Category: music
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Ted Leo, The Hanged Man, self-released in 2017.
Ted Leo, The Hanged Man, self-released in 2017. Excellent double album including Chris Wilson on drums and backing vocals from Jonathan Coulton, Aimee Mann, and Paul F Tompkins among others Via Discogs
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Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay, 1982 on Albion.
Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay, 1982 on Albion (original UK pressing). Hitchcock’s second solo album with Sara Lee from Gang of Four and Anthony Thistlewaite from the Waterboys, produced by Steve Hillage
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Grimes, Miss Anthropocene, 2020 on 4AD
Grimes, Miss Anthropocene, 2020 on 4AD Pink transparent vinyl – pressing by Independent Record Pressing Via VNYL Beautiful pressing, great album – like this even more than Art Angels.
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Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records.
Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records. Follow up to the Old Grey Whistle Test sampler I posted a while back. Take Two is divided into a Great Britain record and United States of America record The UK one includes Dave Mason and Genesis but also Widowmaker, Camel,…
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Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, 2019 on Darkroom / Interscope
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, 2019 on Darkroom / Interscope Eilish’s debut on apricot vinyl via VNYL Love this album – smart, fresh, groovy
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Sarah McLachlan. Touch, 1989 on Arista.
Sarah McLachlan. Touch, 1989 on Arista. Once stood in line behind McLachlan in a Pottery Barn at University Village near the UW. Been a fan since picking up this LP in 1989 (came out in 1988 in Canada )
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Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony.
Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony. Songs created based on Johnny Cash’s poetry, letters, and lyrics set to music by contemporary artists. Love this compilation and the pressing & packaging.
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Rush, Moving Pictures, 1981 on Mercury
Rush, Moving Pictures, 1981 on Mercury One of my early selections in the Columbia House Record Club. Still my favorite Rush album and one of my favorite prog rock albums.
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The Bird and the Bee, Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates, 2018 on Slow Down Sounds.
The Bird and the Bee, Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates, 2018 on Slow Down Sounds. Came out in 2010 in Blue Note in CD format, but first vinyl pressing in 2018 as part of Record Store Day Inara George and Greg Kurstin as The Bird and the…
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Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time.
Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time. Label sampler with Love and Rockets, Alex Chilton, Dumptruck, Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Dream Syndicate, Redd Kross, The Pastels, Exploding White Mice, Love Tractor, The Lucy Show, and Boston’s own Christmas Love label samplers and this one I’ve had since 1987
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Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop, Love Letter For Fire, 2016 on Sub Pop
Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop, Love Letter For Fire, 2016 on Sub Pop Huge fan of both Sam Beam (and Iron & Wine) and Jesca Hoop – this album they made together (produced by Tucker Martine) is a delight. Mine is the smoke colored pressing from RTI
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Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records.
Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records. Great soundtrack – Nina Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers, Lloyd Cole, Thomas Mapfumo, Toots Hibbert doing “Spiritual Healing,” Les Negresses Vertes, Etta James Not sure I remember the movie but the soundtrack is still with me
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Thompson Twins, Side Kicks, 1983 on Arista.
Thompson Twins, Side Kicks, 1983 on Arista. In the UK this was “Quick Step & Side Kick”, with a different track order but the same tunes. I always assumed the song was called “We Are Detectives” but it is “Detective,” singular. Great songs here: Judy Do, This Is Where We All Fall Out, Love On…
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The Velvet Underground, Self-Titled, 1969, originally on MGM
The Velvet Underground, Self-Titled, 1969, originally on MGM My copy is a Verve reissue from the mid-eighties, remastered at Sterling and pressed at Hauppauge, with the Valentin mix (as opposed to the Closet mix).
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Neil Young, Homegrown, 2020 on Reprise
Neil Young, Homegrown, 2020 on Reprise Neil Young’s 40th studio album. Recorded back in 1974 and 1975, considered for release around the time of Tonight’s the Night. Great set of songs, support from Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris, Robbie Robertson. Vinyl sounds great – my copy is a pressing by Record Industry
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Buke and Gass, Riposte, 2010 on Brassland
Buke and Gass, Riposte, 2010 on Brassland Buke and Gase is a duo (Aron Sanchez and Arone Dyer) out of Brooklyn (they changed from Gass to Gase) Lovely LP of hard stomping indie folky goodness
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The Pogues: Rum Sodomy & The Lash, 1985 on Stiff Records.
The Pogues: Rum Sodomy & The Lash, 1985 on Stiff Records. Second album from the celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan. Produced by Elvis Costello
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Peter Tosh, Legalize It, 1976 on Columbia
Peter Tosh, Legalize It, 1976 on Columbia It’s 4:20 somewhere, right? This is a later pressing, but hard to date – 80s maybe. I’ve had it at least that long