Month: October 2020

Salem Mass – Witch Burning (1971)

October 29, 2020

“Over by the courthouse, down by the church / people having a witch trial, condemning a woman to burn“ For some reason I’m feeling the Halloween spirit a bit more this year, and it was a tossup between C.A. Quintet’s Trip Thru Hell (just the recollection of the song title “Cold Spider” gives me the … More Salem Mass – Witch Burning (1971)

James Brown and the Famous Flames – Think! (1960)

October 17, 2020

“Oh love / why did you keep my soul without a spark / I’m in the dark” I don’t really think of James Brown as an album artist—even into the 70s with his blaxploitation soundtracks, he wasn’t making grand longform statements like Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield or even Syl Johnson—and certainly not in this early … More James Brown and the Famous Flames – Think! (1960)