Matt

“This shelf runs heavy on 70s rock and sun-baked southern geography, led by sixteen Jimmy Buffett records and ten from Little Feat that anchor the whole room in a permanent haze of grease and humidity. The numbers don't lie about the decade split either, with the seventies taking seventy-eight entries while the 2020s claw right back up with seventy-three, proving this collector doesn't just live in the past even if the Little Feat run from 1971 to 1981 does heavy lifting. You've got Bill Payne and Richie Hayward pulsing through fourteen records each in the fine print, which means the rhythm section is essentially running the store whether you put them on the turntable or not. It's a collection built by someone who wants warmth and movement above all else, swinging easily from Charley Crockett's modern country stride back to Robert Palmer and back again without a stutter in the pacing. Sure, there are missing pieces in the spans—Time Loves A Hero is sitting there as a glaring one-album hole for Little Feat, and Buffett is missing Rancho Deluxe, Last Mango In Paris, and Floridays. But that just keeps the hunt alive in the dollar bins downstairs while the rest of the room stays stacked. Solid weight across one hundred forty-two artists who clearly know how to keep a groove going for thirty minutes at a stretch.”