What are you listening to? August 2025

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Dollar Brand - African Sketchbook (1973)

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Vinyl Spin of the Day.

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The Nuns - The Nuns (1980)

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Vinyl Spin of the Day.

First wave San Francisco punkers, featuring Jennifer Miro as a more aggressive Debbie Harry, Alejandro Escovedo in his recording debut and Jeff Olener. Legend (well, actually Wiki) has it that Escovedo and Olener as film students wanted to make a low-budget film about a strung-out rock singer and a band that could not play its instruments, and then decided to play the parts themselves. High energy and highly enjoyable.

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Alejandro, Jennifer and Jeff

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Connie Smith - By Request (1995)

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Two years after the release of her live album from Branson, Connie went back into a Nashville studio to record this record for her fan club. No musicians are credited, but they sound like the top A-Team players. The ten songs clock in at less than 30 minutes, but there is a nice blend of the familiar hits ("Once A Day" again) with wisely chosen covers like "The Key's In The Mailbox". Connie is in fine voice, and after all, a little Connie is far better than no Connie at all.
 

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Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979, Special Edition 2015)

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Like almost everyone else, I was rather unimpressed when this one came out. But Tusk only pales in comparison to its two legendary predecessors. On its own, this is a highly enjoyable album, less hooky and more eclectic. The 3 CD "Special Edition" contains the remastered album, a disc of "Singles, Outtakes, Sessions" and "The Alternate Tusk", a revelatory doppelganger of the album composed entirely of unissued demos.

:5.0: on the Sam-O-Meter. Tusk even writes its own capsule review: I Know I'm Not Wrong, That's Enough For Me. Never Forget.
 
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