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  1. Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys: The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away (Polydor 24-4001, 1969).

    This is pretty generic 1969 white boy boogie but Lester Bangs reviewed it favorably for Rolling Stone so I picked it up when I saw it cheap. Bangs lumped them in with “non-innovative, journeymen groups [who] don’t feel compelled to try so hard” but to him that was a compliment. I bet he never played it again after writing it up. I won’t either.

    #MyVinylSolution #vinyl #LesterBangs

  2. BOC

    Blue Oyster Cult released their self-titled debut album on January 16, 1972. Legendary rock writer Lester Bangs, writing for Rolling Stone, said, ... New York has produced its first authentic boogie beast, and with any luck this one should be around for awhile --- I don't think you should miss this album. Listen to the debut album from Blue Oyster Cult on Amazon Music ... #blueoystercult #rock #70srock #classicrock #lesterbangs #rock #rockmusic #music @musicsky…

    robinbannks.com/2026/01/16/571

  3. @lukeharby I mean, yes they did! Their schtick is pure #LesterBangs, and Steven Wells probably did it better, but I wanted (needed) to read that kind of sneering takedown of the mediocrity of popular culture. They championed The Young Gods and other artists who plundered sounds to make music concrete and it was thrilling post-modern music journalism ushering in a new frontier. Weirdly Ayn Randian too.