Albums That Should Exist

Friday, March 13, 2026

Dionne Warwick - Dionne, Burt and Hal: The Definitive Songbook, Volume 4: 1968 (A Mike Solof Guest Post)

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I am posting this while waiting in an airport for a flight inside Peru. So far, my vacation is going great after a rough start getting here....
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Covered: Neil Young, Volume 4: 1999-2005

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Here’s the fourth album in the Neil Young covered series. Once again, thanks to Fabio from Rio for doing most of the work. I also want to me...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Dionne Warwick - Dionne, Burt and Hal: The Definitive Songbook, Volume 3: 1966-1967 (A Mike Solof Guest Post)

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Here’s another Dionne Warwick album in Mike Solof’s series of all the songs she sang written by Hal David and/or Burt Bacharach. I’ll keep m...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Covered: Neil Young, Volume 3: 1995-1999

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I had a rough start getting to Peru, but I’m finishing my second full day here and I’m having a good time. Since Fabio from Rio wrote the no...
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Monday, March 9, 2026

Phew!

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 I just want to vent a bit about the crazy day I had yesterday. I was supposed to fly from San Diego to Lima, Peru, with one layover, on Uni...
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Dionne Warwick - Dionne, Burt and Hal: The Definitive Songbook, Volume 2: 1965 (A Mike Solof Guest Post)

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Here is the second volume collecting all the songs Dionne Warwick written by Hal David and/or Burt Bacharach. Like all the other albums in t...

Covered: Neil Young, Volume 2: 1990-1995

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Phew! I had a hell of an adventure getting to Peru yesterday. Perhaps I’ll vent and explain what happened when I have some time. But I’m her...
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Saturday, March 7, 2026

Dionne Warwick - Dionne, Burt and Hal: The Definitive Songbook, Volume 1: 1962-1964 (A Mike Solof Guest Post)

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In the last album I posted, I mentioned that I'm leaving for a two week vacation to Peru, starting tomorrow morning. But while I'm g...
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Covered: Neil Young, Volume 1: 1967-1989

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I'm leaving for a vacation to the Amazonian region of Peru tomorrow. I'll be gone for nearly two weeks. But while I'm gone, I...
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Friday, March 6, 2026

Allen Toussaint, James Dean Bradfield & John Grant - Songwriters' Circle, Bush Hall, London, Britain, 9-30-2011

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Here's another episode of the great "Songwriters' Circle" BBC TV show. This one stars Allen Toussaint, James Dean Bradfiel...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Richard Thompson - BBC Sessions, Volume 10: In Concert, Celtic Connections Festival, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Britain, 1-17-1998

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Here's another of many BBC albums by singer-songwriter Richard Thompson. This one is a full solo acoustic concert. At the time of this c...
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The Carpenters - Full Acappella, Volume 2: 1977-1983

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Here's the second volume of the Carpenters' "Full Apcappella." Like the first volume, this was mostly put together by musi...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Neil Sedaka with Captain and Tennille - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 11-14-1975

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Neil Sedaka died on February 27, 2026, just a few days ago as I write this. It just so happened I had some music to post from him. In fact, ...
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Monday, March 2, 2026

Various Artists - BBC In Concert, Giants of Motown, NEC, Birmingham, Britain, 4-6-1992

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Here's a pretty interesting BBC concert. It's from a Motown package tour in 1992. It features many of the big Motown names who were ...
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The Carpenters - Full Acappella, Volume 1: 1966-1976

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Back in 2018, I posted an album by the Carpenters called "Near Acappella." It featured versions of their best songs done with very...
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Sunday, March 1, 2026

James Gang - Allen Theater, Cleveland, OH, 2-24-2001

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Here's a concert by the James Gang, Joe Walsh's band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It's from a rare reunion in 2001. I rece...
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Bettye LaVette - Soulville - Non-Album Tracks (2017-2023)

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I've been posting a few Bettye LaVette albums lately. Here's another one. It's another collection of non-album tracks, from 2017...

Neil Sedaka with Helen Reddy - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 2-14-1975

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Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka died just two days ago as I write this. Specifically, he died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 86. Reports ...
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Arlo Guthrie - Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL, 11-11-1971

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Arlo Guthrie was a prominent folk singer in the early 1970s, yet there are very few live recordings from that time with worthy sound quality...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Bob Seger - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 7-8-1974

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Here's a Bob Seger concert from 1974. In terms of sound quality, this may be the earliest live record of Seger that sounds this good. Se...
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Friday, February 27, 2026

The Rising Sons - Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA, 5-30-1965

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The Rising Sons were a band in the mid-1960s that looked like they were headed for big things. But they broke up and never even released an ...
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The Loading Zone - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 2-10-1968

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A few days ago (writing in late February 2026), I posted a 1968 concert by the fairly obscure band the Loading Zone. I was pleasantly surpri...
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Various Artists - BBC Proms: Northern Soul, Royal Albert Hall, London, Britain, 7-15-2023

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Here's something I randomly discovered due to it appearing on my YouTube suggestions. At first, it didn't look too appealing, becaus...
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