Barbarella

Happy Halloween ... and what better way to celebrate than with this spooky exploito record by the Young Lovers, whoever they were. If you are looking for some more scary fun, check out the comments in the post below.

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Wilderness Years

Days roll along
One into the other
All the time in the world, it seems
The next thing you know
There's one less day
And slightly taller weeds
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The Happy Day Choir

You'd think that from all the happy-faced white folks on the cover that this would be yet one more happy-faced, white-folks exploito. But you'd be wrong.

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Goldenrod

Instro record in which ace sessioners Ben Benay (guitar), Jerry Scheff (bass), and Toxey French (drums) make like a badass power trio in the mold of Cream and truly let their hair down.

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The Moon People

Geez Louise, here's some cheese with a Latin lilt.

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Breeze

Some sweet '70s mellow rock, featuring covers of Bread and Todd Rundgren songs as well as originals that slot right in. Breeze-y.

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Billy Martin

Mostly instro funk workouts from trumpeter Billy Martin. Very hard to find.

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Airport 1975

Snazzy soundtrack from dumb-ass '70s disaster flick.

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Dennis Linde

By request, here's more Dennis Linde.

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John Stewart & Scott Engel

This largely instrumental record was no doubt released by Tower to cash in on the early success of the Walker Brothers, and I'm guessing that Scott "Walker" Engel probably had little involvement. But still, it's not so bad as these things go. And since Mr. Walker has new album out - "Soused," featuring Sunn O))) - I thought it might be interesting to compare where he came from to where he is now. Turns out, there is no comparison.

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Wild Thing

What's atypical about this typical slab of biker-styled exploito is that it was conceived by Elektra head honcho Jac Holtzman. Otherwise it's business as usual: hits of the day performed with slightly less oomph, soul and precision as the original.

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A Long Day's Journey

I just posted a new album of mine over on Bandcamp, the release of which coincides with my birthday. You would make ol' Mondo's day brighter if, when you download it, you also make a contribution.

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Dennis Linde

Reclusive Nashville songwriter best known for penning Elvis' "Burning Love," which appears on this here mighty fine record.

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