Whats on your turntable tonight?

Fleetwood Mac / Kiln House
1970 Warner Bros.

Traffic / John Barleycorn Must Die
1970 United Artists

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@bslon, would you agree that kiln house is the best FM record and that danny kirwan its best singer/songwriter?

@loomisjohnson…it’s good to see you checking in.

Kiln House gets regular playing time here but Bare Trees and Future Games are also my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums. Danny Kirwan wrote and sang some fine songs on those too, but Christine McVie did also (Morning Rain, Spare Me A Little Of Your Love) and continued to do so on later stuff (after Kirwan left), which kept me hanging on as a fan. I lost interest in the band after Rumours, which is the last LP of theirs that I own. I could never get into their early work with Peter Green.

@bslon et. al.:

i mostly agree with the greatness of bare trees and future games (as well as ms. mcvie), though "sentimental lady" gargles my nads. as for the p. green era, i'd give "then play on" another chance--it has "o well" + "closing my eyes," an incredible kirwan song.

my picks for the holiday:

graham parker, the real macaw--his foray into new-wavy keyboards and arrangements was a mistake, but he is a first-rate songwriter and this is an overlooked gem

chris whitley, teraa incognita--the vanishingly rare blues guy who doesn't sound like anyone else. "weightless" is a stone classic.