Category: music
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Various Artists, Join the Ritual, 2021 on Jagjaguwar.
Various Artists, Join the Ritual, 2021 on Jagjaguwar. Covers record by Jagjaguwar artists, including Bruce Hornsby covering Dinosaur Jr, Jamilla Woods doing Fast Car, (Tracy Chapman), and Okay Kaya covering R.E.M.’s Nightswimming. Part of Secretly Society subscription
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Cults, Motels LP, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen
Cults, Motels LP, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen Full album cover of the self-titled Motels album from 1979 Madeline Follin and Ryan Micheal Mattos (who are Cults) played Boston Calling this year on the green stage on Sunday
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Wilco, Wilco (The Album), 2009 on Nonesuch.
Wilco, Wilco (The Album), 2009 on Nonesuch. My copy is a late reissue pressed by Pallas Group. Feist guests on vocals on You and I
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Various Artists, One Pound Ninety-Nine: A Sampler of the State of Things, 1985 on Situation Two / Beggars Banquet.
Various Artists, One Pound Ninety-Nine: A Sampler of the State of Things, 1985 on Situation Two / Beggars Banquet. UK Sampler with three tracks of Bauhaus and offshoots (Peter Murphy, Love & Rockets).
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Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records.
Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records. There are many versions of this comp – some 1LP as Vol 1 or Vol 2, some called Street Beat, etc. Great compilation of early eighties hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Cash Crew, Kevin Kev. Get out your parachute pants and cardboard – time to…
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Various Artists, The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1978 on MCA / Motown.
Various Artists, The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1978 on MCA / Motown. Quincy Jones, with Diana Ross, Micheal Jackson, Nipsy Russell, Lena Horne – some songs by Ashford & Simpson. My copy is part of the 2022 Quincy Jones box set from Vinyl Me, Please
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King Cole Trio, Trio Days, 1972 on Capitol.
King Cole Trio, Trio Days, 1972 on Capitol. Early seventies Capitol Jazz Classics compilation of Nat King Cole recordings from 1944-1949
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Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M.
Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M. Cocker’s second album – great versions of Dear Landlord, Something, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, and Darling Be Home Soon. With Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Henry McCullough, Clarence White, Alan Spenner, Bruce Rowland, Paul Humphrey, Mitt Holland. Remixed and mastered by Glyn Johns, whose mix of…
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Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve. Classic big band / swing and wonderful renditions – found via a vinyl bazaar at Mill No. 5
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Sunday, May 29th, 2022 – Boston Calling Day Three
Weezer! Two videos:
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Saturday, May 28th, 2022 – Boston Calling Day Three
Boston Calling 2022, Day Three – thunderstorms and Nine Inch Nails Ironically, Frances Forever never was able to perform as the day was interrupted by thunderstorms They evacuated us all over to the Harvard Coliseum Some NIN videos: Head Like a Hole Head Like a Hole (cont’d) Head Like a Hole Part 3 Closer
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Friday, May 27th, 2022 – Boston Calling Day 1
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Barbara Lea, Lea in Love, 1957 on Prestige.
Barbara Lea, Lea in Love, 1957 on Prestige. My copy is a 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue - great underappreciated vocalist
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Pokey LaFarge, Rock Bottom Rhapsody, 2020 on New West.
Pokey LaFarge, Rock Bottom Rhapsody, 2020 on New West. American roots musician – love his versatility and musicality Even bums get lucky sometimes . . .
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Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile At Me, 2017 on Interscope/Darkroom
Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile At Me, 2017 on Interscope/Darkroom Red vinyl version of her debut EP with Ocean Eyes, idontwannabeyouanymore
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David Bowie, VH1 Storytellers, 2009 on EMI.
David Bowie, VH1 Storytellers, 2009 on EMI. Though this officially came out in 2009 on CD from EMI, my copy is a bootleg vinyl pressing with an EMI logo.
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The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise.
The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise. Promo EP for a early 1990 US tour. Found my copy at an antique store in Westerly RI
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Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrik, Live at the Apollo, 1985 on RCA.
Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrik, Live at the Apollo, 1985 on RCA. Live LP with two of the Temptations joining Hall & Oates. Great versions of “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby,” “Everytime You Go Away,” and “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do).”