Category Archives: Live music

Glastonbury Fayre (3LP)

6-11-13          Glastonbury Fayre (3LP) On 6/11/66 the Yardbirds 45 “Over Under Sideways Down” charts at No. 10 in England. Once upon a time, oddball various artist LP’s found their way from England to the end of the rock A-Z, under … Continue reading

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Faust Tonight

  We have tickets to see Faust tonight, at the Redcat in DTLA.  Sure have waited a long time to see this band.  Hope it’s not too loud.

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Faust are coming!

9-10-12          Faust are coming! Singer / Songwriter Jose Feliciano born 1945; on 9-9-72 Slade “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” 45 was No. 1 in England; on 9-9-78 Boney M “Night Flight To Venus” LP was No. 1 in England; on … Continue reading

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Mr. X

6-14-12          Mr. X Boy George (George O’Dowd) born 1961, “Shotgun” R&B man Junior Walker born 1931; “Shotgun”. Anonymity?  Desirable!  I always used to see on French phonograph records the credit “Photo – “X” – when they either didn’t know (or … Continue reading

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Lars Hollmer

5-1-12             Lars Hollmer Singer / Songwriter Judy Collins born 1939, bluesman Little Walter born 1930 (“Not all fathers are Muddy Waters, nor are they all Little Walters”); J.C. covered Leonard Cohen! From Wayside Music: Lars Hollmer – Med Mjölad Hand … Continue reading

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Woodstock

3-1-12             Woodstock Singer / Songwriter Harry Belafonte born 1927, Who vocalist Roger Daltrey born 1944; I own records by both.  I saw Belafonte live on stage, when I was a child. As a child, I think I first heard about … Continue reading

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Fall, 1979

12-9-11 Fall, 1979 I flew to England by myself in the fall of 1979.  I was going to meet up with Cameron Hand in Paris, at a pre-determined date – in a couple of days.  The hotel that I had … Continue reading

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1976…1977…1978

12-8-11 1976…1977…1978 July 2, 1976 was the day I went to work in the record store for the first time.  I graduated from high school (contrary to popular belief), messed around for two weeks, then…started working in a hippie record … Continue reading

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June, 1973

12-6-11 June, 1973 I do not remember how I found about it, but my Dad got me tickets for a King Crimson concert at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium (long since demolished, in favor of the huge Long Beach Arena, … Continue reading

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Frank Zappa

Live at Carnegie Hall 1971, 4CD boxed set – Flo & Eddie version of the band, rather good sound, but entirely in mono.

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