Mutzie - Light Of Your Shadow CD 70

 A fine suggestion from Josef(Austria) and here is the Discogs info:  Detroit Blues-psych outfit led by singer/guitarist Eric "Mutzie" Levenburg who was joined by his brothers Barry and Andee on bass and keyboards while drummer Marc White rounded out the roster. Their sole LP Light Of Your Shadow featured a horn section and was issued on the Sussex label in 1970.

*Nick Palise (Alto & Soprano Sax, Flute)

*Dave Kovarick (Tenor Sax)

*Chuck Feger (Tenor Sax, Flute)

*Bob Cowart (Tenor Sax, Flute, Oboe)

*Fred Boldt (Bass & Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet)

https://bestfile.io/en/3YqQEiddnlDhaO8/file

Buckeye - st CD 79

 Some more fine country rock from Josef (Austria).  Per Discogs:  Buckeye were a short-lived AOR/rock band from Los Angeles with Ronn Price (vocals, bass, guitar), Thomas Fowle (guitar, vocals), Gabriel Katona (keyboards, vocals), and Beaver Parker (drums, percussion, vocals). They released the Buckeye album in 1979, and had a minor hit with "Where Will Your Heart Take You."

https://bestfile.io/en/f0LYnKoyHgJh76Z/file

VA - SOLID GOLD PARTY ROCK tape 82

 Well, you know me I like the party rock stuff.  This one includes:  Peter & Gordon, Turtles, Ruby & The Romantics, The Everly Brothers, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Tommy Roe, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis and Shelley Fabares.

https://bestfile.io/tVJtI1lfruYSG7o/file

VA - GUITAR'S PRACTICING MUSICIANS CD 89

 This is quite a nice compilation of some really great guitarists including:  Buck Dharma, Jennifer Batten, Leslie West, Vinnie Moore, Steve Morse, Paul Gilbert, Randy Coven, Western Vacation With Reckless Fable, Billy Sheehan, Elliott Randall, Blues Saraceno, Vivian Campbell and Jeff Watson.  Enjoy!!!

https://bestfile.io/en/P5LxcsBCgQaUEWc/file

VA - SOUNDS OF WOOD & STEEL CD 98

 A fine compilation I found long ago at Goodwill with the following artists:  Russ Freeman, Doyle Dykes, Clint Black, Michael Hedges, Vince Gill & Amy Grant, Bill Cooley with Kathy Mattea, Snuffy Walden, Will Ackerman, Skip Ewing & Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Steve Stevens, Laurence Juber, T.J. Baden, Stuart Smith & Joe Lynn Turner, Leo Kottke, Larry Stewart & Greg Jennings.

https://bestfile.io/en/yllgSfMat117mWC/file

DYAN DIAMOND - In The Dark LP 78

REPOST Request:  What I wrote last time:  This is a buried punkish classic!  I like the 'Western Ave" kind of tune since I used to live by there and its "Back on the Strip' if you will doing the "Mystery Dance" with the 'Animal Girl' whose 'Nervous' (great song BTW!!!) about being in "Your Neighborhood' "In The Dark' so we are "Gonna Rock Ourselves To Death' with this 'Hot' to trot singer--"Baby What You Want Me To Do' are you 'Someone Like Me' or a 'Teenage Radio Star' instead.  Those are all the songs anyways.  Enjoy

https://bestfile.io/en/34rDzRZ0eaVUPHJ/file

LUBOMIR MALY - Concerto For Two Violas LP

 The weekly classical music random was a little beat up on opener but worked out quite nice with grand strings vinyl sound!  Enjoy! 

https://bestfile.io/en/FAdQ9G2PsoM0LRP/file

LALO SCHIFRIN - New Fantasy LP 64

 I really enjoyed this Goodwill find and here is the Discogs:  Real Name:  Boris Claudio Schifrin

Profile:  Argentinian film and TV score composer, arranger, conductor and pianist.

Born on June 21, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Died on June 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, USA (from pneumonia).

Classically trained as a musician, he was the son of the concertmaster of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic (Orquesta Filarmónica De Buenos Aires). His first piano teacher was Enrique Barenboim (the father of Daniel Barenboim). He studied at the Paris Conservatory under Olivier Messiaen. Schifrin met Dizzy Gillespie in 1956, moved to the United States in 1958, and was a member of Gillespie's quintet (1960-1962) writing the extended works "Gillespiana" and "The New Continent" for Gillespie.

He gained his highest recognition as a composer of music for the screen, including the theme for "Mission: Impossible" (TV series 1966-1973, and the later films from 1996), as well the motion pictures "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Bullitt" (1968) and "Dirty Harry" (1971). During the course of his career, Schifrin received six Oscar nominations, four Grammys (with twenty-one nominations), and one Cable ACE Award. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was awarded an honorary Oscar in November 2018 in recognition of his work. His autobiography is titled "Mission Impossible: My Life In Music” (2008).   See also the label Aleph Records and Donna Schifrin.

https://bestfile.io/UwWYa1xyvz2yy10/file

GOSPELAIRES QUARTET - SONGS TO REMEMBER LP

 A strong offering this week for the Jesus Music theme (albeit the letter J was not invented back then) this week so do take a chance and enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/XqWGvb8Ve7BLC5d/file

DANNY KAYE - Pure Delight LP 57 w The Clinger Sisters, The Earl Brown Singers, Paul Weston AHO LP 63 w Hans Christian Anderson LP 65

