Sharp Notes Radio with Evan Toth: 3/29/25

All Human, All Vinyl: This week’s set moves through decades and genres, from introspective singer-songwriters to jazz innovators and classic rock staples.

We start with A Girl Called Eddy’s reflective "Life Thru the Same Lens" from her newly reissued self-titled album (Last Night From Glasgow), then shift to Unicorn’s "Bullseye Bill", a 1976 folk-rock gem with a Floyd connection (Think Like a Key). The ‘80s take center stage with Japanese pressings of Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis, Lionel Richie, The Doobie Brothers, and Queen, each delivering polished hooks and those undeniable 80s melodies.

On the jazz side, Harry Beckett (On-U Sound) and Yazz Ahmed (Night Time Stories) push the boundaries. Seun Kuti & Egypt ‘80 (Knitting Factory - Record Kicks - Django Music) bring urgent, politically charged Afrobeat, and we close with the infectious Latin rhythms of Pete Rodriguez’s I Like It Like That a new Fania reissue on the Craft label.

Vinyl-only, no filler. Press play up there.

A Girl Called Eddy - Life Thru the Same Lens - A Girl Called Eddy - Last Night From Glasgow - PNFG56 - 2004

Unicorn - Bullseye Bill - Too Many Crooks - Harvest/Cherry Red/Think Like a Key - TLAK 1153 - 1976/2023

Kenny Loggins - At Last - Vox Humana - CBS/Sony /Japan - 28AP 3025 - 1984

Huey Lewis - If This Is It - Sports - Chrysalis - WWS 81628 - 1983

Lionel Ritchie - Love Will Find a Way - Can’t Slow Down - Motown/Japan - VIL-6070 - 1983

The Doobie Brothers - Real Love - One Step Closer - Warner Brothers/Japan - P10850W - 1980

Queen - Need Your Loving Tonight - The Game - Elektra – P-10875E - 1982

Harry Beckett - Out of the Blue - The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett - On U Sound - ONULP 164 - 2008/2024

Yazz Ahmed - El Emadi - La Saboteuse - Night Time Stories - ALNLP75W - 2017/2024

Ronnie DeMarco - Jump - The Jazz Connection - Statler - SLP 1416

Seun Kuti & Egypt ’80 - Move - Heavier Yet Lays the Crownless Head - Knitting Factory - Record Kicks - Django Music - SKE80-LLC - RKX096 - 2024

Pete Rodriguez - I Like it Like That - Fania Records The Latin Sound of New York - Fania/Craft - CR00827 - 2025