Category: music
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Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records
Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records 2xLP Dawes album – one of my favorite working bands today – always consistent quality. Production by Jonathan Wilson Beautiful pressing by Pallas in Germany via Discogs
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Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records.
Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records. Produced by Alison Krauss Another wonderful reissue from Craft Recordings on two 45rpm records.
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Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 on Columbia / MPL
Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 onColumbia / MPL Sticking with Paul McCartney from yesterday’s post. Tug Of War is early 80s Macca, with guest Stevie Wonder on Whats That You’re Doing? and Ebony & Ivory I know some people find this too earnest (a one star reviewer on discogs calls it “stylish polished romantic…
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Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records
Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records McCartney’s first solo album released in the US about a month before my birthday. I’m still always amazed at the beauty and simplicity of “Maybe I’m Amazed” . . . via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
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Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia.
Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia. Recorded May 19th, 1961 – on “nonbreakable” Columbia Records vinyl in mono Cover artwork by Joe Eula, with Gil Evans, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
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John Craigie, Asterisk The Universe, 2020 on Zabriskie Point Records.
John Craigie, Asterisk The Universe, 2020 on Zabriskie Point Records. I think I first heard John Craigie on one of the KEXP podcasts, or live in studio. This is a great LP – funny, smart, warm and groovy. “I’m trying to board this trainwreck/ I used to have a ticket / all the best sh*t…
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Generationals, State Dogs: Singles 2017-2018, 2018 on Polyvinyl.
Generationals, State Dogs: Singles 2017-2018, released in 2018 on Polyvinyl. Generationals is a duo out of Louisiana often described as “New Wave” despite recording now, not in the 80s. They’re no “tribute” band but clearly inspired by many of the bands I loved in that era (and still do). Their debut full length came out…
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Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records
Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records When I first started hearing about Nickel Creek I thought they were somehow related to Nickelback. I should have paid more attention, as it means I’m coming late to how great they were (and are!). I’m actually finding them via Sara Watkins’ work with I’m With Her…
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Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic
Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic Jewel’s 1995 major label debut – this was on endless loop in the late 90s for my wife and I (grad school). My copy is the 4 LP 25th Anniversary Edition issued by Craft Recordings which is very well-crafted package and pressing. (Some of the records had a…
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Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat, 1981 on I.R.S. Records.
Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat, 1981 on I.R.S. Records. The Go-Go’s debut – the sound of the early 80s. Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got the Beat . . .
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Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy Love this album – the 11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine, Travelin’ Band, Looking Out My Back Door, and so many more. Vinyl Me, Please did a 50th anniversary pressing with Optimal, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road, but this original 1970 Rockaway pressing sounds pretty damn…
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Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia
Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia A bit of a novelty record from Cash – including yodeling by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott on “cup of coffee” – cover illustration by Jack Davis of Mad Magazine fame Via Antiques on Elm, Manchester NH
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Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury.
Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury. Long-playing microgroove LP from the fifties. Garner cut these tunes with the index finger of his left hand in a splint!
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Quivers, Out of Time, 2020 on Turntable Kitchen
Quivers, Out of Time, 2020 on Turntable Kitchen Limited edition white vinyl, cover album for R.E.M.’s 1991 LP Love this record as much as the original and on some songs maybe even more
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Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Dragons, 2019 on Magnolia Music This is the Magnolia Record Club version on black and white vinyl. The Lone Bellow guest on the title track, Ellie Holcomb on See the World, Lori McKenna on You Want What You Can’t Have, and Natalie Hemby on Maybe Check out Magnolia Record Club…
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No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope.
No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope. My copy is a 2014 reissue. Trauma was an indie label out of LA that made a deal with Interscope and was later acquired by them Tragic Kingdom was the second Interscope full length from No Doubt and their third full length (after Beacon Street…
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic. Follow up to Texas Flood, SRV in prime shape. via Antiques on Elm
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Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum.
Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum. 3LP set from the Muse concerts for a non-nuclear future, Madison Square Garden Sept 19-23, 1979. Who’s who of late 70s popular rock: James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Brothers, Crosby Stills and Nash, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne. Love the Gil Scott-Heron “We Almost Lost Detroit” and…