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Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Blue, 1968 on Capitol
My copy is a pressing on Pickwick/33, “by arrangement with Capitol Records” – not sure what year. (45 Worlds says 1971). These reissues only have 9 tracks where the original Capitol release had 11 – omitted are “I Taught Him Everything He Knows” and “Turn The World Around (The Other Way).” As the liner notes…
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Vegan Austin SXSW
Some great places for vegan food during SXSW. One of my favorites was the Community Vegan food truck, at 1124 E 11th St. in East Austin. Not far from there was a great place for getting bagels in the morning (open at 6:30am!) was Rockstar Bagels, at 1900 Rosewood Ave: Another great food truck area…
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SXSW March 15th, 2024
Started my last day at SXSW with the “Hair of the Three Legged Dog” party sponsored by the Austin Chronicle and name in honor of their canine mascot. I then made my way over to the Community Concerts at Lady Bird Lake, to see Zapp with Bootsy Collins Right as the band finished “I’d Rather…
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SXSW March 14th, 2024
Thursday I started off at the Planetary showcase at Valhalla, with Otto Aday (from Wales): They were followed by Manchester’s Porij who brought an amazing amount of energy to an early afternoon show in a small dark venue Then I headed back over to Mohwak for Floodfest 2024 and switched between indoor and outdoor, starting…
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SXSW March 13th, 2024
I started day three at the Marshall Funhouse, at Parish. Glasgow’s Spyres was not a band I knew before but their set was great, high energy and had the crowd engaged: Following Spyres was Bristol’s Skinny Lister who matched their energy and even raised it a bit, without their usual drummer. Though I’m sure they…
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SXSW March 12th, 2024
On Tuesday I started the night at the High Road Touring SXSW showcase at the Empire Control Room and Garage. Sugadaisy, from Bowling Green, KY, opened the larger outdoor stage and were a pleasant suprise – check them out if you get a chance. The real reason I chose that showcase, though, was Kathleen Edwards,…
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The Story of the Sphere
This was the only actual panel / conference session I went to this year. (I went on vacation to see music, not as a business trip to go to the conference). Having been able to see U2 at the Sphere in Vegas back in October I was very interested in this session, and it was…
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SXSW March 11th, 2024
A few highlights of music I saw on Monday at SXSW in Austin. I tried to find the balance between spending too much time getting video on the phone versus just being there in the moment, but did catch a few videos. Grace Sorensen is an Austin local, doing her first set at Cuatro Gato…
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Justin Townes Earle, Live at Grimey’s, September 4th, 2014, on BMG.
Though it was recorded in 2014, and released in 2015 on Vagrant Records, my copy is the 2023 Record Store Day reissue on BMG – two 45rpm records in blue vinyl. This was recorded the month Single Mothers was being released but also includes songs that would be on Absent Fathers My copy via Newbury…
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M. Ward, The End of Amnesia, 2001 on Future Farmer Recordings
M. Ward’s sophomore album, following up Duet for Guitars #2 – and what a wonderful album it is. My copy is a 20th anniversary reissue on vinyl from Jealous Butcher Records which sounds amazing. Future Farmer did release a vinyl edition in 2009 but this one is remastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering. Liner…
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The Time, Pandemonium, 1990 on Paisely Park
This was the fourth full length from Morris Day’s The Time, with Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir, and Jerome Benton (who delivers the mirror). The song “Donald Trump (Black Version)” resurfaced back in 2016 for obvious reasons, but otherwise it’s just a fun funk album about food and sex.
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Gang Starr, No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1989 on Wild Pitch Records
Houton’s DJ Premier and Boston’s Guru as a Brooklyn based hip hop duo, sometimes credited as the originators of jazz rap / jazz hip hop. “Words I Manifest” does sample “Night in Tunisia” and the album featured the song “Jazz Music.” My copy is the Vinyl Me Please reissue from 2022, with listening notes by…
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Donovan, Catch the Wind, 1965 on Hickory
Donovan’s debut, this LP was titled “What’s Bin Did And What’s Bin Hid” in the UK (and it seems like everywhere outside the US), but “Catch The Wind” in the US . It came out a bit later here and the single was already on the charts, so they wanted the LP title to match.…
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Shame, Food for Worms, 2023 on Dead Oceans
My membership in Secretly Society actually introduced me to shame, a post-punk band from the UK (who style their name in lower case). This was their third LP for Dead Oceans, recorded at Assault and Battery studios in London, and produced by Flood. My copy in red/blue split vinyl via Secretly Society where it was…
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Conor Oberst, Ruminations, 2016 on Nonesuch
Oberst was hospitalized in 2015 in the middle of a tour for the punk band Desaparecidos, and this album was written and recorded in the recovery from that experience. It was recorded in Omaha in just two days, with Ben Brodin as Engineer, Mike Mogis doing the mixing, and Bob Ludwig mastering. My copy is…
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R.E.M., Dead Letter Office, 1987 on IRS Records
Divded into a “Post” side and a “Script” side, this was one of my favorite R.E.M. releases of the 80s, with the unofficial subtitle from the rear cover: “We do sountracks, a virtuous compost, Being a Compendium Of Oddities Collared and B-sides compiled.” “Voice of Harold” was a completely different vocal improvised over the track…
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Leon Russell, Leon Russell and the Shelter People, 1971 on Shelter Records
There’s been a resurgence of interest in Leon Russell lately, with a tribute album (A Song For Leon) and a biography (Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock & Roll History) both out this spring. I’ve been a fan for a long time – “A Song for You” (especially the Donny…