Category: music
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The Beatles, Hey Jude (The Beatles Again), 1970 on Apple Records.
The Beatles, Hey Jude (The Beatles Again), 1970 on Apple Records. Was going to be called Beatles Again, and labels printed, but renamed to Hey Jude based on the success of the single.
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Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams, Plastic Bouquet, 2020 on New West
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams, Plastic Bouquet, 2020 on New West What I am tempted to call Americana from a Canadian duo and a New Zealand singer-songwriter – and it’s delightful Lots of influences here and ghosts abound
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Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, 2014 on High Top Mountain Records
Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, 2014 on High Top Mountain Records Vinyl Me, Please reissue. You can’t fool me, it’s turtles all the way down Produced by Dave Cobb Great cover of “The Promise” by When In Rome and Buford Abner’s “Long White Line”
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Stray Cats, Rant N’ Rave with the Stray Cats, 1983 on EMI America
Stray Cats, Rant N’ Rave with the Stray Cats, 1983 on EMI America Third studio album from Lee Rocker, Jim Phantom, and Brian Setzer, produced by Dave Edmunds Stray Cats also have a new live album out now via Residency Records, Salem MA
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Nilsson, The Point!, 1971 on RCA Victor.
Nilsson, The Point!, 1971 on RCA Victor. My cover has seen better days (some water damage) but the vinyl, like the music, is as good as ever. On my record shelf, Nilsson sites between Nickel Creek and Nitzer Ebb. In the words of the rock man: “you see what you wanna see, and you hear…
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Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise.
Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise. Last album with Peter Green – the revised US edition with “Oh Well” on it Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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Steve Earle & The Dukes, J.T., 2020 on New West
Steve Earle & The Dukes, J.T., 2020 on New West Tribute album by Steve Earle for his son Justin Townes Earle who we lost last year Beautiful album in every way – “last words” gives me shivers. direct from New West
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Darkside, Psychic, 2013 on Other People / Matador Records
Darkside, Psychic, 2013 on Other People / Matador Records My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2021 Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harringtone downtempo electronic masterpiece from 2013.
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Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 on Columbia
Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 on Columbia Like many in the 80s I found the Psychedelic Furs via “Pretty in Pink” but there are so many great songs in their catalog. Via Residency Records, Salem MA
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The Bar-Kays, Cold Blooded, 1974 on Volt.
The Bar-Kays, Cold Blooded, 1974 on Volt. My copy is another Vinyl Me, Please reissue, pressed by Memphis Vinyl for Craft Recordings Backing vocals by Hot Buttered Soul
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Edith Piaf, Recital 1961, 1961 on Pathé
Edith Piaf, Recital 1961, 1961 on Pathé Pathé was a Columbia label then – you can see the Columbia “musical notes” logo on the cover and rear – looks like at one point (before I got it) these were covered, perhaps with a Pathé logo? Sounds wonderful for something recorded in 1960 and pressed maybe…
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This Frontier Needs Heroes, Go With the Flow, self released, 2020.
This Frontier Needs Heroes, Go With the Flow, self released, 2020. This Frontier Needs Heroes’ latest on coke-bottle-clear vinyl, recorded and engineered at The Stationery Factory in Dalton MA and pressed by Kindercore Vinyl Via VNYL – great album
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Shakey Graves, Roll the Bones, 2011 self-released.
Shakey Graves, Roll the Bones, 2011 self-released. My copy is the 10th anniversary edition on Dualtone Records with a 2nd LP of Odds and Ends from Shakey Graves – some early versions and demos plus interludes including interviews with Jason 71 about Jay Manley, the potentially haunted 1932 Gibson L-7 on which parts of the…
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David Bowie, Let’s Dance, 1983 on EMI America.
David Bowie, Let’s Dance, 1983 on EMI America. Produced by Bowie and Nile Rodgers with guitar work by Stevie Ray Vaughan Cowrites with Iggy Pop (China Girl) and Giorgio Moroder (Cat People) Think this was my first Bowie album, which lead me back to all the earlier gems – I know some hard-core Bowie fans…
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Ry Cooder, Paradise and Lunch, 1974 on Reprise.
Ry Cooder, Paradise and Lunch, 1974 on Reprise. My copy is a later repress, maybe ’76. Ry Cooder’s fourth album, including a duet with Earl Hines on Ditty Wah Ditty Great rendition of Jesus On The Mainline and Blind Willie McTell’s Married Man’s a Fool. via Music Connection in Manchester NH
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Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 1965 on Blue Note
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 1965 on Blue Note. (BlP 4195). Beautiful rainy day music for the weekend. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology Story of Herbie Hancock.
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Female Species, Tale Of My Lost Love, 2021 on Numero Group
Female Species, Tale Of My Lost Love, 2021 on Numero Group (NUM073) Collection of previously unreleased tracks from Vickie & Ronnie Gossett, from 1966 through 1989 – deluxe “cherry bomb” vinyl via Secretly Society Starts out very 60s girl group (they played with Karen Carpenter on drums before The Carpenters took off), with some Nashville…
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John Grant, Love Is Magic, 2018 on Bella Union.
John Grant, Love Is Magic, 2018 on Bella Union. Deluxe 2 LP clear vinyl edition with a 12 page booklet Maybe my favorite 21st century artist (though I know the Czars made music in the 90s) Via Discogs