Category: music
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Blind Faith, self-titled, 1969
Blind Faith, self-titled debut (and only) album, 1969. This is the US cover, on Atco records – the band took its name from the artwork in the photo on the UK cover.
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Talking Heads; Live at Werchter Festival July 4, 1982; Chicago, August 28, 1978.
Couple of “unofficial” Talking Heads live shows I picked up at Sister Ray in Soho (London) earlier this year. DOL is somewhat controversial as a “grey market” label and many of their reissues have been reported to have poor sound quality – taking advantage of new vinyl buyers focused more on 180g than on the…
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Various Artists, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975.
Maybe my favorite movie soundtrack (it’s either this or Stop Making Sense). 1975 Rocky Horror Picture Show Still showing at The Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis the last Saturday of the month featuring Transvestite Soup cast
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Leon Russell, Carney, 1972.
Find from Vintage Vinyl in STL during WordCamp US. Tight Rope, Masquerade, Manhattan Island Serenade – his third solo album, went gold in the US
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Shriekback, Go Bang!, 1988 on Island Records
More 80s goodness I’ve had probably since it came out in 1988 – Shriekback’s fifth full-length Go Bang! Includes a wonderful cover of Get Down Tonight (yes, *that* Get Down Tonight)
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Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Gershwin Song Book, 1959 on Verve
Ella sings Gershwin – Verve MGV-4013 from 1959. Still sounds fantastic 60 years later.
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The B-52s, Wild Planet, 1980 on Warner Brothers
B-52s Wild Planet. “Who is really to blame when parties get out of hand? / Who’s to blame where they are poorly planned?” Questions just as relevant today as in 1980.
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The Ophelias, self-titled, 1987.
The Ophelias self-titled from 1987. Not @theophelias but The Ophelias The inclusion of dialogue from Hamlet won me over as a precocious high school Shakespeare scholar but the music is a wonderful genre mixing psychedelic joyful mess. One of my favorite early vinyl finds I picked up based on the name and the cover in…
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The Police, Synchronicity, 1983 on A&M
Still sounds great 35+ years later. 36 cover variations – this one I’ve had since the mid eighties. Known for the hits but also has the glorious weirdness of “Mother” and “Miss Gradenko.”
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Coil, Panic/Tainted Love (12″), 1985 on Wax Trax
Love this Coil’s Panic/Tainted Love 12″ from 1985 on Wax Trax (in the US). Believe this may have been the first benefit single for AIDS research – certainly was an early one.
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David Byrne, American Utopia – can’t wait
David Byrne, American Utopia – can’t wait
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Friday, November 8th, 2019
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The Cars, Heartbeat City, 1984 and The Cars, Shake It Up, 1981.
RiP Ric Ocasek Both from record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA
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The National, Boxer, 2007 on Beggars Banquet
2011 reissue of The National’s Boxer on yellow vinyl – found this at Flashback London earlier this year Love this band and especially Matt Berninger’s vocals.
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Hit two stores in STL today
Hit two stores in STL today
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Thursday, October 31st, 2019 – Vintage Vinyl
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‘Til Tuesday’s second album, 1986. @realaimeemann is still the coolest.
‘Til Tuesday’s second album, 1986. @realaimeemann is still the coolest.
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Self-titled sophomore album by The Band (aka the brown album) 1969. Another find from @millno5
Self-titled sophomore album by The Band (aka the brown album) 1969. Another find from @millno5 @the_band_official