Allow me to, again, gush over another Pretenders reissue. This time it’s their 1981 second album appropriately entitled Pretenders II. The short-lived band led by guitarist
Month: December 2006
2006 Year In Review, Pt 2 :: The 12 Albums
Part Two of our Year In Review… Part One can be found HERE. The following list is comprised of my favorite 12 albums released in 2006. Take note that this list is in flux, and could […]
2006 Year In Review :: Part One
Best 2006 Reissue :: Pavement – Wowee Zowee (Sordid Sentinels Edition) Matador continued their excellent Pavement reissue campaign in ’06 with the Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition . Like it’s reissued […]
Live Upload Series :: A Perfect Echo Vol 1.5
Veteran readers will note this one is a long time coming. Last February I posted the first half (1967 – 1971) of the Neil Young soundboard derived live collection, A Perfect Echo Volume 1, and […]
Phil Spector :: A Christmas Gift For You
Phil Spector’s wall of sound meets the North Pole on this 1963 Christmas classic . At times a surreal look at the Holidays in balmy Los Angeles,
Wagner & Rouse :: The Chester EP
Until this week I hadn’t listened to Kurt Wagner’s collaborative EP with Josh Rouse , Chester , all the way through in a couple of years. I’m happy to report it holds up extremely […]
Vince Guaraldi :: A Charlie Brown Christmas
It’s (somehow) December again…a quick year indeed. For the first Holiday post of many, let’s begin with Vince Guaraldi’s classic score for the 1965 Peanuts TV special ” A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Nostalgia inducing […]