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Ike & @tinaturner , Workin’ Together, 1970 on Liberty. (Ironic title, given their relationship) Best known for “Proud Mary,” with the “we never, ever do nothin’ nice and…
An 80s staple – Reach the Beach by the Fixx. 1983 on MCA Records Found my copy at A1 Records, NYC
Bootleg of The Police 1981 live in Melbourne at Festival Hall. My copy says it is on “Washington Ave. Sound” label, but there are many versions out there,…
Jakob Dylan with guests including Norah Jones and Cat Power Soundtrack from Echo in the Canyon a documentary by Andrew Slater. Via Music Connection in Manchester NH
Run DMC, Tougher than Leather, 1988 on London Records. Via Unknown Pleasures in Edinburgh Scotland (aka @vinylnet.co.uk )
The debut album by George Thorogood and the [Deleware] Destroyers. 1977 on Rounder Records. Great liner notes on the back of this one by John Forward, who introduced…
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice, 2017 on Matador Records. Barnett may just be my favorite new artist of the decade, and Vile has been making…
Marvin Gaye, Anthology, 1973 on Motown – 3 LP collection Via ListenUp Music in Natick MA
Greatest! @johnnycash, 1959, on Sun Records. I Forgot to Rember to Forget, Katy Too, Get Rhythm . . .
Love this album from Sara Watkins – such a gifted singer and songwriter. She’s also now part of I’m With Her whose debut See You Around came out…
There just aren’t enough Donny Hathaway albums in the world. In Performance, 1980 on Atlantic Records, SD 19278 Via Vintage Vinyl in St. Louls MO
So many great tunes and lyrics here “In the end it took me a dictionary / to find out the meaning of unrequited” “I saw two shooting stars…
My copy is a 2007 Fat Possum pressing. Some folks don’t like the production here by Jack Clement, but I love this record. Via Residency Records, Salem MA
Fleetwood Mac: Before the Beginning, 2019, on Sony Music. Via Dyno Records, Newburyport MA
The Devil Makes Three, Chains Are Broken, 2018 on New West Signed copy I got before the holidays direct from the label Surprised these folks aren’t more well…
The Cult, Sonic Temple, 1989 on Sire / Reprise / Beggars Banquet
True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018 on Nonesuch Records 2 LP version expanding on 1986’s Sounds From True Stories. Via ListenUp Music, Natick MA
The Wallets, Take It, 1986 on Twin Tone. Found at Record Exchange in St. Louis When the Talking Heads’ Naked came out in ’88, the liner notes included…
Rank and File, Sundown, 1983 on Slash records. I had (on cassette) two Slash Records samplers in the eighties I played to death, which had “The Conductor Wore…