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  • Wednesday, July 28th, 2021

    What is the collective noun for herons? A siege of herons

  • Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase.

    Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase. My copy is a later reissue 180 gram “audiophile” edition (not sure from when exactly) pressed somewhere in Germany. SteepleChase was (is?) a Danish label founded by Nils Winther who also produced this LP (and many of their releases). The septet included Adderley (cornet), Buddy Williams…

  • Isaac Hayes, Tough Guys, 1974 on Enterprise.

    Isaac Hayes, Tough Guys, 1974 on Enterprise. Soundtrack from the blaxploitation film Three Tough Guys, which Hayes made his acting debut in along with Lino Ventura and Fred Williamson My copy is the @vinylmeplease 2021 reissue – great pressing and packaging. Strings by thr Memphis Symphony Orechestra, rhythm section The Movement (aka The Isaac Hayes…

  • Blood, Sweat and Tears, The First Album, 1973 on Embassy (UK).

    Blood, Sweat and Tears, The First Album, 1973 on Embassy (UK). The debut album, titled Child Is Father To The Man, 1968 – was re-released in the UK and Europe 5 years later with this title and packaging, but the same recording. Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder, Dick Halligan, Fred Lipsius, Jerry…

  • Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz.

    Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz. Trip Jazz was a sublabel of Trip, itself owned by Springboard, a discount New Jersey label ( distributed, in part, in grocery stores) that purchased the Scepter Records catalogue. This version is electronically reprocessed to stereo (as was the Scepter release in Italy…

  • Sufjan Stevens, The Ascension, 2020 on @asthmatickittyrecords

    Sufjan Stevens, The Ascension, 2020 on @asthmatickittyrecords @sufjan meets @chvrches on a sometimes divisive double LP I love it. Mine is the @independentrecordpressing pressing and sounds great – I’ve heard there were issues with some from the @pallasgroup GmbH pressing Via @lightofdayrecords in Jamaica Plain

  • Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album, 2017 on Rounder

    Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album, 2017 on Rounder The third collaborative album (counting the live one) for Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers

  • Simply Red, A New Flame, 1989 on Elektra.

    Simply Red, A New Flame, 1989 on Elektra. Their third LP, with “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” (originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1982) which I think totally stands up today.

  • General Public, . . . All The Rage, 1984 on I.R.S. Records

    General Public, . . . All The Rage, 1984 on I.R.S. Records Debut LP for an offshoot of the English Beat (aka The Beat) plus members of Dexy’s Midnight Runners and the Specials via Anntiques in Ispwich MA

  • Ry Cooder, Jazz, 1978 on Warner Bros.

    Ry Cooder, Jazz, 1978 on Warner Bros. One of my all time favorite Ry Cooder records – swing / dixieland / blues / jazz. Earl Hines guests on piano on “The Dream” via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain

  • Frederick Knight, I’ve Been Lonely For So Long, 1973 on Stax.

    Frederick Knight, I’ve Been Lonely For So Long, 1973 on Stax. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from Feb. 2021 – beautiful pressing remastered, with listening notes by Jared Boyd

  • John Mayall, The Turning Point, 1969 on Polydor.

    John Mayall, The Turning Point, 1969 on Polydor. I’m a huge fan ofJohn Mayall across many decades – this is his “new band” (after the breakup of the Bluesbreakers) recorded live at the Fillmore East in 1969 with Jon Mark, Steve Thompson, and Johnny Almond. It’s what he called “low volume music” – no drums,…

  • Elijah Wolf, Brighter Lightning, 2021 on Trash Casual.

    Elijah Wolf, Brighter Lightning, 2021 on Trash Casual. 2nd album from indie-folk Elijah Wolf (the first was On the Mtn Laurel Road). Produced by Sam Cohen, with Nels Cline, Joshua Jaeger and Photay Via VNYL

  • Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones, 2013 on Sugar Hill Records

    Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones, 2013 on Sugar Hill Records My copy is a 2021 reissue by Craft Recordings and it sounds beautiful. Wonderful cover of “Simple Twist of Fate” with Nathaniel Smith on Cello, plus a cover of Joanna Newsom’s “The Book of Right On” and many great originals

  • Nappy Roots, Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, 2001 on Atlantic.

    Nappy Roots, Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, 2001 on Atlantic. Mine’s the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on “Kentucky Mud” vinyl. Love Po’ Folks, Country Boyz, Ho Down.

  • The Alarm, Knife Edge, 1986 on I.R.S. Records

    The Alarm, Knife Edge, 1986 on I.R.S. Records Another 80s 12″ single with B side Caroline Isenberg and two live tracks from BBC Radio One. Via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain

  • Echo & The Bunnymen, The Killing Moon (All Night Version), 1983 on Sire.

    Echo & The Bunnymen, The Killing Moon (All Night Version), 1983 on Sire. 12″ maxi-single with a 9+ minute version of one of my favorite Echo & The Bunnymen tunes, plus a live “Do It Clean” from the Royal Albert Hall Via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain

  • Leon Ware, Musical Massage, 1976 on Gordy

    Leon Ware, Musical Massage, 1976 on Gordy Ware created the original demo for “I Want You” which become a hit for Marvin Gaye – Ware put together new songs (with Hal Davis producing) to put out this album. (Also Quicy Jones cowriting on Body Heat, vocal accompaniment by Gaye on Holiday, Ray Parker Jr on…