The Zombies -- Odessey and Oracle

  Baroque popped bizarro Beach Boys-esque masterwork by, what I like to think of as 60's indie rock band, The Zombies, who quickly fizzled out before its release, and refused to reform at any cost after Time Of The Season became a major hit ... man I will never forget this album for the sole reason that I, now resentfully, traded this record for a Jam bootleg double LP, who I was far more interested in, in those days, which ended up not playing well or sounding any good at all, it felt like a dirty trick from my best buddy at the time, I'd say live and learn, but I hate that saying, it was just one of those life mistakes.

Stiff Little Fingers -- Inflammable Material

  I have a love/ hate relationship with the Stiff Little Fingers style of pub punk, but this album does capture their best moments ... hands down!

Neil Young -- On The Beach

  Holy frig!!  Christmas miracles are real ... there I was at my local record store picking up Neil Young's Zuma and Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, the owner and I start talking, I mention how On The Beach is my most sought out album, and going on about how it's probably going to cost me fifty bux on ebay, lo and behold he pulls it out and gives it to me for free, tells me it's got a couple pops but plays ok ... needless to say I got drunk in front of the turntable like a sacrificial lamb, listening to my sacred totem!!

Eno -- Another Green World

  You get the sense that this ambient rock music is actually from "Another Green World" much like our own from a far off galaxy.  At first I was hesitant to like this classic, but it sucked me into its outwordly envelope and I ended up loving it.

The Mighty Upsetter -- Kung Fu Meets The Dragon

  A classic in the Lee 'Scratch' Perry, OCD riddled, cult film obsessed, dub reggae style.  Perry's Jamaican space-psych pre-trip hop music is pure mad scientist genius in technique, form and sound, recorded in his studio/ dub-experiment lab, Black Ark studios, which he cheaply built in his back yard to gain more control and isolation, and eventually burned down in a fit of paranoia due to 'unclean spirits' ... I suspect that the super ape had escaped and was totally pissed!

The Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Time Out

  I may not, yet, be a jazz aficionado, and don't get me wrong Time Out is a great album, but I somehow find it has a white naïveté sound to it.

J Mascis -- Tied To A Star

  The album I always wanted to hear from J Mascis, striped down and flailing away from the Dinosaur Jr. Marshall stacked power rock, instead it's a neo-folk-psych-gazer record reminiscent of Led Zepplin III.  I'm so glad my local dude was playing this in-store when I had some money to burn!

Ty Segall -- Goodbye Bread

  I wrote off Segall way too soon, Goodbye Bread is a brilliant Indie-psych masterpeice.  Funny thing is when I picked this up, the owner's buddy was manning the store with his all too friendly sticky dog, while I'm getting an album that is rittled with pooch pictures, coincidence, I don't believe in them, just another mini-epic moment of the fateadlyesque hobby of collecting.

The Stooges

  Super stoned, raw and primitive, The Stooges, John Cale produced, opening album was and is an instant classic.  I had no idea how tough these guys actually were until I read Please Kill Me ... squatting in a house at war with bikers over heroin, they meant and were every sound they made, the real deal all the way ... f*ck you!

Echo & The Bunnymen -- Porcupine

  For the most part I don't like Echo & The Bunnymen, Heaven's Up Here is super rad, but Porcupine is loud, hyper and way too new waveish, like not so sucky U2, but U2 nonetheless.

Beck -- Odelay

  There are some great grooves on this album but Mellow Gold's gritty weirdness still takes top spot, even if dumb top 40's radio stations still play Loser.

The Mamas And The Papas -- Deliver

  Deliver does feature some of my favourite mellow sunshine Mamas & The Papas tunes, but I think I'll stick with my double LP greatest hits and toss this one into the pit!

The Beach Boys -- Sunflower

  Holy frig how many awesome albums can one band put out?  Sunflower is a sunshine powroque (power/ baroque) pop masterpiece by the kings of up scaling the bar.

Neil Young -- Freedom

  Freedom has 'bout four point five tracks of good Neil Young music, the rest has the stench of 1980's dad rock, not that I lasted more than two seconds per track before I had to skip -- YECCH!!

The Lovin' Spoonful -- Daydream

  Honestly I was prepared to full on hate this album, 'cause I think John Sebastian is a flake, but I have to admit there were some passable garage-y moments -- I'm still going to toss it!

Jimmy Ruffin -- Ruff'n Ready

  Run of the mill Motown soul music, I can't say there were any mind blowing pumpin' sounds, just an album of hollow filler, but that is one bitchin' cover, looks like it could be Jamaican rocksteady!

Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch

  What you got here is laid back experimental Americana, with the never ending guitar chops of Ry Cooder, sorta sounds like if James Taylor were mega awesome!