Straight Ahead - Jazz Time

The fourth mix in my Jazz Time series of classic jazz recordings from my collection.

1. Jimmy Smith - Straight Ahead (Bluessmith, 1972)
2. Charles Mingus - Fables Of Faubus (Mingus Ah Um, 1959)
3. Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond - Fall Out (Blues In Time, 1957)
4. Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane, 1957)
5. Wes Montgomery - What The World Needs Now Is Love (Tequila, 1966)
6. Clifford Brown - You Go To My Head (Memorial Album, 1956)
7. Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby (Waltz For Debby, 1962)
8. Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance (Maiden Voyage, 1966)
9. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (The Bridge, 1962)
10. Coleman Hawkins & Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins,1963)
11. Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine (My Funny Valentine, 1994, recorded 1956)
12. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Giant Steps, 1959)

Round Midnight - Jazz Time

The third mix in my Jazz Time series of classic jazz from my collection.

1. Thelonious Monk - Round Midnight (The Columbia Years 1962-1968, 2001)
2. Charlie Parker - Chasin' The Bird (The Savoy and Dial Master Takes, 2002)
3. Wayne Shorter - Footprints (Adam's Apple, 1966)
4. Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island (Empyrean Isles, 1964)
5. Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack (Back At The Chicken Shack, 1960)
6. Kenny Burrell - Chitlins Con Carne (Midnight Blue, 1963)
7. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo A La Turk (Time Out, 1959)
8. John Coltrane - Acknowledgement (A Love Supreme, 1965)
9. Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (At The Pershing, But Not For Me, 1958)
10. Miles Davis - A Night In Tunisia (A Night In Tunisia, 1986)
11. Horace Silver - Senor Blues (Six Pieces Of Silver, 1956)
12. Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul (Ken Burns Jazz, 2000)

Alone Together - Jazz Time

The second mix in ,my new Jazz Time series of classic jazz recordings from my collection.

1. Grant Green - Alone Together (Green Street, 1961)
2. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (My Favorite Things, 1961)
3. Cannonball Adderly - Autumn Leaves (Somthin' Else, 1958)
4. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Time Out, 1959)
5. Miles Davis - All Blues (Kind Of Blue, 1959)
6. Stanley Turrentine - Sugar (Sugar, 1971)
7. Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (Red Clay, 1970)
8. Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Mingus Ah Um, 1959)

So What - Jazz Time

A new jazz mix series.



Photo from the Kind of Blue recording sessions.



Monk's Five Spot Blues replaces Straight, No Chaser.

1. Miles Davis - So What (Kind Of Blue, 1959)
2. John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Train, 1957)
3. Horace Silver - Song For My Father (Song For My Father, 1964)
4. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Takin' Off, 1962)
5. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' (Moanin', 1958)
6. Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (The Sidewinder, 1964)
7. Dexter Gordon - A Night In Tunisia (The Classic Blue Note Recordings, 2003)
8. Thelonious Monk - Five Spot Blues (Monk's Dream, 1962)
9. Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas (Now's The Time, 1964)
10. Ahmad Jamal - A Gal In Calico (The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings, 2005)

We Need A Little Christmas - Xmas Night

The tenth mix of my Xmas Night series.

1. AgesandAges - We Need A Little Christmas
2. The Cave Singers - Christmas Night
3. Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
4. The Raveonettes - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
5. Darlene Love - White Christmas
6. Sufjan Stevens - O Come O Come Emmanuel
7. Al Green - O Holy Night
8. Johnny Cash - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9. Neil Diamond - Do You Hear What I Hear
10. Sarah McLachlan - O Come All Ye Faithful
11. Elvis Presley - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
12. Bing Crosby - Silver Bells
13. Ramsey Lewis - Sleigh Ride
14. Bob Dylan - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
15. Cassie Ramone - Little Saint Nick
16. The Crystals - Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
17. The Weavers - Twelve Days Of Christmas
18. Jacob Miller & Inner Circle - All I Want For Ismas
19. Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The year (A Shrift Remix)
20. Brenda Lee - I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus

Christmas Day - Xmas Night

The ninth mix in my Xmas Night series.

1. Dido - Christmas Day
2. Carole King - Do You Hear What I Hear
3. Neil Diamond - O Holy Night
4. Sufjan Stevens - Holy Holy Holy
5. The Civil Wars - O Come O Come Emmanuel
6. The Carpenters - Christmas Song
7. The Beach Boys - White Christmas
8. Bob Dylan - Winter Wonderland
9. The Ventures - Jingle Bell Rock
10. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
11. Sheryl Crow - I'll Be Home For Christmas
12. Loretta Lynn - It Won't Seem Like Christmas
13. The Felice Brothers - Country Ham
14. John Fahey - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy
15. Low - Blue Christmas
16. Lyle Lovett - Christmas Time Is Here
17. Booker T. & The MGs - Santa Clause Is Coming To Town
18. Kacey Musgraves & The Quebe Sisters - Let It Snow
19. India.Arie & Michael McDonald - Merry Christmas Baby
20. Nick Lowe - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

Don't Leave Me This Way - Songs 1976

Songs 1976. More classic rock and disco.

1. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Any Way You Like It)
2. Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (Children Of The World)
3. KC & The Sunshine Band (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty (Part 3)
4. Andrea True Connection - More, More, More (More, More, More)
5. Marvin Gaye - I Want You (I Want You)
6. Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Diana Ross)
7. Average White Band - Queen Of My Soul (Person To Person)
8. David Bowie - Golden Years (Station To Station)
9. The Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff (Black and Blue)
10. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (Hardcore Jollies)
11. Stevie Wonder - I Wish (Songs In The Key Of Life)
12. Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (Silk Degrees)
13. Barry White - Let The Music Play (Let The Music Play)
14. ABBA - Dancing Queen (Arrival)
15. Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) (Bumps & Bruises)
16. Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (Never Gonna Let You Go)
17. Rose Royce - Car Wash (Car Wash)
18. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)

Pastime Paradise - Songs 1976

Songs 1976
More classic rock, soul and reggae.

1. David Bowie - Station To Station (Station To Station)
2. Steely Dan - The Fez (The Royal Scam)
3. Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise (Songs In The Key Of Life)
4. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Hey Pocky A-Way (The Wild Tchoupitoulas)
5. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Roots, Rock, Reggae (Rastaman Vibration)
6. Bunny Wailer - Rasta Man (Blackheart Man)
7. Peter Tosh - Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised) (Legalize It)
8. The Mighty Diamonds - Why Me Black Brothers Why (Right Time)
9. Burning Spear - Black Wa-Da-Da (Garvey's Ghost)
10. Toots & The Maytails - Reggae Got Soul (Reggae Got Soul)
11. Jimmy Cliff - If I Follow My Mind (Follow My Mind)
12. Curtis Mayfield - Only You Babe (Give, Get, Take and Have)
13. Al Green - Keep Me Cryin' (Have A Good Time)
14. Bill Withers - I'll Be With You (Naked & Warm)
15. Average White Band - Soul Searching (Person To Person)
16. Diana Ross - I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love) (Diana)
17. Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero (Joan Armatrading)
18. Joni Mitchell - Black Crow (Hejira)

Vinyl Spins - Peel Slowly

Listening to some Velvet Underground up on the 3rd floor today. Someone tried to peel the banana on this album during a party at my house in 1974. I saw the Velvet Underground perform in a park "be-in" in 1968 a few months after I had bought this record. I was disappointed when there was no Nico on the stage. I was far enough away from the performance that I really don't remember much about it other than the sound system sucked. They were also playing mostly songs from what I would later realize was their new album White Light White Heat and in retrospect I should have got as close to the stage as possible. A few years later I saw Lou Reed at the Main Point in Philly when I was home for Christmas right after Transformer was released in 1972 and then again the following May in Norfolk with that great touring band from Rock 'n' Roll Animal. RIP Lou Reed.

More Than A Feeling - Songs 1976

More Songs 1976. Classic rock and pop.

1. Boston - More Than A Feeling (Boston)
2. Electric Light Orchestra - Do Ya (A New World Record)
3. Aerosmith - Back In The Saddle (Rocks)
4. The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (Takin' It To The Streets)
5. Heart - Crazy On You (Dreamboat Annie)
6. Eagles - Hotel California (Hotel California)
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
8. Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne (The Royal Scam)
9. David Bowie - Stay (Station To Station)
10. Joni Mitchell - Coyote (Hejira)
11. Neil Young & Stephen Stills - Long May You Run (Long May You Run)
12. Hall & Oates - Rich Girl (Bigger Than Both Of Us)
13. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Blue Moves)
14. Warren Zevon - Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon)
15. Tom Waits - Step Right Up (Small Change)
16. Paul McCartney - Let 'Em In (Wings At The Speed Of Sound)
17. ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (Arrival)

Vinyl Spins - Bitches Brew

I was recently listening to some Miles Davis albums while enjoying one of my favorite dark beers Bitches Brew by Dogfish Head Brewery. In 1970 I saw him perform the music of this album at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago along with several rock bands. I was really surprised by the intensely loud wall of sound coming from his band and especially from the many keyboard and percussion players. It was a revelation and I had to go and find out more about this electric Miles which of course also eventually led me to Jack Johnson, In a Silent Way, On the Corner, etc. etc. and the more recent released "Complete" box sets of those albums.

Shake Some Action - Songs 1976

First mix in my Songs 1976 series. Lots of good rockin' here.

1. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (Shake Some Action)
2. The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (The Modern Lovers)
3. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Teenage Depression (Teenage Depression)
4. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)
5. Blondie - X Offender (Blondie)
6. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
7. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Heat Treatment (Heat Treatment)
8. Dwight Twilley Band - I'm On Fire (Sincerely)
9. Patti Smith Group - Pissing In A River (Radio Ethiopia)
10. T. Rex - Chrome Sitar (Futuristic Dragon)
11. David Bowie - TVC15 (Station To Station)
12. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (The Royal Scam)
13. Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing (A New World Record)
14. Todd Rundgren - Love Of The Common Man (Faithful)
15. Ian Hunter - All American Alien Boy (All American Boy)
16. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (Coney Island Baby)

Vinyl Spins - Compilations

Greatest hits and other compilations.

I always loved a good greatest hits compilations and many of my early album purchases were collections such as Jimi Hendrix's Smash Hits, The Four Seasons' Golden Vaults and many Motown hits packages. The Kink Kronicles, released in 1972, was a different kind of compilation and quickly became one of my favorite all time albums.

The Kinks had switched to a new record company and their old label released this album compiled by a group of rock journalists specifically for the American market. The album's unique perspective reflects it's creation and does not contain many of the early standard songs from their Greatest Hits album but does provide songs from 1966 to 1971 including some previously unreleased tracks.

