Putting on a Tom Petty record at wall shaking volume is one of life’s finest, simple pleasures. Tom Petty’s entire career is a wax wonder, and one thing that has […]
Category: Wax Wonders
Wax Wonders :: Bob Dylan – From A Buick 6 (Alternate Take)
Happy 75th to a poet, a rock ‘n roll icon, a folk sensation, and a living legend. Stop and take a moment to fathom that number; 75 years. Bob Dylan […]
Wax Wonders: Grateful Dead – Anthem Of The Sun (1971 Remix)
A cornerstone of psychedelic music, 1968’s Anthem Of The Sun has long been unfairly brushed off by critics and heads alike. While the group were unhappy with their studio debut […]
Wax Wonders :: Abdou El Omari
In the mid ’70s, to western ears, records rarely arrived more exotic than these Moroccan beauties featuring organist Abdou El Omari. Combining rock / funk / progressive jazz and (very […]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers :: Fooled Again… / Live 1976
It’s kind of hard to fathom that, at one time, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were a band that a lucky punter could see in a small club. Fortunately, Shelter […]
Dave Davies :: Creeping Jean (1969)
During a period when the Kinks commercial stock was at a particular low ebb, both Ray and Dave Davies were experiencing songwriting and performing peaks that, while appreciated early on […]
Nick Ashford :: I Don’t Need No Doctor (1966)
A soul classic, the most famous recording of “I Don’t Need No Doctor” was cut by Ray Charles, and later, by many a rock & roller (Humble Pie and Chocolate […]
Manu Dibango :: Dikalo (1973)
Manu Dibango will forever be known as the artist behind the 1972 worldwide smash ” Soul Makossa “, but his career spans much deeper than that one immortal track. This Cameroon-born sax man has […]
Wax Wonders :: Sonic Youth – Singles
Unlike many bands that sprouted out of the DIY ethos set into motion by the release of Black Flag’s Nervous Breakdown 7” in 1978, Sonic Youth were a few years into their […]
Wax Wonders :: The Rain Parade
In honor of The Rain Parade appearing in Los Angeles last week, here’s where it all began; 33 years ago at 45 RPM. In the early 1980’s the Los Angeles music scene was […]
Wax Wonders :: RIP Don Covay
As the years march on, it’s only inevitable that we lose the musical heroes of days gone by at a steady and sad rate. Our most recent loss is the […]
Wax Wonders :: Los Angeles Soul – Part One
While the music scene in 1960’s Los Angeles is far better known as a hotbed of surf, psych, and pop records, there was always a strong R&B scene in smog […]
Wax Wonders :: Chicago Soul, Part Two
When soul music aficionados get together and start talking music, the inevitable question of preference between ‘Detroit vs Memphis’ almost always seems to arise, to which my response is ‘YES, […]
Wax Wonders :: Soul Unknowns – Part One
As a long time fanatic of ’60s soul and rock & roll, there’s no shortage of records whose information is either completely or mostly lost to history. And it wasn’t […]
Wax Wonders :: Bettye LaVette
Betty LaVette has been a powerful force in soul music for over fifty years since her 1962 debut recording which was cut when she was 15 years old. Betty was born in […]