CD 1: [Elastic Rock]: 1916; Elastic Rock; Striation; Taranki; Twisted Track; Crude Blues (Part One); Crude Blues (Part Two); 1916 - The Battle Of Boogaloo; Torrid ...

Say "the tropics" these days, and history comes to mind. Kipling. Pith helmets. Somerset Maughm and gin tonics. Or, if not history, Club Med... Blue water. Travel brochures. Palmy beaches. The belly ...

Cherry Red Records and its subsidiary labels excel in reissues; especially so with their occasional jazz-related box sets. Memorable examples include the 6-CD Jack Bruce collection, Can You Follow?, ...

Alexander Frater. Alfred A. Knopf. 384 pages. $25.95. It's the heat and the humidity. Alexander Frater settles that question early on in "Tales From the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics." The ...