I debated whether or not to go with the best of, as I had picked up a couple of Shawn's earlier albums before stumbling upon this one. True, the cover had seen better days, but the record itself was pretty much flawless. Honestly when I found this one, I still hadn't had a chance to sit and listen to the ones I already had. Collaboration from 1971 had a cool cover, and the gatefold had the credits and the lyrics, and aside from recognizing Trident Studios I didn't immediately recognize any of the players. Not long after finding that one I stumbled upon Bright White from 1973, and this one featured a truly horrible cover, but I recognized several names: Russ Kunkel on drums, Leland Sklar on bass, and Danny Kortchmar on guitar, who all seemed to appear on the title track. It was a buck, so I got it. Over the last few days I'd spun Collaboration a couple of times, and it was a cool and challenging record. I liked it but I just couldn't get my head around it. So I figu...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget