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The Suburbs at First Avenue
Not listed at First Avenue yet – notification came from the Suburbs. Apparently tickets will go on sale Friday
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Sunrise over Marblehead, Swans
Sunrise over Marblehead this morning – view from Forest River Park in Salem, with some Swans in Salem Harbor
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Blossom Dearie, Blossom Dearie. 1957 on Verve.
The inimitable Blossom Dearie’s debut album. My copy is the 2022 reissue from Vinyl Me, Please, which includes listening notes by Natalie Weiner. Ray Brown, Jo Jones, and Herb Ellis make up the band.
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Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros.
Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros. Said to have been the first digitally recorded major label album in popular music – 3M 33 track digital machine.
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Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes, Come Together, 1970 on Liberty.
Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes, Come Together, 1970 on Liberty. Great time capsule release from a great year in music. The title tune but also covers of I Want To Take You Higher and Honky Tonk Women, plus some very 1970 original “Ike” songs like Young and Dumb, Too Much Woman (For a…
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John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records.
John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records. Drums on some tracks from Kerf Hartley otherwise all Mayall.
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Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic.
Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic. Coleman’s debut on Atlantic and his third LP. With Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. My copy is a 2022 mono reissue from Vinyl Me, Please
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Tom Petty, Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions), 2021 on Warner Records.
Tom Petty, Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions), 2021 on Warner Records. Standalone 2x LP of tracks that were previously in the 9 LP super deluxe Wildflowers & All the Rest. Via a Mill No. 5 record bazaar.
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The National, I Am Easy To Find, 2019 on 4AD.
The National, I Am Easy To Find, 2019 on 4AD. An album and a film. The movie was directed by R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and stars Alicia Vikander. Guest vocals from Sharon Van Etten, Gail Ann Dorsey, Mina Tindle, Kate Stables, Lisa Hannigan, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Wonderful LP
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Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002 on Nonesuch.
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002 on Nonesuch. Spent the weekend deep into the 2022 box set reissue of YHF, complete with multiple LPs worth of demos and alternate versions plus a live gig from just before the release. Such a giant, sprawling, and beautiful album and story. It was really my intro (along with the…
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The Silencers, A Letter From St. Paul, 1987 on RCA Victor (US).
The Silencers, A Letter From St. Paul, 1987 on RCA Victor (US). That’s St. Paul as in Minneapolis, not the Apostle. Loved the local Minnesota reference from a hip Scottish band – really solid debut LP all around.
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The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor.
The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor. The final Jam single, here the 12″ US EP version, with covers of thr Chi-Lites “Stoned out of My Mind”, Curtis Mayfield’s “Move on Up” and Edwin Starr’s “War” Via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
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Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 on Sire.
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 on Sire. Second LP (following Talking Heads ’77). Such a great record – Stay Hungry, For Artists Only (“I don’t have to prove that I am creative”), that cover of Take Me To The River – part of peak era TH Via Mystic Disc in CT
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Jimmy Reed, Let The Bossman Speak!, 1971 on Blues on Blues.
Jimmy Reed, Let The Bossman Speak!, 1971 on Blues on Blues. Blues on Blues was a label founded and run by Al Smith out of Chicago – this was the second LP released on the label
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Eric Andersen, ‘Bout Changes & Things, 1966 on Vanguard.
Eric Andersen, ‘Bout Changes & Things, 1966 on Vanguard. I think this title would work well for an autobiography. Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 60s and later joined Ruck Danko of The Band in Danko/Fjeld/Andersen. Best know composition here is probably “Thirsty Boots”
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Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia.
Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia. My pressing in an early 70s reissue (based on the labels). Wonderful early folkie Dylan with Chimes of Freedom, It Ain’t Me Babe, All I Really Want To Do, and My Back Pages. Found via a record fair at Mill No. 5
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Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn.
Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn. My copy is a 1980 reissue on Biograph Great compilation
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Maggie Rose, Have A Seat, 2021 on Starstruck / Soundly.
Maggie Rose, Have A Seat, 2021 on Starstruck / Soundly. Rose’s third album – with Marcus King guesting on one track Recorded at Fame in Muscle Shoals