Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: The Jon Butcher Axis – Bold As Hell

Photos courtesy of Jon Butcher When I’m not in full-blown public relations mode at my day job, I’m usually conferring with colleagues throughout the country about the bands and artists...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Driven To Sniff ‘n’ the Tears

Photos Courtesy of Paul Roberts Their lone U.S. hit begins simply enough until nine seconds in — a few acoustic guitar strums and then POW, the musical gas is punched...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: White Punks With Hope – The Tubes ~ What Do...

Photo Courtesy of John Staley Photography The Tubes What Do You Want From Live On their second album, they sang about the glories of being “young and rich,” but by 1977, the...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Look At Little Sister

Photo Courtesy of Kate Taylor One of my fondest memories occurred at about 7 AM on August 9, 2014 — my 30th birthday. I was about the board a ferry with my...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: ‘Did I Hear You Say That This Is Victory’ –...

It’s doesn’t matter that it’s been 50 years; Blue Öyster Cult remains one of rock music’s most underappreciated bands. Here we have a powerhouse collective where democracy (at least for...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Snake Eyes, Seventh Heaven ~ The Alan Parsons Project ‘The...

Photo Courtesy of Lenny Zakatek The Alan Parsons Project The Turn Of A Friendly Card In 1980, the Alan Parsons Project opted to make gambling the core concept of its fifth album....

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Big Bad Jim

Photo of A.J. and Jim Croce together courtesy of Joshua Black Wilkins and Paul Wilson   September 20, 1973 marked the day the music died a second time. Jim Croce, the tender singer,...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “Come On, You Little Fighter” — Supertramp’s ‘Famous’ Followup

Band Photos Courtesy of John Helliwell Regardless of its commercial stature, Supertramp is one those unique rock bands that never seemed to get a break – enduring its fair share of...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “Touch The Sun And Run” ~ The Association Go To...

Photos courtesy of Russ Giguere Every Sunday night when I was growing up meant movie night with my father. Usually my sister and I would pick from a round robin...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Treat It As A Good Thing – Jon Anderson...

Photo Courtesy of Stan Johnson Before Amazon entered my life, I was forced to hunt for hard-to-come-by CDs the old-fashioned way — in America’s many, many Goodwill stores. In one such...