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ELTON JOHN: FIRST 10, TOP 10
Rather than trying to create a Top Ten list from Sir Elton’s entire catalog, I decided to limit my ranking to his first ten albums. Why?...
Neil Rajala
Oct 6, 20236 min read
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BEST OF 2022: Reissues, Box Sets, Etc.
This best-of-2022 batch includes the stuff record companies dug out of their vaults and released, often for the first time; remasters...
Neil Rajala
Jan 1, 20232 min read
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LIVE SHOTS: A Dozen Favorite Live Albums
This list started out as five albums, then ten. Finally, after some agonizing, I settled on a dozen. It’s killin’ me to leave off some...
Neil Rajala
Aug 3, 202210 min read
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SHORT TAKES: More random thoughts on the current state of fandom.
• Hear Me Out: I'm raising a glass to one of my all-time favorite albums, and the one least likely for any reader of this blog to have...
Neil Rajala
Jul 19, 20227 min read
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NEW ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: Easy to Hard
I took a slightly different approach to this roundup. I tried to put myself in other's shoes and rank these records in order of...
Neil Rajala
Jun 22, 20225 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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Grails in the wild.
Not to worry, I'll explain what that title means in just a sec. As anyone who knows me or follows me on social media is aware, I have a...
Neil Rajala
Oct 14, 20216 min read
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