Category: music
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World Party, Private Revolution, 1986, and The Waterboys, In A Pagan Place, 1984
Two great mid-eighties albums with Karl Wallinger Picked both up at Record Exchange in St. Louis this fall.
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Last of yesterday’s finds – from Dyno Records in Newburyport
Last of yesterday’s haul – from Dyno Records in Newburyport
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Yesterday’s finds
Yesterday’s finds from Oldies in Newburyport, MA
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Finds from yesterday at Residency Records
Nice haul yesterday at Residency Records
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Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on Geffen
Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on @geffenrecords (US pressing). Another from my own (meaning I’ve had it since the eighties and can’t recall where I got it). Without Nitzer Ebb there would be no Nine Inch Nails or so many other wonderful things.
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Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, United, 1967 on Tamla
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, from Tamla records, 1967. Mine is a repress from 2016 on 180g vinyl by Czech GZ Media but it sounds just as good as ever. From Sister Ray in Soho, London
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The Firm, self-titled, 1985
The Firm, self-titled debut from 1985 Post-zeppelin Jimmy Page with Paul Rodgers from Bad Company. “Satisfaction Gaurunteed” and “Radioactive” – but also a cover of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”
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Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records (ENS-1001). Found this at the Mill No.5 record fair back in October Enterprise was a division of Stax named after the Star Trek ship, which was Al Bell’s favorite TV show.
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If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975, 2019 on BGP Records
Another find from Honest John’s in London – a collection called “If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975” 2 LP set of mostly instrumental jazz/soul on BGP Records. Tasty and woke. Good for “cyber monday” soul-sucking consumerism.
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Independent Women’s Blues Volume 2, Big Mama’s, 1982 on Rosetta Records
Rosetta Records RR 1306 – Independent Women’s Blues Volume 2, Big Mama’s, 1982. Picked up at Honest Jon’s on Portabello Road in Ladbroke Grove.
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Wilco, Ode to Joy, 2019 on dBpm
Thankful today for Wilco’s Ode to Joy (via Rough Trade in London)
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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.