A band who can deliver a monster like "Mississippi Queen" must have deeper cuts just waiting to be discovered ... right? Let's find out. I found this in the dollar bin, and while it cleaned up okay, I didn't realize there was a pretty good wobble in the vinyl. I have a weight stabilizer and it helped a bit, although the first cut on each side is a little off until it settles in - but it isn't too noticeable. This really doesn't have anything to do with the album, but it was part of my experience with the album, so I'll allow it. The first thing that stood out was how tacky and, well, bad the album design was. Sure, it was the early '70s, an era when pretty much anything was allowed - or tried - but come on, this was also the era of really great Roger Dean covers, so having a cover with a blurry "action shot" of Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi surrounded by weird cartoon bird creatures that looked like angry McDonald's Fry Guys or, worse,...
A place where I just blather on about shit I either miss, or am excited about, or just found and want to share. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally don't know what I'm talking about, but sometimes I do. This generally reads like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the images ... mostly it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget