Category: music
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Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia.
Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia. Early 80s Marvin, with “Sexual Healing” as the single
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Michael Jackson, Off the Wall, 1979 on Epic.
Michael Jackson, Off the Wall, 1979 on Epic. Classic MJ, the lead up to Thriller – Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough, Rock With You
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Rolling Stones, Exile On Main St, 1972 on Rolling Stones Records.
Rolling Stones, Exile On Main St, 1972 on Rolling Stones Records. My copy is a 2020 reissue, mastered at Abbey Road Studios half-speed and pressed at MPO. Sounds fantastic.
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Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve.
Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound of the Trio, and Put on a Happy Face). They were also later collected on a five CD box in 1996.
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Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland.
Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland. My copy js a 2021 Craft Record reissue through Vinyl Me, Please classics. Bob Crenshaw, Louis Hayes, Barry Harris, Cliff Jordan, and Lee Morgan Morgan played with Coltrane, Art Blakey, Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter.
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Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia.
Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia. Multiple songs feature Garner on harpsichord, first heard on this LP.
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Tanya Donelly and the Parkington Sisters, self-titled, 2020 on American Laundromat.
Tanya Donelly and the Parkington Sisters, self-titled, 2020 on American Laundromat. My copy is the teal pressing of which I think 500 were made. Great covers LP – Let Me Roll It, Ocean Rain, Dance Me to the End of Love, Different Drum.
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Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, 2017 on Merge.
Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, 2017 on Merge. Fourth full length (second on Merge) from Katie Crutchfield and Co.
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Everything But The Girl; Baby, The Stars Shine Bright; 1986 on Blanco Y Negro / Sire.
Everything But The Girl; Baby, The Stars Shine Bright; 1986 on Blanco Y Negro / Sire. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s third LP as EBTG – great album
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Carly Simon, Torch, 1981 on Warner Bros.
Carly Simon, Torch, 1981 on Warner Bros. One of the earlier entries in the “contemporary singers do the American songbook” genre – very solid outing
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Betty Carter, Finally, 1975 on Roulette.
Betty Carter, Finally, 1975 on Roulette. Recorded in l1969 in New York, but not released until 1975 as the master tape was stolen. Lysle Atkinson on bass, Norman Simmons on piano, and Al Harewood on drums.
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Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors, 1971 on RCA Victor.
Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors, 1971 on RCA Victor. Dolly’s 8th solo album, with 7 tracks written by her (including the title cut) and 3 by Porter Wagoner. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue
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Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise.
Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise. Came out just after Boots. Great version of Jackson with Lee Hazelwood – found at the local thrift store for $2.
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Dinah Washington, The Good Old Days, 1963 on Mercury.
Dinah Washington, The Good Old Days, 1963 on Mercury. There was going to be a “More Of The Good Old Days” (MG20623) but as far as I can tell it never was released.
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Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia.
Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia. Mine is issued on Columbia Special Products but I believe is still from the 50s.
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Dave Depper, Moon Safari, 2021 on Turntable Kitchen.
Dave Depper, Moon Safari, 2021 on Turntable Kitchen. A full album cover of AIR’s 1997 debut album by the guitarist/keyboardist for Death Cab For Cutie
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Jesus and Mary Chain, Send Me Away: Early Demos, 2011 on Swingshift Records.
Jesus and Mary Chain, Send Me Away: Early Demos, 2011 on Swingshift Records.