Those rare albums that are great on first listen.

Santana   Abraxas

Stevie Ray Vaughn   Can’t Stand the Weather 

Yosi Horakawa    Vapor 

Muddy Waters   Folk Singer 

Tony Joe White   One Hot July 

Leonard Cohen   You Want It Darker 

Willie Nelson   Spirit

Mark Knopfler   Ragpicker’s Dream

Jimmy Burns   It Ain’t Right 

Jerry Lee Lewis   Last Man Standing 

John Prine  Tree of Forgiveness 

Oops, no list is complete without:

- John Hiatt: Bring The Family.

The Black Keys - El Camino

Led Zeppelin - 1

Karen 0 & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima

RUSH - Moving Pictures

The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues

Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 - Gentleman

Bob Marley - Exodus

The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

Every time I see Chad Kassam I tell him that they need to put out Spirit “Twelve dreams of Dr. Sardonicus’ on Analog Productions.  Their quality reissues would make this recording sound incredible. It’s amazing already but, wow, I would love to hear what it COULD sound like!

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky

Calexico - Carried to Dust

Joe Henry - Civilians

Boston - Boston

Bruce Cockburn - The Charity of Night

to name a few...