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Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum. 3LP set from the Muse concerts for a non-nuclear future, Madison Square Garden Sept 19-23, 1979. Who’s who of late 70s…
Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner. My copy is from the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story Of The Grateful Dead. Dark Star, Saint Stephen,…
Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959 on Atlantic. My copy is a 1962 pressing in mono – sounds great. Can’t go wrong with Ray Charles via…
Darlingside, Fish Pond Fish, 2020 on More Doug Records. Third full length album from western Massachusetts Darlingside – baroque folk-pop, acoustic chamber rock, bucolic future folk, whatever you…
The Wild Reeds, The World We Built, 2017 on Dualtone There’s a great The Wild Reeds from 2015 plus audio of their Newport Folk Festival set if you…
Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease anthology, The Story Of The Grateful Dead, on red and blue vinyl. One of my two…
Isaac Hayes, Chocolate Chip, 1975 on ABC Records / Hot Buttered Soul Promo copy on black and white labels but with red HBS logo Love Isaac Hayes mid…
Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic. From the liner notes by Ritchie Yorke : “I find it impossible to select any especially effective cuts; each is constructed…
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on @ververecords Classic Billie – first on Clef in 1956, then on Verve My copy is a 2020 Vinyl Me, Please…
Mary Lattimore, Silver Ladders, 2020 on Ghostly International. Secretly Society record for October 2020, Lattimore’s latest LP Wonderful music to work to or to relax to
Dylan LeBlanc, Renegade, 2019 on ATO Records Dylan LeBlanc‘s fourth studio album and first on ATO. Produced by Dave Cobb – great fit of artist and production here….
Paul McCartney, McCartney II, 1980 on Columbia/MPL Paul McCartney‘s second solo album, with broad range of styles as he played with synths and recorded at home. “Dont go…
Dave Brubeck Trio With Gerry Mulligan & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Erich Kunzel Conductor, Brubeck / Mulligan / Cincinnati, 1971 on Decca. Recorded May 1970 – based on…
Dinah Washington, For Lonely Lovers, 1960 on Mercury. Labels suggest my copy is a later repress, circa 1964-68. Inner sleeves have other Mercury releases from 1964 plus ads…
Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both…
Dirty Art Club, Gardens, 2020 on Paxico Records Dirty Art Club‘s first on Paxico- clear vinyl 2LP – 27 songs in 49 minutes Matt Cagle is brilliant –…
The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on tricolor vinyl with a print by Cynthia Alfonso I don’t…
Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista I’ve got an original 1990 vinyl copy and this Vinyl Me, Please Anthology copy from 2020. Great version of “Eyes…
Various Artists, Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture), 1983 on Casablanca One of the must have soundtracks of 80s cinema (alongside Footloose and The Breakfast Club). “She’s…
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO My copy is the @vinylmeplease classics reissue from 2020, pressed at from lacquers cut at @sterlingsound I only wish Hathaway…