Sam Cooke released two albums in 1963, and the second,  Night Beat , is often cited as the best of all his long-players. But the first, Mr. ...

Even in his mid-'60s prime, Graham Bond's forte had never been original material. At his best, he compensated for his limitations as...

The pop duo phenomenon that spawned such acts as  Simon & Garfunkel ,  Brewer & Shipley , and  Seals & Crofts  was predated by t...

US mid-70s hard rock band from Miami, Florida. Thee Image was formed in 1974 by Mike Pinera (Cactus/Blues Image/Iron Butterfly/New Cactus Ba...

The Ramones  provided the blueprint and  Leave Home  duplicated it with lesser results, but the Ramones' third album, Rocket to Russia, ...

One presumes that whoever was responsible for green-lighting this LP -- on a pretty big British label -- either didn't last long at his ...

Other than a couple of obscure efforts for Buddah in 1970, this was percussionist Airto's debut as a leader, and this is still his most ...

The third release by  Kim Simmonds  and company, but the first to feature the most memorable lineup of the group:  Simmonds , "Lonesome...

This debut marked a milestone for New Orleans music as it was one of the first major-label records from a Mardi Gras Indian tribe; this was ...

The Woods Band's only album sounds a good deal like early  Steeleye Span , as might be expected since it was fronted by  Terry Woods  an...

This is something of a family album, co-credited to Paul Kantner and his partner at the time, Grace Slick, and featuring on its cover a phot...

Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1971, Mackenzie Theory remain one of the few totally instrumental bands in Australia to achieve recognitio...

To call West Side Soul one of the great blues albums, one of the key albums (if not the key album) of modern electric blues is all true, but...

More info from the release press: "Welcome to the 12th installment of Record Collector's Rare vinyl club! In our opinion this is up...

Jo Mama is probably best known as Carole King's backup band. (She actually makes a guest appearance on this album.) The fact that they p...