September 2020

2019 / 2020 new releases in bold

• Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales (2001,2020 LP) ★★★★☆
• Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Dave Alvin - King of California (1994,LP) ★★★★☆
• Atmosphere - Whenever (2019,LP) ★★★★☆
• Watchtower - Concepts of Math: Book One (2016,LP) ★★★★☆
• The Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup (1973,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Alice in Chains - Facelift (1990,LP) ★★★★☆
• King Goat - Debt of Aeons (2018,LP) ★★☆☆☆
• REO Speedwagon - The Hits (1988,LP) ★★★☆☆
• The Atomic Bitchwax - The Atomic Bitchwax (1999,LP) ★★★★☆
• Gorilla vs. Grifter - Gorilla vs. Grifter (2016,LP) ★★★★☆
• Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (1978,S) ★★★★★
• Ethiopian & Gladiators - Dread Prophecy (1986,LP) ★★★★☆
• Blackberry Smoke - Wood, Wire & Roses (2015,EP) ★★★★☆
• Blackberry Smoke - The Southern Ground Sessions (2018,EP) ★★★★☆
• The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (2018,LP) ★★★★☆
• Deftones - Ohms (2020,S) ★★★★☆
• Found Wild - Found Wild (2018,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Grateful Dead - Skeletons From the Closet (1974,LP) ★★★★☆
• Discharge - Protest and Survive: The Anthology (2020,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Guns 'N' Roses - Greatest Hits (2004,S) ★★★★☆
• Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (2012,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• King Goat - Conduit (2017,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Zero Down - Larger Than Death (2018,LP) ★★★★☆
• Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965,2020 LP) ★★★★☆
• Space Elevator - Space Elevator (2014,S) ★★★★☆
• The Lone Bellow - Half Moon Light (2020,S) ★★☆☆☆
• Space Elevator - Space Elevator II (2018,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• The Bevis Frond - The Aunt Winnie Album (1988,2017 RSD 2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2014,BDA)
  • Performance ★★★★★ Multichannel ★★★★☆
• Blackberry Smoke - Little Piece of Dixie (2009,2020 2xLP) ★★★★★
• Kansas - The Absence of Presence (2020,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Crash Test Dummies - A Worm's Life (1996,2020 LP) ★★★★★
• Rush - Icon (2020,S) ★★★★☆
• Peter Appleyard Orchestra - Percussive Jazz (1957,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (1969,RM 2018 LP) ★★★★☆
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017,LP) ★★★★☆
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (2017,LP) ★★★★☆
• Elton John - Elton John (1970,2020 RSD 2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Zac Brown Band - Greatest Hits So Far (2014,S) ★★★☆☆
• Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1989,S) ★★★☆☆
• War Cloud - War Cloud (2017,LP) ★★★★☆
• Hypnos - GBG Sessions (2018,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Various - Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl-Pop (2017,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Blackberry Smoke - Bad Luck Ain't No Crime (2003,2020 LP) ★★★★☆
• The Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth (2020,LP) ★★★★☆
• Children of the Sün - Flowers (2019,LE LP) ★★★★☆
• The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975,2020 Quadio Box)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Multichannel ★★★★★
• The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973,2020 Quadio Box)
  • Performance ★★★★★ Multichannel ★★★★★
• Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017,S) ★★☆☆☆
• Ennio Morricone - Lounge (2020,MOV 2xLP) ★★★★★
• Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968,2020 B&N LP) ★★★★★
• The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972,2020 Quadio Box)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Multichannel ★★★★★
• Children of the Sun - Flowers (2020,S) ★★★★☆
• The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974,2020 Quadio Box)
  • Performance ★★★★★ Multichannel ★★★★★
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe (2017,LP) ★★★★☆
• Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - The Pillowcase EP (2006,S) ★★★★☆
• Presto Ballet - The Days Between (2018,S) ★★★☆☆
• Go-Go's - Greatest (1990,2020 LP) ★★★★★
• The Doors - 13 (1970,2020 B&N LP) ★★★★☆
• Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974,2020 LP) ★★★★☆
• Julie & The Wrong Guys - Self-titled (2017,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Health - Death Magic (2015,LP) ★★☆☆☆
• Doublestone - Devil's Own (2017,LP) ★★★★☆
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2020,LP) ★★★★☆
• Mastodon - Remission (2002,2019 2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Blackwülf - Sinister Sides (2018,LP) ★★★★☆
• The Ossuary - Southern Funeral (2019,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Deftones - Koi No Yokan (2012,S) ★★★★☆
• Deftones - Around the Fur (1997,LP) ★★★★★
• Mastodon - The Hunter (2011,S) ★★★★☆
• Sound of Contact - Dimensionaut (2013,2xLP) ★★★★☆
• Bobby Patterson - My Thing is Your Thing (2020,LP) ★★★★☆

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the above list compiled during the covid-19 pandemic and quarantine

Chuck's Rating Scale

• Classic / Essential (Best!) 4.4 to 5.0 ★★★★★
• Must Listen (Great) 3.4 to 4.3 ★★★★☆
• Worthy Effort (Good) 2.4 to 3.3 ★★★☆☆
• Below Expectations (Bad) 1.4 to 2.3 ★★☆☆☆
• Avoid (Awful) 0 to 1.3 ★☆☆☆☆