Tag: Dyno Records
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Foreigner, Foreigner 4, 1981 on Atlantic
Fourth (as the name suggests) full length studio album from Foreigner, who brought together three Brits and three Americans (making half the band at least foreigners wherever they played). Unavoidable on rock radio in the early 80s – “Juke Box Hero,” “Urgent,” and “Waiting For A Girl Like You.” My copy—via Dyno Records in Newburyport…
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Supertramp, Breakfast in America, 1979 on A&M.
Though I imagine it’s the one Supertramp album most folks could name, this was their sixth LP. It’s got “The Logical Song” “Goodbye Stranger” and “Take the Long Way Home” – all Billboard Top 100 singles. Love the iconic cover with the twin towers of the World Trade Center and Kate Murtagh in statue-of-liberty-as-waitress pose.…
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Wye Oak, Shriek, 2014 on Merge Records
Third album on Merge Records and fourth overall for Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, produced by Wye Oak with Nicolas Vernhes (who had worked with Fischerspooner and Dirty Projectors). Artwork by Ashley North Compton My copy via Dyno Records in Newburyport MA
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Wye Oak, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, 2018 on Merge Records
The most recent full length from Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner, on Merge. The Wye Oak was the largest white oak tree in the US until it died in 2002 (at over 460 years old). There is still a Wye Oak State Park in Talbot County. The album was mixed by John Congleton and mastered…
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Wye Oak, Tween, 2016 on Merge
Baltimore’s Wye Oak (who started as Monarch) are Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner, and get described as either indie-rock-infused folk, or folk-infused indie rock. Either way I like it. Tween collects things recorded between their albums Civilian (2011) and Shriek (2014) though it came out later. Ashley North Compton did the cover (as she did…
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The Alarm, Equals, 2018 on The Twenty First Century Recording Company
The Alarm joined here by Billy Duffy from the Cult. The Twenty First Century Recording Company was set up by Mike Peters back in the 90s. The Alarm have actually put out six records since 2011, though I’ve not followed them as closely as I did back in their heyday in the 80s. They are…
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Bonnie Bishop, Ain’t Who I Was, 2016 on Plan BB
I first heard the title track of this album on a Paste Sampler from 2017 so was happy to find the LP (produced by Dave Cobb) at Dyno Records in Newburyport. Here she is performing it at the Paste Studios: Bishop is from Austin TX (but may now be in Nashville?) and has been putting…
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Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton, Wildflower Blues, 2017 on Cinquefoil
Holland and Parton were the original core of the Be Good Tanyas, later joined by Trish Klein and Frazey Ford. I was (and still am) a massive fan of the Be Good Tanyas, often letting their albums Blue Horse and Chinatown run all day while working. Here they reunite on an album via Cinquefoil Records,…
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The Magnetic Fields, i, 2004 on Nonesuch
All the songs on the album start with the letter i, a very Stephin Merritt thing to do. (Is this also related to the “i” in his first name?). The front page of the insert lyrics and credits sheet, which shows through the die cut “i” in the cover, is Fred Tomaselli’s Gravity in Four…
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Al Kooper, Naked Songs, 1973 on Columbia
I’m a big fan of Al Kooper‘s work throughout his long career: from the Blues Project and the first Blood, Sweat and Tears album to Super Session and his production work. He’s also a Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2023. This album includes a cover of John Prine‘s Sam Stone as well…
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David Bromberg, David Bromberg, 1971 on Columbia
To me, David Bromberg is a hidden gem – he’s not exactly unkown, but people don’t realize just how great so much of what he’s recorded is. This was his self-titled debut, including “The Holdup” (cowritten with George Harrison) and (apparently) uncredited Harmonica by Bob Dylan on “Sammy’s Song.” There’s also great versions of “Dehlia,”…
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Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals, The Night Time is the Right Time, 1976 on Springboard.
Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals, The Night Time is the Right Time, 1976 on Springboard. Live recordings from Club a’Gogo in Newcastle UK, from 1963. First released in 1972 in France on BYG, also issued as Newcastle-on-Tyne, December 1963 by Charly Records. (There are two different blues musicians named Sonny Boy Williams- this is…
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The Waterboys, Puck’s Blues, 2015 via Kobalt Label Sevices.
The Waterboys, Puck’s Blues, 2015 via Kobalt Label Sevices. 10″ EP – home demos recorded leading up to Modern Blues. Limited release from in 2015. Die cut outer sleeve revealing the photo on the inner sleeve I don’t normally buy many 10″ records but couldn’t pass this one by at Dyno Records in Newburyport
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ghosteen, 2019 on Ghosteen Ltd.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ghosteen, 2019 on Ghosteen Ltd. Such a beautiful album in every way – expect to return to this one frequently Via Dyno Records
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation, 1980.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation, 1980. Mine’s a 1986 UK pressing on Virgin sublabel Dindisc. Via Dyno Records in Newburyport (pre-covid). “Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday . . . ”
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Bonnie Raitt, self-titled, 1971 on Warner Brothers.
Bonnie Raitt, self-titled, 1971 on Warner Brothers. Raitt’s debut album, recorded at an old summer camp on Enchanted Island in Lake Minnetonka Mine’s a later repressing based on the labels – 1973 to 1978 sometime. Fantastic beginning to a career still going strong Via Dyno Records in Newburyport, MA
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George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Self-Titled, 1977 on Rounder Records
The debut album by George Thorogood and the [Deleware] Destroyers. 1977 on Rounder Records. Great liner notes on the back of this one by John Forward, who introduced the band to the label, about seeing them live the first time at Joe’s Place in Cambridge (which burned down in 1975) My copy from Dyno Records…
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Fleetwood Mac: Before the Beginning, 2019, on Sony Music.
Fleetwood Mac: Before the Beginning, 2019, on Sony Music. Via Dyno Records, Newburyport MA