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FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #24: Grapes & Wheat Clock
? & THE MYSTERIANSÂ “96 Tears” b/w “I Can’t Get Enough Of You, Baby” (Abkco Records #4020, original realease 1966-67, reissue circa early-’80’s)
This is not the extremely valuable, highly sought-after original Pa-Go-Go pressing from early ’66. Nor is it the not-quite-as-valuable-but-still-quite-desirable Cameo/Parkway version that soared to #1 that September. This is an Abkco double-A-side oldies-bin cash-in repress from the very early 1980’s, when AM counterparts across the country still spun 45s of “Louie Louie” and “Wolly Bully” for […]
First Spin 2/17/09: Morrissey, Annie Lennox and More!!!
This week is not exactly the most exciting one for new music releases. Actually, this is one of the first weeks that I can recall where I don’t have anything to discuss besides the five spotlight releases. So this column’s gonna be short this week. I apologize. Here’s what you should expect coming from your local physical and online retailers this week.
Morrissey “Years of Refusal”-He’s been the King of Mope for the past quarter-century now, […]
Those Lucky Farts at Billboard: Green Day Album Preview
Those lucky Billboard people got to hear six tracks from the new Green Day album, “21st Century Breakdown”. Green Day’s been one of my favorite bands since “Dookie”, and unlike a lot of folks, I didn’t abandon them in the decade between that seminal album and “American Idiot”. I’m actually one of the few folks out there who can say they liked “Warning”. Conversely, I’ve gotta say that it took a long time for “Idiot” […]