John Eckman

Thompson Twins, Set, 1982 on T Records

Thompson Twins’ second album. In the US we didn’t get A Product Of and Set but instead got In the Name of Love, which was most of this album plus a few songs from the former.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes, 1984 on Zang Tuum Tumb

Zang Tuum Tumb 12 ZTAS 3, 1984. Side A: Annihilation Side B: Surrender From Flashback London

Dr. John, the night tripper, Gris-Gris, 1986 on ATCO.

Do you walk on guilded splinters? Dr. John, the Night Tripper, Gris-Gris (1968). Rhino Records 180g european reissue from 2013 via Honest Jon’s in London

Daryl Hall and John Oates, Rock’N Soul Part 1, 1983.

European pressing of Hall & Oates’ 1983 greatest hits collection. Includes a 1984 calendar. From Flashback Records in London

Eddy Grant, Walking On Sunshine, 1978.

Eddy Grant, Walking On Sunshine, 1978. Yes, that Eddy Grany (Electric Avenue); no, not that Walking on Sunshine (that was Katrina and the Waves).

Lightnin’ Hopkins, Self-Titled, 1959 on Folkways.

Reissue by Vinyl Lovers on 180g vinyl Lightnin’ Hopkins 1959 self-titled

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.

Last of yesterday’s finds – from Dyno Records in Newburyport

Last of yesterday’s haul – from Dyno Records in Newburyport

Yesterday’s finds

Yesterday’s finds from Oldies in Newburyport, MA

Finds from yesterday at Residency Records

Nice haul yesterday at Residency Records

Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on Geffen

Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on @geffenrecords (US pressing). Another from my own (meaning I’ve had it since the eighties and can’t recall where I got it). Without Nitzer Ebb there would be no Nine Inch Nails or so many other wonderful things.

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, United, 1967 on Tamla

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, from Tamla records, 1967. Mine is a repress from 2016 on 180g vinyl by Czech GZ Media but it sounds just as good as ever. From Sister Ray in Soho, London

The Firm, self-titled, 1985

The Firm, self-titled debut from 1985 Post-zeppelin Jimmy Page with Paul Rodgers from Bad Company. “Satisfaction Gaurunteed” and “Radioactive” – but also a cover of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”

Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records

Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records (ENS-1001). Found this at the Mill No.5 record fair back in October Enterprise was a division of Stax named after the Star Trek ship, which was Al Bell’s favorite TV show.

If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975, 2019 on BGP Records

Another find from Honest John’s in London – a collection called “If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975” 2 LP set of mostly instrumental jazz/soul on BGP Records. Tasty and woke. Good for “cyber monday” soul-sucking consumerism.

Independent Women’s Blues Volume 2, Big Mama’s, 1982 on Rosetta Records

Rosetta Records RR 1306 – Independent Women’s Blues Volume 2, Big Mama’s, 1982. Picked up at Honest Jon’s on Portabello Road in Ladbroke Grove.

Wilco, Ode to Joy, 2019 on dBpm

Thankful today for Wilco’s Ode to Joy (via Rough Trade in London)