1001 Albums #38

Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 was released 22 years after Sam Cooke was murdered. The record company felt it was too gritty and raw for his pop image so they kept it hidden. It could have remained hidden as far as I am concerned. I cannot believe that this is what 1001 Albums… considers Cooke’s best of his short career. […]

1001 Albums #31

Ray Charles is back on the list with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. If you have been following me on this journey or know me in real life, then you know I hate country music. I hate it playing in the house. I hate it as much as I hate a mouse. I hate it coming from the music box. I hate it even if it served me a bagel and lox. I do not […]

1001 Albums #25

Elvis Is Back! This is the second entry on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Of course Elvis Presley has a least two albums on the list; he is the King of Rock and Roll. This is his first album after his discharge from the U.S. Army in March 1960. Presley is in top form on this album. His voice is […]

1001 Albums #9

I grew up around jazz music. I love hearing jazz in films, on street corners (not in the prostitute sense of street corner, but just the regular guy walking down the Bourbon Street corner) and in nightclubs. Sitting down on a chair and playing jazz on Spotify is not something I find exciting, especially if […]

1001 Albums #1

When I started looking at the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die I realised that there are so many albums I have never heard of and so many albums that I have no interest in listening to at all. And I thought I have loved music all my life, but I have […]