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# Goatless

Music, Veganism, Travel

## Posts

- [Sly and the Family Stone, Stand!, 1969 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2023/06/22/sly-and-the-family-stone-stand-1969-on-epic) - If you find a Sly and the Family Stone record in good shape and don't already have it, just buy it. This is their fourth album, and has gone at least triple platinum - including Stand!, I Want to Take You Higher, Everyday People, and You Can Make It If You Try. Written and produced
- [Johnny Griffin, The Man I Love, 1973 on Black Lion Records](https://goatless.org/2023/06/23/johnny-griffin-the-man-i-love-1973-on-black-lion-records) - This LP, recorded at the Montmartre Jazzhuis in Copenhagen in 1967, was originally issued on Polydor in 1969 in the UK, but later in 1973 by Black Lion Records in Japan. My copy is actually a 2012 reissue by ORG Music and Black Lion and pressed on 180 gram vinyl at Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH. In
- [Thelonious Monk Septet, Monk's Music, 1957 on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2023/06/21/thelonious-monk-septet-monks-music-1957-on-riverside) - What a great set of players on this. In addition to Monk you've got Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Gigi Gryce, Wilbur Ware, and Ray Copeland. Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in NYC June 26th, 1957. Can't go wrong with Riverside jazz from the '50s. My copy is a 2023 reissue by Vinyl Me
- [Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall 1971, 2020 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/06/16/neil-young-live-at-massey-hall-1971-2020-on-reprise) - Dating this one is a bit tricky - recorded in 1971, released on CD unofficially in 2005 and officially in 2007, but on vinyl for the first time in 2020. Massey Hall on Victoria Street in Toronto was home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and seats under 3000. This release is the Volume 3 in
- [Dawes, All Your Favorite Bands, 2015 on HUB Records](https://goatless.org/2023/06/15/dawes-all-your-favorite-bands-2015-on-hub-records) - I'm a huge Dawes fan and this is classic Dawes. My copy is a 2022 reissue on 180g green vinyl via Rounder Records - a limited edition of 500. They're joined by David Rawlings (guitar on "Somewhere Along the Way," backing vocals on "I Can't Think About it Now" and Gillian Welch (backing vocals on
- [Lucinda Williams, Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart, 2023 on Highway 20 Records](https://goatless.org/2026/02/24/lucinda-williams-stories-from-a-rock-n-roll-heart-2023-on-highway-20-records) - Lucinda Williams just keeps putting out great music, including this 15th studio LP of original material (alongside the jukebox series of cover albums). She's joined by Bruce Springsteen and Patty Scialfa on two tracks and Tommy Stinson, Angel Olsen and Margo Price on one each (among other guests). My copy—via Academy Records in NYC—is the
- [The Wailers, Burnin', 1973 on Island](https://goatless.org/2026/02/23/the-wailers-burnin-1973-on-island) - Sixth LP from Marley and the Wailers, recorded at the same time as Catch a Fire. The front cover credits The Wailers, but this modern reissue credits Bob Marley & The Wailers on the labels. This was the last album before Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer all pursued solo careers. What a fantastic album,
- [Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Piano, 1989 on New Day Records](https://goatless.org/2026/02/22/grandmaster-melle-mel-and-the-furious-five-piano-1989-on-new-day-records) - After the split between Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, Mel took the "Grandmaster" role and continued with the Furious Five splitting. On this record the Furious Five include Cowboy, Scorpio, Rahiem, and Kidd Creole (credited as Kid Creole), but no Flash. The Furious Five with Flash did reunite in 1988 for On the Strength, on
- [Natalie Merchant, Keep Your Courage, 2023 on Nonesuch](https://goatless.org/2026/02/21/natalie-merchant-keep-your-courage-2023-on-nonesuch) - Merchant's first collection of new work since 2014's self-titled album - in between she did some releases of new versions of existing songs. I love everything Natalie Merchant touches - she's a great singer, songwriter, performer, and all around human. A model for the independent artist who keeps her ability to do what she wants
- [Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Midnight Special, 1977 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2026/02/20/sonny-terry-brownie-mcghee-midnight-special-1977-on-fantasy) - This 2xLP release is a reissue of two earlier albums: 1960's Blues & Folk (sides 1 and 2) and 1961's Blues All Around My Head (sides 3 and 4). Fantasy often put out these reissues as double LPs, as the earlier blues artists were being rediscovered again - good way to get the earlier material.
- [Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi, 1989 on Virgin](https://goatless.org/2026/02/19/neneh-cherry-raw-like-sushi-1989-on-virgin) - I don't think I knew it at the time, but Neneh Cherry is Swedish-born (Neneh Mariann Karlsson), and related to both Don Cherry the jazz trumpeter (step-daughter) and Eagle-Eye Cherry (shared mother, different fathers). This was her debut studio album and "Buffalo Stance" was huge in the late 80s. It's really a great album well
- [Dave Van Ronk and The Hudson, Dave Van Ronk and The Hudson Dusters, 1967 on Verve Forecast](https://goatless.org/2026/02/18/dave-van-ronk-and-the-hudson-dusters-1967-on-verve-forecast) - The Hudson Dusters were Dave Woods, Ed Gregory, and Rick Henderson - Phillip Namanworth also appears here as "Pot" on the rear cover. They took their name from an early 20th century NY gang. Picked this up on a lark because I enjoy Dave Van Ronk - no idea how rare or common it is.
- [Amanda Shires, Take It Like a Man, 2022 on ATO Records](https://goatless.org/2026/02/17/amanda-shires-take-it-like-a-man-2022-on-ato-records) - Eighth solo LP from Amanda Shires, recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville. I'm cautious not to read any songwriter too literally or autobiographically, but it is hard not to (now) read this as foreshadowing her divorce from Jason Isbell, making it part of a group of records about the dissolution of their marriage. Guests
- [B.B. King, Live at the Regal, 1965 on ABC Paramount](https://goatless.org/2026/02/16/b-b-king-live-at-the-regal-1965-on-abc-paramount) - Recorded live at the Regal Theater in Chicago in 1964, and released by ABC Paramount (in the US) in 1965. Fantastic live blues album and a must have. It was a cold, raw day in traditionally windy Chicago on November 21, 1964, but hundreds of people found a quick way to warm up! There were
- [Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live!, 1975 on Island / Tuff Gong](https://goatless.org/2026/02/15/bob-marley-and-the-wailers-live-1975-on-island-tuff-gong) - Recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London, July 1975, and released by Island Records. Fantastic live album. The only thing wrong with this album is that isn't a 2xLP or longer. My copy—not sure where I picked this up—is a post 2015 reissue by UMe on Tuff Gong labels, including a fold-out poster.
- [Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Barn, 2021 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2026/02/14/neil-young-crazy-horse-barn-2021-on-reprise) - Young's first post-covid album, recorded in an old (1870s?) barn in Colorado with Nils Lofgren, Billy Talbot, and Ralph Molina. I like the way it is credited and titled - just three nouns: Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Barn. I love Neil Young and really enjoyed new music from him with Crazy Horse, even if this
- [Keb' Mo', Good to Be . . . , 2022 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2026/02/13/keb-mo-good-to-be-2022-on-rounder) - Fifteenth studio album from Keb' Mo' whose career I've followed for a long time, since his self-titled debut (as Keb' Mo') in 1994. He's joined by Darius Rucker, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Kristin Chenoweth (yes, that Kristin Chenoweth) on specific tracks. Nominated for a Grammy for best Americana album in 2023. I was super
- [Dr. John, Things Happen That Way, 2022 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2026/02/12/dr-john-things-happen-that-way-2022-on-rounder) - Dr. John's final studio LP, posthumously released by Rounder after he passed in 2019. Guest appearances by Aaron Neville ("End of the Line"), Willie Nelson ("Gimme That Old Time Religion"), and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real ("I Walk on Guilded Splinters"). Great covers here: Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away," Hank Williams
- [Sarah Jarosz, Polaroid Lovers, 2024 on Rounder Records](https://goatless.org/2026/02/11/sarah-jarosz-polaroid-lovers-2024-on-rounder-records) - Seventh studio album from Jarosz (who is also part of I'm With Her), produced by Daniel Tashian and recorded at Sound Emporium in Nashville TN. Tashian, Natalie Hemby, Ruston Kelly and others share co-writing credits on different tracks. My copy—direct from Rounder Records' Store—is a Memphis Record Pressing issue on "purple translucent marble" vinyl.
- [Indigo Girls, Indigo Girls, 1989 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/09/25/indigo-girls-indigo-girls-1989-on-epic) - Sophomore album from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, with their massive breakout hit "Closer To Fine." Michael Stipe guests on "Kid Fears" and Hothouse Flowers guest on multiple tracks including "Closer to Fine" (which recently had a revival as it appeared in the movie Barbie). My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is a promo copy labelled
- [Indigo Girls, Look Long, 2020 on Rounder Records](https://goatless.org/2026/02/10/indigo-girls-look-long-2020-on-rounder-records) - 15th album from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, with guests including Lucy Wainwright Roche, Lucy Jules, and producer John Reynolds. Recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in Bath and Reynolds' own New Aer Studios in Kilburn. Loved seeing the Lilith Fair documentary Building a Mystery and the role Indigo Girls seemed to play in
- [Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Blood & Chocolate, 1986 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2026/02/09/elvis-costello-and-the-attractions-blood-chocolate-1986-on-columbia) - Costello's 11th studio LP and 9th with The Attractions, as a follow up to King of America, and produced by Nick Lowe. Didn't do so well commercially at the time, but now called one of his best. Costello is credited on the rear sleeve as "Napoleon Dynamite" - which is also the name of the
- [Billy Strings, Me and Dad, 2022 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2026/02/08/billy-strings-me-and-dad-2022-on-rounder) - Love this album which features Billy Strings and his dad, Terry Barber. It includes a print of artwork Billy did as a child "When I grow up, I want to be a bluegrass player." Mission accomplished, I'd say. There's also a great long concert on YouTube live from Traverse City Michigan: My copy, direct from
- [Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Imperial Bedroom, 1982 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2026/02/07/elvis-costello-and-the-attractions-imperial-bedroom-1982-on-columbia) - Seventh studio LP from Costello and the sixth with The Attractions, out of F-Beat in the UK and Columbia in the US. A must have for collectors of Costello or indeed the whole new wave / alternative era of the late seventies to mid eighties. My copy - direct from the artist at a show
- [Black Pumas, Chronicles of a Diamond, 2023 on ATO](https://goatless.org/2026/02/06/black-pumas-chronicles-of-a-diamond-2023-on-ato) - Sophomore album from Black Pumas - following up the giant success of their self-titled debut in 2019 with "Colors" which was a bit inescapable (and brilliant). Doesn't get as much attention as the debut - the dreaded sophomore slump - but I think it is every bit as good an album. My copy, via Barnes
- [Sturgill Simpson, The Ballad of Dood & Juanita, 2021 on High Top Mountain Records](https://goatless.org/2026/02/05/sturgill-simpson-the-ballad-of-dood-juanita-2021-on-high-top-mountain-records) - The seventh studio album from Sturgill Simpson with guest Willie Nelson on "Juanita." A concept album set in Kentucky during the Civil War, this may be the last album under his own name. I just love Simpson's approach to music and composition as well as the whole band here, which includes: Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan,
- [The Cars, The Cars (Self-Titled), 1978 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2026/02/04/the-cars-the-cars-self-titled-1978-on-elektra) - Debut album from Boston's own The Cars, out in 1978 on Elektra, and produced by Thomas Baker. Killer debut, with "Just What I Needed," "My Best Friend's Girl," "Good Times Roll," and "Moving In Stereo." Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, David Robinson, and Greg Hawkes in the original lineup. My copy, via a private
- [U2, Live "Under a Blood Red Sky, " 1983 on Island](https://goatless.org/2026/02/03/u2-live-under-a-blood-red-sky-1983-on-island) - I always thought of this as recorded at Red Rocks in Colorado, but with additional tracks from the Orpheum in Boston ("11 O'Clock Tick Tock") and Rockpalast in Germany (all of Side B, "I Will Follow"). There was a live video - Live at Red Rocks: Under A Blood Red Sky, which was the full
- [Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornado Live, 2023 on Liberation Hall](https://goatless.org/2026/02/02/sir-douglas-quintet-texas-tornado-live-2023-on-liberation-hall) - Recorded Sept 1971 at the Troubadour in LA, but released in 2023 as part of Record Store Day. The Sir Douglas Quintet, led by Doug Sahm, out of San Antonio TX via San Francisco CA. Great collection including probably their best known song "She's About a Mover" and "Dynamite Woman." My copy via a private
- [The Pretenders, Get Close, 1986 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2026/02/01/the-pretenders-get-close-1986-on-sire) - Fourth Pretenders LP, with "Don't Get Me Wrong" and "My Baby," both of which were hits in the US. This is after the deaths of Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott, and would be the last LP with Martin Chambers for nearly a decade. Lots of session players here across multiple sessions, but overall a great
- [Drop Nineteens, 1991, 2025 on Wharf Cat Records](https://goatless.org/2026/01/31/drop-nineteens-1991-2025-on-wharf-cat-records) - While this was written and recorded by Drop Nineteens back in 1991, it was remixed by the band and Max Rose and released in 2024 on tour and 2025 on vinyl. My copy direct from the band.
- [English Beat at Riverfest](https://goatless.org/2015/09/07/english-beat-at-riverfest) - This weekend was Riverfest in Newburyport and the headliner was The English Beat! It's a beautiful setting for a concert - they went on at dusk and played while the sun set on the Merrimack behind them, in the waterfront park. Solid set, closing with a strong Ranking Full Stop -> Mirror in the Bathroom.
- [The James Hunter Six, Nick of Time, 2020 on Daptone](https://goatless.org/2026/01/30/the-james-hunter-six-nick-of-time-2020-on-daptone) - James Hunter puts out records under his own name and as leader of the James Hunter Six, as well as his first band Howlin' Wilf and the Vee-Jays. Consistent with being on Daptone, it's a roots/revival R&B Soul sound - his breakout People Gonna Talk came out in 2006 on Rounder. I got a chance
- [The Dream Syndicate, The Dream Syndicate (Self-Titled), 1982 on Down There Records / Enigma](https://goatless.org/2026/01/29/the-dream-syndicate-the-dream-syndicate-self-titled-1982-on-down-there-records-enigma) - Another band associated with the Paisely Underground / Paisely Punk movement of the early 80s, Dream Syndicate were Steve Wynn, Kendra Smith, Dennis Duck, and Karl Precoda. This was their debut EP on Wynn's own Down There Records label before they signed to Slash in 1982. My copy, via a private sale, is on red
- [The Three O'Clock, Baroque Hoedown, 1982 on Lolita / Frontier](https://goatless.org/2026/01/28/the-three-oclock-baroque-hoedown-1982-on-lolita-frontier) - The Three O'Clock were part of the so-called paisley punk scene in the early eighties, on Frontier records - after changing their name from Salvation Army under threat of legal action. Baroque Hoedown was their debut release under the new name. This copy, via a private sale, is a French pressing on Lolita - with
- [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Live at the Forum, 1970 on Lid](https://goatless.org/2026/01/27/crosby-stills-nash-young-live-at-the-forum-1970-on-lid) - Widely bootlegged live album recorded at the LA Forum June 26th, 1970. Some performances from this night (and many from this tour) were on Four Way Street. My copy—via a private sale—is on purple "LID" labels, and has "Find the Cost of Freedom" at the end of side A rather than side D as on
- [Love and Rockets, Earth • Sun • Moon, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Big Time](https://goatless.org/2026/01/26/love-and-rockets-earth-sun-moon-1987-on-beggars-banquet-big-time) - Released on Beggars Banquet in the UK and Big Time in the US, this was the third full length from Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins aka Love and Rockets. Love "No New Tale To Tell" from this LP but really all of what they put out. Hard to find the 80s pressings in
- [Dead & Company, Aces Back to Back, 2024 on Rhino](https://goatless.org/2026/01/25/dead-company-aces-back-to-back-2024-on-rhino) - Series of cuts from the summer 2023 tour of Dead & Company, with Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti, and Jay Lane. Recorded in multiple venues, including the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington, Folsom Field in Boulder Colorado, and Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA. Sad to hear of Bob Weir's passing
- [Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson in Russia, 1976 on Pablo](https://goatless.org/2026/01/24/oscar-peterson-oscar-peterson-in-russia-1976-on-pablo) - Peterson recorded November 17, 1974 in Tallinn, Estonia (listed as Tallinn Russia) with Niels Pederson and Jake Hanna. I love finding these 70s era Pablo recordings. My copy—via Crossroads Records in Portland OR—is a 1976 RCA Indianapolis pressing 2xLP gatefold.
- [Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, 1975 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2026/01/23/bob-dylan-blood-on-the-tracks-1975-on-columbia) - One of the must-haves for any Dylan collector, Blood was Dylan's return to Columbia after a couple albums on Asylum. "Tangled Up in Blue," "Simple Twist of Fate," and "Shelter From The Storm" are my favorites but there's no shortage of great songs here. Dylan's autobiography claims the songs are inspired by Checkov, but Jakob
- [Mose Allison, Western Man, 1971 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2026/01/22/mose-allison-western-man-1971-on-atlantic) - Mose Allison from 1971 with Chuck Rainey and Billy Cobham, recorded at Atlantic Studios and Regent, and produced by Joel Dorn. Great versions of "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" and "If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)" plus nine originals by Allison. My copy, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, is
- [Paul Desmond, Pure Desmond, 1975 on CTI Records](https://goatless.org/2026/01/21/paul-desmond-pure-desmond-1975-on-cti-records) - Desmond (who composed Take Five and was a critical part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet) playing here with Ron Carter, Ed Bickert, and Connie Kay - recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1974 and produced by Creed Taylor. One of five albums Desmond put out on CTI in the late 60s and 70s. including
- [Neil Young, Time Fades Away, 1973 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2026/01/20/neil-young-time-fades-away-1973-on-reprise) - Live album recorded with the Stray Gators on the tour following the release of Harvest. The rear cover lists the venues at which each track was recorded as well as the members of the Stray Gators (Tim Drummond, Johnny Barbata, Jack Nitzsche, and Ben Keith) and special guests David Crosby and Graham Nash. Reportedly Young
- [The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow, 1984 on Rough Trade](https://goatless.org/2026/01/19/the-smiths-hatful-of-hollow-1984-on-rough-trade) - Another (like The World Won't Listen) compilation album from The Smiths, including some BBC sessions plus other singles and B-sides. Came out in 1984 in the UK but was not released until 1993 in the US (instead Sire released Louder than Bombs for the US market). This LP includes "How Soon is Now?" as the
- [The Mountain Goats, Getting Into Knives, 2020 on Merge](https://goatless.org/2026/01/18/the-mountain-goats-getting-into-knives-2020-on-merge) - Nineteenth studio LP from John Darnielle and crew, recorded at Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis, and produced by Matt Ross-Spang. Similar crew to Dark in Here which was recorded shortly after this LP. Love the liner notes credits for Ross-Spang: "the man himself, the dude with the heater in the basement, the fellow you know
- [Depeche Mode, Black Celebration, 1986 on Mute/Sire](https://goatless.org/2026/01/17/depeche-mode-black-celebration-1986-on-mute-sire) - Fifth studio LP from Depeche Mode, released by Mute in the UK and Sire in the US, and recorded in Berlin and London. One of my favorite Depeche Mode albums of all time, starting with "Black Celebration" all the way through "But Not Tonight." Core Depeche Mode lineup of Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan,
- [The Smiths, The Queen is Dead, 1986 on Rough Trade](https://goatless.org/2026/01/16/the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead-1986-on-rough-trade) - Third studio LP from The Smiths, following Meat is Murder. This might have been the first Smiths LP I had, with "Frankly, Mr. Shankly," "Cemetry Gates," and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" permanently etched in my brain. Love the Salford Lads Club photo from the inside of the gatefold. My copy—via Crossroads Music in Portland OR—is a
- [Echo & The Bunnymen, With Our Best Suits On, 2024 on Dear Boss.](https://goatless.org/2026/01/15/echo-the-bunnymen-with-our-best-suits-on-2024-on-dear-boss) - Said to have been recorded live in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 24th, 1985 and purportedly broadcast on FM radio., though Setlist.fm has them in Gothenburg on the 25th of April. Dear Boss. (with the period included) is a label focused on putting out radio broadcasts from the EU based on EU copyright law (and sometimes
- [Gábor Szabó, Dreams, 1968 on Skye Records.](https://goatless.org/2021/01/13/gabor-szabo-dreams-1968-on-skye-records) - Gabor Szabo, Dreams, 1968 on Skye Records. My copy is a 2020 reissue on Modern Harmonic through Vinyl Me, Please - fabulous pressing by QRP. Szabó was a Hungarian guitarist and attended Berklee College
- [Wall of Voodoo, Ring of Fire (Remix) / The Morricone Themes (Live), 1982 on Index](https://goatless.org/2023/09/02/wall-of-voodoo-ring-of-fire-remix-the-morricone-themes-live-1982-on-index) - 12" single from Stan Ridgway and Wall of Voodoo. The live tracks were recorded live at "The Barn" (Barstow CA?) November 22, 1980. Not sure why they chose to label Hang 'Em High as composed by Morricone as it wasn't - it was actually composed by Dominic Frontiere. My copy via a record fair at
- [Talking Heads, Slippery People / Making Flippy Floppy (Remixes), 1983 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2024/09/07/talking-heads-slippery-people-making-flippy-floppy-remixes-1983-on-sire) - Great 12" single with remixes by David Byrne and John "Jellybean" Benetiz of two songs from the Speaking in Tongues album. May be technically a double-A-sided single (labeled "This Side" and "That Side") but the side with "Slippery People" on it has an A in its runout etchings so calling that the A side. My
- [Wye Oak, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, 2018 on Merge Records](https://goatless.org/2024/03/26/wye-oak-the-louder-i-call-the-faster-it-runs-2018-on-merge-records) - The most recent full length from Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner, on Merge. The Wye Oak was the largest white oak tree in the US until it died in 2002 (at over 460 years old). There is still a Wye Oak State Park in Talbot County. The album was mixed by John Congleton and mastered
- [Superchunk, Wild Loneliness, 2022 on Merge](https://goatless.org/2024/09/24/superchunk-wild-loneliness-2022-on-merge) - Twelfth studio album from Superchunk on Merge, the label founded by McCaughan and Ballance back in 1989. Superchunk came out of Chapel Hill in the late 80s and were one of my favorite bands through the 90s. They've mellowed a bit but love this album. Guests include Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, Andy Stack, Mike Mills,
- [Wye Oak, Tween, 2016 on Merge](https://goatless.org/2024/03/21/wye-oak-tween-2016-on-merge) - Baltimore's Wye Oak (who started as Monarch) are Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner, and get described as either indie-rock-infused folk, or folk-infused indie rock. Either way I like it. Tween collects things recorded between their albums Civilian (2011) and Shriek (2014) though it came out later. Ashley North Compton did the cover (as she did
- [The Mountain Goats, Dark in Here, 2021 on Merge](https://goatless.org/2026/01/14/the-mountain-goats-dark-in-here-2021-on-merge) - Twentieth studio LP from The Mountain Goats, recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and produced by Matt Ross-Spang. THe Mountain Goats this time include John Darnielle with Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster, and Matt Douglas, supported by Spooner Oldham, Will McFarlane, Susan Marshall, and Reba Russell. Darnielle is such an amazing and interesting songwriter. The
- [Neil Young, Hawks & Doves, 1980 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2026/01/13/neil-young-hawks-doves-1980-on-reprise) - Eleventh studio album (following Rust Never Sleeps) from Neil Young, with one side collecting things recorded throughout the 70s and the second half from 1980 sessions specific to the album. Young is joined by Levon Helm, Tim Drummond, and Tom Scribner on Side 1, and by Greg Thomas, Dennis Belfield, Ben Keith, and Rufus Thibodeux
- [Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps, 1979 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2026/01/12/neil-young-crazy-horse-rust-never-sleeps-1979-on-reprise) - Tenth Neil Young LP and third with Crazy Horse. Mixture of live performances with overdubs and recordings done live in studio. There was a tour also called "Rust Never Sleeps." Great collection of songs, bookended by "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" - with "Powderfinger,"
- [Bob Dylan, Down in the Groove, 1988 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2026/01/11/bob-dylan-down-in-the-groove-1988-on-columbia) - Eighties Dylan - 25th studio LP featuring a mix or originals and covers, with guests including Randy Jackson (yes, from American Idol and Name That Tune, and Journey), Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Sly & Robbie, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Kip Winger, Ron Wood, Clapton, Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, Jerry Garcia, and many more. Recorded over
- [The Who, Quadrophenia, 1973 on MCA](https://goatless.org/2026/01/10/the-who-quadrophenia-1973-on-mca) - Not to be confused with the Quadrophenia soundtrack, which followed the 1979 film, this is the sixth studio album from The Who, a 2xLP release from 1973 on Track Records in the UK. It followed Tommy and Who's Next. Like Tommy, it's a rock opera telling the story of a mod named Jimmy, who says
- [The Replacements, Not Ready for Prime Time, 2024 on Sire/Rhino](https://goatless.org/2026/01/09/the-replacements-not-ready-for-prime-time-2024-on-sire-rhino) - Full title is "Not Ready for Prime Time: Live at the Cabaret Metro, 1986." This was previously available as part of the Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) CD set that came out in 2023, but was reissued on vinyl as a limited edition for Record Store Day 2024. Recorded live at the Cabaret Metro (now
- [Bill Evans, Return Engagement, 1974 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2026/01/08/bill-evans-return-engagement-1974-on-verve) - Title sometimes listed as Verve Return Engagement - part of a series of basically compilations of Jazz greats published in the 1970s by Verve. (I have the Oscar Peterson one as well). Nice way to get a bunch of Bill Evans tracks from across 8 albums in a new package. My copy—via Down in the
- [The Runaways, The Runaways, 1976 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2026/01/06/the-runaways-the-runaways-1976-on-mercury) - Debut album from Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Jackie Fox, and Sandy West, aka The Runaways - though apparently Nigel Harrison actually plays the bass on the album. Currie published a memoir (Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway) on which the 2010 biopic The Runaways was based, with Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett,
- [Bruce Springsteen, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., 1973 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2026/01/07/bruce-springsteen-greetings-from-asbury-park-n-j-1973-on-columbia) - This was Springsteen's debut album, out in January 1973, produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos. Redportedly "Blinded By The Light" and "Spirit in the Night" were cut after Clive Davis rejected the original album tracklist. Personnel include Clarence Clemons, Vincent Lopez, David Sancious and Garry Tallent - aka the E-Street Band. My copy—via Electric
- [Saturday, October 27th, 2018 - Billy F. Gibbons at the Cabot](https://goatless.org/2018/10/27/saturday-october-27th-2018-billy-f-gibbons-at-the-cabot) - Billy F. Gibbons at the Cabot Theatre in Beverly
- [Billy F Gibbons, Hardware, 2021 on Concord Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/30/billy-f-gibbons-hardware-2021-on-concord-records) - Billy Gibbons is best known as one third of ZZ Top, but has released a lot of music under other side brands as well. This LP, his third "solo" recording, came out in 2021 and is Gibbons working with Mike Fiorentino, Matt Sorum, and Chad Shlosser. I also saw Gibbons at the Cabot Theater in
- [May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Stribute to Roky Erickson, 2021 on LIght In The Attic](https://goatless.org/2026/01/05/may-the-circle-remain-unbroken-a-stribute-to-roky-erickson-2021-on-light-in-the-attic) - Posthumous tribute album for Roky Erickson by the same producer who assembled Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye, which was a 1990 tribute album that introduced my to many of his songs (though I also knew the 13th Floor Elevators LPs). Tracklist and participants: Billy F. Gibbons - "(I've Got) Levitation" Mosshart Sexton - "Starry
- [Lou Rawls, The Best From Lou Rawls, 1976 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2025/12/22/lou-rawls-the-best-from-lou-rawls-1976-on-capitol) - 2xLP collection of previously released Lou Rawls tracks I picked up during a trip to Montreal last year. What a fantastic set of songs - I think Lou Rawls is underestimated as a singer and vocal stylist across the 60s and 70s. My copy, via Beatnick Records (Disques Beatnick) in Montréal Québec, is a Canadian
- [The Housemartins, Me and the Farmer, 1987 on Go! Discs](https://goatless.org/2025/12/30/the-housemartins-me-and-the-farmer-1987-on-go-discs) - Released as a 12" single from The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death, including the b-side of the 7" single "I Bit My Lip" but also "He Will Find You Out" and "Step Outside." Norman Cook (who later became Fatboy Slim among many aliases), Dave Hemingway (also later in The Beautiful South), Stan Cullimore, and
- [Junior Wells, Southside Blues Jam, 1970 on Delmark Records](https://goatless.org/2026/01/03/junior-wells-southside-blues-jam-1970-on-delmark-records) - Junior Wells with Otis Spann, Buddy Guy (on sixe tracks), and Louis Myers (on 2 tracks), recorded Dec 30th, 1969 and Jan 8th, 1970. This was Spann's last session before he died in 1970. We have tried to capture on this album what a listener would hear any Monday night at Theresa's blues bar at
- [Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson, Poncho & Lefty, 1983 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2026/01/04/merle-haggard-willie-nelson-poncho-lefty-1983-on-epic) - Another Willie Nelson duet album, this one from 1983 with fellow "outlaw" Merle Haggard with title track from Townes Van Zandt. Great collection of songs, including Nelson's own "Opportunity to Cry," the title track, and the pairing of "Reasons to Quit" with "No Reason to Quit." My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is a Columbia
- [Bob Dylan, Planet Waves, 1974 on Asylum](https://goatless.org/2026/01/02/bob-dylan-planet-waves-1974-on-asylum) - Dylan's first album after leaving Columbia for Asylum Records, with The Band as the backing group, and his fourteenth overall. (The only other was Before the Flood - both were later reissued by Columbia). Includes not one but two version of "Forever Young" - fast and slow - along with "Going, Going, Gone" and "On
- [Fleetwood Mac, Jumping At Shadows, 1985 on Varrick](https://goatless.org/2026/01/01/fleetwood-mac-jumping-at-shadows-1985-on-varrick) - This release is also known as Live in Boston, and first surfaced in the mid-80s. It is labelled as "Live in Boston 1969" but it was actually recorded at The Boston Tea Party (which used to be at 15 Lansdowne Street, where the House of Blues Boston now sits) in February 1970. It was professionally
- [John Mayall, Lots of People, 1977 on ABC Records](https://goatless.org/2025/12/31/john-mayall-lots-of-people-1977-on-abc-records) - Mayall live from The Roxy in LA, recorded November 24th, 1976. This was Mayall's eighth live album, with supporting band including a horn section with Red Holloway, Ann Patterson, David Li, Jimmy Roberts, Bill Lamb, and Nolan Smith. That's lots of people on stage. I'm something of a Mayall completist - this mid-seventies California Jazz
- [The Smiths, Meat is Murder, 1985 on Rough Trade / Sire](https://goatless.org/2025/12/29/the-smiths-meat-is-murder-1985-on-rough-trade-sire) - Released on Rough Trade in the UK and Sire in the US, this was the second studio album from the Smiths. The US version of the LP included "How Soon is Now?" which did not appear on the UK edition. but was issued as a single. The version I knew growing up was the US
- [Everything But The Girl, Night and Day, 1982 on Cherry Red](https://goatless.org/2025/12/28/everything-but-the-girl-night-and-day-1982-on-cherry-red) - Another one that originally came out as a single in the early eighties (1982) but was reissued in 2022 on Record Store Day, in this case with the same three tracks ("Feeling Dizzy" and "On My Mind" on the b-side) but as a 12" 45rpm record. I'm a massive fan of EBTG so was super
- [Madness, Baggy Trousers, 2022 on BMG](https://goatless.org/2025/12/27/madness-baggy-trousers-2022-on-bmg) - While the original single "Baggy Trousers" came out in 1980 on Stiff Records, this 2022 six song EP is the first 12" version. It was released for Record Store Day 2022 on 180g vinyl by BMG / Union Square Music. Six generously proportioned tracks together for the first time This includes a French cabaret style
- [Bruce Cockburn, The Trouble With Normal, 1983 on True North](https://goatless.org/2025/12/26/bruce-cockburn-the-trouble-with-normal-1983-on-true-north) - Cockburn's 13th (I think) studio album, as he transitioned from old school folkie into new wave / alternative with more electric guitar and synthesizers but carrying forward the same politics and attitude. ("The trouble with normal is that it always gets worse"). True North was an independent Canadian label founded by Bernie Finkelstein (who gets
- [Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington: Song Book One, 1980 on Pablo Today](https://goatless.org/2025/12/23/sarah-vaughan-duke-ellington-song-book-one-1980-on-pablo-today) - First of two records of Sarah Vaughan doing Duke Ellington songs recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 (there is a Song Book Two, also released in 1980). Produced by Norman Granz, and engineered by Val Valentin and Bob Simpson. Supporting artists include Waymon Reed (trumpet), J. J. Johnson (trombone), Frank Foster (tenor sax), Frank
- [Count Basie and Oscar Peterson, Night Rider, 1980 on Pablo](https://goatless.org/2025/12/21/count-basie-and-oscar-peterson-night-rider-1980-on-pablo) - One of my favorite Pablo records, bringing together two legends: Count Basie and Oscar Peterson, with support from Louis Bellson and John Heard. Produced by Norman Granz and engineered by Val Valentin, with liner notes by Nat Hentoff. Basie plays organ on "Memories of You" and Peterson plays electric piano on "Blues for Pamela." The
- [Weird Al Yankovic, Dare To Be Stupid, 1985 on Scotti Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/12/20/weird-al-yankovic-dare-to-be-stupid-1985-on-scotti-bros) - This was the third studio LP from Weird Al, produced by Rick Derringer. Mixture of paradoes and "style parodies" which don't copy specific songs but a generalized look and feel - like "Dare to be Stupid" which is in the style of Devo. Apparently he approached Prince about doing a parody of "When Doves Cry"
- [Peterson 6, The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, 1975 on Pablo](https://goatless.org/2025/12/19/peterson-6-the-oscar-peterson-big-6-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival-1975-1975-on-pablo) - Titled as The Oscar Peterson Big 6, this is Peterson with Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, Toots Thielemans, Louis Bellson, and Niels Pederson - produced by Norman Granz, and recorded at the Montreux Jazz festival on July 16th, 1975. My copy—via Fin Du Vinyle in Montréal Québec—is a Canadian pressing (Made in Canada by RCA Limited
- [Mose Allison, Middle Class White Boy, 1982 on Elektra Musician](https://goatless.org/2025/12/18/mose-allison-middle-class-white-boy-1982-on-elektra-musician) - First of two Mose Allison LPs out on Elektra Musician (the other was Lessons in Living) and (per the jacket notes) the 19th Mose Allison album. Allison plays Yamaha electric piano as well as traditional acoustic piano. Allison is supported by Joe Farrell (tenor sax, flute), Phil Upchurch (guitar), Putter Smith (bass), John Dentz (drums),
- [Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure, 1980 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/12/17/rockpile-seconds-of-pleasure-1980-on-columbia) - This is Rockpile's one and only studio album released under their name in 1980. The band includes Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Billy Bremner and Terry Williams - though other material from Rockpile's repertoire would come out under the name of Dave Edmunds or Nick Lowe solo albums. The whole constellation of Nick Lowe / Dave
- [Mose Allison, Lessons in Living, 1983 on Elektra Musician](https://goatless.org/2025/12/16/mose-allison-lessons-in-living-1983-on-elektra-musician) - Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival July 21st, 1982 with Jack Bruce (bass), Billy Cobham (drums), Lou Donaldson (alto sax), and Eric Gale (guitar) joining Allison. Elektra Musician was a jazz oriented subsidiary of Elektra/Asylum, and started in 1982 - it was absorbed into Nonesuch in 1994. My copy—via Aux 33 Tours in Montréal
- [Hot Tuna, Burgers, 1972 on Grunt.](https://goatless.org/2021/10/01/hot-tuna-burgers-1972-on-grunt) - Hot Tuna, Burgers, 1972 on Grunt. Look at that 1972 swagger on Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, and Papa John Creach. Plus Nick Buck on a couple of tracks. via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain.
- [SVT, Extended Play, 1980 on 415 Records](https://goatless.org/2025/12/15/svt-extended-play-1980-on-415-records) - San Francisco / Bay Area new wave / rock band including Jack Casady and (my former colleague) Nick Buck (from Hot Tuna) with Brian Marnell and Paul Zahl (who replaced founding drummer Bill Gibson, who went on to be in Huey Lewis and the News). This was out of print for a long time but
- [Edith Piaf, Pleins Feux Sur Edith Piaf, 1973(?) on Philips](https://goatless.org/2025/12/14/edith-piaf-pleins-feux-sur-edith-piaf-1973-on-philips) - Not entirely sure on the year of release here, but "Pleins Feux Sur" (which translates as "spotlight on") is a series of early 70s Canada releases on Philips. You can see some of the other releases in the series ("egalement disponible dans la même série") in the gatefold. My copy via Cheap Thrills in Montréal,
- [Chet Baker, Sings Again, 1986 on Timeless](https://goatless.org/2025/12/13/chet-baker-sings-again-1986-on-timeless) - Recorded in October 1985 in Monster Holland, this was released on the Timeless label. Baker is joined by Michel Graillier (piano), Ricardo Del Fra (bass), and John Engels (drums). That means it was recorded after Baker's "re-emergence" at the Free Jazz Festival in Rio in September 1985. The dedication is "Thanks to Peter Huijts, without
- [Buck Clayton, Swingin' and Dancing, 1964 on Mode Disques](https://goatless.org/2025/02/24/buck-clayton-swingin-and-dancing-1964-on-mode-disques) - I do a fair amount of record shopping while traveling, and picked up this Buck Clayton (et sa trompette) at La Fin Du Vinyle in Montreal, on Mode Disques, which was a sub-label of Disques Vogue, a French label. The liner notes are presented in French, English, and German. Personnel here include Jean-Claude Pelletier, Jean
- [The Police, Outlandos D'Amour, 1978 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/02/25/the-police-outlandos-damour-1978-on-am) - Outlandos D'Amour was the debut album by The Police, released on A&M in 1978. You'll find cover variations with red, yellow, and green lettering - I don't think there's any logic to that, just variety. Love this whole album from the jump: "Next To You" / "So Lonely" / Roxanne" And "Hole in My Life"
- [JoBoxers, Like Gangbusters, 1983 on RCA](https://goatless.org/2025/02/26/joboxers-like-gangbusters-1983-on-rca) - I had not actually heard of JoBoxers but took a flyer on this one just based on the sheer 80s new-waveness of the cover - the hair, the braces, the hats: vaguely Depeche Mode, vaguely Dexy's Midnight Runners. They were a UK new wave band, who toured opening for Madness - their debut single "Boxerbeat"
- [Neil Young, Live at the Cellar Door (1970), 2013 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/02/27/neil-young-live-at-the-cellar-door-1970-2013-on-reprise) - Recorded in 1970, and long circulating in various bootleg versions, this was released finally om 2013 as part of the Neil Young Archives Performance Series. Young performed over six nights at The Cellar Door in Washington DC - solo with acoustic guitar and piano. (He actually does "Cinnamon Girl" on piano). My copy, via a
- [Various Artists, Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, 2024 on A24 Music](https://goatless.org/2025/02/28/various-artists-everyones-getting-involved-a-tribute-to-talking-heads-stop-making-sense-2024-on-a24-music) - Tribute album on Amazon's label timed with the release of the 40th anniversary restored film Stop Making Sense. Tracklist: Miley Cyrus – Psycho Killer The National – Heaven Blondshell – Thank You for Sending Me An Angel The Linda Lindas – Found A Job El Mató a un Policía Motorizado – Slippery People Paramore –
- [Bob Dylan, Empire Burlesque, 1985 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/07/28/bob-dylan-empire-burlesque-1985-on-columbia) - I know some people don't love mid-eighties Dylan, but I really do. He's working here with Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Howie Epstein (from the Heartbreakers) as well as Mick Taylor, Sly Dunbar, and Robbie Shakespeare, plus a wonderful set of backing vocalists. The big single here was "Tight Connection To My Heart" which got a
- [Emmylou Harris, Thirteen, 1986 on Warner Brothers](https://goatless.org/2025/07/29/emmylou-harris-thirteen-1986-on-warner-brothers) - Harris counted this as her 13th studio album, ignoring Gliding Bird which came out on an independent label. It was produced by Harris and her then-husband Paul Kennerley and recorded in Nashville. Guests include VInce Gill, Rodney Crowell, and Carl Jackson. Tracklist includes covers of Bruce Springsteen's "My Father's House" (from Nebraska) and Merle Haggard's
- [The Woodentops, Well Well Well, 1986 on Upside Records](https://goatless.org/2025/07/30/the-woodentops-well-well-well-1986-on-upside-records) - Collection of singles (the CD release included the subtitle "The Unabridged Singles Collection") from UK band The Woodentops, released on Upside Records (in the US) via a license from Rough Trade in the UK. The label on this record lists the band as "The Wooden Tops" though the cover keeps the band as one word
- [Peter Case, The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar, 1989 on Geffen](https://goatless.org/2025/07/31/peter-case-the-man-with-the-blue-postmodern-fragmented-neo-traditionalist-guitar-1989-on-geffen) - This was Case's sophomore album as a solo artist, follow his 1986 self-titled debut. I'm a sucker for anyone cribbing album or song titles from Wallace Stevens and love this album. Guests include Los Lobos, T-Bone Burnett and Ry Cooder, alongside folks like Benmont Tench, Jerry Scheff, David Hidalgo, David McKelvy, Jim Keltner, and Steven
- [The Long Ryders, The State of Our Union, 1985 on Island Records](https://goatless.org/2025/08/01/the-long-ryders-the-state-of-our-union-1985-on-island-records) - Second album from LA alt-country / traditionalist rockers The Long Ryders, following up 1984's Native Sons, and their first on a major label. The album was recorded in the UK, actually in Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds - far from the landscape with which they'd normally be associated. It was produced by Will Birch (who
- [The Smithereens, 11, 1989 on Enigma/Capitol](https://goatless.org/2025/12/12/the-smithereens-11-1989-on-enigma-capitol) - Third studio full-length from New Jersey's own The Smithereens: Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, and Mike Mesaros. Belinda Carlisle guests on "Blue Period" and Maria Vidal adds background vocals on "A Girl Like You." Apparently the title is inspired by Spinal Tap and Ocean's 11, but there are only 10 songs. These 10 go
- [Stan Getz & Bill Evans, Previously Unreleased Recordings, 1974 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2025/12/11/stan-getz-bill-evans-previously-unreleased-recordings-1974-on-verve) - Sometimes just referred to as Stan Getz & Bill Evans, this was recorded in 1964 but not released until 1974. Ron Carter (A side) and Richard Davis (B side) on bass, with Elvin Jones on drums. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs NJ and produced by Creed Taylor. There's a whole series
- [Randy Newman, Trouble in Paradise, 1983 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/12/10/randy-newman-trouble-in-paradise-1983-on-warner-bros) - Seventh studio album for satirist/songwriter Randy Newman, including "I Love L.A." and "The Blues" which was a duet with Paul Simon. Produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman and recorded in North Hollywood. My copy—via the Worcester Record Riot—is an Allied pressing from 1983 with the "lined" WB labels and inner liner. Its got an
- [The B-52's, The B-52's, 1979 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/12/09/the-b-52s-the-b-52s-1979-on-warner-bros) - Debut album from Athens GA indie band the B-52's. So amazing how fully-formed they were on this debut LP, with "Rock Lobster" and "Dance This Mess Around." This is a must have for an 80s music fan. The original line-up here: Katie Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson. Sadly Ricky Wilson
- [David Bowie, David Live, 1974 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2025/12/08/david-bowie-david-live-1974-on-rca-victor) - First live album from Bowie, recorded at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia, on the first leg of the Diamond Dogs tour. Reissued in 2005 (on CD) with a new mix by Tony Visconti (with a 2017 3xLP version). My copy—via the Worcester Record Riot—is an RCA Indianapolis pressing on the orange labels.
- [UB40, Rat in the Kitchen, 1986 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/12/07/ub40-rat-in-the-kitchen-1986-on-am) - Seventh UB40 full length, on A&M in the US and DEP International / Virgin elsewhere. Love the title track as well as "Sing our Own Song," with the rallying cry of the African National Congress ("Amandla Awethu"). Got to see them around this time in Minneapolis - what a fantastic live show they put on,
- [Peter Gabriel, So, 1986 on Geffen](https://goatless.org/2025/12/06/peter-gabriel-so-1986-on-geffen) - One of the foundational albums of my youth - not just the "In Your Eyes" boombox scene from Say Anything, but really every track here. Sounds fantastic on vinyl. Definitely one of my desert island discs, provided I can bring a turntable. In the UK this was issued on Charisma (PG5) and Virgin but in
- [Cyndi Lauper, True Colors, 1986 on Portrait](https://goatless.org/2025/12/05/cyndi-lauper-true-colors-1986-on-portrait) - Second studio LP from Lauper, following the massively successful She's So Unusual which had already gone four times platinum. Covering "What's Going On" was, well, a choice. But I love the "Iko Iko" and the originals: the title track still makes me have all the feels, and "Boy Blue" - which was released as a
- [Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Conscious Party, 1988 on Virgin](https://goatless.org/2025/12/04/ziggy-marley-and-the-melody-makers-conscious-party-1988-on-virgin) - Third LP from Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, which included Stephen, Sharon and Cedella plus Ziggy, all children of Bob and Rita Marley (who also adds backing vocals). Guests include Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth. Chris Franz and Weymouth also produced. Loved this album when it came out - fairly certain I had a
- [David Bowie, Lodger, 1979 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2025/12/03/david-bowie-lodger-1979-on-rca-victor) - Third album in the so-called Berlin trilogy (after Low and "Heroes") in collaboration with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti. Recorded in Switzerland and New York city, and the first Bowie album to feature Adrian Belew alongside Carlos Alomar. A remastered Lodger came out in 2017 as part of the box set A New Career In
- [Jeff Beck Group, Rough and Ready, 1971 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/12/02/jeff-beck-group-rough-and-ready-1971-on-epic) - Third studio album by the Jeff Beck Group, in this case with Clive Chapman (bass), Bob Tench (vocals), Cozy Powell (drums) and Max Middleton (piano). Bob Tench recorded with Peter Green, Beck, Van Morrison, Freddie King, Ginger Baker and others - and was in Humble Pie, The Gass, and others. Sadly he passed in 2024.
- [David Bowie, A Divine Symmetry, 2022 on Parlophone](https://goatless.org/2025/12/01/david-bowie-a-divine-symmetry-2022-on-parlophone) - Divine Symmetry was first available as a box set in 2022, with 4 CDs and a Blu-Ray disc (or a 72 track digital download). This single LP vinyl edition, with the subtitle An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory was released in February 2023. Hunky Dory is one of my all time favorite albums, so getting
- [Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks, Everybody's Rockin', 1983 on Geffen](https://goatless.org/2025/11/30/neil-young-and-the-shocking-pinks-everybodys-rockin-1983-on-geffen) - Credited (as you can see on the cover and the labels) to Neil Young but also to Neil and the Shocking Pinks, this was Neil's rockabilly album, with a band assembled just for this purpose. I realize I'm something of a Neil Young completist, but I really enjoy this album, short as it is. My
- [Talking Heads, Remain in Light, 1980 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2025/11/29/talking-heads-remain-in-light-1980-on-sire) - Fourth studio LP from Talking Heads, and the third produced by Brian Eno. I'd say the whole Talking Heads discography is "must have," and this is no exception. Sire has been reissuing all the Talking Heads discography recently on vinyl - the reissues sound great, but I also love an original pressing. My copy—via Worcester
- [U2, Camouflage Heart, 1985 on Skeleton Songs](https://goatless.org/2025/11/28/u2-camouflage-heart-1985-on-skeleton-songs) - Another bootleg, this time a 2xLP version of the gig in Mannheim West Germany, February 1st, 1985. Bootlegged a number of times under different cover, this was part of the Unforgettable Fire tour. Includes a cover of "Southern Man" by Neil Young. My copy—via Worcester Record Riot—has plain white record labels with nothing on them,
- [R.E.M., We Are Having a Heavenly Time!, 1985 on P.F.M.](https://goatless.org/2025/11/27/r-e-m-we-are-having-a-heavenly-time-1985-on-p-f-m) - Bootleg recording from R.E.M.'s September 26th, 1984 gig at Durham North Carolina's Page Auditorium (on Duke's campus). Also available in the Internet Archive - R.E.M. Live - 1984-09-26 Page Auditorium. It was recorded by the mobile unit of Reflection Sound Studios and then bootlegged, with this notation on the rear cover: "This Fan Club album
- [UB40, Labour of Love, 1983 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/11/26/ub40-labour-of-love-1983-on-am) - Fourth studio LP from UB40 - a collection of covers including their giant hit "Red Red Wine" - but don't hold that against them. It's really a fantastic album start to finish. "All of these songs were recorded by reggae artists between 1969 and 1972" - they came to "Red, Red, Wine" not via Neil
- [The Pursuit of Happiness, Love Junk, 1988 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2025/11/25/the-pursuit-of-happiness-love-junk-1988-on-chrysalis) - Debut full length from Canada's The Pursuit of Happiness, with their big hit "I'm an Adult Now." Produced by Todd Rundgren and recorded at Utopia in the Hudson Valley. I love their lyrics in particular - "Consciousness Raising as a Social Tool" and "I'm an Adult Now" resonated even when I was 18 but resonate
- [Willie Nelson & Leon Russell, One for the Road, 1979 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/11/24/willie-nelson-leon-russell-one-for-the-road-1979-on-columbia) - The first in a series of duet albums from Willie Nelson, released in 1979. Nelson went on to release duet albums with Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Webb Pierce, and Roger Miller all in the early 80s. (There were also many more later of course). Double LP from two of my musical heroes - joined by
- [Japan, Japan, 1982 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/11/23/japan-japan-1982-on-epic) - Compilation album released (in the US) on Epic in 1982, bringing together most of Tin Drum plus some from Gentlemen Take Polaroids. (Neither of those was formally released in the US until 1994). I've got a UK Tin Drum but still looking for a good vinyl copy of Gentlemen. One the best underrated bands of
- [Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Zuma, 1975 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/11/22/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-zuma-1975-on-reprise) - Seventh studio album from Neil Young, and the first credited with Crazy Horse after Danny Whitten died in 1972. The individual song credits have two songs not attributed to Crazy Horse: "Pardon My Heart" (credited just to Neil Young) and "Through My Sails" (credited "with Crosby, Stills & Nash"). "Cortez the Killer" is a 7
- [Michelle Shocked, Captain Swing, 1989 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2025/11/21/michelle-shocked-captain-swing-1989-on-mercury) - This was Shocked's third LP and the follow up to the massively successful Short Sharp Shocked which came out in 1988. It's (deliberately) all over the place in genre but wonderful. The "hidden" track is also present on the vinyl - "Russian Roulette" is not listed on the labels but plays after "Must Be Luff."
- [Tom Waits, The Heart of Saturday Night, 1974 on Asylum](https://goatless.org/2025/11/20/tom-waits-the-heart-of-saturday-night-1974-on-asylum) - Second studio album from Tom Waits, following Closing Time, and the first produced by Bones Howe. An absolute must have. Much of Waits' catalog is now being reissued but I love a chance to find early pressings of these in good shape. It's amazing to me how timeless he is - this could come out
- [Public Enemy, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, 1987 on Def Jam](https://goatless.org/2025/11/19/public-enemy-yo-bum-rush-the-show-1987-on-def-jam) - Debut studio album from Public Enemy, recorded at Spectrum City Studios and produced by Bill Stephney (of The Bomb Squad, with co-producers Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee) with Rick Rubin credited as Executive Producer. Still looking for a good vinyl copy of It Takes a Nation of Millions. Def Jam was distributed by CBS/Columbia (thus
- [John Prine, Diamonds in the Rough, 1972 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/11/18/john-prine-diamonds-in-the-rough-1972-on-atlantic) - This was Prine's sophomore album, following the self-titled John Prine. Prine is joined by Steve Goodman, David Bromberg, Steve Burgh, and Dave Prine. I just love Prine's songwriting: "Souvenirs," "Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You" and "Late John Garfield Blues" on this LP. He also does "Diamonds in the Rough" by
- [David Byrne, Rei Momo, 1989 on Luaka Bop / Sire / WB](https://goatless.org/2025/11/17/david-byrne-rei-momo-1989-on-luaka-bop-sire-wb) - David Byrne's first "solo" album which "transforms and pays tribute to the music of Latin America." (Solo in the sense of not with Talking heads, but with a ton of talented musicians). The vinyl releases omit three songs that were on the CD - would be a great candidate for a deluxe vinyl reissue 2xLP
- [Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975 on Asylum](https://goatless.org/2025/11/16/joni-mitchell-the-hissing-of-summer-lawns-1975-on-asylum) - Mitchell's seventh studio LP and third on Asylum - continuing to draw on more jazz-rock influences and more synthesizers (Moog, ARP). Some find it a step down from 1974's Court and Spark but I really love this record and this presing. My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue by Rhino in the Vinyl
- [Oscar Peterson featuring Stephane Grappelli, Peterson/Grappelli, 1974 on Prestige](https://goatless.org/2025/11/09/oscar-peterson-featuring-stephane-grappelli-peterson-grappelli-1974-on-prestige) - 2xLP from Prestige bringing together Canadian jazz pianist Peterson with French jazz violinist Grappelli. The two also appeared together on a live Pablo album (Skol) in 1982 (recorded in 1979). This double LP was recorded in Paris February 22nd and 23rd, 1973. Peterson and Grappelli are joined by Niels Henning Oersted Pederson on bass and
- [T. Rex, T. Rex, 1970 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/11/15/t-rex-t-rex-1970-on-reprise) - Debut album as "T. Rex" for Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn, having previously released as Tyrannosaurus Rex, out on Reprise in 1970. Tony Visconti produced and reportedly added bass and recorder to some tracks. The electric guitar Bolan holds on the gatefold cover signals the shift into a more rock sound from the folkier early
- [Isaac Hayes, Black Moses, 1971 on Enterprise](https://goatless.org/2025/11/14/isaac-hayes-black-moses-1971-on-enterprise) - This double LP was Hayes' fifth studio album and was the follow-up to Shaft. Wonderful covers of "Never Can Say Goodbye" as well as "Close To You" and "I'll Never Fall In Love Again." Reportedly the label exec Dino Woodward called Hayes "Black Moses." The Bar-Kays are here on a few tracks, otherwise the band
- [Dire Straits, Communiqué, 1979 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2025/11/13/dire-straits-communique-1979-on-warner-bros) - Sophomore album by Dire Straits, released in 1979 by Warner Bros. (in the US). This was the last album before David Knopfler left, and went to number 11 on the US charts. I just love Mark Knopfler's guitar playing and compositions - these albums are all fantastic. Look how young they all are! My copy—via
- [The League Unlimited Orchestra, Love and Dancing, 1982 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/11/12/the-league-unlimited-orchestra-love-and-dancing-1982-on-am) - Remix album by The Human League, released in 1982 on Virgin in the UK, Europe and Canada and on A&M in the US. (Name inspired by Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra). I love the version of "Hard Times" here - mostly instrumental versions, remixed by Martin Rushent. This is another filing oddity - I put
- [John Cougar, John Cougar, 1979 on Riva](https://goatless.org/2025/11/11/john-cougar-john-cougar-1979-on-riva) - Third album album from the guy we now know as John Mellencamp, after two (Chestnut Street Incident and A Biography) as "Johnny Cougar." It was his second on Riva Records but the first Riva put out in the US. Includes "I Need A Lover" which had been a hit in Australia and was covered by
- [Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary, 1988 on Jive](https://goatless.org/2025/11/10/boogie-down-productions-by-all-means-necessary-1988-on-jive) - Second album from KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions moniker, after the 1987 killing of Scott La Rock. Arguably the birth of socially conscious hip-hop, undeniably a key album in it. So, you're a philosopher? Yes, I think very deeply In about four seconds, a teacher will begin to speak Let us begin, what, where,
- [The Cure, Faith, 1981 on Fiction](https://goatless.org/2025/11/08/the-cure-faith-1981-on-fiction) - The Cure's third full length, between Seventeen Seconds and Pornography, released in 1981 on Fiction records in the UK, and later in the US on Elektra in 1988. I had this on some form of import - likely a friend made an illegal cassette copy for me - in the mid 80s, but was happy
- [Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan At Budokan, 1979 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/11/07/bob-dylan-bob-dylan-at-budokan-1979-on-columbia) - Third of three live Dylan albums from the 70s (Before the Flood and Hard Rain are the other two), and the second to be 2xLP in format, At Budokan was recorded at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in February and March of 1978. (The US release was in 1979). Many folks don't care for the
- [Guy Clark, Old No. 1, 1975 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2025/11/06/guy-clark-old-no-1-1975-on-rca-victor) - Guy Clark's debut album, out in 1975 on RCA Victor, reissued here by Vinyl Me Please in their Country track in 2024. Cover painting by his wife Susanna Clark. Backing vocalists here include Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, and Steve Earle - among a shortlist of the folks Guy Clark was a tremendous influence on. Liner
- [Echo And The Bunnymen, Heaven Up Here, 1981 on Sire/Korova](https://goatless.org/2025/11/05/echo-and-the-bunnymen-heaven-up-here-1981-on-sire-korova) - Second album from Echo & the Bunnymen, produced by Hugh Jones (and the band) and recorded in Wales. It was put out by Korova in the UK and Sire in the US. While Crocodiles didn't chart in the US this one did. The photo on the cover - taken on the shore in Wales -
- [Joy Division, Substance, 1988 on Factory](https://goatless.org/2025/11/04/joy-division-substance-1988-on-factory) - Posthumous collection of Joy Division singles put out in 1988 as a 1xLP and reissued in 2015 as a 2xLP by Rhino (a digital remaster). Substance was also used at the title for the New Order singles collection that came out in 1987 (with "1987" added). Still looking for a good clean copy of Unknown
- [Modern English, Mesh & Lace, 1981 on 4AD](https://goatless.org/2025/11/03/modern-english-mesh-lace-1981-on-4ad) - Debut album from Modern English on the 4AD label. This wasn't released in the US formally until the 2012 CD reissue and then 2016 on vinyl. The debut is a bit darker and more derivative of Joy Division than some of the later work but still a really strong collection of songs. I always loved
- [X, See How We Are, 1987 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2025/11/01/x-see-how-we-are-1987-on-elektra) - This was the sixth studio album from Exene Cervenka, John Doe, and D.J. Bonebrake, and the first after the departure of Billy Zoom. He was replaced by Dave Alvin and then Tony Gilkyson, both of whom are credited on the LP. Benmont Tench also contributes on the Hammond organ. The standout for me is "4th
- [Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD](https://goatless.org/2025/10/31/bauhaus-4ad-1983-on-4ad) - Yes, I did save this one for halloween. This was a compilation EP of the singles versions of "Dark Entries," "Telegram Sam," and "Terror Couple Kill Colonel." Love that back cover photo. I was today years old when I realized that John Cale wrote "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores," the opening triplet of which is burned
- [Bob Dylan, Street-Legal, 1978 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/10/30/bob-dylan-street-legal-1978-on-columbia) - This was Dylan's 18th studio LP, made with a band that included Jerry Scheff, Ian Wallace, Alan Pasqua, Billy Cross, Steven Soles, Steve Douglas, and David Mansfield - many of whom were in the Rolling Thunder Revue. (David Mansfield also went on to be part of The Range). Not as many absolutely central Dylan songs
- [Everything But The Girl, Idlewild, 1988 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2025/10/29/everything-but-the-girl-idlewild-1988-on-sire) - This was the fourth EBTG album, released in early 1988 on Sire / Blanco y Negro Records. There's a 2012 double CD reissue with bonuses but that has not been issued on vinyl. (The LP was reissued by Music on Vinyl in 2016 but as a single LP). I love Tracey Thorn and Ben Watts,
- [The Smiths, The World Won't Listen, 1987 on Rough Trade](https://goatless.org/2025/10/28/the-smiths-the-world-wont-listen-1987-on-rough-trade) - This is a compilation album—the second of three—including singles and b-sides from 1985-1987. Most of these tracks also appear on Louder Than Bombs (a 2xLP), but two are different versions and two are edits. Fantastic collection of songs, including "Panic," "Ask," "Bigmouth Strikes Again," "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," "That Joke Isn't
- [Bruce Hornsby and The Range, The Way It Is, 1986 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2025/10/27/bruce-hornsby-and-the-range-the-way-it-is-1986-on-rca-victor) - Multi-platinum debut album for Hornsby & the Range, including the title track as well as "Mandolin Rain." The Range included David Mansfield, George Marinelli, Joe Puerta, and John Molo - Huey Lewis guests on "Down the Road Tonight" and produced three tracks. I imagine some people now know this as the track sampled in 2Pac's
- [Kiss, Destroyer, 1976 on Casablanca](https://goatless.org/2025/10/20/kiss-destroyer-1976-on-casablanca) - This was the fourth full length for Kiss, with the Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley line up, supported by Dick Wagner on three tracks. (Sadly Ace passed this week). This is the first vinyl record I remember holding and listening to - I loved "Beth" and the Casablanca label - but I've
- [Prince and the Revolution, Live, 2022 on NPG Records](https://goatless.org/2025/10/25/prince-and-the-revolution-live-2022-on-npg-records) - Released in 1985 as a VHS live movie, this was issued on 3xLP vinyl by NPG records in 2022. It was recorded March 30th, 1985, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse NY. Fantastic live set from the Purple Rain era which was also broadcast in Europe as part of Rockpalast. There was also a DVD
- [Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw, 1982 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/10/24/marshall-crenshaw-marshall-crenshaw-1982-on-warner-bros) - Debut album from Marshall Crenshaw, including the song for which he is best known "Someday, Someway." The followup sophomore album (Field Day) was produced by Steve Lillywhite but did not do nearly as well, though he did go on to work with T-Bone Burnett and appear in the films Peggy Sue Got Married and La
- [Big Country, The Crossing, 1983 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2025/10/23/big-country-the-crossing-1983-on-mercury) - Debut album by Scotland's Big Country, which charted at number 18 in the US, and contains the song "In a Big Country." Produced by Steve Lillywhite and recorded in London and Oxford. The opening of that track - "In a Big Country" - is just indelibly etched in my early 80s memory. I'm sure they
- [The Smiths, The Smiths, 1984 on Rough Trade](https://goatless.org/2025/10/22/the-smiths-the-smiths-1984-on-rough-trade) - Masterful debut album by Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce aka The Smiths. Produced by John Porter and recorded at multiple studios in Manchester and London in 1983. Yes, I still listen to The Smiths even if Morrissey is problematic. This is a fantastic debut - not necessarily my favorite single Smiths record,
- [Joe Jackson, Live 1980/86, 1988 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/10/21/joe-jackson-live-1980-86-1988-on-am) - Recorded across four different tours in the early 80s, this double LP live album includes three versions of "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" on four sides - including an a cappella version and an acoustic version. Great live album and surprisingly hearing three versions of the same song is actually really compelling and
- [Bauhaus, Mask, 1981 on Beggars Banquet](https://goatless.org/2025/10/18/bauhaus-mask-1981-on-beggars-banquet) - Second studio album from Bauhaus and their first on Beggars Banquet (In The Flat Field was on 4AD), with a cover drawn by Daniel Ash, across a gatefold and on the labels. The first five Bauhaus records are are perfect - as is the singles collection 1979-1983 and most of the bands that followed in
- [ZZ Top, Fandango!, 1975 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2025/10/17/zz-top-fandango-1975-on-london-records) - Fourth release from Texas blues band ZZ Top, Fandango! included an A side with live songs (from The Warehouse, in New Orleans) and a B side of new studio recordings. A Fandango is a dance originating in Spain and Portugal - which wikipedia tells me "is used as a synonym for 'a quarrel', 'a big
- [Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual, 1983 on Portrait](https://goatless.org/2025/10/16/cyndi-lauper-shes-so-unusual-1983-on-portrait) - Lauper's debut solo album, She's So Unusual had four top-five singles: "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop," and "All Through The Night." A number of the songs were covers - "Money Changes Everything" by The Brains, "When You Were Mine" by Prince, "All Through The Night" by Jules Shear, and
- [Various Artists, The Best of Music and Rhythm, 1983 on PVC Records](https://goatless.org/2025/10/15/various-artists-the-best-of-music-and-rhythm-1983-on-pvc-records) - Shortened single-LP version (there's a 2xLP version as well, PVC 201) of a record released to commemorate and benefit the WOMAD festival (World of Music and Dance). Peter Gabriel founded WOMAD as an organization in 1980 and the 1982 festival was the first. The festival for which this LP serves as a benefit was held
- [U2, R.O.K., 1981 on Island Records](https://goatless.org/2025/10/14/u2-r-o-k-1981-on-island-records) - Punny title (you too, are ok or U2 are ok) aside, great early EP for the European market from U2. The live tracks on the b-side are from their appearance at the Paradise in Boston in March 1981 - about 8 years later my freshman dorm room would be a block away. This was the
- [Randy Newman, Little Criminals, 1977 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2025/10/13/randy-newman-little-criminals-1977-on-warner-bros) - Randy Newman's fifth studio LP and his highest charting, in part due to "Short People," which was also a hit single. Produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman, with supporting players including Waddy Wachtel, Joe Walsh, Glen Frey, J.D. Souther, Tim Schmit, Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, Willie Weeks, and even Ry Cooder on mandola on
- [XTC, English Settlement, 1982 on Virgin/Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/10/11/xtc-english-settlement-1982-on-virgin-epic) - This was the fifth XTC studio album, out on Virgin Records in the UK and Epic in the US. The band stopped touring after this LP and became more of a studio only group. Interesting midpoint between "Making Plans For Nigel" (1979) and "Dear God" (1986). Includes "Senses Working Overtime." Still looking for a 2xLP
- [Tom Waits, Big Time, 1988 on Island Records](https://goatless.org/2025/10/10/tom-waits-big-time-1988-on-island-records) - Live album from Tom Waits, including performances from the 1987 tour, also available as a concert film on Amazon Prime / MGM+. Waits is joined by Willie Schwarz, Michael Blair, Greg Cohen, Marc Ribot, and Ralph Carney - and Kathleen Brennan and Waits co-produced. Most (all?) of the Tom Waits catalogue is being reissued these
- [John Mayall, The Latest Edition, 1974 on Polydor](https://goatless.org/2025/10/09/john-mayall-the-latest-edition-1974-on-polydor) - I collect lots of John Mayall - this followed the era of Mayall moving to the US in the late 60s, and the band here includes Larry Taylor, Red Holloway, Soko Richardson, Hightide Harris and Randy Resnick. Lots of jazz/fusion influence here with saxophone. Mayall is wearing a cast on the cover. Mayall passed unfortunately
- [Too Much Joy, Son of Sam I Am, 1988 on Alias](https://goatless.org/2025/10/08/too-much-joy-son-of-sam-i-am-1988-on-alias) - This was the second full length from Scarsdale New York's Too Much Joy. I didn't actually know them in the 80s so picked this up a bit on a whim (it sounded vaguely familiar but I couldn't place it). Great LP of late 80s college radio alternative with some humor, as the title suggests. My
- [Billy Joel, An Innocent Man, 1983 on Columbia / Family Productions](https://goatless.org/2025/10/07/billy-joel-an-innocent-man-1983-on-columbia-family-productions) - Billy Joel's ninth studio LP, with the title track, "Uptown Girl," and "The Longest Time" as big hits. Toots Thielemans joins on harmonica on "Leave a Tender Moment Alone." Some people might put Billy Joel in the "guilty pleasures" column - I probably did in 1983 - but I've really come to appreciate him. Guess
- [Cowboy Junkies, Misguided Angel, 1989 on RCA](https://goatless.org/2025/10/06/cowboy-junkies-misguided-angel-1989-on-rca) - Margo, Peter, and MIchael Timmons with Alan Anton were Cowboy Junkies. This EP came out alongside the Trinity Session album, with the lead single "Misguided Angel" from that session at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto, plus four live tracks recorded at the ROXY in Hollywood. Both "Sweet Jane" and "Walking After Midnight"
- [Cactus World News, Special Forces Radio Concert, 1986 on Entertainment  Radio / MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/10/04/cactus-world-news-special-forces-radio-concert-1986-on-entertainment-radio-mca) - Another promo only release, this was a radio concert - originally sponsored by SPIN (the magazine), which is still featured on the cover, but with an insert noting SPIN has terminated their sponsorship. Includes the cue sheet for radio programming and the original advertisements. This show was recorded at the Whiskey A Go-Go in Los
- [Living Colour, Cult of Personality (Official Live Bootleg), 1988 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/10/03/living-colour-cult-of-personality-official-live-bootleg-1988-on-epic) - Living Colour in their prime, recorded live at T.T. The Bear's in Cambridge (right outside central square), and including a cover of Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' Bout A Revolution." I'm not sure what an "Official Live Bootleg" is - this was put out by Epic apparently - but this is a promo edition with five tracks
- [Billy Joel, Glass Houses, 1980 on Columbia / Family Productions](https://goatless.org/2025/10/02/billy-joel-glass-houses-1980-on-columbia-family-productions) - Billy Joel's 7th studio album, produced by Phil Ramone. The house on the cover is was Joel's own home in Cove Neck, Long Island. A harder rocking Billy Joel here, with "You May Be Right," "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me," and "Don't Ask Me Why" - lots of big hits - a Billboard
- [The Power Station, Some Like It Hot And The Heat is On (12"), 1985 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2025/10/01/the-power-station-some-like-it-hot-and-the-heat-is-on-12-1985-on-capitol) - The Power Station were a kind of supergroup, pairing Andy & John Taylor (Duran Duran) with Tony Thompson (Chic) and Robert Palmer (who was later replaced by Michael Des Barres). Production by Bernie Edwards (also of Chic). Love the extended version on the A-side - the "The Heat Is On" on the B-side isn't fully
- [Peter Gabriel, Ein Deutsches Album, 1980 on Charisma](https://goatless.org/2025/09/30/peter-gabriel-ein-deutsches-album-1980-on-charisma) - This is the German language version of the third album Gabriel put out as self-titled ("Peter Gabriel") but popularly known as Peter Gabriel III or "Melt" - listed in this case as Ein Deutsches Album (a German album). The songs: Eindringling (Intruder) Keine Selbstkontrolle (I Don't Know How To Stop / No Self-Control) Frag mich
- [a-ha, Hunting High and Low, 1985 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/09/29/a-ha-hunting-high-and-low-1985-on-warner-bros) - Debut album from Norway's a-ha, fronted by Morten Harket, with Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy. "Take On Me" with its animated video is the song everyone knows, but there's a lot of great songs in the record (and their other records!). Definitely more than a one-hit wonder. My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is a 1985 pressing
- [Thomas Dolby, Blinded By Science, 1983 on Harvest.](https://goatless.org/2025/09/27/thomas-dolby-blinded-by-science-1983-on-harvest) - An EP or "Mini LP" by Dolby with the 12" single versions of songs from The Golden Age of Wireless. The version of "Airwaves" here (5:20) is the full length version as opposed to the 3:35 version that appeared on the US version of album. My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is a US pressing on
- [Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw & The Cooked, 1988 on IRS Records / MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/09/26/fine-young-cannibals-the-raw-the-cooked-1988-on-irs-records-mca) - This was the second Fine Young Cannibals album following their self-titled debut. Roland Gift on vocals with the rhythm section of Andy Cox and David Steele (formerly of The Beat aka The English Beat). Many of the songs on the LP had already appeared on film soundtracks including three from the Barry Levinson film Tin
- [The Smiths, Strangeways Here We Come, 1987 on Rough Trade.](https://goatless.org/2025/09/24/the-smiths-strangeways-here-we-come-1987-on-rough-trade) - Fourth (and final) studio album from The Smiths, produced by Stephen Street, Morrissey, and Johnny Marr and recorded at The Wool Hall in Beckington, Somerset. On constant repeat in my late 80s experience. Strangeways was a prison in Manchester (now Manchester Prison) - The Smiths had previously used the Salford Lad's Club for the cover
- [The Fun Boy Three, The Fun Boy Three, 1982 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2025/09/23/the-fun-boy-three-the-fun-boy-three-1982-on-chrysalis) - The Fun Boy Three (Terry Hall, Neville Staple, and Lynval Golding) were a spin-off / outgrowth of The Specials. This was their debut, self-titled album with guests Bananarama on four tracks, including a cover of "It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do it)," Also features "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The
- [Specials, Specials, 1979 on Two-Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/03/13/specials-specials-1979-on-two-tone) - Ska greats The Specials (later renamed The Special AKA) in their debut full length on Coventry label Two-Tone, started by Jerry Dammers (of the Specials). The Specials included Terry Hall, Neville Staple, Dammers, Lynval Golding, Roddy Radiation, Horace Panter, John Bradbury, Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez. This album was produced by Elvis Costello, and features
- [Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy, 1989 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/09/22/bob-dylan-oh-mercy-1989-on-columbia) - Dylan's 26th studio album, produced by Daniel Lanois and recorded in New Orleans. "Political World," "Where Teardrops Fall," and "Everything is Broken" make a great opening trio on side 1 - but really a great album overall. My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Carrollton GA pressing with original inner sleeve from 1989.
- [Sting, Bring On The Night, 1986 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/09/20/sting-bring-on-the-night-1986-on-am) - Sting's first solo live album, a 2xLP set recorded over multiple nights of a tour in 1985. Sting was touring here with Branford Marsalis, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland, Omar Hakim and others - basically a killer jazz band. The band is incredibly tight and the energy of the shows is wonderful - even on songs
- [Dire Straits, Making Movies, 1980 on Warner Brothers](https://goatless.org/2025/09/19/dire-straits-making-movies-1980-on-warner-brothers) - Released on Vertigo in the UK but Warner Bros in the US, this was the third full-length from Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. Produced by Jimmy Iovine and Mark Knopfler. David Knopfler left the band during the recording of the album and reportedly Mark re-recorded all this guitar parts. There was a box set of
- [Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair, 1985 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2025/09/18/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-1985-on-mercury) - Sophomore album from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, following The Hurting. Hard to imagine trying to follow up that record, but this went to number one in the US. "Shout" and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" fueled that success. They've been touring again in support of The Tipping Point but I've not managed to
- [Charlie Sexton, Pictures for Pleasure, 1985 on MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/09/17/charlie-sexton-pictures-for-pleasure-1985-on-mca) - Sexton was a guitar wunderkind from Austin who was 16 when this came out. A poster of the album cover is seen in Ferris Bueller's bedroom, and John Hughes used "Beat's So Lonely" in Some Kind of Wonderful. Sexton would go on to play in Bob Dylan's band (including on some recordings) and produce other
- [New Order, Confusion (FAC93), 1983 on Factory](https://goatless.org/2025/09/16/new-order-confusion-fac93-1983-on-factory) - This was the sixth single from New Order, put out by Factory in 1983 as a follow up to "Blue Monday." Produced by and co-written with DJ Arthur Baker, it charted well in the UK - though clearly nothing could match up to the massive success and influence of "Blue Monday." My copy—via Waterloo Records
- [John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/09/15/john-hiatt-bring-the-family-1987-on-am) - John Hiatt's eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US. Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on "Have a Little Faith in Me" as well as electric guitar and sitar
- [Pat MacDonald and The Essentials, Essentialist Propaganda, 1983 on Counter-Pop](https://goatless.org/2025/09/13/pat-macdonald-and-the-essentials-essentialist-propaganda-1983-on-counter-pop) - Pat MacDonald would go on to be one half of Timbuk 3 with his wife Barbara Kooyman, listed here as Barbara K. MacDonald. "Too Much Sex (Not Enough Affection" from this EP also was later on Eden Alley in 1988. Pat MacDonald and The Essentials put out one full length album and this EP, which
- [DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, He's the DJ, I'm The Rapper, 1988 on Jive](https://goatless.org/2025/09/12/dj-jazzy-jeff-the-fresh-prince-hes-the-dj-im-the-rapper-1988-on-jive) - Second album from the duo of Jeffrey Townes (aka DJ Jazzy Jeff) and Will Smith (aka The Fresh Prince), including "Parents Just Don't Understand" which won the first Best Rap Performance Grammy in 1989. Not sure I even realized this at the time, but their first two albums came out before The Fresh Prince of
- [Foreigner, Foreigner 4, 1981 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/09/11/foreigner-foreigner-4-1981-on-atlantic) - Fourth (as the name suggests) full length studio album from Foreigner, who brought together three Brits and three Americans (making half the band at least foreigners wherever they played). Unavoidable on rock radio in the early 80s - "Juke Box Hero," "Urgent," and "Waiting For A Girl Like You." My copy—via Dyno Records in Newburyport
- [Re-Flex, The Politics of Dancing, 1983 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2025/09/10/re-flex-the-politics-of-dancing-1983-on-capitol) - Debut album from English new-wave band Re-Flex, on EMI in the UK but Capitol in the US. Produced by John Punter who produced Roxy Music and Japan. Re-Flex formed in Birmingham UK in the early 80s and only put out two albums in the 80s. Clearly the title track on this album is the one
- [The Special AKA, Nelson Mandela, 1984 on Two Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/09/09/the-special-aka-nelson-mandela-1984-on-two-tone) - Extended version 12" single from The Specials (Special AKA), produced by Elvis Costello. One of my favorite early 80s ska protest songs. Now dated in its reference but hey - never forget: Mandela was in prison for 27 years but would go on to be the president of South Africa. It's an amazing story in
- [The Robert Cray Band, Who's Been Talkin', 1980 on Tomato](https://goatless.org/2025/09/08/the-robert-cray-band-whos-been-talkin-1980-on-tomato) - Debut album from Robert Cray and band (Curtis Salgado, Richard Cousins, and Dave Olson). Tomato was a NY based indie label started in the late 70s by Kevin Eggers, who also released albums by Albert King, Townes Van Zandt, Lightnin' Hopkins, and John Cage (among others). My copy—via Antone's Records in Austin TX—is an original
- [Freddie Hubbard and Art Blakey, Feel The Wind, 1989/2023 on Tidal Waves Music](https://goatless.org/2025/09/06/freddie-hubbard-and-art-blakey-feel-the-wind-1989-2023-on-tidal-waves-music) - Originally issued in 1989 on Timeless Records out of the Netherlands, this was reissued by Tidal Waves music in 2023. Hubbard and Blakey are joined by Leon Dorsey (bass), Benny Green (piano), and Javon Jackson (tenor sax). The last track swaps Lonnie Plaxico for Dorsey and Mulgrew Miller for Green. Blakey died in 1990 so
- [Neil Young & The Bluenotes, This Note's For You, 1988 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/09/05/neil-young-the-bluenotes-this-notes-for-you-1988-on-reprise) - An unusual entry for Neil Young, to be sure, but one of my favorite Neil Young albums post-1980. Later credited just to Neil Young when Harold Melvin (of Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes) threatened legal action. The video for the title track was in heavy rotation on MTV, mocking various kinds of celebrity endorsements. There's
- [Safety Last, Struck By Love, 1983 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/09/04/safety-last-struck-by-love-1983-on-twin-tone) - This was the first and only full length by Twin/Tone's Safety Last, following their self-titled EP. On this LP they include Rusty Jones, Gary Louris, Lianne Smith, and Jim Tollefsrud (as "Jimmy T"). Founding members Tim Mauseth and Sprague Hollander left for other projects. Produced by Paul Stark and the band; recorded by Paul Stark
- [U2, Give Me One Last Chance, 2023 on Dear Boss.](https://goatless.org/2025/09/03/u2-give-me-one-last-chance-2023-on-dear-boss) - Bootleg of U2 live in Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernadino CA, on May 30th 1983. Dear Boss. (apparently the period is part of the label name) is a new label reissuing things that were broadcast, which means under EU law are out of copyright at this point. Not sure if this was technically an
- [The Triffids, Calenture, 1987 on Island Records](https://goatless.org/2025/09/02/the-triffids-calenture-1987-on-island-records) - This was actually the fourth LP for the Australian alt-rock (post-punk?) band The Triffids, but likely their best known to US audiences (like me). The literary-ness of being named after The Day of the Triffids and using (and defining on the sleeve - this was well before google) a word like Calenture appeared to the
- [The Replacements, Let It Be, 1984 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/09/01/the-replacements-let-it-be-1984-on-twin-tone) - Third full length album for The Replacements, following Hootenanny. Recorded at Blackberry Way after using a warehouse in Brooklyn Center for that record. Produced by Steve Fjelstad, Peter Jesperson, and Paul Westerberg. Definitely one of my favorites - with the sublime ("Androgynous," "Unsatisfied") and the ridiculous ("Gary's Got a Boner") and a cover of Kiss'
- [Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers '88, 1987 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2025/08/30/jonathan-richman-the-modern-lovers-modern-lovers-88-1987-on-rounder) - Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila. My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings' 2022 Record Store Day
- [Figures, In a Chalk Circle, 1985 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/08/29/figures-in-a-chalk-circle-1985-on-twin-tone) - On this release, Figures was Jeff Waryan, Jay Peck, Steve Brantseg, and Steve Fjelstad. (There's an earlier LP credited to Jeff Waryan solo that is titled Figures). Waryan was also in Fingerprints and supported many other area bands at the time. An underappreciated Twin/Tone band from the 80s. My copy—via Cheapo Records in Minneapolis MN—includes
- [Steve Earle, Someday, 1987 on MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/08/28/steve-earle-someday-1987-on-mca) - 12-inch single with a presskit from 1987 - after the March 1986 release of Guitar Town. This was the second single from the debut album - including a live cover of Bruce Springsteen's "State Trooper." My copy—via the Record Exchange in Salem MA—also included a one page Rolling Stone feature on Earle, but not I'm
- [Maria McKee, Maria McKee, 1989 on Geffen](https://goatless.org/2025/08/27/maria-mckee-maria-mckee-1989-on-geffen) - This was the debut solo album from the lead singer of Lone Justice. She's joined here by Richard Thompson and Marc Ribot on guitar and Steve Wickham on fiddle. She'd go on to record six more solo records and some live recordings - but I don't think any of them did very well in the
- [The English Beat, What is Beat?, 1983 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2025/08/25/the-english-beat-what-is-beat-1983-on-i-r-s-records) - This is the North American version of this release (as evidenced by the "English") which collected a number of singles, remixes, and live tracks as well as a number of tracks from the first three English Beat albums, serving as a kind of "best of" in the US. There's a 2xLP version with a different
- [The Replacements, Hootenanny, 1983 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/08/26/the-replacements-hootenanny-1983-on-twin-tone) - Sophomore album from Minneapolis favorite sons The Replacements. A wonderfully messy record that's sort of all over the place (rockabilly, blues, country and punk) but still works. The transition from the wistful "Within Your Reach" ( "I can't live without your touch / die within your reach") to the surf-punk of "Buck Hill" sort of
- [The Waterboys, This is the Sea, 1985 on Ensign / Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2025/08/23/the-waterboys-this-is-the-sea-1985-on-ensign-chrysalis) - This was the third studio album from The Waterboys, produced by Mike Scott and Karl Wallinger with John Brand and Mick Glossop. Includes one of my favorite Waterboys songs "The Whole of the Moon" but the entire album is wonderful. It's a bit hard to see in the photos but the Waterboys emblem / logo
- [Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues, 1983 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2025/08/22/talking-heads-speaking-in-tongues-1983-on-sire) - This was the fifth Talking Heads LP, produced by Talking Heads themselves rather than Brian Eno. It was the tour for this album which became Stop Making Sense, including their only US top 10 hit "Burning Down The House." What a killer album. In addition to "Burning Down The House" you've got "Making Flippy Floppy,"
- [Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD](https://goatless.org/2025/08/21/bauhaus-in-the-flat-field-1980-on-4ad) - Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali's Car) are among my favorite musical lineages. They'd released "Bela Lugosi's Dead" as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which
- [The Replacements, Tim, 1985 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2025/08/20/the-replacements-tim-1985-on-sire) - This was The Replacements' fourth studio LP and their first on major label Sire as opposed to Twin/Tone. It was also the last with Bob Stinson. It's one of my favorite albums of all time: "Kiss Me On The Bus," "Waitress in the Sky," "Bastards of Young," "Swingin Party," and "Here Comes a Regular" are
- [Various Artists, Life In The European Theatre, 1981 on WEA.](https://goatless.org/2020/12/01/various-artists-life-in-the-european-theatre-1981-on-wea) - Various Artists, Life In The European Theatre, 1981 on WEA. Apparently a UK pressing - the US version opted for "theater" in the title, and subbed The Doors' "Peace Frog" in for Ian Drury and the Blockheads. (I say apparently because this version has none of the country-specific price codes or rights societies that other
- [The English Beat, Wha'ppen, 1981 on Sire.](https://goatless.org/2020/03/13/the-english-beat-whappen-1981-on-sire) - The English Beat (or as they were known in the UK, The Beat), Wha'ppen, 1981 on Sire. Went through a mod phase in the early eighties - you just can't go wrong with the English Beat This album cover makes an appearance in Sam Mendes' film Empire of Light
- [Fine Young Cannibals, Self-titled, 1985 on IRS Records.](https://goatless.org/2021/01/11/fine-young-cannibals-self-titled-1985-on-irs-records) - Fine Young Cannibals, Self-titled, 1985 on IRS Records. Beautiful debut album - Roland Gift joining David Steele and Andy Cox from The English Beat Johnny Come Home, Suspicious Minds, Move To Work - quite the debut.
- [General Public, . . . All The Rage, 1984 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2021/07/21/general-public-all-the-rage-1984-on-i-r-s-records) - General Public, . . . All The Rage, 1984 on I.R.S. Records Debut LP for an offshoot of the English Beat (aka The Beat) plus members of Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Specials via Anntiques in Ispwich MA
- [Ranking Roger, Radical Departure, 1988 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2021/12/28/ranking-roger-radical-departure-1988-on-i-r-s-records) - Ranking Roger, Radical Departure, 1988 on I.R.S. Records First solo album from Roger Charley (1963-2019) aka Ranking Roger, who was part of the English Beat (or just The Beat, as they are known in the UK) and General Public. via Light of Day Records in Jamaica Plain
- [Various Artists, This Are Two Tone, 1983 on Chrysalis/Two Tone](https://goatless.org/2024/06/26/various-artists-this-are-two-tone-1983-on-chrysalis-two-tone) - In the UK, this was released on Two Tone, but in the US they were distributed by Chrysalis and issued on the Chrysalis label. Sleeve design credit to Jerry Dammers who founded Two Tone and was a key member Specials. Great compilation of 80s reggae/ska: Specials / The Special A.K.A., Madness, The Selecter, The English
- [The English Beat, Special Beat Service, 1982 on IRS](https://goatless.org/2025/08/19/the-english-beat-special-beat-service-1982-on-irs) - On this release the spine uses the name "The Beat" but uses "The English Beat" on the cover and labels so as not to conflict with Paul Collin's The Beat. This was their third LP and last under the original configuration - they'd show up later as The Beat featuring Ranking Roger and then The
- [The Replacements, "Stink", 1982 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/08/18/the-replacements-stink-1982-on-twin-tone) - This EP aka The Replacements - Stink ("Kids Don't Follow" Plus Seven) came out in 1982, following the release of Sorry Ma. I always thought it was their first release. Opens with the infamous "This is the Minneapolis Police, the party's over . . . if you all just grab your stuff and leave there
- [Peter Case, HWY 62, 2015 on Omnivore Recordings](https://goatless.org/2024/01/10/peter-case-hwy-62-2015-on-omnivore-recordings) - I've been a big fan of Peter Case since discovering The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar in the 80s. I didn't know it at the time but he has a great long history with The Nerves (who recorded the original "Hanging On the Telephone" that Blondie later made big), The Plimsouls ("A
- [X, Los Angeles, 1980 on Slash](https://goatless.org/2025/08/16/x-los-angeles-1980-on-slash) - Debut LP from John Doe, Exene Cervenka, DJ Bonebrake and Billy Zoom. Produced (as were the next three X albums) by The Door's keyboardist Ray Manzarek. I was just mentioning Slash! records earlier this week - "Los Angeles" was a cut on the Slash! sampler Early Sessions and that was my intro to the band.
- [Billy Bragg, Help Save The Youth of America (Live and Dubious), 1988 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2025/08/15/billy-bragg-help-save-the-youth-of-america-live-and-dubious-1988-on-elektra) - Billy Bragg live six song EP released to encourage US youth to vote in the 1988 presidential election. Includes "Chile, Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto" (written by Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock) and "There is Power In a Union." Remember, when you elect a President, you are electing President for
- [The Special AKA, In The Studio, 1984 on Chrysalis / 2 Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/08/14/the-special-aka-in-the-studio-1984-on-chrysalis-2-tone) - This was the third album from The Specials, and the only LP under the name Special AKA (early on the band had used The Special A.K.A. as well). The lineup changed quite a bit from the original Specials, after the departure of Neville Staple, Terry Hall, and Lynval Golding (who would form Fun Boy Three).
