Category: music
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Various Artists, Comparative Blues, 1957 on Jazztone.
Various Artists, Comparative Blues, 1957 on Jazztone. Including Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, but also some klnow lesser known folks like Buck Clayton, Jack Teagarden, Eddie Bert. Via a Threads & Grooves event at Mill No. 5 in Lowell
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Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity, 2021 on American Laundromat.
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity, 2021 on American Laundromat. Originly released on CD back In 2007, now available on vinyl in 2021. Great 2xLP cover collection
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Chewing, Pacific Ocean Blue, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen.
Chewing, Pacific Ocean Blue, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen. Full album cover of Dennis Wilson’s 1977 solo LP of the same name, by Nik Ewing from Local Natives.
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Modest Mouse, The Lonesome Crowded West, 1997 on Up Records.
Modest Mouse, The Lonesome Crowded West, 1997 on Up Records. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue with Glacial Pace Records. Beautiful pressing, great album – didn’t really follow them at the time even though I was in Seattle in the 90s
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Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island.
Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition via Craft Recordings from 2022. Don’t just stand there, bust a move . . . Listening notes by Peter Relic
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Professor Longhair, Crawfish Fiesta, 1980 on Alligator Records.
Professor Longhair, Crawfish Fiesta, 1980 on Alligator Records. At one point in my life, when I had hair, I could have been called Professor Longhair (or Dr. John, for that matter). Via an Everything But The House lot purchase
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Leon Redbone, On the Track, 1975 on Warner Bros.
Leon Redbone, On the Track, 1975 on Warner Bros. Love everything Leon Redbone released.
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James Taylor, Sweet Baby James, 1970 on Warner Bros.
James Taylor, Sweet Baby James, 1970 on Warner Bros. Early repress as it has the WB logo instead of W7 logo on label Steamroller, Sweet Baby James, Fire and Rain. With Danny Kootch, Carole King, Russ Kunkel. All Taylor originals except for an Oh, Susannah.
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Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen: The Sound of the Trio, 1962 on Verve.
Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen: The Sound of the Trio, 1962 on Verve. One of a series of releases recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1961. Black and silver Verve labels with MGM rim text since they bought Verve in late 1960.
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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia.
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia. Songs recorded in the 1930s, compiled in the 50s. In great shape for a 65+ year old LP – someone took good care of it before I found it.
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Adele, 30, 2021 on Columbia.
Adele, 30, 2021 on Columbia. There are already 16 different vinyl versions of this one on discogs – colors pressing plants, etc. They had to go many plants at once for how many they expected to sell. Includes a bit of Erroll Garner sample on all Night Parking.
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Quilt, Spirit of the Golden Juice, 2017 on Turntable Kitchen.
Quilt, Spirit of the Golden Juice, 2017 on Turntable Kitchen. Full album cover of F.J. McMahon’s 1969 Spirit of the Golden Juice, a lo-fi folk classic
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The Mendoza Line, We’re All In This Alone, 2000 on Bar/None.
The Mendoza Line, We’re All In This Alone, 2000 on Bar/None. This edition issued in 2021, on translucent orange vinyl – was only available on CD back in 2000. Mendoza Line was a Brooklyn via Athens GA indie / jangle rock on Cooking Vinyl and Kindercore.
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The Waterboys, Self-Titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis.
The Waterboys, self-titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis. In the UK, this came out in 1983 (on the Chicken Jazz label) , and was followed later by the 1984 self-titled EP (five songs). In the US, the EP came out first and this LP followed in 1986. Still sounds fresh to me – could come out…
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The Abyssinians, Forward, 1982 on Alligator Records.
The Abyssinians, Forward, 1982 on Alligator Records. With Sly and Robbie, Zoot Sims. Great roots/reggae record
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Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading, 1976 on A&M.
Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading, 1976 on A&M. Part of a collection purchased through Everything But The House
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Leo Kottke, Greenhouse, 1972 on Capitol.
Leo Kottke, Greenhouse, 1972 on Capitol. Kottke’s second LP on Capitol. Includes a cover of John Fahey’s “In Christ There Is No East or West” Recorded in Minneapolis at Sound 80
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The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1963 on Verve.
The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1963 on Verve. The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train Vol. 2, 1967 on Verve. These are with Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen (some with Buddy Rich), and some tracks with Herb Ellis. Two great 60s Trio Records