Album of the Week 1-20-24

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

Well, here comes another bunch of great tunes. Starting off we've got Koko Taylor's first album for the Chess label produced by Willie Dixon, following that there's a 70's album from Texan Phillip Walker. There's a bunch of great blues-rock this week with albums from The Blues Magoos, The J. Geils Band, Roy Buchanan and Brownsville Station. In the diversity department, there's a Taj Mahal album which incorporates some of his Hawaiian and calypso leanings followed by a Jim Kweskin album in an early jazz vein and we finish off with an excellent album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia.

Have a great weekend and enjoy!

Here 'tis:

Koko Taylor - Koko Taylor

Phillip Walker - The Bottom Of The Top

Blues Magoos - Gulf Coast Bound

The J. Geils Band - The J. Geils Band

Roy Buchanan - In The Beginning

Brownsville Station - Air Special

Taj Mahal - Music Fuh Ya

Jim Kweskin With Ted Butterman, Marty Gross, The Neo-Passé Jazz Band – Jump For Joy

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia – Friday Night In San Francisco

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Koko Taylor
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Al Di Meola
John McLaughlin
Paco de Lucia
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Submitted by QMS on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 5:41pm
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how your music library turns on dim lights in the closet upstairs

thanks man!

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Submitted by joe shikspack on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 6:27pm
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@QMS

heh, quite often as i rummage through my boxes of old vinyl i run across something i haven't listened to in 40 or 50 years and the lights in my upstairs closet go on, too.

have a good one!

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 9:36pm
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The Al Di Meola concert and the Taj Mahal album made the overheated afternoon cooler, thank you. I loved hearing Taj's 'Baby, You’re my Destiny’ again.

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Submitted by joe shikspack on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 6:28pm
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@janis b

glad you enjoyed the tunes!

have a great rest of your weekend!

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 10:23am
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be well and have a good one

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Submitted by joe shikspack on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 6:29pm
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@enhydra lutris

have a good one!

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Submitted by orlbucfan on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 8:11pm
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Rec'd!! Smile

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Submitted by randtntx on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 9:08am

Paco De Lucia, I haven't listened to him in a very long time...what a concert.

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Submitted by dystopian on Wed, 01/24/2024 - 5:30pm
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Hi Joe,

Major stack of boss records man!

I like the vid on utube of 'a night in san fran'. The only problem I have with it is deciding if Paco, Al, or John, is better. What a match made in heaven that turned out to be, and frankly whooda guessed they would have gone so well together?

That Phillip Walker was a great player. Blue Magoos were interesting. They did have some popularity in socal psychadelic circles. Good J. Geils stuff. I never got that Roy B. album, but heard it a bit. All great sheet mon! Thanks!

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