- [The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/08/13/the-police-zenyatta-mondatta-1980-on-am) - Third album in the brilliant opening set of LPs from Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers. Side one opens with "Don't Stand So Close To Me," "Driven To Tears," and "When The World is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around" - what a sequence! There's such a tight and interesting rhythm
- [Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon, 1987 on Slash Records](https://goatless.org/2025/08/12/los-lobos-by-the-light-of-the-moon-1987-on-slash-records) - Los Lobos' follow on record to How Will The Wolf Survive?. which was produced by T-Bone Burnett. I love the Slash! records catalog from the 80s - great Americana tinged but contemporary music - and this is no exception. My copy—via Slipped Disc at a record fair at Mill No. 5—is an Allied pressing from
- [The Robert Cray Band, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, 1988 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2025/08/11/the-robert-cray-band-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-1988-on-mercury) - Fifth full length from Robert Cray and co - sometimes referred to as The Robert Cray Band, other places just Robert Cray from the 1980s. This was their second major label record (on Mercury following Hightone and Tomato). It was not as successful as Strong Persuader which preceded it but there are some great songs
- [Sade, Stronger Than Pride, 1988 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/08/08/sade-stronger-than-pride-1988-on-epic) - Third studio LP from the group Sade, named after singer Sade Adu and including (on this LP) Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale, and Paul Denman. What a fantastic run they had in the 80s and early 90s: Diamond LIfe, Promise, Stronger Than Pride, and Love Deluxe are all fantastic. I could just put "Turn My Back
- [Paul Simon, Hearts and Bones, 1983 on Warner Brothers](https://goatless.org/2025/08/07/paul-simon-hearts-and-bones-1983-on-warner-brothers) - I'd be hard pressed to make any call on what my favorite Paul Simon album is (maybe Graceland) given how great they all are - including this one, with "René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War" and "The Late Great Johnny Ace" and the title track). I feel like this one gets
- [Kraftwerk, Tour De France, 1983 on Warner Brothers](https://goatless.org/2025/08/06/kraftwerk-tour-de-france-1983-on-warner-brothers) - This isn't the full album released in 2003 but the 1983 single (recorded durig the Electric Café sessions) which charted in the UK. I guess this makes it "late" period Kraftwerk but it sounds super fresh. My copy is a 45 rpm 12" (there are 7" single versions as well), with the custom "cog" labels
- [Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe & Friends, 1983 on MCA Records](https://goatless.org/2025/08/05/bill-monroe-bill-monroe-friends-1983-on-mca-records) - Bill Monroe sometimes gets called the "Father of Bluegrass" - no doubt he's a pretty foundational figure and his Blue Grass Boys may be the source of the genre's name. This is a great collection of later Bill Monroe (he passed in 1996) doing duets with performers who admire him and his legacy. The guesting
- [The Waterboys, Fisherman's Blues, 1988 on Chrysalis / Ensign](https://goatless.org/2025/08/04/the-waterboys-fishermans-blues-1988-on-chrysalis-ensign) - The fourth studio LP from Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anthony Thistlehwaite, Trevor Hutchinson, Peter McKinney et al. Marked a bit of a shift toward Irish and Scottish music, but including covers of Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing" and (briefly) "This Land is Your Land." My copy - a Carrollton Georgia US pressing from 1988 - via
- [Adam Ant, Friend or Foe, 1982 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/07/25/adam-ant-friend-or-foe-1982-on-epic) - This was the debut solo album from Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant, following on three albums as Adam and the Ants. The single "Goody Two Shoes" reached number 1 in the UK and number 12 in the US. Lately I've been hearing "Desparate But Not Serious" all the time on Sirius XM
- [The Del Fuegos, Smoking In The Fields, 1989 on R.C.A.](https://goatless.org/2025/07/24/the-del-fuegos-smoking-in-the-fields-1989-on-r-c-a) - Fourth and final studio album from Boston Massachusetts' own The Del Fuegos, recorded after Warren Zanes and Woody Giessmann left the band. Recorded in Woodstock NY and produced by David Thoener. The first three Del Fuegos albums were on Slash Records - this was their only one on R.C.A. The Del Fuegos reunited in 2011
- [Timbuk 3, Greetings From Timbuk 3, 1986 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2025/07/23/timbuk-3-greetings-from-timbuk-3-1986-on-i-r-s-records) - Debut album from Pat MacDonald and Barbara Koyman MacDonald, the husband and wife duo better known as Timbuk 3 (sometimes written Timbuk3), featuring their most well known single "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades." Such great songwriting on this and all their albums - people sometimes think of them as a one-hit wonder
- [Haircut One Hundred, Pelican West, 1982 on Arista](https://goatless.org/2025/07/22/haircut-one-hundred-pelican-west-1982-on-arista) - The debut album for UK New Wave band Haircut One Hundred, founded by Nick Heyward, Les Nemes, and Graham Jones, joined here by Blair Cunningham on drums. Lead single "Love Plus One" was a top 10 hit in the UK and a top 40 hit in the US. The LP was produced by Bob Sargeant
- [The Brains, The Brains, 1980 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2025/07/21/the-brains-the-brains-1980-on-mercury) - Self-titled debut album from Atlanta's The Brains, including a song later made famous by Cyndi Lauper, "Money Changes Everything." The Brains would only go on to one more full length LP, Electronic Eden. Both were produced by Steve Lillywhite. Various members went on to play in other Atlanta bands, including the Georgia Satellites. Tom Gray
- [Bruce Cockburn, Waiting for a Miracle: Singles 1970-1987, 1987 on True North](https://goatless.org/2025/07/19/bruce-cockburn-waiting-for-a-miracle-singles-1970-1987-1987-on-true-north) - Collection of singles from Canada's Bruce Cockburn, whose career ranged widely from folk to what we might call world music to rock. Cockburn was a Berklee School of Music dropout before being a dropout from Berkelee was de rigeur. I first found Cockburn via "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" and his association with various
- [The March Violets, Electric Shades, 1985 on Relativity](https://goatless.org/2020/04/23/the-march-violets-electric-shades-1985-on-relativity) - The March Violets, Electric Shades, 1985 on Relativity Tom Ashton, Cleo Murray, Loz Elliott, Simon Denbigh - great 80s goth out of Leeds UK Via Academy Records
- [Gene Loves Jezebel, Immigrant, 1985 on Relativity / Situation Two](https://goatless.org/2025/07/18/gene-loves-jezebel-immigrant-1985-on-relativity-situation-two) - Gene Loves Jezebel were twin brothers Jay Aston and Michael Aston, delivering post-punk with a goth-adjacent feel - most well known in the US for "Desire." This was their second album, following Promise. Later they had a follow hit with "The Motion of Love" from their fourth album The House of Dolls. Relativity was a
- [The Honeydrippers, Volume One, 1984 on Es Paranza](https://goatless.org/2025/07/17/the-honeydrippers-volume-one-1984-on-es-paranza) - Robert Plant's early 80s group dedicated to reproducing the sound of R&B, which had a big hit with a cover of "Sea of Love." The title, Volume One, turned out to be aspirational as it was their only LP. The lineup, however, includes (in addition to Plant): Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Paul Shaffer, Nile Rodgers,
- [Wall of Voodoo, The Ugly Americans in Australia, 1988 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2025/07/16/wall-of-voodoo-the-ugly-americans-in-australia-1988-on-i-r-s-records) - Live Wall of Voodoo recorded on their 1987 tour in Australia, primarily at The Palace in Melbourne. The cover painting is by Robert Williams (aka Robt. Wms.). This was their last output on I.R.S. and basically the end of their label support - after this things were self-released or reissues. My copy—via Vinyl Destination in
- [The Romantics, Strictly Personal, 1981 on Nemporer](https://goatless.org/2025/07/15/the-romantics-strictly-personal-1981-on-nemporer) - Third album from The Romantics, who originally came out of Detroit MI. Look at the new wave style here - matching pink leather suits and bolo ties. Did not reach the same heights as their self-titled debut and "What I Like About You" but continues in that same sound. Nemperor was a label founded by
- [Flesh for Lulu, Long Live The New Flesh, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Capitol](https://goatless.org/2025/07/14/flesh-for-lulu-long-live-the-new-flesh-1987-on-beggars-banquet-capitol) - Third full-length album from Brixton London post-punks Nick Marsh, James Mitchell, Rocco Barker, Derek "Del Boy" Greening, and Kevin Mills—and their first on Beggars Banquet/Capitol. (Capitol in the US, Beggars Banquet in the UK). The lead single "I Go Crazy" was featured in the film Some Kind of Wonderful and became a minor hit. This
- [Cactus World News, Urban Beaches, 1986 on MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/07/11/cactus-world-news-urban-beaches-1986-on-mca) - This was the debut album for Cactus World News, with a different cover in US and UK editions- this one is the US cover. They were an early 80s band in Dublin, and had the good fortune to have Bono produce their first single "The Bridge" (a re-recording of which is on this album). What
- [T-Bone Burnett, Trap Door, 1982 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/07/10/t-bone-burnett-trap-door-1982-on-warner-bros) - Most people think of T-Bone Burnett these days as a Grammy-winning producer associated with Americana and roots music, but has also long been a solo artist releasing music since the 80s. This EP was Burnett's first release on Warner Bros, after leaving Takoma. Rhino released a compilation including this EP and the companion EP Behind
- [Flesh for Lulu, Plastic Fantastic, 1989 on Capitol / Beggar's Banquet](https://goatless.org/2025/07/09/flesh-for-lulu-plastic-fantastic-1989-on-capitol-beggars-banquet) - This was the fourth studio LP from Flesh for Lulu, and the second on Beggar's Banquet (in the UK) and Capitol (in the US). "Decline and Fall" from this LP was a hit on the "modern rock tracks" charts. It would also be their last studio LP. (Gigantic was later released under the Flesh for
- [Bob Marley & The Wailers, Babylon By Bus, 1978 on Island](https://goatless.org/2025/07/08/bob-marley-the-wailers-babylon-by-bus-1978-on-island) - Wonderful live album recorded (despite the maps on the inner sleeves showing the US leg of the tour) in Paris, Copenhagen, London, and Amsterdam. It's 2xLP but not a gatefold. It's die-cut in the front windows of the bus, so depending on the order you put the printed inner sleeves you determine what shows through.
- [John Mayall, Down The Line, 1973 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2025/07/07/john-mayall-down-the-line-1973-on-london-records) - Compilation of songs previously released: First LP includes songs from Blues Breakers, A Hard Road, Crusade, The Blues Alone, Bare Wires, Blues From Laurel Canyon, and Looking Back, and the second LP is John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) which was never released on vinyl in the US (and had not been issued in the
- [Blues Brothers, Made in America, 1980 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/07/04/blues-brothers-made-in-america-1980-on-atlantic) - The Blues Brothers' second album, released the same year the film came out (1980). Lots of folks are surprised (I was) that the Blues Brothers pre-existed the film - they performed on Saturday Night Live in April 1978 and put out Briefcase Full of Blues that same year. The band on this release includes, in
- [The Alarm, Change, 1989 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2025/07/03/the-alarm-change-1989-on-i-r-s-records) - We recently lost Mike Peters of The Alarm, after a 30 year battle with cancer. He also had a lengthy solo career following the band's breakup in the early 90s, and founded the Love Hope Strength Foundation. This album was their penultimate with the original lineup, and has NID YN CYMRU AR WERTH carved into
- [Flesh For Lulu, Big Fun City, 1985 on Statik Records](https://goatless.org/2025/07/02/flesh-for-lulu-big-fun-city-1985-on-statik-records) - This was the sophomore studio album by Brixton's Flesh For Lulu, released by London-based Statik Records in 1985. Nick Marsh (vocals, guitar), James Mitchell (drums), Kevin Mills (bass), Rocco Baker (guitar), with Cassell Webb (percussion). Great mid-eighties post-punk / gothic sound. They later signed to Beggars Banquet and then Capitol Records. My copy—via the now-defunct
- [The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, 1976 on Beserkley](https://goatless.org/2025/07/01/the-modern-lovers-the-modern-lovers-1976-on-beserkley) - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers are part of the indie rock canon, especially here in greater Boston. They formed in Natick MA in 1970, and were active from 1970 to 1974, but most of their records came out later - this one in 1976. Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) gets credit for piano, organ,
- [Nilsson, Pussy Cats, 1974 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2025/06/30/nilsson-pussy-cats-1974-on-rca-victor) - I first came to discover Harry Nilsson via The Point!, the fable accompanied by an animated film adaptation that aired on ABC in 1971. (I was too young for it at the time but came upon it later). I then came to realize all the songs he was responsible for and how deep and broad
- [Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/06/27/various-artists-the-best-of-chess-blues-1987-on-chess-mca) - Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties. Muddy Waters– Rollin' Stone Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours Willie Mabon– Seventh Son Lowell Fulson–Reconsider
- [Wall of Voodoo, Dark Continent, 1981 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2025/06/26/wall-of-voodoo-dark-continent-1981-on-i-r-s-records) - This was the debut album for Wall of Voodoo, before the big hit "Mexican Radio" which was on their follow-up Call of the West. In addition to the immensely talented Stan Ridgway (credited here as "Stanard Ridgway") the band here includes Bruce Moreland, Joe Nanini, Marc Moreland, and Chas Gray. A live version of "Back
- [Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Texas Flood, 1983 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/06/25/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-double-trouble-texas-flood-1983-on-epic) - Hard to believe given how fully formed the sound is, but this was the debut album for Vaughan and Double Trouble. Said to have been recorded in two days with no overdubs. What a fantastic debut: "Love Struck Baby," "Pride and Joy," and the title track lead off side one. The band here is Vaughan
- [Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie, 1975 on Pablo](https://goatless.org/2025/06/23/oscar-peterson-dizzy-gillespie-1975-on-pablo) - Pablo records, with a logo and name inspired by Picasso, was started by Norman Granz (who also produced this record) in the early seventies. There's a ton of great Pablo jazz records—I generally pick them up whenever I see them. Recorded in 1974 in London, this release brings together two greats but it is not
- [David Bowie, Stage, 1978 on RCA](https://goatless.org/2025/06/24/david-bowie-stage-1978-on-rca) - Bowie's second live album, following 1974's David Live. It's a 2xLP release, drawing on concerts from Boston, Providence, and Philadelphia. Playing with Bowie here are Carlos Alomar, Dennis Davis, George Murray, Adrian Belew, Simon House, Roger Powell, and Sean Mayes. (In essence the group that would be on Lodger). Got criticized at the time for
- [UB40, Little Baggariddim, 1985 on DEP International / A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/06/20/ub40-little-baggariddim-1985-on-dep-international-am) - Great EP by UB40 from the mid-eighties, including a duet with Chrissie Hynde covering Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe," with a dub version on side 2. There's also a new version of "One In Ten" from Present Arms There's a full album called Baggariddim - this EP was only released in the US
- [Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (aka Security), 1982 on Charisma](https://goatless.org/2025/06/19/peter-gabriel-peter-gabriel-aka-security-1982-on-charisma) - The fourth in Peter Gabriel's self-titled set of albums, this one was labelled Security in some regions, and sometimes is referred to as Peter Gabriel 4. I love this whole quartet of albums, from 1977 to 1982 - this one includes "Shock The Monkey" as well as "They Rhythm of the Heat" and "San Jacinto"
- [The Selecter, Celebrate the Bullet, 1981 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2025/06/18/the-selecter-celebrate-the-bullet-1981-on-chrysalis) - The Selecter were a Coventry band on 2 Tone; Celebrate the Bullet was their second album, following Too Much Pressure. Neol Davies, Pauline Black, and Arthur Hendrickson did most of the songwriting here, with production by Roger Lomas. My copy—via Lucky Records in Reykjavik—is a 1981 Santa Maria pressing.
- [Randy Newman, Live, 1971 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/06/17/randy-newman-live-1971-on-reprise) - Randy Newman recorded at The Bitter End, Sept 17-19th, 1970, and released in 1971. Only his self-titled debut (1968) and "12 Songs" (April 1970) had been released at this point. Such a talented songwriter - "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" and "Lonely at the Top" are great versions here. Produced by Larry Waronker
- [John Prine, Sweet Revenge, 1973 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/06/16/john-prine-sweet-revenge-1973-on-atlantic) - Prine is one of my favorite songwriters of all time. This was his third full-length, and third on Atlantic. Produced by Arif Mardin, it was mostly recorded in Nashville, with one track ("Dear Abby") recorded live at SUNY New Paltz. Musicians include Steve Goodman and many of the folks who played on Prine's debut album.
- [Suzanne Vega at The Cabot, June 5th, 2025](https://goatless.org/2025/06/08/suzanne-vega-at-the-cabot-june-5th-2025) - Suzanne Vega is on 13-night tour of the east coast (Maine to DC), and one of the stops was in Beverly at the Cabot. The show is Vega, accompanied by Gerry Leonard, with cellist Stephanie Winters joining on maybe 2/3rds of the songs. There are some backing tracks (percussion) on some songs and I think
- [The Robert Cray Band, That's What I Heard, 2020 on Nozzle Records](https://goatless.org/2025/06/14/the-robert-cray-band-thats-what-i-heard-2020-on-nozzle-records) - Robert Cray (often attributed as The Robert Cray Band) has been making great electric blues albums since 1980's Who's Been Talkin'. This is their most recent studio album and won the Soul Blues Award at the Blues Music Awards from the Blues Foundation in 2021. I'm a huge fan of Cray's approach to the blues
- [Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening, 2011 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2025/06/13/ambrose-akinmusire-when-the-heart-emerges-glistening-2011-on-blue-note) - Akinmusire is an avant-garde jazz trumpeter from Oakland by way of the Manhattan School of Music, USC, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in LA. This was his second album (first on Blue Note) with Walter Smith III on sax, Gerald Clayton on piano, Harish Raghavan on bass, and Justin Brown on drums. "My
- [Broadcast, Tender Buttons, 2005 on Warp Records](https://goatless.org/2025/06/12/broadcast-tender-buttons-2005-on-warp-records) - This was the third studio album from Broadcast, at this point largely a proect of Trish Keenan and James Cargill as a duo, credited on the album as James & Trish. Tender Buttons was also a book of poetry by Gertrude Stein that came out in 1914 - I took a flyer on the album
- [Peter Gabriel, Plays Live!, 1983 on Charisma](https://goatless.org/2025/06/11/peter-gabriel-plays-live-1983-on-charisma) - Peter Gabriel's first solo live album, released following his four self-titled solo albums (commonly called Car, Scratch, Melt, and Security). It was recorded across multiple venues in the American midwest: Illinois State University, Kansas City, Northern Illinois University, and South Illinois University. Accompanying Gabriel are Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin, David Rhodes, and Larry Fast, with
- [Lucinda Williams, Ramblin' On My Mind, 1979 on Folkways](https://goatless.org/2025/06/10/lucinda-williams-ramblin-on-my-mind-1979-on-folkways) - Attributed to "Lucinda" mono-nymically, this was Williams' debut solo album, released in 1979 on Folkways (which became Smithsonian Folkways in 1987). She's accompanied by John Grimaudo on 6-string guitar (she plays 12-string and sings), and the album was produced by Tom Royals, an attorney for whom this is the only producing credit - he was
- [John Coltrane, A Love Supreme, 1965 on Impulse!](https://goatless.org/2025/06/09/john-coltrane-a-love-supreme-1965-on-impulse) - Accompanying Coltrane here are McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack in December 1964 but not released until 1965. Arguably Coltrane's masterpiece (perhaps second to Giant Steps?) and still one of his best selling albums (and platinum certified by RIAA). The chant
- [Cowboy Junkies, Songs of the Recollection, 2022 on Proper Records](https://goatless.org/2025/06/06/cowboy-junkies-songs-of-the-recollection-2022-on-proper-records) - Margo, Michael, and Peter Timmins plus Alan Anton make up Toronto Canada's Cowboy Junkies. This 2022 album is a collection of covers reflecting their formative influences: Bowie, Gram Parsons, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Vic Chesnutt, and The Cure. Some of these songs are previously released on b-sides or other compilations but it
- [The Decemberists, The Crane Wife, 2006 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2025/06/05/the-decemberists-the-crane-wife-2006-on-capitol) - his was the band's fourth studio LP, and the first on Capitol Records. Production by Tucker Martine and Chris Walla. This album is one I could just leave on repeat for hours (and sometimes do). Definitely one of my top 20 albums of all time. My copy via Academy Records in NYC is a 2006
- [Blancmange, Mange Tout, 1984 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2025/06/04/blancmange-mange-tout-1984-on-london-records) - Second studio album from British synth-pop duo Blancmange (Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe), following Happy Families. This was their best selling album, with "Blind Vision" and "Don't Tell Me" as successful singles. I always loved "The Day Before You Came" but did not realize it's an ABBA cover! My copy is a UK pressing via
- [Jimmy Scott, Falling In Love Is Wonderful, 1963 on Tangerine Records](https://goatless.org/2025/06/02/jimmy-scott-falling-in-love-is-wonderful-1963-on-tangerine-records) - American jazz vocalist sometimes referred to as "Little" Jimmy Scott, who had a very high contralto voice due to Kallmann's syndrome, a genetic condition.Scott performed in the final episode of Twin Peaks which led to a bit of a career resurgence in the 1990s. This album was out of print between the 1963 release and
- [Strange As Angels, Strange As Angels, 2021 on Kwaidan](https://goatless.org/2025/05/30/strange-as-angels-strange-as-angels-2021-on-kwaidan) - Billed as "Strange as Angels" the hype sticker calls this "Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague) presents Chrystabell Sings The Cure." Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux were the masterminds behind Nouvelle Vague, which released bossa nova covers of new wave songs, playing off multiple meanings of Nouvelle Vague. (Nouvelle Vague means "new wave" in French, and Bossa
- [Flight of the Conchords, Flight of the Conchords, 2008 on Sub Pop](https://goatless.org/2025/05/29/flight-of-the-conchords-flight-of-the-conchords-2008-on-sub-pop) - The soundtrack to Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie's brilliant and hilarious show about two New Zealand musicians trying to make it in the states. They'd previously released an EP - "The Distant Future" - and would go on to issue another album ("I Told You I Was Freaky") and a double LP live special ("Live
- [Billy Bragg, Bloke on Bloke, 1997 on Cooking Vinyl](https://goatless.org/2025/05/28/billy-bragg-bloke-on-bloke-1997-on-cooking-vinyl) - Seven songs from the William Bloke sessions, released as a limited edition "mini-album." Johnny Marr joins on "The Boy Done Good" and gets co-writing credit. Also included is a cover of "Never Had No One Ever" and two remixes by Moodswings. Worth the price of admission just for the Johnny Marr track and The Smiths
- [Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, 1988 on Geffen](https://goatless.org/2025/05/27/edie-brickell-new-bohemians-shooting-rubberbands-at-the-stars-1988-on-geffen) - This was an inescapable album in 1988 - not that I was trying to escape it. It was their studio debut and came out of nowhere to go 2x platinum. You could argue they were one-hit wonders with "What I Am," with its ear-worm chorus ("What I am is what I am / are you
- [The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979 on Chiswick](https://goatless.org/2025/06/03/the-damned-machine-gun-etiquette-1979-on-chiswick) - This was the third studio album from Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, and (new bassist) Algy Ward, collectively known as The Damned. Includes a cover of "Looking at You" by the MC5, as well as "Love Song" and "I Just Can't Be Happy Today." I believe this was only available as an import in
- [Willie Nelson, Phases and Stages, 1974 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/05/26/willie-nelson-phases-and-stages-1974-on-atlantic) - This was Nelson's 17th studio album and second (and last) of the Atlantic era, following Shotgun Willie, produced by Jerry Wexler and recorded at Muscle Shoals in Alabama. As the listening notes explain, while Nelson disclaimed the autobiographical elements of the record, "when you make . . . the most devastating divorce record of all
- [James Taylor, One Man Dog, 1972 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2024/10/14/james-taylor-one-man-dog-1972-on-warner-bros) - This was Taylor's fourth studio album, with "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight." 18 tracks means lots of short bits / interludes, some of which can feel a bit unfinished but overall I like the effect. Performers include Carly Simon and Carole King on backing vocals, Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, and John McLaughlin
- [Lyle Lovett & His Acoustic Group at the Shalin Liu in Rockport MA, 5/4/2025](https://goatless.org/2025/05/17/lyle-lovett-his-acoustic-group-at-the-shalin-liu-in-rockport-ma-5-4-2025) - Lyle Lovett is a phenomenal talent and great performer - you should see him any time you get a chance. He was in Rockport at the Shalin Liu with his "Acoustic Group" a few weeks ago - great show. We saw the Sunday "matinee" at 5pm, which meant that you could still see the harbor
- [José González at the Cabot Theater, March 27th, 2025](https://goatless.org/2025/03/30/jose-gonzalez-at-the-cabot-theater-march-27th-2025) - Quick post to share a photo and some videos from seeing José González at the Cabot. He plays with no opening act and no intermission - just him on stage with two guitars (different tunings?) - I'm not sure he even had a bottle of water. Really ended up just watching the performance and not
- [M. Ward, Migration Stories, 2020 on Anti-.](https://goatless.org/2025/05/24/m-ward-migration-stories-2020-on-anti) - Tenth studio LP from Portland OR's M. Ward, released on 2020 as his first on Anti-. (Think of Spring came out at the end of 2020; Migration Stories in April). Produced by Craig Silvey in Montreal with contributions by Richard Reed Parry and Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire (and others). There is a "migration story"
- [Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear, 2014 on Monkey Puzzle / RCA](https://goatless.org/2025/05/23/sia-1000-forms-of-fear-2014-on-monkey-puzzle-rca) - I first heard (at least consciously) Sia on the beautiful "I Go To Sleep" from her appearance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic in 2006, which then appeared on Sounds Eclectic - The Covers Project in 2007. (I also now know she was a massive fan of the reality TV show Survivor, appearing on some of
- [Talking Heads, Naked, 1988 on Fly/Sire](https://goatless.org/2025/05/22/talking-heads-naked-1988-on-fly-sire) - Eighth and final studio LP from Talking Heads - talk about going out with a bang! What a great record. They apologized in the liner notes to Minneapolis band The Wallets, who had a popular song called "Totally Nude" that came out in 1986. As a teenager in a Minneapolis that sometimes felt rather provincial
- [Randy Newman, Sail Away, 1972 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/05/21/randy-newman-sail-away-1972-on-reprise) - Randy Newman's third studio LP, including the title track and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" which became a big hit for Joe Cocker in the 80s. Quality of songwriting you expect from early Newman, including "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)." Musicians include Ry Cooder on guitar, and Earl Palmer, Gene Parsons, and
- [Gus Cannon, Walk Right In, 1963 on Stax](https://goatless.org/2025/05/20/gus-cannon-walk-right-in-1963-on-stax) - Jug Band leader Gus Cannon started recording in the late 20s as "Banjo Joe" and reappeared as part of the folk revival in the 50s on Folkways. This was his first and only Stax LP released in 1963. "Walk Right In" the song became a hit for the Rooftop Singers - who were credited with
- [Herbie Nichols, The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Volumes 1 & 2, 1955 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2025/05/19/herbie-nichols-the-prophetic-herbie-nichols-volumes-1-2-1955-on-blue-note) - This 2021 vinyl release in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series was previously issued only in Japan in 1983 in this form. It combines two 1955 10" releases onto a single LP with a gatefold cover reproducing the covers of the separate volumes. The band is Herbie Nichols on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and
- [M. Ward, Supernatural Thing, 2023 on Anti-](https://goatless.org/2025/05/16/m-ward-supernatural-thing-2023-on-anti) - M. Ward's 12th solo album and followup to his Billy Holiday covers album Think of Spring. He's joined by First Aid Kit on "Too Young To Die" and "Engine 5," by Jim James and Kelly Pratt on "For Good", by Shovels & Rope on "Mr. Dixon," and by Neko Case on "Dedication Hour." Includes a
- [Various Artists, All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman, 2014 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2025/05/15/various-artists-all-my-friends-celebrating-the-songs-voice-of-gregg-allman-2014-on-rounder) - A tribute concert to Gregg Allman with a star-studded set of guests, recorded January 10th, 2014 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and put out on Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD by Rounder. Allman faced significant health issues in the 2010s, including hepatitis c, liver cancer, and a lung transplant - it's great they were able
- [Run D.M.C., Run D.M.C., 1984 on Profile](https://goatless.org/2025/05/14/run-d-m-c-run-d-m-c-1984-on-profile) - Run D.M.C.'s debut album on Profile, a NY area hip-hop label that was distributed by Arista, who would later reissue it. It was produced by Russell SImmons and Larry Smith, and recorded at Greene St. Recording in Soho. Note the credit on the rear jacket to "Music by Orange Krush" - that's Larry Smith and
- [Run D.M.C., Raising Hell, 1986 on Profile](https://goatless.org/2021/09/08/run-d-m-c-raising-hell-1986-on-profile) - Run D.M.C., Raising Hell, 1986 on Profile My copy is a 2017 reissue by Get On Down Run D.M.C.'s third album,, produced by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin - the first Platinum and multiplatinum hip hop album. Walk this way, You Be Illin', It's Tricky, so many key songs. Via Soundtracks, in Beverly MA
- [ZZ Top, El Loco. 1981 on Warner Brothers.](https://goatless.org/2020/12/23/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
- [ZZ Top, ZZ Top's First Album, 1971 on London / Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2025/05/13/zz-top-zz-tops-first-album-1971-on-london-warner-bros) - Originally issued in the US on London Records (the American imprint of Decca) in 1971, ZZ Top's First Album was reissued by Warner Bros in 1978, likely based on the success of Tres Hombres, Fandango, and Tejas - their 1979 Degüello would be their first new album on Warner Bros. The original LP was not
- [Creedence Clearwater Revival, Willy and the Poor Boys, 1969 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2025/05/12/creedence-clearwater-revival-willy-and-the-poor-boys-1969-on-fantasy) - This was the fourth LP from CCR, and the third released in 1969 (one in January, one in August, and this one in November) - talk about striking while the iron is hot / saturating the market. John Fogerty, older bother Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, and Doug Clifford are in fine form, including "Down On
- [Maggie Rogers, Surrender, 2022 on Capitol / Debay](https://goatless.org/2025/05/09/maggie-rogers-surrender-2022-on-capitol-debay) - Rogers' second studio album on a major label, Surrender was a component of her thesis at Harvard Divinity School. Kid Harpoon (aka Thomas Edward Percy Hull) produced along with Rogers and gets cowroting credit on most of the tracks, sometimes with others (Del Water Gap aka S. Holden Jaffe). My copy via the Worcester Record
- [Wilco, A.M., 1995 on Sire / Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/05/08/wilco-a-m-1995-on-sire-reprise) - Wilco emerged out of the breakup of Uncle Tupelo (some of the band remaining with Jeff Tweedy as Wilco, some with Jay Farrar as Son Volt). This was their first album under the name Wilco. Wilco is identified as Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, and Max Johnston - but guest performers include Lloyd Maines,
- [Icicle Works, Icicle Works, 1984 on Arista / Beggars Banquet](https://goatless.org/2025/05/07/icicle-works-icicle-works-1984-on-arista-beggars-banquet) - In the UK (and elsewhere) this was credited to The Icicle Works and was on Beggars Banquet, but in the US it was titled just Icicle Works (no "the") and was on Arista. Either way this was their self-titled debut album and included their biggest hit, which—like the album—was titled differently in the US. Most
- [Billy Joe Shaver, Old Five and Dimers Like Me, 1973 on Monument](https://goatless.org/2025/05/06/billy-joe-shaver-old-five-and-dimers-like-me-1973-on-monument) - This was Shaver's debut album, produced by Kris Kristofferson. I know Shaver more through tributes (2022's Live Forever) and other famous artists recording his songs more than I knew him. "Live Forever," the song, was covered by Robert Duvall in the film Crazy Heart but was also done by the Highwaymen. This is the kind
- [Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings & Plays, 1967 on Joker](https://goatless.org/2025/05/05/chet-baker-chet-baker-sings-plays-1967-on-joker) - Recorded in 1959 in Milan, this was first issued in Italy as Angel Eyes on Celson, and in the US as Chet Baker With Fifty Italian Strings on Jazzland, both in 1960. It was the reissued as Chet Baker Sings and Plays by Joker Hi-Fi Records (Italy) in 1967. It's also been called Chet Baker
- [Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark, 2023 on Slate Creek / Warner](https://goatless.org/2025/05/03/brandy-clark-brandy-clark-2023-on-slate-creek-warner) - Clark's fourth studio album, self-titled, and produced by Brandi Carlile, who provides backing vocals, piano and guitar on a number of tracks and is featured on "Dear Insecurity," which they performed live at the Grammys in 2024 - and for which she won a "Best Americana Performance" Grammy. She's been a great songwriter for many
- [A Tribe Called Quest, The Love Movement, 1998 on Jive](https://goatless.org/2025/05/02/a-tribe-called-quest-the-love-movement-1998-on-jive) - Fifth studio album from Tribe, and the last released before Phife Dawg died in 2016 from complications related to diabetes. Tribe announced they were disbanding a month before the album was released. Guests include Busta Rhymes, Redman, Mos Def, Leaders of the New School and Kid Hood. Production by The Ummah (which included Q-Tip and
- [Fleshtones, Roman Gods, 1981 on IRS Records](https://goatless.org/2025/05/01/fleshtones-roman-gods-1981-on-irs-records) - Debut album from Queens New York's own The Fleshtones (credited as just Fleshtones here). This included the song - "Shadow-line (to J. Conrad)" - that was included in Urgh, a Music War!. Artwork by Carl Grasso. Produced by Richard Mazda and recorded (mostly) in New York at Skyline Studios. I.R.S. was one of my favorite
- [David Bromberg, My Own House, 1978 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2025/04/30/david-bromberg-my-own-house-1978-on-fantasy) - Bromberg's 9th album as a solo artist, from 1978 - his first on Fantasy after three great Columbia records in the seventies. Bromberg is one of my favorite musicians I feel doesn't get enough attention. Fewer guest stars here than some of his other albums, but still excellent music from Bromberg, including a number of
- [Jim Sullivan, U.F.O., 1969 on Monnie Records](https://goatless.org/2025/04/29/jim-sullivan-u-f-o-1969-on-monnie-records) - im Sullivan's U.F.O. originally came out on Monnie back in 1969 (basically a self-funded pressing), and then was reissued with the title Jim Sullivan (with a different mix) by Century City Records in 1970. It was out of print until Light in the Attic reissued it in 2010, forty years later. Sullivan famously disappeared in
- [Sonny Clark Trio, Sonny Clark Trio, 1958 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2025/04/28/sonny-clark-trio-sonny-clark-trio-1958-on-blue-note) - Sonny Clark with Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums - recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1957 in Hackensack. Liner notes by Leonard Feather, cover designed by Reid Miles. Love these renditions of "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Two Bass Hit" - and the "I'll Remember April" with
- [Tinsley Ellis, Devil May Care, 2022 on Alligator Records](https://goatless.org/2025/04/26/tinsley-ellis-devil-may-care-2022-on-alligator-records) - Blues traditionalist Tinsley Ellis continues to put out great records, this time (once again) on Alligator Records. This one is all originals, recorded at the Rock House in Nashville and produced by studio ower Kevin McKendree who also plays organ and piano. My signed copy on red vinyl direct from the artist at a show
- [The Rave-Ups, Chance, 1990 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/04/25/the-rave-ups-chance-1990-on-epic) - The Rave-Ups are likely best known as the band in Pretty in Pink. (Molly Ringwald's sister Beth was in a relationship with Jimmer Podrasky, and Ringwald brought John Hughes to see the band). This was their third and last studio album of the first go 'round (they put out a new album in 2022 on
- [Squeeze, East Side Story, 1981 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/04/24/squeeze-east-side-story-1981-on-am) - Squeeze's fourth studio LP, between 1980's Argybargy and 1982's Sweets from a Stranger. This was the first album after Jools Holland departed, replaced by Paul Carrack, who provided lead vocals on "Tempted." Produced by Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian, except for "In Quintessence" which was produced by Dave Edmunds. My copy, via Academy Records in
- [Supertramp, Breakfast in America, 1979 on A&M.](https://goatless.org/2025/04/23/supertramp-breakfast-in-america-1979-on-am) - Though I imagine it's the one Supertramp album most folks could name, this was their sixth LP. It's got "The Logical Song" "Goodbye Stranger" and "Take the Long Way Home" - all Billboard Top 100 singles. Love the iconic cover with the twin towers of the World Trade Center and Kate Murtagh in statue-of-liberty-as-waitress pose.
- [The Jeff Beck Group, Beck-Ola, 1969 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/04/22/the-jeff-beck-group-beck-ola-1969-on-epic) - Beck's second studio LP, following Truth, and credited to the Jeff Beck Group. The cover is René Magritte's "The Listening Room." Ron Wood on bass, Rod Stewart on vocals, Nicky Hopkins piano and Tony Newman on drums. My copy - a 1969 Epic pressing - via a private sale. Amazing record in great shape despite
- [Horace Silver, Horace Silver Trio, 1956 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2025/04/21/horace-silver-horace-silver-trio-1956-on-blue-note) - BLP 1520, originally released in 1956. Horace Silver on piano with Art Blakey on drums and three different bass players on different cuts: Gene Ramey, Curly Russell, and Percy Heath. Compiles recordings from two earlier 10" releases: 1953's New Faces - New Sounds and 1954's Vol. 2. Sabu Martinez joins on "Message from Kenya." Excellent
- [Marvin Gaye, What's Going On Live, 2019 on Tamla / Motown / UMe](https://goatless.org/2025/04/19/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-live-2019-on-tamla-motown-ume) - Recorded in 1972 but not released until 2019. More of an album for completists, this is the first time Gaye had performed in a number of years (since the death of Tammi Terrell). It's a bit uneven - sort of like a live rehearsal bootleg - but worth picking up if you're a big fan
- [Cat Power, Jukebox, 2008 on Matador](https://goatless.org/2025/04/18/cat-power-jukebox-2008-on-matador) - Eighth studio album from Cat Power, mostly covers with two originals mixed in. Pretty eclectic selection of tunes to cover, from Kander & Ebb's "New York" through Hank Williams and The Highwaymen, to Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Joni Mitchell - plus Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain." Chan Marshall is joined by Erik Paparazzi, Jim White, Judah
- [Tori Amos, Unde the Pink, 1994 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/04/17/tori-amos-unde-the-pink-1994-on-atlantic) - Amos' sophomore album every bit as compelling and memorable as her debut Little Earthquakes. Very much also on repeat throughout the Eckman household in the 1990s - I can still sing every word of many of these songs: Pretty Good Year, God, Past the Mission, The Waitress, Cornflake Girl. Whenever I find myself in an
- [Fleshtones, Up Front, 1980 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2025/04/16/fleshtones-up-front-1980-on-i-r-s-records) - First EP Fleshtones issued, before the release of Roman Gods. Fleshtones were Bill Milhizer, Jan Marek Pakulski, Keith Streng, and Peter Zaremba. Miles Copeland signed them to IRS Records, and got them on Urgh! A Music War. Zaremba may be better known to some as the host of I.R.S. Records Presents the Cutting Edge on
- [Herbie Hancock, Sextant, 1973 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/04/15/herbie-hancock-sextant-1973-on-columbia) - 1973's Sextant was the last LP with the so-called Mwandishi-era sextet: Bennie Maupin, Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart. It was also his debut on Columbia after Blue Note and Warner Bros. Columbia would also release Head Hunters later the same year. Great, funky collection - side 2 is one track, the
- [Johnny Winter, Johnny Winter, 1969 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/04/14/johnny-winter-johnny-winter-1969-on-columbia) - Johnny Winter's self-titled official debut album (The Progressive Blues Experiment came out the year before as a kind of unauthorized debut on Sonobeat, then sold to Imperial). Mix of blues standard covers ("Good Morning Little School Girl," "I'll Drown in My Own Tears," and "Mean Mistreater") along with Johnny Winter originals. Winter produced, and is
- [Brandy Clark, Your Life is a Record, 2020 on Warner Records / Slate Creek](https://goatless.org/2025/04/12/brandy-clark-your-life-is-a-record-2020-on-warner-records-slate-creek) - Clark's third studio LP, produced by Jay Joyce. Includes "Bigger Boat" (a duet with Randy Newman) and "Who You Thought I Was." I think Clark is a fantastic modern songwriter rooted in classic country storytelling and worldplay. This is a bit more aimed at mainstream pop audiences, but I think it's very successful. We're either
- [Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes, 1992 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/04/11/tori-amos-little-earthquakes-1992-on-atlantic) - Tori Amos' debut album from 1992. I had this CD (and Under the Pink) on constant repeat through graduate school - happy to finally get a copy on vinyl. What an amazing album - still gives me chills 30+ years later. "Me and a Gun" of course, but also "Silent All These Years," "China," "Precious
- [Beat Surrender, Foundation, 1985 on Shake Records](https://goatless.org/2025/04/10/beat-surrender-foundation-1985-on-shake-records) - Beat Surrender (this one at least - there are many things by that name including the Jam's last single) was a Boston band made up of Paul Souza, Jackson White, David Matthews, and Ted Lyon. Check out that 1985 look on the back cover! Paul Souza went on to be in The Velveteen Playboys and
- [Labelle, Nightbirds, 1974 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/04/09/labelle-nightbirds-1974-on-epic) - Labelle were a trio including Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash, and grew out of Patti Labelle and the Bluebells. They are the original "Lady Marmalade" power trio - and this was their best-selling album. Allen Toussaint produced and The Meters supplement (replace?) Labelle's usual band. My copy is the January 2024 Vinyl Me
- [The Oscar Peterson Trio, Con Alma: Live in Lugano, 1964 on Mack Avenue / Two Lions](https://goatless.org/2025/04/08/the-oscar-peterson-trio-con-alma-live-in-lugano-1964-on-mack-avenue-two-lions) - First released in 2023, this set was recorded at Teatro Apollo in Lugano Switzerland by RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera (the Swiss Broadcasting subsidary covering Italian speaking Switzerland) on May 26, 1964. Mack Avenue Records is a Detroit label founded by Gretchen Valade who gets executive producer credit here. Two Lions is a label Peterson's widow Kelly
- [Bessie Smith, Any Woman's Blues, 1970 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/04/07/bessie-smith-any-womans-blues-1970-on-columbia) - This is was the second in a series of five 2xLP releases on Columbia in 1970-1972 that covered Smith's recordings for the label. These recordings were made between September 1923 and March 1930, all recorded in New York. Piano by Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams, Irving Johns, James Price Johnson, and Jimmy Jones. Other musicians include
- [Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Hard Travelin': songs by Woody Guthrie and others, 1977 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2023/08/24/ramblin-jack-elliott-hard-travelin-songs-by-woody-guthrie-and-others-1977-on-fantasy) - This is really a 2xLP reissue of two Prestige records: Jack Elliott Sings The Songs of Woody Guthrie (1960) and Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1961). Fantasy purchased the catalog of Prestige, Riverside, and Milestone in the early seventies. My copy is a pressing from some time in the 80s with the blue Fantasy labels, which I
- [Bauhaus, Burning From The Inside, 1983 on Beggars Banquet / A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/04/19/bauhaus-burning-from-the-inside-1983-on-beggars-banquet-am) - Quite a shift from yesterday's post of Oscar Peterson's Return Engagement to Bauhaus, but that's the joy of a diverse collection. I was just a touch too late to find Bauhaus - by the time I was a fan in the mid-eighties they'd already splintered into the many follow-on groups (Tones on Tail, Love &
- [Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions), 2020 on High Top Mountain Records](https://goatless.org/2025/03/21/sturgill-simpson-cuttin-grass-vol-1-the-butcher-shoppe-sessions-2020-on-high-top-mountain-records) - Sturgill Simpson is one of my favorite contemporary artists, who generally gets classified as a Country artist but here breaks out into bluegrass. The Butcher Shoppe is actually a studio in Nashville set up by David Ferguson and John Prine. (There's also a Nashville studio called The Butcher Shop, operated by Butch Walker). The band
- [Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin' Grass Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions, 2020 on High Top Mountain](https://goatless.org/2025/03/28/sturgill-simpson-cuttin-grass-vol-2-the-cowboy-arms-sessions-2020-on-high-top-mountain) - Follow up to Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1, released a couple of months later. More bluegrass renditions of Simpson's catalog. The band again includes many well known bluegrass musicians: Stuart Duncan, Sierra Hull, Miles Miller, Mark Howard, Tim O'Brien, Scott Vestal,and Mike Bub. Although there isn't an explicit recorded-at credit, The Cowboy Arms is Jack Clement's
- [Self-titled sophomore album by The Band (aka the brown album) 1969. Another find from @millno5](https://goatless.org/2019/10/30/self-titled-sophomore-album-by-the-band-aka-the-brown-album-1969-another-find-from-millno5) - Self-titled sophomore album by The Band (aka the brown album) 1969. Another find from @millno5 @the_band_official
- [Tinsley Ellis, Naked Truth, 2024 on Alligator Records](https://goatless.org/2025/04/05/tinsley-ellis-naked-truth-2024-on-alligator-records) - Tinsley Ellis has put out over 20 albums between 1982 and 2024, including more than a dozen on Chicago's Alligator Records, one of my favorite blues labels (founded in 1971). This, his latest, Includes "Grown Ass Man" (which I think should probably be "grown-ass man" since it's really a compound adjective, isn't it?) as well
- [Bill Frisell, Have a Little Faith, 1993 on Elektra Nonesuch](https://goatless.org/2025/04/04/bill-frisell-have-a-little-faith-1993-on-elektra-nonesuch) - Frisell on guitar, joined by Don Byron (clarinet, bass clarinet), Guy Klucevskek (accordion), Kermit Driscoll (bass), and Joey Baron (drums). Covers a wide variety of sounds here including some Aaron Copeland from his ballet Billy the Kid, two excepts from Charles Ive's orchestral Three Places in New England, plus Dylan, Muddy Waters, Sonny Rollins, and
- [Squeeze, Sweets From a Stranger, 1982 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2025/04/03/squeeze-sweets-from-a-stranger-1982-on-am) - Fifth studio album from Squeeze, this one including Don Snow, John Bentley, and Gilson Lavis alongside Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. and featuring "Black Coffee in Bed" with backing vocals from Elvis Costello and Paul Young. Lover the overlay flap on the front - "When it comes to Squeeze, they can't be called 'critics'" -
- [Nick Lowe, Labour of Lust, 1979 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/04/02/nick-lowe-labour-of-lust-1979-on-columbia) - Second album released under the Nick Lowe name, recorded with the same personnel from Rockpile and in the same year as Dave Edmunds' Repeat When Necessary. The US and UK versions have different track list - this is the US version, including "American Squirm" as track A4. This has "Cruel To Be Kind" which became
- [Grateful Dead, Anthem of the Sun, 1968 on Warner Bros / Seven Arts](https://goatless.org/2025/04/01/grateful-dead-anthem-of-the-sun-1968-on-warner-bros-seven-arts) - Second LP from the Dead, assembled together by Garcia and Lesh out of a mixture of live and studio recordings to make a new hybrid. Very much a psychedelic and experimental record, as the cover and song titles would suggest. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2023, which was manufactured for Rhino.
- [Thelonious Monk, The Unique Thelonious Monk, 1956 on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2025/03/31/thelonious-monk-the-unique-thelonious-monk-1956-on-riverside) - Monk recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, with Oscar Pettiford on bass and Art Blakey on drums, produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer - originally Riverside RLP 12-209 with a different cover. My copy, via Academy Records in NYC, is the 1983 reissue in the Original Jazz Classics series, issued by Fantasy which acquired the
- [Men At Work, Cargo, 1983 on Columbia.](https://goatless.org/2020/11/22/men-at-work-cargo-1983-on-columbia) - Men At Work, Cargo, 1983 on Columbia. Their second album: It's A Mistake, Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive, Overkill - they were not one hit wonders after Who Can It Be Now or a novelty act after Down Under, though Australia did seem rather far off and cool. Colin Hay, the late Greg Ham, Ron
- [Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Spring is Spring, 1963 on Philips](https://goatless.org/2024/01/06/gerry-mulligan-quartet-spring-is-spring-1963-on-philips) - I'm a huge fan of Gerry Mulligan, from his days with Miles Davis and Chet Baker and all the various quartets and orchestras. This is Mulligan with Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone), Bill Crow (bass), and Gus Johnson (drums), recorded in 1962. Philips as a label (you may know them more from health care technology) was
- [Charlie Parker, The Mercury & Clef 10-inch LP Collection](https://goatless.org/2025/02/10/charlie-parker-the-mercury-clef-10-inch-lp-collection) - This 2021 box collects / reproduces the 10" LPs put out in the early 1950s: Charlie Parker With Strings (1950) Charlie Parker With Strings #2 (1954) Bird and Diz (1952) Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1952) Charlie Parker (1954) I don't normally collect 10" records, but got a good deal on this box,
- [Potential 10upper?](https://goatless.org/2018/06/08/potential-10upper) - Potential 10upper?
