Category: music
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Blonde Redhead, Fake Can Be Just As Good, 1997 on Touch and Go
Blonde Redhead, Fake Can Be Just As Good, 1997 on Touch and Go Third studio album from Kazu Makino, Simone Pace, Amedeo Pace via VNYL
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Hoodoo Gurus, Blow Your Cool, 1987 on Elektra.
Hoodoo Gurus, Blow Your Cool, 1987 on Elektra. Dave Faulkner and crew’s third album, with the big hit “What’s My Scene.” Guest vocals by Susanna Hoffs and Vicki Peterson of The Bangles on Good Times. Promo copy via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain
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R.E.M., Murmur, 1983 on IRS Records.
R.E.M., Murmur, 1983 on IRS Records. Such a brilliant LP from beginning to end – Radio Free Europe but also Perfect Circle, Moral Kiosk, West of Fields. via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain
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Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77, 1977 on Sire.
Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77, 1977 on Sire. Based on the street address in the rim text, an early 80s pressing – super excited to find an early pressing in the wild at Soundtracks in Beverly There is no such thing as a bad Talking Heads album
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Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.
Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia. Posthumous release with Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Cry Baby, Get It While You Can, and Mercedes Benz. Full tilt boogie band via Anntiques in Ipswich MA
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The Monkees, More of the Monkees, 1967 on Colgems.
The Monkees, More of the Monkees, 1967 on Colgems. I wasn’t around for the initial run of the Monkees but loved it in reruns in the 80s This was an album made with session musicians, infuriating the Monkees My copy is a 67 mono pressing via Anntiques in Ipswich MA
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Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia.
Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia. Buck Clayton and a team of long standing swing players including portions of Count Basie’s touring band. Recorded December 14th, 1953 at Columbia Studios at 207 East 30th St. , produced by George Avakian via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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Dinosaur, Jr., Sweep It Into Space, 2021 on Jagjaguwar
Dinosaur, Jr., Sweep It Into Space, 2021 on Jagjaguwar Secretly Society edition on purple/yellow splatter vinyl New Dinosaur, jr. for 2021? Yes please. Produced by Kurt Vile and J Mascis Love it- actually may be my favorite Dino Jr album
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Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Come Black Magic, 2016 self-released.
Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Come Black Magic, 2016 self-released. Boston area cabaret/goth/dada ensemble (SteamCrunk?) Army of Toys – beautiful labels and a killer cover of Bjork ‘s Enemy of Me Each side ends in a locked groove via Residency Records
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Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros
Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros With Larry Blackmon on “All Shook Up” and Harry Dean Stanton on “Across the Borderline” Specialty Records Pressing – not the first issue as it has the correct Larry Blackmon credit via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain
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Japan, Assemblage, 1981 on Hansa.
Japan, Assemblage, 1981 on Hansa. Collected tracks from their first three Hansa releases: Obscure Alternatives, Adolescent Sex, and Quiet Life, before the went to Virgin. Not necessarily the band you think of covering I Second That Emotion and All Tomorrows Parties . . . My copy seems to be a German pressing via Deep Thoughts,…
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Meg Christian, Face the Music, 1977 on Olivia Records.
Meg Christian, Face the Music, 1977 on Olivia Records. Continued from yesterday’s post. Another from the feminist collective second wave Olivia records, this one including “Leaping Lesbians” by Sue Fink There’s an episode of the Making Gay History podcast on Meg Christian worth checking out – from January this year
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Meg Christian, I Know You Know, 1974 on Olivia.
Meg Christian, I Know You Know, 1974 on Olivia. I don’t normally try to make these vinyl posts topical, but picked up this album recently and it felt right to post it during LGBTQ Pride month. Olivia Records was a woman-owned feminist collective label started in 1973 – this was their first release. Meg Christian…
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Herbie Hancock, Takin’ Off, 1962 on Blue Note.
Herbie Hancock, Takin’ Off, 1962 on Blue Note. Another from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology of Herbie Hancock With Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins Blue Note BLP 4109
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Jack White, Live at the Masonic Temple, 2021 on Third Man
Jack White, Live at the Masonic Temple, 2021 on Third Man Part of the Third Man Vault series Concert from July 30th, 2014 in Detroit.
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Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash
Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash Not as coveted as Hallowed Ground or the Self-titled album, but lovely vintage VF anyway Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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U2, War, 1983 on Island.
U2, War, 1983 on Island. This is where I originally got on board with U2, then went back to Boy and October. Love this album from beginning to end via Residency Records, Salem MA
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John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum.
John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum. My copy is. 2021 reissue by Rhino Records – I think it’s the same pressing as in the “Asylum Albums” box set but not sure Lots of great tunes including “Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone,” “Fish and Whistle,” and the title track via Record Exchange, Salem MA