Andy HortAfterburner from ZZ Top
A lukewarm critical reception for ZZ Top's ninth studio album didn't stop it going platinum in the UK.
I bought this as a "no extra postage" addition to another order. It's ZZ Top. What else can one say?
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
A day late for St Patrick's Day, but always worth a listen.
Dr Feelgood - Malpractice
I'm supposed to have stopped buying vinyl while I sort out more storage space, but I could not resist this when it came up on Discogs.
The Feelgood's second album from 1975 oozes raw energy, and this is an immaculate copy.
Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion
It's hard to believe this album is nearly 50 years old. Joan Armatrading's music, very much her own, is timeless. This album contains perhaps her biggest hit, Willow.
Rory Gallagher - Live (generally known as Live In Europe)
On what would have been Rory's 78th birthday, it seems appropriate to play this, the first album of his I bought.
I'd just seen him do two sets at the Great Western Express festival near Lincoln in May 1972. As I remember, I bought the album from the very young Virgin Records, when it was a cut price mail order company taking out full page ads in the Melody Maker and other music press.
It's a US pressing, and in remarkably good nick considering the almost constant playing it got from me as a 17 year old.
Crossroads - soundtrack album by Ry Cooder
In addition to the many fine albums issued in his name (not to mention his extensive session work), Ry Cooder wrote the soundtracks to several movies which were released as albums.
Crossroads is based on the legend surrounding blues musician, Robert Johnson.
Johnson, whose recording career spanned less than a year, nevertheless had enormous influence on the development of the blues.
According to the legend, Johnson, at the time a plantation worker, met the devil at a crossroads and entered into a Faustian plot to become a great blues player.
The title/opening track is a Johnson composition.
Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
The third album from the husband and wife duo, and the first after their conversion to the Sufi faith. Although strongly influenced by their (and particularly Richard's) faith, the songs have a universal appeal, and the album is my favourite of theirs.
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Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
I was motivated to get this from Discogs by my ThursdayFiveList a couple of weeks ago.
I already had Rain Dogs and Frank's Wild Years, so this completes the "Frank" trilogy.
The album marks the beginning of Waits' move into more experimental music. I saw him on the supporting tour at The Dominion in London, when I was stood up by a girl I was rather keen on at the time.
Wishbone Ash's eponymous album.
The debut album of one of the early 70s' iconic bands, one of the first bands I saw live.
The extended guitar solos of Ash and similar bands have long since gone out of fashion, but are still enjoyed by old fogeys like me.
Two versions of the band are still touring, led by Andy Powell and Martin Turner respectively.
#MorningCoffeeAlbum with bourbon biscuits!
Good Stuff by The B-52s
Pressed by their management to rush out a follow-up to the massively successful Cosmic Thing, and without Cindy Wilson who had left to start a family, there is more than a hint of soundalike to Love Shack with a number of tracks here, particularly the opening three.
Nevertheless, for me it is an enjoyable listen. It's interesting to note that Kate Pierson's vocal coach is credited: her vocals are a definite highlight.