- [Marty Stuart, Busy Bee Cafe, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records](https://goatless.org/2024/08/13/marty-stuart-busy-bee-cafe-1982-on-sugar-hill-records) - No, that's not the same Sugar Hill that put out Rapper's Delight - it's a folk/bluegrass label out of North Carolina, later merged in Concord and now Rounder. Although Stuart's recorded output starts in the 80s, he spent years touring with Lester Flatt and in Johnny Cash's road band. This was his second album, the
- [Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records.](https://goatless.org/2020/07/25/grandmaster-flash-the-furious-five-the-message-1982-on-sugar-hill-records) - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. My intro to socially conscious hip-hop, circa 1982. "It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under"
- [Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records.](https://goatless.org/2022/06/17/various-artists-street-beats-1984-on-sugar-hill-records) - Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records. There are many versions of this comp - some 1LP as Vol 1 or Vol 2, some called Street Beat, etc. Great compilation of early eighties hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Cash Crew, Kevin Kev. Get out your parachute pants and cardboard - time to
- [Erykah Badu, Worldwide Underground, 2003 on Motown](https://goatless.org/2025/03/27/erykah-badu-worldwide-underground-2003-on-motown) - This was Badu's third album, following Baduizm (1997) and Mama's Gun (2000). It was produced by Freakquency (Badu along with Rashad Smith, James Poyser, and RC Williams) and features dead prez (Stic Man and M1) on "The Grind." Lenny Kravitz guests on guitar, Roy Hargrove on trumpet and vocals, and Queen Latifah, Angie Stone, and
- [Townes Van Zandt, At My Window, 1987 on Sugar Hill](https://goatless.org/2025/03/26/townes-van-zandt-at-my-window-1987-on-sugar-hill) - Van Zandt's eighth studio album and only one recorded in the 1980s, originally released on the bluegrass label Sugar Hill. I never miss a chance to pick up a Townes Van Zandt record in good shape. Recorded at Jack Clement's studio in Nashville ("Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa") and produced by Clement and Jim
- [Tom Waits, Closing Time, 1973 on Asylum](https://goatless.org/2025/03/25/tom-waits-closing-time-1973-on-asylum) - Tom Waits' debut album, after David Geffen met him performing at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Amazing how fully-formed Waits is here, kicking off his debut album with "Ol' 55" and "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You" - all originals. Tom Waits always feels to me like he could have come
- [Junior Wells, It's My Life, Baby, 1966 on Vanguard](https://goatless.org/2025/03/24/junior-wells-its-my-life-baby-1966-on-vanguard) - Junior Wells' sophomore album, released on Vanguard in 1966 after Hoodoo Man Blues came out on Delmark. From the liner notes: Some of this album, Junior Wells' first solo record for Vanguard, was recorded in Pepper's Lounge on Chicago's south side, to get the feeling of a blues band working with its blues audience. The
- [Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction at the Royale Boston, March 7th, 2025](https://goatless.org/2025/03/17/michael-shannon-jason-narducy-and-friends-play-r-e-m-s-fables-of-the-reconstruction-at-the-royale-boston-march-7th-2025) - I missed the last Shannon-Narducy recreate R.E.M. tour, when they came through doing Murmur at the Sinclair. This time I was not going to miss out. The band includes Jon Wurster (who's played with Bob Mould, Superchunk, and The Mountain Goats) on drums, John Stirratt (of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco) on bass, Dag Juhlin (Poi
- [Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve, March 1st 2025 at the Cabot](https://goatless.org/2025/03/16/elvis-costello-steve-nieve-march-1st-2025-at-the-cabot) - Last time Elvis Costello came through Beverly and did a show at the Cabot I didn't manage to get tickets. This time, as a member, I was able to score a great seat in front row balcony. The Costello & Nieve 2025 tour announced 15 nights in February and March: I can't vet all the
- [Camouflage, Voices & Images, 1988 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/03/20/camouflage-voices-images-1988-on-atlantic) - Camouflage were a synth-pop trio from Bietigheim-Bissingen in West Germany (near Stuttgart). Voices & Images was their debut album and included "The Great Commandment" which was a hit in Germany and broke through to the US. My copy via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, has the gold promo stamp and a hype sticker listing the
- [Nick Lowe, Pure Pop for Now People, 1978 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/03/19/nick-lowe-pure-pop-for-now-people-1978-on-columbia) - Issued as Jesus of Cool in the UK and elsewhere, but as Pure Pop for Now People in the US and Canada. this was NIck Lowe's solo debut. The track list also differs between the North American and European releases. Yep Rock put out an expanded reissue in the US in 2008 under the name
- [Oscar Peterson Trio, 1961 Cologne Gürzenich Concert Hall, 2011 on Jazzline](https://goatless.org/2025/03/18/oscar-peterson-trio-1961-cologne-gurzenich-concert-hall-2011-on-jazzline) - Part of a series of Jazzline releases called WDR The Cologne Broadcasts, which collects concerts recorded by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (German public radio), including this 1961 appearance of the classic Oscar Peterson Trio with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown. Recorded at the Gürzenich on April 11th, 1961 by an unkown recording engineer and mastered by Thomas
- [Billie Holiday, Songs for Distingué Lovers, 1958 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2025/03/17/billie-holiday-songs-for-distingue-lovers-1958-on-verve) - Great set of recordings, with liner notes by Norman Granz. No real detail on the sessions on the record itself, but apparently recorded during sessions in January 1957 in Hollywood - the same sessions that yielded All or Nothing at All and Body and Soul. Wonderful versions of "Stars Fell on Alabama" and "One For
- [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2021/05/15/crosby-stills-nash-young-4-way-street-1971-on-atlantic) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic Picked up this copy recently - its a 2019 reissue that came out on Record Store Day. Its a three LP version of the 1992 CD release - sides 5 and 6 containing the additional tracks not part of the original 2 LP release
- [Nat King Cole, From The Very Beginning, 1973 on MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/03/10/nat-king-cole-from-the-very-beginning-1973-on-mca) - Although this was released in 1973, the recordings collected were originally recorded between 1936 and 1941 and had been released earlier by Decca, credited to King Cole Trio and Eddie Cole's Solid Swingers. The tracks credited to Eddie Cole's Solid Swingers feature Eddie Cole (Nat's older brother) on bass and Jimmy Adams on drums -
- [Guadalcanal Diary, Flip Flop, 1989 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2025/03/14/guadalcanal-diary-flip-flop-1989-on-elektra) - The fourth and final (original) full length from Marietta Georgia's Guadalcanal Diary. Guadalcanal Diary is kind of the most underappreciated indie 80s band from Georgia - they weren't R.E.M. or the B-52s or Pylon or even Let's Active, but this is a great album. It takes some guts to label one side of your fourth
- [Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1960 Essen Grugahalle, 2010 on Jazzline](https://goatless.org/2025/03/12/dave-brubeck-quartet-1960-essen-grugahalle-2010-on-jazzline) - Brubeck with Paul Desmond, Gene Wright, and Joe Morello, recorded live in Essen Germany (at the Grugahalle) in 1960. Jazzline is a German label, and has a series of "WDR Original Masters" recorded by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) which is basically West German NPR/PBS - a public service radio and TV broadcaster. These are great
- [Various Artists, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records, 2021 on Craft](https://goatless.org/2025/03/11/various-artists-rip-it-up-the-best-of-specialty-records-2021-on-craft) - Craft Recordings release from 2021 - but all the original recordings are from the 1950s (and a few from the 40s). Wonderful collection - the Little Richard tracks are likely the most well known, but I love the early Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield, Lloyd Price, and Jesse & Marvin. Tracklist: Lloyd Price– Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- [Silk Sonic, An Evening with Silk Sonic, 2021 on Aftermath / Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/03/07/silk-sonic-an-evening-with-silk-sonic-2021-on-aftermath-atlantic) - Super duo with Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, with special guest "host" Bootsy Collins. So far this is their only full length LP, but "Leave the Door Open" won a ton of awards. It's a wonderful album and I hope the first of many more to come. My copy via a record fair at Mill
- [Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at the Shrine, 2018 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2025/03/06/ella-fitzgerald-ella-at-the-shrine-2018-on-verve) - Previously unreleased live appearance by Ella at the Shrine auditorium in LA January 21st, 1956 - making it two weeks earlier than Ella at Zardi's: Verve Records, celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's 100th birthday in 2017, released at the end of that year Ella At Zardi's - a vibrant, previously unreleased album recorded during a two-week stint
- [Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin](https://goatless.org/2025/03/05/heaven-17-the-luxury-gap-1983-on-virgin) - Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League - Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17. This was their second studio album (and best selling album) - with the single "Temptation" being the best known hit. My copy, via Pitchfork
- [Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson and Family, 1971 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2025/03/04/willie-nelson-willie-nelson-and-family-1971-on-rca-victor) - Nelson's 12th studio album, while he was still at RCA Records, before moving to Atlantic. Some covers – "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Sunday Mornin' Coming Down," "Fire and Rain," and "Today I Started Loving You Again" – as well as some Nelson originals like "I Can Cry Again" and "That's Why I Love
- [Bill Evans, Live at the Village Vanguard, 1967 on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2025/03/03/bill-evans-live-at-the-village-vanguard-1967-on-riverside) - This is actually a reissue of what originally came out in 1961 (also on Riverside) as Sunday at the Village Vanguard, credited to the Bill Evans Trio "featuring Scott La Faro." La Faro died in a car accident less than two weeks after the gig was recorded. Evans on piano, La Faro on bass, and
- [The Replacements, Don't Tell a Soul, 1989 on Sire / Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/02/13/the-replacements-dont-tell-a-soul-1989-on-sire-reprise) - This was the Replacements first album with Slim Dunlop replacing Bob Stinson on guitar. It was recorded in LA, produced by Matt Wallace and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, purportedly in an attempt to be more radio friendly, though Westerberg said he preferred the rougher approach of other 'mats albums. I think it's a wonderful album
- [The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor.](https://goatless.org/2022/11/10/the-jam-beat-surrender-1982-on-polydor) - The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor. The final Jam single, here the 12" US EP version, with covers of thr Chi-Lites "Stoned out of My Mind", Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up" and Edwin Starr's "War" Via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
- [David Bowie, The Lost Sessions, Vol 1, 2020 on Parachute Recording Company](https://goatless.org/2025/02/21/david-bowie-the-lost-sessions-vol-1-2020-on-parachute-recording-company) - Another Parachute Recording Company release, which collects radio broadcasts subject to different copyrights in the EU. In this case, that includes appearances Bowie made on: Radio Caroline 1966 Top Gear, December 18th, 1967 DLT Show, October 20th, 1969 The Sunday Show, Feb 5th, 1970 Sounds of the Seventies, March 25th, 1970 As is not uncommon
- [Steve Earle, Guitar Town, 1986 on MCA Records](https://goatless.org/2025/02/20/steve-earle-guitar-town-1986-on-mca-records) - Earle's debut album from the mid-eighties - note the proud "Digital Recording" stamp on the cover (where now you'd see "All Analog" promoted). Topped the country charts, and the title single made #7 on the country singles charts. I think Earle's really matured into a wonderful elder statesman of a certain kind of roots /
- [T. Rex, T. Rextasy: The Best of T. Rex, 1970-1973, 1985 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/02/19/t-rex-t-rextasy-the-best-of-t-rex-1970-1973-1985-on-warner-bros) - Mid-eighties compilation of T. Rex. Between 1970 and 1973, the band had eleven top 10 singles in the UK - including many here. Produced by Tony Visconti. I came to T. Rex indirectly through The Replacements (who covered "20th Century Boy" on Let it Be), Bauhaus (who covered "Telegram Sam") and The Power Station (who
- [Neil Young, Neil Young, 1969 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/02/18/neil-young-neil-young-1969-on-reprise) - Young's debut solo album. It can be tricky to keep all the chronology straight here, as someone who came to Young much later in his career - but this is following his departure from Buffalo Springfield and before the first Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young record. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (with Crazy Horse) was
- [Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella & Louis: Complete Studio Small Group Recordings, 2015 on Waxtime](https://goatless.org/2025/02/17/ella-fitzgerald-louis-armstrong-ella-louis-complete-studio-small-group-recordings-2015-on-waxtime) - Waxtime is sometimes a controversial label. Based on some differences between US and EU copyright law, they're releasing classic jazz recordings without explicit access o the source material. This means they might be working from a CD, or even a needle-drop on a good vinyl copy- but the source material is more or less unofficial.
- [Dessa, Bury the Lede, 2023 on Doomtree Records](https://goatless.org/2025/02/14/dessa-bury-the-lede-2023-on-doomtree-records) - Dessa is a part of the hip-hop collective Doomtree out of MInneapolis - great collection of artists and she is (for me) one of the standouts. She was also cohost of the Deeply Human podcast in 2021-2022. My copy is a signed red-vinyl "Collector's Edition" via Waterloo Records in Austin TX. Unfortunately my copy did
- [Junior Walker and the All-Stars, Anthology, 1974 on Motown](https://goatless.org/2025/02/12/junior-walker-and-the-all-stars-anthology-1974-on-motown) - While many folks only know Walker and the All-Stars via their first and biggest hit, "Shotgun," this 2xLP release collects recordings from 1965-1973 - good way to get to know more of their catalog. Motown issued a whole series of Anthology releases in the mid-seventies - mostly 2xLP releases of collections from their best selling
- [Bill Evans, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, 1967 (aka Bill Evans Trio, Moon Beams, 1962) on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2025/02/11/bill-evans-polka-dots-and-moonbeams-1967-aka-bill-evans-trio-moon-beams-1962-on-riverside) - This 1967 reissue of the 1962 album Moon Beams (which was credited to the Bill Evans Trio) is credited to Bill Evans and retitled to Polka Dots and Moonbeams - also given a new cover. (The original cover featured Nico, years before her time with the Velvet Underground). Personnel here include Chuck Israels on bass
- [Neil Young with Crazy Horse, World Record, 2022 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2025/02/07/neil-young-with-crazy-horse-world-record-2022-on-reprise) - Great to have Neil Young put out a new album in 2022, his fifteenth with Crazy Horse (including Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, and Billy Talbot). Neil Young Archives Official Release Series (NYA ORS) 52. Recorded at Shangri-La in Malibu (Rick Rubin's studio), and produced by Rubin and Young. Recorded and mastered all analog, as you
- [Peter Buck, Warzone Earth, 2015 on Mississippi Records](https://goatless.org/2025/02/06/peter-buck-warzone-earth-2015-on-mississippi-records) - This is the third solo album from the former R.E.M. guitarist, all on Portland OR's Mississippi Records. Frequent Buck collaborators present here include Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, and William Rieflin. Buck's wife Chloe Johnson adds harmony vocals on "Saturday Sunday Monday" and Jeff Tweedy guests on "World Spins Around You." It's a mixed bag -
- [Wham!, Make it Big, 1984 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/02/05/wham-make-it-big-1984-on-columbia) - This was the second studio album from the duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley - the first, Fantastic!, didn't make much of an impression in the US, but this album was unavoidable in the mid-80s. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" seemed to come on MTV every hour for a year. "Careless Whisper" maybe
- [Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, 1962 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/02/03/bob-dylan-bob-dylan-1962-on-columbia) - Dylan's debut album - what a wonderful record. I've had multiple different copies, trying to find the best balance of pressing and condition. My current one is a repressing with the Columbia label with gold type around the outside, which was in use from the 70s into the 90s. The "PC 8579" means it was
- [Edgar Winter's White Trash, Roadwork, 1972 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2025/02/04/edgar-winters-white-trash-roadwork-1972-on-epic) - Double LP, recorded live at three venues: The Apollo Theater and the Academy of Music in NYC, and the Whiskey a Go Go in LA. The band here includes Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter (a "special appearance"), Rick Derringer, Jon Smith, Randy Hobbs, Jerry Lacroix, Bobby Ramirez, and Mike McClellan. Great 17 minute version of "Tobacco
- [Gerry Mulligan, California Concerts, 1955 on Pacific Jazz](https://goatless.org/2025/01/31/gerry-mulligan-california-concerts-1955-on-pacific-jazz) - Collection of live recordings featuring the Gerry Mulligan Quartet on the A-Side and the Gerry Mulligan Sextet on the B-Side. The quartet here is with Jon Eardley, Red Mitchell, and Chico Hamilton; the sextet with Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, and Larry Bunker with Eardly and Mitchell. The A-side was recorded at Stockton High School in
- [Old Crow Medicine Show, Paint This Town, 2022 on ATO](https://goatless.org/2025/01/30/old-crow-medicine-show-paint-this-town-2022-on-ato) - Seventh full length studio album from Old Crow Medicine Show, recorded in their own studio (Hartland) in East Nashville, TN. Molly Tuttle guests on banjo on "Bombs Away." My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX, is one with blue sky and yellow flowers - different versions exist with purple, blue, and red variations of
- [David Bowie, Unplugged & Slightly Phased: Acoustic Broadcasts 1996, 2021 on Parachute Recording Company](https://goatless.org/2025/01/28/david-bowie-unplugged-slightly-phased-acoustic-broadcasts-1996-2021-on-parachute-recording-company) - Basically a live bootleg, this collects Bowie's appearances at the October 1996 Bridge School Benefit. Parachute Recording Company labels these things as radio transmissions based on the difference in copyright law regarding things broadcast in the UK (and maybe the EU?). It was previously released as a bootleg under multiple names by different labels -
- [The Waterboys, Out of All This Blue, 2017 on BMG](https://goatless.org/2025/01/29/the-waterboys-out-of-all-this-blue-2017-on-bmg) - Mike Scott, the creative force behind The Waterboys, has continued to make interesting music and evolve their sound - here incorporating more contemporary pop sounds. It's a double album, with a third record of "blue variations." Some of the tracks have lots of instrumentation (strings, brass, overdubs) and some seem to be recorded on the
- [Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay, 1982 on Albion.](https://goatless.org/2020/10/25/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
- [The Waterboys, Self-Titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis.](https://goatless.org/2022/03/18/the-waterboys-self-titled-lp-1986-on-chrysalis) - The Waterboys, self-titled LP, 1986 on Chrysalis. In the UK, this came out in 1983 (on the Chicken Jazz label) , and was followed later by the 1984 self-titled EP (five songs). In the US, the EP came out first and this LP followed in 1986. Still sounds fresh to me - could come out
- [Cat Power, Covers, 2022 on Domino](https://goatless.org/2024/01/18/cat-power-covers-2022-on-domino) - Chan Marshall's third album of covers. Like the previous two, it includes a re-recording of one of her own - the song "Hate" covered here as "Unhate." Favorites for me include The Replacements' "Here Comes a Regular," Nico's "These Days." and Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." My copy is the
- [The Replacements; Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash; 1981 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2025/01/27/the-replacements-sorry-ma-forgot-to-take-out-the-trash-1981-on-twin-tone) - This was the debut album of Minneapolis' own The Replacements, in all its ragged glory. Somehow - likely because of how I acquired them - I'd always thought that Stink! (the EP) came out before Sorry, Ma - but it was the other way 'round. I don't usually by CDs these days, but this reissue
- [Willie Dixon, Mighty Earthquake And Hurricane, 1984 on PA USA](https://goatless.org/2025/01/16/willie-dixon-mighty-earthquake-and-hurricane-1984-on-pa-usa) - Though one doesn't normally think of Dixon as an eighties artist (he started putting out recordings in the late 50s) he was still making great music into the 80s before passing in 1992. He also toured behind his album well into his 60s. The band here includes Freddie Dixon (bass), Jimmy Tillman (drums), John Watkins
- [Various Artists, Heavy Soul, 1972 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2025/01/24/various-artists-heavy-soul-1972-on-atlantic) - Great compilation of early seventies soul on Atlantic, including luminaries like Aretha Franklin, Sam & Dave, and King Curtis but also some lesser known folks (at least for me), including Dionne Warwick's sister Dee Dee Warwick (as Dede) and The Beginning of the End - something of a one-hit wonder with "Funky Nassau. " Love
- [Fleetwood Mac, In London [1968], 2010 on Lilith](https://goatless.org/2025/01/23/fleetwood-mac-in-london-1968-2010-on-lilith) - This is a bootleg that's been released under a number of names - originally "London Live '68" on Thunderbolt records. It was recorded at the Polytechnic of Central London, April 27th, 1968 - just a few months after their debut album. Lineup here is Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie. It's not
- [John Mayall, Jazz Blues Fusion, 1972 on Polydor](https://goatless.org/2023/08/25/john-mayall-jazz-blues-fusion-1972-on-polydor) - Mayall is joined here by Larry Taylor, Freddy Robinson, Ron Selico, Clifford Solomon and Blue Mitchell - adding sax and trumpet to his traditional blues approach. Recoded in Boston (venue unstated) November 18th, 1971 and then at Hunter College in New York on December 3rd and 4th. My copy via a record fair at Mill
- [Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, 1955 on Pacific Jazz](https://goatless.org/2025/01/22/gerry-mulligan-quartet-featuring-chet-baker-gerry-mulligan-quartet-1955-on-pacific-jazz) - This was a compilation of tracks previously issued on three different 10" records issued by Pacific Jazz in 1952 and 1953: PJ LP-1, PJ LP-2, and PJ LP-5. Besides Mulligan and Baker, the musicians include Larry Bunker or Chico Hamilton (drums) and Carson Smith or Bob Whitlock (bass). The cover painting is by Keith Finch,
- [Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Weathervanes, 2023 on Southeastern Records](https://goatless.org/2025/01/21/jason-isbell-and-the-400-unit-weathervanes-2023-on-southeastern-records) - Ninth studio full-length from Isbell and sixth with the 400 Unit - won the 2024 Grammy for Best Americana Album 2024, and "Cast Iron Skillet" won Best American Roots Song. Isbell produced, with assistance from Matt Pence. Recorded at Blackbird in Nashville. The subtitle (on the hype sticker) is "Life And Death Songs Played For
- [David Bowie, The Next Day, 2013 on ISO Records / Columbia](https://goatless.org/2025/01/20/david-bowie-the-next-day-2013-on-iso-records-columbia) - Bowie's penultimate release, coming three years before Blackstar and a decade after Reality. Produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, and recorded at The Magic Shop in New York City in 2011-2012. Musicians include Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard, Sterling Campbell, Zack Alford, and Gail Ann Dorsey. I love the cover, which starts with the cover of
- [Eels, Hombre Lobo (12 Songs of Desire), 2009 on E Works Records](https://goatless.org/2025/01/17/eels-hombre-lobo-12-songs-of-desire-2009-on-e-works-records) - Seventh full length from Mark Oliver Everett (aka "E") and Eels. Hombre Lobo as you might guess is Spanish for Werewolf. The MySpace Transmissions EP of live tracks was released to promote this release. Everything they do is just interesting and cool. There's also a documentary called Tremendous Dynamite: Making Hombre Loco if you buy
- [David Porter, . . . Into A Real Thing,  1971 on Enterprise](https://goatless.org/2025/01/15/david-porter-into-a-real-thing-1971-on-enterprise) - Porter was the staff songwriter for Stax - this was his second full length LP issued under his name, following up Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It. Enterprise was a sub-label of Stax, which also released the early Isaac Hayes solo albums. (Apparently label president Al Bell was a Star Trek fan). Wonderful early 70s Stax/Volt
- [Chet Baker, Albert's House, 1969 on Beverly Hills](https://goatless.org/2025/01/14/chet-baker-alberts-house-1969-on-beverly-hills) - One of Baker's releases following getting his teeth (allegedly) knocked out (see Born to Be Blue) - eleven songs composed by Steve Allen. Gets some pretty negative reviews - I'd agree it isn't Baker at his prime, but I'm closer to the Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide which gives is three out of five stars
- [Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet, Teo, 1957 on Prestige](https://goatless.org/2025/01/13/teo-macero-with-the-prestige-jazz-quartet-teo-1957-on-prestige) - Macero is likely best known as the producer of both Bitches Brew and Time Out but he was also a great saxophone player and composer. He made multiple albums with Mingus and cofounded the Jazz Composers Workshop. Here he is joined by Addison Farmer (bass), Jerry Segal (drums), Mal Waldron (piano), and Teddy Charles (vibes).
- [Aaron Neville, Like It Is (reissued as Humdinger), 1967 on Minit](https://goatless.org/2024/12/31/aaron-neville-like-it-is-reissued-as-humdinger-1967-on-minit) - Although this was released in 1967 on Minit (and Liberty in the UK) as Like It Is, my copy is a 1986 reissue titled as Humdinger, on Stateside (a UK label designed to reissue things from smaller American labels). As John Broven's sleeve notes (from 1986) put it: This album harks back to Aaron's first
- [Lucinda Williams, Bob's Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs, 2021 on Highway 20 Records](https://goatless.org/2025/01/10/lucinda-williams-bobs-back-pages-a-night-of-bob-dylan-songs-2021-on-highway-20-records) - Hard to imagine how you could go wrong with Lucinda Williams covering Dylan, and this collection delivers exactly as expected. Volume three of the Lu's Jukebox In Studio Concert Series (I've got the first three volumes of the seven). Side D is a etching of Williams, from the photo that was used for Runnin' Down
- [The Time, The Time (Self-Titled), 1981 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2025/01/09/the-time-the-time-self-titled-1981-on-warner-bros) - This was the debut LP from Morris Day and co, though they started playing together in the early seventies under different names. The band here still includes Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who went on to become a well-known producing duo, and guitarist Jesse Johnson who made some solo releases. While most folks know The
- [Rufus & Chaka, Masterjam, 1979 on MCA](https://goatless.org/2025/01/08/rufus-chaka-masterjam-1979-on-mca) - This was the eighth album by Rufus and their fifth with Chaka Khan. (They were Rufus, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, and Rufus & Chaka Khan in various releases). Produced by Quincy Jones, it's great late seventies funk/soul and went platinum, led by the single "Do You Love What You Feel." Rufus released their seventh album
- [Traffic, Traffic (Self-Titled), 1968 on United Artists / Island Records](https://goatless.org/2025/01/07/traffic-traffic-self-titled-1968-on-united-artists-island-records) - Released in 1968 on Island in the UK and United Artists in the US, this was actually their sophomore album, following after Mr. Fantasy. Dave Mason had left the band after the debut album but returned for this record. Wonderful version of "Feelin' Alright?" here if you only know the Joe Cocker version. My copy
- [Lou Donaldson, Blues Walk, 1958 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2025/01/06/lou-donaldson-blues-walk-1958-on-blue-note) - Great late 50s Blue Note album, with Donaldson joined by Peck Morrison on bass, Ray Barretto on congas, Dave Bailey on drums, and Herman Foster on piano. Sleeve notes by Ira Gitler. (Donaldson died last month - November 2024). I wasn't as familiar with Donaldson as some of his better known contemporaries, but he started
- [Wilco, Cousin, 2023 on dBpm](https://goatless.org/2025/01/03/wilco-cousin-2023-on-dbpm) - Wilco's 13th full length studio album, produced by Cate Le Bon, and recorded at the Loft in Chicago. The cover artwork is by Azuma Makoto - see Frozen Flowers 2023. Truly a fantastic Wilco album - if you've fallen off the Wilco train time to get back aboard. My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin
- [Rush, Exit . . . Stage Left, 1981 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2025/01/02/rush-exit-stage-left-1981-on-mercury) - Like many, I found Rush as teen (or maybe pre-teen?) and was immediately hooked by the aggressive musicality and complexity and the allusive nature of Peart's lyrics. Even the album title here is a reference to Snagglepuss (as well as a reference back to All The World's a Stage?). Still holds up as an amazing
- [McCoy Tyner, Trident, 1975 on Milestone](https://goatless.org/2025/01/01/mccoy-tyner-trident-1975-on-milestone) - Tyner (who plays harpsichord and celeste as well as piano) is joined here by Ron Carter (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums), and the album was produced by Orrin Keepnews. It was his eighth LP for Milestone after recording on Blue Note and Impulse! throughought the 60s. (Elvin Jones worked with Tyner in the John Coltrane
- [Chet Baker, Chet Baker in New York, 1958 on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2024/12/30/chet-baker-chet-baker-in-new-york-1958-on-riverside) - In something of the same vein as the West Coast / East Coast rap rivalry of 90s hip hop, the jazz scene in the 50s had a bit of a California vs New York thing happening. As the sleeve notes by Orrin Keepnews puts it: . . . during much of the 1950s considerable conversation
- [Ry Cooder, Borderline, 1980 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2024/12/23/ry-cooder-borderline-1980-on-warner-bros) - Cooder's 9th studio solo LP, with John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, Jesse Harms, George Pierre, Bobby King, Willie Green Jr., Reggie McBride, and Tim Drummond. Produced by Cooder with Leslie Morris. Personally I don't quite love this one as much as 1978's Jazz, but it is a really sold album including a cover of John Hiatt's
- [Eli Paperboy Reed, Down Every Road, 2022 on Yep Roc](https://goatless.org/2024/12/27/eli-paperboy-reed-down-every-road-2022-on-yep-roc) - Reed here covers Merle Haggard. Not exactly what you might expect from the blue-eyed soul singer, who I understand to be from Boston (graduated Brookline High in 2002) - but it is a wonderful set of versions. Liner notes by his dad, Howard Husock, pointing out that country music actually "grabbed 'E' first." Produced by
- [John Grant, Pale Green Ghosts, 2013 on Bella Union / Partisan Records](https://goatless.org/2024/12/26/john-grant-pale-green-ghosts-2013-on-bella-union-partisan-records) - In the US on Partisan Records, elsewhere on Bella Union, this was John Grant's second solo album, recorded in Reykjavik, with backing vocals from Sinéad O'Connor (credited as Mrs. John Grant). Grant is one of my favorite artists of last 15 years. He was in a band called the Czars in the 90s and first
- [Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers, Natural Boogie, 1974 on Alligator Records](https://goatless.org/2024/12/20/hound-dog-taylor-and-the-house-rockers-natural-boogie-1974-on-alligator-records) - Second record from Hound Dog Taylor and his band, originally issued as AL 4704. The band her includes Ted Harvey on drums and Brewer Phillips on 2nd guitar, with Hound Dog Taylor on lead guitar and vocals. (Their debut LP had been the first release on newly-formed Alligator in 1971). Great electrified Chicago blues. Unfortunately
- [Ike Quebec, Easy Living, 1987 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/12/19/ike-quebec-easy-living-1987-on-blue-note) - Though this was first released / issued by Blue Note in 1987, it was actually recorded in 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey, and represents that early 60s jazz era. It was originally going to be issued as BST-84103 - but the tracks on side one did ultimately make it on Blue
- [Dexter Gordon, Daddy Plays the Horn, 1956 on Bethlehem Records](https://goatless.org/2024/12/18/dexter-gordon-daddy-plays-the-horn-1956-on-bethlehem-records) - Wonderful mid-50s bop jazz record I'd have bought just for the cover illustration by Howard Stabin. Gordon is joined here by Kenny Drew on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Lawreance Marable on drums. Liner notes by Joseph Muranyi. This was recorded just after Gordon got out of prison at Chino and before being incarcerated
- [St. Paul and the Broken Bones, The Alien Coast, 2022 on ATO Records](https://goatless.org/2024/12/17/st-paul-and-the-broken-bones-the-alien-coast-2022-on-ato-records) - I'm a big fan of St. Paul and the Broken Bones since their debut album, Half the City, came out in 2014. On this record the 8-piece band is founders Paul Janeway and Jessie Phillips plus Al Gamble, Allen Bransetter, Amari Ansari, Browan Lollar, Chad Fisher, and Kevin Leon. This is their 4th studio full-length
- [David Byrne & St. Vincent, Love This Giant, 2012 on 4AD](https://goatless.org/2024/12/16/david-byrne-st-vincent-love-this-giant-2012-on-4ad) - Two of the most creative and eclectic artists and musicians collaborate here on a brass-band heavy record. (St. Vincent also contributed to Here Lies Love, Byrne's collaboration with Fatboy Slim - a concept album / rock musical about Imelda Marcos). The Dap-Kings and the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra join on "The One Who Broke Your Heart"
- [Old Crow Medicine Show Tiny Desk Concert](https://goatless.org/2024/12/04/old-crow-medicine-show-tiny-desk-concert) - Old Crow Medicine Show on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series:
- [Willie Nelson, Milk Cow Blues, 2000 on Island Records](https://goatless.org/2024/12/13/willie-nelson-milk-cow-blues-2000-on-island-records) - Originally released in 2000, but issued on vinyl for the first time in 2023, this is Willie singing the blues, with guests including Francine Reed, Keb' Mo', Jonny Lang, Dr. John, Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd (doing a mean "Texas Flood"). Mix of Wilie's own songs plus covers ("The Thrill is Gone."
- [Various Artists, A Very Special Christmas, 1987 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/12/12/various-artists-a-very-special-christmas-1987-on-am) - Long before Maria's "All I Want For Christmas" came this wonderful compilation to benefit Special Olympics International with a whos-who of mid-late 80s artists covering holiday songs: The Pointer Sisters - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear Bruce Springsteen and The E
- [Sly & The Family Stone, There's A Riot Going On, 1971 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/12/11/sly-the-family-stone-theres-a-riot-going-on-1971-on-epic) - Fifth studio LP from Sly and the Family Stone, recorded in 1970 and 1971. Includes "Family Affair" and the title track. Generally gets cited as a kind of turning point for the bad into darker and more experimental direction - more drum machines, more overdubbing, with Sly playing most (all?) of the album's instrumentation. Whatever
- [Otis Redding, The Immortal Otis Redding, 1968 on ATCO](https://goatless.org/2024/01/25/otis-redding-the-immortal-otis-redding-1968-on-atco) - The second of a number of posthumous releases that came after Redding died in December 1967 - recordings made during the spring, summer and fall of 1967. Atlantic owned the rights to Redding's catalog and all unreleased masters, so issued these albums under the ATCO label in the US. Personnel not credited on the release,
- [Otis Redding, The Dock Of The Bay, 1968 on Volt.](https://goatless.org/2024/12/10/otis-redding-the-dock-of-the-bay-1968-on-volt) - This was the first posthumous release after Redding died in 1967, and his seventh studio album. It collected some singles, b-sides, and previously released tracks, including the title track "(Sittin' On) The Doc of the Bay" which was cowritten by Steve Cropper and Redding. Also has a great version of "Nobody Knows You (When You're
- [Chet Baker, Chet, 1959 on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2024/12/09/chet-baker-chet-1959-on-riverside) - The labels carry a subtitle of "Ballads by Chet Baker," and the rear cover suggests "The lyrical trumpet of Chet Baker" but most people just call it Chet. Riverside RLP 12-299 (mono) and RLP 1135 (stereo). He's joined here by Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Herbie Mann, Bill Evans, and Philly Joe Jones / Connie Kay
- [Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings, 1956 on World Pacific Records](https://goatless.org/2024/07/22/chet-baker-chet-baker-sings-1956-on-world-pacific-records) - Chet Baker is on of my all time favorite jazz trumpeters and singers. The tone in both his trumpet and his voice is just amazing - subtle, warm, smooth. This recorded was recorded in LA (the Forum Teater & Capitol Studios) by Allan Emig and Phil Turetsky. Sleeve notes by Gerald Heard, pictured on the
- [Aqualung, Dead Letters, 2022 on Okey-Donkey](https://goatless.org/2024/12/06/aqualung-dead-letters-2022-on-okey-dokey) - First studio album from Matt Hales (aka Aqualung) in ~7 years. You may remember Aqualung from "Brighter Than Sunshine" or "Strange and Beautiful." Illustrations by T.S. Hales "when she was 3 and saw it all." Beautiful album - a real return to form. My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX
- [Shawn Colvin, Uncovered, 2015 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2024/12/05/shawn-colvin-uncovered-2015-on-fantasy) - This is actually at least Colvin's second album of covers, ~20 years after she put out Cover Girl (1994). Some well known tunes here - Paul Simon's "American Tune," Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street," and Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan's "Hold On" - but also some lesser known songs - Robbie Robertson's "Acadian Driftwood," Graham Nash's "I Used
- [Doomtree, False Hopes, 2007 on Doomtree Records](https://goatless.org/2024/12/04/doomtree-false-hopes-2007-on-doomtree-records) - Doomtree are a hip-hop collective (and record label) from Minneapolis, including Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S., Sims, Mike Mictian, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. False Hopes came out (on CD) before their "debut" album, self-titled Doomtree, in 2008. There were many other "False Hopes" CDs of individual artists. The bandcamp for this release claims "This is the
- [The Allman Brothers Band, Eat a Peach, 1972 on Capricorn](https://goatless.org/2024/12/02/the-allman-brothers-band-eat-a-peach-1972-on-capricorn) - Third studio album from the Allman Brothers Band, with a mixture of live and studio recordings, including some from the Fillmore East performances in 1971. Released after Duane Allman died in a motorcycle crash in Macon Georgia. The extended "Mountain Jam" is spread across two sides, B and D. The song "One Way Out" is
- [Sly & Robbie; The Sixties, Seventies + Eighties = Taxi; 1981 on Mango](https://goatless.org/2024/12/03/sly-robbie-the-sixties-seventies-eighties-taxi-1981-on-mango) - Great collection of songs produced by Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare, whose production company and label were both called Taxi, released on Mango which was an Island Records subsidiary focused on Caribbean artists. Great covers of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" and the Lennon-McCartney "I Should Have Known Better" as well as some more traditional ska
- [Various Artists, Something About Joy Division, 1990 on Vox Pop](https://goatless.org/2024/11/22/various-artists-something-about-joy-division-1990-on-vox-pop) - Great compilation / tribute to Joy Division on Italian label Vox Pop. Tracklist: The Difference - Colony The Carnival of Fools - Love Will Tear Us Apart Allison Run - Ceremony Orange Party - Heart and Soul Silver Surfers - She's Lost Control Speed Blue - Interzone Comic Spoilers - Decades Afterhours - Shadowplay Subterranean
- [Nat King Cole, You're My Everything, 1967 on Pickwick/33](https://goatless.org/2024/11/29/nat-king-cole-youre-my-everything-1967-on-pickwick-33) - Somehow this week has turned into posthumous collection week - this compilation was put out by Pickwick/33 in 1967 (Cole died in 1965), drawn from various Capitol Records releases. My copy is a Canadian pressing (see the "Made in Canada" on rim text on the label) via Beatnick Records in Montréal QC
- [Big Joe Turner, Rhythm & Blues Years, 1986 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/11/28/big-joe-turner-rhythm-blues-years-1986-on-atlantic) - Although this compilation was put out by Atlantic in 1986 (Turner died in late 1985), the recordings come from the 1950s. Turner met the Erteguns at the Apollo Theater in 1951 and made five albums plus many singles and EPs on Atlantic during those years. Great 2xLP with a gatefold and liner notes including contributions
- [Angel Olsen, Whole New Mess, 2020 on Jagjaguwar](https://goatless.org/2024/11/27/angel-olsen-whole-new-mess-2020-on-jagjaguwar) - Whole New Mess presents new takes on the tracks from Angel Olsen's 2019 All Mirrors: though actually the Whole New Mess versions were recorded earlier, in 2018 at The Unknown, a studio in a former church in Anacortes Washington. (It is labeled as "the primer and precursor to All Mirrors"). It was produced by Michael
- [Annie Lennox, Nostalgia, 2014 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/11/26/annie-lennox-nostalgia-2014-on-blue-note) - Annie Lennox is of course best well known as one half of the dynamic duo that recorded and performed as Eurythmics, but she's also made a number of wonderful solo albums, going back to 1992's Diva. This record, issued in the Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary series, has Lennox covering blues / jazz / soul
- [Eels, The Myspace Transmissions / Transmission Session 2009, 2009 on E Works](https://goatless.org/2024/11/25/eels-the-myspace-transmissions-transmission-session-2009-2009-on-e-works) - I'm a huge fan of Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) and Eels so was super excited to find this record at Down in the Valley in Golden Valley MN. These were made available for streaming and download at www.myspace.com/transmissions/ though I don't think they are there anymore. Great version of Dylan's "Girl From the North
- [Ry Cooder, The Slide Area, 1982 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2024/11/21/ry-cooder-the-slide-area-1982-on-warner-bros) - Ry Cooder is a long time favorite who still has a tendency to fly a bit under the popular radar (though musicians do tend to love him). This 1982 album I guess you'd call sort of mid-career though he's still active so hard to say what that means - his 10th full length LP. Includes
- [Joe Turner, Singing the Blues, 1967 on BluesWay / ABC](https://goatless.org/2024/11/19/joe-turner-singing-the-blues-1967-on-bluesway-abc) - "Big" Joe Turner here with Buddy Lucas, Patti Bown, Wally Richardson, Thornel Schwartz, Bob Bushnell, Panama Francis, and Herbie Lovelle. This was his debut album on BluesWay though he was already ~30 years into his career. This then is Joe Turner with a voice a little more mellow than of yore, but still uniquely alive
- [Joe Jackson, Look Sharp!, 1979 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/11/20/joe-jackson-look-sharp-1979-on-am) - Joe Jackson's debut full length, with "Is She Really Going Out With Him?," "Fools In Love," and "Sunday Papers." Love this iconic cover photo by Brian Griffin. Recorded at Eden Studios in London, with the band including Graham Maby, Dave Houghton, and Gary Sanford - produced by David Kershenbaum. My copy is a promotional pressing
- [Gerry Mulligan, Concert Days, 1966 on Sunset Records](https://goatless.org/2024/11/18/gerry-mulligan-concert-days-1966-on-sunset-records) - Although this compilation came out in the mid-sixties, the recordings are all from 1954-1957. Thanks to the Gerry Mulligan Discography compiled by Antoine Perier, Gérard Dugely, and Kenneth Hallqvist, they would seem to be: Storyville Club, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1-6, 1956 (A1, A2, A3, A5, B3) Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, June 7th, 1954 (last evening
- [Boygenius, The Record, 2023 on Interscope](https://goatless.org/2024/11/15/boygenius-the-record-2023-on-interscope) - Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus follow up to their self-titled EP as boygenius back in 2018. Loved that EP and all the other collaborations they've done together, and this full album is wonderful. Look forward to hearing more from them together and separately. Produced by boygenius with additional production by Ethan Gruska, Melina
- [Dire Straits, Alchemy - Dire Straits Live, 1984 on Warner Brothers](https://goatless.org/2024/11/14/dire-straits-alchemy-dire-straits-live-1984-on-warner-brothers) - Wonderful 2xLP live album of early 80s Dire Straits. Recorded in London at the Hammersmith Odeon over two nights in July 1983. Great versions of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Sultans of Swing." There was also an accompanying film (on VHS, later reissued on DVD and Blu-Ray). My copy - hype stickered as being on Quiex
- [Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run, 1973 on Apple Records](https://goatless.org/2024/11/13/paul-mccartney-and-wings-band-on-the-run-1973-on-apple-records) - The third Wings album, this time credited to Paul McCartney & Wings. Includes the title track, plus "Jet" and "Let Me Roll It." This lineup includes Denny Laine, and Linda McCartney (as you see on the labels) but also Ginger Baker and Remi Kabaka on percussion, and Howie Casey on Saxophone. My copy is a
- [Mose Allison, Down Home Piano, 1966 on Prestige](https://goatless.org/2024/11/12/mose-allison-down-home-piano-1966-on-prestige) - This 1966 release collects instrumental performances from six albums he released on Prestige in the late 50s and early 60s. There's a similar Mose Allison Sings which collects "the vocal side of his talents." The performers include Allison, Addison Farmer (Art Farmer's twin brother) on bass, and Ronnie Free / Nick Stabulas on drums. Liner
- [Gerry Mulligan Tentette & Quartet, Walking Shoes, 1953 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/11/11/gerry-mulligan-tentette-quartet-walking-shoes-1953-on-capitol) - This LP was a reissue of what had been a 10" record - Gerry Mulligan And His Ten-Tette - with two tracks from Gene Norman Presents The Gerry Mulligan Quartet added. Just as labels created bonus tracks when reissuing LPs on CD, these were bonus tracks added when the 10" became a 12" LP. The
- [Grandaddy, Blu Wav, 2024 on Dangerbird](https://goatless.org/2024/11/08/grandaddy-blu-wav-2024-on-dangerbird) - New record from 90s indie rock band Grandaddy - their first in ~6 years and the first since bassist Kevin Garcia died. Blu wav is meant to be a portmanteau of "Bluegrass" and "New Wave" but it makes me think of the blue wave we hoped to see in the last election. Tucker Martine did
- [Simon & Garfunkel, The Concert In Central Park, 1982 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2024/11/07/simon-garfunkel-the-concert-in-central-park-1982-on-warner-bros) - One of the best live albums from one of my favorite duos. Good variety of tempos and tunes, enough stage banter to feel live but no so much that you feel the need to skip ahead. Wikipedia correctly recognizes it as "the" concert in central park - recorded in front of a half million people
- [Jeff Beck, Blow By Blow, 1975 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/11/06/jeff-beck-blow-by-blow-1975-on-epic) - Jeff Beck is a guitarists' guitarist - constantly named by other greats as one of the greatest but not given quite the same public acclaim. This 1975 album - orchestrated, arranged, and produced by George Martin - has two Stevie Wonder songs ("Case We've Ended As Lovers" and "Thelonious"), a Beatles cover ("She's a Woman")
- [Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin', 1958 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/11/04/sonny-clark-cool-struttin-1958-on-blue-note) - Fantastic late 50s "hard bop" jazz record, with Clark joined by Art Farmer (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, liner notes by Nat Hentoff. This should be in everyone's vinyl collection whether you think of yourself as a Jazz fan or not.
- [Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue, 1960 on Riverside](https://goatless.org/2024/11/05/abbey-lincoln-abbey-is-blue-1960-on-riverside) - I first discovered Abbey Lincoln via Vinyl Me Please's reissue of It's Magic from 1958, in the VMP Classics Series. This album was a followup to that, her fourth full-length album and the third on Riverside. Musicians here include Stanley Turrentine, his broth Tommy Turrentine (on trumpet), Max Roach (to whom Lincoln was later married),
- [Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (box set), 2024 on Craft Recordings](https://goatless.org/2024/11/01/violent-femmes-violent-femmes-box-set-2024-on-craft-recordings) - This was one of my favorite albums of the 1980s (it came out on Slash Records in 1983), and I've been looking forever for a decent copy on vinyl. This box set, as you'd expect from Craft, is amazing. It includes a newly remastered version of the self-titled album itself, plus additional LPs of demos
- [Sinéad O'Connor, The Lion and the Cobra, 1987 on Chrysalis / Ensign](https://goatless.org/2024/10/31/sinead-oconnor-the-lion-and-the-cobra-1987-on-chrysalis-ensign) - This was Sinéad's debut album and is still just astonishingly great. The spoken word intro in gaelic by Enya before "Never Get Old" is Psalm 91: For He will give His angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee upon their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against
- [Traffic, Welcome to the Canteen, 1971 on United Artists](https://goatless.org/2024/10/30/traffic-welcome-to-the-canteen-1971-on-united-artists) - As a result of some contractual disputes, this is credited on the labels and cover directly to Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, Rick Grech, "Reebop" Kwaku Baah, and Jim Gordon, with no mention of "Traffic" though the rear cover and labels include the Traffic logo. Recorded live at Fairfield Hall in Croydon
- [Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella at Duke's Place, 1966 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2024/10/29/ella-fitzgerald-and-duke-ellington-ella-at-dukes-place-1966-on-verve) - The album is divided between "The Pretty, The Lovely, The Tender, The Hold-Me-Close Side" and "The Finger-Snapping, Head-Shaking, Toe-Tapping, Go-For-Yourself Side." Recorded by Val Valentin and produced by Norman Granz (those are his black & white photos), this is Verve at its mid-60s best. In addition to Ellington and Fitzgerald, personnel included Louis Bellson on
- [Art Farmer, Portrait of Art Farmer, 1958 on Stereo Records](https://goatless.org/2024/10/28/art-farmer-portrait-of-art-farmer-1958-on-stereo-records) - "Stereo Records" was a jazz label made by Contemporary Records in 1958 to push records made with the new-fangled stereo technology: Stereophonic two-channel disc recording utilizing Westrex 45-45 "StereoDisc" cutting system. To be reproduced only with stereophonic cartridge. Warning: use of conventional monaural cartridge without sufficient vertical compliance may well result in damage to this
- [David Porter, Chapter 1: Back in the Day, 2022 on MIME Records](https://goatless.org/2024/10/26/david-porter-chapter-1-back-in-the-day-2022-on-mime-records) - David Porter is maybe best well-known as a songwriter and producer - the staff writer at Stax records who penned "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Soul Man" among so many others, and who worked extensively with Isaac Hayes in the late sixties and early seventies. He's also the found of The Consortium MMT in Memphis,
- [Michelle Shocked, The Texas Campfire Tapes, 1986 on Mercury / Cooking Vinyl](https://goatless.org/2024/10/25/michelle-shocked-the-texas-campfire-tapes-1986-on-mercury-cooking-vinyl) - This was the debut album for Michelle Shocked, purportedly recorded by Cooking Vinyl founder Pete Lawrence on a Sony Walkman at an unplanned performance at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. Shocked herself has called it a "bootleg" and says it was released without her permission: My music career began as the Bootleg Poster Child.
