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A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory, 1991 on Jive. Tribe were part of the Native Tongues collective, with De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and Jungle Brothers. Busta…
Robert Cray, Strong Persuader, 1986 on Mercury. Labels say The Robert Cray Band, front cover just Robert Cray. Either way a solid guitar driven blues album
Joe Jackson, Night and Day, 1982 on A&M. Jackson’s fifth LP featuring Stepping out, Breaking Us in Two – somewhere between Jazz, Pop, New Wave – great album….
The James Cotton Band, Live & On The Move, 1976 on Buddah Records. I can’t help but read his denim jacket as saying “Super Karp” Such a great…
Duke Ellington, The Pianist, 1974 on Fantasy. Sessions in 1966 and 1970 compiled by Fantasy and reased in 1974.
The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, 1967 on Capitol. Original 1967 pressing – has the “No You’re Not” under I Am The Walrus in block print vs cursive. Love…
Erroll Garner, One World Concert, 1963 on Reprise / Octave Records. Recorded live (“In Actual Performance”) at the Seattle World’s Fair. Octave has reissued this in their remastered…
Phineas Newborn Jr., Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry of Phuneas Newborn Jr.), 1956 on Atlantic. 2022 repress via Vinyl Me, Please Great version of “All the Things…
Joan Armatrading, Consequences, 2021 on BMG. Still going strong into her seventies with album 12
Grimes, Visions, 2012 on 4AD. My copy is a 2022 reissue from @vinylmeplease Claire Boucher’s first LP on 4AD – apparently recorded entirely in Garage Band
Art of Noise, Re-Works of Art of Noise, 1987 on Chrysalis. Three extended tracks and three live versions from Hammersmith Odeon.
T-Connection, Pure & Natural, 1982 on Capitol. Funk/disco band from the Bahamas via Miami
Big Bill Broonzy, Superpak / Big Bill Broonzy, circa 1975 on Trip Records. Superpak series from Trip Records- released in the UK as “All Them Blues”
Duke Ellington Quartet, Duke’s Big 4, 1974 on Pablo. Recorded in 1983 – my copy has a stamp from Everybody’s Records in Cincinnati. Love a well traveled LP.
The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, 1969 on Apple Records. An original 1969 pressing from Capitol record’s Jacksonville plant. Side 2 is the orchestral score composed and orchestrated by George…
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,…
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together, 2021 on Stony Plain. Great combination that works really well together – one of my favorite albums and I’m…
Meat Puppets, Dusty Notes, 2019 on Megaforce Records. Pitchfork’s review called them the channel between the Dead Kennedys and The Grateful Dead – this one leans more to…
Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia. ~24 yr old Wynton with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Watts, Charlotte Moffett (and Ron Carter on Aural…