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Barbara Lea, Lea in Love, 1957 on Prestige. My copy is a 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue - great underappreciated vocalist
Pokey LaFarge, Rock Bottom Rhapsody, 2020 on New West. American roots musician – love his versatility and musicality Even bums get lucky sometimes . . .
Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile At Me, 2017 on Interscope/Darkroom Red vinyl version of her debut EP with Ocean Eyes, idontwannabeyouanymore
David Bowie, VH1 Storytellers, 2009 on EMI. Though this officially came out in 2009 on CD from EMI, my copy is a bootleg vinyl pressing with an EMI…
The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise. Promo EP for a early 1990 US tour. Found my copy…
Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrik, Live at the Apollo, 1985 on RCA. Live LP with two of the Temptations joining Hall &…
Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia. Early 80s Marvin, with “Sexual Healing” as the single
Michael Jackson, Off the Wall, 1979 on Epic. Classic MJ, the lead up to Thriller – Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough, Rock With You
Rolling Stones, Exile On Main St, 1972 on Rolling Stones Records. My copy is a 2020 reissue, mastered at Abbey Road Studios half-speed and pressed at MPO. Sounds…
Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound…
Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland. My copy js a 2021 Craft Record reissue through Vinyl Me, Please classics. Bob Crenshaw, Louis Hayes, Barry Harris, Cliff…
Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia. Multiple songs feature Garner on harpsichord, first heard on this LP.
Tanya Donelly and the Parkington Sisters, self-titled, 2020 on American Laundromat. My copy is the teal pressing of which I think 500 were made. Great covers LP –…
Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, 2017 on Merge. Fourth full length (second on Merge) from Katie Crutchfield and Co.
Everything But The Girl; Baby, The Stars Shine Bright; 1986 on Blanco Y Negro / Sire. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s third LP as EBTG – great album
Carly Simon, Torch, 1981 on Warner Bros. One of the earlier entries in the “contemporary singers do the American songbook” genre – very solid outing
Betty Carter, Finally, 1975 on Roulette. Recorded in l1969 in New York, but not released until 1975 as the master tape was stolen. Lysle Atkinson on bass, Norman…