Dick’s 45s in The Raw

Originally posted May 15, 2008 “Selling all my records. $40. Call 555-5555 for more information”. He could’ve saved himself the $3 he spent for the newspaper ad and simply emailed me directly. Two hours later, I was in Dick’s living room looking at “all” his records: three boxes of albums and a couple of boxes [...]

Music And Records: Johnny Nash

There are plenty of people who can take credit for the import of reggae into the United States: Millie Small, Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, Chris Blackwell, your weird Uncle Frank who always had pieces of straw in his hair. But, Uncle Frank notwithstanding, Johnny Nash was probably the single most influential artist ever when it [...]

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