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Spooky Tooth - Ceremony
(1970, A&M)



Gary Wright organized this collaboration w/ French electronic and "found-object" composer Pierre Henry in the form of an electronic mass. Full of really odd musique concrete sounds.

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T. Rex - self titled
(1970, Reprise)



All I have is a worn inner sleeve picture here as the cover was long gone when I acquired this - either in a collection or a thrift, gsale, record show pickup - can't remember.
The record cleaned up well and this recording really shines on the Altec Valencias.

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Quicksilver Messenger Service - self titled
(1968, Capitol)



debut record for this SF psychedelic band after finally agreeing to record for Capitol. I think these guys play and sound so much better in their studio debut than the Dead in theirs. Produced by Nick Gravenites. Original pressing with foil print on the cover, great condition, incredible sounding.

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The Mammas And The Pappas - 16 Of Their Greatest Hits
(1969, ABC Dunhill)



Really nice male/female folk rock vocal harmonies, from a period of time when there was a lot of great folk rock harmonizing - Byrds, Buffalo Springfield/CSN. This was the third of no less than 4 different compilations that Dunhill released between '67 and '73.

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Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Love Over And Over
(1982, Polydor) STERLING in the deadwax; mastered at Sterling Sound by Ted Jensen



another set of beautiful, quirky, bittersweet folk rock songs from the sisters. w/ Mark Knopler guitar solo on the title track.

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Denny Doherty - Whatcha Gonna Do
(1971, ABC Dunhill) Artisan symbol in the deadwax



Pappa Denny's solo LP has a gatefold cover, and a nice California hippie vibe, nice playing from a bunch of people including Buddy Emmons, Barry McGuire, Russ Kunkel. Produced and Engineered by Bill Szymczyk at the Record Plant, LA.

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Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
(1972, Tamla) Mastering: George Marino, The Cutting Room, New York



released after Wonder toured with the Rolling Stones in 1972. w/ Jeff Beck. #90 on Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Albums list.

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the boss picked this up from la bibliotecca for me today....always liked the TV M.I. , so this is a fun listen

Starting season 4 instead of watching election crap ...Rollin & Cinnamon are out...Spock is in.

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Max Roach / Art Blakey - Percussion Discussion
(1976, Chess)



2 LP compilation of late 50's LPs from the drummers. disk 1 was originally Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Tough (1957, Cadet). Listening to disk 2: Max Roach Quintet - Max, (1958, Cadet), with Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Ramsey Lewis, George Morrow.

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The Howard Roberts Quartet - Goodies
(1965, Capitol)



great jazz guitar on the level with Barney Kessel or Herb Ellis. A LA studio regular, this was recorded with other LA studio regulars - Carol Kaye, Bass guitar; Hal Blaine, drums; Shelly Manne on drums on a few of the tracks. A $1 thrift find this afternoon.

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The Pretenders - self titled
(1980, Sire) Made in Portugal pressing



What a great debut record, the bass/drums, the guitar work of James Honeyman-Scott, and great vocals suggestive lyrics from Chrissie Hynde.

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Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal
(1974, RCA Victor)



a great live album, lots of energy and sounds really nice. original release with 5 songs covering different periods in Reed's career including a couple of Velvet Underground songs. recorded live at Howard Stein's Academy of Music, NYC, December 1973.

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Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay
(1968, Atco)



Produced by Steve Cropper, who co-wrote the title song with Redding and plays guitar. released after Redding's death in December '67. includes number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965. ranked 161 on Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums list.

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Iron Butterfly - Ball
(1969, Atco)



Loud heavy psychedelic guitars here but in shorter songs with fewer acid flashbacks than on the previous outing, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. a 50 cent pickup yesterday, excellent condition and is an upgrade from my other copy.

speaking of flashbacks...IB performing IAGDV: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41...a-vida-1_music

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well, I listened to "Wonderwall Music" today...dont know what I was expecting, but what I got wasnt it.

A second listen ?? umm, didnt even finish the first

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderwall_Music