PRIME CUTS
T Bone buyers’ guide
THE ALPHA
BAND
SPARK IN THE
DARK ARISTA, 1977
Still hot off Rolling Thunder, heads bursting with ideas, Burnett and co-conspirators hit stride on their second album, with border songs, ballads, and aRingo Starrpowered take on Dylan’s “You Angel You”. 7/10
LOS LOBOS
HOW WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE?
SLASH/WARNER
BROTHERS, 1984
With their Tejano take on early rock’n’roll, this Los Angeles-based crew spoke alanguage the Texasbred Burnett understood perfectly. The result branded Burnett an A-list producer. 9/10