I don't think there were many compilation albums released in the 60's and 70's that contained this kind of view of a artist or group using non-hits and unreleased material. That would happen later with the introduction of multiple disc box sets in the late 80's followed by the many deluxe reissue sets of the 90's and beyond. I got hooked then and now.

Glass of Beer - Three Philosophers

Shoveled some snow, made a mix and now it's time to finish this fine brew while watching some Mozart in the Jungle. Ommegang is one of my favorite breweries and I love everything they make. This is a new version of their Three Philosophers Belgian Quadrupel Ale brewed with strawberries and cranberries. Tasty.

Here is more on Mozart in the Jungle.

It's Happening Again - Songs 2016

More songs from albums released in 2016.  A Ladies Night mix too.

1. Agnes Obel - It's Happening Again (Citizen of Glass)
2. Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Puberty 2)
3. Lucius - Something About You (Good Grief)
4. Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore (No Burden)
5. Acrylics - Her Lazy Day (DADA Minor)
6. Angel Olsen - Sister (My Woman)
7. Warpaint - Heads Up (Heads Up)
8. Eleanor Friedberger - Sweetest Girl (Near View)
9. Oh Pep! - Crazy Feel (Stadium Cake)
10. Emily Jane White - Nightmares On Request (They Moved In Shadow All Together)
11. Adele - When We Were Young (25)
12. Lady Gaga - Grigio Girls (Joanne)
13. Colleen Green - U Coulda Been An A (Colleen Green)
14. Les Kellies - I'm On Fire (Friends and Lovers)
15. Empty Houses - All I Had (Daydream)
16. Haley Bonar - Your Mom Is Right (Impossible Dream)
17. Aurora - Running With The Wolves (All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend)
18. Misha - Optical Illusion Of The Heart (All We Will Become)

Nobody To Love - Songs 2016

Another mix of songs from albums released in 2016. Pop and rock with a little soul.

1. Gaby Moreno - Nobody To Love (Illusion)
2. Leonard Cohen - If I Didn't Have Your Love (You Want It Darker)
3. Adele - Hello (25)
4. Tindersticks - Were We Once Lovers? (The Waiting Room)
5. Ingrid Michaelson - Whole Lot Of Heart (It Doesn't Have To Make Sense)
6. Muddy Magnolias - I Need A Man (Broken People)
7. Mayer Hawthorne - Cosmic Love (Man About Town)
8. Lissie - Don't Give Up On Me (My Wild West)
9. Wilco - Someone To Lose (Schmilco)
10. The High Violets - How I Love (Everything About You) (Heroes and Halos)
11. Jason Collett - Where Does Your Love Go? (Song and Dance Man)
12. Pretenders - Never Be Together (Alone)
13. Kyle Forester - Didn't Try To Run Away (Kyle Forester)
14. Weyes Blood - Do You Need My Love (Front Row Seat To Earth)
15. Suede - I Don't Know How To Reach You (Night Thoughts)
16. Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance (Blood Bitch)
17. Charles Bradley - Things We Do For Love (Changes)

Always On My Mind - Songs 2016

The covers mix. A collection of cover songs in my collection from albums released in 2016. Part of the Songs 2016 series.

1. Loretta Lynn - Always On My Mind (Full Circle)
2. Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Gentle On My Mind (Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroads)
3. Colvin & Earle - Baby's In Black (Colvin & Earle)
4. M. Ward - You're So Good To Me (More Rain)
5. Katy Goodman - Ever Fallen In Love (Take It, It's Yours)
6. Johnnyswim - Wicked Game (Georgica Pond)
7. Britta Phillips - Drive (Luck or Magic)
8. Ronnie Spector - Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) (English Heart)
9. Angie Stone - Ooh Child (Covered In Soul)
10. Buddy Miller & Shawn Colvin - Wild Horses (Cayamo Sessions At Sea)
11. Karl Blau - That's How I Got To Memphis (Introducing Karl Blau)
12. The Lonely Heartstring Band - Graceland (Deep Waters)
13. The War On Drugs - Touch Of Grey (Day Of The Dead)
14. Jim James - Candyman (Day Of The Dead)
15. Dwight Yoakam - Purple Rain (Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars)
16. Simple Minds & KT Tunstall - Promised You A Miracle (Acoustic)
17. Lucius - You Were On My Mind (Good Grief)

Losing My Mind - Songs 2016

Songs 2016 - More music released in 2016 that mattered to me.

1. Ancient Cities - Losing My Mind (Supermoon Blackout)
2. Toy - I'm Still Believing (Clear Shot)
3. The Legal Matters - The Cool Kid (Conrad)
4. The Smoking Trees - It's Up To You (The Archer and The Bull)
5. The Sunflower Beans - Easier Said (Human Ceremony)
6. Dead Gaze - Jump (Easy Travels)
7. Allah-Las - Autumn Dawn (Calico Review)
8. Explorers Club - Once In A While (Together)
9. Holy Wave - Wendy Go Round (Freaks of Nurture)
10. DIIV - Out Of Mind (Is The Is Are)
11. The Electric Eye - Never Fade Away (Different Sun)
12. The Wild Feathers - Don't Ask Me To Change (Lonely Is A Lifetime)
13. Acrylics - Keeper Finder (DADA Minor)
14. Starwalker - Everybody's Got Their Own Way (Starwalker)
15. Empty Houses - Hold Your Hand (Daydream)
16. Coastgaard - Old Casino (Devil On The Balcony)
17. The Amazing - Divide (Ambulance)
18. The High Violets - Long Last Night (Heroes and Halos)

Too Rolling Stoned - Songs 1974

Songs 1974

A little more harder rocking collection.

1. Robin Trower - Too Rolling Stoned (Bridge Of Sighs)
2. Hawkwind - The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) (Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
3. King Crimson - Red (Red)
4. Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire (Here Comes The Warm Jets)
5. Aerosmith - Train Kept A Rollin' (Get Your Wings)
6. Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (The Hoople)
7. Bad Company - Bad Company (Bad Company)
8. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Diamond Dogs)
9. The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It) (It's Only Rock and Roll)
10. Jefferson Starship - Ride The Tiger (Dragon Fly)
11. Hot Tuna - Easy Now (Phosphorescent Rat)
12. Frank Zappa - Stink-Foot (Apostrophe('))

Time Waits For No One - Songs 1974

Another mix in my Songs 1974 series of music from my collection released that year. As usual, very subjective, very personal.

1. The Rolling Stones - Time Waits For No One (It's Only Rock and Roll)
2. Neil Young - Walk On (On The Beach)
3. Big Star - September Gurls (Radio City)
4. Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me (Here Comes The Warm Jets)
5. Hall & Oates - 79's Scenario (War Babies)
6. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (Pretzel Logic)
7. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us (Kimono My House)
8. Roxy Music - Out Of The Blue (Country Life)
9. The Kinks - He's Evil (Preservation Act 2)
10. Queen - Killer Queen (Sheer Heart Attack)
11. Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (Sally Can't Dance)
12. Rod Stewart - Sweet Little Rock 'N Roller (Smiler)
13. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (Diamond Dogs)
14. New York Dolls - Babylon (Too Much Too Soon)
15. T. Rex - Teenage Dream (Zinc Alloy & The Hidden Riders of Tomorrow)
16. Todd Rundgren - A Dream Goes On Forever (Todd)

I Just Wanna Testify - Songs 1974

Songs 1974
Let's get it on... it's time to get down. Part 2.

1. Ramsey Lewis with Earth, Wind & Fire - Sun Goddess (Sun Goddess)
2. Average White Band - Person To Person (AWB)
3. Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (Fulfillingness' First Finale)
4. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread (Natty Dread)
5. Toots & The Maytals - Take Me Home Country Roads (In The Dark)
6. Al Green - Take Me To The River (Al Green Explores Your Mind)
7. Santana - Mirage (Borboletta)
8. Taj Mahal - Why Did You Have To Desert Me?  (Mo' Roots)
9. Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (They Say I'm Different)
10. Ohio Players - Skin Tight (Skin Tight)
11. Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (+'Adjustments)
12. Bobby Womack - Lookin' For A Love (Lookin' For A Love Again)
13. Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe (Can't Get Enough)
14. Swamp Dogg - The Mind Does The Dancing While The Body Pulls The Strings (Have You Heard This Story??)
15. Parliament - Testify (Up For The Down Stroke)

On The Verge - Songs 1974

I was back home living in the city and going to Temple U after four years overseas and this was the sound of Philadelphia. Funk, soul and disco from albums in my collection released in 1974. Party music. Let's get it on... it's time to get down. Part 1.

1. Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On)
2. B.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (In Yo Face: The History of Funk Vol. 2)
3. James Brown - My Thang (Make It Funky: 1971-1975)
4. The Isley Brothers - Live It Up (Part 1 & 2) (Live It Up)
5. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself (Natty Dread)
6. Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (AWB)
7. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything (Can't Get Enough)
8. Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down (Boogie Down!)
9. Labelle - Lady Marmalade (Nightbirds)
10. Rufus - Tell Me Something Good (Rags To Rufus)
11. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin' (Fulfillingness' First Finale)
12. Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke (Up For The Down Stroke)
13. Dionne Warwick & The Spinners - Then Came You (New And Improved)
14. Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat (The Disco Box, Vol. 1)
15. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye (The Disco Box, Vol. 1)
16. M.F.S.B. - T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) (The Disco Box, Vol. 1)

Wishing You Were Here - Songs 1974

The first set of my Songs 1974 series of music from albums in my collection released in 1974. As usual, a very subjective and personal view of the year in music from my perspective and my collecting.

1. Chicago - Wishing You Were Here (Chicago VII)
2. David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll With Me (Diamond Dogs)
3. John Lennon - #9 Dream (Walls and Bridges)
4. Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out Of My Head (Eldorado)
5. John Cale - You Know More Than I Know (Fear)
6. Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway (Sundown)
7. Gram Parsons & Emmy Lou Harris - Hearts On Fire (Grievous Angel)
8. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight)
9. Stevie Wonder - Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away (Fulfillingness' First Finale)
10. Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (Natty Dread)
11. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own (Everything I Own)
12. Jesse Colin Young - Light Shine (Light Shine)
13. The Hollies - Air That I Breathe (Hollies)
14. Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young (Buddha & The Chocolate Box)
15. Bob Dylan - Forever Young (Planet Waves)
16. Eagles - Ol' 55 (On The Border)

Vinyl Spins - First Reggae

It was cold up on the third floor today but I got some work done while spinning the hot reggae sounds of The Harder They Come soundtrack album featuring Jimmy Cliff released in 1972. This was the first of many reggae albums I would own on vinyl. I saw the film in a neighborhood repertory theater, the Band Box,  in 1973 with some friends and then went looking for the album.

