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  • Eurythmics, Touch, 1984 on RCA

    Eurythmics, Touch, 1984 on RCA Third studio album from Eurythmics – followup to Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This Recorded at The Church Studios in Crouch End Annie Lennox credited for Flute as well as vocals and keys.

  • Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead, 1970 on Warner Bros.

    Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead, 1970 on Warner Bros. Another classic Grateful Dead release – feels like a greatest hits compilation from 2020 POV but was just another release back in 1970: Uncle John’s Band, Dire Wolf, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones, Speedway Boogie. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story of the…

  • The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967 on Capitol.

    The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967 on Capitol. Stereo LA pressing from 1967. One of the greatest records of all time – hard to find these in good shape anymore used; glad to have one in my collection, inherited from extended family.

  • Various Artists, Magnolia Record Club Presents: Spotify Singles, 2020

    Various Artists, Magnolia Record Club Presents: Spotify Singles, 2020 Great compilation from late last year, featuring The Lumineers, Mandolin Orange,  Lord Huron,  Rayland Baxter,  Phoebe Bridgers,  Mt. Joy,  Judah and the Lion, Langhorne Slim, Phosphorescent, and Sarah Jarosz All recorded at the Spotify studios in NYC Pressing by Precision Record Pressing One of my favorites…

  • Sunday, April 4th, 2021

  • M. Ward, What a Wonderful Industry, 2018 on M. Ward Records.

    M. Ward, What a Wonderful Industry, 2018 on M. Ward Records. M. Ward a few albums back, before Migration Stories and the Billy Holiday cover album Think Of Spring. With Luke Ydstie, Mike Coykendall and some guest vocals from Jim James

  • Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die?, 2005 on Sugar Hill Records

    Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die?, 2005 on Sugar Hill Records Last in a series of three Craft Recordings reissues i got recently – thanks @10upteam for the work anniversary gift. What a wonderful sounding release and quality pressing

  • Pet Shop Boys, It’s a Sin (12″), 1987 on EMI America.

    Pet Shop Boys, It’s a Sin (12″), 1987 on EMI America. I was (and still am!) A big fan of Pet Shop Boys in the 80s. This 12″ says on the sleeve and labels the track “can be heard on the forthcoming album Jealousy” but the album was (actually) Actually. Specialty pressing with the embossed…

  • Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970 on Warner Bros.

    Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970 on Warner Bros. This copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology (The Story Of The Grateful Dead) but I’ve been a huge fan of the album since I first heard it in the early eighties. So many beautiful tunes here. I also love the psychedelic jam band version of…

  • Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here, 1968 on Columbia

    Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here, 1968 on Columbia Recordings made in 1933 and 1949, originally put out on vinyl in 1968. The 1949 tracks here are from the Gene Norman Presents an Art Tatum Concert that came out in 1952

  • Lilly Hiatt, Walking Proof, 2020 on New West

    Lilly Hiatt, Walking Proof, 2020 on New West Blue limited edition vinyl copy of Hiatt’s fourth full length and second on New West. Great follow up to Trinity Lane. Produced by Lincoln Parish of Cage the Elephant with guest vocals from Amanda Shires, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and (her father) John Hiatt With a “color your…

  • Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records

    Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records 2xLP Dawes album – one of my favorite working bands today – always consistent quality. Production by Jonathan Wilson Beautiful pressing by Pallas in Germany via Discogs

  • Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records.

    Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records. Produced by Alison Krauss Another wonderful reissue from Craft Recordings on two 45rpm records.

  • Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 on Columbia / MPL

    Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 onColumbia / MPL Sticking with Paul McCartney from yesterday’s post. Tug Of War is early 80s Macca, with guest Stevie Wonder on Whats That You’re Doing? and Ebony & Ivory I know some people find this too earnest (a one star reviewer on discogs calls it “stylish polished romantic…

  • Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records

    Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records McCartney’s first solo album released in the US about a month before my birthday. I’m still always amazed at the beauty and simplicity of “Maybe I’m Amazed” . . . via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA

  • Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia.

    Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia. Recorded May 19th, 1961 – on “nonbreakable” Columbia Records vinyl in mono Cover artwork by Joe Eula, with Gil Evans, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA

  • John Craigie, Asterisk The Universe, 2020 on Zabriskie Point Records.

    John Craigie, Asterisk The Universe, 2020 on Zabriskie Point Records. I think I first heard John Craigie on one of the KEXP podcasts, or live in studio. This is a great LP – funny, smart, warm and groovy. “I’m trying to board this trainwreck/ I used to have a ticket / all the best sh*t…

  • Generationals, State Dogs: Singles 2017-2018, 2018 on Polyvinyl.

    Generationals, State Dogs: Singles 2017-2018, released in 2018 on Polyvinyl. Generationals is a duo out of Louisiana often described as “New Wave” despite recording now, not in the 80s. They’re no “tribute” band but clearly inspired by many of the bands I loved in that era (and still do). Their debut full length came out…