The Monkees 1967 – Shades of Gray
The radio dial was turning. It was late, the kind of hour where AM static breathes louder than the music.…
Everly Brothers 1965 – You’re My Girl
The late afternoon sun used to hit the mahogany veneer of the old radio just so, illuminating a fine layer…
Manfred Mann 1969 – The Mighty Quinn
The air of London in late 1967 was thick with possibility and a gentle paranoia. Across the Atlantic, Bob Dylan…
Jethro Tull 1970 – Witch’s Promise
The year is 1970. The blues-rock scaffolding of Jethro Tull’s earliest days has been dismantled, leaving only the framework of…
The Dubs 1957 – Could This Be Magic
The air in the old rehearsal hall still smelled faintly of stale coffee and desperation, even sixty-plus years on. It…
The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow
The needle drops, and for a fleeting, disorienting moment, you wonder if you’ve cued up the wrong record. This isn’t…
Solomon Burke – Cry To Me – 1964
There are records that simply exist, and then there are records that feel less like commercial products and more like…
Pat Boone 1958 – April Love
There is a moment in the late fall, as the air turns brittle and the radio dial seems to echo…
Royalettes 1965 – It s Gonna Take A Miracle
The lights of the city are distant, blurred by the rain streaking down the tenement window. The air in the…
Aaron Neville 1966 – Tell It Like It Is
The air in the room is stale and dim, carrying the scent of cigarette smoke and cheap whiskey. It’s late—one…