Features

Interview with Jay Boloton
If not for the rampant, chaotic, and unsuppressed expansion of major label recordings in the late 1960s, many strange, wonderful, and mysterious LPs would never have existed, and Jay Bolotin’s first, self-titled is certainly one of them.		 Bob Brown
Interview with Bob Brown
Bob Brown's first LP was not completely overlooked the first time around. As a protege to Richie Havens during the peak of his career, he was able to connect with an audience eager for the dreamy, open-hearted melancholia he perfected on The Wall I Built Myself. The album sold well, but not well enough to permanently fix it in the memories of Brown's own generation.		 Bob Brown
Pink Chiffon
My prediction is as the feature progresses there'll be a little bit of everything. This is exciting to me as I'm eager to see the website shake off its' perceived bias toward music that is weird for weirdness's sake and branch out beyond the strange politics of rare records. It is in that spirit I present to you Veronica's selections.		 rey2.jpg
Artwork of the Musique Pour L'Image Library
Based in Paris, France, Musique Pour L'Image was founded in 1967 by jazz composer Robert Viger. While the quality of music is certainly recognized as some of the best of librarys' "golden era," it is the combination of these recordings and their stunning sleeve artwork counterparts that makes MPI one of the most desirable of labels for library collectors.		 album face
Album Face Mug Gallery
The record with the giant face on the cover, usually looking right back at you. Every record collector owns at least one. What is great about these records besides their musical value is that the covers can double as masks. Check out waxidemy's growing gallery of face album self-portraits. Want to showcase your favorite face record? Put your best record on, snap it and add yours to the gallery via the message board, or e-mail.		 album face
folkwaysAlive!
folkwaysAlive! Came to be through a coincidence I’ll forever be grateful for. The founder of Folkways, Moses Asch, had a son who became a professor in Anthropology at the University of Alberta. Through visiting his son, Moses became attached to city of Edmonton; with its folk-festival and famous blues radio station CKUA.		 folkways!
Reynaldo's Ratings - An LP Buying Guide
With so many records out there, sometimes it can be difficult to sift through the crap and find the ones that will stir your emotions, hold your attention from beginning to end, and make you proud to own. What can one do to find those special records containing that type of music, you ask		 rey2.jpg