Jigsaw - Sky High / Brand New Love Affair. 1975 Chelsea (SP). From a local store for 25 cents (Dec). Rhythm Heritage was the first single I ever bought, but 'Sky High' was my first AM hit that I loved. I think I heard it first in the dentist office - seriously! I was 10. All these years later, I still like it. I think it's those echoed vocals - very trippy! The flip could almost be considered a throwback to the psychedelic era.
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man. 196? London (SP). If you don't know the A) side you are then a very young person, otherwise an impossible situation. And it really is the draw here. The flip is bluesy rock with harmonica, nothing special (Dec).
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! 1965 London Stereo (LP). RT obviously enjoyed the Stones. I've been going soft on these early titles, stating that they mostly fall out of my interest area, but I can still appreciate what they're doing. But on this, their 3rd release, I couldn't find much to hold onto. Mostly it's old-timey blues and rock-n-roll. They were still in the midst of the Hit Parade, and hadn't found their unique sound yet. All the same, this isn't for me (Dec).
Grateful Dead - Steal Your Face. 1976 Grateful Dead / United Artists (LP). From RT (Dec). Last year at a garage sale, I picked up a small stack of Dead CD's, all earlier than this release. I enjoyed them at various levels. In addition to that, I have a box full of live cd-r's that I have yet to dig into - seems like a good retirement activity. In any case, very few people are singing the praises of Steal Your Face, and it's easy to see why. Apparently it was a contract obligation album. I read some other anomalies that Deadheads will understand more than I. Most of this is country rock, and not very interesting at that. Great cover though, like many of their albums sport.
Foreigner - Head Games. 1979 Atlantic (LP). From the RT collection (Dec). Whatever I thought of Head Games when I was 14 years old still applies now. Though my rating was a bit too low. Yes, I can actually get through the whole thing, but it sure is trite. They are so obviously panning for hits at this point. I guess they figured if they threw 10 of them against the wall, some would stick. And they were right, though they were to do even better (commercially speaking) on their next album. For what it is, it's not terrible, but I certainly don't need this kind of thing desecrating the collection.
Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things. 2014 Bama Rags (2xLP) (1993). Thrift shop find (Dec). I'm familiar with Dave Matthews but I know nothing of his music. When traveling to Baltimore, in the evening when I hit the various restaurant bars/craft beer houses in Fells Point, I seem to run into an inordinate amount of Dave Matthews groupies, who follow him around. I'm more befuddled by this situation than I am Fleetwood Mac. I don't know what I was expecting (jam band?), but it wasn't this. It's just so.... ordinary. And boring. I'm sure the live shows are far better and more experiential. Besides, this was his first album, so maybe not representative. I could care less to find out. It's a double LP, and I fell asleep a couple of times trying to get through it.
* - Keeping for the collection
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