Vinyl Vault

'The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get' seemed like a household term during the early to mid 1970's, and it easy could've been.  It's the name of what's probably the most popular album Joe Walsh will eve

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Canned Heat, the old hippy dippy boogie band from Los Angeles seemed to be an icon for late 1960's blues rock and outdoor rock festivals.  Monterey and Woodstock made them stars, as did a handful of popular

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Deep Purple fans shouldn't miss today's Vinyl Vault for a seldom heard version of a fan fave, Smoke On The Water.  The live version that became such a big hit was recorded on the first of thr

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Robert Plant's first solo album in 1982 generated a lot of excitement, as you can imagine.  I remember Peter C. Cavanaugh getting goose bumps up and down his arms when we first cracked the shrink wrap and dropped the needle.  Of course it was Zeppelin-ish, but did have a hip, mod

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In 1981, Yes lead singer Jon Anderson teamed up with Greek keyboard wiz Vangelis and made one of the most unusual albums in awhile, The Friends of Mr. Cairo.  But, being 1981, it's off-beat nature fit perfectly

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The king of the concept albums, Alan Parsons and his group of revolving musicians get on the Vinyl Vault today with a spin of Eye In The Sky.  Not his deepest work by any means but very popular in its day.  It

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Bob Seger's Turn The Page doesn't usually come to mind when talking Seger rarities.  It's one of his biggest and most loved hits, if not thee biggest.  But that immortal live version was honed from an origina

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I've had seldom heard Who gems all this week on The Vinyl Vault to celebrate the coming of the film "Quadrophenia - Can You See The Real Me?" to the Oxford 7 on July 24th.  It's a one time showing an

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I've got seldom heard Who gems all this week on The Vinyl Vault to celebrate the coming of the film "Quadrophenia - Can You See The Real Me?" to the Oxford 7 on July 24th.  It's a one time showing so

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I'll have seldom heard Who gems all this week on The Vinyl Vault to celebrate the coming of the film "Quadrophenia - Can You See The Real Me?" to the Oxford 7 on July 24th.  It's a one time showing so

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I'll have seldom heard Who gems all this week on The Vinyl Vault to celebrate the coming of the film "Quadrophenia - Can You See The Real Me?" to the Oxford 7 on July 24th.  It's a one time showing so

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I'll have seldom heard Who gems all this week on The Vinyl Vault to celebrate the coming of the film "Quadrophenia - Can You See The Real Me?" to the Oxford 7 on July 24th.  It's a one time showing so

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