Detective - Detective - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Released in 1977 on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records, It Takes One To Know One found Detective pushing their swaggering hard rock even further, with frontman Michael Des Barres and former Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye at the helm. Blending muscular riffs, blues-soaked grooves, and a touch of glam, the album cemented the band's reputation as one of Swan Song's fiercest signings. This limited edition reissue is pressed on lavender vinyl, newly remastered by Dave Gardner, and packaged with updated artwork plus a fold-out insert. A long-overlooked gem of '70s rock, finally back in print with the care it deserves.

Vinyl LP repressing. Delivering a devastating punch to rock's early '60s doldrums, Bo Diddley Is a Lover bursts at the seasm with Bo's uncompromising, rockin' beat. Yep. Industry and the government may have cleaned up fellow '50s rockers like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis and Gene Vincent, but they didn't get to Bo - a defiant rocker to the core. By the time of the 1961 sessions for this album, Bo had reloicated from Chicago to DC, to record at his own home studio. He used his artistic freedom to his complete advantage, churning out a series of killer records unfettered by bureaucratic interference. Considered the pinnacle of his collaboration with Lady Bo (aka, Peggy Jones), Is a Lover is also one of Bo's most diverse. Along with rockers like InchHong Kong, MississippiInch and InchBo Diddley Is LooseInch, the LP also features fantastic instrumentals such as InchCongoInch, straight blues (InchBo's BluesInch, that is), and a call-and-answer with old sparring partner Jerome Green (InchBo's VacationInch) and the fabulous ballad, InchLove Is a Secret,Inch with backing vocals from a young DC girl group, the Impalas (who would hit the charts three years later as the Jewels). on this album, they're also in fine form on the rocking InchNot GuiltyInch and the title track. And they're not the only gals contributing, as Lady Bo shines on the axe throughout - particularly on the exotic instro, InchAztec.Inch Not to be outdone, Bo closes the album with the badass instro, InchQuick DrawInch - with strings pulled and twisted to their limit.

From their inception, Generationals have existed at the convergence of classic style and contemporary technique. Students of an analog school actualized in a digital medium, Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner have always felt most comfortable reveling in this juxtaposition. Grounded in a catalog of infectious pop hooks that feel both familiar and radically new all at once, Generationals mastered their distinct voice as a means to widen the path before them. Reader As Detective, their new full-length album, weds vintage pop canon and modern pop production in a way this duo has proven incomparably adept. From the cornerstone sample of InchI Turned My Back on the Written Word,Inch (a recontextualization of an unreleased b-side) to the playful synths and stuttered drums of InchDream Box,Inch and jogging rhythms of InchBreaking Your Silence,Inch Generationals continue to push the envelope by playing by their own rules.