Kind Kool, Kinda Kinks

There are some classics on this album. The opener, "Look For Me Baby", is a fantastic tune with an addictive hook. "Come On Now" is a great one with a great melody. "Everybody's Gunna Be Happy" makes me smile every time I hear it (I imagine Jack Black as weirdo record store clerk from the High Fidelity film). This edition has some songs that weren't on the original issue...I'm not exactly sure which songs are added though. It really doesn't matter. The album is great for a new Kinks fan and all the Kinks lovers already have it. Lola Vs. Powerman, Village Green, and Muswell Hillbillies are more essential, but this is right behind those. Dig it.

check it out HERE.

Monkey-Pockie-Boo

Well, this is really intense. The avant-guard and influential Sonny Sharrock lays down some spazzzzzzz distorted guitar in lieu of the usual skronk horn lines weaving solos in free jazz while his wife Linda lays down some waaaiiiiling vocals "aye - ya - ya - ya - la la la la - eueueueueu - ayayayay", Ben Guerin lays down bass (nothing too special) and Jacques Thollot plays drums.



The LP is called Monkey-Pockie-Boo and it came out in 1970. I just bought the reissue put out by BYG Records on 180 gram vinyl
I am just now starting to explore free jazz. I can't say I know anything about it (i wasn't even fucking born when it was happening, let alone around to hear it in clubs).
All I can really say is that the intensity is beyond compelling. And the deal breaker is Sonny's serious guitar playing.

check it out Here, put on some headphones, and dig it.