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  • Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records

    Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records When I first started hearing about Nickel Creek I thought they were somehow related to Nickelback. I should have paid more attention, as it means I’m coming late to how great they were (and are!). I’m actually finding them via Sara Watkins’ work with I’m With Her…

  • Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic

    Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic Jewel’s 1995 major label debut – this was on endless loop in the late 90s for my wife and I (grad school). My copy is the 4 LP 25th Anniversary Edition issued by Craft Recordings which is very well-crafted package and pressing. (Some of the records had a…

  • Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat, 1981 on I.R.S. Records.

    Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat, 1981 on I.R.S. Records. The Go-Go’s debut – the sound of the early 80s. Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got the Beat . . .

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy

    Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy Love this album – the 11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine, Travelin’ Band, Looking Out My Back Door, and so many more. Vinyl Me, Please did a 50th anniversary pressing with Optimal, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road, but this original 1970 Rockaway pressing sounds pretty damn…

  • Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia

    Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia A bit of a novelty record from Cash – including yodeling by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott on “cup of coffee” – cover illustration by Jack Davis of Mad Magazine fame Via Antiques on Elm, Manchester NH

  • Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury.

    Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury. Long-playing microgroove LP from the fifties. Garner cut these tunes with the index finger of his left hand in a splint!

  • Quivers, Out of Time, 2020 on Turntable Kitchen

    Quivers, Out of Time, 2020 on Turntable Kitchen Limited edition white vinyl, cover album for R.E.M.’s 1991 LP Love this record as much as the original and on some songs maybe even more

  • Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music

    Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music This is the Magnolia Record Club version on black and white vinyl. The Lone Bellow guest on the title track, Ellie Holcomb on See the World, Lori McKenna on You Want What You Can’t Have, and Natalie Hemby on Maybe Check out Magnolia Record Club…

  • No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope.

    No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope. My copy is a 2014 reissue. Trauma was an indie label out of LA that made a deal with Interscope and was later acquired by them Tragic Kingdom was the second Interscope full length from No Doubt and their third full length (after Beacon Street…

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic.

    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic. Follow up to Texas Flood, SRV in prime shape. via Antiques on Elm

  • Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum.

    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 popular rock: James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Brothers, Crosby Stills and Nash, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne. Love the Gil Scott-Heron “We Almost Lost Detroit” and…

  • Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner.

    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, Death Don’t Have No Mercy – so much early greatness on this 2 LP set

  • Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959 on Atlantic.

    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 Antiques on Elm

  • Darlingside, Fish Pond Fish, 2020 on More Doug Records.

    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 call it I want more of it. via Magnolia Record Club

  • The Wild Reeds, The World We Built, 2017 on Dualtone

    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 search for them in the NPR site Three lead vocalists makes for some strong harmony and great songwriting via  Magnolia Record Club

  • Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista.

    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 favorite albums titled Reckoning, this is the acoustic Grateful Dead from the Warfield and Radio City Music Hall taped in 1980

  • Isaac Hayes, Chocolate Chip, 1975 on ABC Records / Hot Buttered Soul

    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 seventies soul Via Antiques on Elm, Manchester NH

  • Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic.

    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 of superb musical finery, compassionate arrangements and wilting vocals. Each, by itself, is a monumental work of art” Some of these are well known but a few…