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  • Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2

    Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2

    1971 Tamla compilation – mine’s a mid-70s era reissue. There was a first “Greatest Hits” in 1968, and many many more to follow. I acquired this as part of an Everything But The House lot – great find.

  • Eric Burdon & War, Eric Burdon Declares “War,” 1970 on MGM.

    Eric Burdon & War, Eric Burdon Declares “War,” 1970 on MGM.

    Eric Burdon & War, Eric Burdon Declares “War,” 1970 on MGM. First LP by Burdon & War – produced by Jerry Goldstein (who also workeded with Blood Sweat & Tears and many others). Via an Everything But The House lot

  • Michael Franks, One Bad Habit, 1980 on Warner Bros.

    Michael Franks, One Bad Habit, 1980 on Warner Bros.

    Michael Franks, One Bad Habit, 1980 on Warner Bros. Picked this up as part of an Everything But the House lot and had never heard it – but really like it. Late seventies jazz / soul vibe – maybe you’d call it yacht rock now – at the time they called it the “Quiet Storm”…

  • Professor Longhair, Crawfish Fiesta, 1980 on Alligator Records.

    Professor Longhair, Crawfish Fiesta, 1980 on Alligator Records.

    Professor Longhair, Crawfish Fiesta, 1980 on Alligator Records. At one point in my life, when I had hair, I could have been called Professor Longhair (or Dr. John, for that matter). Via an Everything But The House lot purchase

  • Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading, 1976 on A&M.

    Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading, 1976 on A&M.

    Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading, 1976 on A&M. Part of a collection purchased through Everything But The House

  • Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol.

    Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol.

    Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol. Release from The Star Line, a series on Capitol that started in the early 60s. Via an Everything But The House lot

  • James Taylor, self-titled, 1968 on Apple Records.

    James Taylor, self-titled, 1968 on Apple Records.

    James Taylor, self-titled, 1968 on Apple Records. With George Harrison and Paul McCartney on Carolina In My Mind – what an auspicious debut Via an EBTH auction lot – I’ve no idea who SEB is but now have a number of record covers signed or initialed by him/her

  • The Scorpion, The Plain Truth, 1984 on Trex / West Indies Records.

    The Scorpion, The Plain Truth, 1984 on Trex / West Indies Records.

    The Scorpion, The Plain Truth, 1984 on Trex / West Indies Records. Love this 12″ soca style calypso single from Barbados that I acquired as part of an Everything But The House lot

  • The Roches, Self-Titled, 1979 on Warner Bros.

    The Roches, Self-Titled, 1979 on Warner Bros.

    The Roches, Self-Titled, 1979 on Warner Bros. Debut album from Maggie, Terre, and Suzy Roche. Produced “in audio verité” by Robert Fripp. Part of a lot I got via Everything But The House

  • Phil Ochs, Chords of Fame, 1976 on A&M.

    Phil Ochs, Chords of Fame, 1976 on A&M.

    Phil Ochs, Chords of Fame, 1976 on A&M. Political folk in the tradition of Seeger Guthrie et al, 2xLP gateway with great liner notes by Ed Sanders via Everything But The House

  • Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve

    Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve

    Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve My copy is an 80s Japanese pressing by Polydor K.K., part of the Original Verve Jazz Classics series. Includes Oscar Peterson (playing organ rather than piano on some tracks), Herb Ellis, and Osie Johnson plus Jerome Richardson on flute My favorite bassist in any genre Via…

  • Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1958 on Verve

    Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1958 on Verve

    Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1958 on Verve An original 1958 mono pressing – one of my favorite recent finds. With Ray Brown on bass and Gene Gammage on drums via Everything But The House

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone In Love, 1957 on Verve

    Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone In Love, 1957 on Verve

    Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone In Love, 1957 on Verve. Black and silver Verve labels without mention of MGM Ella with Frank DeVol and his Orchestra – classic Via Everything But The House

  • Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan; Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah; 1958 compilation on Harmony.

    Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan; Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah; 1958 compilation on Harmony.

    Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan; Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah; 1958 compilation on Harmony. Harmony was a “budget” sub-label of Columbia, revived in 1957,selling LPs for $1.98, often reissuing material from other Columbia LPs I picked this one up in a lot of LPs from Everything But The House – a great…

  • Oscar Peterson, Pastel Moods, 1956 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson, Pastel Moods, 1956 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson, Pastel Moods, 1956 on Verve. Part of a group of older jazz LPs I picked up via Everything But the House With Ray Brown, Herb Ellis (b-side) and Irving Ashby (a-side).

  • Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz.

    Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz.

    Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz. Trip Jazz was a sublabel of Trip, itself owned by Springboard, a discount New Jersey label ( distributed, in part, in grocery stores) that purchased the Scepter Records catalogue. This version is electronically reprocessed to stereo (as was the Scepter release in Italy…