Bloodflowers, the 2000 release by the Alternative Rock band "The Cure" is considered their best since their hugely successful release "Disintegration". Bloodflowers is also considered by Robert Smith (lead singer and lyricist) to be the final album in the trilogy of albums he feels best define The Cure.  (Pornography & Disintegration being the other two.)  Original pressings of this record bring fairly high prices.  Vinyl releases from the late 90's through early 2000's are not very common, and this album only sold moderately well to start with, on vinyl or CD.  I found this in a pawn shop, in excellent condition and prices well below market value!  Such a thrill finding undervalued vinyl!  Here is "Where The Birds Always Sing" followed by "There is no if..."

The Cure, Early BBC Sessions 1979 - 1985, released in 2011 covers as the name implies, early works of the band from the BBC archives. There are rumours that this is a unofficial or off label record, but I don't really think so.  There is a disclaimer at the bottom of the cover saying it is released by arrangement with BBC, and it is covered by copyright.  Anyways, it is still a good collection of early music by this band.  The quality and volume between songs varies somewhat, but generally well recorded.  Here are two songs I really like: "Subway Song" and "Kyoto Song"

 After leaving the Guess Who in 1975, Burton Cummings released his debut, self titled solo album in  1976.  Although still in the Rock genre, this album is more Jazz Rock, and Pop than the music of Guess Who. An example of this would be "Stand Tall", perhaps the most played song from this album:

"My Own Way To Rock", recorded in 1977 and dedicated to Steve Miller, Bob Seger, Freddie Mercury and Brian May.  The title track got a lot of air play, but my pick from this album is his cover of the Leiber/Stoller song "Framed" originally recorded in 1954 by the Robins.
I like the bluesy edge he gives this song:

His third solo record in as many years, "Dream Of A Child" was released in 1978, and was the first album he self produced.  This release became his best selling album with hits in "Break It To Them Gently" and
"I Will Play A Rhapsody".  Normally I try to pick songs from an album that didn't necessarily get tons of airplay, but this is an exception; here is Break if to them gently, certainly the best song on this album;

So, yes It has been a while since I sat down to post anything about my collection, like months!  Well, work got in the way.  Now it is slow again and I have time.  I stopped posting back in May towards the end of "C".  Since then, of course, I have purchased more records, some of which are filed before where I am now posting.  What to do?  I guess I will continue alphabetically, skipping those new acquisitions for now, till I finish C at lease.  Then perhaps catch up?  Or not? I guess we will see.  For now we are starting up again with Burton Cummings: