Category: Pop Music

Hall & Oates – “Out of Touch” – 7″ Single

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In my journey through the 7″ Singles in my collection, we are to one I don’t know when or where I ever bought this one. The single is for Hall & Oates song “Out of Touch”. I do like Hall & Oates and this song so I’m sure I bought it, but for the life of me can’t remember anything. I do know this was the first single off the band’s 1984 album ‘Big Bam Boom’. It was the band’s last #1 song and it was their 14th Consecutive Top 40 hit since 1980. That was a pretty impressive run.

The song was written by Daryl Hall and John Oates. The chorus had come to John when he was playing around on his synthesizer and thought it would be great for the band The Stylistics since had this whole Philly swing to it. The producer of their album, Bob Clearmountain, thought differently the next in the studio and said they have a hit. Well, he was right, they did.

My copy is the standard U.S. version and the B-Side is another album tracks called “Cold, Dark And Yesterday”. What I find interesting about my copy is the wear & tear on the piece of vinyl. Is that circular fading a result of being played a million times in a Jukebox or regular turntable. I would think a Jukebox as whatever was grabbing it wore off the label. But it still plays beautifully with no pops or any other noises.

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Friday New Releases – December 2, 2022

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We are getting closer to Christmas and the end of the year so releases tend to start slowing down and this week is pretty slow. A couple great box sets coming and I can’t believe Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s album ‘Trouble’ is 25 years old already. I think I’ll give that one a listen for sure. Let me know what you want to hear this week and what we may have missed on the list. Thanks for stopping by and next week will have a few more releases then this week.

  • 81vqT8FPJoL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Trouble is 25 – (Mascot Label Group / Provogue)
  • 81L+W--B49L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen – The Legendary Typewrite Tape: 6/25/64 Jorma’s House – (Fantility Corp & Jorma Kaukonen / Omnivore Recordings)
  • 811uUJhGR8L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor 1972 (Super Deluxe Edition) – (Capitol Records / Brother Records)
  • 71tfZoyqMWL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Paul McCartney – The 7″ Singles – (MPL Communications)
  • 91jAjIsXtPL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Cody Johnson – Cody Johnson & the Rockin’ CJB Live – (CoJo Music / Warner Music)
  • 91sOJCPZ96L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  NOFX – Double Album – (Fat Wreck Chords)
  • 81fp9elQ8tL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Elvis Presley – Elvis on Tour – (RCA Records / Sony Music)
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Matt Nathanson – ‘Left & Right: Live at Fingerprints / Live at Park Ave.’ E.P. – Album Review

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Matt Nathanson is one of my favorite artist and songwriters, if you haven’t noticed by all the stuff I post on here about him. I am not officially doing a series on him, but merely posting all the cool Singles and E.P,’s I have of his. One of those is called ‘Left & Right: Live at Fingerprints. Live at Park Ave’ and it is an E.P. that was released back on August 5, 2008. It was recorded at two separate solo acoustic in store appearances along his 2007-2008 tour for his ‘Some Mad Hope’ album. The shows were the ones at Fingerprints in Long Beach, California (Tracks 1-3 & 7-8) and the other was at Park Ave CDs which I believe is in Orlando, Florida (Tracks 4-6).

What is great about this release is how intimate the shows are. How casual the whole thing is. It is basically Matt and a guitar and the crowd. His banter is pretty hilarious at times like when he curses and then he sees a little kid the crowd and apologizes to the little person, but still goes on with his totally inappropriate banter. He opens with an acoustic performance of the song “Car Crash” which is already an amazing song, but here, it feels so personal and emotional as Matt really digs deep and gives it his all. Quite stunning.

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Friday New Releases – November 25, 2022

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Welcome to Black Friday and as a result, there aren’t a ton of new releases this week. In fact, it is Black Friday Record Store Day for 2022 so that is taking the steam away from the new releases. If you want the RSD releases…go to the bottom of the list and they are all there. I have nothing I really want from either the new releases or the RSD list so my wallet is getting a break which is great after last week’s Kiss box set for Creatures of the Night. It needs a break!! Let me know what you want or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

  • 91nNvcyCJIL._SX522_  Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Live at the Fillmore, 1997 – (Petty Legacy LLC / Warner)
  • 91rXKIkhRnL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  David Bowie – Divine Symmetry – (Parlophone Records / Jones & Tintoretto Entertainment)
  • 818Do20TNwL._AC_UY436_QL65_  Ringo Starr – Live at the Greek Theater 2019 – (BFD)
  •   Sword – III – (Massacre Records / Soulfood Music)
  • 91GHLorI7JL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Our Mirage – Eclipse – (Arising Empire)
  • 61dZYsenr+L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Stormzy – This is What I Mean – (Def Jam / Hashtag Merky Music / Universal)
  • 81LxzWFEVNL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Felix Riebl – Everyday Amen – (My Shore Productions / AWAL Recordings)
  • 81nHRBv-J3L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  High Command – Eclipse of the Dual Moons – (Southern Lord)
  • 81ddjsxASvL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Leather – We Are the Chosen – (Steamhammer)
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Friday New Releases – November 18, 2022

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Happy Friday and let me tell you I’m happy. My Kiss Creatures of the Night Box Set should be here this afternoon and I can’t wait as that is my big purchase for myself as I need everything Kiss!! But have my eye on that Queen The Miracle Box Set as well and might get that one too! We will see. Let me know what you are wanting this week or what we might have missed. Thanks as always for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

The two I want….

  • 71BSGYa8aWL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Kiss – Creatures of the Night (40th Anniversary Edition) – (UMe / UMG)
  • 517Tlhq8o1L._SX522_  Queen – The Miracle (Deluxe Edition or Collector’s Edition) – (Hollywood Records)

And all the rest…

  • 91uu2Obvj2L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Nickelback – Get Rollin’ – (Nickelback II Productions / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • 91KKEzXIt0L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Disturbed – Divisive – (Reprise Records)
  • 91lK6RPCdjL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Michael Jackson – Thriller 40 – (Sony Music)
  • 61NnD6awUzL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Dolly Parton – Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection – (Sony Music)
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Matt Nathanson – “Suspended” – Promotional CD Single

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In my further quest for owning all Matt Nathanson items listed on Discogs, I found another gem. This Promo CD is for the song “Suspended” off his 2003 album and major label debut called ‘Beneath these Fireworks’. The song didn’t chart, no surprise as he’s never been a big radio hits guy (even though his stuff is better than radio). The album didn’t do well either and shortly after releasing his first major label debut on Universal, Universal dropped him. Such is the story of so many artists and bands.

The song was written by Matt Nathanson, Mark Weinberg and Eric Bazillion who you know as a founding member of the band The Hooters. The song is about being in a relationship that might not be the best relationship, but man, the sex is so good you are willing to accept anything to stay in it. You suspend belief and think that is all is great just to stay for sex despite how lost and miserable you might be. Better for some human contact than nothing at all. Now, that is one way to look at it, the other is that he is fully committed and in love, but she’s not quite there. The line, “When you pretend that I’m all that you waited for”, shows that he knows she’s not in to it anymore, just pretending. But he’s okay…he loves her and wants to stay and be together.

