Ian Dury and the Blockheads "New Boots and Panties": one of punk's cutting edge figures with a talented band that can actually play some musical punk.
The Tubes "What Do You Want From Live": highly underrated musicians playing some great, fun party music in a very well-done live recording of a great set recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Some excellent musicianship and.......Fee Waybill. Who doesn't love Fee!?!?!? Way ahead of their time with their highly choreographed and theatric stage show.
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco DeLucia "Friday Night in San Francisco": this was the absolute pinnacle of acoustic guitar performance when recorded in 1981 from three of the world's absolute finest players.
Woody Shaw "In My Own Sweet Way": reportedly mastered at 24 bit resolution in 1987, a very well-recorded piece of work from a highly underrated jazz trumpeter.
Danny Gatton and Joey DeFrancesco "Relentless": an absolute master class on what happens when you pair the Master of the Telecaster with the hottest, new B3 player on the planet. Blues, jazz, swing.....it's all there.
Charlie Haden "The Montreal Tapes (with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell)": sublime live jazz with excellent production values.
BoDeans "Joe Dirt Car": another well-recorded live set of Americana music that is solid all the way through - there are no bad songs here. A great "Saturday afternoon" collection of music to crank up and cut through. I saw this band at the American Music Festival in Winter Park, Colorado in July of 1994 perform much of this music. Still one of the most memorable live sets I've ever seen (along with the Neville Brothers at the same festival).
The Tubes "What Do You Want From Live": highly underrated musicians playing some great, fun party music in a very well-done live recording of a great set recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Some excellent musicianship and.......Fee Waybill. Who doesn't love Fee!?!?!? Way ahead of their time with their highly choreographed and theatric stage show.
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco DeLucia "Friday Night in San Francisco": this was the absolute pinnacle of acoustic guitar performance when recorded in 1981 from three of the world's absolute finest players.
Woody Shaw "In My Own Sweet Way": reportedly mastered at 24 bit resolution in 1987, a very well-recorded piece of work from a highly underrated jazz trumpeter.
Danny Gatton and Joey DeFrancesco "Relentless": an absolute master class on what happens when you pair the Master of the Telecaster with the hottest, new B3 player on the planet. Blues, jazz, swing.....it's all there.
Charlie Haden "The Montreal Tapes (with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell)": sublime live jazz with excellent production values.
BoDeans "Joe Dirt Car": another well-recorded live set of Americana music that is solid all the way through - there are no bad songs here. A great "Saturday afternoon" collection of music to crank up and cut through. I saw this band at the American Music Festival in Winter Park, Colorado in July of 1994 perform much of this music. Still one of the most memorable live sets I've ever seen (along with the Neville Brothers at the same festival).