Big Brother & The Holding Company (w/Janis Joplin) - "The Lost Tapes" [2CD, Airline '08] The Yardbirds (whom I dig) had their "blueswailing". I guess you could call this stuff "bluesshrieking". Suffice to say that, a handful of later studio cuts excepted, I'm not a J.J. fan. I picked this set up for a friend who is, but it turned out he already had a copy. Into the trade pile it goes.
Os Mutantes - "Haih...or Amortecedor" [Anti/Epitaph '09] We went to see the legendary 60's Brazilian psych band on their latest "reunion" tour a few months back and I bought their new CD as a memento. I say "reunion" in quotes because only guitarist-singer Sergio Diaz remains from the original trio, abetted by a several-piece group including fellow Tropicalia-movement veteran drummer Dinho Leme. The show was fun but the CD, which has little in common with the sheer inventiveness of their freewheeling vintage stuff despite the best of intentions, is often tedious and only infrequently convincing, the best tune being the only cover on the album, written by Jorge Ben.
Brian Wilson - "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" [MCA '95]
