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: Royal Orleans
Photos Courtesy of Lance Hoppen
In 1976, the group Orleans came within reach of superstardom.
With two tender Top Five singles under its belt — “Dance with Me” and “Still 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: Singer Of Songs, Teller Of Tales ~ Paul Davis Remembered
Photos Courtesy of Ed Seay
His name is somehow synonymous with yacht rock but don’t let this misnomer fool you. The late, great Paul Davis should really be considered a...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Highly Strung ~ Hackett Revisited
Photos by Tina Korhonen
Steve Hackett’s fingers should be in the Smithsonian — given all they’ve created since the opening lines of “The Musical Box” came wafting in to introduce Genesis’...
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: The Lovable Sweetness of Lime
Photo Courtesy of Denyse Le Page
Disco supposedly bit the dust on July 12, 1979.
The venue was Comiskey Park in Chicago where, during a White Sox-Tigers battle royale, a dumpster full...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Little Big Man On The Silver Mountain ~ The Recorded...
Photo Courtesy of Mickey Lee Soule
Before Ronnie James Dio became the undisputed godfather of heavy metal — replete with devil-horn gnarled hands — he was Ronald Padavona, frontman for...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Exile On Easy Street
Photo Courtesy of Exile
In 1978, the Gibb brothers and younger sibling Andy engaged in a six-month-long ping-pong-like domination over the Billboard Hot 100, volleying one iconic hit to fans...
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...
