Category: music
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ZZ Top, El Loco. 1981 on Warner Brothers.
ZZ Top, El Loco. 1981 on Warner Brothers. I think this was my first exposure to ZZ Top – love the grooves
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Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO
Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO Not to be confused with the original debut self-titled from 1966, this is the later compilation, assembled after the group had disbanded. The 9 minute “Bluebird” is killer Out of print now in vinyl and never…
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet, What Is There To Say?, 1959 on Columbia
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, What Is There To Say?, 1959 on Columbia Mulligan is one of my favorites from the cool jazz era – he played with Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Gene Krupa, but also as a sideman to a whos who of 50s and 60s jazz singers, pianists, and trumpeters On this album its Art…
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John Grant, Queen of Denmark, 2010 on Bella Union.
John Grant, Queen of Denmark, 2010 on Bella Union. Honestly I’ve yet to find anything John Grant has done that I haven’t loved, so was very happy to find this at Joes Albums in Worcester. This is the 2xLP plus bonus 7″ single reissue on Partisan Records which came out in 2016
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Townes Van Zandt, In The Beginning . . . , 2003 on TV2
Townes Van Zandt, In The Beginning . . . , 2003 on TV2 My copy is a 2010 vinyl issue on Fat Possum – the 2003 release was only on CD The recordings are demos made in 1966 before Townes’ first album
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Dr. John, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981 on Clean Cuts.
Dr. John, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981 on Clean Cuts. Dr. John used “Mac Rebennack” for his writing credits (or Mac Rebennack used Dr. John for some of his performing credits, if you prefer). Either way, this is Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. On solo piano. And no, he was not a medical doctor. Neither…
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Reunion with Chet Baker, 1958 on World Pacific.
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Reunion with Chet Baker, 1958 on World Pacific. Mine’s a late 60s reissue on Pacific Jazz Records with liner notes from 1962
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Various Artists, Wilcovered, 2020 on Renew Records
Various Artists, Wilcovered, 2020 on Renew Records Record Store Day release on vinyl of what came as a CD with the November 2019 Uncut Magazine Courtney Barnett, Cate Le Bon, Sharon Van Etten, Yo La Tengo, Billy Gibbons , Kurt Vile, Kacy & Clayton, and Low
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Ben & Ellen Harper, Childhood Home, 2014 on Prestige Folklore.
Ben & Ellen Harper, Childhood Home, 2014 on Prestige Folklore. I first heard Ben & Ellen play on a bootleg from Bridges Auditorium in Claremont CA (she manages the Claremont Folk Music Center ) so was supper happy to find this LP. She has a solo album out now too – Life Has A Light…
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Human League, Lebanon, 1984 on Virgin.
Human League, Lebanon, 1984 on Virgin. 12″ single with an extended Lebanon om the A side and “Thirteen” plus an instrumental version on the B side EMI Records pressing from the UK
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Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef.
Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum, Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef. The last in an 11 LP series on Clef from 1953-54. This copy is from the Verve reissues between 1958 and 1961 as it has the Verve trumpeter logo but uses MGV not V/V6 as catalog number In pretty good shape for a…
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Elle King, Shake the Spirit, 2018 on RCA.
Elle King, Shake the Spirit, 2018 on RCA. King’s followup to Love Stuff – solid album that avoids the curse of the sophomore slump.
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Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997 on Dedicated / Arista.
Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997 on Dedicated / Arista. This copy is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue – the packaging of this album feels just as fresh today as it did in 1997, including the pharmaceutical guidance insert with potential side effects
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U2, The Unforgettable Fire, 1984 on Island
U2, The Unforgettable Fire, 1984 on Island Soundtrack to much of my adolescence – big shift for the band after Boy->October->War and Under a Blood Red Sky Produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois with a more atmospheric / ambient rich sound.
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Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve.
Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve. My copy is a later “Polygram Classics” reissue – runout etchings and Polygram Classics markings suggest 1983 or later. The material itself goes back to “The Genius of Powell” and “Bud Powell’s Moods,” both 1957 Verve releases, of sessions from 1950, 1951, and 1956. Via…
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Laura Marling, song For Our Daughter, 2020 on Chrysalis / Partisan Records.
Laura Marling, song For Our Daughter, 2020 on Chrysalis / Partisan Records. Such a beautiful record that came out this summer. Marling’s seventh studio release, co-produced by Marling and Ethan Johns I could just put all her albums on repeat for weeks on end Via Joes Albums in Worcester MA
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Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, 1986 on Def Jam / Columbia.
Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, 1986 on Def Jam / Columbia. Mine’s a 2016 reissue (30th anniversary) 180g on Def Jam / UMG Reissue sounds great – No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Brass Monkey, Fight For Your Right Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia.
Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia. My copy is a 1958 pressing with the six-eye red Columbia deep-groove label. Great rendition of Bewitched Via Mystery Train in Gloucester MA