- [Joe Jackson, I'm the Man, 1979 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/10/24/joe-jackson-im-the-man-1979-on-am) - I knew Joe Jackson's music from the early 80s - he was pretty hard to avoid on mainstream radio at that point - but I don't think I really appreciated his unique talent until I was a bit older. This was his sophomore album, following 1978's Look Sharp - and included the title track as
- [Joe Henderson, Mode for Joe, 1966 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/10/23/joe-henderson-mode-for-joe-1966-on-blue-note) - This was Henderson's fifth studio album (as a band leader), joined by: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Chris Fuller (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Cedar Walton (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Joe Chambers (drums). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Really wonderful Blue Note 60s jazz. My copy is a 2024 reissue in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series
- [Milt Jackson, Ballads & Blues, 1956 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/10/22/milt-jackson-ballads-blues-1956-on-atlantic) - Jackson's most well know as the vibraphonist in the Modern Jazz Quartet but he also collaborated and recorded with many other bop musicians. Here he is joined by Lucky Thomson (sax), John Lewis (piano), Skeeter Best (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), Lawrence Marable (drums), and Barry Gailbraith
- [Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra, Hollywood Stampede, 1972 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/10/21/coleman-hawkins-and-his-orchestra-hollywood-stampede-1972-on-capitol) - Seventies reissue - volume 5 in the Capitol Jazz Classics series - with songs taken from sessions in February and March of 1945. Players joining Hawkins on these tracks include Howard McGhee (trumpet), Sir Charles Thompson (piano), Allan Reuss (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Denzil Best (drums), Vic Dickenson (trombone), John Simmons (bass). Great classic jazz
- [Django Reinhardt, Nuages, 2017 on Jazz Images](https://goatless.org/2024/10/11/django-reinhardt-nuages-2017-on-jazz-images) - Nuages was first issued under that name in 2002, as a reissue of The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt, a 1953 10" record on Norman Granz's Clef label, plus 4 bonus tracks that had been issued as singles by Decca (also in 1953). This vinyl issue was produced in 2017 by Jazz Images, presumably a
- [Various Artists, The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake, 2023 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2024/10/18/various-artists-the-endless-coloured-ways-the-songs-of-nick-drake-2023-on-chrysalis) - Tribute album full of covers of Nick Drake songs, by modern artists including: Fontaines D.C., David Gray, John Parish & Aldous Harding, Ben Harper, Joe Henry & Meshell Ndegeocello, Liz Phair, and John Grant (among many others). This pressing also includes a one-sided 7" single of Nick Drake himself covering Dylan's "Tomorrow is a Long
- [Depeche Mode, Some Great Reward, 1984 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2024/10/17/depeche-mode-some-great-reward-1984-on-sire) - I've not shared many Depeche Mode records here, mostly because I'm sharing new additions to my collection and I don't find many DM records I don't already have, but also because my collection is very 80s heavy, and I'm trying to rotate through decades. That said, I have been a massive Depeche Mode fan from
- [Waylon Jennings, The Taker / Tulsa, 1971 on RCA/Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/10/16/waylon-jennings-the-taker-tulsa-1971-on-rca-victor) - Love this early 70s Waylon Jennings. It's only 30 minutes long but has great takes on some Kris Kristofferson tunes like "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down." It was recorded at RCA "Nashville Sound' studio and in LA, and produced by Danny Davis and Ronny Light.
- [Commodores, All the Great Hits, 1982 on Motown](https://goatless.org/2024/10/15/commodores-all-the-great-hits-1982-on-motown) - Wonderful collection of Commodores songs - their second compilation of hits, with many more to follow. "Lady." "Sail On," "Brick House," "Easy," and "Three Times a Lady" are each worth the price of admission. Solid find as I don't have any of their original records from the 70s or 80s. My copy, via Bull Moose
- [Herbie Hancock, Empyrean Isles, 1964 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/10/12/herbie-hancock-empyrean-isles-1964-on-blue-note) - Early jazz Herbie Hancock - this was his fourth studio LP for Blue Note, backed by Freddie Hubbard on cornet, Ron Carter on bass, and Anthony Williams on drums. Recorded on June 17th, 1964 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The most well known track here is "Cantaloupe Island" which became something
- [The Suburbs, Poets Party, 2021 on Suburbs Music (Self-Released)](https://goatless.org/2024/10/10/the-suburbs-poets-party-2021-on-suburbs-music-self-released) - Before there was The Tortured Poets Department, there was a Poets Party - the most recent release from reliable Minneapolis art-rock stalwarts The Suburbs. I've been a fan since the early 80s, and happy to say they keep making great albums. Recorded and mixed at Dream Hog, which is Steve Price's studio, and produced by
- [Screaming Blue Messiahs, Bikini Red, 1987 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2024/10/09/screaming-blue-messiahs-bikini-red-1987-on-elektra) - Bill Carter and the Screaming Blue Messiahs put out four major label studio albums in the 80s - this was the third, in 1987. Some great and funny songwriting here: "I Wanna Be a Flinstone" and "Jesus Chrysler Drives a Dodge" as well as "I Can Speak American." Power rock trio of Carter on guitar
- [Eagles, The Long Run, 1979 on Asylum](https://goatless.org/2024/10/08/eagles-the-long-run-1979-on-asylum) - Fun fact: even though virtually everyone calls them The Eagles, it's really just Eagles. (There was already some soul band called The Eagles). This was their sixth (and penultimate) studio album, their final one for Asylum records, and the first with Timothy Schmidt on bass (replacing Randy Meisner). They wouldn't release another studio album until
- [Sonny Boy Williamson, The Real Folk Blues, 1966 on Chess](https://goatless.org/2024/10/07/sonny-boy-williamson-the-real-folk-blues-1966-on-chess) - This album was first released in the UK in 1965 as In Memorium, (Williamson died in May of 1965). In the US it was retitled to The Real Folk Blues and released in 1966. Later reissues have appeared with either title in different regions. This is one of my favorite blues albums of all time
- [Jens Lekman, The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom, 2022 on Secretly Canadian](https://goatless.org/2024/10/04/jens-lekman-the-cherry-trees-are-still-in-blossom-2022-on-secretly-canadian) - "This is a reconstruction / reimagining / excavation of the album 'Oh You're So Silent Jens' that originally came out in 2005" Jens Lekman is a very intriguing independent Swedish musician who has put out a series of imaginative releases since 2004. This release is a revisit, 17 years later, of an earlier compilation which
- [Safety Last, Safety Last, 1982 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2024/10/03/safety-last-safety-last-1982-on-twin-tone) - Safety Last only put out two records - this self-titled "mini-album" and Struck By Love, both on Twin/Tone and produced by Paul Stark. On this EP, recorded at Blackberry Way (in Minneapolis) the personnel (many of whom went on to other MNPLS bands) are: Rusty Jones on bass & vocals, Jim Tollefsrud on drums, Sprague
- [Steely Dan, Katy Lied, 1975 on ABC Records](https://goatless.org/2024/10/02/steely-dan-katy-lied-1975-on-abc-records) - Walter Becker and Donald Fagen on the fourth full length studio album from Steely Dan. This was the first album after the departure of Skunk Baxter and Jim Hodder and the shift into studio albums with session musicians. (One of the session musicians here is Michael MacDonald providing backing vocals.) Apparently Becker and Fagen were
- [Fleetwood Mac, The Pious Bird of Good Omen, 1969 on Blue Horizon](https://goatless.org/2024/10/01/fleetwood-mac-the-pious-bird-of-good-omen-1969-on-blue-horizon) - This is the earlier, Peter Green led, British Blues Fleetwood Mac, and collects their first four non-album UK singles and their B-Sides. It serves as a pretty good intro to what that first-stage Fleetwood Mac was all about. Eddie Boyd guests on "The Big Boat" and "Just the Blues" - and there are covers here
- [S. Carey, Break Me Open, 2022 on Jagjaguwar](https://goatless.org/2024/09/30/s-carey-break-me-open-2022-on-jagjaguwar) - S. Carey (aka Sean Carey) is the drummer and backing vocalist from Bon Iver - he put out a solo album All We Grow back in 2010. Break Me Open is his fourth full length under the S. Carey moniker, all on Jagjaguwar - though he has put out some EPs as well. It's a
- [The Getz/Gilberto Collection: 20 Golden Greats, 1985 on Deja Vu](https://goatless.org/2024/09/27/the-getz-gilberto-collection-20-golden-greats-1985-on-deja-vu) - Italian release of tunes recorded between 1958 and 1964 by Stan Getz with Joao and Astrud Gilberto - varying recording quality from track to track. Classic bargain bin find - the music is wonderful as you'd expect. My copy via Pleasant Village Records in Marblehead MA
- [Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, 1970 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/09/26/joe-cocker-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-1970-on-am) - Technically the soundtrack to the live movie of the same name, a sprawling live set with a tremendous band including (led by?) Leon Russell, across rock, soul and R&B. If you can only have one Joe Cocker album this probably ought to be it. Great renditions of "Cry Me A River," "Bird on a Wire,"
- [Ella Fitzgerald, The Harold Arlen Songbook, (originally) 1961 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2024/09/25/ella-fitzgerald-the-harold-arlen-songbook-originally-1961-on-verve) - I miss this trend from the 50s and 60s where great singers like Ella (as well as folks like Oscar Peterson) did "song books" of great composers. My copy of this one, with Ella doing the songs of Harold Arlen, is an 80s reissue of what originally came out in 1961, with 2 additional tracks
- [Howard Jones, One to One, 1986 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2024/09/23/howard-jones-one-to-one-1986-on-elektra) - Howard Jones was one of my first concerts I saved up for and bought tickets to myself. I don't think he was the first, but he was certainly an early one. I especially loved his early-80s output: Human's Lib and Dream Into Action. One to One was his third studio album - for some folks
- [David Bowie, Young Americans, 1975 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/09/21/david-bowie-young-americans-1975-on-rca-victor) - Mid-Seventies Bowie, with guests like Earl Slick, John Lennon, David Sanborn, abd Luther Vandross (who also did the vocal arrangements). Bowie called this "Plastic Soul" and he recorded in Philadelphia and New York. My copy via Todd's Farm Flea Market in Rowley MA - as I gradually complete the full Bowie catalog up to 2016.
- [Bill Evans, Spring Leaves, 1976 on Milestone](https://goatless.org/2024/09/20/bill-evans-spring-leaves-1976-on-milestone) - 2xLP release from 1976 which collects two previous Riverside releases: Portrait In Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961). This one includes two takes on "Autumn Leaves" - one which appeared in Mono (Riverside 315) and one in Stereo (Riverside 1152). This also includes "The Boy Next Door" which was left off of Explorations originally. Milestone records
- [Chet Baker, Big Band, 1957 on Pacific Jazz](https://goatless.org/2024/09/19/chet-baker-big-band-1957-on-pacific-jazz) - A ton of great musicians here, including Chet Baker but also: Norman Faye, Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Phil Urso, Bobby Timmons, James Bond, Lawrence Marable, Bob Burgess, Bob Graf, Fred Waters, Bill Hood, Bobby Timmons, Peter Littman, Jame McKean. Produced by Richard Bock, the "chieff panjandrum" of Pacific Jazz
- [Shovels & Rope, Busted Jukebox Volume 3, 2021 on Dualtone](https://goatless.org/2024/09/18/shovels-rope-busted-jukebox-volume-3-2021-on-dualtone) - The third in a series of cover albums by Shovels & Rope, this one focuses on kids songs or songs in lullaby style, thus the "Juicebox" joke in the cover. But these are great versions with contemporary artists, including Sharon Van Etten, John Paul White (formerly of The Civil Wars), Felice Brothers, Deertick, M. Ward,
- [David Bowie,  Blackstar, 2016 on ISO Records / Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/09/17/david-bowie-blackstar-2016-on-iso-records-columbia) - Wow, what a final album. So much to say about Blackstar, recorded more or less in secret in New York with Tony Visconti and some local jazz musicians, and released two days before his death. My copy, like many I've seen in the used market, has a tear in the die cut cover which is
- [Killers, Hot Fuss, 2004 on Island / UMe](https://goatless.org/2024/09/16/killers-hot-fuss-2004-on-island-ume) - Originally released on Lizard King Records / The Control Group in 2004 - my copy is a more recent (2023) reissue on Island / UMe, but the music remains the same. Hot Fuss was Killers' debut album and included the massive hits "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me" as well as the bonus track "Glamorous
- [Tim Finn, Escapade, 1983 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/09/14/tim-finn-escapade-1983-on-am) - Tim Finn's better known as one of the co-founders of Split Enz, and later member of Crowded House. This was his debut album as a solo artist, originally on Mushroom records, a large indie label in Australia, but distributed in the US by A&M. It was a #1 record in New Zealand, top ten in
- [Squeeze, Cool for Cats, 1979 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2024/09/13/squeeze-cool-for-cats-1979-on-am) - Second album from the late 70s power-pop version of Squeeze (aka UK Squeeze) with Jools Holland joining Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. The "UK Squeeze" name was ropped for later releases in the US, but was still used in Australia up through Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti. This album includes the title track as well as
- [Valerie June, Under Cover, 2022 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2024/09/12/valerie-june-under-cover-2022-on-fantasy) - Valerie June's a multi-instrumentalist and singer from Memphis and part of the Broken Strings Collective. She's known broadly for her unique voice and range across Americana / Blues / Folk and put out this EP of cover songs in 2022. All the versions are wonderful, but I especially love her takes on "Pink Moon" and
- [The Communards, Red, 1987 on London / MCA](https://goatless.org/2024/09/11/the-communards-red-1987-on-london-mca) - The Communards were a duo of Jimmy Somerville (formerly of Bronski Beat) and Richard Coles, a classically trained musician. They put out only two albums: a self-titled debut and this followup. I've actually got both a Canadian pressing (white cover with red letters) and a US pressing (red cover with white letters) of this LP.
- [The South Side Movement, The South Side Movement, 1973 on Wand.](https://goatless.org/2024/09/10/the-south-side-movement-the-south-side-movement-1973-on-wand) - Debut album from The South Side Movement (sometimes written as The Southside Movement) from Chicago. They put out only three albums, one on Wand records and two on 20th Century. My copy is the Vinyl Me Please exclusive pressing for the 50th anniversary in 2023, on brown vinyl, mastered at Sonic Vision by Mike Milchner
- [She & Him, Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson, 2022 on Fantasy](https://goatless.org/2024/09/09/she-him-melt-away-a-tribute-to-brian-wilson-2022-on-fantasy) - I love tribute albums and cover albums, and also both Brian Wilson and She & Him (the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward), so this was right in my wheelhouse. It's their seventh studio album. Nothing very unexpected or out of left field here - pretty straightforward what you'd expect from She & Him
- [Otis Redding / The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Festival, 1970 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2024/09/06/otis-redding-the-jimi-hendrix-experience-historic-performances-recorded-at-the-monterey-international-festival-1970-on-reprise) - Perhaps the most unusual split record in my collection, pairing Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding. Both are live performances captured at Monterey Pop in 1967, and both have since been expanded in more comprehensive releases dedicated to each performer. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (with Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, and Noel Redding) had not yet performed in
- [Various Artists, Tommy Boy's Baddest Beats, 2022 on Tommy Boy](https://goatless.org/2024/09/05/various-artists-tommy-boys-baddest-beats-2022-on-tommy-boy) - I don't normally chase special releases put out for Record Store Day, but this was an "RSD First" release in 2022, limited to 3500 copies. Great collection of songs from Tommy Boy: Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz Queen Latifah - Wrath of My Madness Coolio - Fantastic
- [Timbuk 3, Eden Alley, 1988 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2024/09/04/timbuk-3-eden-alley-1988-on-i-r-s-records) - Timbuk 3 was the stage name for the duo of Pat MacDonald and Barbara K. MacDonald (nee Barbara Kooyman, aka Barbara K), as it evolved out of Pat MacDonald & The Essentials. They formed in Madison Wisconsin (later relocating to Austin Texas) and put out six albums, of which this was their second. I love
- [David Bromberg, Wanted Dead or Alive, 1974 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/09/03/david-bromberg-wanted-dead-or-alive-1974-on-columbia) - I'm a huge David Bromberg fan - he's an under-appreciated player in the universe of bluegrass/blues/folk/jazz. This was his third LP. One side was recorded with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Keith Godchaux and Bill Kreutzmann (of the Grateful Dead) and the other side was recorded live. The opener "The Holdup" was cowritten with George Harrison,
- [Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker, Timeless, 1968 on World Pacific Jazz](https://goatless.org/2024/09/02/gerry-mulligan-chet-baker-timeless-1968-on-world-pacific-jazz) - Originally released on Pacific Jazz in 1963, and then reissued as part of the Jazz Milestones Series by World Pacific Jazz in 1968, these are all recordings from 1952-1956. The first side includes Gerry Mulligan, whereas side 2 is Chet Baker with later incarnations of Baker's bands. Recorded at Gold Star Studios, Radio Recorders, The
- [Willie Nelson, I Don't Know A Thing About Love, 2023 on Legacy](https://goatless.org/2024/08/31/willie-nelson-i-dont-know-a-thing-about-love-2023-on-legacy) - The missing subtitle here is "the songs of Harlan Howard" - the primary songwriter on all these tracks. It's a great collection, released on the 23rd anniversary of Howard's death in 2002. Artwork is by Micah Nelson (aka Particle Kid). My copy is the VMP vinyl edition (which also seems to be the only vinyl
- [The Clash, Sandanista!, 1980 on CBS Records](https://goatless.org/2024/08/29/the-clash-sandanista-1980-on-cbs-records) - The Clash's fourth album, released in 1980 on CBS Records, distributed by Epic in the US. Sprawling, six-sided 3xLP collection that truly is all over the map, including a cover of Mose Allison's "Look Here." The FSLN catalog number on the labels is a nod to Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, the name of the
- [OMD, Universal, 1996 on Virgin / EMI](https://goatless.org/2024/08/30/omd-universal-1996-on-virgin-emi) - I always loved Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - the name, with it's British spelling - and the music. This was their tenth full length album, released in 1996. In many ways this was the end of a dark era for OMD who had fallen out of fashion given grunge, britpop, and other ascendant styles
- [Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Paris Concert,  1955 on World Pacific Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/15/gerry-mulligan-quartet-paris-concert-1955-on-world-pacific-records) - Great find via Mel's Record Shop in Amesbury MA. Recorded live at the Pleyel Hall June 1st, 1954, with the valve trombone of Bob Brookmeyer replacing Chet Baker's trumpet, with Red Mitchell on bass and Frank Isola on drums. I especially love the sequence of Moonlight in Vermont followed by The Lady is a Tramp and
- [Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, San Antonio Ballbuster, 1974 on Red Lightnin'](https://goatless.org/2024/08/28/clarence-gatemouth-brown-san-antonio-ballbuster-1974-on-red-lightnin) - Although it was originally released in 1974 on Red Lightnin', my copy is a reissue from 1979 on Charly Records. Red Lightnin' is a blues label started in 1968; Charly a reissue label started in 1975; both are UK labels. Not sure how this ended up in Mel's Record Shop in Amesbury MA, but that's
- [Thelonious Monk, The Complete Genius, 1976 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/08/27/thelonious-monk-the-complete-genius-1976-on-blue-note) - Though this compilation was released in 1976 - part of The Blue Note Re-Issue Series - it actually collects sides he recorded for Blue Note in 1947, 1948, 1951, and 1952. Note: This album contains the complete Monk on Blue Note with the exception of his appearance as a sideman on two of his compositions
- [Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Toast, 2022 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2024/08/26/neil-young-with-crazy-horse-toast-2022-on-reprise) - Back in the early part of the new millennium, Neil Young and Crazy Horse recorded a bunch of songs at Toast, a recording studio at 1340 Mission St. in San Francisco (pictured on the cover). The songs they recorded got shelved and not released until 2022. Volume 8 in the Neil Young Archive's Special Release
- [The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts, 2002 on Hush / Jealous Butcher](https://goatless.org/2024/08/24/the-decemberists-castaways-and-cutouts-2002-on-hush-jealous-butcher) - The last in a series of records I was happy to pick up from the merch table at the Decemberists show in Boston earlier this year. Originally released in 2002 on Hush Records, then reissued in 2003 by Kill Rock Stars, then released on vinyl in 2005 by Jealous Butcher. My copy is a later
- [Midnight Oil; 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; 1982 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/08/23/midnight-oil-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1982-on-columbia) - The fourth full-length from Midnight Oil, released in 1982 on Columbia in the US and CBS in the UK and Australia. The album reached #3 on the Australian charts and 178 on the Billboard charts in the US. Having found Midnight Oil via Deisel and Dust I came back to this record but love "Power
- [Neil Young, Decade, 1977 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2024/08/22/neil-young-decade-1977-on-reprise) - It's amazing to me that all of this music was before 1977. I came to Neil Young's music well into the 1980s and while I knew some of the legacy (Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y and combinations thereof) I didn't know just how many great songs he'd put out in the first decade of his career. This
- [Justin Townes Earle, Single Mothers & Absent Fathers, 2022 on Vagrant Records](https://goatless.org/2024/08/21/justin-townes-earle-single-mothers-absent-fathers-2022-on-vagrant-records) - Combination of two previously released Justin Townes Earle LPs: 2014's Single Mothers and 2015's Absent Fathers, issued as a 2xLP release in celebration of Vagrant's 25th Anniversary on yellow/black splatter vinyl. Putting these two together isn't crazy, of course - the recording sessions were originally intended to be a double album but turned into two
- [The Decemberists, The Tain / 5 Songs, 2004 on Jealous Butcher Records & Hush Records](https://goatless.org/2024/08/20/the-decemberists-the-tain-5-songs-2004-on-jealous-butcher-records-hush-records) - Two EPs released in 2004 as a single LP - 5 Songs was originally self-released (not on a label) in 2001 and The Tain on Acuarela Discos (an independent Spanish label) in 2003 . Although The Tain is broken up into five parts, it's really one single 18 minute song, named after an Irish epic
- [Phantom, Rocker & Slick; Phantom, Rocker & Slick, 1985 on EMI America](https://goatless.org/2024/08/19/phantom-rocker-slick-phantom-rocker-slick-1985-on-emi-america) - Self-titled debut album for Phantom, Rocker & Slick (I'll forgive them for the lack of an oxford comma) from 1985. Slim Jim Phantom (drums) and Lee Rocker (vocals, bass) had been part of Stray Cats. They were joined by Earl Slick who had replaced Mick Ronson on the Diamond Dogs tour and played on Young
- [Gram Parsons, GP, 1973 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2024/08/16/gram-parsons-gp-1973-on-reprise) - It's hard to overstate the importance of Gram Parsons' two solo albums: GP and (posthumously) Grievous Angel. This was his solo debut though he is joined by Emmylou Harris (with whom he was touring) on two duets. It was recorded Sept-Oct on 1972 and produced by Ric Grech from Blind Faith. My copy (via Reykjavik
- [Mose Allison, Live 1978, 2022 on Liberation Hall](https://goatless.org/2024/08/15/mose-allison-live-1978-2022-on-liberation-hall) - Although this was recorded (at the Showboat Lounge in Silver Spring Maryland) in 1978, it was unreleased until 2022 when it was put out as a Record Store Day release. Allison is accompanied by Tom Rutley on bass and Jerry Ganelli on drums. As the liner notes put it: Most of the material is fairly
- [The Decemberists, Her Majesty, 2003 on Kill Rock Stars & Jealous Butcher](https://goatless.org/2024/08/14/the-decemberists-her-majesty-2003-on-kill-rock-stars-jealous-butcher) - This was the first Decemberists album on Kill Rock Stars, after Castaways and Cutouts came out on Hush Records. Recorded at Jackpot! and Type Foundry in Portland OR and produced by The Decemberists, Adam Selzer, and Larry Crane. Only Colin Meloy could get away with lyrics like this: The bosun calls upon the quay /
- [Coleman Hawkins, Sirius, 1974 on Pablo](https://goatless.org/2024/08/12/coleman-hawkins-sirius-1974-on-pablo) - Recorded by Val Valentin December 1966 but released posthumously in 1974 (Hawkins died in 1969). Produced by Norman Granz, with liner notes by Benny Green: This is the album which none of us ever wanted to hear, the last milestone on that long fascinating road which stretches back to the day in 1922 when, as
- [St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Angels in Science Fiction, 2023 on ATO Records](https://goatless.org/2024/08/09/st-paul-the-broken-bones-angels-in-science-fiction-2023-on-ato-records) - This is the fifth full length album from Alabama's St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and their second on ATO. Beautiful packing with a lovely lyrics booklet. It's also a great record, with its origins reportedly in letters Paul Janeway wrote to his (at the time) not yet born child. It's the kind of album,
- [Leonard Cohen, Songs From The Road, 2010 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/08/08/leonard-cohen-songs-from-the-road-2010-on-columbia) - Leonard Cohen's output is nothing short of spectacular, across studio albums and live recordings. These songs were recorded on tour in 2008 and 2009 when he was in his mid-seventies. The liner notes catalogue in detail why each performance was selected from across a lengthy tour. He sounds great, as does the band. In Europe
- [The Decemberists, Picaresque, 2005 on Kill Rock Stars](https://goatless.org/2024/08/07/the-decemberists-picaresque-2005-on-kill-rock-stars) - The Decemberists may be my single most favorite band of the new millenium. Colin Meloy's lyricism can seem cloying or pretentious to some but I love it - perhaps having spent the 1990s in grad school myself prepared me well. Picaresque was their third studio album and the last on Kill Rock Stars before moving
- [Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See, 1993 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/08/06/mazzy-star-so-tonight-that-i-might-see-1993-on-capitol) - Mazzy Star grew out of an earlier band called Opal - David Roback and Hope Sandoval actually performed as Opal before renaming themselves to Mazzy Star. (Yes, like most people, I thought Mazzy Star was the lead singer's name but it is not - she's Hope Sandoval). Roback was also a founder of Rain Parade
- [The Romantics, The Romantics, 1980 on Nemperor / Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/08/05/the-romantics-the-romantics-1980-on-nemperor-epic) - "What I like about you, you hold me tight / tell me I'm the only one / wanna come over tonight" The Romantics were a Detroit power-pop / new wave band formed in the late 70s: Wally Palmer, Rich Cole, Mike Skill, and Jimmy Marinos. "That's What I Like About You" made a top 50
- [M. Ward, Rockport MA, August 2nd, 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/08/03/m-ward-rockport-ma-august-2nd-2024) - Got a chance to see M. Ward last night at the beautiful Shalin Liu in Rockport MA It's a beautiful venue, but the lighting seems to have foiled my (admitted limited) photography skills. He's on a kind of warm-up tour for the impeding release of The Best of M. Ward, I assume coming out on
- [Michael Franks, The Art of Tea, 1975 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2024/08/02/michael-franks-the-art-of-tea-1975-on-reprise) - Franks is an interesting figure - from my pov very over looked these days, but quite successful at the time. He was the center of the so-called "Quiet Storm" movement - jazz influenced, sooth vocals - sort of adjacent to Yacht Rock but with a more R&B / smooth jazz base. (There was a "Quiet
- [Mary Gauthier, Dark Enough to See The Stars, 2022 on In The Black Records](https://goatless.org/2024/08/01/mary-gauthier-dark-enough-to-see-the-stars-2022-on-in-the-black-records) - I've posted a number of Mary Gauthier records before - been following her career from the beginnings as she transitioned from chef/owner of Dixie Kitchen on Mass Ave by Berkeley to singer/songwriter at the Mews in Provincetown in the off-season. The title track is a co-write with Beth Nielsen Chapman: In an ocean black and
- [Syd Straw, Surprise, 1989 on Virgin](https://goatless.org/2024/07/31/syd-straw-surprise-1989-on-virgin) - Syd Straw's career started as a backup singer for Pat Benatar, and fronting Golden Palaminos on a couple of their albums. This was her solo debut, with MIchael Stipe (of R.E.M.) joining on "Future 40s" and other guests like Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks, Richard Thompson, Anton Fier, Bernie Worrell, Marc Ribot, Peter Holsapple, Dan
- [Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, 1975 on Pablo Records.](https://goatless.org/2021/12/14/oscar-peterson-harry-edison-oscar-peterson-harry-edison-1975-on-pablo-records) - Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, 1975 on Pablo Records. Another excellent mid seventies jazz record on the label Norman Granz founded in 1973. I wasn't as familiar with Harry Edison, but he played with everyone: Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella, Nat King Cole, and many more - he
- [Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson, "Two Of The Few," 1983 on Pablo Records.](https://goatless.org/2022/04/16/oscar-peterson-milt-jackson-two-of-the-few-1983-on-pablo-records) - Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson, "Two Of The Few," 1983 on Pablo Records. My copy comes from Columbia Record Club (CRC on the back cover). Produced by Norman Granz, engineered by Bob Simpson at RCA Studio A in NYC.
- [Duke Ellington, The Intimate Ellington, 1977 on Pablo Records](https://goatless.org/2024/07/30/duke-ellington-the-intimate-ellington-1977-on-pablo-records) - Recorded in NYC between 1969 and 1971, with a variety of players. Includes "Moon Maiden" with just Ellington singing and accompanying himself on Celeste, and also some great renditions of "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" and "Sophisticated Lady" but also some less well known songs. Pablo Records was Norman Granz's label created
- [The Beatles, The Beatles' Second Album, 1964 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2019/10/08/the-beatles-the-beatles-second-album-1964-on-capitol) - Keeping on that same theme. Like most of my Beatles vinyl this is an eighties pressing (rainbow labels with rim text). Would have been so rocking to hear Money or Mr. Postman or Roll Over Beethoven in a club in the early 60s . . .
- [Wilson Pickett, Hey Jude, 1969 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/11/24/wilson-pickett-hey-jude-1969-on-atlantic) - Recorded at Fame studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama with a band that included Duane Allman as well as Jerry Jemmott and Roger Hawkins. It's a classic late 60s Atlantic record with tinge of what would become southern rock. In addition to the title Beatles cover, there's also "Born to Be Wild" and songs by Hayes/Porter
- [The Beatles, Rare Beatles, 1982 on Phoenix Records](https://goatless.org/2023/04/18/the-beatles-rare-beatles-1982-on-phoenix-records) - One in a series of releases recorded in the early 60s in Hamburg. These were recorded by Ted Taylor in April 1961 - while Ringo was not yet a full-time member he was sitting in for Pete Best that night. Picked up this copy at Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA
- [The Beatles, Revolver, 1966 on Parlophone / Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/07/29/the-beatles-revolver-1966-on-parlophone-capitol) - Classic Beatles LP as they started shifting toward innovative studio techniques, took more drugs, and got more experimental - continuing the shift that started on Rubber Soul with tracks like "Tomorrow Never Knows": Turn off you mind / relax and float downstream / it is not dying / it is not dying Artwork by Klaus
- [Toto, Tovo IV, 1982 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/07/25/toto-tovo-iv-1982-on-columbia) - Toto came together as a group of studio / session musicians, including Jeff, Steve, and Mike Porcaro with Steve Lukather and David Paich. This was their breakout album, with the now unavoidable "Africa" and "Rosanna." Per wikipedia, although Steve Porcaro was dating Rosanna Arquette at the time, songwriter David Paich insists "Rosanna" was not about
- [Paul Collins' Beat, The Beat, 1979 on CBS / Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/07/24/paul-collins-beat-the-beat-1979-on-cbs-columbia) - Paul Collins' Beat was originally just called "The Beat" (as is evident in the artwork) but was renamed Paul Collins' Beat to avoid confusion with that other "The Beat" (itself renamed to The English Beat in the US). Collins' legacy includes the Nerves and the Plimsouls, both with Peter Case. Columbia could not use the
- [The Dropkick Murphys, Turn Up That Dial, 2021 on Born & Bred Records](https://goatless.org/2024/07/26/the-dropkick-murphys-turn-up-that-dial-2021-on-born-bred-records) - The Dropkick Murphys formed in Quincy Massachusetts in the mid 90s, with Ken Casey, Rick Barton and Mike McColgan - Casey's the only one still involved as of this recent LP. They created Born & Bred as an imprint to release their own music through the Independent Label Group / Alternative Distribution Alliance. My copy
- [Various Artists, Newport Broadside: Topical Songs at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963; 1964 on Vanguard](https://goatless.org/2024/07/23/various-artists-newport-broadside-topical-songs-at-the-newport-folk-festival-1963-1964-on-vanguard) - The Newport Folk Festival for 2024 is coming up this week. This record collects performances from 61 years ago, by Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Sam Hinton, Bob Davenport, The Freedom Singers, Jim Garland, Ed McCurdy, Phil Ochs, Peter La Farge, and Joan Baez. I love seeing the folks we now recognize as giants
- [Iron and Wine, Lori, 2023 on Black Cricket Recording Co](https://goatless.org/2024/07/19/iron-and-wine-lori-2023-on-black-cricket-recording-co) - Tribute EP to Lori McKenna, released as a limited edition sky blue vinyl record in 2023. It's a double-sided EP, with the same four tracks on each side, though the track order doesn't actually match what's printed on the jacket. I'm a huge fan of Sam Beam (Iron and Wine) and of Lori McKenna so
- [Laurie Anderson, Big Science, 1982 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2024/07/18/laurie-anderson-big-science-1982-on-warner-bros) - I posted another Anderson album last week - Home of the Brave - but this was her major label debut in 1982. The songs here are a subset of United States Live, which was an 8 hour long production, later released as a five record box set in 1984 with accompanying book. John Peel "discovered"
- [Butterfield Blues Band, Live, 1970 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2024/07/17/butterfield-blues-band-live-1970-on-elektra) - Paul Butterfield and band (sometimes labelled as The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, here just last name) live at the Troubador in Los Angeles, produced by Todd Rundgren, engineered by Rundgren and Ray Thompson. Great live blues album - Chicago Blues with a horn section and more jazz foundations mixed in. The lineup here does not
- [Dave Brubeck Quartet, Brubeck On Campus, 1972 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/07/16/dave-brubeck-quartet-brubeck-on-campus-1972-on-columbia) - This is actually a reissue of two earlier LPs: Jazz Goes To College (1954) and Jazz Goes To Junior College (1957). The former featured Bob Bates (bass), Joe Dodge (drums), Paul Desmond (sax), and Brubeck (piano); the latter Joe Morello on drums and Norman Bates on bass (Norman and Bob were brothers). Jazz Goes To
- [Wet Leg, Wet Leg, 2022 on Domino](https://goatless.org/2024/07/15/wet-leg-wet-leg-2022-on-domino) - Wet Leg's "Chaise Longue" was hard to miss back in 2022 - appearing in multiple movies and shows as well as many many best of the year podcasts. The whole self-titled debut album is wonderful and I can't wait for more. I originally thought this was a malpropism for "chaise lounge" - but then realized
- [Various Artists, Atlantic Blues:Guitar, 1986 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/07/12/various-artists-atlantic-bluesguitar-1986-on-atlantic) - Great two-LP set of blues guitar greats recordings on Atlantic, including: Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Lee Hooker, Stick McGhee, Texas Johnny Brown, T-Bone Walker, Chuck Norris, Guitar Slim, Cornell Dupree, Big Joe Turner, Al King, Mickey Baker, Ike & Tina Turner, B.B. King, Albert King, John Hammond Jr, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
- [The Clash, Give 'Em Enough Rope, 1978 on CBS / Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/07/11/the-clash-give-em-enough-rope-1978-on-cbs-epic) - The follow up to the self-titled debut, and the first with Topper Headon on drums. It was actually the first Clash album released in the US - the debut album did not get a US release until 1979. "English Civil War" is a reworking of "Johnny Comes Marching Home" - the rest are all written
- [Son Volt, Day of the Doug: The Songs of Doug Sahm, 2023 on Transmit Sound](https://goatless.org/2024/07/10/son-volt-day-of-the-doug-the-songs-of-doug-sahm-2023-on-transmit-sound) - Jay Farrar and Son Volt performing the songs of Doug Sahm, over 20 years after he passed in 1999. This was a "Record Store Day First" release back in 2023 on green vinyl. It's got a vocal intro and outro by Doug Sahm, lifted from voicemails. The back cover is an homage to the cover
- [Laurie Anderson, Home of the Brave, 1986 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2024/07/09/laurie-anderson-home-of-the-brave-1986-on-warner-bros) - If I planned these posting further in advance (i'm just working through records as I add them to my collection), I would have planned this one for the 4th of July. The film Home of the Brave is a concert movie (see below) but the album is studio versions of songs from the film. There
- [Kris Kristofferson, The Silver Tongued Devil and I, 1971 on Monument](https://goatless.org/2024/07/08/kris-kristofferson-the-silver-tongued-devil-and-i-1971-on-monument) - This was Kristofferson's second album, following what was originally released as Kristofferson but later retitled Me and Bobby McGee to capitalize on the hit version released on Janis Joplin's Pearl. This was a more commercially successful release, including one of my favorite Kristofferson songs "Lovin' Her Was Easier (than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)." It's
- [Various Artists; The Sam Phillips Years: Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day Volume 9; 2022 on Org Music](https://goatless.org/2024/07/02/various-artists-the-sam-phillips-years-sun-records-curated-by-record-store-day-volume-9-2022-on-org-music) - Great collection timed to coincide with Sun Records' 70th anniversary, Record Store Day's 15th anniversary, and Tito's Vodka's 25th anniversary - which is why the inner sleeve is basically a Tito's ad. Selections: Sonny Burgess - We Wanna Boogie Johnny Cash - Big River Carl Perkins - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby The Miller
- [Drop Nineteens, Hard Light, 2023 on Wharf Cat Records](https://goatless.org/2024/07/05/drop-nineteens-hard-light-2023-on-wharf-cat-records) - Boston's own Drop Nineteens were a standout "shoegaze" band in the early 90s but broke up in 1994 - this is their first release since 1993, and it sounds fantastic. I think I appreciate it even more than their earlier material. The current line up includes Greg Ackell, Paula Kelley, Motohiro Yasue, Steve Zimmerman, and
- [David Bowie, Tonight, 1984 on EMI America](https://goatless.org/2024/07/04/david-bowie-tonight-1984-on-emi-america) - Bowie's follow up to Let's Dance, produced by Bowie with Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham, with many of the same musicians, but also with contributions by Iggy Pop and a guest appearance from Tina Turner. A couple of covers on the album: The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" and "I Keep Forgettin'" which is a
- [Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust, 1987 on CBS / Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/07/01/midnight-oil-diesel-and-dust-1987-on-cbs-columbia) - Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, and Martin Rotsey are the core of Midnight Oil, the politically earnest band from down under. This was their sixth full length (the band started all the way back in the 70s and released their self-titled debut in 1978), but it was their breakout album in the US, with "Beds Are Burning."
- [Stephane Grappelli, Uptown Dance, 1978 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/07/03/stephane-grappelli-uptown-dance-1978-on-columbia) - Only available on vinyl, cassette, and 8-track, Grappelli is joined here by two different bands - one with Jimmy Rowles, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, and Jay Berliner and the other with Richard Tee, Anthony Jackson, Steve Gadd, Hugh McCracken, and Rubens Bassini. For my ears, this album veers at times into easy listening / fusion,
- [ABBA (Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida), Waterloo, 1974 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/06/28/abba-bjorn-benny-agnetha-frida-waterloo-1974-on-atlantic) - Originally released by Polar in Sweden but by Atlantic in the US, this is the debut album for ABBA, made famous when they won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo." I'm surprised one does not find more ABBA in used record stores - maybe everyone's holding on to their copies? My copy via Beverly
- [Vegan Wasington DC](https://goatless.org/2007/07/05/vegan-dc) - I was in DC the other day on business, and had an hour to grab lunch near the Georgetown area. I don't really know Washington DC well, but fired up the web browser on my phone and found Veg DC - a great site with information on restaurants, grocery stores, and other organizations in the
- [Vegan London - Mildred's in Soho](https://goatless.org/2007/07/10/london-mildreds) - While in London (photos here) we had dinner at a local institution - Mildreds in Soho, a vegetarian restaurant for the last 17 years. We knew right away dinner was going to be great - the lines waiting for tables were flowing well out into the street. (Image via Ewan Munro via CC-BY: https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2254351187 )
- [Pre-order / Sponsor Mieka Pauley's new album](https://goatless.org/2007/07/30/mieka-pauley) - Go to ElijahDropYourGun for your chance to preorder / sponsor Mieka Pauley's new album. I first heard Mieka Pauley at a concern on Halloween eve (10/30) 2004 - a campfire festival concert which also featured Antje Duvekot, Dan Blakeslee, Tiger Saw and others - all playing to a small but attentive crowd at the Masonic
- [Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in Tiny Desk Concert](https://goatless.org/2012/12/24/macklemore-ryan-lewis-in-tiny-desk-concert) - This has got to be my favorite Tiny Desk Concert of the year. Macklemore has so much energy and enthusiasm - but still manages to pull off the performance without knocking over anyone's desk. They do "Same Love," their pro-gay-marriage (really anti-discrimination) anthem, but also "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us" (with Ray Dalton).
- [Tiny Desk Concert - The Decemberists](https://goatless.org/2011/08/06/tiny-desk-concert-the-decemberists) - Great quick video from the Decemberists' Tiny Desk Concert at NPR: "I was sort of always under the impression that these things were done while everybody was just trying to work," The Decemberists' Colin Meloy says a little ways into this Tiny Desk Concert in the NPR Music offices. "I kind of like the romance
- [White Bike, Give Up, 2023 on Turntable Kitchen.](https://goatless.org/2024/06/27/white-bike-give-up-2023-on-turntable-kitchen) - Full album cover of The Postal Service album (of the same name) from 2013 by Portland OR indie band White Bike. I love this series and this album - although there have been many covers of "Such Great Heights" it's wonderful to hear the full album get the cover treatment. I'm especially fond of their
- [Black Nasty, Talking To The People, 1973 on Enterprise](https://goatless.org/2024/06/25/black-nasty-talking-to-the-people-1973-on-enterprise) - Enterprise was a sub-label of Stax, and released the early solo work of Isaac Hayes. It is actually named after the Star Trek spaceship - Al Bell was a big fan. Black Nasty cut three singles and an album (this one) for Enterprise before being dropped by the label. Johnnie Mae Matthews, the "Godmother of
- [Lou Rawls, Come On In, Mister Blues, 1969 on Pickwick/33](https://goatless.org/2024/06/24/lou-rawls-come-on-in-mister-blues-1969-on-pickwick-33) - One has to be careful about some of these discount releases on Pickwick/33 - they were a discount label for a reason, offering cheap compilations of previously released material - but this one is really fantastic. Lou Rawls passed in 2006 and he put out over 70 albums, so there's a lot to collect, especially
- [Julie Byrne, The Greater Wings, 2023 on Ghostly International](https://goatless.org/2024/06/21/julie-byrne-the-greater-wings-2023-on-ghostly-international) - This is Byrne's first release on Ghostly International and third full-length. Her collaborator and partner Eric Littmann died suddenly during the recording of the album which he was producing. Alex Somers (of Jónsi & Alex) completed the production. Byrne says in the sleeve notes "we worked with devotion and deliberate exploration of how our collaboration
- [Neil Young, Bottom Line 1974, The Radio Broadcast, 2018 on Parachute](https://goatless.org/2024/06/20/neil-young-bottom-line-1974-the-radio-broadcast-2018-on-parachute) - Although this claims to be a radio broadcast (likely to make it appear legit under EU copyright laws which treat broadcasted material differently) it's likely actually an audience recording, with a few additional tracks of unknown recording date attached. This 1974 Bottom Line show has been bootlegged many times, but is also now an official
- [Irma Thomas, Down at Muscle Shoals, 1984 on Chess](https://goatless.org/2024/06/19/irma-thomas-down-at-muscle-shoals-1984-on-chess) - Thomas recorded for Chess in the late sixties, and made this recording at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals in 1967, but the album was not released until 1984 (in Japan). It's very hard to find in the Japanese vinyl, though it was reissued on CD in 1991. There are no credits for musicians, though
- [Dr. John, Desitively Bonnaroo, 1974 on ATCO](https://goatless.org/2024/06/18/dr-john-desitively-bonnaroo-1974-on-atco) - Dr. John's seventh solo LP, Desitively Bonnaroo is the source of the name for the Bonnaroo music festival. It was produced by Allen Toussaint, who is also credited with keyboards, percussion, and backing vocals, and a band including George Porter Jr, Art Neville, Joseph Modeliste, and Leo Nocentelli (aka The Meters). Not sure if Dr.
