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Carole King - City Streets (1989) MusicBoomerang Trade of the Day. AMG reminds us that this was Carole's first album in 6 years. In search of a gritty sound to go along with the urban grunge cover, she lined up Eric Clapton, Michael Brecker, Max Weinberg and Branford Marsalis, not exactly...

https://www.thebluesmagazine.com/cream-wheels-of-fire-super-deluxe-edition/ Recently I bought a nice copy of the original 2 LP set to recapture the experience of this perfectly sequenced album. I’m somewhat ambivalent about loading WOF up with a lot of stray tracks but like it so much that I’ll...

The Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy, cond.) - McDonald: My Country At War Symphonic Suite (1946)

Herb Ellis - Roll Call (Justice Records 1991) Producer and label head honcho Randall Jamail placed the veteran jazz guitarist in an unusual setting with Mel Rhyne's Hammond B-3 and Johnny Frigo's violin. The results are all you could hope for: Herb's ceaseless creativity flourishes in a...

:agree: We still listen to SiriusXM during our regular 2 hour drives from Ojai to LA and back. There are several channels that Mrs. Ojai and I can agree on: Willie's Roadhouse (Classic Country), 40's Junction, 50's Gold, 60's Gold, 70's on 7. I look for channels that have DJ's in the hope that...

MusicBoomerang is wonderful but there is zero interest in longhair music over there. I happen to have an extra copy of this live 3 disc set compiled from Martha Argerich's first three Lugano Festival appearances from 2002 through 2004. These concerts were an artistic triumph, leading to return...

Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Together Again (comp. 2005) MusicBoomerang Trade of the Day. Incredible 3 CD set with one each for Helen, Dick and their duets. Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest have a special place in my heart. Long ago and far away when I was a baby lawyer, one of the nicest...

Thanks to Kai and the nice folks at Xenforo, our forum is now back up online at our old home, MusicGourmets.org. Apparently this outage was the result of a major foul up by HostGator, our former host. :witsend: I used this opportunity to upgrade and expand our Gallery of Smileys. They are now...

Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage (1992) MusicBoomerang Trade of the Day. As if a strong batch of songs wasn't enough, like AMG sez, "thanks to producer Peter Collins and a slew of amazing guests, including Jackson Browne, David Crosby, the Roches, and Lisa Germano, the added harmonies and...

Terry Gibbs - El Nutto (Limelight 1964) Vinyl Spin of the Day. Supposedly the title is the nickname Terry's wife uses for him. She should know. :p A young Alice Coltrane (then known as Alice McLeod makes her third recorded appearance here on piano.

Just one, I’m warning you!

Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Argent - Nexus (1974) Vinyl Spin of the Day. Since I received this album as a freebie with a Discogs order, I wasn't expecting too much. However, it turned out to be a very pleasant surprise. For their fifth album, the boys ditched the arena rock preening of "Hold Your Head Up" for a full-on...