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Author Archives: Franko
TRINI LOPEZ – On The Move – (Reprise) – 1964
Check my other comments for biographical detail on Trini Lopez. This was Trini’s third album. Trini was riding high in 1964. He had hit it big the previous year and become an overnight sensation (despite being in the music business … Continue reading
DAVE EDMUNDS – Subtle as a Flying Mallet – (RCA) – 1975
This is Edmunds second solo album, and, it is the paragon of his love for American music. Edmunds never hid his love of American music and, importantly, given some of the music of his countrymen, he never tried to disguise … Continue reading
DELANEY AND BONNIE – Motel Shot – (Atlantic) – 1971
This album is an unplugged, jam like sing-a-long which became an influential album in Delaney and Bonnie’s career. It is sometimes credited as the first “unplugged” album, and it may be the first entire unplugged album. I shall explain … … Continue reading
BREWER & SHIPLEY – Rural Space – (Kama Sutra) – 1972
I have a few entries on Brewer & Shipley on this blog. Check out those for biographical detail. Otherwise, in short I have written this in the past, “Brewer and Shipley were from heartland America who made the slog to … Continue reading
BOYCE & HART – It’s All Happening on the Inside – (A&M) – 1969
I have commented on Boyce & Hart before check out the earlier entry for biographical detail. This was their third album in three years. Their second album was impressive given the demands of coming up with another album of songs … Continue reading
CONNIE FRANCIS – Sings Spanish & Latin American Favorites – (MGM) – 1960
I have said this before: Connie could do anything. She put out albums in (or partially in) Italian, Jewish, Spanish and German. She sang rock, pop, Broadway standards, film songs, country, vocal jazz, R&B, vocal jazz, children's music, spiritual music, … Continue reading
FRANKIE AVALON – Swingin’ On A Rainbow – (Chancellor) – 1959
I have waxed lyrical on the much maligned talents of Frankie Avalon before so check that for reasons, bio and pseudo philosophical ephemera. Avalon had a time and place and never transcends it but he does reflect the time and … Continue reading
TOMMY SANDS – This Thing Called Love – (Capitol) – 1959
A while back I commented on Tommy Sand’s “Sands Storm” album and during the course of that comment I said this: “Tommy Sands was one of the million Elvis rip-offs in the late 50s (eg: Gene Vincent, Terry Stafford, Bobby … Continue reading
