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The Most Impressive Debut Albums
I’ve written about great Third Albums already, but in doing so, I glossed over acts that hit a home run right out of the gates. Given how hard it has been historically to get a record deal, and how different recording is from performing live, and how little money most new acts get to invest…
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
(Album ©1967, Reprise Records) Jimi’s second album was also the second one he recorded in 1967 alone! While it is the most abstract of his three albums with the Experience, it is one of the coolest album covers of all time. It’s so of the time – so stereotypically ’60’s. Unfortunately, it had nothing to do with…
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Van Halen – Van Halen
Bruce, The Kinks, The Stones and The Who got me through Middle School, but by 1983, I knew there was other exciting music out there. I had already picked up on snippets of harder rock, from Rush (“Tom Sawyer”) and the aforementioned Kiss to Queen and AC/DC (“Back in Black,” “For Those About To Rock”)…
