12/1/25

The Allman Brothers Band- Eat A Peach: Sides One & Three (1972) -***1/2
Todd Rundgren- A Cappella: 40th Anniversary RM (1985/2025)- ****
The Lemon Twigs & Friends- Written By Ronnie D'Addario (2025)- ****
The Both- S/T (2013)- ****
Love- Four Sail, RSD Remaster (1969/2025)- ***1/2

11/30/25

John Martyn- The Tumbler (1968)- ***1/2
Bobby Hutcherson- Stick-Up! (1968)- ***12
Crowded House- Time On Earth (2007)- ****
Love- Da Capo: Stereo, RSD Remaster, Side One (1967/2025)- ***1/2
The Raisins- S/T (1983)- ****
Madness- Hit Parade: Single Disc Edit (2025)- ****
v/a- WFMU's Superhits Of The Seventies (2012)- ***1/2
The Rolling Stones- S/T: MONO (1964)- ****
Faces- A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...Kevin Gray Master (1971/2010)- ****
Utopia-S/T (1982, Japanese Edtion)-****
Motorhead- Another Perfect Day (1983)- ****

11/29/25

The Iveys- Miniskirts & Rainbows (2025)- **1/2

The Both- S/T (2013)- **** 
(This record was so off my radar, I only realized minutes before listening to it that it was Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Great record!)

The Lemon Twigs & Friends- Written By Ronnie D'Addario (2025)- ****
(Songs written by Papa Twig and recorded by the brothers with help from Todd Rundgren, Sean Lennon and others. These arrangements owe more than a little to Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach. Great set!)

Love- S/T: Stereo, RSD Remaster (1966/2025)- ****
(The first LP I listened to from the RSD box. In a word, WOW! Chris Bellman's remastering makes this, and hopefully the others, definitive.)

Deep Purple- Burn (1974)- ****
The Byrds- Sweetheart Of The Rodeo: Personal Edit (1968/2025)- ****
The Who- A Quick One: True Stereo, Abbey Road HSM (1966/2022)- ****
James Brown- There It Is (1972)-***1/2
The Stranglers- IV: Rattus Norvegicus, RSD RM (1977/2025)- ****

Johnny Thunders- So Alone Revue: Max's Kansas City, 11/24/80 (1980)- ****
(Relentless junkie rock and roll, as captured...beautifully I might add...on cassette.)

11/28/25

Billie Holiday- The Complete Masters: 1933-1959, Disc 13 (2011)- ***1/2
Alex North/Ray Heindorf Orchestra- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)- ****

Bob Dylan- Supper Club, 11/16/93: Second Show (1993)- **1/2
(Four songs was enough. I always forget that as wonderful as the band was, and as terrific as the recording is, and as cool as the set lists were, Dylan's vocals were unbearable.)

Simon & Garfunkel- Greatest Hits (1972)- ****
Bebel Gilberto- Tanto Tempo (2000)- ****
Siouxsie & The Banshees- The Scream (1978)- ***1/2
Kirsty MacColl- Kite: Bonus Disc (1989/2025)- ***1/2
Sugar Pie DeSanto- Use What You Got: Complete Singles, 1957-1974 (2021)- ****

The Darkness- One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back: 20th Anniv. Plus Bonus Tracks (2005/2025)- ****
(The debut gets all of the kudos, but this is a better record. The Darkness is a hard sell over at Burning Wood, as is most hard rock and heavy metal, though I think there are at least a half dozen readers who love this band as much as I do. These guys are hook machines. Justin Hawkins is hilarious, and always smart. There is more than meets the ear...here.)

