Tag: light of day records
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Lucinda Williams, Happy Woman Blues, 1980 on Folkways (FTS 31067)
My copy is a 2019 reissue on what is now called Smithsonian Folkways (the Smithsonian acquired Folkways in 1987 from the estate of Moses Asch). This was Williams’ sophomore album, after Ramblin’ On My Mind. I didn’t come to know Wiliams until much later – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road in the late nineties…
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Gerry Mulligan, The Concert Jazz Band, 1960 on Verve.
Gerry Mulligan, The Concert Jazz Band, 1960 on Verve. Mulligan’s first “Concert Jazz Band” with multiple different players on Trumpet, Sax, and Trombone on different tracks Via Light of Day Records in Jamaica Plain
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Herb Eillis and Stuff Smith, Together!, 1963 on Epic.
Herb Eillis and Stuff Smith, Together!, 1963 on Epic. An original mono pressing – Herb Ellis on guitar and Stuff Smith on violin, with Al McKibbon, Lou Levy, Bob Envoldsen, and Shelly Manne. Love the Motherwell painting on the cover too via Light of Day Records in JP
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Ranking Roger, Radical Departure, 1988 on I.R.S. Records
Ranking Roger, Radical Departure, 1988 on I.R.S. Records First solo album from Roger Charley (1963-2019) aka Ranking Roger, who was part of the English Beat (or just The Beat, as they are known in the UK) and General Public. via Light of Day Records in Jamaica Plain
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Various Artists, Stay Awake (Various Interpretations of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988 on A&M.
Various Artists, Stay Awake (Various Interpretations of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988 on A&M. Loved this when it came out in 1988, and I think it’s even cooler now. Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega, Los Lobos, Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe, Aaron Neville, The Replacements, Sinéad O’Connor, Nilsson, James Taylor. via Light of Day Records…
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Vanilla Fudge, Vanilla Fudge (Self-Titled), 1967 on Atco.
Vanilla Fudge, Vanilla Fudge (Self-Titled), 1967 on Atco. Via Light of Day Records in Jamaica Plain Most folks know ” You Keep Me Hanging On” but also covers of Ticket to Ride & Elea or Rigby plus She’s Not There (the Zombies), People Get Ready, and Bang Bang by Sonny Bono. Groovy. Can you dig…
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Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet with Sergio Mendes, Cannonball’s Bossa Nova, 1963 on Riverside.
Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet with Sergio Mendes, Cannonball’s Bossa Nova, 1963 on Riverside. My copy is a Capitol Records reissue from 1968 without the “Cannonball’s Bossa Nova” title from the original Riverside edition. Gets criticism for jumping on the Bossa Nova bandwagon but I think it’s a lovely LP Via Light of…
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The Knack, Get the Knack, 1979 on Capitol
The Knack, Get the Knack, 1979 on Capitol Debut album – great late seventies rock/pop, trending into New Wave – My Sharona, of course, but also Good Girls Don’t Lyrics don’t necessarily hold up as well as the music via Light of Day Records in Jamaica Plain
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The Buckinghams, Time & Charges, 1967 on Columbia.
The Buckinghams, Time & Charges, 1967 on Columbia. In case the cover photo didn’t make the Beatles comparison, the rear jacket notes say: “[The Buckingham”s] talent will do for Chicago what the Beatles did for Liverpool” Love their take on “I’ll Be Back” and “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” which is a Joe Zawinul tune originally recorded…
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Sufjan Stevens, The Ascension, 2020 on @asthmatickittyrecords
Sufjan Stevens, The Ascension, 2020 on @asthmatickittyrecords @sufjan meets @chvrches on a sometimes divisive double LP I love it. Mine is the @independentrecordpressing pressing and sounds great – I’ve heard there were issues with some from the @pallasgroup GmbH pressing Via @lightofdayrecords in Jamaica Plain