Category: music
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Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO My copy is the @vinylmeplease classics reissue from 2020, pressed at from lacquers cut at @sterlingsound I only wish Hathaway had lived to make dozens more albums. This was his first release though he worked at Curtom records and did session recordings “Tryin’ Times” and a great…
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Thursday, February 18th, 2021
You spin me right round, baby right round
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Sam Cooke, My Kind of Blues, 1962 on RCA / Victor.
Sam Cooke, My Kind of Blues, 1962 on RCA / Victor. German pressing by TeldecPress GmbH Great compilation of Sam Cooke on tunes less commonly associated with him, including But Not For Me. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out, and others
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Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside.
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside. Mine’s the 2020 @vinylmeplease reissue with the spine labeled “Hawkins Files High” which sounds like he overpays his taxes (or just does them while under the influence?)
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Various Artists, Crown Jewels Vol. 1, 2019 on Big Crown Records
Various Artists, Crown Jewels Vol. 1, 2019 on Big Crown Records What a great compilation: Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Shacks, El Michels Affair, The Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band, Lady Wray, The Lakesiders, Paul & The Tall Trees, Bobby Oroza, Brainstory, 79.5, and Holy Hive Via VNYL
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Carmen McRae, Zoot Sims, Paul West, and Jimmy Madison, Europa Jazz, 1981 on Europa Jazz.
Carmen McRae, Zoot Sims, Paul West, and Jimmy Madison, Europa Jazz, 1981 on Europa Jazz. Recorded in 1974, released in 1981 on an Italian label – there is a whole series of live recordings on this label. This one was also released in 1974 as “Ms. Jazz” by Carmen McRae on Groove Merchant Via Antiques…
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Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records.
Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records. Mine’s a 2015 reissue by Fat Possum pressed at Memphis Vinyl with lacquers cut at Nashville Record Productions In addition to the title cut, includes How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (by the Bee Gees). Via Rough Trade
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Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve
Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve Bop version of the musical’s songs – Maria, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, etc. Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
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Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan, Billy and Sarah, 1959 on Lion.
Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan, Billy and Sarah, 1959 on Lion. The namesake jazz musicians/vocalists for WordPress 5.5 and 4.7 respectively An original 1959 pressing – reissued in 1963 by World Record Club but not (so far as I know) since then. Via Anntiques in Ipswich MA
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Jay Bennett & Edward Burch, The Palace at 4am (Part 1), 2020 on Schoolkids Records
Jay Bennett & Edward Burch, The Palace at 4am (Part 1), 2020 on Schoolkids Records Record Store Day 2020 release – 2xLP
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I’m With Her, See You Around, 2018 on Rounder
I’m With Her, See You Around, 2018 on Rounder I’m With Her is Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan and started back in 2014 – this was their debut album and it is a wonderful thing My copy is the Magnolia Record Club white vinyl edition – a great pressing by RTI
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Sting, Sacred Love, 2003 on A&M
Sting, Sacred Love, 2003 on A&M Came out on CD in 2003, but not on vinyl until 2016. Quality Optimal Media GmBH pressing Brilliant as always including a track featuring Mary J. Blige (Whenever I Say Your Name) and one with Vicente Amigo on flamenco guitar
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Pretenders, Pretenders, 1980 on Sire
Pretenders, Pretenders, 1980 on Sire Debut album – “This album has a longer running time than most average LPs, therefore to achieve maximum effect PLAY THIS ALBUM LOUD” Great first album by from Akron Ohio and the UK
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Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument.
Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument. Originally released as Kristofferson in 1970, re-released and retitled the following year to take advantage of the popularity of Janis Joplin’s version of the title song. Has “The Law Is For The Protection of the People, ” “Sunday Morning Comin’ Down,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.”…
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Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic.
Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic. (SD 8230). Such a beautiful album – great version of “Compared to What” but also the inimitable “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” on the most recent Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time On the rear jacket Les McCann describes seeing her performance in DC…
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck At Storyville 1954, 1954 on Columbia
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck At Storyville 1954, 1954 on Columbia Storyville was a Boston jazz institution in the 1940s, run by George Wein (the same that started the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival ). It started in the Copley Square Hotel but in 1950 moved to the first floor of…
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Son Volt, Live at the Orange Peel, 2020 on Transmit Sound.
Son Volt, Live at the Orange Peel, 2020 on Transmit Sound. 2020 release on orange vinyl Via the Record Exchange in Salem MA
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Ray Davies, Americana, 2017 on Legacy
Ray Davies, Americana, 2017 on Legacy Legendary front man from the Kinks working with The Jayhawks on songs inspired by years of touring the US There was also a book in 2013 titled Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road Via Discogs