Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya
The air in the studio, reportedly a humble New Orleans space, must have been thick with cigarette smoke and the…
Precious And Few – Climax 1972
There are some songs that simply exist outside the clamor of the chart wars, pieces of music that feel less…
Johnny Rivers – Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (1973)
It is a sound that smells of stale beer and hot asphalt, a sound born under the sticky summer moon…
George Burns – I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
The year is 1980. George Burns, a man who had already lived long enough for two full careers, was ninety-four…
Jim Stafford & Dolly Parton – Spiders & Snakes Branson
The best performances are often accidental miracles. They are the moments when a meticulously crafted studio recording, which stands as…
I Dream of Jeannie – Jeannie, Boyce and Hart (Out and About)
There is a precise kind of sonic time travel that occurs when a forgotten 45 is dropped onto a turntable.…
Lobo – I’d Love You To Want Me
There is a moment in the late night, past the loud pronouncements of midnight and before the pale promise of…
Roger Miller – I’m a Nut
The memory is crisp, nearly cinematic: a sticky summer evening, the static-laced pulse of AM radio cutting through the humid…
Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
The room is dark, save for the blue glow spilling from the home audio setup across the floor. You can…
The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe
The air is thick with ozone and ambition. It’s 1963, and the sound pouring from every transistor radio—from the dashboard…