MC5 - "Back In The USA" [Atlantic LP '70] Curse you, Jon Landau
Hal Blaine - "Psychedelic Percussion" [Dunhill mono LP '67] They spent so much time calling in every exotic instrument rental in LA for this wacked-out session that they forgot to write any tunes
Ahmad Jamal - "The Piano Scene Of..." [Epic mono LP '59]
The Small Faces - "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" [Compleat LP reissue '85, orig. '68]
Terry Reid - "Bang Bang, You're Terry Reid" [Epic LP '68]
Terry Reid - S/T [Epic LP '69] If this British guitarist/singer had never chosen to attempt aping the Small Faces' Steve Marriott he might have been okay. As it is, each of his original albums contains one fine original (including "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace", as covered to great effect by Cheap Trick), several lesser originals, and a clutch of mostly well-chosen but laughably inept covers he destroys with overwrought vocal histrionics and wrongheaded arrangements courtesy his organ-based power-trio (including what may be the worst version of "Summertime Blues" ever waxed), the single notable exception being Lorraine Ellison's wrenching soul classic "Stay With Me Baby", which actually suits his, um, style fairly well.
