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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…
Talking Heads, Fear of Music, 1979 on Sire. Fantastic album from end to end – great pick up at a Mill No. 5 record fair event
Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir, Amazing Grace, 1972 on Atlantic. Great reissue from 2014 by Atlantic & Rhino. Recorded at the New…
Oscar Peterson Trio, With Respect To Nat, 1965 on Limelight. Oscar sings! Tribute after Nat King Cole died in 1965.
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown. My copy is a later reissue with different cover art on United / Superior. Not sure when the…
Billy Eckstine, Billy Eckstine’s Imagination, 1956 on EmArcy. EmArcy (MRC for Merury Record Company pronounced as initials) pressing from the mid fifties. Wonderful version of “That’s All,” which…
Courtney Barnett; Things Take Tiome, Take Time, 2021 on Milk Records / Mom + Pop / Marathon Artists / Remote Control. Not sure why this needed four labels…
The Secret Sisters, You Don’t Own Me Anymore, 2017 on New West. Great album with productiin and some guest spots from Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins and…
Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, 2006 on Island. My copy is a later repress on Republic. (Republic and Island are both owned by Universal Music Group). Such a…
U2, With or Without You, 1987 on Island. 12″ single with Luminous Times (Hold on to Love) and Walk to the Water. I love U2 b-sides from this…
Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson, “Two Of The Few,” 1983 on Pablo Records. My copy comes from Columbia Record Club (CRC on the back cover). Produced by Norman…
George Benson, Breezin’, 1976 on Warner Bros. Includes “This Masquerade” by Leon Russell
Emmylou Harris, Pieces of the Sky, 1974 on Reprise. My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on gold nugget vinyl (which I like more than I…
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Double Blues, 1972 on Fantasy. Continuing on the blues compilation front, this reissued tracks from the Prestige LPs Down Home Blues and Soul Blues from the…
Jimmy Reed, The Best of Jimmy Reed, 1968 on UpFront Records. UpFront was one of the sublabels of Springboard International out of New Jersey (and later California) a…
Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson, Very Tall, 1962 on Verve. Recorded in 1961, on Verve labels after MGM acquisition.
The Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet, 1955 on EmArcy. Cover has white flocking where the old glossy cover delaminated, bit the record is in great…
Various Artists, The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill & Gang of Four, 2021 on Gill Music. Great collection of covers with artwork by Damien Hirst.
Tuba Skinny, Some Kind-a-Shake, 2019 self-released. I’m a huge fan of Tuna Skinny but only have most their music digitally – glad to finally find some on vinyl
Hooters, Nervous Night, 1985 on Columbia. Platinum selling major label debut – “And We Danced,” “Day by Day,” and “Wher Do the Children Go”