- [Nina Simone, Silk & Soul, 1967 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/06/17/nina-simone-silk-soul-1967-on-rca-victor) - This was Simone's second album for RCA, following Nina Simone Sings the Blues, and was recorded in RCA Victor Studio B in New York. It includes great renditions of "The Look of Love" and "Cherish" neither of which I thought of as particularly Nina Simone material, along with a brilliant "I Wish I Knew How
- [Nickel Creek, Celebrants, 2023 on Repair Records](https://goatless.org/2024/06/14/nickel-creek-celebrants-2023-on-repair-records) - The first Nickel Creek album since 2014 and a welcome reunion for Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins, all of whom have been busy doing other things. It become a nominee for best folk album at the Grammy Awards but lost to Joni Mitchell at Newport. It was recorded in 4 weeks at Nashville's
- [The Decemberists, I'll Be Your Girl, 2018 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/06/13/the-decemberists-ill-be-your-girl-2018-on-capitol) - The Decemberists is one of my top twenty bands of all time - I could leave their discography on repeat all week and never tire of them. That said, I mostly discovered the Decemberists in the era of digital: CDs, downloads, and streaming - I've had very little on vinyl. So I was excited to
- [Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska, 1982 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/06/12/bruce-springsteen-nebraska-1982-on-columbia) - Springsteen's sixth studio album, which he recorded himself on a four track to use as demos but then decided to release them directly. (Somewhere in the vaults exist at least some of these songs in full band versions, but they've not surfaced yet). Springsteen has cites as inspiration both the story of Charles Starkweather (who
- [Leo Kottke, Ice Water, 1974 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/06/11/leo-kottke-ice-water-1974-on-capitol) - Although he was born in Georgia, I think of Kottke as another Minneapolis folkie. He's one of the folks who, when I find an album I don't have, I just buy it without question. He's also still out touring and well worth seeing if you get a chance. This was his fifth full length on
- [Oliver Nelson with Eric Dolphy, Straight Ahead, 1961 on Prestige / New Jazz](https://goatless.org/2024/06/10/oliver-nelson-with-eric-dolphy-straight-ahead-1961-on-prestige-new-jazz) - Nelson on sax and clarient, with Dolphy also on sax, bass clarinet, and flute, supported by Richard Wyands on piano, George Duvivier on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Recording supervised by Rudy Van Gelder. Nelson had earlier recorded Screamin' The Blues with Dolphy and Richard Williams. It is safe to say that if you
- [Prince, Controversy, 1981 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2024/06/06/prince-controversy-1981-on-warner-bros) - Prince's fourth full-length album, which he wrote, produced, and played most the instruments on. (André Cymone gets co-writing credit on "Do Me Baby" on some later versions, but is not credited here - plus backing vocals for Wendy & Lisa, Bobby Z for Drums and Lisa and Fink for keys on some tracks). I love
- [Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, 2017 on Dead Oceans](https://goatless.org/2024/06/07/japanese-breakfast-soft-sounds-from-another-planet-2017-on-dead-oceans) - First release on Dead Oceanes from Michelle Zauner, aka Japanese Breakfast, and her/their second full length LP. It's an eclectic record but I really enjoy it. (The AV Club at the Onion called Zauner a "21st-century Björk" - though that makes me wonder why Björk isn't a 21st-century Björk). My copy is the 2023 reissue
- [Various Artists, L80s: So Unusual, 2023 on Numero Group](https://goatless.org/2024/06/08/various-artists-l80s-so-unusual-2023-on-numero-group) - Really interesting package here - the sleeve is basically denim, with a pocket looking like an 80s jeans pocket, complete with lipstick mark and phone number (which actually rings Numero group). Part of a series Numero group did: "The Cabinet of Curiosities," each of which is said to be in "lavish" packaging. The contents: Cheryl
- [David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/06/05/david-bowie-the-rise-and-fall-of-ziggy-stardust-and-the-spiders-from-mars-1972-on-rca-victor) - I came to this album indirectly and backwards - from the Bauhaus cover ("Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilley, and the Spiders from Mars"). But what a magnificent album it is. I think Bowie was at his greatest creative height in the early 70s (as much as I do love his later
- [La Lupe, Queen of Latin Soul / Reina De La Canción Latina, 1968 on Tico](https://goatless.org/2024/06/04/la-lupe-queen-of-latin-soul-reina-de-la-cancion-latina-1968-on-tico) - Guadalupe Victoria Yolí Raymond - aka La Lupe - was a Cuban singer who emigrated from Cuba in the early 60s. (According to Wikipedia, while performing in Havana, she earned fans including Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Marlon Brando - can't vouch for any of that). She performed and recorded
- [Baby Rose, Through and Through, 2023 on Secretly Canadian](https://goatless.org/2024/06/03/baby-rose-through-and-through-2023-on-secretly-canadian) - Debut album on Secretly Canadian for Baby Rose (aka Jasmine Rose Wilson) and her second album. Sort of a psychelic soul throwback - her voice gets lots of comparisons to Nina Simone but as though Simone was fronting a contemporary R&B group. It's not that she's imitating or calling back to an older form -
- [Tinsley Ellis at Shalin Liu, Rockport](https://goatless.org/2024/06/02/tinsley-ellis-at-shalin-liu-rockport) - If you've never been to the Shalin Liu performing arts center in Rockport, it's a fantastic venue, with a large scale window backing up to Rockport Harbor. Last night we saw blues guitarist/singer/songwriter Tinsley Ellis, who put on a great show. That's his 1937 National resonator guitar on stage above - he walked on with
- [Various Artists, Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver, 2022 on New West Records](https://goatless.org/2024/03/22/various-artists-live-forever-a-tribute-to-billy-joe-shaver-2022-on-new-west-records) - Fantastic collection of covers of the original outlaw country troubador. Willie Nelson - I'm Gonna Live Forever Ryan Bingham & Nikki Lane - Ride Me Down Easy Rodney Crowell - Old Five And Dimers Like Me Miranda Lambert - I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday) Edie Brickell
- [Steve Earle & The Dukes, Jerry Jeff, 2022 on New West Records](https://goatless.org/2024/05/11/steve-earle-the-dukes-jerry-jeff-2022-on-new-west-records) - Earle's made a number of "tribute" records: Guy (for Guy Clark), J.T. (for his son Justin Towns Earle), Townes (for Townes Van Zandt), and this one, for Jerry Jeff Walker, known to most of us as the writer of "Mr. Bojangles." Bojangles is here, of course, but so are a number of lesser known Walker
- [Nikki Lane, Denim & Diamonds, 2022 on New West Records](https://goatless.org/2024/05/20/nikki-lane-denim-diamonds-2022-on-new-west-records) - Nikki Lane's fourth full length - her third on New West - produced by Josh Homme. My copy is the purple vinyl edition purportedly limited to 300 units per the hype sticker, which I got directly from New West. From the title track: My boss called me up, said if you don't tow the line
- [boygenius, boygenius, 2018 on Matador](https://goatless.org/2024/06/01/boygenius-boygenius-2018-on-matador) - Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker are boygenius - this was their debut self-titled EP, which came out in 2018. They recorded and produced the EP in just four days at Sound City in LA. Love the nod to Crosby, Stills & Nash's debut album in the cover photo. They're joined here by Anna
- [Maria McKee, Peddlin' Dreams, 2005 on Cooking Vinyl / Eleven Thirty](https://goatless.org/2024/05/31/maria-mckee-peddlin-dreams-2005-on-cooking-vinyl-eleven-thirty) - McKee was the front woman for Lone Justice, who put out two albums in the 80s, but has gone on to a solo career that has resurged in the new millenium. This is a really great and surprising record, including a cover of Neil Young's "Barstool Blues" and "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"
- [Def Leppard, Pyromania, 1983 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2024/05/30/def-leppard-pyromania-1983-on-mercury) - For me this is one of those albums I loved as a 13 year old, then outgrew for many years (aka thought I was too cool for something so massively popular and unapologetically hair metal) but have come again to appreciate with wiser ears. It was their massive breakout, with "Photograph," "Rock of Ages," and
- [Pink Floyd, Animals, 1977 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/05/29/pink-floyd-animals-1977-on-columbia) - What a fantastic album - from the opening note to the closing. I came to Pink Floyd later - not discovering their albums in the sequence they came out, but starting with The Wall and then branching out, eventually getting back to the Syd Barrett days. This record was their 10th studio LP and came
- [Ray Barretto, Acid, 1968 on Fania](https://goatless.org/2024/05/28/ray-barretto-acid-1968-on-fania) - Barretto played with Charlie Parker, José Curbelo and (for four years) Tito Puente. His debut on Fania records, it's a great boogaloo recording bringing latin jazz to rhythm & blues. "Deeper Shade of Soul" was sampled by Urban Dance Squad on their debut single back in 1990. My copy is the 2023 Vinyl Me Please
- [Sunny War, Anarchist Gospel, 2023 on New West](https://goatless.org/2024/05/27/sunny-war-anarchist-gospel-2023-on-new-west) - Sunny War, for me, came out of nowhere - I was not familiar with her earlier work though she's put out 6 previous full length albums (one with Micah Nelson aka Particle Kid), but I will definitely be looking to pick up those older albums now that i've heard this one. Her bandcamp says: Sunny
- [Peter Buck, I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again, 2014 on Mississippi/Change Records](https://goatless.org/2024/05/25/peter-buck-i-am-back-to-blow-your-mind-once-again-2014-on-mississippi-change-records) - The follow up to Buck's self-titled debut release, also on Mississippi Records out of Portland OR. Buck works again here with Scott McCaughey, William Rieflin, Corin Tucker, and Jenny Conlee, but also Patterson Hood who co-wrote and sings "Southerner." Also includes a cover of The Mummies' "(You Must Fight To Live) On the Planet of
- [U2, Lemon (Remixes), 1993 on Island](https://goatless.org/2024/05/24/u2-lemon-remixes-1993-on-island) - Lemon was one of the singles from Zooropa - in the era while I was just entering grad school and thus not really following bands or collecting vinyl - so right in the dearth of 90s and 2000s vinyl in my collection. Was happy to find this EP of remixes on yellow translucent vinyl, including
- [13th Floor Elevators, Flivver, 1988 on World Productions of Compact Music](https://goatless.org/2024/05/23/13th-floor-elevators-flivver-1988-on-world-productions-of-compact-music) - I first heard Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators on fourth or fifth generation tape copies from friends in the 80s, but didn't really come to appreciate them fully until much later. This record, on a bootleg Italian label with releases in the late 80s and early 90s, gathers live performances from The Avalon
- [David Bowie, Aladdin Sane, 1973 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/05/22/david-bowie-aladdin-sane-1973-on-rca-victor) - Bowie's sixth studio album, this was the followup to Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. It features Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, and Woody Woodmansey (aka the Spiders From Mars). It was recorded during breaks in the Ziggy Stardust tour. Includes a cover of "Let's Spend the Night Together" as well as "The Jean Genie"
- [Koerner Ray & Glover, The Return of Koerner Ray & Glover, 1965 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2024/05/21/koerner-ray-glover-the-return-of-koerner-ray-glover-1965-on-elektra) - "Spider" John Koerner, Dave "Snaker" Ray, and Tony "Little Sun" Glover were a Minneapolis blues/folk trio who met at the University of Minnesota and played frequently in Dinkytown and the West Bank. This was their third release on Elektra and the the last before a seven year gap - capturing their early folk/blues approach. Produced
- [Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel . . . , 2012 on Clean Slate / Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/05/18/fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel-2012-on-clean-slate-epic) - The full title is The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do but most people refer to it just as The Idler Wheel. The title comes from a poem Apple wrote. Fiona Apple's fourth studio album and her most commercially
- [Aqualung, Aqualung, 2002 on B-Unique Records](https://goatless.org/2024/05/17/aqualung-aqualung-2002-on-b-unique-records) - The first decade of the 2000 is not well represented in my vinyl collection. I was fresh out of grad school and not buying much vinyl, nor even really following much in the way of contemporary music. But Aqualung I could not miss - I loved this CD and Matt's Hales' appearances on shows like
- [David Bowie, Let's Dance, 1983 on EMI America.](https://goatless.org/2021/05/31/david-bowie-lets-dance-1983-on-emi-america) - David Bowie, Let's Dance, 1983 on EMI America. Produced by Bowie and Nile Rodgers with guitar work by Stevie Ray Vaughan Cowrites with Iggy Pop (China Girl) and Giorgio Moroder (Cat People) Think this was my first Bowie album, which lead me back to all the earlier gems - I know some hard-core Bowie fans
- [Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn't Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic.](https://goatless.org/2021/03/12/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-double-trouble-couldnt-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
- [Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Sky is Crying, 1991 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/05/16/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-double-trouble-the-sky-is-crying-1991-on-epic) - This was the fifth and final studio album from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, compiling tracks cut earlier and released more than a year after Vaughan's death in August of 1990. (Compiled by Jimmie Vaughan). It includes a wonderful version of Hendrix's "Little Wing" in addition to the title track and Willie Dixon's "Close
- [Daryl Hall and John Oates, Private Eyes, 1981 on RCA](https://goatless.org/2024/05/15/daryl-hall-and-john-oates-private-eyes-1981-on-rca) - I thought of this as an early Hall & Oates record, until I checked out their discography, which goes back to 1972's Whole Oats. Turns out it is their 10th full length studio record! It was the source of the hit singles "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)." The album
- [Bob Dylan / The Band, Before the Flood, 1974 on Asylum](https://goatless.org/2024/05/14/bob-dylan-the-band-before-the-flood-1974-on-asylum) - This was the first released live album by Dylan, though of course since then many earlier live recordings have been released. After this came out Dylan went back to Columbia records, having recorded only Planet Waves and this LP for Asylum - later reissues starting in the 80s are actually on Columbia or imprints of
- [The Mar-Keys / Booker T. and the MGs, Back to Back, 1967 on Stax](https://goatless.org/2024/05/13/the-mar-keys-booker-t-and-the-mgs-back-to-back-1967-on-stax) - The Mar-Keys were the backing band on lots of early Stax records, and had personnel overlap with what became the MGs & The Memphis Horns. Deanie Parker's liner notes say "Booker T. & The MG's . . . is the rhythm section of The Mar-Keys." This album was recorded live on a Stax/Volt tour in
- [Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour, 2018 on MCA Nashville](https://goatless.org/2024/05/10/kacey-musgraves-golden-hour-2018-on-mca-nashville) - Musgrave's fourth album on MCA Nashville, produced by Musgraves with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, with songs co-written by Musgraves with folks like Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird, and the producers. Though still on the MCA Nashville label, it's very much an album that starts to wander deliberately outside of contemporary country conventions, moving
- [Various Artists, Big Hits of Mid-America Volume Three, 1980 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2024/05/09/various-artists-big-hits-of-mid-america-volume-three-1980-on-twin-tone) - Technically the first version of this 2xLP set came out in 1979, but my pressing is from 1980. Twin/Tone was concerned about the Yipes' track "The Ballad Of Roy Orbison" for legal reasons (copyright clearance) and replaced it with "Specialization" by the New Psychenauts. "SPECIALIZATION" (side four, track two) was recorded at Blackberry Way in
- [Bob Dylan, Self Portrait, 1970 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/05/08/bob-dylan-self-portrait-1970-on-columbia) - Another of the "difficult" Dylan albums, which he later himself said was something of a joke, designed to relieve some of the pressure he felt from the sixties and his enormous popularity - to do something his fans could not relate to. It is a sprawling double album, including live versions of "Like a Rolling
- [Ray Charles, Ray Charles in Person, 1960 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/05/07/ray-charles-ray-charles-in-person-1960-on-atlantic) - Recorded live May 28th, 1959 at the WAOK fifth anniversary celebration, Herndon Stadium in Atlanta. Recorded from the audience, reportedly from a single microphone 100 feet from the stage. First time, according to sleeve notes from Zenas Sears, that "What I'd Say" and "Tell the Truth" were played in Atlanta. My copy is the Vinyl
- [Billy Bragg, The Million Things That Never Happened, 2021 on Cooking Vinyl](https://goatless.org/2024/05/06/billy-bragg-the-million-things-that-never-happened-2021-on-cooking-vinyl) - This is Bragg's COVID album, the title referring to all the events that didn't take place due to social distancing and stay-at-home protocols. It was produced by The Magic Numbers' Romeo Stodart and ends with a track co-written with Bragg's son, Jack Valero: ""Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained." I particularly like "I'll Be
- [Ratboys / Decemberists, at Roadruner, May 2nd 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/05/03/ratboys-decemberists-at-roadruner-may-2nd-2024) - Last night I went to see The Decemberists with Ratboys at Roadrunner. It was my first show at the venue, which lived up to all the hype in the press and rave reviews from friends. Great sightlines from almost everywhere, great sound, convenient service. It's an all general admission (GA) venue, so no seating (aside
- [Adele, 21, 2011 on XL Recordings](https://goatless.org/2024/05/04/adele-21-2011-on-xl-recordings) - What can you say about Adele, so popular to be parodied in SNL as the one voice capable of uniting all Americans in adoration? This of course was her followup to her debut "19" and was a massive success in its own right with "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" which were sort
- [The Cure, Boys Don't Cry, 1980 on PVC/Fiction](https://goatless.org/2024/05/03/the-cure-boys-dont-cry-1980-on-pvc-fiction) - Fiction was the UK label, PVC the US label (a sublabel of Passport Records). This was really a compilation album for the US market, drawing eight tracks from Three Imaginary Boys (their UK debut) supplemented with five other tracks from that era. It's been reissued multiple times with different track order this is the same
- [Van Halen, Van Halen, 1978 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2024/05/02/van-halen-van-halen-1978-on-warner-bros) - The debut, self-titled album. Certainly one of the most recognizable band logos, and one millions sketched on notebooks, jackets, and the like when I was growing up. Hard to overstate the importance of Eddie Van Halen's playing on Eruption here and the impact it had on guitar players from then on: Also included on their
- [Eric Von Schmidt, Eric Sings Von Schmidt, 1965 on Prestige](https://goatless.org/2024/05/01/eric-von-schmidt-eric-sings-von-schmidt-1965-on-prestige) - I first heard of Eric Von Schmidt via Bob Dylan's "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" which begins with the intro: I first heard this from Ric von Schmidt. He lives in Cambridge / Ric is a blues guitarplayer. I met him one day on / The green pastures of the Harvard University As someone
- [Lucinda Williams, Runnin' Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty, 2021 on Highway 20 Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/30/lucinda-williams-runnin-down-a-dream-a-tribute-to-tom-petty-2021-on-highway-20-records) - As a fan of both Tom Petty and (especially) Lucinda Williams, I couldn't pass on this three sided LP - the fourth side is etched with the photo of Williams used on the cover. The album was the first volume in the "Lu's Jukebox In Studio Concert" series that has gone on to include tributes
- [The Waterboys, Modern Blues, 2015 on Harlequin and Clown](https://goatless.org/2024/04/29/the-waterboys-modern-blues-2015-on-harlequin-and-clown) - Underappreciated album from The Waterboys on the label Mike Scott created from 2015 - I believe this album (in all its formats) was the the label's only release. Sides three and four are one track - "Long Strange Golden Road" - in both fully realized and acoustic demo format. The album was recorded in Nashville,
- [Jeff Tweedy, Chelsea Walls (Soundtrack), 2002 on Rykodisc / 2022 on Omnivore](https://goatless.org/2024/04/27/jeff-tweedy-chelsea-walls-soundtrack-2002-on-rykodisc-2022-on-omnivore) - Wonderful soundtrack featuring Jeff Tweedy collaborating with Glenn Kotche, around the time of supergroup Loose Fur just before Kotche become Wilco's drummer. There's also two great covers: Jimmy Scott doing a somewhat unhinged but wonderful version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" and Robert Sean Leonard doing Wilco's "Promising" (a bonus track that was in the
- [Tin Machine, Tin Machine II, 1991 on Victory.](https://goatless.org/2024/04/26/tin-machine-tin-machine-ii-1991-on-victory) - Is this post going to get me flagged on various social platforms? The cover image is four Greek Kouroi, status of nude male youths. That led to the cover being changed in the US to airbrush out the bits you'd expect. (The Canadian covers followed the European releases). Tin Machine was a band fronted by
- [The Suburbs, In Combo, 1980 on Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/2024/04/25/the-suburbs-in-combo-1980-on-twin-tone) - The debut album from Minneapolis band The Suburbs. Twin/Tone's catalog (in 1984) described it thusly: Inspired, frenetic, sometimes absurb, the Suburbs' debut LP is a rocker. Considerably more raw and flippant than their latter efforts. In Combo documents phase one. New York Rocker said that the Suburbs "alternate btween clenched teeth acid boogie and cartoon
- [Dylan, Dylan, 1973 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/04/24/dylan-dylan-1973-on-columbia) - This was the album Columbia famously released without Dylan's authorization after he signed with Asylum Records. (He would release Planet Waves and Before the Flood on Asylum before returning to Columbia, who later reissued both). In short these are outtakes from the Self Portrait and New Morning sessions widely considered part of Dylan's inconsistent early
- [John Mayall, Blues from Laurel Canyon, 1968 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/23/john-mayall-blues-from-laurel-canyon-1968-on-london-records) - Released on Decca in the UK and London Records in the US, this was Mayall's first LP after the breakup of the Bluesbreakers and his last on Decca before moving to Polydor. Mayall wasn't yet living in the US when this was released - this was recorded at the Decca Studios in West Hampstead, London.
- [Wednesday, Rat Saw God, 2023 on Dead Oceans](https://goatless.org/2024/04/22/wednesday-rat-saw-god-2023-on-dead-oceans) - Wednesday is out of Asheville NC, and blends together shoegaze / noisy indie rock with a kind of alt. country / country rock vibe. Expect to see much more from them in the next few years. Naming your band "Wednesday" in the area of search engine optimization is delightfully perverse - though "Wednesday Band" does
- [Chet Baker, Deep in a Dream, 2017 on Jazztwin](https://goatless.org/2024/04/20/chet-baker-deep-in-a-dream-2017-on-jazztwin) - Places where record collectors hang out online are full of threads about "grey market" European pressings of Jazz from the 50s and early 60s. Many of these take advantage of some "loopholes" in coverage of copyright and press vinyl sourced from CDs or existing records ripped to digital. When I picked this up, I worried
- [Oscar Peterson, Return Engagement, 1974 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2024/04/18/oscar-peterson-return-engagement-1974-on-verve) - Double LP compilation from the mid-seventies, collecting tracks from: The Trio: Live From Chicago, Very Tall, West Side Story, Affinity, Night Train, We Get Requests, Something Warm, Night Train Vol. 2 and The Oscar Peterson Collection. There was a whole series of "Return Engagement" releases, including Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Cal Tjader, and
- [Jeff Beck, Truth, 1968 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/04/17/jeff-beck-truth-1968-on-epic) - This was Beck's solo debut, following after time in the Yardbirds, and features Ron Wood, pre-Faces Rod Stewart, Keith Moon (credited as "You Know Who") and Mick Waller as well as John Paul Jones on Hammond Organ on one track. I came to Jeff Beck late - I knew his work in the Yardbirds but
- [Jeff Tweedy, Love is the King, 2020 on dBpm Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/16/jeff-tweedy-love-is-the-king-2020-on-dbpm-records) - Tweedy went into recording mode when Wilco's tour was put on hold due to Covid-19 in April of 2020. Both Tweedy's sons, Spencer and Sam, contribute to the album: Spencer primarily on drums and Sam (credited as Sammy) on harmony vocals. It's a wonderful album full of great writing and classic Tweedy vocals. (Side note:
- [Peter Buck, Self-Titled, 2012 on Mississippi/Change Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/15/peter-buck-self-titled-2012-on-mississippi-change-records) - First solo album by the long-time guitarist for R.E.M., released in 2012 on Mississippi Change records. My copy is from the second pressing, which means it omits the song L.V.M.F. on side two, though it is still printed on the label (and crossed out on the rear cover). He sampled from Sonny Boy Williams' profane
- [Tom Tom Club, Self-Titled, 1981 on Sire.](https://goatless.org/2020/11/26/tom-tom-club-self-titled-1981-on-sire) - Tom Tom Club, Self-Titled, 1981 on Sire. Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz side project from Talking Heads
- [Tom Tom Club, Downtown Rockers, 2012 on Nacional / Tip Top.](https://goatless.org/2022/10/01/tom-tom-club-downtown-rockers-2012-on-nacional-tip-top) - Tom Tom Club, Downtown Rockers, 2012 on Nacional / Tip Top. Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth with guests Natalie and Elliot Bergman on two tracks and Dickie Landry on two. This version was issued on pink vinyl in 2021 as part of the Ten Bands One Cause series benefiting breast cancer support and awareness.
- [Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, 1984 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2023/10/11/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-1984-on-sire) - It's hard to overstate how critical this album and movie were - the impact on live music films, the impact on shows themselves (in staging and effects) and just the music itself. I recall it running for a very long time at the Uptown movie theater in Minneapolis - alternating Friday and Saturday nights with
- [Tom Tom Club, The Man With The 4-Way Hips (12" Single), 1983 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2024/04/12/tom-tom-club-the-man-with-the-4-way-hips-12-single-1983-on-sire) - Tom Tom Club, of course, were Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz from Talking Heads. It started as a side project while Talking Heads were still active, but has kept making music long after the Heads split. The song was on Close to the Bone, Tom Tom Club's second full length, and was released in the
- [Parliament, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, 1976 on Casablanca](https://goatless.org/2024/04/11/parliament-the-clones-of-dr-funkenstein-1976-on-casablanca) - One of my rules of thumb is that any 70s Parliament or Funkadelic vinyl I find that is in reasonable shape and not too expense I just buy. This was the fifth album under the Parliament name and produced hits for "Dr. Funkenstein" and "Do That Stuff." Love the afrofuturism / science funk of the
- [Dean & Britta, Quarantine Tapes, 2021 on Double Feature Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/09/dean-britta-quarantine-tapes-2021-on-double-feature-records) - This was released first in 2020 in digital format by Dean & Britta themselves, but then issued on vinyl and CD by Double Feature Records in 2021. Dean & Britta are Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips of Luna. (Wareham was also one of the founding members of Galaxie 500). They've been doing film scores under
- [The Rolling Stones, Flowers, 1967 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/10/the-rolling-stones-flowers-1967-on-london-records) - This was the second compilation album for the Stones, collecting some studio cuts that had not been released (or released but not on the US versions of albums). My copy, via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA, has definitely seen better days The black tape seam repair was the work of a previous owner. Nonetheless it
- [Wye Oak, Shriek, 2014 on Merge Records](https://goatless.org/2024/04/08/wye-oak-shriek-2014-on-merge-records) - Third album on Merge Records and fourth overall for Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, produced by Wye Oak with Nicolas Vernhes (who had worked with Fischerspooner and Dirty Projectors). Artwork by Ashley North Compton My copy via Dyno Records in Newburyport MA
- [Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden, March 28th 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/04/07/billy-joel-at-madison-square-garden-march-28th-2024) - A bit delayed in getting this post up - but a few weeks back I got the chance (thanks to some stellar partners at work) to see Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden. It was a fantastic show and a wonderful experience. It was the 100th consecutive show of his current residency at MSG, meaning
- [Maggie Rogers, Notes From The Archive: Recordings 2011-2016, 2021 on Debay Sounds](https://goatless.org/2024/03/27/maggie-rogers-notes-from-the-archive-recordings-2011-2016-2021-on-debay-sounds) - Like many people, I first became aware of Rogers when a clip of her song "Alaska" being played to Pharrell Williams during a class at NYU Tisch went viral - he essentially had no advice for her other than to keep doing what she was doing. This release (on her own imprint) collects pieces from
- [Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce, In the Jailhouse Now, 1982 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/03/30/willie-nelson-webb-pierce-in-the-jailhouse-now-1982-on-columbia) - i love a good Willie Nelson tribute album or duet album: San Antonio Rose with Ray Price, For the Good Times (a tribute to Price), the tribute album to Harlan Howard, the duets collected on Heroes, and the like. This is in the realm of a duet album, while his hero Webb Pierce was still
- [Bruce Cockburn, Circles in the Stream, 1977 on True North](https://goatless.org/2024/03/29/bruce-cockburn-circles-in-the-stream-1977-on-true-north) - I came to Cockburn through the activist tours of the 80s and his hit "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" from Stealing Fire. But he had a decades long career before that, especially with success in his native Canada. Cockburn is joined by Robert Boucher, Pat Godfrey, and Bill Usher. This album was recorded live
- [The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Further Out - Miro Reflections, 1961 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/03/28/the-dave-brubeck-quartet-time-further-out-miro-reflections-1961-on-columbia) - While movie science fiction fans celebrate May 4th as Star Wars Day ("May the 4th be with you"), jazz heads know it as Dave Brubeck Day, 5/4 time being the signature of Time Out. Lesser known is that there were three more albums following: Time Further Out, Countown - Time In Outer Space, and Time
- [The Housemartins, The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death, 1987 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2024/03/25/the-housemartins-the-people-who-grinned-themselves-to-death-1987-on-elektra) - On this record the Housemartins were Norman Cook, Dave Hemingway, Stan Cullimore, Pete Wingfield, and P.D. (Paul) Heaton. Heaton & Hemingway went on to form The Beautiful South, while Norman Cook went on to form Beats International (and also was Fatboy Slim). The Housemartins were Christian Socialists from Hull (in the UK, not Massachusetts), which
- [Freddie Roach, Brown Sugar, 1964 on Blue Note](https://goatless.org/2024/03/23/freddie-roach-brown-sugar-1964-on-blue-note) - Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, with Joe Henderson, Eddie Wright, and Clarence Johnston joining Freddie Roach. As Roach says in the liner notes, describing folks dancing: "I watched that multitude of people pulsing, boiling, melting, looking for all the world like sweet fudge. I thought this is my favorite dessert - Brown Sugar. If only
- [Cowboy Junkies, The Trinity Session, 1988 on RCA](https://goatless.org/2024/03/20/cowboy-junkies-the-trinity-session-1988-on-rca) - I could have (and would have) sworn this album was called The Trinity Sessions, plural, but I would have been wrong: it's singular. (The session was recorded at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto). Fair, since it truly is a singular (in the sense of unique / one of a kind) album. It
- [Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle, 1979 on ATCO/Beggars Banquet](https://goatless.org/2024/03/19/gary-numan-the-pleasure-principle-1979-on-atco-beggars-banquet) - The cover and title echo back to Magritte's 1937 painting Le Principe du Plaisir. Most people know this album for the track "Cars" but it's really a more important album than that would suggest. It's Numan moving away from Tubeway Army, recording as their single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" was released. Early synth, new wave, electronic
- [Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Blue, 1968 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2024/03/18/ella-fitzgerald-misty-blue-1968-on-capitol) - My copy is a pressing on Pickwick/33, "by arrangement with Capitol Records" - not sure what year. (45 Worlds says 1971). These reissues only have 9 tracks where the original Capitol release had 11 - omitted are "I Taught Him Everything He Knows" and "Turn The World Around (The Other Way)." As the liner notes
- [Vegan Austin SXSW](https://goatless.org/2024/03/18/vegan-austin-sxsw) - Some great places for vegan food during SXSW. One of my favorites was the Community Vegan food truck, at 1124 E 11th St. in East Austin. Not far from there was a great place for getting bagels in the morning (open at 6:30am!) was Rockstar Bagels, at 1900 Rosewood Ave: Another great food truck area
- [SXSW March 15th, 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/03/15/sxsw-march-15th-2024) - Started my last day at SXSW with the "Hair of the Three Legged Dog" party sponsored by the Austin Chronicle and name in honor of their canine mascot. I then made my way over to the Community Concerts at Lady Bird Lake, to see Zapp with Bootsy Collins Right as the band finished "I'd Rather
- [SXSW March 14th, 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/03/14/sxsw-march-14th-2024) - Thursday I started off at the Planetary showcase at Valhalla, with Otto Aday (from Wales): They were followed by Manchester's Porij who brought an amazing amount of energy to an early afternoon show in a small dark venue Then I headed back over to Mohwak for Floodfest 2024 and switched between indoor and outdoor, starting
- [SXSW March 13th, 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/03/13/sxsw-march-13th-2024) - I started day three at the Marshall Funhouse, at Parish. Glasgow's Spyres was not a band I knew before but their set was great, high energy and had the crowd engaged: Following Spyres was Bristol's Skinny Lister who matched their energy and even raised it a bit, without their usual drummer. Though I'm sure they
- [SXSW March 12th, 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/03/12/sxsw-march-12th-2024) - On Tuesday I started the night at the High Road Touring SXSW showcase at the Empire Control Room and Garage. Sugadaisy, from Bowling Green, KY, opened the larger outdoor stage and were a pleasant suprise - check them out if you get a chance. The real reason I chose that showcase, though, was Kathleen Edwards,
- [The Story of the Sphere](https://goatless.org/2024/03/12/the-story-of-the-sphere) - This was the only actual panel / conference session I went to this year. (I went on vacation to see music, not as a business trip to go to the conference). Having been able to see U2 at the Sphere in Vegas back in October I was very interested in this session, and it was
- [SXSW March 11th, 2024](https://goatless.org/2024/03/11/sxsw-march-11th-2024) - A few highlights of music I saw on Monday at SXSW in Austin. I tried to find the balance between spending too much time getting video on the phone versus just being there in the moment, but did catch a few videos. Grace Sorensen is an Austin local, doing her first set at Cuatro Gato
- [Justin Townes Earle, Live at Grimey's, September 4th, 2014, on BMG.](https://goatless.org/2024/03/09/justin-townes-earle-live-at-grimeys-september-4th-2014-on-bmg) - Though it was recorded in 2014, and released in 2015 on Vagrant Records, my copy is the 2023 Record Store Day reissue on BMG - two 45rpm records in blue vinyl. This was recorded the month Single Mothers was being released but also includes songs that would be on Absent Fathers My copy via Newbury
- [M. Ward, The End of Amnesia, 2001 on Future Farmer Recordings](https://goatless.org/2024/03/08/m-ward-the-end-of-amnesia-2001-on-future-farmer-recordings) - M. Ward's sophomore album, following up Duet for Guitars #2 - and what a wonderful album it is. My copy is a 20th anniversary reissue on vinyl from Jealous Butcher Records which sounds amazing. Future Farmer did release a vinyl edition in 2009 but this one is remastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering. Liner
- [The Time, Pandemonium, 1990 on Paisely Park](https://goatless.org/2024/03/07/the-time-pandemonium-1990-on-paisely-park) - This was the fourth full length from Morris Day's The Time, with Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir, and Jerome Benton (who delivers the mirror). The song "Donald Trump (Black Version)" resurfaced back in 2016 for obvious reasons, but otherwise it's just a fun funk album about food and sex.
- [Gang Starr, No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1989 on Wild Pitch Records](https://goatless.org/2024/03/06/gang-starr-no-more-mr-nice-guy-1989-on-wild-pitch-records) - Houton's DJ Premier and Boston's Guru as a Brooklyn based hip hop duo, sometimes credited as the originators of jazz rap / jazz hip hop. "Words I Manifest" does sample "Night in Tunisia" and the album featured the song "Jazz Music." My copy is the Vinyl Me Please reissue from 2022, with listening notes by
- [David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, 1974 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/03/05/david-bowie-diamond-dogs-1974-on-rca-victor) - Bowie's eighth studio album, recorded following the disbanding of the Spiders from Mars, working (again) with producer Tony Visconti. The recording band includes Tony Newman and Aynsley Dunbar on Drums, Herbie Flowers on Bass, Mike Garson on Keyboards, and Bowie (credited only by last name) playing guitar, saxes, moog, and mellotron. The cover painting is
- [Donovan, Catch the Wind, 1965 on Hickory](https://goatless.org/2024/03/04/donovan-catch-the-wind-1965-on-hickory) - Donovan's debut, this LP was titled "What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid" in the UK (and it seems like everywhere outside the US), but "Catch The Wind" in the US . It came out a bit later here and the single was already on the charts, so they wanted the LP title to match.
- [R.E.M., Dead Letter Office, 1987 on IRS Records](https://goatless.org/2024/02/29/r-e-m-dead-letter-office-1987-on-irs-records) - Divded into a "Post" side and a "Script" side, this was one of my favorite R.E.M. releases of the 80s, with the unofficial subtitle from the rear cover: "We do sountracks, a virtuous compost, Being a Compendium Of Oddities Collared and B-sides compiled." "Voice of Harold" was a completely different vocal improvised over the track
- [Shame, Food for Worms, 2023 on Dead Oceans](https://goatless.org/2024/03/02/shame-food-for-worms-2023-on-dead-oceans) - My membership in Secretly Society actually introduced me to shame, a post-punk band from the UK (who style their name in lower case). This was their third LP for Dead Oceans, recorded at Assault and Battery studios in London, and produced by Flood. My copy in red/blue split vinyl via Secretly Society where it was
- [Conor Oberst, Ruminations, 2016 on Nonesuch](https://goatless.org/2024/03/01/conor-oberst-ruminations-2016-on-nonesuch) - Oberst was hospitalized in 2015 in the middle of a tour for the punk band Desaparecidos, and this album was written and recorded in the recovery from that experience. It was recorded in Omaha in just two days, with Ben Brodin as Engineer, Mike Mogis doing the mixing, and Bob Ludwig mastering. My copy is
- [Leon Russell, Leon Russell and the Shelter People, 1971 on Shelter Records](https://goatless.org/2024/02/28/leon-russell-leon-russell-and-the-shelter-people-1971-on-shelter-records) - There's been a resurgence of interest in Leon Russell lately, with a tribute album (A Song For Leon) and a biography (Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History) both out this spring. I've been a fan for a long time - "A Song for You" (especially the Donny
- [Sylvan Esso, No Rules Sandy, 2022 on Loma Vista / Psychic Hotline](https://goatless.org/2024/02/26/sylvan-esso-no-rules-sandy-2022-on-loma-vista-psychic-hotline) - My copy is the VMP limited, numbered edition on orange vinyl, pressed at Memphis Record Pressing. There's a partially opaque slipcover through which you can see the tracklist with "No Rules Sandy" on the slipcover fitting into the ( ) on the printed cover. Amelia Meath and Nicholas Sanborn perform as Sylvan Esso, out of
- [Nico, Chelsea Girl, 1967 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2024/02/27/nico-chelsea-girl-1967-on-verve) - This album originally came out in '67 as Nico's solo debut, in the same year as the release of The Velvet Underground and Nico on which she sang three songs. I absolutely love these versions of Jackson Browne's "These Days" and Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine" My copy is a 2017 reissue by
- [The Alarm, Equals, 2018 on The Twenty First Century Recording Company](https://goatless.org/2024/02/24/the-alarm-equals-2018-on-the-twenty-first-century-recording-company) - The Alarm joined here by Billy Duffy from the Cult. The Twenty First Century Recording Company was set up by Mike Peters back in the 90s. The Alarm have actually put out six records since 2011, though I've not followed them as closely as I did back in their heyday in the 80s. They are
- [Various Artists, 89.3 The Current, 2005 on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR 116)](https://goatless.org/2024/02/23/various-artists-89-3-the-current-2005-on-minnesota-public-radio-mpr-116) - Great compilation of recordings made in the studios of Minnesota Public Radio. The Current is the branded name for KCMP, 89.3, and was created when MPR bought WCAL-FM, the college station at St. Olaf, in 2004. So I guess this release was partially celebrating the roll out of The Current. Lots of great things here,
- [Modern English, After the Snow, 1982 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2024/02/22/modern-english-after-the-snow-1982-on-sire) - This was Modern English's second album, following Mesh & Lace, and had the massive hit "I Melt With You" which I think was so iconic in the early 80s. Doesn't always fare well in reviews - Melt With You is definitely the stand out on the album, but I actually really like the whole thing.
- [Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, So Far, 1974 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/02/21/crosby-stills-nash-young-so-far-1974-on-atlantic) - I didn't realize until many years later this was a compilation album - basically [Greatest Hits] So Far because I was coming to their music so many years later. Wikipedia tells me (and i believe them) that the 11 tracks here represent 50% of what the band had put out at that point, as studio
- [Desmond Dekker, The Israelites, 1969 on Pyramid](https://goatless.org/2024/02/20/desmond-dekker-the-israelites-1969-on-pyramid) - The title track was top 10 both in the UK and in the US in 1969, making Dekker one of the most visible early stars of reggae outside Jamaica. My copy is a 2016 mono reissue through BMG, reproducing the Pyramid label from the 1969 UK release. Via Reykjavik Record Shop in Iceland.
- [Bonny Light Horseman, Rolling Golden Holy, 2022 on 37d03d](https://goatless.org/2024/02/19/bonny-light-horseman-rolling-golden-holy-2022-on-37d03d) - The sophomore album from Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman, joined here by Mike Lewis, and JT Bates. (Does this make BLH technically a supergroup, given all those three do outside this trio?) My copy via Secretly Society - this was the December 2022 release
- [Bonnie Bishop, Ain't Who I Was, 2016 on Plan BB](https://goatless.org/2024/02/17/bonnie-bishop-aint-who-i-was-2016-on-plan-bb) - I first heard the title track of this album on a Paste Sampler from 2017 so was happy to find the LP (produced by Dave Cobb) at Dyno Records in Newburyport. Here she is performing it at the Paste Studios: Bishop is from Austin TX (but may now be in Nashville?) and has been putting
- [Andrew Bird, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, 2005 on Righteous Babe / Grimsey](https://goatless.org/2024/02/16/andrew-bird-the-mysterious-production-of-eggs-2005-on-righteous-babe-grimsey) - The original came out in the US on Ani Di Franco's Righteous Babe Records, but my copy is a later reissue on Stillwater Minnesota's Grimsey Records. Andrew Bird is a great, eclectic, constantly interesting musician - I first came across him in the Squirrel Nut Zippers but he's had a great, long, and compelling solo
- [Various Artists, Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture, 1984 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/02/15/various-artists-footloose-original-soundtrack-of-the-paramount-motion-picture-1984-on-columbia) - So in 1984 I'd have thought myself too cool for the Footloose soundtrack: Kenny Logins and Deniece Williams? But I also would have secretly loved it (as I do now unashamedly): the title track, Let's Hear It For The Boy, Holding Out For A Hero, Dancing In The Sheets, and Almost Paradise. My copy via
- [Ry Cooder, Boomer's Story, 1972 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2024/02/14/ry-cooder-boomers-story-1972-on-reprise) - I love Ry Cooder's career - so many different threads, all of which are wonderful. This was his third studio album in a roots/Americana/blues tradition. Randy Newman guests on piano on "Rally 'Round The Flag" and Sleepy John Estes on "President Kennedy." The title track gets credited to "Traditional" here but is actually "The Railroad
- [The Zombies, Begin Here, 1965 on Decca](https://goatless.org/2024/02/13/the-zombies-begin-here-1965-on-decca) - My copy is a later reissue (2013) on Repertoire Records, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios from HD 24 bit audio - the original was on Decca in the UK . Wonderful to hear their on Muddy Waters' "I Got My Mojo Working" and Ellas McDaniel's "Road Runner" - great quality pressing. My copy via
- [Gil Evans, Gil Evans & Ten, 1957 on Prestige](https://goatless.org/2024/02/12/gil-evans-gil-evans-ten-1957-on-prestige) - My copy is the 2023 reissue by Craft Recordings for Record Store Day. Players: Gil Evans: Piano Steve Lacy: Soprano Saxophone Jimmy Cleveland: Trombone Louis Mucci, John Carisi, Jake Koven: Trumpet Bart Varsalona: Bass Trombone Willie Ruff: French Horn Zeke Tolin (aka Lee Konitz): Alto Saxophone Dave Kurtzer: Bassoon Paul Chambers: Bass Nick Stabulas, Jo
- [Echo and the Bunnymen, B-Sides and Live (2001-2005), 2022 on Demon Records](https://goatless.org/2024/02/10/echo-and-the-bunnymen-b-sides-and-live-2001-2005-2022-on-demon-records) - Released digitally in 2007 by Cooking Vinyl, but reissued on vinyl by Demon Records for Record Store Day 2022, on clear vinyl. A number of songs from Live at Reading Festival 2005, a remix of "Rescue," and some acoustic versions. Great pressing and package. My copy via the discount rack at Newbury Comics in the
- [Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton, Wildflower Blues,  2017 on Cinquefoil](https://goatless.org/2024/02/09/jolie-holland-samantha-parton-wildflower-blues-2017-on-cinquefoil) - Holland and Parton were the original core of the Be Good Tanyas, later joined by Trish Klein and Frazey Ford. I was (and still am) a massive fan of the Be Good Tanyas, often letting their albums Blue Horse and Chinatown run all day while working. Here they reunite on an album via Cinquefoil Records,
- [The Magnetic Fields, i, 2004 on Nonesuch](https://goatless.org/2024/02/08/the-magnetic-fields-i-2004-on-nonesuch) - All the songs on the album start with the letter i, a very Stephin Merritt thing to do. (Is this also related to the "i" in his first name?). The front page of the insert lyrics and credits sheet, which shows through the die cut "i" in the cover, is Fred Tomaselli's Gravity in Four
- [Fugees, The Score, 1996 on Columbia / Ruffhouse](https://goatless.org/2024/02/07/fugees-the-score-1996-on-columbia-ruffhouse) - Very hard to find original pressings of this - my copy is a 2021 reissue. This is an absolute must have, alongside The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which followed 2 years later. How Many Mics, Ready or Not, Killing Me Softly, No Woman No Cry - so much of this album is just perfect. It's
- [Bonnie Raitt, Takin My Time, 1973 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2024/02/05/bonnie-raitt-takin-my-time-1973-on-warner-bros) - Raitt's third full length album, produced by John Hall. Great versions of Mose Allison's "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" and Jackson Browne's "I Thought I was a Child." Guests include Taj Mahal, Bill Payne, Jim Keltner, and Lowell George. My copy via a record fair at Mill No 5 in Lowell MA
- [INXS, Listen Like Thieves, 1985 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/02/06/inxs-listen-like-thieves-1985-on-atlantic) - This was INXS' fifth studio album, but had their first US breakthrough hit with "What You Need." Recorded at Rhinoceros in Sydney and produced by Chris Thomas. Includes "This Time" and "Listen Like Thieves" which are also great. My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewelry in Beverly MA.
