JEFFREY MORGAN’S MEDIA BLACKOUT #934.568.201!
Bruce Springstone – Greetings From Bedrock Park (Hanna-Barbera) :: Includes the hit
single “Quarry Days.” Rest in peace, Bill.
Jethro Tull – Draculung (Chrysalis) :: They all laughed when Ian Anderson announced
that he was going to write a progressive art rock opera about a rummy child molesting vampire. Well, they’re not laughing
now.
Blue Öyster
Cheer – Agents Of Eruptum (Phillips) :: I wish!
The Who – Who’s On First (Track) :: They all laughed
when Pete Townshend announced that he was going to write a rock opera about Abbott and Costello. Well, they’re not laughing
now.
Aerostones
– It’s Only Rock In A Hard Place (Toxic Glimmer) :: They all laughed when rock’s big-lippers finally
united. Well, they’re not laughing now. Includes the hit single “Dude (Looked Like Lady Jane’s Got A Gun).”
Don Kirshner Presents –
The Byrds, The Beatles & The Monkees (Colgems) :: They all laughed when Mr. Rock Concert reunited three of the
world’s greatest bands. Well, they’re not laughing now.
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin XI: Live At Carnegie Hall
(Atlantic) :: They all laughed when Bun E. Carlos replaced John Bonham on this box set. Well, they’re not laughing now.
The Doors – Manzarek,
Densmore, Krieger & Jones Ltd. (Camden) :: They all laughed when Davy Jones was hired to replace Jim Morrison. Well,
they’re not laughing now. Includes the hit single “The Doors Into Summer.”
David Byrne & Brian Eno –
My Life In The Bush Of Your Wife (Sire) :: They all laughed when these aging art fops decided to record music for
adulterers. Well, they’re not laughing now.
Black Oak Sabbath – Paranoid Mutha (Atco) :: I wish!
Styx & Stones – Break My Bones
(Plaster Caster) :: They all laughed when Dennis DeYoung and Mick Jagger waxed some tracks together. Well, they’re not
laughing now.
Cars
Traffic Jam – 4 Way Stop (Motown) :: They all laughed when Ric Ocasek, Steve Winwood, and Paul Weller
created a new supergroup. Well, they’re not laughing now.
The Clash – Sandradeesta! (Rocket) :: They all laughed
when Elton John re-formed The Only Band That Matters. Well, they’re not laughing now.
Tom Scholz & Hugh Cornwell
– Boston Stranglers (Death Row) :: They’re definitely not laughing now.
Keith Richards – “Don’t Fall
Out Of The Apple Tree” (Fiji Gin) :: It only hurts when he laughs.
Phyllis Dylan – Fang On Fang (Columbia) :: I wish!
Ted Nugent – The
Ted Offensive: Triple Live Gonzo In Afghanistan (Armed Forces Radio Network) :: You were waiting for that, weren’t
you?
SPLATTER PLATTER
OF THE WEEK: Nirvana – Arrivederci! (Swan Song) :: Recorded in Rome, this final vinyl features cover
versions of: “So Long It’s Been Good To Know Ya,” “Suicide Solution,” “Auf Wiedersehen,”
“Don’t Try Suicide,” “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag,” “Rock ’n’
Roll Suicide,” and “Lay Down And Die, Goodbye.” Includes the hit single “Dead Man’s Kurt.”
The Rolling Boulders –
Get Yer Yabba Yabbas Out! (Hanna-Barbera) :: Includes the hit single “No Excavations.” Rest in peace,
Joe.
Be fooling you!
