The Easybeats — 508

a ALBUM: The Easybeats ‘Friday on My Mind’ (1985, compilation) MVC Rating:  4.0/$$$ I can’t quite figure out the Easybeats, the 60’s-era band from Australia. This could be framed as a tale of two videos by the Aussie band, one bad beyond redemption, one amazing beyond compare. But more on that later. Billed as Australia’s …

The Mamas & the Papas — 340

ALBUM: Fairwell to the First Golden Era MVC Rating: 4.0/$$ Perfect harmonies. Big bold singing voices. Mama Cass. California Dreamin.’ These are the things I think of when I think of this singing group. And during their prime, they really were larger than life. California Dreamin’ is such a perfect ‘state’ song. It made me …

Flash and the Pan — 485, 484

 ALBUMS:  Flash and the Pan (1978);  Lights in the Night (1980) MVC Rating: Flash: 4.0/$$$;  Lights: 3.5/$$ This is an odd group with an odd, albeit catchy, style.  It was essentially Harry Vanda and George Young, former members of the breakout Australian group -the-Friday-on-my-mind-band, the Easybeats. Vanda and Young went on to manage and produce …

D-Party

Creedence  Clearwater Revival officially ends my C’s. As you may be aware, I have been counting down my 678 vinyl records here on this blog before I succumb to a fatal degenerative brain disease. I’ve been counting them down alphabetically, more or less. I’m not super strict on that. On the menu at the right you …

AC/DC’s Malcolm Young Died of Dementia

Malcolm Young, the founder along with his  brother, of the globally successful Australian rock ‘n’ roll band AC/DC died today. Of dementia. His family said that. So far, all of the news stories report dementia as a cause or contributor to Young’s death  but don’t describe it beyond that. I wish they would because I …