Garage Sale Vinyl: The Partridge Family
In this final installment of his year-long series, Christopher Long rediscovers a true pop-rock treasure — a well-loved, six-dollar vinyl copy of Sound Magazine, the 1971 stinger from The Partridge Family.
In this final installment of his year-long series, Christopher Long rediscovers a true pop-rock treasure — a well-loved, six-dollar vinyl copy of Sound Magazine, the 1971 stinger from The Partridge Family.
Reckless Thoughts (Crooked Crown). Review by Christopher Long.
Christopher Long scores an absolutely ravaged vinyl copy of the 1977 self-titled debut from Karla Bonoff at a Florida flea market — for FREE!
Christopher Long scores Bonnie Raitt’s Streetlights on well-loved, slightly scratchy vinyl, at a Melbourne, Florida flea market.
Mercy Rising (Crooked Crown Records). Review by Christopher Long.
A Young Man’s Country. Review by James Mann.
Forever Man . Review by Stacey Zering.
The Corner. Review by Stacey Zering.
Wild and Free (Devious Planet). Review by Joe Frietze.
Love is an Army (Blue Elan). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
TajMo (Concord Records ). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Strays in the Cut (Noble Steed Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Blind, Crippled and Crazy (New West Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Blind, Crippled and Crazy (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
The House of Mercy (House of Mercy Records). Review by James Mann.
Revelator (Sony Masterworks). Review by James Mann.
Catching a Tiger (Fat Possum Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
For those in need of a concert that’s a little more theatrical than most, there’s Meat Loaf, served up with a side of Pearl. Jen Cray caught the Orlando date of the legendary rocker’s Hang Cool Teddy Bear Tour.
This is Somewhere (Hollywood). Review by Chris Catania.
Leave the Light On (Mighty Albert/Signature Sounds). Review by Sean Slone.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.