- [John Mayall with Eric Clapton, Blues Breakers, 1966 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2024/02/03/john-mayall-with-eric-clapton-blues-breakers-1966-on-london-records) - This was the debut studio album for Mayall and the Bluesbreakers but credited to John Mayall with Eric Clapton. The band here includes Mayall, Clapton, John McVie, Hughie Flint, Johnny Almond, Alan Skidmore, and Dennis Healey. London Records was the US distributor for UK label Decca. Clapton left to form Cream with Ginger Baker and
- [Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder , Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, 2022 on Nonesuch](https://goatless.org/2024/02/02/taj-mahal-ry-cooder-get-on-board-the-songs-of-sonny-terry-brownie-mcghee-2022-on-nonesuch) - How could you possibly go wrong with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder together? Joachim Cooder joins on drums and bass. Produced by Ry Cooder; recorded, mixed and mastered by Martin Pradler. Gets its name (and inspiration) from Smithsonian Folkways FA2028: "Get On Board: Negro Folksongs By The Folkmasters" - which you can still get as
- [The Chesterfield Kings, The Berlin Wall of Sound, 1990 on Mirror Records](https://goatless.org/2024/02/01/the-chesterfield-kings-the-berlin-wall-of-sound-1990-on-mirror-records) - The Chesterfield Kings were a garage-rock band from Rochester NY fronted by Greg Prevost. i randomly found a single of theirs in the mid-eighties ("She Told Me Lies") but this is the first time I've seen a full length LP. By 1990 they were leaning a bit more heavy / hard rock than their earlier
- [Dead or Alive, Youthquake, 1985 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/01/31/dead-or-alive-youthquake-1985-on-epic) - Dead or Alive sometimes get put in the one hit wonder category, based on the massive success of "You Spin Me Round" but this is really a great record. I had the 12" single of "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" when it came out, but didn't find the full LP until recently -
- [Willie Neslon, Heroes, 2012 on Legacy / Yep Roc Records.](https://goatless.org/2022/11/03/willie-neslon-heroes-2012-on-legacy-yep-roc-records) - Willie Neslon, Heroes, 2012 on Legacy / Yep Roc Records. My copy is part of the Story of Willie Nelson anthology from @vinylmeplease Another great set from Willie and guests including Lukas Nelson but also Ray Price, Sheryl Crow, Billy Joe Shaver - even Snoop Dogg on "Roll Me Up" (and Smoke Me When I
- [Waylon Jennings,Honky Tonk Heroes, 1973 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2024/01/30/waylon-jenningshonky-tonk-heroes-1973-on-rca-victor) - I grew up with Waylon & Willie commonly playing around our household and in the last decade have come back to appreciate and collect their albums after a long time away from them. On Honky Tonk Heroes most of the songs are Billy Joe Shaver songs and the record was Jennings' first after renegotiating his
- [Jack Elliott, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1961 on Prestige International](https://goatless.org/2024/01/29/jack-elliott-ramblin-jack-elliott-1961-on-prestige-international) - One of the few duplicates I hang onto, as I have a repressing (Hard Travelin') but this is the Vinyl Me Please reissue (as part of VMP Country) which looks and sounds great.
- [Sharon Van Etten, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, 2022 on Jagjaguwar](https://goatless.org/2024/01/27/sharon-van-etten-weve-been-going-about-this-all-wrong-2022-on-jagjaguwar) - Van Etten's sixth full length and fourth on Jagjaguwar, this was one of my favorite albums of 2022. Van Etten produced along with Daniel Knowles, with musicians Devin Hoff (bass), Jorge Baibi (drums), and Charley Damski (keys) joining on most tracks (along with a few others). My copy via Newbury Comics in the Natick Mall
- [R.E.M., Document, 1987 on IRS Records](https://goatless.org/2024/01/07/r-e-m-document-1987-on-irs-records) - Their last full-length on IRS before making the jump to Warner Bros, capping really a perfect run from 1982 (Chronic Town) to 1987. The "No. 5" on the cover and opposite table of contents on the rear refers to this being the fifth album. (I love many of the albums after the move to the
- [John Coltrane, Sun Ship, 1971 on Impulse!](https://goatless.org/2024/01/26/john-coltrane-sun-ship-1971-on-impulse) - Recorded in August of 1965 at RCA Victor studios in NYC, and released (posthumously) in 1971. Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), and McCoy Tyner (piano) with Coltrane. All song s written by Coltrane. Produced ("Prepared for release") by Alice Coltrane and Ed Michel. Engineered by Bob Simpson (not Rudy Gelder like the other quartet
- [Various Artists, Bills & Aches & Blues, 2021 on 4AD](https://goatless.org/2024/01/24/various-artists-bills-aches-blues-2021-on-4ad) - Compilation 4AD issued in celebration of their 40th anniversary. It's a bit hit-and-miss, as such collections often are - for some reason the two Breeder's tracks (Tune-Yards take on "Cannonball" and Big Thief's take on "Off You") stand out to me as does Tkay Maidza's take on The Pixies' "Where is My Mind?." My copy
- [Kristin Hersh, Crooked, 2019 on Fire Records](https://goatless.org/2024/01/23/kristin-hersh-crooked-2019-on-fire-records) - Crooked actually first came out in 2009 (digital/online) or 2010 (CD), but this Fire Records issue for Record Store Day 2019 was the first vinyl issue. Hersh wrote all the songs, produced and played all the instruments, with Steve Rizzo as recording engineer at Stable Sound (his studio at Sandy Point Stables) in Portsmouth Rhode
- [Japandroids, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, 2017 on Anti- Records](https://goatless.org/2024/01/17/japandroids-near-to-the-wild-heart-of-life-2017-on-anti-records) - Third full length from Vancouver BC rock duo Japandroids, and their first on Anti-. Came with a 24 page booklet insert and poster. There was a ~5 year break after Celebration Rock and lots of incessant touring. I think it's a more mature record than the previous two and look forward to more. My copy
- [R.E.M., Green, 1988 on Warner Bros.](https://goatless.org/2024/01/22/r-e-m-green-1988-on-warner-bros) - R.E.M.'s sixth studio album, which came out my freshman year of college - I believe the last time I saw them live was on the Green tour at Boston Garden in April of '89. Some of my fellow R.E.M. fans going back to Chronic Town, Murmur, and Reckoning felt like Green was the one where
- [Talking Heads, Live on Tour, 1979 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2024/01/20/talking-heads-live-on-tour-1979-on-warner-bros) - The Warner Bros. Music Show was a series of releases sent to radio stations for broadcast between 1979 and 1988 - they weren't ever really intended to be released to consumers, but because they were distributed on vinyl they show up in vintage stores from time to time. I was not hip enough (as a
- [Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Sam Lay, and Buddy Miles - Fathers and Sons, 1969 on Chess](https://goatless.org/2024/01/19/muddy-waters-otis-spann-mike-bloomfield-paul-butterfield-donald-duck-dunn-sam-lay-and-buddy-miles-fathers-and-sons-1969-on-chess) - Vinyl Me Please just credits the LP to Muddy Waters, but the back cover really credits everyone in the all star band. It was Waters's biggest seller. One LP is studio recordings from Chicago (Ter Mar Studios), the other LP is a live recording from the Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree. This Vinyl Me Please reissue
- [Fiona Apple, When the Pawn . . . , 1999 on Clean Slate / Epic](https://goatless.org/2024/01/16/fiona-apple-when-the-pawn-1999-on-clean-slate-epic) - The full title is: When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You
- [R.E.M., reckoning, 1984 on IRS](https://goatless.org/2024/01/15/r-e-m-reckoning-1984-on-irs) - R.E.M.'s second full length LP (following Murmur - Chronic Town was just an EP) and the best album titled Reckoning to come out in the 80s (the second best being the Grateful Dead's acoustic Reckoning). To be fair there isn't really an R.E.M. album I don't love, but this is one of my favorites -
- [Gerry Mulligan Quartet, self-titled, 1962 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2024/01/12/gerry-mulligan-quartet-self-titled-1962-on-verve) - The Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Crow, and Gus Johnson - mostly recorded at Tom Nola's studio in New York in May 1962, with one live track from The Village Vanguard, February 1962. Love how full of character liner notes on old jazz records are - on this one Willis Conover describes Mulligan: [Mulligan]
- [Eddie Harris & Les McCann, Second Movement, 1971 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2024/01/13/eddie-harris-les-mccann-second-movement-1971-on-atlantic) - Follow-up to the massively successful Swiss Movement ("Compared to What"), recorded at Atlantic Studios. Harris and McCann are joined by Cornell Dupree, James Rowser, Donald Dean, and Bernard Purdie. Doesn't quite live up to Swiss Movement but it's a great early seventies jazz LP My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewelry in Beverly MA
- [Golden Gate Groove: The Sound of Philadelphia Live in San Francisco 1973, 2021 on Philadelphia International Records](https://goatless.org/2024/01/11/golden-gate-groove-the-sound-of-philadelphia-live-in-san-francisco-1973-2021-on-philadelphia-international-records) - There's a complicated set of dates here - recorded in 1973 and released originally in 2012 on CD by Philadelphia International Records and Legacy (Sony's label for reissues), but then released for the first time on vinyl for Record Store Day 2021. The performers are MFSB, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Three Degrees,
- [Bronski Beat, Truthdate Doubledare, 1986 on MCA Records](https://goatless.org/2024/01/09/bronski-beat-truthdate-doubledare-1986-on-mca-records) - This was Bronski Beat's second full lengthy, after the mega success of The Age of Consent - and the first after Jimmy Somerville departed (to form the Communards). "Hit That Perfect Beat" was the big single. Despite Somerville's departure (he was replaced by John Foster), it's much in the same vein. I still really like
- [Willie Nelson, Stardust, 1978 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2024/01/08/willie-nelson-stardust-1978-on-columbia) - Probably my favorite Willie Nelson album. Produced by Booker T Jones - Nelson using his newly found creative control to follow successful outlaw country records with a bunch of covers of pop songs and standards. His sister Bobbie on piano. Great version of Blue Skies, All of Me, and Georgia on My Mind, plus the
- [Lucinda Williams, Southern Soul: From Memphis to Muscle Shoals & More, 2021 on Highway 20](https://goatless.org/2024/01/05/lucinda-williams-southern-soul-from-memphis-to-muscle-shoals-more-2021-on-highway-20) - This is volume 2 in Lu's Jukebox In Studio Concert Series - six episodes recorded at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Florida as a benefit to venues who could sell streaming tickets through their own sites via Mandolin. The second episode of “Lu’s Jukebox” will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2020 with “Southern Soul:
- [Various Artists, If You're Going To The City: A Tribute to Mose Allison, 2019 on Fat Possum](https://goatless.org/2024/01/04/various-artists-if-youre-going-to-the-city-a-tribute-to-mose-allison-2019-on-fat-possum) - Fantastic collection on Fat Possum of artists covering songs Mose Allison wrote. Three-sided vinyl, with an etching on the fourth side. Also includes a DVD of Mose Allison: Ever Since I Stole the Blues. Tracklist includes: Taj Mahal - Your Mind is On Vacation Robbie Fulks - My Brain Jackson Browne - If You Live
- [Spandau Ballet, True, 1983 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2024/01/03/spandau-ballet-true-1983-on-chrysalis) - Spandau Ballet's third album and major breakout - with Steve Norman on Sax adding to the New Romantic sound. The title single was unavoidable in the early 80s, and got overplayed but it's really a wonderful album to play through. My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewel
- [Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger, 1975 on Columbia.](https://goatless.org/2024/01/02/willie-nelson-red-headed-stranger-1975-on-columbia) - This was the follow up to Shotgun Willie, and was a commercial and critical breakthrough as Nelson moved away from RCA (with two albums on Atlantic in between) and into the Outlaw Country phase. At Columbia he got the creative control he'd been after. It's an early concept album with a continuous story running through
- [Big Joe Williams, Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick, 1969 on World Pacific](https://goatless.org/2023/12/30/big-joe-williams-hand-me-down-my-old-walking-stick-1969-on-world-pacific) - World Pacific was an imprint of Liberty Records. Recorded in London in 1968, when Williams was ~65 years old and was regularly touring European and American festivals. My copy must have been at some point in the collection of WRSU, the record station at Rutgers - but came to me via Academy Records in NYC.
- [Sorcha Richardson, Hot Fuss, 2022 on Turntable Kitchen](https://goatless.org/2023/12/29/sorcha-richardson-hot-fuss-2022-on-turntable-kitchen) - Another full album cover from the folks at Turntable Kitchen. This one has Irish singer/songwriter Sorcha Richardson taking on The Killers' 2004 Hot Fuss. It's an unexpected approach but it really works - Mr. Brightside, All These Things That I've Done, Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll - all sound great in a new treatment. Alex
- [Mary Gauthier, Rifles & Rosary Beads, 2018 on In The Black](https://goatless.org/2023/12/12/mary-gauthier-rifles-rosary-beads-2018-on-in-the-black) - All the songs on this LP were co-written with service members and spouses - and a portion of the proceeds go to SongwritingWith:Soldiers. Bullet Holes in the Sky sticks with me the most - cowritten with Jamie Trent: It’s the 11th of November down in Nashville Tennessee Free breakfast at the Waffle House if I
- [Mary Gauthier, Trouble & Love, 2014 on In The Black Records](https://goatless.org/2023/12/28/mary-gauthier-trouble-love-2014-on-in-the-black-records) - Another solid album from Mary Gauthier, with Viktor Krauss, Beth Nielsen Chapman and others. Produced by Gauthier and Patrick Granado. Great songwriting as always: Jagged edges, broken partsWhere you end and where I startGot so tangled up in youThat I can’t tell false from true Fasle from true Part of a set of records I
- [Thompson Twins, In the Name of Love, 1982 on Arista](https://goatless.org/2023/12/22/thompson-twins-in-the-name-of-love-1982-on-arista) - This was the first Thompson Twins album in the US - a compilation of two tracks from 1981's A Product Of . . . (their debut album in the UK) and 8 tracks from their followup 1982 album Set. Set was produced by Steve Lillywhite and had Alannah Currie replacing Jane Shorter who was on
- [Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel, 1978 on Atlantic.](https://goatless.org/2023/12/21/peter-gabriel-peter-gabriel-1978-on-atlantic) - The second in the series of self-titled albums Gabriel put out between 1977 and 1982, this one is sometimes called Peter Gabriel 2 or known as "Scratch" to differentiate it from the others, based on the cover art (by Hipgnosis). Produced by Robert Fripp, with Frippertronics on "Exposure." In the UK this was on Charisma,
- [Aretha Franklin, Aretha Arrives, 1967 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/12/20/aretha-franklin-aretha-arrives-1967-on-columbia) - Aretha's 11th album and second for Atlantic - the follow up to I Never Loved a Man. Includings covers of the Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" and the ? and the Mysterian's "96 Tears" as well as "You Are My Sunshine" and "That's Life." Sometimes gets dismissed as the weak follow up to her Atlantic debut, but
- [Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook, 2022 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2023/12/19/ella-fitzgerald-ella-at-the-hollywood-bowl-the-irving-berlin-songbook-2022-on-verve) - Recorded in August 1958, but not released until 2022, this concert followed the release of the Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook LP. The concert was conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, who had played the same role in the LP. There's an animated video for Puttin' on the Ritz, one of the songs
- [Georg Holm, Orri Páll Dýrason, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and Kjartan Holm, Circe, 2015 on Krúnk](https://goatless.org/2023/12/18/georg-holm-orri-pall-dyrason-hilmar-orn-hilmarsson-and-kjartan-holm-circe-2015-on-krunk) - Two members of Sigur Rós (Holm and Dýrason) working with Icelandic composer Hilmarsson and Georg Holm's brother Kjartan (touring guitarist with the band) on the soundtrack to The Show of Shows - a documentary by Benedikt Erlingsson on vaudeville, circuses, and carnivals that aired on the BBC as part of Storyville (unfortunately listed as "not
- [UB40, Self-Titled, 1988 on A&M](https://goatless.org/2023/12/16/ub40-self-titled-1988-on-am) - Ub40's eighth studio album, released in the US on A&M (It was on DEP International in the UK). Includes the Dusty Springfield cover "Breakfast In Bed" with Chrissie Hynde. At this point they were mega stars, not the early political unknown band I'd loved in the early 80s, but I still think this album sounds
- [The Who, The Kids Are Alright, 1979 on Polydor](https://goatless.org/2023/12/15/the-who-the-kids-are-alright-1979-on-polydor) - The Soundtrack LP to the 1979 rock documentary The Kids Are Alright, with performances from 1965 to 1978. It was originally released on MCA Records in the US and Polydor in the UK - my copy is a reissue from 2019 on Polydor based on a 2017 remastering by Jon Astley. Note the record labels
- [The Ink Spots, If I Didn't Care, 1964 on Crown Records (CST 448)](https://goatless.org/2023/12/14/the-ink-spots-if-i-didnt-care-1964-on-crown-records-cst-448) - Crown is somewhat reviled as the king of the discount labels - records were issued without even paper inner sleeves, and issues records between 1953 and 1972. Records issue by Crown often have really noisy recordings or sound warn, but this one actually holds up pretty well. Their biggest single, the title track here, came
- [Magnolia Record Club Presents Spotify Singles Vol. 2, 2022](https://goatless.org/2023/12/13/magnolia-record-club-presents-spotify-singles-vol-2-2022) - Second volume in the series - see Magnolia Record Club Presents Spotify Singles for the first volume. Manufactured and distributed by Dualtone, but labelled only as Magnolia Record Club. This one includes: John Prine with the Secret Sisters doing Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Zac Brown Band doing Jason Isbell's
- [Herb Ellis, At Montreux, 1980 on Concord Jazz (CJ-116)](https://goatless.org/2023/12/11/herb-ellis-at-montreux-1980-on-concord-jazz-cj-116) - Recorded live by Mountain Studios at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland July 1979. With: Ray Brown / Michael Moore on bass Jeff Hamilton / Jake Hanna on drums Ross Tompkins on Piano Produced by Carl Jefferson, who founded Concord Records (as well as the Concord Summer Festival in Concord CA) and sold it in
- [Erroll Garner, Feeling is Believing, 1970 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2023/12/09/erroll-garner-feeling-is-believing-1970-on-mercury) - Garner's first album in the 1970s, with five of his own compositions plus recordings of the Beatle's "Yesterday;" Blood, Sweat, & Tears' "Spinning Wheel;" "For Once In My Life;" "Strangers in the Night;" and the Hal David Burt Bacharach "The Look Of Love." Listed as "A Product of Octave Records" - who are currently reissuing
- [Art Farmer, The Many Faces of Art Farmer, Scepter Records, 1964](https://goatless.org/2023/12/08/art-farmer-the-many-faces-of-art-farmer-scepter-records-1964) - My copy (as you can see from the images) is an UpFront records reissue from the 70s, retitled as just Art Farmer. UpFront was a sublabel of Springboard International out of New Jersey, which reissued lots of compilation jazz and blues records from artists originally released on other labels (some are advertised on the rear
- [Billy Strings, Renewal, 2021 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2023/12/07/billy-strings-renewal-2021-on-rounder) - I first heard of Billy Strings because he started showing up in YouTube recommended videos next to lots of other performers I follow - sometimes actually duetting with them, other times just at the same festivals or similar stages. Seems like the classic word-of-mouth artist, making it by spending his time on the festival circuit,
- [Johnnie Frierson, Have You Been Good To Yourself, 2016 on Light in the Attic](https://goatless.org/2023/12/06/johnnie-frierson-have-you-been-good-to-yourself-2016-on-light-in-the-attic) - Took a flyer on this one at a $10 sale at Vinyl Destination in Lowell, based on my appreciation of other Light in the Attic reissues - it's really a wonderful collection. Call it lo-fi gospel with some almost spoken word production. Frierson originally put these recordings out on home-produced cassettes in the 1990s but
- [Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Cabot, December 2nd 2024](https://goatless.org/2023/12/04/preservation-hall-jazz-band-at-the-cabot-december-2nd-2024) - I've long been a fan of Preservation Hall - a New Orleans institution dedicated to protect, preserve, and perpetuate traditional jazz. The full Preservation Hall Jazz Band is some 60 members strong, currently, but this sextet is out touring a Creole Christmas celebration. (upcoming dates). Left to right, that's Clint Maedgen on saxophone and vocals
- [Boogaloo Joe Jones, No Way!, 1971 on Prestige](https://goatless.org/2023/12/05/boogaloo-joe-jones-no-way-1971-on-prestige) - Jones is joined by Grover Washington, Jr, Sonny Phillips, Butch Cornell, Jimmy Lewis, and Bernard Purdie. Recording by Rudy Van Gelder with Bob Porter. Great early seventies soul/jazz fusion. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue in the Classics track from 2022, via Craft Recordings (CR00476).
- [Willie Nelson, Always On My Mind, 1982 on Columbia.](https://goatless.org/2023/12/02/willie-nelson-always-on-my-mind-1982-on-columbia) - I had always thought that "Always on My Mind" was a much older song than 1982 - and it turns out it is. It was recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972 - but Willie's take didn't come out until 1982. The album also includes Willie's takes on "Do Right, Do Right Woman," "A Whiter Shade
- [Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1968 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/11/30/leonard-cohen-songs-of-leonard-cohen-1968-on-columbia) - You don't often find Leonard Cohen LPs in record stores as people tend to hold on to them to the end. Even if you haven't had a turntable in years you're reluctant to give these up. Cohen is one of those artists I came to a bit later in life but feels like he's always
- [Dawes, Misadventures of Doomscroller, 2022 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2023/11/29/dawes-misadventures-of-doomscroller-2022-on-rounder) - I'm a huge fan of Dawes going back to Nothing is Wrong in 2011 and look forward to everything they put out. (They're also playing the Cabot Theater in December). There's more long-form instrumental work here - two tracks clocking in at 9 minutes plus. Those longer, proggier songs may be to distract you from
- [Savages, Adore Life, 2016 on Matador](https://goatless.org/2023/11/28/savages-adore-life-2016-on-matador) - Sophomore LP from English post-punk band fronted by Gemma Thompson (guitar) and Jehnny Beth (vocals), with Ay?e Hassan (bass) and Fay Milton (drums). Love the post-punk revival sound here but they're no tribute act - this is vibrant compelling and modern. Unfortunately they've not released any new music since 2017. Found this copy at Vinyl
- [Billy Bragg, Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, 1984 on CD Presents](https://goatless.org/2023/11/27/billy-bragg-brewing-up-with-billy-bragg-1984-on-cd-presents) - Billy Bragg's sophomore full length, subtitled "a puckish satire on contemporary mores." This was released on Go! Discs in the UK but David Ferguson's CD Presents in the US. CD Presents started as a promotions company organizing West Coast shows for PiL. My copy, which I found at Academy Records in New York, includes a
- [Billy Bragg, Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC, 2019 on Cooking Vinyl](https://goatless.org/2020/01/16/billy-bragg-best-of-billy-bragg-at-the-bbc-2019-on-cooking-vinyl) - 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 last night / I wished on them but they were only satellites / it's wrong to wish on space hardware / I wish, I wish, I wish
- [Doug Sahm, Groover's Paradise, 1974 on Warner Bros](https://goatless.org/2023/11/25/doug-sahm-groovers-paradise-1974-on-warner-bros) - Doug Sahm's quite an interesting figure I knew little about until Vinyl Me Please introduced me to this LP. He was a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet (formed in San Antonio but named to suggest they were part of the British invasion, like The Buckinghams), who moved out to California and were part
- [Lilli Lewis, Americana, 2021 Self-Released](https://goatless.org/2023/11/22/lilli-lewis-americana-2021-self-released) - Feels oddly appropriate to post this one the week of Thanksgiving - Lilli Lewis' Americana, which is as much an assertion as title - claiming the right to her music as Americana: When Lewis was featured in the Americana Music Association’s virtual “Black Equity in Americana: A Conversation” live-stream, she stated: “Black artists and black
- [Benjamin Booker, Self-Titled, 2014 on ATO Records](https://goatless.org/2023/11/21/benjamin-booker-self-titled-2014-on-ato-records) - Wonderful debut full-length on ATO from New Orleans based blues / soul guitarist/singer/songwriter Booker. Recorded (analog) at the Bomb Shelter (Nashville) and produced by Andrija Tokic who worked with Alabama Shakes and Hurray for the Riff Raff. My copy via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA
- [Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Almost Blue, 1981 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/11/18/elvis-costello-the-attractions-almost-blue-1981-on-columbia) - Recorded in Nashville, this is Costello's covers album of country greats - including Hank Williams and George Jones. I love Costello in his Americana / roots / country incarnations, and I love cover records, so this is among my favorites from him. My copy via Academy Records in New York City.
- [The Oscar Peterson Trio, In a Mellow Mood, 1973 on MPS-BASF](https://goatless.org/2023/11/17/the-oscar-peterson-trio-in-a-mellow-mood-1973-on-mps-basf) - This 2xLP set is actually a reissue of The Way I Really Play and Mellow Mood, which were volumes III and V of the Exclusively For My Friends series. Makes it very confusing when I'm in a record store and trying to determine whether I've completed the series or not. (I have not - still
- [Nancy Sinatra, How Does That Grab You?, 1966 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/11/16/nancy-sinatra-how-does-that-grab-you-1966-on-reprise) - Another Lee Hazlewood produced mid-sixties Nancy Sinatra record - this was the followup to Boots - on Reprise. It didn't do as well as Boots, but did reach #41 on the Billboard charts in the US and #17 in the UK. Arrangements by Billy Strange (who also arranged Boots). There's some parts of this followup
- [Steve Earle, Townes: The Basics, 2021 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/11/15/steve-earle-townes-the-basics-2021-on-new-west) - As the back cover explains, the album Townes (a collection of Townes Van Zandt covers) was released in 2009 - but this LP collects the solo guitar and vocal tracks Earle originally recorded. This was issued as a bonus CD - The Basics - along with the CD release of Townes, but then issued for
- [Depeche Mode, Speak & Spell: The 12" Singles, 2018 on Mute](https://goatless.org/2023/11/14/depeche-mode-speak-spell-the-12-singles-2018-on-mute) - Reissued box of singles by Rhino / Sire / Mute. The singles: "Dreaming of Me," "New Life," and "Just Can't Get Enough" all came out in 1981, the same year as Speak & Spell the band's debut album. This reissue from 2018 also includes a flexi-disc with "Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead" (which was
- [Let's Active, Cypress, 1984 on IRS Records](https://goatless.org/2023/11/13/lets-active-cypress-1984-on-irs-records) - Mitch Easter, Faye Hunter, and Sara Romweber's debut full-length as Let's Active, following after the Afoot EP. My copy is UK pressing - "A & M Records Ltd are the exclusive licensees for the UK. Made in England" on the label - but still has the IRS logo. Hunter and Romweber would both move on
- [The Suburbs at the Icehouse, November 3rd 2023](https://goatless.org/2023/11/06/the-suburbs-at-the-icehouse-november-3rd-2023) - While I was in town for my mother's 80th birthday, I was able to pick up tickets to see The Suburbs at Icehouse. (I guess this is the time of the 80s bands for me, having seen The Violent Femmes, U2, and now The Suburbs all in the course of ~4 weeks). It's an all-GA
- [Weather Report, I Sing The Body Electric, 1972 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/11/11/weather-report-i-sing-the-body-electric-1972-on-columbia) - Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitous, Eric Gravatt, and guests, in a foundational fusion album from the early 70s. This was their second album after a self-titled debut. Side A is new studio work, Side B is live from a concert in Tokyo. I'm certain I actually had a copy of this back in the
- [Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger, 1962 on Prestige International](https://goatless.org/2023/11/10/dave-van-ronk-folksinger-1962-on-prestige-international) - Van Ronk was a key figure in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 60s, sometimes called the Mayor of MacDougal Street. He's the most visible model for Llewyn Davis in the Coen Brothers film. This was his third studio album and first for Prestige, and was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Per the liner
- [American Aquarium, Lamentations, 2020 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/11/09/american-aquarium-lamentations-2020-on-new-west) - How could you not love a band that takes its name from "I am trying to break your heart"? BJ Barham's writing here is based on the book of Lamentations in the Bible, transposed to modern American life. My copy is a limited edition colored vinyl (gold with silver & red marble) that New West
- [Depeche Mode, Live at Crocs Night Club Rayleigh Essex 27th June 1981, unlabelled bootleg, 2018](https://goatless.org/2023/11/08/depeche-mode-live-at-crocs-night-club-rayleigh-essex-27th-june-1981-unlabelled-bootleg) - Per discogs, this seems to be a 2018 Spanish pressing of a bootleg that first appeared in the UK in 2006. Track A6 is listed just as "Boys" before being renamed "Boys Say Go!" on the album Speak & Spell. Someone's uploaded it to YouTube: You can listed to (and download) a soundboard at dm/live
- [Aztec Camera; High Land, Hard Rain; 1983 on Sire](https://goatless.org/2023/11/07/aztec-camera-high-land-hard-rain-1983-on-sire) - Aztec Camera were a Scottish new wave band led by Roddy Frame - this was their debut album recorded for Rough Trade in the UK and distributed in the US by Sire. Best well known hit was "Oblivious," but really the whole album is wonderful My copy via Academy Records in NYC
- [Steve Goodman, Steve Goodman, 1971 on Buddah Records](https://goatless.org/2023/11/06/steve-goodman-steve-goodman-1971-on-buddah-records) - Steve Goodman's an under-appreciated American singer songwriter, mostly known as the guy who wrote "City of New Orleans" (as in, Good Morning, America, how are ya? Don't you know me I am your native son . . . ). He also hung out with John Prine and Kris Kristofferson in the Chicago folk scene before
- [Nancy Sinatra, Movin' With Nancy, 1967 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/11/04/nancy-sinatra-movin-with-nancy-1967-on-reprise) - Full subtitle: The Soundtrack from Her Television Special with Special Guests Dean Martin, Lee Hazlewood, and a very close Relative. The "very close relative," of course, would be dad (and Reprise label CEO) Frank - perhaps not credited by name for legal reasons? Dean Martin takes a duet on "Things" and Frank takes "Younger Than
- [Los Lobos, Native Sons, 2021 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/11/03/los-lobos-native-sons-2021-on-new-west) - This is a three sided LP, with an etching on the fourth side. Los Lobos, proud Angelenos, covering songs by other Los Angeles bands, including folks like Stephen Stills, Jackson Browne, and the Beach Boys, but also Lalo Guerrero, Thee Midnighters, and Percy Mayfield. The band sounds great as ever, and I love hearing their
- [Japandroids, Celebration Rock, 2012 on Polyvinyl](https://goatless.org/2023/11/02/japandroids-celebration-rock-2012-on-polyvinyl) - Japandroids are a duo out of Vancouver BC - while this was their second album (the first was 2009's Post-Nothing), it was their big breakout record and was pretty unavoidable in the early 2010s. My copy is the 2023 reissue by Vinyl Me Please, on what they call Fire's Highway vinyl.
- [Bob Marley & The Wailers, Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers), 1984 on Island Records.](https://goatless.org/2023/11/01/bob-marley-the-wailers-legend-the-best-of-bob-marley-the-wailers-1984-on-island-records) - This was required listening and a mandatory part of any healthy CD collecting heading into college in the 80s. It didn't matter what musical subculture you came from, this was the lingua franca. I went on to many other Marley albums and deeper knowledge of Reggae and Caribbean music, but this was the one everyone
- [Washboard Sam, with Big Bill Broonzy and Memphis Slim, Feeling Lowdown, 1971 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2023/10/31/washboard-sam-with-big-bill-broonzy-and-memphis-slim-feeling-lowdown-1971-on-rca-victor) - Released as part of the RCA Victor Vintage Series, "created to bring you selected reissued performances, unavailable for some years, by great personalities of the popular, jazz and folk music worlds." Washboard Sam, aka Robert Brown, recorded for Victor and Bluebird between 1935 and 1949 - these recordings all come from sessions in 1941 and
- [Astrud Gilberto, The Astrud Gilberto Album with Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1965 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2023/10/30/astrud-gilberto-the-astrud-gilberto-album-with-antonio-carlos-jobim-1965-on-verve) - A few weeks back I posted Getz Au Go Go from 1964 - this was released about a year later, and recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood in January of 1965, mastered by Rudy Van Gelder and produced by Creed Taylor. The liner notes (by Jack Maher) start off: "Astrud Gilberto is no longer just
- [U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere in Las Vegas (10/18)](https://goatless.org/2023/10/28/u2uv-achtung-baby-live-at-the-sphere-in-las-vegas-10-18) - I'm not really a Las Vegas person. I don't gamble, I don't love the desert, and I'm not in to high-end shopping, strip clubs, or whatever else Sin City is supposed to offer. To me it's usually just a hot, crowded, series of smoke-filled rooms and broad streets I have to navigate through in search
- [Sara Watkins, Under the Pepper Tree, 2021 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/10/21/sara-watkins-under-the-pepper-tree-2021-on-new-west) - I've been a big fan of Sara Watkins going back to Nickel Creek, I'm With Her, and her solo work. Great versions of "Pure Imagination" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." Produced by Tyler Chester and with guests from I'm With Her and Nickel Creek My copy direct from New West
- [Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material, 2015 on Mercury Nashville](https://goatless.org/2023/10/20/kacey-musgraves-pageant-material-2015-on-mercury-nashville) - The follow up to her break out Same Trailer, Different Park, released in 2015 on Mercury Nashville. Love the songwriting here - modern twist on classic country songwriting, co-produced by Musgraves with Shane McAnally and Luke Laird. My copy is the Vinyl Me Please reissue on gold nugget vinyl, with listening notes by Amileah Sutliff
- [Santigold, Santigold, 2008 on Downtown / Lizard King](https://goatless.org/2023/10/19/santigold-santigold-2008-on-downtown-lizard-king) - My copy is the recent Vinyl Me Please reissue on "gold nugget" vinyl. This is a 15th anniversary edition with an "art print" by Isabelle Lumpkin (Narcissister) who designed the original cover. Originally released as a self-titled album by Santogold, she later changed her name to Santigold based on legal action - so the later
- [Stray Cats, Stray Cats / Pin Up, 1981 on Arista](https://goatless.org/2023/10/18/stray-cats-stray-cats-pin-up-1981-on-arista) - This was their debut album - after forming in NY they moved to the UK and this was first released there in early 1981. It wasn't released in the US until after Built for Speed, which included six of the tracks from this debut. Produced by Dave Edmunds and the band. The cover and spine
- [Stephane Grappelli, with The Hot Club of London, I Got Rhythm, 1974 on Black Lion](https://goatless.org/2023/10/16/stephane-grappelli-with-the-hot-club-of-london-i-got-rhythm-1974-on-black-lion) - Recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London November 1973, and featuring Diz Disley, Denny Wright, and Len Skeat along with Grappelli. Liner notes by Alan Morgan. My copy via Mystery Train Records in Gloucester MA, which has a pretty impressive Jazz selection
- [Violent Femmes at MGM Music Hall](https://goatless.org/2023/10/14/violent-femmes-at-mgm-music-hall) - Last night the Violent Femmes played MGM Music Hall in Boston - great venue tucked under a corner of Fenway park. This was a stop on the tour of playing their debut self-titled album in its entirety, celebrating the 40th annivesary Please Please Please Do Not Go Gone Daddy Gone I'm Nothing Gimme the Car
- [Mary Gauthier at Fruitlands](https://goatless.org/2023/09/24/mary-gauthier-at-fruitlands) - Mary Gauthier singing Drag Queens in Limousines, at Fruitlands in Harvard MA My wife first saw Mary Gauthier in the off season at the Mews in Provincetown at open mics in the late 1990s - and we've been great fans ever since. Have seen her a half-dozen times at various venues across New England. If
- [Jelly Roll Morton, Mr. Jelly Lord, RCA Victor, 1967](https://goatless.org/2023/10/14/jelly-roll-morton-mr-jelly-lord-rca-victor-1967) - My copy is a slightly later pressing - 1973 - but this compilation first came out in 1967 as part of the RCA Victor Vintage Series. These tracks were originally recorded between 1927 and 1930. Yes, this is the Jelly Roll of "stoned me just like Jelly Roll" in Van Morrison's "And It Stoned Me."
- [Erika Lewis, A Walk Around The Sun, 2022 self-released](https://goatless.org/2023/10/13/erika-lewis-a-walk-around-the-sun-2022-self-released) - I knew Erika Lewis from Tuba Skinny, of which I'm a huge fan, so I picked up this solo album when I heard it had been released. It was produced by John James Tourville of The Deslondes. It's a different register than the Tuba Skinny repertoire - more in a roots / americana / even
- [Kevin Morby, City Music, 2017 on Dead Oceans](https://goatless.org/2023/10/12/kevin-morby-city-music-2017-on-dead-oceans) - Morby's fourth solo album and second on Dead Oceans - he was previously in Woods and The Babies. Includes a cover of "Caught in My Eye" by the Germs and a passge from Flannery O'Connor My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2023 on white & orange tie-dye vinyl, which includes a 12
- [Stephane Grappelli, Just One of Those Things: Recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1973 on Black Lion Records](https://goatless.org/2023/10/10/stephane-grappelli-just-one-of-those-things-recorded-live-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival-1973-on-black-lion-records) - Recorded July 4th, 1973, this is Grappelli with Jack Sewing, Daniel Humair, and Marc Hemmeier. My copy via Mystery Train records in Gloucester MA. Black Lion was a label Alan Bates created in 1968 - in 1973 they started to have distribution through Audiofidelity (the AFE logo on the rear cover here). Lots of great
- [The New Stan Getz Quartet Featuring Astrud Gilberto, Getz Au Go Go, 1964 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2023/10/09/the-new-stan-getz-quartet-featuring-astrud-gilberto-getz-au-go-go-1964-on-verve) - Sadly, Gilberto died this summer (June 5, 2023) - I tend to buy any albums I run across from the Getz / Gilberto collaborations or that feature her. Recorded at the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village and Carnegie Hall in 1964 - how great it would have been to have seen these shows!
- [Stella Donnelly, Flood, 2022 on Secretly Canadian](https://goatless.org/2023/10/07/stella-donnelly-flood-2022-on-secretly-canadian) - Nothing to do, so far as I can tell, with the They Might Be Giants album of the same name. Donnelly is Australian in the vein of Courtney Barnett and cites Barnett and Billy Bragg as influences. This was her second solo album and was written at least partly during the pandemic. Co-produced by Donnelly
- [Sturgill Simpson, High Top Mountain, 2013 on High Top Mountain Records.](https://goatless.org/2023/10/06/sturgill-simpson-high-top-mountain-2013-on-high-top-mountain-records) - This was Sturgill's solo debut, self-funded and produced by Dave Cobb, with an outlaw country feel and some Nashville session players like Hargus "Pig" Robbins on keys and Robby Turner and Leroy Powell on Steel Guitar. Tremendous debut and auspicious of good things to come. My copy is the Vinyl Me Please 10th anniversary reissue
- [Various Artists, Newbury Comics 30th Anniversary, 2008 on Rhino.](https://goatless.org/2023/10/05/various-artists-newbury-comics-30th-anniversary-2008-on-rhino) - Promotional record originally handed out at Newbury Comics on Record Store Day in 2008. I found a copy at Vinyl Destination in Lowell, MA. Not sure what the theme is - reissues, box sets, and new albums coming on Rhino and ATCO that year? The Replacements, Left of the Dial, from Tim The Looters, Professionals,
- [James Blood Ulmer, Free Lancing, 1981 on Columbia.](https://goatless.org/2023/10/04/james-blood-ulmer-free-lancing-1981-on-columbia) - A happy and accidental find at Academy Records in New York. Ulmer had played on several Ornette Coleman releases before going out on his own - this was his third solo LP and first on Columbia.
- [Brinsley Schwarz, Silver Pistol, 1971 on United Artists](https://goatless.org/2023/10/03/brinsley-schwarz-silver-pistol-1971-on-united-artists) - Brinsley Schwarz is one of those acts that challenges discogs users, because there is both an individual named Brinsley Schwarz, bottom right photo on the rear jacket, and a band that released albums under that name. So does it get filed under Schwarz, Brinsley (as I would for the individual artist) or Brinsley Schwarz as
- [Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/10/02/bob-dylan-the-times-they-are-a-changin-1964-on-columbia) - My copy (via Beverly Coin & Jewel) is a later reissue - the red and gold Columbia labels from the seventies rather than the "2 eye" version in the sixties and marking suggesting it was pressed at Carrollton with metalwork from Terre Haute. This was Dylan's third LP and is often seen as his turn
- [Various Artists, Magnolia Record Club Presents NPR Tiny Desk Concerts, 2022 on Dualtone](https://goatless.org/2023/09/30/various-artists-magnolia-record-club-presents-npr-tiny-desk-concerts-2022-on-dualtone) - Sadly, heard last week Bob Boilen is retiring from NPR Music. This record collects some strong performances from the Tiny Desk concert series - but really there are so many gems in the series it is just a bit of a taste: The Lumineers - Stubborn Love Brittany Howard - Stay High Black Pumas -
- [Charles Bradley, Victim of Love, 2013 on Dunham / Daptone.](https://goatless.org/2023/09/29/charles-bradley-victim-of-love-2013-on-dunham-daptone) - Charles Bradley is a great story - picked out of relative obscurity into a music career in his early 50s. Sadly he died (of stomach cancer) in 2017. He worked as a Chef in Bar Harbor, Maine, as well as Seattle and Alaska, before becoming something of a James Brown impersonator (under the name Black
- [Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (aka Peter Gabriel III, or Melt), 1980 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2023/09/28/peter-gabriel-peter-gabriel-aka-peter-gabriel-iii-or-melt-1980-on-mercury) - The third in the series of self-titled releases Gabriel put out between 1977 and 1982, Melt features lots of complex synthesizer and percussion work, with guests like Robert Fripp and Genesis bandmate Phil Collins. Kate Bush adds backing vocals on No Self Control and Games Without Frontiers. No, he's not singing "she's so popular" -
- [Al Kooper, Naked Songs, 1973 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/09/27/al-kooper-naked-songs-1973-on-columbia) - I'm a big fan of Al Kooper's work throughout his long career: from the Blues Project and the first Blood, Sweat and Tears album to Super Session and his production work. He's also a Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2023. This album includes a cover of John Prine's Sam Stone as well
- [Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/09/26/bob-dylan-the-freewheelin-bob-dylan-1963-on-columbia) - Makes sense following Llewyn Davis and Billy Bragg to have an early Dylan album - definitely one of my favorites and an iconic cover. This is from the era where Dylan is making an unbelievable number of what come to be classic albums very quickly. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is one I perpetually
- [Billy Bragg, Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy, 30th Anniversary Edition, 2022 on Cooking Vinyl](https://goatless.org/2023/09/25/billy-bragg-lifes-a-riot-with-spy-vs-spy-30th-anniversary-edition-2022-on-cooking-vinyl) - Record Store Day 2022 release on Cooking Vinyl, combining the original Spy Vs. Spy EP from 1983 with a live set at Union Chapel London June 5th 2013. One of those releases where I know every word in sequence - Man in the Iron Mask, A New England, Milkman of Human Kindness, The Busy Girl
- [Various Artists, Inside Llewyn Davis (Original Soundtrack Recording), 2013 on Nonesuch](https://goatless.org/2023/09/23/various-artists-inside-llewyn-davis-original-soundtrack-recording-2013-on-nonesuch) - My copy is the 2023 Vinyl Me Please reissue on "Seaglass Wave" vinyl. Wonderful soundtrack from the Coen brothers movie, with lots of star Oscar Isaac but also Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Chris Thile, and even Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver, and Carey Mulligan. "Please Mr. Kennedy," a novelty song in the film that Davis misses
- [The Blasters, Non Fiction, 1983 on Slash](https://goatless.org/2023/09/22/the-blasters-non-fiction-1983-on-slash) - I had (and wore out) a cassette copy of one of the Slash records compilations that had Red Rose and Long White Cadillac on it, so hard to hear those songs without expecting the compilation track order, but this is a great LP. This was their second studio album on Slash and third overall -
- [David Bromberg, David Bromberg, 1971 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/09/21/david-bromberg-david-bromberg-1971-on-columbia) - To me, David Bromberg is a hidden gem - he's not exactly unkown, but people don't realize just how great so much of what he's recorded is. This was his self-titled debut, including "The Holdup" (cowritten with George Harrison) and (apparently) uncredited Harmonica by Bob Dylan on "Sammy's Song." There's also great versions of "Dehlia,"
- [Clark Terry, It's What's Happenin': The Varitone Sound of Clark Terry, 1967 on Impulse](https://goatless.org/2023/09/20/clark-terry-its-whats-happenin-the-varitone-sound-of-clark-terry-1967-on-impulse) - Clark Terry with George Duvivier, Dave Bailey, and Don Friedman. Liner notes by Nat Hentoff, produced by Bob Thiele. Impulse was an imprint of ABC Records: "The New Wave in Jazz . . . Feel It On Impulse!" Love this: What's happening with Clark Terry is what some have called the life force. He digs
- [The Replacements, Unsuitable for Airplay: The Lost KFAI Concert, 2022 on Twin/Tone.](https://goatless.org/2023/09/19/the-replacements-unsuitable-for-airplay-the-lost-kfai-concert-2022-on-twin-tone) - Recorded live at the 7th St Entry on January 23rd, 1981 and released on vinyl as part of Record Store Day in April of 2022, this was also included (on CD) as part of the Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash box set. Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars, Bob Stinson and Tommy Stinson in
- [Nikki Lane, Highway Queen, 2017 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/09/18/nikki-lane-highway-queen-2017-on-new-west) - This was Nikki Lane's third studio album and her second on New West. Not sure where she first got called the "First Lady of Outlaw Country" (or whether she calls herself that), but love this album. Seven hundred thousand rednecks / That's what it takes to get to the top / Seven hundred thousand rednecks
- [Archie James Cavanaugh, Black and White Raven, 1980 on Black and White Raven, Inc.](https://goatless.org/2023/09/16/archie-james-cavanaugh-black-and-white-raven-1980-on-black-and-white-raven-inc) - Self-released in 1980 but reissued by the Numero Group, Black and White Raven mixes Yacht Rock, Disco, and Gospel with some flavor of Cavanaugh's native Tlingit heritage. Lots of the musicians here were part of Redbone, an LA band made up of Mexican American and Native American members. This was a Secretly Society issue on
- [Neil Young, Harvest, 1972 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/09/15/neil-young-harvest-1972-on-reprise) - Definitely one of my desert island discs (unless I can cheat and count Decade as one release), Harvest came out in 1972. This would be an absolute classic even if you took out two or three songs: Out on the Weekend, Harvest, A Man Needs a Maid, Heart of Gold, Old Man - then closing
- [Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, 1966 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/09/14/bob-dylan-blonde-on-blonde-1966-on-columbia) - Dylan's catalog is so extensive and so amazing it's hard to keep track. Most of it just feels like it's always just been there - part of the atmosphere. Blonde on Blonde came out in 1966, which feels impossibly early, even given Dylan started releasing albums in 1962. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (aka
- [Rachel Kiel, Dream Logic, 2020, Self-Released](https://goatless.org/2023/09/13/rachel-kiel-dream-logic-2020-self-released) - Kiel is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from North Carolina. This is her fourth full-length album, and features a bunch of guests, including Mitch Easter and Robert Sledge (Ben Folds Five). It was recorded and co-produced by Jeff Crawford. My copy via VNYL curation, on translucent blue vinyl. Not likely something I'd have picked up myself
- [Buddy & Julie Miller, Breakdown on 20th Ave South, 2019 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/09/12/buddy-julie-miller-breakdown-on-20th-ave-south-2019-on-new-west) - Buddy & Julie have been releasing great Americana/Roots music since the 90s (for Julie since the 80s), and as a duo since 2001. Buddy's also been an active session and touring musician, working with the Down from the Mountain tour, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Linda Rondstat, Shawn Colvin, Jim Lauderdale
- [Naughty By Nature, Naughty By Nature, 1991 on Tommy Boy](https://goatless.org/2023/09/11/naughty-by-nature-naughty-by-nature-1991-on-tommy-boy) - Though self-titled, this is actually their second album together, the first (Independent Leaders) being released under the artist name The New Style. The unavoidable massive hit here was "O.P.P" but there are a lot of great songs, including "Ghetto Bastard" (aka "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"). "Uptown Anthem," and "1, 2, 3." Featured vocalists/rappers include Queen
- [Taco, After Eight, 1982 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2023/09/08/taco-after-eight-1982-on-rca-victor) - Taco is one of those bands/artists which fell into a trap after their first single from their debut album becomes a massive hit - Puttin' on the Ritz in this case. Taco Ockerse put out three or four more albums, but most folks know him for that one hit, which maybe verges on a kind
- [ZZ Top, Rio Grande Mud, 1972 on London Records](https://goatless.org/2023/09/07/zz-top-rio-grande-mud-1972-on-london-records) - Second album from the Texas blues/rock trio of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard. London Records basically represented Decca in the US from 1947 to 1980. I love all of their output up to (and including) Eliminator in 1983 - after that I feel like there is a bit of a fall off into
- [Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends, 1968 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/09/06/simon-garfunkel-bookends-1968-on-columbia) - I'm not sure there are any missteps anywhere in the Simon & Garfunkel songbook (or even across Paul Simon's solo work), but if there is it isn't on this LP. I didn't ask to be an old man Produced by Simon, Garfunkel, and Roy Halee who also Engineered. My copy via a record fair at
- [Jenny Don't and The Spurs, Fire on the Ridge, 2021 on Fluff and Gravy Records](https://goatless.org/2023/09/05/jenny-dont-and-the-spurs-fire-on-the-ridge-2021-on-fluff-and-gravy-records) - One of the great finds curated for me by VNYL, to which I used to subscribe. Something of a cowpunk / outlaw country outfit from Portland OR (not normally thought of as the home of country music). Jenny Connors (aka Jenny Don't) previously fronted a punk outfit called DON'T along with Kelly Halliburton who also
- [Shovels & Rope, Busted Jukebox Volume 2, 2018 on Shrimp / New West](https://goatless.org/2023/09/04/shovels-rope-busted-jukebox-volume-2-2018-on-shrimp-new-west) - I'm a sucker for a good cover/tribute album, perhaps especially with an Americana / Alt-Country / Folk twist. This volume 2 came out digitally in 2017 but on vinyl in 2018 - Volume One was released in 2015 digitally and on vinyl in 2016 - it's still in my wishlist. There's a third as well,
- [Lisa Hannigan, At Swim, 2016 on ATO Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/29/lisa-hannigan-at-swim-2016-on-ato-records) - Like many people, I first got familiar with Lisa Hannigan given her role on Damien Rice's debut record O, but it is well worth checking out her solo work which starts around 2009 with Sea Sew. This LP, her third, was produced by omnipresent Aaron Dessner of The National. My copy via Newbury Comics in
- [Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You, 1967 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/08/31/aretha-franklin-i-never-loved-a-man-the-way-i-love-you-1967-on-atlantic) - My copy is a 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please as a part of their Essentials track. It was actually Franklin's tenth studio album but her first release on Atlantic. Imagine having Respect as the lead off track on your debut album at a new label? Not that the nine albums at Columbia aren't good
- [Johnny Cash, I Walk the Line, 1971 on Hilltop / Pickwick.](https://goatless.org/2023/09/01/johnny-cash-i-walk-the-line-1971-on-hilltop-pickwick) - Labelled as Pickwick/33 on the cover, by arrangement with Share records, but then with Hilltop yellow labels - discount reissue of material previously released on Sun Records. (Share acquired Sun's catalog in 1969; Pickwick/33 was a subsidiary of Pickwick International which also owned Hilltop - Hilltop focused on country/western.). There are so many reissues of
- [Juluka, Scatterlings, 1982 on Warner Bros Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/28/juluka-scatterlings-1982-on-warner-bros-records) - US version on Warner Bros - globally came out on Safari Records, Lark, and/or MINC. Johnny Clegg - sometimes referred to as Le Zoulou Blanc ("the White Zulu") founded Juluka in the late seventies and came to my attention in association with the anti-apartheid movement in the early 80s. This was their fourth full length
- [Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels, 2016 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/08/22/bob-dylan-fallen-angels-2016-on-columbia) - While I realize it's not for everyone, I really like elder statesman Bob, here working his way through standards like Come Rain or Come Shine, Skylark, and Young at Heart. Producer credit to Jack Frost (a Dylan psuedonym). Supporting musicians include Tony Garnier, George Recile, Donne Herron, Charlie Sexton, Dean Parks, and Stu Kimball. Then
- [Laura Veirs, My Echo, 2020 on Raven Marching Band Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/23/laura-veirs-my-echo-2020-on-raven-marching-band-records) - Portland Oregon singer-songwriter who's been putting out consistently strong records since 1999's self-titled debut. Produced by Tucker Martine, with a set of musicians including Karl Blau, Justin Chase, Steve Moore, and Tim Young and guest spots from Bill Frisell, M. Ward and Jim James. My copy (on pink translucent vinyl) via Newbury Comics in Boston.
