Tonight on The Midnight Tracker, another acquired taste.
I’ve long dug keyboards, from the boogie-woogie piano I heard on my dad’s records from the ’40s and ’50s to the Hammond organ on so many great tunes from the ’60s to the fierce yet elegant piano work of Warren Zevon from the ’70s on.
And, yes, to synthesizers. [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The dawn of electronica?
January 24, 2008The unwanted album
January 18, 2008Tonight’s side was unearthed during our last visit to the New Frontier Record Exchange in Appleton, Wisconsin a trip we discussed the other day over at our other blog — AM, Then FM.
The album I intended to — and did — buy was this one:
“The Salsoul Orchestra: Greatest Disco Hits,” a 1978 compilation album.
But upon [...]
Do I have this one?
January 2, 2008Every month or so, I drop by my friendly neighborhood used record store.
There’s a $1 bin in which there are some treasures to be found. There also are other bins, in which more collectible, more desirable albums can be found for a still-reasonable price.
When I was there the other day, I came across “Fire and [...]
