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50s Rock & Roll
- antoine “fats” domino has left new orleans for the last time
- does link wray belong in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- elvis paved the way for artists like ed sheeran (who?)
- follow my new publication on medium that’s all about elvis
- go rockin’ robin ’cause we’re really gonna rock tonight
- I know, it’s only rock & roll (or is it only rock and roll?)
- isn’t it a shame that pat boone gets no r-e-s-p-e-c-t? (or, should pat boone be in the rock & roll hall of fame?)
- rock and rollin’ with fats domino at wikipedia
- should connie francis be in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- should the crew-cuts be in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- the first discarded and forgotten superstars of rock & roll
- what exactly was a “rock & roll album” in those days?
60s Rock & Roll
- “the wild angels” is now a quinquagenarian (happy 50th!)
- 1,661 words on del shannon and his connections to the british invasion
- a Blonde On Blonde labelography and price guide
- a complementary if brief surf raiders bio/overview
- a few facts on the first buffalo springfield album
- a Freak Out labelography and price guide
- a nexus between a few old articles and their new versions
- a whiter shade of pale in some spectacular ruins
- are today’s pop song lyrics getting more redundantly repetitive?
- are we forgetting the pseudo-psychedelic sixties?
- around town and out of control with lawrence bray
- between the buttons and the dandelion, we love you!
- cantaloupe eyes come to me tonight
- complete davie allan & the arrows 45 discography and price guide
- david anderle’s won-won-wonderfully weird portrait of brian wilson
- dick campbell sings where it’s at for complete unknowns
- donovan knows a beach where it never ends
- donovan zen mountains snails and garden gates
- duke duke duke duke of earl
- getting back to roots and things (beatles ’68 part 4)
- God damn the pusher man
- guest blogging on “sixties music secrets”
- how richard hamilton jazzed up the white album (beatles ’68 part 5)
- I know where manchester is—do you know who the hollies are?
- if you have an overture, do you also need an underture?
- in search of the lost mentor (beatles ’68 part 2)
- introduction to the #1 records on the cash box pop chart of the ’60s
- is “street fighting man” the most valuable picture sleeve in the world?
- is “street fighting man” the most valuable picture sleeve in the world?
- It isn’t how it was set up to be (the byrds 1966 part 1)
- just how many people have died from a marijuana overdose?
- let’s all hully gully with pussycat a go-go!
- mike love’s excitations and good vibrations
- of cabbages and kings, of arks and attics – the pseudo-psychedelic sound of chad & jeremy 1967-1968 (part 1)
- of cabbages and kings, of arks and attics – the pseudo-psychedelic sound of chad & jeremy 1967-1968 (part 2)
- of cabbages and kings, of arks and attics – the pseudo-psychedelic sound of chad & jeremy 1967-1968 (part 3)
- of cabbages and kings, of arks and attics – the pseudo-psychedelic sound of chad & jeremy 1967-1968 (part 4)
- of cabbages and kings, of arks and attics (the pseudo-psychedelic sound of chad & jeremy part 5)
- oldies radio is more diversified and more fun than classic rock radio
- on babylon falling (fingers up and crossed)
- on brian wilson and SMiLE (a convoluted conversation part 1)
- on brian wilson and SMiLE (a convoluted conversation part 2)
- reissues of “gene clark with the gosdin brothers” (gene clark part 3)
- rock music videos of the sixties – 1964: the moody blues’ “go now” as the first modern rock video
- rock music videos of the sixties 1 (introduction)
- runaway with john and lew to the tell it like it was a-go-go
- sex, love, hitchhiking, and other excitations
- sgt. pepper on blue jay way (beatles ’68 part 1)
- sheryl crow on the dawn of darkness and the blood upon our hands
- stax records’ main soul men of the ’60s: david porter and isaac hayes
- surf raiders discography & price guide
- surfing guitars and instrumental surf bands of the early ’60s
- tears are falling and I feel the pain
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1960
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1961
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1962
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1963
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1964
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1965
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1966
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1967
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1968
- the #1 hit records on the pop charts 1969
- the avid collector’s guide to wild in the streets part 1
- the avid collector’s guide to wild in the streets part 2
- the avid collector’s guide to wild in the streets part 3
- the byrds’ mind gardens and outrageous fortunes
- the echoes in your head continue showing (gene clark part 1)
- the kinks on arthur and finding shangri-la
- the kinks’ arthur album and related singles 1969
- the kinks’ plastic man wants to be ten feet long like king kong
- the once but now not so elusive bob bind
- the return of max frost and the troopers (is this part 6 of the pseudo-psychedelic chad & jeremy essay?)
- the transmogrification of free will into jukin’ bone
- traveling through time at 45 rpm (time travel records)
- unplugging the white album (beatles ’68 part 3)
- video did not kill no radio stars (they was already mostly dead anyways)
- want to know one of the strangest records to top the charts?
- was petula clark the best female pop singer of the ’60s?
- what do mick jagger and lawrence bray have in common?
- what was the first “rock” double-album of the ’60s?
