Category: music
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V.S.O.P. The Quintet, Live Under the Sky, 1979 on CBs/Sony.
V.S.O.P. The Quintet, Live Under the Sky, 1979 on CBs/Sony. Released in Japan in 1979 but recorded digitally (Sony’s “Master Source Digital Recording” process). Anthony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, @herbiehancock , @wayne.shorter and Ron Carter recorded live at Denen Colosseum in Tokyo My copy is from the @vinylmeplease Anthology: The Story of Herbie Hancock.
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Donny Hathaway, Extension of a Man, 1973 on ATCO.
Donny Hathaway, Extension of a Man, 1973 on ATCO. My copy is a 2014 Rhino reissue. I’m a giant Donny Hathaway fan and this (his last full length solo effort) is a beautiful LP – gospel and soul. Stanley Clarke on bass on a few tunes – early in his career
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The Buckinghams, Time & Charges, 1967 on Columbia.
The Buckinghams, Time & Charges, 1967 on Columbia. In case the cover photo didn’t make the Beatles comparison, the rear jacket notes say: “[The Buckingham”s] talent will do for Chicago what the Beatles did for Liverpool” Love their take on “I’ll Be Back” and “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” which is a Joe Zawinul tune originally recorded…
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Fretland, Could Have Loved You, 2021 on @soundlymusic
Fretland, Could Have Loved You, 2021 on @soundlymusic Second album from the Americana band out of Snohomosh Washington, led by Hillary Grace Fretland. White vinyl pressing via @getvnyl Produced by Nicholas Wilbur and recorded by @tre__michael
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Sarah Jarosz, Undercurrent, 2016 on @sugarhillrecords
Sarah Jarosz, Undercurrent, 2016 on @sugarhillrecords Another excellent @sarahjarosz LP from 2016 – recorded by @gpaczosa and lacquers cut at @wellmademusicvinyl pressed at @unitedrecordpressing via @rounderrecords
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The Godfathers; Birth, School, Work, Death; 1988 on Epic.
The Godfathers; Birth, School, Work, Death; 1988 on Epic. Peter and Chris Coyne with George Mazur, Kris Dillinore and Mike Gibson. Love the school photos on the inner sleeve. via @deepthoughtsjp
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Squeeze, Argybargy, 1980 on A&M.
Squeeze, Argybargy, 1980 on A&M. Lineup with @jools.holland.official @glenntilbrook @chrisdifford John Bentley @gilson_lavis Love this record – “If I Didn’t Love You,” “Pulling Mussells (From the Shell)” Production by John Wood via @deepthoughtsjp
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Jorge Ben, África Brasil, 1976 on Phillips.
Jorge Ben, Ãfrica Brasil, 1976 on Phillips. My copy isnthe @vinylmeplease reissue via Universal Music Special Markets. Love this album – from the opening notes of Umbabarauma to the end of Zumbi
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Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, 1972 on Warner Bros.
Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, 1972 on Warner Bros. Second LP from the inimitable @bonnieraittofficial – an American treasure. Includes a cover of Jackson Browne’s Ubder the Falling Sky. Recorded at Bearsville in Woodstock NY via The Record Exchange in Salem MA.
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Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, 1965 on GNP Crescendo.
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, 1965 on GNP Crescendo. Recordings from 1938, 1939, and 1946 in London, originally released (in this form) on Disques Decca in France in 1964. Amazing group of musicians on these sets Via @deepthoughtsjp
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El Tee, Everything Is Fine, 2020 – self-released via @getvnyl
El Tee, Everything Is Fine, 2020 – self-released via @getvnyl @elteemusic is Lauren Tarver, a “californian-Melbournian” songwriter and performer – this is her debut full length
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Dawes, We’re All Gonna Die, 2016 on HUB Records.
Dawes, We’re All Gonna Die, 2016 on HUB Records. @pallasgroup pressing, @bgmastering lacquers, great album. When the Tequila Runs Out, Picture of a Man, Roll With the Punches. via @rounderrecords online store
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Blancmange, Believe You Me, 1985 on Sire.
Blancmange, Believe You Me, 1985 on Sire. On London Records in the UK, Sire in the US. Third @blancmange_music full length LP from Neil Arthur and Steven Luscombe. I didn’t know this one in the 80s but had Mange Tout on repeat so was very excited to find this at @deepthoughtsjp
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Herbie Hancock, Future Shock, 1983 on Columbia.
Herbie Hancock, Future Shock, 1983 on Columbia. Platinum selling LP, with Rockit on constant MTV rotation back in the day. When I heard it back then I had no context for Hancock’s history, Jazz, funk, electronics, emerging hip hop – i just knew I liked it. My copy is part of the @vinylmeplease anthology of…
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Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase.
Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase. My copy is a later reissue 180 gram “audiophile” edition (not sure from when exactly) pressed somewhere in Germany. SteepleChase was (is?) a Danish label founded by Nils Winther who also produced this LP (and many of their releases). The septet included Adderley (cornet), Buddy Williams…
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Isaac Hayes, Tough Guys, 1974 on Enterprise.
Isaac Hayes, Tough Guys, 1974 on Enterprise. Soundtrack from the blaxploitation film Three Tough Guys, which Hayes made his acting debut in along with Lino Ventura and Fred Williamson My copy is the @vinylmeplease 2021 reissue – great pressing and packaging. Strings by thr Memphis Symphony Orechestra, rhythm section The Movement (aka The Isaac Hayes…
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Blood, Sweat and Tears, The First Album, 1973 on Embassy (UK).
Blood, Sweat and Tears, The First Album, 1973 on Embassy (UK). The debut album, titled Child Is Father To The Man, 1968 – was re-released in the UK and Europe 5 years later with this title and packaging, but the same recording. Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder, Dick Halligan, Fred Lipsius, Jerry…
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Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz.
Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz. Trip Jazz was a sublabel of Trip, itself owned by Springboard, a discount New Jersey label ( distributed, in part, in grocery stores) that purchased the Scepter Records catalogue. This version is electronically reprocessed to stereo (as was the Scepter release in Italy…