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  • The Cars, Panorama, 1980 on Elektra

    The Cars, Panorama, 1980 on Elektra

    This was the third studio LP from Boston band The Cars, situated between Candy-O and Shake It Up. Includes “Touch and Go.” An underappreciated album in The Cars’ discography: seen by critics as a let down and not as commercial successful as the one before or after. I like it though – more experimental, more…

  • Margo Price, That’s How Rumors Get Started, 2020 on Loma Vista

    Margo Price, That’s How Rumors Get Started, 2020 on Loma Vista

    Price’s third studio album, produced by Sturgill Simpson (with Price and David Ferguson) and released in July of 2010 during the pandemic. I’ve been a fan since her debut – smart songwriting in a traditional storytelling country way but with a modern take. Now going back and learning the back-catalog via Buffalo Clover. My copy—via…

  • Leo Kottke, 6-and 12-String Guitar, 1969 on Takoma

    Leo Kottke, 6-and 12-String Guitar, 1969 on Takoma

    Kottke’s second album, following 12-String Blues, and what would become reportedly the best-selling LP on John Fahey’s Takoma Records. Writing his own liner notes, Kottke writes “All that is left to be said is that Kottke’s voice does not appear on this album. His guitar does.” My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—has the gold and tan…

  • The Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa, 1969 on Warner Bros

    The Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa, 1969 on Warner Bros

    This was the third studio LP from The Grateful Dead, and was one of the first albums recorded in 16 tracks on an Ampex MM-1000. It was remixed by Garcia and Lesh in 1971. “China Cat Sunflower” and “St. Stephen” remain among my favorite Dead tunes, though I find it hard to get through “What’s…

  • Leo Kottke, Guitar Music, 1981 on Chrysalis

    Leo Kottke, Guitar Music, 1981 on Chrysalis

    Eleventh (?) LP from Kottke, a solo outing instrumental style. Recorded at Sound 80 in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Includes a cover of Ry Cooder’s Available Space” as well as “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” and eight originals. My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—is a Santa Maria pressing on blue Chrysalis labels.

  • Leo Kottke, Self-Titled, 1976 on Chrysalis

    Leo Kottke, Self-Titled, 1976 on Chrysalis

    Kottke’s first album on Chrysalis (after six on Capitol): a fully instrumental album produced by Denny Bruce with arrangements by Jack Nitzsche My copy via the Salem Flea Marketplace is a 1977 pressing on Chrysalis labels.