After waiting nearly 50 years, this week Christopher Long finally scores a vinyl copy of A Real Mother For Ya, the 1977 funk classic from Johnny “Guitar” Watson. And he got it for FREE!

This week, Christopher Long receives a beautiful FREE love gift from his Florida nail tech — two crates full of vintage LPs. One of those crates included a well-loved copy of I’m In You, the 1977 platinum seller from Peter Frampton.

In his shiny new edition of Garage Sale Vinyl, author Christopher Long finds himself on the receiving end of an enormous FREE love gift from his nail tech — crates FULL of her no longer desired vintage vinyl records — including a super-clean copy of Armed Forces, the classic 1979 LP from Elvis Costello.

This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!

Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.

With her newly-released memoir, Earth to Moon, actress, podcaster, and boutique tea merchant Moon Unit Zappa delivers much more than a nitty-gritty account of life as a member of one of music’s most iconic families.

IV (Marvelous 3). Review by Christopher Long.

After Destruction (Cleopatra Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Raving Ghost (Third Man). Review by Christopher Long.

Lick (Flesh Fury). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Bill Callahan has been wandering the halls of music for quite some time now, his deep voice and aimless arrangements a constant hypnotic presence.

Billy Martin’s drumming makes me think of oxymorons like “precisely sloppy” and “intensely casual” and “red hot chill out”.

Tales From The West. Review by Michelle Wilson.

Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck and Ann Wilson unleashed a potent triple bill for the last night of their Stars Align Tour in Tampa. Michelle Wilson was there to rock out with the 70s superstars.

The World of Captain Beefheart (Knitting Factory Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Identity. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Don’t Let it Be (Lolipop Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Dweezil Zappa recreates his father’s sound and fury in an intimate Florida show that Carl F Gauze crashed.

A Very Big Freedia Christmazz. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Zastrugi (Glacial Movements). Review by Carl F Gauze.