Joan Jett- Bad Reputation: Personal Edit (1980/2024)- ***1/2

11/27/25

The Kinks- The Kink Kronikles (1972)- ****
Cheap Trick- The Latest (2009)- ****

v/a- Mom's Faves & A Few Of Mine: A Holiday Playlist (2025)
I'm Still In Love With You- Al Green
My Whole World Ended- David Ruffin
Big Man In Town- The Four Seasons
It's Over- Boz Scaggs
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To- Art Pepper
Everybody's Out Of Town- B.J. Thomas
Is This Love- Bob Marley & The Wailers
No Matter What- Badfinger
The Things We Do For Love- 10cc
I Wanna Be Around- Tony Bennett
Come Go With Me- The Dell Vikings
You Wear It Well- Rod Stewart 
Back In My Arms Again- The Supremes
I Saw The Light- Todd Rundgren
Hang On To Your Love- Sade
All The Way- Frank Sinatra
Wake Up Everybody- Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
What A Fool Belives- The Doobie Brothers
Stella By Starlight- Ray Charles
Heat Wave- Martha & The Vandellas
Hello Dolly- Harry Connick Jr.
No Not Much- Robert Palmer
A Girl Like You- The Rascals
Everyday I Write The Book- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I Wish You Love- Sam Cooke
Samba De Orpheus- Charles Neville & Diversity
When You Walk In The Room- Paul Carrack
Cecilia- NRBQ
Azalea- Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
I'll Be Good To You- The Brothers Johnson
Penny Lane- The Beatles
Your Love (All That I'm Missing)- J.D. McPherson
Things- Dean Martin
The Real Me- Johnny Adams
Our Day Will Come- Irma Thomas
I'll Never Smile Again- Django Reinhardt
Give Me All Night- Carly Simon
All Good Things- Jon Cleary
Hold Back The Night- Graham Parker & The Rumour
Stardust- Charlie Gabriel
This World We Live In- Mina
Two Of Us- The Beatles
Darlin' - The Beach Boys
I Don't Want To Go Home- Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
No Woman, No Cry- Charlie Hunter Quintet
The Place- The Action
You're My First, My Last, My Everything- Barry White
Blackbird- The Paragons w/Roslyn Sweat
Every Kinda People- Robert Palmer
It's Not For Me To Say- Johnny Mathis
Trombone- Nick Lowe
All My Life- Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
Dim All The Lights- Donna Summer
I Can't Help You Now- Bonnie Raitt
Jimmy Mack- Martha & The Vandellas
Steppin' Out- Joe Jackson
Unchained Melody- Sonny & Cher
Mercy Mercy Me- Marvin Gaye
In The Still Of The Night- The Five Satins
Every Night- Paul McCartney
Don't Play That Song- Bruce Springsteen
Just Once In My Life- The Beach Boys
Stoney End- Beth Nielsen Chapman

11/26/25

Mary Flower- Bywater Dance (2005) - ***1/2
(Flower's excellent acoustic blues guitar picking backed by some of New Orleans' finest, including Jon Cleary, Dr. Michael White, Matt Perrine and Henry Butler.)

Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks (1975)- ****
(And I didn't skip "Lily, Rosemary...")

Charlie Hunter- The Loft, UC San Diego: 5/7/10, Late Show (2010)- ****
The Ventures- In Space: MONO (1965)- ****

Carole King- Tapestry: Classics Audiophile Bernie Grundman RM (1971/1999)- ****
(I haven't listened to this record in years. I don't recall it ever sounding this good.)

Black Sabbath- Vol. 4 (1972)- ***1/2
Pink Floyd- The Best of (1970)- ****

Helen Shapiro- Very Best Of : Single Disc Edit (2005/2025)- ***
(First time listening to Helen Shapiro. I've known her name for years as the teen singer who The Beatles opened for. She's got some set of pipes. Material is uneven, some great and some awful. But no question, she was something. I think she is still alive.)

Kirsty MacColl- Kite (1989)- ****
Jack White- No Name (2024)- ****

11/25/25

iPod on Shuffle (Quick Road Trip):
Isn't It A Pity (Version Two)- George Harrison
Punky's Dilemma- Simon & Garfunkel
Boat On The Charles- Todd Rundgren
It's All I Can Do- The Cars
Classy Lassie- Alvin "Red" Tyler & The Gyros
Shiftless When Idle (Live In Chicago, 8/17/84)- The Replacements
Rock Dreams- The Lemon Twigs
Blue, Red And Grey- The Who
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry- John Waite
Timebox- Timebox
You've Been Around- David Bowie
Season Cycle- XTC
Supersonic- Pearl Jam
Good Friday- The Black Crowes
Out Of My Mind- Living Colour
Julia Dream- Pink Floyd
Daniel- Elton John
Back At The Funny Farm- Motorhead
Your Own Backyard- Mott The Hoople
Hurts So Bad- Linda Ronstadt
Nineteen Hundred & Eighty Five- Paul McCartney & Wings
Spooky Girlfriend- Elvis Costello
Terry- Kirsty MacColl
Daydream- The Lovin' Spoonful

Lou Reed- Berlin (1973)-****
Al Campbell- Ain't That Loving You (1976)- ***1/2
The Mommyheads- Future You (2019)- ***
Paul Gilbert- Burning Organ (2002)- ****
Bud Powell- The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (1955)- ****
The Beatles- Anthology 4: Personal Edit (2025)- ****