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Five Lessons from Bass Culture and Warm Leatherette

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Bass Culture, Chris Blackwell, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Island Records, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Smokey Robinson, The Pretenders, Warm Leatherette

As these two Island Records essentials turn 40, let us remind you why they both remain career pinnacles for Linton Kwesi Johnson and Grace Jones

Hip Hop

Second Time’s The Charm: 25 Years of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1995, Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, Havoc, Illmatic, Juvenile Hell, Laura Checkoway, Loud Records, Mobb Deep, My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy, Nas, Prodigy, RCA Records, Shook Ones Pt. 2, Simon & Schuster

“This was our second chance to show the world that Mobb Deep was something special.” – Prodigy, from My Infamous Life (2011)

Funk Hendrix Records

Earth and Space: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Fillmore

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1970, Band of Gypsys, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Capitol Records, EZ Ryder, Fillmore East, Izabella, Jimi Hendrix, Machine Gun

It was 50 years ago this year that the iconic Band of Gypsys performances were immortalized on acetate

Country and/or Western North Americana

Jonathan Wilson: Curator of Song and Sound

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 2020, Cowboy Jack Clement, David Gilmour, Dixie Blur, Father John Misty, Jenny O, Jonathan Wilson, k.d. lang, Mark O'Connor, Roger Waters

With the excellent Dixie Blur, Roger Waters’ go-to guitarist returns to his Southern roots

Records Remembrance

Amarcord Hal Willner: His Five Greatest Albums

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 1 Comment Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gavin Friday, Hal Willner, Kurt Weill, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Nino Rota, Saturday Night Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall

The beloved SNL composer’s production work runs as deep as his love for music

Experimental Pop Post-Punk

Credit In The Straight World: Colossal Youth at 40

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Allison Statton, Colossal Youth, Courtney Love, Credit In The Straght World, Hole, Philip Moxham, Rough Trade, Stuart Moxham, Young Marble Giants

In 1980, Young Marble Giants stripped post-punk down to its minimalist core

Dub/Reggae Reggae Roots Ska Soul

Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Coxsone Dodd, Island Records, Judy Mowatt, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley, Studio One, the I-Threes

In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career

Experimental Pop

I Really Need A Friend: The Rejection and Acceptance of Scott Walker’s Scott 4

December 1, 2019December 2, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1969, Angela Morley, Bob Dylan, Citizen Kane, David Bowie, Harry Secombe, Ingmar Bergman, Julian Cope, Orson Welles, Scott 4, Scott Walker, Wally Stott

In late 1969, the dearly departed American pop laureate turned in his Citizen Kane

Rock

Elvis Back From The Dead: 50 Years Ago In Vegas

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, American Sound 1969, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, From Elvis in Memphis, International Hotel, James Burton, Jerry Scheff, Larry Muhoberac, Las Vegas, Ronnie Tutt

A look back at The King’s hot August nights in Sin City ’69

Soul

Still Churning After All These Years: Hot Buttered Soul at 50

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Bell Records, Burt Bacharach, Hot Buttered Soul, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul, Stax Records

A look back at the rebirth of Isaac Hayes

Psychedelics Records Rock

Always See Your Face: Love’s Four Sail at 50

August 29, 2019August 30, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Arthur Lee, Elektra, Four Sail, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Woodstock

Digging into the last Arthur Lee classic on Elektra

Folk jazz

Tim Buckley’s Happy Sad at 50

August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 3 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Buzzin' Fly, Goodbye and Hello, Happy Sad, Jeff Buckley, Larry Beckett, Once I was, Strange Feelin', This Mortal Coil, Tim Buckley

“…for those who care about what a genius can do with lyrics, a 12-string guitar and a windmilling voice, Tim Buckley is to be investigated.” (“Creem,” December, 1970.)