New Morning
Artist: Bob Dylan
Community Score: 6.76
Garcia
Artist: Jerry Garcia
Community Score: 9.33

This disc was a happy byproduct of the Grateful Dead re-signing with Warner Bros. It was mutually beneficial for Bob Weir (guitar/vocals) as well as Mickey Hart (percussion), and his criminally overlooked debut long player Rolling Thunder (1972). Jerry Garcia's (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, samples,... Read More

Quah
Artist: Jorma Kaukonen
Community Score: 8.00

Quah -- Jorma Kaukonen's (guitar/vocal) solo debut effort -- was recorded and issued shortly after the dissolution of Jefferson Airplane in 1974. In contrast to the sonic indulgences of Grace Slick's Manhole or Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship's Blows Against the Empire, Kaukonen retreated back to his folk-blues roots along with vocalist Tom... Read More

20 Granite Creek
Artist: Moby Grape
After the Gold Rush/Harvest
Artist: Neil Young

After his first recording with Crazy Horse, Neil Young returned to more of a singer/songwriter sound on his next two albums of the early '70s, After the Gold Rush and Harvest, both early high points in Young's career. The two albums were then combined, for a time, on a double-LP set or single cassette. ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide Read More

Expecting to Fly
Artist: Buffalo Springfield
Blows Against the Empire
Artist: Jefferson Starship
Community Score: 7.00

Paul Kantner's debut solo album actually was credited to "Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship," the first use of the "Starship" billing, predating the formation of the group with that name by four years. Kantner used it, extrapolating on the name of his current band, Jefferson Airplane, to refer to Blows's science fiction concept: A bunch of... Read More

Striking It Rich
Artist: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
Community Score: 8.00

Striking It Rich features 14 more sides of hipster acoustic swing from Hicks and his helpmates, including the fan favorites "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music." The band's musicianship remains mostly on the mark, but there are elements of the album that go beyond kitsch and the humor here is considerably darker than in the past -- perhaps early... Read More

Buffalo Springfield - COLLECTION
Artist: Buffalo Springfield

Not to be confused with their self-titled debut album, this double LP, which can still be found without too much hassle, is clearly the best Springfield compilation, at least until the overdue day when a box set appears that includes everything recorded by this superb band. It does miss some good songs, especially from the first album, but... Read More