Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUMS: Rumours (1977): Mystery to Me (1973) MVC Rating: 5.0/$$$$ Fleetwood Mac was another ‘soundtrack-of-high-school record for me, it was 1977 andI I was 17. The girls liked this record because it was relationship oriented, albeit, broken ones. And it was melodic. The boys loved it because Stevie Nicks was a good looking, sultry singer. And …
ALBUMS: R&L ‘Shoot Out the Lights (1982); Richard Thompson ‘Hand of Kindness’ (Solo album 1983) MVC Rating: R&L 5.0 $$$$$; Richard 4.0/$$$$$ Oh man, this is a good one, I had going in this was a 4.5. In other words a high quality, almost perfect album. But then I dropped the needle after about 25 …
ALBUM: Self-titled live single of Edge of Seventeen. MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$$$ Not sure what to say about this which I picked up for a dollar. It’s a single of Nicks singing a great Fleetwood Mac song, Edge of Seventeen. Seventeen recorded live at the Wilshire Theater in LA on Dec. 13, 1981. It’s a promo …
I have obtained three very interesting albums from a nice couple who wanted to donate for the cause. That cause being raising awareness and funds to fight Lewy body dementia. (Read my story here). Wow! Here’s what they got me! Three very interesting records including Birmingham area favorites from the 1970s: Buckingham Nicks. The couple, …
ALBUM: ‘Let’s Be Still” (2013) Okay, here’s another from a relative, and a relatively new record at that. The Head and the Heart is the name of this earnest alternative folk group. There seems to be a real genre beginning with this big band easy folk-rock, atmospheric music. Kind of like a mix of Fleetwood …
ALBUM: ‘Not Shy’ (1978) MVC Rating: 4.0/$$ This Lindsey Buckingham-produced album is a perfect cutout. High expectations for this. It had one ‘hit.’ A couple of good songs. The rest, fodder. Plus it had a big portrait of the artist’s face on the cover, similar to the cover of a Buckingham solo project I reviewed here. …
ALBUM: Law and Order (1981) MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$ A little fun. Disjointed. Not sure there was a direction. Random Play. (and you know I’m OK with that.) Lindsey Buckingham was a key vocalist, songwriter and guitar player for Fleetwood Mac, one of the most successful bands in the 70’s and 80’s if not all time. …
MVC Rating: 3.0/$$$ This 1979 Sire compilation is for those who strive to be completists but fail due to laziness or distraction. Or a lack of that OC gene. This one had some classic material from smaller names and not-so-classic music from larger names. And yes there were big names on this two-record set: Beatles, …