REPOST and ADD ON:  As I mentioned below, I am getting ready for holiday trip to MN and this post, I am adding my mom's favorite from her youth-his Hans Christian Anderson movie.  I found the vinyl recently so I am going to put it in a vinyl picture frame with the vinyl of course inside it and give her the picture.  Per Discogs:  Real Name: David Daniel Kaminski

Profile: American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (born January 18, 1911, Brooklyn, New York, USA - March 3, 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA). Co-founder of the Kaye-Smith Enterprises media conglomerate.

https://bestfile.io/en/7NXY9Ji4gT7ZSpN/file

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant LP 67 w Running Down The Road LP 68 w Washington County LP 70 w Hobo's Lullaby LP 72 w Last Of The Brooklyn Cowboys CD 73 w st CD 74 w Amigo CD 76 w The Best Of CD 77 w Garry Sherman - Alice's Restaurant OMPST LP 69 w 7 69

REPOST and ADD ON:  Josef (Austria) had mentioned the Running Down The Road album as an all-time classic and I agree as the first three shown I am adding the rest to this post.  Our family of 10 had a record player in our all wood dining room and so I grew up listening to (and liking) the two albums we had then with Alice's and Running vinyl getting played a bunch by me for instance.  And so this starts my last two weeks of posting before Thanksgiving Holiday where I go back to MN.  Lots of these posts came together all around this theme it seems--getting me ready for the two weeks I'll be there.  Per Discogs:  Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Owner of Rising Son Records.

Son of folk singer Woody Guthrie & Marjorie Guthrie, brother of Joady Guthrie & Nora Guthrie. Grandson of Aliza Greenblatt and nephew of Mary Jo Guthrie-Edgmon. Father of Cathy Guthrie, Annie Guthrie, Abe Guthrie & Sarah Lee Guthrie and grandfather of Krishna Guthrie & Serena Guthrie. Uncle of Anna Canoni (Nora's daughter).

https://bestfile.io/en/o9ut110WsTDG2Mt/file

FIRE TOWN - In The Heart Of Heart Country CD 86 w The Good Life CD 89 w bonus

 Another Madison, WI Butch Vig early band like Spooner below--before Garbage got huge--though they were more AOR rock but in a busy market at the time where they got buried in the competition.  This is a very old request and I do apologize but of course they could have just gone to youtube and got them like I did last week.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/Ubv3UJQIojN0Tj9/file

SPOONER - Cruel School EP 79 w 7 80 w Every Corner Dance LP 82 w Sacred Ground CD 85 w 7 86 w The Fugitive Dance CD 90

REPOST And ADD ON:  Adding the Fugitive Dance per comments but I just saw today I included it twice so must have done that long ago?  Anyways the Halloween gremlins are picking at my brain still.  See the above post for Butch Vig's other early band Fire Town (more on the AOR tip).  From Madison, WI a town we used to go to massive Halloween parties in college just like Boulder, CO used to have that we went to back then.

https://bestfile.io/en/v1cIs3Zh0HhzpIA/file

CARRIE LUCAS In Danceland LP 79

 Another fine selection for our Lady Flash series and quite interesting relations per Discogs:  Profile:  American disco singer and songwriter, born November 5, 1948 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey Peninsula, California. In 1976 she was signed to Soul Train. Lucas made six albums over seven years at Soul Train, Solar and Constellation. Second wife of Dick Griffey and mother of Carolyn Griffey of Shalamar.

https://bestfile.io/en/OZ5y8vuz0Or8vF7/file

TRINI LOPEZ - Trini Lopez At PJ's LP 63 w On The Move LP 64 w Greatest Hits LP 66

 I had posted a rip of the Greatest hits before but I replaced it with better vinyl (also from Goodwill) as the other two were great shape as well.   What I wrote before:  Frank Sinatra gave him a start in '63 when he started REPRISE records and recorded Trini.  He does a cool version of 'La Bamba' and his A-ME-RI-CA song is so familiar it was even sung by Chavo Pederast for Black Flag during the Decline of Western Civilization movie.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:

Trinidad Lopez, III

Profile:  American singer, guitarist and actor.

Initially receiving very little success, Lopez landed a steady engagement at the nightclub PJ's.

He was heard there by Frank Sinatra, who had started his own label, Reprise Records, and who subsequently signed Lopez.

His debut live album, Trini Lopez At PJ's, was released in 1963, & his career took off from that point.

Born: May 15, 1937 (Dallas, TX, USA)

Died: August 11, 2020 (Palm Springs, CA, USA)

https://bestfile.io/ZadfQLWmIg2n59R/file

THE VICTORS QUARTET - I'll Have A New Song - 10th Anniversary Album LP 77

 A strong showing on this unopened platter for the weekly Jesus Music post.  Not much on Discogs and certainly not this vinyl which is quite good IMO:    1960s-1970s religious group from Lebanon, Ohio.

Members include: Keith Champan, Ronnie Parks, Roy Parks, Bill Jordan, and Howard Sears

https://bestfile.io/CILJfcU2EV01mov/file

VA - A BUSHEL OF FIVE STRING BANJOS LP

 Some of that good old hillbilly music my dad used to listen to as I was growing up and what'd ya know, it includes one of his favorites Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs along with Carl Story, The Stanley Brothers, and Denver Duke with Jeffrey Null.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/bAwRzyOpUvK70hf/file

JERRY JEFF WALKER - ¡Viva Terlingua! LP 73 w Jerry Jeff tape 78

 This post for the cassette rip of the week so I added also the vinyl I had found at Goodwill.  This post needs more as he has many others in the country rock category.  Real name is Ronald Clyde Crosby and he is from New York and Austin where he passed on in 2020.

https://bestfile.io/Hm8nt504tJHC6Pd/file