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  • The Waterboys, This is the Sea, 1985 on Ensign / Chrysalis

    The Waterboys, This is the Sea, 1985 on Ensign / Chrysalis

    This was the third studio album from The Waterboys, produced by Mike Scott and Karl Wallinger with John Brand and Mick Glossop. Includes one of my favorite Waterboys songs “The Whole of the Moon” but the entire album is wonderful. It’s a bit hard to see in the photos but the Waterboys emblem / logo…

  • The Waterboys, Fisherman’s Blues, 1988 on Chrysalis / Ensign

    The Waterboys, Fisherman’s Blues, 1988 on Chrysalis / Ensign

    The fourth studio LP from Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anthony Thistlehwaite, Trevor Hutchinson, Peter McKinney et al. Marked a bit of a shift toward Irish and Scottish music, but including covers of Van Morrison’s “Sweet Thing” and (briefly) “This Land is Your Land.” My copy – a Carrollton Georgia US pressing from 1988 – via…

  • The Waterboys, Out of All This Blue, 2017 on BMG

    The Waterboys, Out of All This Blue, 2017 on BMG

    Mike Scott, the creative force behind The Waterboys, has continued to make interesting music and evolve their sound – here incorporating more contemporary pop sounds. It’s a double album, with a third record of “blue variations.” Some of the tracks have lots of instrumentation (strings, brass, overdubs) and some seem to be recorded on the…

  • The Waterboys, Modern Blues, 2015 on Harlequin and Clown

    The Waterboys, Modern Blues, 2015 on Harlequin and Clown

    Underappreciated album from The Waterboys on the label Mike Scott created from 2015 – I believe this album (in all its formats) was the the label’s only release. Sides three and four are one track – “Long Strange Golden Road” – in both fully realized and acoustic demo format. The album was recorded in Nashville,…

  • The Waterboys, The Waterboys (Mini LP), 1984 on Island.

    The Waterboys, The Waterboys (Mini LP), 1984 on Island.

    The Waterboys, The Waterboys (Mini LP), 1984 on Island. The self-titled EP, which followed the self-titled debut in much of the world but preceded it in the US, Back when releases were more likely to be limited to geography. Both are “must have” in either sequence.

  • The Waterboys, Self-Titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis.

    The Waterboys, Self-Titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis.

    The Waterboys, self-titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis. In the UK, this came out in 1983 (on the Chicken Jazz label) , and was followed later by the 1984 self-titled EP (five songs). In the US, the EP came out first and this LP followed in 1986. Still sounds fresh to me – could come out…

  • The Waterboys, Puck’s Blues, 2015 via Kobalt Label Sevices.

    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

  • Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay, 1982 on Albion.

    Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay, 1982 on Albion.

    Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay, 1982 on Albion (original UK pressing). Hitchcock’s second solo album with Sara Lee from Gang of Four and Anthony Thistlewaite from the Waterboys, produced by Steve Hillage

  • World Party, Private Revolution, 1986, and The Waterboys, In A Pagan Place, 1984

    World Party, Private Revolution, 1986, and The Waterboys, In A Pagan Place, 1984

    Two great mid-eighties albums with Karl Wallinger Picked both up at Record Exchange in St. Louis this fall.