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  Freak Out!

  The Mothers Of Invention · 1966 · Alternative , Oldies , Rock

  Found this at a garage sale, plunked down my 25 cents, then went home and put it on the turntable. My world literally changed. I was now in…

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  Brothers

  The Black Keys · 2012 · Alternative , Blues , Rock

  Prior to earlier this year, I had never listened to any of this band’s music. Actually pretty good, I was surprised. One major flaw, though…

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  Can’t Buy A Thrill

  Steely Dan · 1972 · Classic Rock , Jazz , Oldies , Rock

  Really quite good, for a band named after a dildo. No, really! The name came from William S. Burroughs’ novel, “Naked Lunch”, which, if you…

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  Physical Graffiti

  Led Zeppelin · 1975 · Classic Rock , Hard Rock , Rock

  Most people think the name of this band came about because of the phrase “that’ll go over about as well as a lead balloon”, except using a…

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  Kind Of Blue

  Miles Davis · 1959 · Blues , Jazz

  Kind of blue? Well, I guess. I do hear a lot of blue notes in this, which is pretty much a given, since it’s jazz. And it does invoke a…

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