIKE WILHELM If you read "The Saga of the Amazing Charlatans" (included with the corresponding download for the post above), you'll see a discography at the end of the article which includes track li...
The Big Reboot Project and Other News 21 Mar 2012 | 05:01 pm
Yeah, I'm still alive if anyone wants to know. It's been a long time since I've posted an album review or really anything else for that matter. The cause of my recent inactivity is threefold. First, m...
The Ace of Cups - It's Bad for You But Buy It! (Big Beat, 2003) 3 Jan 2012 | 07:59 pm
By request. I first became aware of this all-woman Haight-Ashbury band sometime in high school when I was going through my first of many Jefferson Airplane phases. The Ace of Cups was credited with p...
Mr. Flood's Party - Mr. Flood's Party - 24-bit 96 kHz FLAC original vinyl rip (Cotillion, 1969) 26 Dec 2011 | 07:59 pm
As one of the last truly great psychedelic albums of the 1960s, the eponymous debut (and only) LP by Mr. Flood's Party remains an exquisite listening experience more than 40 years after its was unleas...
Blues Images Presents...1920s Blues Classics Vol. 1 (Blues Images, 2004) 14 Dec 2011 | 07:59 pm
Looking for a great last-minute Christmas present to give to your favorite prewar blues record fiend? My suggestion: the 2012 Blues Images calendar. In addition to 12 months worth of fantastic vintage...