- when jackie deshannon walks in the room she’s got zest appeal
- when was “gene clark with the gosdin brothers” released? (gene clark part 2)
- whose response to whom with the stones-beatles-beach boys connection
- why aren’t the moody blues in the bloody rock & roll hall of fame?
- why the hell isn’t gene clark in the hall of fame? (gene clark part 4)
- wild dandelion stomping with bamboogie injections
- wild in the streets as sociopolitical satire and black humor
- yummy yummy yummy julie london’s got love in her tummy
70s Rock & Roll
- “blinded by the light” and the avid record collector price guide (was bruce springsteen ever blinded by the light? – part 4)
- “blinded by the light” off and on the pop charts (was bruce springsteen ever blinded by the light? – part 3)
- 1. surf’s up as the first new age rock album (the beach boys flirt with ecology – part 1)
- allan clarke as springsteen trailblazer (is this part 6 of “was bruce springsteen ever blinded by the light?”)
- an introduction to the punk note ideations of john yates
- captain beefheart appreciation 101 (son of sun zoom spark)
- cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night (was bruce springsteen ever blinded by the light? – part 2)
- I thought they were the bangs, not the bangles
- just how did david bowie affect your consciousness?
- like, whoa, do the doobie brothers belong in the hall of fame?
- meet the new boss (true tales from the men’s room)
- the stairway to heaven leads to gilligan’s island
- the story behind columbia 4-48405 (was bruce springsteen ever blinded by the light? – part 5)
- this was a time when it would benefit an artist to stand up
- was beach boy mike love one of rock & roll’s greatest frontmen?
- was bruce springsteen ever blinded by the light? (part 1)
- what is the beach boys’ best album?
80s Rock & Beyond
Avid Record Collector
General Observations
- a blog for those who never gave up their turntables
- a brief look at the first fifty years of recorded music
- a few faverave albums of the cut-out era
- about collectables and their alleged collectability and value
- and we’ve got to text ourselves back to the garden
- announcing a new publication on medium, “tell it like it was”
- another errant umphred post bites the dust
- are today’s pop song lyrics getting more redundantly repetitive?
- bass players and beethoven’s immortally beloved ninth
- beware fake bowie and prince autographs and memorabilia
- bravi bravata and the south they all ignore!
- channeling the rich sonic palette of george martin
- collectors collect to collect (because the collector wants what the collector wants)
- dads and hollysiz let the light come through
- did sid vicious, elvis, and sinatra really do it their way?
- ebay buyer scams and shipping items internationally
- every ebay buyer should know this now!
- fake autographed rock memorabilia sold at charity fundraisers
- fighting over jutta hipp at a record collectors convention
- how to meet girls at record collectors conventions
- how to pack a record for shipping
- hyperbolic exaggeration in pop culture and miss patsy cline
- I’ll give you a hundred bucks for it right now!
- is it the “sound of silence” or the “sounds of silence”?
- Let’s do the “tell it like it was” all night long!
- linked in with cheryl pawelski, record producer and collector
- listen people to what I say
- look, pa! I’m somebody’s blog of the month!
- managerial problems faced by a rock & roll band
- michael sowa ain’t never caught a rabbit and he ain’t no friend of mine
- my first record show as a dealer (rock of ages part 1)
- on brian wilson and SMiLE (a convoluted conversation part 3)
- on determining collectability value rather rare records
- on grading records for sale part 1: ‘still sealed’ and ‘mint’ are not the same thing
- on musicians who ruined their careers (and lives) with “reckless behavior”
- on my first price guide
- real rarity, relative rarity, and the “wow!” factor
- rutherford chang wants to buy your white album (and yours and yours)
- some commonly misused terms in record collecting
- something’s happening and you don’t know what it is!
- soulful ambivalence and the world’s most expensive turntable
- talkin’ ’bout the bleeding heart liberal petition blues
- the avid collectors’ guide to wild in the streets part 4
- the cheesiest semi-legal records in the world?
- the day I uncovered the secret of the universe (and then forgot it)
- the dillydallying is over and “the endless sixties” is alive and well!
- the expense and inconvenience of collecting vinyl today
- the forward-slash/hyphen conundrum resolved
- the frank daniels discographies & labelographies project
- the great mispriced record sale
- the history of rock & roll in a nutshell (300 words or less)
- the ongoing damnation of faust (and a lesson on selling on ebay)
- thelonious monk columbia album discography & price guide
- there’s the rub and it’s all taken care of with a sanford magic rub
- understanding riaa gold and platinum record awards
- what is a sex kitten and where have they all gone?
- where has rather rare records been during the pandemic?
- where to find the closest record shows of america
- where was the “vinyl rapture” before the “vinylgeddon”?
- wikipedia really messed up “music recording certification”
Jazz
Miscellaneous
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Movies & Television
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- does link wray belong in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- isn’t it a shame that pat boone gets no r-e-s-p-e-c-t? (or, should pat boone be in the rock & roll hall of fame?)
- like, whoa, do the doobie brothers belong in the hall of fame?
- should connie francis be in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- should the crew-cuts be in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- why are non-rock artists in the rock & roll hall of fame?
- why aren’t the moody blues in the bloody rock & roll hall of fame?
- why the hell isn’t gene clark in the hall of fame? (gene clark part 4)