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Tiptoe through the bootlegs, with me.
This post is a response to the late-2021 news about Eric Clapton being a giant wanker, sort of. The original story was that a woman...
Neil Rajala
Jan 3, 20225 min read
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A Christmas cookie-baker’s dozen of my favorite holiday records.
My earliest Christmas memories revolve around pandemonium. I was one of a brood of eight, so I remember adrenaline, noise, flying...
Neil Rajala
Dec 6, 202110 min read
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Vinyl records – it’s all about the art, man.
I’m back after a fine Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of good food and football and family time. I didn’t make it to my local shop for Record...
Neil Rajala
Nov 30, 20215 min read
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A couple guys talking vinyl, 2021-style.
Maybe overheard somewhere, maybe not. One. RAY: Hey man. DANNY: What’s up R? RAY: Probably gonna head on over to the record store in a...
Neil Rajala
Nov 19, 20213 min read
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What Happened Next? – The Steve Miller Band
Back in the prehistoric pre-internet days, when my mother used to hang wet clothes on a line using bird beaks and Dad powered the family...
Neil Rajala
Nov 12, 20215 min read
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John Coltrane and Karrin Allyson: A tale of two Ballads.
Cover songs are, of course, everywhere, you hear them all the time in every form of popular music. Not at all uncommon for a semi-popular...
Neil Rajala
Nov 9, 20215 min read
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Mephistopheles made them do it.
“Rock and roll is the devil’s music!” That was the dire warning from preachers, school boards, and parents back in the 1950s. Elvis was...
Neil Rajala
Nov 4, 20216 min read
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The soundtrack of my neighborhood.
“Music is the soundtrack of your life.” Corny, right? The quote is usually attributed to Dick Clark, but it sounds like a phrase invented...
Neil Rajala
Oct 29, 20216 min read
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Plug 'em in! – Five electric guitarists everybody should know.
It’s no coincidence that the rise of rock and roll and the evolution of the electric guitar went hand in hand back in the 1950s. This is...
Neil Rajala
Oct 22, 20217 min read
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The road to vinyl in 2021: A guided tour, part two.
THE FINAL VINYL DECISION: Finding and buying LPs If the lure of getting (back) into vinyl collecting and listening is nagging at your...
Neil Rajala
Oct 7, 20218 min read
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The road to vinyl in 2021: A guided tour, part one.
I love listening to music even more than I love to talk or write about it. I’ve had the opportunity to hear pretty much every format...
Neil Rajala
Oct 1, 20218 min read
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Rolling Stones: The Next Generation
What happens to the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World without Charlie Watts? I worry about such things. Mick, Keith, and Ronnie...
Neil Rajala
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Three perfectly listenable prog rock albums.
If listenable is the highest praise I can come up with for these, why make a list about progressive rock? Honestly, me and the genre have...
Neil Rajala
Sep 23, 20216 min read
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Yeah the beat goes on...
A quick search on YouTube for “The Dark Side of OZ” gets you the Wizard of Oz film with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon playing over...
Neil Rajala
Sep 14, 20216 min read
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me...
So, there's a hint about my age, and how long I've been an obsessed music fanatic (OMF). Pre-internet, pre-CD, pre-streaming,...
Neil Rajala
Sep 7, 20212 min read
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