Spin Doctors – Homebelly Groove Audio Cassette

Grunge could have been a disaster for the Spin Doctors. The band shared a number of traits with full-on grunge artists, but were initially considered by their record label, Epic, to be too dilute. Indeed, Epic told the band that their first studio album – A Pocket Full of Kyptonite – would not sell because of its musical diversity, and they blew the promo budget on Pearl Jam instead.

Little Feat – Let It Roll Cassette

My previous post looked at the 1993 Buddy Guy album Feels Like Rain, which happened to feature Little Feat’s Bill Payne and Richie Hayward. This, in turn, took me back another five years for a revisit to Little Feat’s own album – Let It Roll.

Buddy Guy – Feels Like Rain on CrO2 Cassette

Last weekend I was listening to a fascinating radio interview, which Cerys Matthews did with engineer and producer Tony Platt – noted for his work with Bob Marley, AC/DC and a diverse range of other major artists. There were some great insights into the making of legendary recordings, including a discussion about Bob Marley and the ‘commercialisation’ of his track Stir It Up. Lots of nuggets of info from what one might expect would now be fading memories, but recalled with consummate assuredness.