Episode 2 / Side 1
Rock Hard, Bleed Hard
Episode 1
The Vinyl Experience
Another Perfect Day
1983 – Motörhead “I’ve enjoyed all the line ups – but not that one. That was the lowest point in our career.” – Lemmy Number six in the Motörhead catalog and the only record to feature Brian “Robbo” Robertson, still remains one of my favorites (haters gotta hate). Despite what many critics of this album believe, this recording contains some of the most hard driving guitar riffs and solos to ever explode from the front lines of rock. Don’t take…
Angie
The Rolling Stones – 1973 Here’s a little gem I picked up from a friend of mine, we’ll call him “Tim” (not his real name). Apparently, the alpacas on his farm have been jamming out to some groovy tunes for many generations because “Tim” brought me a shit ton of LP’s and 45’s so that I would never run out of shit to write about. Yay “Tim”! “Oh, Angie, don’t you weep All your kisses still taste sweet I hate…
Christmas Miracle 2020
Guardians Of The Galaxy Deluxe Ooh-oo child, Santa left some very sexy vinyl under my tree this year! Actually, it was my son who picked out this amazing compilation which proves once again, I must have done something right when I raised that boy. Mmmm, the smell of fresh vinyl. With the horror show of 2020 in the rear view, I really needed something super cool under the tree with my name on it and this was it. Filled with…
Fleetwood Mac
1968 – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac So you say you’ve heard of Fleetwood Mac? That five piece mega hit factory of the 70’s and 80’s? Well I say, this ain’t that. This is the blues baby, so sit back and let me tell you how this story goes. Fleetwood Mac was born out of the “British Blues” or the British interpretation of the real deep south American blues. You see once upon a time in 1963, there was a blues…
The Essential Jimi Hendrix
1978 – Jimi Hendrix So, I am often asked, in a somewhat dubious fashion, “Hey Mr. Chris?” to which I usually offer up the appropriate response, “Yes my son?” swiftly delivered in a slightly condescending way to immediately give off the sense of my obvious superiority in the field of vinyl collecting. There is of course, more to the question, and here it comes. “So like, I’ve heard a lot of Jimi Hendrix on the radio and YouTube and stuff…
Stone Crazy!
1981 – Buddy Guy So, to follow up my bit on Junior Wells, why not segue right into his partner in crime who happens to be one of the greatest blues singers and guitarists in the world, Mr. Buddy Guy? When I need some aggressively insane blues guitar solos – Stone Crazy! is my go to! This record packs a punch, a punch of blues that is. George Buddy Guy is the trifecta of blues musicians – he has the…
Episode 3 – Side One
Heavy Is, As Heavy Does Coming in at number three on the episode list is also the number three album from the greatest heavy metal band of all time, all time, all time. Invented heavy metal they did, and as such, went on to define the genre for generations of musicians and music lovers. That being said, let’s take a big bite out of – Considered to be one of my favorite albums of all time, “Master Of Reality” completely…
Love Is Like Oxygen
The Sweet – 1978 It was the 70’s and the Glam Band was a thing, but what a lot of folks have forgotten about is how influential those bands were and how much talent the musicians embodied. Known mostly for their insane track “Ballroom Blitz,” which has been featured in tons of films and covered like a trillion times, The Sweet appears quite often in my 45 collection. These guys were a Billboard single making machine putting out 13 top…