I came to love the reggae sounds and built a large collection on vinyl and eventually CDs. In the mid to late 70’s we regularly saw Jamaican reggae bands play live at Grendel’s Lair on South Street in Philly where we spent many long sweaty smokey nights on the dance floor. Also one of the highlights of my live music experiences was seeing Bob Marley and the Wailers in concert.

I had made several cruises to the Caribbean islands during my time in the Navy including Jamaica. I heard and saw a lot of calypso, ska and other good time island sounds available to the tourist and servicemen but no dreadlocks, spliffs or hard trance reggae dub beats.

Here are several of my reggae night mixes

Traveling Light - Songs 2016

The mix of my Songs 2016 series of music from albums in my collection released in 2016. A very subjective selection.







All albums released in 2016.

1. Leonard Cohen - Traveling Light (You Want It Darker)
2. Shovels & Rope - St. Anne's Parade (Little Seeds)
3. Bon Iver - 33?God? (22, A Million)
4. Cass McCombs - Bum Bum Bum (Mangy Love)
5. Alejandro Escovedo - Farewell To The Good Times (Burn Something Beautiful)
6. Passenger - Anywhere (Young As The Morning Old As The Sea)
7. Sarah Jarosz - House Of Mercy (Undercurrent)
8. KT Tunstall - Turned A Light On (Kin)
9. The Lumineers - Cleopatra (Cleopatra)
10. Hamilton Leithauser - In A Black Out (I Had A Dream That You Were Mine)
11. Ryler Walker - The Roundabout (Golden Sings That Have Been Sung)
12. Itasca - Buddy (Open To Chance)
13. Steve Gunn - Heavy Sails (Eyes On The Lines)
14. Ages and Ages - I'm Moving (Something To Ruin)
15. Regina Spektor - The Light (Remember Us To Life)
16. Lera Lynn - Fade Into Black (Resistor)

Vinyl Spins - Album Cover

I think this is the only album I’ve ever purchased where I knew nothing about the band, the producer or anything else other than I liked the cover. The Chocolate Watchband’s The Inner Mystique, released in 1968, was their second album and would eventually be considered a classic of garage rock and psychedelia.  I bought this album in one of those small head shops that were popular back in 1968 that also sold a few albums along with the bongs, scarfs, posters and incense. So I was browsing the album bin and came across this one. I must have been stoned or something.

This became one of my favorite albums of the period and I always carried it around with me when I was spinning records in bars during the 80's for my 60's nights. An interesting note about this album is that the original band from their first album only played on side two here and also only played garage band style cover songs. The spacey psychedelic songs on the first side were performed by the producer and session players. It all sounded good.

Love Lies Bleeding - Songs 1973

Still more songs from albums in my collection released in 1973. The ninth mix of my Songs 1973 series.

1. Elton John - Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)
2. Chicago - Feelin' Stronger Every Day (Chicago VI)
3. Cat Stevens - The Hurt (Foreigner)
4. The Beach Boys - California Saga (On My Way To Sunny California) (Holland)
5. The Band - Endless Highway (Moondog Matinee)
6. The Allman Brothers - Jessica (Brothers and Sisters)
7. Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World (Wake Of The Flood)
8. Poco - Here We Go Again (Crazy Eyes)
9. Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away (Houses Of The Holy)
10. Steely Dan - Bodhisattva (Countdown To Ecstacy)
11. String Driven Thing - Night Club (The Machine That Cried)
12. The Kinks - One Of The Survivors (Preservation Act 1)
13. The Rolling Stones - Star Star (Goat Head Soup)
14. David Bowie - Let's Spend The Night Together (Aladdin Sane)

Give Me Love - Songs 1973

More classic rock from my collection released in 1973.

1. George Harrison - Give Me Love (Living In The Material World)
2. Redbone - Come And Get Your Love (Wovoka)
3. Faces - Ooh La La (Ooh La La)
4. Frank Zappa - Dirty Love (Over-Nite Sensation)
5. Dr. John - Such A Night (In The Right Place)
6. Grateful Dead - Stella Blue (Wake Of The Flood)
7. Gram Parsons - Streets Of Baltimore (GP)
8. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby) (Catch A Fire)
9. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (Spinners)
10. Al Green - Call Me (Come Back Home) (Call Me)
11. Hall & Oates - Lady Rain (Abandoned Luncheonette)
12. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Killing Me Softly)
13. Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli (Song For Juli)
14. Paul Simon - Love Me Like A Rock (There Goes Rhymin' Simon)
15. Bryan Ferry - Piece Of My Heart (These Foolish Things)
16. The Rolling Stones - Angie (Goat Head Soup)
17. John Lennon - I Know (I Know) (Mind Games)
18. John Martyn - Don't Want To Know (Solid Air)

My Time Went So Quickly - Songs 1973

Songs 1973 series continues with some singer songwriter and pop from albums in my collection released that year.

1. Tom Waits - Ol' 55 (Closing Time)
2. Billy Joel - Piano Man (Piano Man)
3. John Lennon - Mind Games (Mind Games)
4. John Prine - Sweet Revenge (Sweet Revenge)
5. Linda Ronstadt - Sail Away (Don't Cry Now)
6. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze (3+3)
7. The Heptones - Book Of Rules (Book Of Rules)
8. Elton John - Daniel (Don't Shoot Me I'm The Piano Player)
9. The Kinks - Sweet Lady Genevieve (Preservation Act. 1)
10. Mott The Hoople - Ballad Of Mott The Hoople (Mott)
11. Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl (Stranded)
12. Van Morrison - Hard Nose The Highway (Hard Nose The Highway)
13. Loggins & Messina - Watching The River Run (Full Sail)
14. Gram Parsons - A Song For You (GP)
15. Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet (There Goes Rhymin' Simon)
16. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (Band On The Run)

Med Cruise 1972

Last week I found this book while going through some boxes up on the third floor storage area. I hadn't seen this in decades. A sort of yearbook for one of the many cruises I embarked on during my four years serving in the Navy.

