Garage Sale Vinyl: America
This week, Christopher Long rummages through his favorite Florida flea market and snatches up a clean vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite records, Hearts, the 1975 chartbuster from America — for just three bucks.
This week, Christopher Long rummages through his favorite Florida flea market and snatches up a clean vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite records, Hearts, the 1975 chartbuster from America — for just three bucks.
In this final installment of his year-long series, Christopher Long rediscovers a true pop-rock treasure — a well-loved, six-dollar vinyl copy of Sound Magazine, the 1971 stinger from The Partridge Family.
The leaves were turning gold and the air was getting crisp when Christopher Long visited a legit record joint in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. While perusing the “back room,” he spotted and snatched up a vinyl copy of One On One, the 1982 studio set from Cheap Trick, for two bucks.
In Another World (BMG). Review by Christopher Long.
Through four decades the Brothers Gibb (aka the Bee Gees) proved themselves to be perfectly adaptable musical chameleons, taking timely musical styles and putting their own remarkable musical ear and voices to them. Brian Coles reviews this double DVD, offering live and biographical perspectives.
String Quartet Tribute to Matchbox 20, String Quartet Tribute to Incubus, String Quartet Tribute to David Bowie, String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath, String Quartet Tribute to Madonna (Vitamin). Review by James Mann.
The Beatles on DVD? Is it Fab? James Mann sings the praises of A Hard Day’s Night.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.