Lost and Found

Of all the obscure albums I have ever come across, this is definitely high on the list….it’s also one of the most under serving. Jimmy Destri is/was best known as being the keyboardist and one of the principal songwriter/arrangers for Blondie, not to mention one of Read More

While it may seem odd to include an artist of such stature, David Bowie has actually been responsible for quite a number of lost and forgotten albums. When you have a career of 40+ years, things sometimes end up lost in time. However, a couple things he has done ended up lost Read More

As was the case for a lot of people in the pre-hipster age, my introduction to The Beta Band was made through John Cusack and the brilliantly bipolar character he played in the 2000 film, High Fidelity. In one of the more iconic scenes in that movie, Cusack, all 80s club-kid hair Read More

It seems a bit incongruous to consider Dire Straits’s brilliant 1985 masterpiece, “Brothers in Arms” for a column on lost and forgotten albums, but I’m going to do it anyway, if for no other reason than it gives me an excuse to fire up the turntable and give it another listen. Read More