When The Morning Comes - Songs 1973

More great music from albums in my collection released in 1973.

1. Hall & Oates - When The Morning Comes (Abandoned Luncheonette)
2. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ)
3. Billy Joel - Captain Jack (Piano Man)
4. Al Stewart - Nostradamus (Past, Present and Future)
5. Donovan - Cosmic Wheels (Cosmic Wheels)
6. Pink Floyd - Time (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
7. Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time (In The Right Place)
8. Todd Rundgren - Sometimes I Don't Know What I Feel (A Wizard, A True Star)
9. John Cale - Paris 1919 (Paris 1919)
10. Mark-Almond - What Am I Living For? (Mark-Almond 73)
11. Lou Reed - Caroline Says II (Berlin)
12. Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do (Frampton's Camel)
13. Traffic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory (Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory)
14. Steely Dan - My Old School (Countdown To Ecstacy)

Give It To Me - Songs 1973

More Songs 1973

1. The J. Geils Band - Give It To Me (Bloodshot)
2. David Bowie - The Jean Genie (Aladdin Sane)
3. Bruce Springsteen - It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City (Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ)
4. Al Stewart - Soho (Past, Present and Future)
5. Steve Miller Band - The Joker (The Joker)
6. 10cc - Rubber Bullets (10cc)
7. The Doobie Brothers - China Grove (The Captain and Me)
8. Faces - Cindy Incidentally (Ooh La La)
9. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (Dixie Chicken)
10. Eagles - Tequila Sunrise (Desperado)
11. Todd Rundgren - Just One Victory (A Wizard, A True Star)
12. The Strawbs - Lay Down (Bursting At The Seams)
13. Steeleye Span - Alison Gross (Parcel Of Rogues)
14. Donovan - I Like You (Cosmic Wheels)
15. Traffic - (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired (Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory)
16. Hall & Oates - Everytime I Look At You (Abandoned Luncheonette)

Higher Ground - Songs 1973

A set of soul and funk songs from albums in my collection released in 1973.  The Songs 1973 series continues.

1. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (Innervisions)
2. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (The Pointer Sisters)
3. O'Jays - For The Love Of Money (Ship Ahoy)
4. James Brown - The Payback (The Payback)
5. War - Me And Baby Brother (Deliver The Word)
6. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (Cosmic Slop)
7. Earth, Wind & Fire - Evil (Open Your Eyes)
8. Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? (Tower Of Power)
9. Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging (Wild and Peaceful)
10. Isley Brothers - That Lady (3+3)
11. Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (Fresh)
12. Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (Call Me)
13. The Spinners - I'll Be Around (Spinners)
14. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Let's Get It On)
15. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again (The Three Degrees)

Gimme Danger - Songs 1973

This set of music from my Songs 1973 is all over the place.

1. Iggy & The Stooges - Gimme Danger (Raw Power)
2. Lou Reed - Oh Jim (Berlin)
3. Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff (Burnin')
4. War - Gypsy Man (Deliver The Word)
5. John Lennon - Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (Mind Games)
6. Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know It All (Innervisions)
7. George Harrison - Living In The Material World (Living In The Material World)
8. David Bowie - Friday On My Mind (Pin Ups)
9. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)
10. The J. Geils Band - (Ain't Nothin' But A) House Party (Bloodshot)
11. James Brown - I Got Ants In My Pants (Soul Classics Vol. 2)
12. Kook & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (Wild and Peaceful)
13. T. Rex - Born To Boogie (Tanx)
14. Aerosmith - Somebody (Aerosmith)
15. The Band - Going Back To Memphis (Moondog Matinee)
16. Brinsley Schwarz - Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) (Please Don't Ever Change)

Brain Damage - Songs 1973

The Songs 1973 series with this set of mostly progressive rock with some other sweeteners thrown in.


Pink Floyd pic.

1. Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
2. Hawkwind - Orgone Accumulator (Space Ritual)
3. King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic, Pt. II (Lark's Tongue In Aspic)
4. Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible (Flying Teapot)
5. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Part 1 (Tubular Bells)
6. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire (Birds Of Fire)
7. Horslips - Dearg Doom (The Tain)
8. Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (Pyjamarama)
9. Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er (Houses Of The Holy)
10. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kinky Reggae (Catch A Fire)
11. The Pointer Sisters - That's How I Feel (The Pointer Sisters)
12. Stevie Wonder - Too High (Innervisions)
13. Santana - Love, Devotion & Surrender (Welcome)
14. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Head Hunters)

These Days - Songs 1973

The third set in my Songs 1973 series.  A lot of songs from some of my favorite albums released that year.  Abandoned Luncheonette, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Innervisions, Closing Time, The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle, etc.

