Stu Rutherford
Multi-instrumentalist, home recording enthusiast, WFMU engineer, record collector, low-rent audiophile. Former member of The Creatures of the Golden Dawn, The Royal Purple and The Brimstones among other bands / projects.
Top 18 List
- The Beatles - Revolver
- Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
- The B-52's - S/T
- The Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold
- The Sonics - Introducing The Sonics
- Little Richard - Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits
- V/A - Pebble Volume One
- The Ramones - Rocket To Russia
- The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds (aka Roger The Engineer)
- Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
- The Chesterfield Kings - Here Are The Chesterfield Kings
- Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' In The Moonlight
- The Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
- The Who - My Generation
- Blondie - Parallel Lines
- Chuck Berry - Golden Decade Volume One
- Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
- The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy
Articles by Stu Rutherford
OOPS! What Happened To The Mix???
October 19, 2020Back when I was a teenager circa 1979, I was a huge Beatles fan and was slowly adding their albums to my meager LP collection. I knew early on about the differences between the UK and US releases and was seeking out and buying the UK versions. I had a few good sources for import […]
CRITICAL CUT: Just Like Me
August 23, 2020Actually, it was two simultaneous guitar solos flailing away over a cool “Louie Louie”-ish chord progression which may not sound like much on paper but to me was pure garage rock nirvana.
One Man’s Trash: Anatomy of a Defaced LP Cover
June 30, 2020A few years back, my musical compadre, Mike Sin & I shared a table at the Jersey City Record Riot selling some unwanted vinyl and CDs from our collections. As I was going through the records I had set aside to sell and putting price stickers on them, I came across a copy of the […]