Friday, March 8, 2024

Between Drums & Numbers (Never Reissued)

RICHARD BARONE & JAMES MASTRO - NUTS & BOLTS (1983)

 
Right after the first Bongos album "Drums Along the Hudson" (1982) (an expanded version of the Time and the River mini-album, itself a compilation of singles). The Bongos expanded from a trio with the fulltime addition of guitarist James Mastro (who also played with Richard Lloyd on the Alchemy album). In an offbeat variation on the solo record concept, Barone and Mastro dropped down to North Carolina to record "Nuts and Bolts" in collaboration with Mitch Easter. Each Bongo takes a side to showcase his own writing and singing, while helping the other out as well. The album never got any tour promotion until a concert reunion in 2018.
 
WU (215 mb)

2 comments:

JD said...

Thanks so much for this awesome post.

MAZE said...

Thanks! Been looking for this for years!