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Friday New Releases – November 11, 2022

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November is in full swing. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, but before then be thankful for the new music releases we have this week. We only have around 40 for you, but that is still quite a lot. There are couple I might pick up, but nothing I have to have right here and now. Let me know what you want to hear this week and what we may have missed. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

  • 81K2lT0mX8L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe – (Geffen Records)
  • A1rU9TkoqBL._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  Mammoth WVH – Mammoth WVH (Deluxe Edition) – (EX1 Records)
  • 71ss5xyE-pL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • 71Hm6S7eVfL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Last in Line – A Day in the Life E.P. – (earMusic / Edel Music)
  • 61P08SO01rL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Louis Tomlinson – Faith in the Future – (78 Productions Ltd / BMG Rights)
  • 61uAzj7XbwL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Black Eyed Peas – Elevation – (Epic Records)
  • 81iKtaiIp6L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Morris Day – Last Call – (Morris Day Entertainment)
  • 71p4IABC4nL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony – (Tricki-Woo)
  • 91u6Ie8UX1L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Epica – The Alchemy Project – (Atomic Fire Records)
  • 71r4dxuS6sL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Enuff Z’Nuff – Finer Than Sin – (Frontiers Records)
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Matt Nathanson – ‘Sampler’ – Promotional CD

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Another Promotional CD I found for Matt Nathanson thanks to Discogs is a “Sampler” CD for his 2003 album ‘Beneath These Fireworks’. That album was Matt’s major label debut album on Universal Records, but it wasn’t his first CD by any means. The CD was a 3 song sampler for his upcoming album and was sent around to the Radio DJs, I am assuming. The cover for the Promo is the same as the album cover, the only difference is instead of saying “Beneath These Fireworks”, it says “Sampler”.

The first song and actually the first single is “Sad Songs”. The song feels like it could be the Goo Goo Dolls. The chorus is so catchy and it has a great hook. His delivery of the lines is confident and earnest. For a song called “Sad Songs”, the music is more upbeat and gives us a great dichotomy in styles.

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Friday New Releases – November 4, 2022

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Happy Friday. Here is another great list of new releases for you. This time around we have just over 40 for you and I hope there is something you will enjoy. Me, I am going to skip this week and I hope to have something I want to hear soon as I’m not feeling any of this right now. That doesn’t mean you won’t have something you want to hear so let me know what floats your boat this week or what we may have missed. Thanks again, as always, for stopping by and spending a few moments with us each week.

  • 81ssWOy1KuL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  The Pretty Reckless – Other Worlds – (Goin’ Down Inc. / Fearless Records / Concord)
  • 51lfzJ-Y1RL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Devin Townsend – Lightwork – (Hevy Devy Records / InsideOutMusic)
  • 81NM6ulPquL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Dean Lewis – The Hardest Love – (Island Records / Universal)
  • 81sJsGgFtrL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Dermot Kennedy – Sonder – (Riggins Recordings / Interscope Records / Island Records)
  • 71X4clMfB3L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  First Aid Kit – Palomino – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • B1Arsy4rkjL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Teddy Swims – Sleeping is Exhausting E.P. – (Swims Int. / Warner Records)
  • 91jlKDus00L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Luke Evans – A Song For You – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • 819ioJF7hDL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Dayseeker – Dark Sun – (Spinefarm Records / Universal)
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October 2022 Purchases – Vinyl & CDs

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Happy Halloween!! October was not a good month for me. It was mostly Tricks and few Treats! The tricks were that I was recovering from an appendectomy and after two weeks of that, I caught a virus and then a bacterial infection and was sick for 2 more weeks. My motivation is now at all time low and I have no desire to write or even buy as my energy level is completely wiped. I haven’t written much at all this past month and don’t know when I will get back in to a full time mode, if I ever do. It was hard enough to even put this simple post together, but I am trying.

This month might be my smallest number of purchases in quite some time, but doesn’t mean it doesn’t have what I think are some really sweet Treats! I did get to one record store during the month on the sole day in between recovery and illness where I felt good. It didn’t last that long because by the afternoon, it all went down hill. Noble Records was having their 3rd Anniversary Drop and what a drop it was. I picked up a Kiss Bootleg. More to come on this one down the road, but this is a 1981 reissue of a 1978 bootleg of Kiss My Axe 1978.

While there I picked two albums I had reviewed in my You Pick It Series that won for albums I had never heard before. I grabbed Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass which was the owners personal copy. It is so clean and even includes the poster!!

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