Neil Young -- After The Gold Rush

  Intended to be a movie soundtrack carrying the same name, After The Gold Rush the film never happened, but the Folking kick ass soundtrack lives on!!!

Sam & Dave -- Hold on, I'm Comin'

    The dynamically dynamite Memphis Souled-out Duo, Sam & Dave's debut LP, Hold On, I'm Comin'!  What a great testament to the Memphis sound, which is a Bluesier version of Soul music.  Point is Hold On, I'm Comin' is a wham bam thank you mam (get it?) Soul explosion.  Although I do think they could have done a little more work on their cover, yeah yeah, I get it you're gonna havta hold on for a while because they are riding a turtle, which is slow (and doesn't theirs looks stoned), so it's going to take a while before they are-a comin', but seriously, two guys riding a turtle???  Oh well, what ever works, I don't have any MEGA hit songs under my belt, so who am I to judge!

Carol King -- Tapestry

  Carol King was already one of the greatest song writers of all-time, ten years before achieving her most prestigious accolade -- Tapestry!  Encouraged by her friend James Taylor, Carol started to record her own material, but it wasn't until her sophomore release that she reached the stratosphere of popularity and respect as a solo recording artist.  Side one has her typical Folksy sound, but with a Soul Pop vibe.  While the flipside has more of an intimately personal sound, like Joni's Blue, the best parts about it are the renditions of her old numbers, made famous by Aretha Franklin and the Shirelles, it's not that they're better, they're just interestingly different ...

Blondie

  The debut Blondie release is a 60's infused Punk Rock/ New Wave classic reminiscent of the Girl groups, but lacks in the "wall of sound".

UK/ DK

  This album is the soundtrack to a documentary about Punk and Skinhead life in the UK ... I've never seen the film, so I haven't the slightest clue to its validity.  Apart from three tracks, the soundtrack was pretty rockin'!  It's not exactly a concise history of British Punk/ Hardcore, it's more just like a gaggle of good tunes, very much geared towards street urchin culture, almost like Folk music, except loud and aggressive.  I love the fact that they went with a Jackson Pollock style cover -- very chic!

The Ponys -- Laced With Romance

  What do you get when you mix Sonic Youth with Richard Hell ... The Ponys!  Is this an accurate dadaist criticism ... I think so, why not!

American Folk Singers & Balladeers

  This 4 record set is the direct result of the influential Anthology of American Folk Music.  There are some crucially everlasting moments on these albums, for example; the Odetta set, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, the one tune by Pete Seeger's Weavers Woke Up This Mornin' which was like folksy Doo Wop, otherwise most of the numbers were a total write off.  I think this might have worked out better as a double or single record ...