Issue Articles
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 28)
My search and rescue efforts for vintage vinyl for the months of May and June were thoroughly enjoyable. These five acquisitions, listed in order of discovery, reach way back in the day and are well off today’s proverbial beaten path. Each one is considered a definite keeper in the eyes of vinyl aficionados. I found the first two albums below in Old Arabi at “The Lighthouse” record store. The remaining three were a Father’s Day gift from my favorite daughter who took me out in the country for a “barnstormer” event advertised as the “10,000 Record Album Sale.”
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 27)
This month’s installment of Vintage Vinyl includes an eclectic mix of soundtracks residing in my current record collection from five memorable movies. I had this soundtrack theme in the back of my mind for some time, but it was triggered and came to fruition by a recent acquisition of the first soundtrack in queue.
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 26)
It is that time of year in the Big Easy, no doubt about it. Given another stellar line-up of Jazz Fest performers too numerous to count from all over this round world, it just does not get any better than this. This month’s installment includes five artists, both timeless and young, that you should recognize and if your stars align with tumblers clicking into place, you might just catch them at this year’s Fest for a memory to last a lifetime.
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 25)
Robbie Robertson of The Band fame once called Allen Toussaint “the truth of New Orleans’ music.” I recall enjoying the moment when I first heard these kind and well-deserved words. Allen’s music, whether it be his songwriting, his own many albums and performances, or his production work with other artists, is full of pleasant surprises if you take the time to really listen and to read up on his amazing career. To that end, this month’s installment of Vintage Vinyl pays tribute to one of my heroes, the incomparable Allen Toussaint, via five artists who recorded and released his “Brickyard Blues” composition in the same year on each of these now classic albums.
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 24)
This time around you will find four popular but now somewhat rare releases (in excellent condition anyway) from the mid and late 1960s with the last but certainly not least selection, being a genre favorite, from 1974. Climb aboard and join me for a ride down memory lane.
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 23)
The music here is varied but the one thing that is certain is that these musicians were masters of their trade and genre. Four of the five featured artists composed their own memorable train song while the remaining tune is a classic blues rock standard and favorite of notable musicians and fans alike. It sure is nice to ride the rails via some of my favorite music. To quote the Band of Heathens, there is just something about “a big old coal steel rail painting the sky all thick and black, rolling thunder on down the track.”
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 22)
Trains hold a special, nostalgic place in the lives of many and so it stands to reason, to me anyway, that there is nothing better than a good train song. From Elvis singing Junior Parker’s classic “Mystery Train” with its sixteen coaches long to the Clash’s lovelorn “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” and a job that “don’t pay,” I am reminded of standing on a depot platform waiting with family for a loved one to arrive. Given everything going on in the world today, it is nice when music allows us to close our eyes and step back in our minds if just for the length of a tune. If all goes according to plan pursuant to my current vintage vinyl collection, this will be the first of several train-related installments.
Vintage vinyl treasures (Episode 21)
Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring. For many artists back in the day, their sophomore albums represented a make-or-break effort with their respective record labels if their debut releases did not sell as well as anticipated.
Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 20)
Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring. This month’s installment features five women of my vintage vinyl collection that never fail to lift my spirits and ultimately bring me back home. That is the mark of a great album.
Vintage Vinyl: Treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 19)
The month of October always reminds me of Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV) who was born on October 3, 1954. His life was cut short at 35 years of age in […]
