by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 23, 2013 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
In honor of the recently released Duane Allman Anthology, I decided to break out a prodigious and rare Allman Brothers Band recording featuring the original founding line up. This recording catches the band on a evening in May of 1970, though opinions vary on the...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 15, 2013 | Reviews
The beautiful record being caressed by my turntable’s needle today, is aurally stitching multicolored strands of sound into a delicate design. Released in late 1974 Gene Clark’s ‘No Other” disappeared quickly from distribution and circulation...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 10, 2013 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In, Reviews
Today, a sunny winter day seems to be a fitting backdrop to a jazzy and loose audience recording of Van Morrison and band from fall of 1974. Featuring a stripped down four piece unit, this recording features Morrison at his (in my humble opinion) most expressive, and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 6, 2013 | Reviews
Uh oh, another Hendrix reissue? I found myself saying the same thing when I heard the word there was going to be another posthumous archive release coming out this March. Well, I got my hands on it this week, so of course, it is what’s spinning in the...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 1, 2013 | Reviews
Today in the “rock room” I am partaking in a strange, but definitive Bob Dylan release referred to as “The 50th Anniversary Collection”, also known as “The Copyright Extension Collection Vol 1”. This 86 track set of Dylan songs from...
