Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUM: Court and Spark (1974) MVC Rating: 4.5/$$$ A poet, a poetess, Does she know it, Heck yes. Sorry, I couldn’t help that. Mitchell was one of the more literate pop stars in the 1970s and 80s. And the confidence in her word selection and playfulness in her jazzy delivery makes me think: She knows …
We love lists in the media business. Readers sometimes complain about list stories but then read them voraciously. But if you came for a list story here, you aren’t going to get one. This is more a Behind-the-List Story story. They are very subjective, you know. Lists, rankings. Take best guitarists. Is Eric Clapton really …
This is the first in a three-part series. TODAY: The Top 7 Most underrated artists in my collection of 678-plus records I’ll say it out front. This is a list story. You know how much news sites love lists. You know why? Because you, my readers love lists. This time we are going 7X7X7. That …
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ALBUM: The Best of Mountain MVC Rating: 4.0/$$ It might sound weird to describe this straight ahead hard rock band as influential. They rarely colored out of the lines. Guitarist and lead singer Leslie West took his direction early following Eric Clapton’s gritty blues rock as displayed by Clapton’s work with the Yardbirds and Cream.. …
For this McCartney review I am going to rank the records I own (4) and comment on them. First off, John Lennon’s work after the Beatles was socially conscious, powerful and heartbreaking, critics said. While mostly true, it set up a false dichotomy with McCartney losing in the side-by-side comparison. Paul’s stuff was good, excellent …
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ALBUM: “You’re Never Alone With a Schizophrenic” (1979) MVC rating: 4.0 Hey, who am I to call out anyone for not being politically correct about a brain disorder. But the album title did kind of make me wince. And wouldn’t it be ‘funnier’ if it was ‘You’re Never Alone When You Are a Schizophrenic.” Ian …
ALBUMS: Safety in Numbers: (1978); Animal Notes (1976) MVC Rating Safety 4.0/$$$; Animal 4.0/$$$ What is progressive rock? I’m having this discussion with myself as I listen to my Crack the Sky albums, which have elements of prog-rock but also traditional rock (without the roll). Some might even say progressive rock is an oxymoron. Rock …
Time is here today and because it keeps slipping, slipping into the future, I need to move on this. Here’s a 3-for-1 special. There’s nothing really that ties these albums together other than they happen to be next on my alphabetical list and the artists here all sing and play musical instruments. Carlene Carter – …
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ALBUMS: The Cars (1978); Candy-O (1979); Panorama (1980); Shake it Up (1981) MVC Rating: Cars 4.5/$$$; Candy-O 4.0/$$$; Panorama 4.0/$$$; Shake it Up 3.5/$$$ Let’s see. The soundtrack of my high school days: Born to Run, Springsteen in 1976. Night Moves, Seger in 1977. Just What I Needed, The Cars in 1978. The Cars? It’s …
ALBUMS: Original Gold Hits. Vol. 1 (Johnny Cash, 1969); Ticket to Ride (Carpenters, 1970) MVC Rating: Carpenter 3.0/$$; Cash 4.5/ $$$ Iconic is a word way overused these days. I should know, I love the word so I overuse it. But I’m tying Johnny Cash and Karen Carpenter together because their voices, wildly, widely different, …