Friday, October 24, 2014

RORY GALLAGHER "AGAINST THE GRAIN"


Artist: Rory Gallagher
Album: Against the Grain
Label: Chrysalis
Catalog: CHR 1089
Year: 1975

Genre: blues-rock
Grading: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Quantity: 1
Art Designer: Eckford/Stimpson
Photography:  Dick Polack
Grade: **** star


If you're one of the luck people to know about Rory Gallagher, then you're almost certain to appreciate this album cover.  B.B, King may have Lucille, but Gallagher had this beat-to-hell Stratacaster and could he ever pull some amazing sounds out of the instrument.

Monday, October 20, 2014

NRBQ "LIVE AT YANKEE STADIUM"

Artist: NRBQ
Album: At Yankee Stadium
Label: Mercury
Catalog: SRM-1-7029
Year: 1979

Genre: rock
Grading; VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Quantity: 1
Art Designer/Photography:  unknown
Grade: **** star



C'mon, even if you're not a Yankees fan (which covers most of the world); geez, even if you're not a baseball fan, you've got to admit there's something iconic in a cover showing the interior of Yankee Stadium.  It's like NRBQ's music; there's just something all-American about the band.