1. Jackson Browne - These Days (For Everyman)
2. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)
3. The Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor (Holland)
4. Chicago - Just You 'n' Me (Chicago VI)
5. Bruce Springsteen - New York City Serenade (The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle)
6. Hall & Oates - She's Gone (Abandoned Luncheonette)
7. Bloodstone - Natural High (Natural High)
8. Stevie Wonder - All In Love Is Fair (Innervisons)
9. Aretha Franklin - Angel (Hey Now Hey: The Other Side Of The Sky)
10. Dusty Springfield - Tupelo Honey (Cameo)
11. Van Morrison - Warm Love (Hard Nose The Highway)
12. Eagles - Desperado (Desperado)
13. Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (I Got A Name)
14. Judee Sill - The Kiss (Heart Food)
15. Tom Waits - I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You (Closing Time)
16. John Martyn - Solid Air (Solid Air)

Let Me Roll It - Songs 1973

More classic rock released in 1973.

1. Paul McCartney - Let Me Roll It (Band On The Run)
2. David Bowie - Panic In Detroit (Aladdin Sane)
3. Iggy & The Stooges - Search and Destroy (Raw Power)
4. Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (Queen)
5. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way (The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get)
6. Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo (Who Do You Think We Are)
7. ZZ Top - La Grange (Tres Hombres)
8. The Rolling Stones - Dancing With Mr. D (Goat Head Soup)
9. Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy (Billion Dollar Babies)
10. Frank Zappa - I'm The Slime (Over-Nite Sensation)
11. Al Stewart - Terminal Eyes (Past, Present and Future)
12. Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
13. Can - Moonshake (Future Days)
14. Santana - Samba De Sausalito (Welcome)
15. Roxy Music - Editions Of You (For Your Pleasure)
16. T. Rex - Life Is Strange (Tanx)
17. Dr. John - I Been Hoodood (In The Right Place)
18. Bruce Springsteen - Spirit In The Night (Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ)

Rock On - Songs 1973

It's time to move a bit and explore the music of 1973 from the perspective of my collection. Classic rock dominates this first set.

David Essex pic.

1. David Essex - Rock On (Rock On)
2. Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (ELO2)
3. T. Rex - 20th Century Boy (Tanx)
4. New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss (New York Dolls)
5. David Bowie - Watch That Man (Aladdin Sane)
6. Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis (Mott)
7. The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (The Captain and Me)
8. The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man (Brothers and Sisters)
9. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business (Bachman-Turner Overdrive II)
10. Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days (Houses Of The Holy)
11. The Who - 5:15 (Quadrophenia)
12. Aerosmith - Dream On (Aerosmith)
13. Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized (Mystery To Me)
14. Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids (Countdown To Ecstasy)
15. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle)
16. Roxy Music - The Strand (For Your Pleasure)

Vinyl Spins - Country & Bluegrass

I didn’t grow up listening to country music. My first real exposure to country radio was during Navy boot camp where I was totally shocked when the country music station overwhelmingly won the voting in the barracks for the one hour an evening allotted radio time.

The only "country music" I had heard prior to 1970 was the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo and other similar cosmic cowboy music and some occasional country folk music at the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will The Circle Be Unbroken was the first record I purchased that had real traditional country artists on it and I was hooked. It was a massive three record set that included Roy Acuff, Doc Watson , Merle Travis, Norman Blake, Mother Maybelle Carter, Vassar Clements, and more. I was also now hooked on bluegrass too and around that time we regularly went to the Wheel Pump Inn to see live bluegrass music located just outside the city in Erdenheim on Bethlehem Pike . Interesting to note that the Wheel Pump Inn had been a drinking establishment since 1735. We certainly spent a lot of time in that place keeping the tradition going.

In general, I hate modern pop country radio and avoid it like the plague but over the years I've collected a large number of a albums from country artist like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and the many artist under the outlaw country label. I also have collected many artists labeled alternative country too. This is the album that got me started.

Vinyl Spins - 3rd Street Jazz Impressions

Back on the 3rd floor today spinning some records. Jazz. Becky and I had begun exploring jazz in the mid 70’s. We listened a lot to Temple U’s radio station where they played serious jazz at the time with an emphasis on hard bop. We soon realized that the place to learn about jazz and buy records was 3^rd Street Jazz in downtown Philly which had opened in 1972. The first time we walked in there was a revelation seeing an entire wall displaying nothing but John Coltrane albums. It was awesome and turned out to be a great place to hang out. The staff was very knowledgeable and were excited to make recommendations. I bought two albums that first day. John Coltrane’s Impressions and Art Blakey’s Moanin’. We ended up buying a lot of jazz there. A year or so later the store opened their basement for selling punk and new wave records. We went to that store many times up until we left the area in 1979. It was sad to hear of their closing in 1997.

There It Is - Songs 1972

Songs 1972. Soul and classic rock.

1. James Brown - There It Is (There It Is)
2. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Young Gifted and Black)
3. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (Back Stabbers)
4. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Talking Book)
5. Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (Trouble Man)
6. War - The World Is A Ghetto (The World Is A Ghetto)
7. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Superfly: The Soundtrack)
8. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (The Harder They Come)
9. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (I Can See Clearly Now)
10. Funkadelic - Wake Up (America Eats It's Young)
11. Bill Withers - Use Me (Still Bill)
12. Al Green - Love and Happiness (I'm Still In Love With You)
13. Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) (Saint Dominic's Preview)
14. Captain Beefheart - Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (Clearspot)
15. David Bowie - Hang On To Yourself (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
16. Loggins & Messina - Angry Eyes (Loggins and Messina)

Stir It Up - Songs 1972

Still more music from my Songs 1972 series of mixes. Mix number six continues this wonderful year in music from my collection.

