Saturday, December 6, 2025

MR. PARTRIDGE - "The Lure Of Salvage - Take Away" (1980)

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  In 1980 Andy Partridge made this solo album of remixes of XTC songs. They're not remixes as much as they are destructions and reconstr...
Friday, December 5, 2025

REV. TOM FROST - "A Christmas Funeral Coat" (2025)

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  Christmas comes a little bit early this year because my buddy in Paris, Rev.Tom Frost, just released this single. You can get your very ow...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

THE DEFINITIVE JANGLE OF FOLK ROCK - Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds)

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  Rich here, continuing to write about the songs that define their genre. This time, I'm making a case that The Byrds 1965 recording of ...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

TAV FALCO'S PANTHER BURNS - "The Unreleased Sessions" (1992)

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  Hallelujah! Christmas comes early this year! Leave it to the French to be cool enough to release an album like this! Here it is, from 1992...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

MERLE HAGGARD AND THE STRANGERS - "His 30th Album" (1974)

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  Sometimes I struggle to pick out these songs, and sometimes it's just real easy.  Tonight's an easy night! Merle Haggard was real,...
Monday, December 1, 2025

DAVE STURGEON - "Wild 'n' Tender" (1967)

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  This album is just one of those things you need to know exists. Is it great? I'll leave that up to you, but one thing is that it...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

DFX2 - "Emotion" (1983)

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  The best band to never be The Rolling Stones in the early 1980's, DFX2 were from San Diego, California, and released this record in 19...