This week, author and longtime Ink 19 contributor, Christopher Long, visits a Florida thrift store and plunks down a fortune — a whopping $10 for a pristine vinyl copy of the chart-topping, self-titled 1975 album from Fleetwood Mac.

After a decade of being blacklisted, famed director Seijun Suzuki returned in 1977 with minor masterpiece A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness, a surreal exploration of the horrors of fame. Radiance Films gives the film a nice, new Blu-ray release.

British pop-rock poster boys The Struts are currently amping up for an exhaustive 35-plus-city U.S. summer concert tour, commemorating the milestone 10th anniversary of their debut, Everybody Wants. Longtime Ink19 contributor Christopher Long breaks down why he considers the album a modern-day classic.

Write At Home (Mother West). Review by Randy Radic.

Sting 3.0 Live (Interscope/A&M). Review by Michelle Wilson.

Mingus In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (Resonance Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Delivering all of the signature-style historical value that made their Killing… series a celebrated brand, Confronting the Presidents, the latest from Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is, according to Christopher Long, recommended reading for teens and seasoned enthusiasts alike.

This week, Christopher Long somehow finagles a crackly vinyl copy of Fly Like an Eagle, the classic 1976 Steve Miller Band album from a dear friend — for FREE.

Criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse resurfaces in Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse at CCC: 1960–1964, a six-film package produced by German outfit CCC Film in the early 1960s and newly reissued with a plethora of extras.

The Michigan Rattlers brought their Waving From A Sea tour to the rustic Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida.

Dream a Dream (Libra Records ). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Keep Your Head Up (Forty Below Records). Review by Randy Radic.

“Ebenezer’s Back In Town” (Rolling Tide). Review by Randy Radic.

This week, Christopher Long gets blisters on his fingers from flipping through bins of records at a Florida rummage sale where he snatched up an clean vinyl copy of Briefcase Full of Blues, the platinum-selling, chart-topping 1978 debut LP from the Blues Brothers, for just three bucks.

Cat’s Game (Enabler No. 6 Records). Review by Randy Radic.

Dear Meadowlark. Review by Peter Lindblad.

For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Dead Oceans). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Thunderball (Ipecac Recordings). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Tripla (Bella Union). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Slipper imp and shakaerator (p(doom)). Review by Julius C. Lacking.