1. The Allman Brothers Band - Little Martha (Eat A Peach)
2. Leo Kottke - Tiny Island (Greenhouse)
3. Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (Sailin' Shoes)
4. Neil Young - A Man Needs A Maid (Harvest)
5. Jim Croce - Photograhphs and Memories (You Don't Mess Around With Jim)
6. Loggins & Messina - Thinking Of You (Loggins and Messina)
7. Eric Andersen - Faithful (Blue River)
8. Gordon Lightfoot - Beautiful (Don Quixote)
9. Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender (Greetings From L.A.)
10. Hall & Oates - Goodnight and Goodmorning (Whole Oats)
11. Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (No Secrets)
12. Steely Dan - Only A Fool Would Say That (Can't Buy A Thrill)
13. Poco - A Good Feelin' To Know (A Good Feelin' To Know)
14. String Driven Thing - Easy To Be Free (String Driven Thing)
15. Eagles - Witchy Woman (Eagles)
16. Leon Russell - Tight Rope (Carny)
17. Bee Gees - Alive (To Whom It May Concern)
18. Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Talking Book)
19. Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He To You)? (Still Bill)
20. Randy Newman - You Can Leave Your Hat On (Sail Away)
21. Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
22. Johnny Nash - Stir It Up (I Can See Clearly Now)

Vinyl Spins - Bob Dylan and The Prize

Celebrating the announcement of Bob Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize for Literature by spinning some Dylan on vinyl. Starting off with the two greatest hits albums released in 1967 and 1971 before moving on to Blonde On Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood On The Tracks, Desire, Basement Tapes, etc, etc.

A Long Long Time - Songs 1972

The songs of 1972 from my collection of music released that year continues with another mix. The fifth in this series.

1. Elton John - Rocket Man (Honky Chateau)
2. David Bowie - Starman (The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
3. Harry Nilsson - Spaceman (Son Of Schmilsson)
4. Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love (Transformer)
5. Mott The Hoople - Sweet Jane (All The Young Dudes)
6. The Raspberries - I Wanna Be With You (Raspberries)
7. Big Star - Feel (#1 Record)
8. Linda Ronstadt - Rock Me On The Water (Linda Ronstadt)
9. War - Cisco Kid (The World Is A Ghetto)
10. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (Let's Stay Together)
11. Bill Withers - Lean On Me (Still Bill)
12. Rod Stewart - True Blue (Never A Dull Moment)
13. The Rolling Stones - Happy (Exile On Main St.)
14. String Driven Thing - Circus (String Driven Thing)
15. The Doobie Brothers - Rockin' Down The Highway (Toulouse Street)
16. Hot Tuna - Keep On Truckin' (Burgers)
17. Grateful Dead - Cumberland Blues (Europe '72)
18. The Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky (Eat A Peach)

Take It Easy - Songs 1972

Continuing the Songs 1972 series of mixes. More music from my collection released in 1972 in the mostly singer songwriter classic rock mode.

1. David Bowie - Five Years (The Rise And Fall Of  Ziggy Stardust)
2. Bee Gees - Run To Me (To Whom It May Concern)
3. Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (Saint Dominic's Preview)
4. Hall & Oates - I'm Sorry (Whole Oats)
5. Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me On I'm A Radio (For The Roses)
6. Rick Nelson - Garden Party (Garden Party)
7. Gordon Lightfoot - Old Dan's Records (Old Dan's Records)
8. Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (You Don't Mess Around With Jim)
9. Nick Drake - Place To Be (Pink Moon)
10. Leo Kottke - From The Cradle To The Grave (Greenhouse)
11. Little Feat - Willin' (Sailin' Shoes)
12. Neil Young - Old Man (Harvest)
13. Leon Russel - Out In The Woods (Carney)
14. Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (Something/Anything?)
15. Steely Dan - Dirty Work (Can't Buy A Thrill)
16. Big Star - Give Me Another Chance (#1 Record)
17. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa (Eat A Peach)
18. Jackson Browne - Jamaica Say You Will (Jackson Browne)
19. Chicago - Saturday In The Park (Chicago V)
20. America - Ventura Highway (Homecoming)
21. Eagles - Take It Easy (Eagles)

Heart of Gold - Songs 1972

This mix continues the classic rock of 1972 but also includes some of the singer songwriter genre and the country rock sounds that would be known as cosmic cowboy.

It is also interesting to hear Nick Drake and Big Star among their peers.

1972 may seem a little early for Hall & Oates but not for a Philly kid. These mixes always use music from my collection released in the designated year. These are always highly personal views of the year and in no way should be considered "best of" or exhaustive listings. They are snapshots of my year in music.

1. Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Harvest)
2. Joni Mitchell - Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (For The Roses)
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (Pink Moon)
4. Big Star - Thirteen (#1 Record)
5. Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Transformer)
6. T. Rex - Main Man (The Slider)
7. Bread - The Guitar Man (Guitar Man)
8. Jackson Browne - Rock Me On The Water (Jackson Browne)
9. Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
10. America - Don't Cross The River (Homecoming)
11. Pure Prairie League - Amie (Bustin' Out)
12. Carly Simon - You're So Vain (No Secrets)
13. Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years (Can't Buy A Thrill)
14. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light (Something/Anything?)
15. David Bromberg - Sharon (Demon In Disguise)
16. Dr. John - Iko Iko (Dr. John's Gumbo)
17. Elton John - Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters (Honky Chateau)
18. Hall & Oates - Fall In Philadelphia (Whole Oats)