Category: music
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The Housemartins, Flag Day (12″ single), 1985 on Go Discs
The Housemartins, Flag Day (12″ single), 1985 on Go Discs As the jacket says: The Housemartins Are Quite Good. “Flag Day” was on London 0 Hull 4. “It’s a waste of time if you know what they mean / try shaking a box in front of the queen”
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Fenton Robinson, Nightflight, 1984 on Alligator Records.
Fenton Robinson, Nightflight, 1984 on Alligator Records. Can’t really go wrong with 80s era Alligator Records or with This one was licensed from Black Magic Records in the Netherlands and was originally titled “Blues in Progress” via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
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Dan Hicks, It Happened One Bite, 1976 on Warner Bros.
Dan Hicks, It Happened One Bite, 1976 on Warner Bros. Soundtrack to a movie never made – great songwriting as you’d expect. via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
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Joni Mitchell, For The Roses, 1972 on Asylum.
Joni Mitchell, For The Roses, 1972 on Asylum. This was the follow up record after Blue – with “You Turn Me On, I’m A Radio.” There are so many great Joni Mitchell albums it is hard to have a favorite but this might be my second favorite. via Residency Records
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Phil Ochs, I Ain’t Marching Anymore, 1965 on Elektra
Phil Ochs, I Ain’t Marching Anymore, 1965 on Elektra I first got familiar with Phil Ochs via Billy Bragg back in the early 80s. Great classic lefty (progressive) folk. My copy is pretty messy on the back jacket – bloodied from fighting cops at a protest?
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Ella Fitzgerald, Get Happy!, 1959 on Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald, Get Happy!, 1959 on Verve. Part of a whole lot of jazz vinyl I got via an @ebth auction. Verve Records black and silver labels with the T but before the MGM rim text Great pressing, great album.
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Vida Blue, Crossing Lines, 2019 self-released.
Vida Blue, Crossing Lines, 2019 self-released. Bit of a jam band supergroup with Page McConnell from Phish, Oteil Burbridge from Dead and Co , Adam Zimmon, and Russell Batiste Great 3 sided LP with an etching on the fourth side via VNYL
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The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Truth, 2021 on NPG Records.
The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Truth, 2021 on NPG Records. Originally released in 1998 as a bonus CD to the Crystal Ball album, now available on vinyl as part of Record Store Day 2021 Many tracks with Rhonda Smith, including veganish anthem Animal Kingdom
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The Golden Palominos, Blast Of Silence (Axed My Baby For A Nickel), 1986 on Celluloid.
The Golden Palominos, Blast Of Silence (Axed My Baby For A Nickel), 1986 on Celluloid. Third GP album, with Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis. Syd Straw (and others) on vocals, T-Bone Burnett guest guitar on a few tracks, Bernie Worrell on Hammond Organ, Matthew Sweey, Peter Holsapple, Peter Blegvad. via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica…
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The Call, The Call, 1982 on Mercury.
The Call, The Call, 1982 on Mercury. Debut album from Santa Cruz CA band The Call headed by Michael Been. I think I thought they were a UK band, maybe because the album was recorded in London (Basing Street and the Manor) and produced by Hugh Padgham My copy is a Dutch pressing I picked…
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Herbie Hancock, The Piano, 1979 on CBS/Sony.
Herbie Hancock, The Piano, 1979 on CBS/Sony. Only released in Japan in 1979, and then on CD in the US in 2004. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock – a wonderful pressing.
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Peter Green, The End of the Game, 1970 on Reprise.
Peter Green, The End of the Game, 1970 on Reprise. My copy is a 2020 reissue by @musiconvinyl who do a great job. Great first solo album by the Fleetwood Mac founding guitarist, with Alex Dmochowski (aka Erroneous) as well as keys by @nickbuckinsta and Zoot Mooney via
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Patsy Cline, 12 Greatest Hits, 1988 on MCA.
Patsy Cline, 12 Greatest Hits, 1988 on MCA. This collection originally came out as just “Greatest Hits” on Decca in 1967. All of the songs were recorded between 1960 and 1963. Just an amazing collection – the obvious “Crazy” (written by Willie Nelson), “Walkin” After Midnight” and “I Fall To Pieces” but also “She’s Got…
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Oscar Peterson, Plays The George Gershwin Songbook, 1959 on @ververecords
Oscar Peterson, Plays The George Gershwin Songbook, 1959 on @ververecords Picked up a lot of Oscar Peterson related jazz records via @ebth – some great early deep groove Verve including this one
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NoMBe, Chromatopia, 2021 on @th3rdbrain
NoMBe, Chromatopia, 2021 on @th3rdbrain Love the songwriting, instrumentation and @nombe’s voice on this LP. Soul / R&B with some EDM influence. Great summer album Via @getvnyl
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Sharon Van Etten, epic Ten, 2021 on @badabingrecords
Sharon Van Etten, epic Ten, 2021 on @badabingrecords The original epic came out in 2010 – this version has the remastered LP plus a second LP of new versions via @secretlysociety
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Easterhouse, Waiting For the Redbird, 1989 on Columbia / Rough Trade.
Easterhouse, Waiting For the Redbird, 1989 on Columbia / Rough Trade. Although I found this copy down at @deepthoughtsjp it has markings fr Salem State’s radio station WMWM which is just down the street from me – presumably they sold off parts of their collection at some point. Easterhouse were a lefty jangly UK indie…
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Ultravox, Quartet, 1982 on Chrysalis.
Ultravox, Quartet, 1982 on Chrysalis. Sixth LP from Ultravox, with Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, and Warren Cann. Produced by George Martin (yes that George Martin).cover art by Peter Saville who did so many Factory sleeves Via @deepthoughtsjp