- [De La Soul, Stakes Is High, 1996 on Tommy Boy](https://goatless.org/2023/08/21/de-la-soul-stakes-is-high-1996-on-tommy-boy) - So happy to see De La Soul's catalog get reissued with quality new pressings. Three Feet High and Rising was one of my favorite hip hop albums of the 80s and their work continued to be strong well into and beyond this album. My copy of this (Stakes is High) is a 2023 reissue on
- [Peter Schilling, Error in the System, 1983 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2023/08/18/peter-schilling-error-in-the-system-1983-on-elektra) - Most well known for "Major Tom (Coming Home)" which was a top 20 hit in the US. Unfortunately the runaway success of that single relegated Schilling to something of a one-hit wonder - too bad, as it is really an interesting album and suggests he might have had a more interesting career. My copy had
- [Marvin Gaye, What's Going On, 1971 on Tamla.](https://goatless.org/2023/08/17/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-1971-on-tamla) - My copy is a late 90s reissue on 180g vinyl with replicated artwork, which I picked up at a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell. This is a must-have in every collection - find an older pressing if you can or a modern quality reissue. If you don't know this album, go get
- [Johnny Hodges and Earl "Fatha" Hines, Stride Right, 1966 on Verve.](https://goatless.org/2023/08/16/johnny-hodges-and-earl-fatha-hines-stride-right-1966-on-verve) - Produced by Creed Taylor, and recorded January 14th, 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder's in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Hodges (alto sax) and Hines (piano & organ) are joined by Kenny Burrell (guitar), Richard Davis (bass), and Joe Marshall (drums). My cop via Beverly Coin & Jewelry, which has a surprisingly strong and curated vinyl selection.
- [Various Artists, AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex, 2020 on BMG.](https://goatless.org/2023/08/14/various-artists-angelheaded-hipster-the-songs-of-marc-bolan-t-rex-2020-on-bmg) - Hal Wilner produced tribute to Marc Bolan & T. Rex, featuring a wide variety of artists and styles. Wilner was also said to be working on a documentary but died in 2020 after assembling the album. The film was made by Ethan Silverman as one that "Celebrates the life and work of glam rock pioneer
- [Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park, 2013 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2023/08/11/kacey-musgraves-same-trailer-different-park-2013-on-mercury) - My copy is the 2023 Vinyl Me Please reissue (in the VMP Essentials, not VMP Country track) on "green galaxy" vinyl. Love Musgraves' songwriting - this was her fourth LP but is the one that got her lots of attention, and deservedly so. Mama's hooked on Mary KayBrother's hooked on Mary JaneAnd Daddy's hooked on
- [Willie Nelson, Country Willie: His Own Songs, 1965 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2023/08/09/willie-nelson-country-willie-his-own-songs-1965-on-rca-victor) - Nelson's third LP, and his first for RCA Victor. Look how clean cut he is here, long before outlaw Willie. My copy is part of the Vinyl Me Please box set The Story of Willie Nelson which as you'd expect is well produced and packaged. (Though I prefer plain old black vinyl, these are well
- [Ball and Pivot, Ball and Pivot EP, 1984 on Z Club Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/10/ball-and-pivot-ball-and-pivot-ep-1984-on-z-club-records) - Ball and Pivot were a self-described "glam-rock" band in the early 80s in Boston, featuring Tom Hauck, B Wilkinson, and Paul Caruso (all of whom had also played in The Atlantics). I picked up this record on the basis of that description and the cover at Island Records on Martha's Vineyard. You can find more
- [Chrissie Hynde, Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan, 2021 on BMG](https://goatless.org/2023/08/08/chrissie-hynde-standing-in-the-doorway-chrissie-hynde-sings-bob-dylan-2021-on-bmg) - I'm a sucker for a cover album, especially one dedicated to a specific artist. I'm also a huge fan of both Bob Dylan and Chrissie Hynde, so it should not be surprising I was excited to find this record. Hynde is joined by The Pretenders' James Walbourne and engineer/producer Tchad Blake, but the instrumentation and
- [Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane, 2011 on Rounder Records](https://goatless.org/2023/08/07/alison-krauss-union-station-paper-airplane-2011-on-rounder-records) - You really can't go wrong with anything Alison Krauss touches. Got this one directly from Rounder online. Great versions of Lori McKenna's "My Love Follows You Where You Go," Aoife O'Donnovan's "Lay My Burden Down" and Jackson Browne's "My Opening Farewell" but every song is solid.
- [Michael Jackson, Thriller, 1982 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2023/08/04/michael-jackson-thriller-1982-on-epic) - I remember listening to this right when it came out. I was young enough to not yet know I was supposed to reject Michael as too popular or unclear and instead just loved the grooves and the videos. My copy isn't one I've had since then - I don't think I even had a turntable
- [The Isley Brothers, 3+3 featuring: That Lady, 1973 on T-Neck](https://goatless.org/2023/08/03/the-isley-brothers-33-featuring-that-lady-1973-on-t-neck) - The Isley Brothers is one of those bands i didn't know well but have started to appreciate more as I collect vinyl - whenever i find a record of theirs in decent shape I just pick it up. Picked up this copy via a vinyl fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell. In addition to
- [Nancy Sinatra, Boots, 1966 on Reprise.](https://goatless.org/2023/08/02/nancy-sinatra-boots-1966-on-reprise) - Sinatra's debut full-length on Frank Sinatra's Reprise label, produced by Lee Hazlewood and arranged & conducted by Billy Strange. My copy is one of the Light in the Attic reissues - volume 2 in the Nancy Sinatra Archival Series - via Amazon, which adds an Amazon Music wrapper to the release. Very fond of the
- [Angel Olsen, Big Time, 2022 on Jagjaguwar.](https://goatless.org/2023/08/01/angel-olsen-big-time-2022-on-jagjaguwar) - I've long been a fan of Angel Olsen, going back to Burn Your Fire For No Witness in 2014. This release was a Secretly Society selection in June of 2022. Jonathan Wilson (who has also produced albums by Dawes, Mia Doi Todd , Bonnie Prince Billy, Billy Strings, and Father John Misty) produced, alongside Olsen.
- [Billy Strings, Home, 2019 on Rounder Records](https://goatless.org/2023/07/31/billy-strings-home-2019-on-rounder-records) - This was the 4th LP from Billy Strings (the first two with Don Julin) and his first on Rounder - it won Best Bluegrass Album for 2021. I heard about Billy Strings through youtube videos suggested based on other Americana acts - some really strong word-of-mouth based on touring, though I haven't had a chance
- [Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend,  2008 on XL Recordings.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/28/vampire-weekend-vampire-weekend-2008-on-xl-recordings) - Debut album from Vampire Weekend, including Oxford Comma and Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. How could I not love a band with grooves like this and references to punctuation? For the English major (and PhD) to have an indie rock band come out of Columbia with a pedigree involving Dirty Projectors and touring with The Shins
- [Various Artists, Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring Forty, 1992 on New Musical Express.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/27/various-artists-ruby-trax-the-nmes-roaring-forty-1992-on-new-musical-express) - This was a 3xLP box set issued to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the New Musical Express - which ran in print from 1952 to 2018 when it went digital-only (though it is said to be coming back). The compilation was full of contemporary artists covering songs that had been covered in the NME during
- [Null and Void, Happiness and Contempt, 1980 on M.A.O. Records.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/26/null-and-void-happiness-and-contempt-1980-on-m-a-o-records) - Null and Void were a self-described "early 80s SoCal synth wave band." This was their debut EP, recorded at Devon Sound - it's been reissued by Medical Records along with Montage Morte, their second LP from 1982. This may have been MAO Records' first releases - catalog number MAO 1001 and 1980 release suggests so.
- [Muddy Waters, McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters, 1971 on Chess Records.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/25/muddy-waters-mckinley-morganfield-a-k-a-muddy-waters-1971-on-chess-records) - 2xLP collection of songs from 1948 to 1964 - hugely influential post-war era Chicago blues. Liner notes by Pete Welding. There are a ton of Muddy Waters compilations including a dozen plus just on Chess records, but I was really happy to find this one in good condition. My copy via a vinyl fair at
- [Johnnie Taylor, Wanted: One Soul Singer, 1967 on Stax](https://goatless.org/2023/07/24/johnnie-taylor-wanted-one-soul-singer-1967-on-stax) - Taylor replaced Sam Cooke in The Soul Stirrers before becoming a solo artist, and went on to have a big it in the mid-seventies with "Disco Lady" (1976). This album is recorded with the Stax house band, including Booker T & The MGs, and features five songs written by Isaac Hayes & David Porter as
- [Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca, 2009 on Domino (DNO217LP).](https://goatless.org/2023/07/19/dirty-projects-bitte-orca-2009-on-domino-dno217lp) - My copy is the 2020 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please (WIGLP229X-VMP), which is a 2xLP version with five live songs recorded by Dig for Fire for the series Live at Other Music in New York city and a cover of Bob Dylan's As I Went Out One Morning (These tracks were also on other 2010
- [Various Artists, Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine vol. 2, 2021 on Oh Boy Records (OBR-063).](https://goatless.org/2023/07/21/various-artists-broken-hearts-dirty-windows-songs-of-john-prine-vol-2-2021-on-oh-boy-records-obr-063) - Second volume of tributes to John Prince via Oh Boy. Great collection of songs and versions, but standouts for me include Brandi Carlile's "I Remember Everything," Valerie June's "Summer's End," and Jason Isbell's "Souvenirs." Volume 1 I have digitally, but also is on my wantlist for a vinyl version if I can locate one. Volume
- [Lilli Lewis Project, We Belong, 2019 on Louisiana Red Hot Records (LRHR1196)](https://goatless.org/2023/07/20/lilli-lewis-project-we-belong-2019-on-louisiana-red-hot-records-lrhr1196) - Picked this up directly from Lewis at a show in Harvard MA at Fruitlands. Band here includes Jimbo Walsh, Wade Hymel, Smokey Brown, Ruan Murry, Ole Oddlokken and Eric Thomas, with some guests. It was recorded by Mark Bingham in Henderson LA and produced by Bingham and Lewis. Great showcase for Lewis' songwriting and voice.
- [Thelonious Monk, Paris 1969, 2023 on Blue Note.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/18/thelonious-monk-paris-1969-2023-on-blue-note) - This was first released as In Paris on Laserdisc in 1991 (Japan) / 1992 (US), then as Paris 1969 on Blue Note in 2013 (with a CD/DVD as well as vinyl release). My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2023, which sounds pretty decent - it's a somewhat lofi recording to begin with
- [Lucinda Williams, Happy Woman Blues, 1980 on Folkways (FTS 31067)](https://goatless.org/2023/07/17/lucinda-williams-happy-woman-blues-1980-on-folkways-fts-31067) - My copy is a 2019 reissue on what is now called Smithsonian Folkways (the Smithsonian acquired Folkways in 1987 from the estate of Moses Asch). This was Williams' sophomore album, after Ramblin' On My Mind. I didn't come to know Wiliams until much later - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road in the late nineties
- [Les McCann, Talk to the People, 1972 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/07/14/les-mccann-talk-to-the-people-1972-on-atlantic) - This comes a few years after Swiss Movement (with Eddie Harris) and the success of "Compared to What" and opens with a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." Lots of early seventies jazz/funk/soul Fender Rhodes and clavinet here. My copy via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA
- [Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Steve Stills; Super Session, 1968 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/07/13/mike-bloomfield-al-kooper-and-steve-stills-super-session-1968-on-columbia) - Really one of the opening salvos in the "supergroup" trend of the late sixties and early seventies, after Al Kooper left Blood, Sweat & Tears and Stills was in transition out of Buffalo Springfield. It features Kooper throughout, with Bloomfield on side one and Stills on side two. Not sure why the cover credits "Steve"
- [Tears for Fears, The Tipping Point, 2022 on Concord](https://goatless.org/2023/07/12/tears-for-fears-the-tipping-point-2022-on-concord) - I was such a huge fan of The Hurting, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's 1983 debut album - I think it was the first CD I ever had (and it was recorded at such low volume I had to crank the CD player to hear it). After Seeds of Love, Orzabal and Smith split, and
- [Dawes, Nothing is Wrong, 2011 on ATO Records](https://goatless.org/2023/07/11/dawes-nothing-is-wrong-2011-on-ato-records) - My copy is a 2021 reissue on two 45rpm 12" records plus a bonus 7" single (Strangers Getting Stranger / Rest Easy) and a die-cut jacket that shows one of the custom sleeves from inside, which I picked up direct from Rounder Records last year. I love this album, which has a couple of my
- [Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism, 2003 on Barsuk](https://goatless.org/2023/07/10/death-cab-for-cutie-transatlanticism-2003-on-barsuk) - Death Cab's monumental breakout album. My copy is a 20th anniversary 2023 reissue by Vinyl Me Please on red marble vinyl, with listening notes by Sean Nelson (from Harvey Danger). Featuring Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla (who also produced), Nick Harmer, and Jason McGerr.
- [Prince Paul, Prince Among Thieves, 1999 on Tommy Boy](https://goatless.org/2023/07/07/prince-paul-prince-among-thieves-1999-on-tommy-boy) - Another excellent reissue by Vinyl Me Please in their Rap & Hip Hop track. Prince Paul was a major producer of 80s and 90s hip hop. I came to him via De La Soul but he also worked with 3rd Bass, Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane, Gravediggaz, and even Vernon Reid from Living Colour. This
- [Pylon, Chomp, 1983 on DB Recs.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/06/pylon-chomp-1983-on-db-recs) - My copy is a 2020 reissue on New West Records. Pylon is one of the bands more felt by its influence than its direct fans - but definitely one you should know if you haven't heard them. Happy to see New West bring out their back catalog.
- [Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Groovin' High, 1974 on EMUS](https://goatless.org/2023/07/05/dizzy-gillespie-charlie-parker-groovin-high-1974-on-emus) - EMUS was a label that bought rights from bankrupt (or nearly so) labels and reissued them. These recordings were made in 1947 in NYC. Personnel here also includes Miles Davis, Max Roach, J.J. Johnson, Duke Jordan, and others. My copy via a vinyl fair (Thread & Groove) at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA.
- [Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home, 1965 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/07/04/bob-dylan-bringing-it-all-back-home-1965-on-columbia) - This was actually one of the first Dylan albums I heard end to end, so I was glad to find a good copy at Looney Tunes II in Kingston RI. Fun to find vinyl older that you are that is still in good shape. (Maybe better shape than I am?). Look at that track list:
- [Courtney Marie Andrews, Loose Future, 2022 on Fat Possum.](https://goatless.org/2023/07/03/courtney-marie-andrews-loose-future-2022-on-fat-possum) - Andrews' latest, produced by and recorded with Sam Griffin Owens, joined by Chris Bear, Jared Samuels and others. My copy is a Vinyl Me Please edition on orange vinyl. I love her unique voice and her songwriting - been a fan since Honest Life, though I know there are many earlier LPs to pick up.
- [Lilli Lewis, The Henderson Sessions, 2018 on Louisiana Red Hot Records](https://goatless.org/2023/06/30/lilli-lewis-the-henderson-sessions-2018-on-louisiana-red-hot-records) - I got this copy signed by Lilli herself at a performance at Fruitlands in Harvard MA, but you can find it on bandcamp as well. A couple traditional songs (Sitting on Top Of The World, Nobody's Fault But Mine), some covers (Save the Country, Why We Build The Wall), plus some Lewis originals. Per Louisiana
- [Clem Snide, The Ghost of Fashion, 2001 on Cooking Vinyl](https://goatless.org/2023/06/29/clem-snide-the-ghost-of-fashion-2001-on-cooking-vinyl) - Originally released (on CD) by SpinART in the US and Cooking Vinyl in Europe, then released in 2011 on vinyl by Microfiche Records. My copy is a 2022 deluxe reissue on Dot Matrix that I got via Vinyl Me Please. (I think the color vinyl is exclusive to VMP, but the pressing is also available
- [The Alarm, Standards, 1990 on IRS](https://goatless.org/2023/06/28/the-alarm-standards-1990-on-irs) - Compilation from IRS records in 1990 - most of the songs you'd expect from their earlier LPs, plus A New South Wales and Happy Christmas (War is Over). My copy is a UK pressing I picked up at Academy Records in NYC. Rare that I buy an LP just for one or two songs where
- [Eurythmics, In the Garden, 1981 on RCA](https://goatless.org/2023/06/26/eurythmics-in-the-garden-1981-on-rca) - Many folks know Eurythmics only through a small set of hits - Sweet Dreams most notably, maybe a few others - but their output is really outstanding across the board both together and separately. Though Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox recorded together under earlier band names, In the Garden was their debut LP under the
- [AIR, 10 000 Hz Legend, 2001 on Source/Virgin.](https://goatless.org/2023/06/14/air-10-000-hz-legend-2001-on-source-virgin) - I've long been a huge fan of Moon Safari, AIR's debut album. This LP came four years later, with the soundtrack to the Virgin Suicides coming in between. I can't say it is as successful as the debut, which is just untouchable and hit the moment just right, but it is a very strong album
- [Buckingham Nicks, Buckingham Nicks, 1973 on Polydor](https://goatless.org/2023/06/12/buckingham-nicks-buckingham-nicks-1973-on-polydor) - Self-titled debut (and only full-length) by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, before they joined Fleetwood Mac. It was produced by Keith Olson and mostly features songs written by Buckingham and Nicks. These are hard to find - I think this is the only copy I've actually run across in the wild in a store. (It's
- [The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Butt Rockin', 1981 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2023/06/13/the-fabulous-thunderbirds-butt-rockin-1981-on-chrysalis) - Kim Wilson, Jimmy Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, and Fran Christina, joined by the Roomful of Blues horn section. Produced by Denny Bruce, this was their third LP. I feel like somehow "Butt Rockin'" was an attempt to reclaim/reframe a dismissive moniker (that's just butt rock), or just a straight ahead shake-your-caboose style call for rhythm &
- [The Butterfield Blues Band, Keep on Moving, 1969 on Elektra](https://goatless.org/2023/06/09/the-butterfield-blues-band-keep-on-moving-1969-on-elektra) - Only Butterfield himself remains from the original lineup on this LP, produced by Jerry Ragovoy (who also wrote "Except You" and "Where Did My Baby Go"). Not maybe as successful as some of the earlier outings but still worth the price of admission - more in the R&B/soul vein that would also show up on
- [Pink Floyd, Live at Knebworth 1990, 2021 on Pink Floyd Records / Sony Music Entertainment](https://goatless.org/2023/06/08/pink-floyd-live-at-knebworth-1990-2021-on-pink-floyd-records-sony-music-entertainment) - Although the concert recorded here is from 1990 ("Recorded at Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, UK, on 30 June 1990 in aid of the Nordoff Robbins Music Centre and The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology"), the release is from 2021. Great pressing and packaging - two 45rpm records with an included booklet. This is
- [Neko Case, Live from Austin TX, 2007 on New West.](https://goatless.org/2023/06/06/neko-case-live-from-austin-tx-2007-on-new-west) - This was released on CD (and DVD) back in 2007, and discogs has an entry for a test pressing on vinyl back then, but I'm not sure it was actually released on vinyl before 2017. Either way, it's a recording from Case's first performance on Austin City Limits, August 9th, 2003. Includes a great version
- [The Devil Makes Three, I'm a Stranger Here, 2013 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/06/07/the-devil-makes-three-im-a-stranger-here-2013-on-new-west) - The Devil Makes Three are an Americana trio from Santa Cruz (though all three have roots in Vermont / New Hampshire)- very interesting modern music rooted in roots music. I first found them via their album Chains Are Broken and have been picking up others by them as I find them in stores or direct
- [Bauhaus, The Sky's Gone Out, 1982 on A&M / Beggars Banquet.](https://goatless.org/2023/06/05/bauhaus-the-skys-gone-out-1982-on-am-beggars-banquet) - I'm a bit late for World Goth Day here, but I definitely went through a hardcore Bauhaus phase - listening to the 1979-1983 compilation (volume one with white cover and dark bauhaus face, volume two the inverse) more or less non-stop, and then branching out into all the post-Bauhaus spin-offs (Tones on Tail, Love and
- [The Meters, Rejuvenation, 1974 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/06/02/the-meters-rejuvenation-1974-on-reprise) - My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please Essentials reissue from 2021, on yellow vinyl, with listening notes by Josh Terry. Produced by Allen Toussaint (who also did some horn arrangements) this was their fifth studio album and second with vocals (the first three were mostly instrumental). Lots of people sampled from this album and the
- [The Blues Project, Live at the Cafe Au Go Go, 1966 on Verve Folkways](https://goatless.org/2023/06/01/the-blues-project-live-at-the-cafe-au-go-go-1966-on-verve-folkways) - Credited on the cover as "featuring Tommy Flanders," who had left the group by the time it was released. My copy is a 1966 mono version which I found at Island Music on Martha's Vineyard. The lineup on this release includes Andy Kulberg on bass and flute, Roy Blumenfeld on drums, Danny Kalb on lead
- [Toro y Moi, Mahal, 2022 on Dead Oceans](https://goatless.org/2023/05/31/toro-y-moi-mahal-2022-on-dead-oceans) - Via Secretly Society, a red and white marble smoke edition of Toro y Moi's first release on Dead Oceans. The Mattson 2 get co-billing on "Millenium." Mahal is a Tagalog word meaning "expensive."
- [Justin Townes Earle, The Saint of Lost Causes, 2019 on New West.](https://goatless.org/2023/05/30/justin-townes-earle-the-saint-of-lost-causes-2019-on-new-west) - Three sided LP (fourth side is an etching) of Justin Townes Earle's last LP, released before his death in August 2020. Adam Bednarik co-produced with Earle and plays bass, with Joe V. McMahan and Paul Niehaus on guitars, Jon Radford on drums, and Cory Younts on harmonica & keys. You know more folks that's most
- [Adele, 19, 2008 on XL Recordings / Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/05/29/adele-19-2008-on-xl-recordings-columbia) - Her massive debut album, originally released in 2008. My copy is a later reissue but I'm not sure what year it was issued. Included the hit "Chasing Pavements" as well as a cover of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" that many think is her own. Hard to believe how fully formed she came
- [Boston Calling 2023 Day Three: Sorry Mom, Genesis Owusu, Ali McGuirk, The Walkmen](https://goatless.org/2023/05/29/boston-calling-2023-day-three-sorry-mom-genesis-owusu-ali-mcguirk-the-walkmen) - For day three I chose to stay over at the Blue and Orange stages, where things were a bit less crowded - though I know the Blue stage was busy early with folks getting spots for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I started off on the Orange Stage with Sorry Mom, a New York
- [Boston Calling 2023 Day Two: Mt. Joy, Alanis Morissette, The Lumineers](https://goatless.org/2023/05/28/boston-calling-2023-day-two-mt-joy-alanis-morissette-the-lumineers) - Started day two with Philadelphia's Mt. Joy, whose album Rearrange Us I really enjoyed back in 2020. They put on a great show, incorporating some fun detours, including a shift into Grateful Dead mode: As well as Bill Withers mode: That also morphed into the Gorillaz' Clint Eastwood ("I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad /
- [Boston Calling 2023 Day One: Celisse, Chelsea Cutler, Dropkick Murphys, The National, Foo Fighters](https://goatless.org/2023/05/27/boston-calling-2023-day-one-celisse-chelsea-cutler-dropkick-murphys-the-national-foo-fighters) - Had a fantastic day for my 53rd birthday and the first day of Boston Calling 2023. Thanks to a recommendation from a cousin, I made it in early enough to start the day with Celisse. I'll definitely be on the lookout for her debut album forthcoming. She was fantastic, and closed her set with one
- [Huey Lewis and the News, Sports, 1983 on Chrysalis](https://goatless.org/2023/05/26/huey-lewis-and-the-news-sports-1983-on-chrysalis) - Pretty hard to ignore this LP if you were listening to the radio (or more accurately watching MTV which showed videos then) in the early 80s. I think at the time I rejected it as too pop, but I've come to appreciate it now. Heart of Rock & Roll, I Want a New Drug, even
- [Roberta Flack, Quiet Fire, 1971 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/05/25/roberta-flack-quiet-fire-1971-on-atlantic) - Flack's third album, with "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" as the hit single, but also including covers of Bridge Over Troubled Water and To Love Somebody (among others). Produced by Joel Dorn. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2021, with listening notes by H. Zahra Caldwell, newly cut laquers by Ryan
- [Nat Adderley, Autobiography, 1965 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/05/24/nat-adderley-autobiography-1965-on-atlantic) - Original 60s pressing in mono via Island Music in Vineyard Haven. This is Adderley doing all his own compositions, with support from Sam Jones, Bruno Carr, Grady Tate, Willie Bobo, Joe Zawinul (who also arranged and conducted), Ernie Royal, Don Butterfield, Benny Power, Victor Pantoja. Julian "Cannonball" Adderley wrote the sleeve notes, including: My reference
- [M. Ward, Think of Spring, 2020 on Anti-](https://goatless.org/2023/05/23/m-ward-think-of-spring-2020-on-anti) - One of my favorite recent buys. M. Ward redoes Billie Holiday's 1958 Lady in Satin. I loved his cover of Bowie's Let's Dance, and these standards take well to his vocal style, perhaps especially "I'm a Fool to Want You" and "You Don't Know What Love is." These are all more of less voice and
- [Caroline Rose, Loner, 2018 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/05/22/caroline-rose-loner-2018-on-new-west) - Rose's third full length and first on New West. On red vinyl, packaged with a fold-out poster with lyrics on the reverse. Produced by Rose and Paul Butler with guests including Dan Davine, Brett Lanier, and John Lagone. Great songwriting - Rose builds on her earlier folksy Americana here with more synth-pop elements (lots of
- [Sia, Some People Have Real Problems, 2008 on Monkey Puzzle Records](https://goatless.org/2023/05/19/sia-some-people-have-real-problems-2008-on-monkey-puzzle-records) - Sia's fourth album as a solo artist, and her first on Monkey Puzzle Records. This is right around when I first heard Sia - a version of "I Go To Sleep" ( a Ray Davies song) was on the Sounds Eclectic: Covers Project release (related to the KCRW radio sho Morning Becomes Eclectic). This copy
- [Stephane Grappelli / David Grisman, Live, 1981 on Warner Brothers.](https://goatless.org/2023/05/18/stephane-grappelli-david-grisman-live-1981-on-warner-brothers) - Great combo of two talented musicians: Grappelli on Violin and Grisman on Mandolin. Recorded at the Berkelee Center for the Performing Arts in Boston. Misty, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Satin Doll. My copy found at Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA
- [Freddie King, My Feeling for the Blues, 1970 on Cotillion](https://goatless.org/2023/05/15/freddie-king-my-feeling-for-the-blues-1970-on-cotillion) - One of the "three kings" of the blues, this is King's second album after signing with Atlantic (Cotillion is a subsidiary) before moving to Shelter records (Leon Russell's label). My copy is a 2021 pressing from Vinyl Me, Please, with listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer and new lacquers cut from the original types by Ryan
- [The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced? 1967 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/05/13/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-are-you-experienced-1967-on-reprise) - Released in the UK on Track Record but in the US on Reprise. My copy is the 2018 reissue by Music On Vinyl (who do a great job with reissues). All analog mastering from the original mono tapes. This is a must-have, with Purple Haze, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary, and Manic Depression.
- [Son of the Velvet Rat, Solitary Company, 2021 on Fluff & Gravy.](https://goatless.org/2023/05/12/son-of-the-velvet-rat-solitary-company-2021-on-fluff-gravy) - 11th album from Georg Altziebler and Heike Binder - their third on Portland label Fluff & Gravy. My copy via VNYL curation. I was concerned at first, not knowing the band and just reacting to the name, but I really came to appreciate the record.
- [Reykjavík, Iceland](https://goatless.org/2023/05/04/reykjavik-iceland) - In Iceland this week with the 10up team - sharing some random photos. Also found time to hit up a few record stores (all in Reykjavik): Lucky Records, 105, Rauðarárstígur 10 Big - bordering on overwhelming. Could have spent hours here. Reykjavik Record Shop, Klapparstígur 35 Reykjavík Smaller - but with a really nice curated
- [Steve Earle, I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, 2011 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/05/11/steve-earle-ill-never-get-out-of-this-world-alive-2011-on-new-west) - Earle's 14 album, produced by T-Bone Burnett, and featuring folks like Dennis Crouch, Sara Watkins, Allison Moorer (to whom he was married a the time). Backing vocals on "This City" from Tim Robbins and horns arranged by Allen Toussaint. Album art, as on so many Earle albums, by Tony Fitzpatrick
- [Living Colour, Time's Up, 1990 on Epic](https://goatless.org/2023/05/10/living-colour-times-up-1990-on-epic) - The sophomore album from Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Muzz Skllings, and Will Calhoun, following up 1988's Vivid with its smash hit Cult of Personality. This is really just as strong a record, though it didn't get as much hype: Love Rears Its Ugly Head, Solace of You, and Elvis is Dead (coming just after Public
- [Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel, 1974 on Reprise](https://goatless.org/2023/05/05/gram-parsons-grievous-angel-1974-on-reprise) - My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, on what they call Turquoise Galaxy vinyl, with listening notes by Jonathan Bernstein. Released posthumously in 1974, with vocals by Emmylou Harris (with whom he'd been touring in 1973) and the TCB Band (Ronnie Tutt, James Burton, Emory Gordy, and Glen Hardin, plus pedal steel from
- [John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Bare Wires, 1968 on Decca](https://goatless.org/2023/05/04/john-mayalls-bluesbreakers-bare-wires-1968-on-decca) - French pressing from 1968. This was the fourth Bluesbreaker's LP, and the last of the peak 60s era (the name was used again for other releases in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s) with a lineup including Mick Taylor, Mayall, Tony Reeves, and Jon Hiseman - a bit more jazz influenced than some of the earlier
- [Katie Schecter, Bad for Business, Soul Step Records, 2021](https://goatless.org/2023/05/03/katie-schecter-bad-for-business-soul-step-records-2021) - Sophomore album from Schecter, a Nashville via New York City songwriter, singer and guitarist in a kind of R&B/Soul tradition but modern rock edge. Recorded with her partner Nick Bockrath (of Cage the Elephant), Homer "Funky-Foot" Steinweiss (who played with Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Lee Fields and others), and Nick Movshon
- [Lowe Country: The Songs Of Nick Lowe, 2012 on Fiesta Red Records](https://goatless.org/2023/05/02/lowe-country-the-songs-of-nick-lowe-2012-on-fiesta-red-records) - I'm a huge fan of cover albums, and especially tribute/compilations of covers devoted to specific artists. While they can be uneven, I like hearing an artists work reinterpreted in different ways. This compilation brings country, roots, Americana artists together to cover the songs of English singer/songwriter Nick Lowe. Like Elvis Costello (whom he produced, and
- [She & Him, Volume One, 2008 on Merge](https://goatless.org/2023/05/01/she-him-volume-one-2008-on-merge) - Debut album for the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Covers of "You Really Got a Hold on Me" and "I Should Have Known Better" plus a number of Deschanel originals. Produced by Ward, with performance and mixing by Mike Coykendall and Mike Mogis. My copy via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH
- [Soon (Boston Calling 2023)](https://goatless.org/2023/04/30/soon-boston-calling-2023) - Got my wristband, registered, connected to credit card. Now just waiting for May 26th
- [Go Go's, Vacation, 1982 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2023/04/28/go-gos-vacation-1982-on-i-r-s-records) - This was the sophomore release, following Beauty and the Beat. Lead off single "Vacation" was an unavoidable hit that summer. Cowriting credit on "He's So Strange" to Leonard Phillips from The Dickies and Catie Curtis - otherwise Carlisle, Caffey, Schock, Wiedlin, Valentine. Found my copy at Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA.
- [Boston area record stores](https://goatless.org/2023/04/27/boston-area-record-stores) - Last week Boston.com shared The ultimate guide to independent record stores in greater Boston, including many of my favorites: The Record Exchange, Salem MA (#9) Residency Records, Salem MA (#6) Deep Thoughts JP (#1) (just don't try to go before noon or even right at noon - but fantastic discount bins) Ones they missed, from
- [Leon Redbone, Mystery Man, 1982 on Accord](https://goatless.org/2023/05/09/leon-redbone-mystery-man-1982-on-accord) - Redbones's fifth LP, and his first (and only) on Accord. There's not much detail on the source of the material - likely recorded in the early 70s, maybe as a bootleg direct from the PA or for radio broadcast? My copy is the 1982 pressing, but this was reissued in 2021 on white vinyl by
- [Boston Calling 2023 Lineup](https://goatless.org/2023/04/21/boston-calling-2023-lineup) - Schedule published for Boston Calling 2023, coming up late next month. (These may change, so get their official iOS / Android app for updates). It'll be great to see Foo Fighters, who were scheduled for Boston Calling 2022, but cancelled after the passing of Taylor Hawkins. Unfortunately to have the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on at
- [John Mayall / Jerry McGee / Larry Taylor, Memories, 1971 on Polydor](https://goatless.org/2023/04/26/john-mayall-jerry-mcgee-larry-taylor-memories-1971-on-polydor) - More blues without drums from Mayall accompanied by Jerry McGee on dobro & guitar and Larry Taylor (from Canned Heat) on bass. Recorded in 1971 in LA. Via a Thread & Groove record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA.
- [Twain, Adventure, 2020 on Keeled Scales](https://goatless.org/2023/04/21/twain-adventure-2020-on-keeled-scales) - Twain's third LP, and second on Keeled Scales - came out digitally in 2019, then as an all analogue (AAA) vinyl release in 2020. Mt Davidson is the core of twain with Ken Woodward and Pete Pezzimenti. My copy via VNYL curation
- [Missy Elliott, Under Construction, 2002 on Elektra / The Goldmind, Inc.](https://goatless.org/2023/04/19/missy-elliott-under-construction-2002-on-elektra-the-goldmind-inc) - Originally released in 2002 - my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please 20th anniversary reissue from 2023 on "orange crush" vinyl. What a fantastic release - working with Timbaland and Nisan as producers, guests from Ludacris, Method Man, Jay-Z, Ms. Jade, Beyonce, TLC, and, on the remix of Work It, 50-Cent.
- [David Bowie, Space Oddity, (originally) 1969 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2023/04/25/david-bowie-space-oddity-originally-1969-on-mercury) - An album so great they named it three times. ;) Originally released with the album title "David Bowie" by Philips in the UK, but by Mercury in the US/Canada with the subtitle "Man of Words / Man of Music" added, in 1969; reissued in 1972 as "Space Oddity" to capitalize on the popularity of the
- [Justin Townes Earle, Kids In the Street, 2017 on New West Records](https://goatless.org/2023/04/20/justin-townes-earle-kids-in-the-street-2017-on-new-west-records) - Originally released in 2017, my copy is a 2021 reissue as part of Record Store Day (Black Friday). This was Earle's penultimate album (the last was The Saint of Lost Causes) and his first on New West. Some great songwriting on Champagne Corolla, Faded Valentine, and really across the album.
- [Don't Step Out Of This Area](https://goatless.org/2023/04/11/dont-step-out-of-this-area) - Shot of the Manhattan skyline from Queens during takeoff from LaGuardia, at Sunset.
- [Veggie Grill, NYC](https://goatless.org/2023/04/17/veggie-grill-nyc) - So I was in NYC last week and happy to see that Veggie Grill's east coast presence continues to grow, with two locations: one at 12 W 23 Street (Fifth Ave) and another at 1004 2nd Ave (at East 53rd). Here's the "Más Veggies" Vegan Taqueria menu - this is the first time I've seen
- [Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy, 1973 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/04/11/led-zeppelin-houses-of-the-holy-1973-on-atlantic) - As many record collectors know, it's increasingly rare to find a reasonably priced Led Zeppelin LP in original pressing - I found this one at Thread & Groove record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell - in pretty decent shape. Monster album - the fifth full length, with Over the Hills and Far Away,
- [Doris Day, Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera), 1968 on Harmony](https://goatless.org/2023/04/10/doris-day-whatever-will-be-will-be-que-sera-sera-1968-on-harmony) - Harmony was Columbia's "budget" label, first from 1925-1931, but then revived in 1957 into the mid-seventies. While some of the budget labels from that time created poor quality LPs, Harmony's were the same quality as equivalent Columbia releases - I love finding these. Worth it for the title track alone, there's a lot of great
- [Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, Afro, 1954 on Norgran Records](https://goatless.org/2023/04/07/dizzy-gillespie-and-his-orchestra-afro-1954-on-norgran-records) - While this came out in 1954 on Norman Granz's Norgran Records, my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2022, via UMG Recordings/Verve. When Granz formed Verve in 1956 he carried over the Norgran (and Clef) catalog. Verve then was sold to MGM in 1960, Polydor in 1972, and then became part of Universal
- [Raia Was, Angel I'm Frightened, 2021 (Self-Released).](https://goatless.org/2023/04/06/raia-was-angel-im-frightened-2021-self-released) - Raia Was is a New York City based songwriter, vocalist, producer, and pianist. The record was produced by Autre Ne Veut and Raia Was, and the A side was released online back in 2019, but this vinyl edition came out in 2021. I got my copy via VNYL but it's also available directly from Raia
- [Tower Defense covers "A Forest"](https://goatless.org/2023/04/05/tower-defense-covers-a-forest)
- [Giant Sand, Heartbreak Pass, 2015 on New West Records](https://goatless.org/2023/04/05/giant-sand-heartbreak-pass-2015-on-new-west-records) - Giant Sand is an Americana / Roots band out of Tucson, AZ who formed originally back in the 80s. My copy, direct from New West, is the 180g limited edition on grey marbled vinyl - sounds great. Songs written by and produced by Howie Gelb, who has recorded with all kinds of bands and performers
- [Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine, 2005 on Epic / Clean Slate](https://goatless.org/2023/04/04/fiona-apple-extraordinary-machine-2005-on-epic-clean-slate) - My copy is a 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please. This was Apple's third LP. The album was initially completed in 2003 with production by John Brion, but the label shelved it. Various tracks and versions started to leak online, but Apple went back into the studio and the record came out in 2005 with
- [AIR, Moon Safari, 1998 on Caroline/Source.](https://goatless.org/2023/04/03/air-moon-safari-1998-on-caroline-source) - The debut album from AIR (labelled as "AIR French Band" on the cover - originally released on Source in France and Caroline in the US. My copy is a 2023 reissue on Parlophone via Vinyl Me, Please. (25th anniversary edition, with listening notes by Sophie Frances Kemp). Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin are the core
- [Translator, No Time Like Now, 1983 on Columbia / 415 Records](https://goatless.org/2023/03/31/translator-no-time-like-now-1983-on-columbia-415-records) - Second LP from San Francisco based Translator, most well known for the single "Everywhere That I'm Not" (which was on their debut album in '82). "Un-Alone" is probably the best known from this LP. Many of the members of Translator (Larry Dekker, Steve Baron, Dave Scheff, Robert Darlington) are still active as solo artists or
- [David Bromberg, Demon in Disguise, 1972 on Columbia.](https://goatless.org/2023/03/26/david-bromberg-demon-in-disguise-1972-on-columbia) - Second full length from Bromberg. Love the version of Mr. Bojangles here maybe even more than Jerry Jeff Walker's original. Also a great version of Tennessee Waltz. With Andy Statman, Tom Sheehan, Ken Kosek. Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann and Keith Godchaux join on Sharon, plus Phil Lesh on Demon in Disguise. My copy from a
- [Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow, 1967 on RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/2023/03/24/jefferson-airplane-surrealistic-pillow-1967-on-rca-victor) - Classic with Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. My copy is a mid-seventies reissue based on the labels. Found at a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA
- [Session at Riverside, 1957 on Capitol](https://goatless.org/2023/03/23/session-at-riverside-1957-on-capitol) - Follow up (of sorts) to 1956's "Session at Midnight" recorded in Hollywood - this one recorded at the Riverside Plaza ballroom in New York. A dozen top jazzmen join forces in a free-and-easy session that swings solidly all the way Bill Coss (liner notes) Players include Coleman Hawkins, Jerry Jerome, Earl Warren, Charlie Shavers, Dave
- [Songs: Ohia, Live: Vanquishers (Tilburg, Netherlands. Oct 9, 2000), 2022 on Secretly Canadian](https://goatless.org/2023/03/22/songs-ohia-live-vanquishers-tilburg-netherlands-oct-9-2000-2022-on-secretly-canadian) - Jason Molina with Dan Sullivan, Dan Macadam, and Jeff Panall. This was the Secretly Society release for March 2022 - a 2xLP version on blue vinyl.
- [The Texas Gentlemen, TX Jelly, 2017 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/03/21/the-texas-gentlemen-tx-jelly-2017-on-new-west) - Debut album, recorded in FAME studios in Muscle Shoals. The Texas Gentlemen are (is?) something of a collective of studio musicians (Meet the Texas Gentlemen). My copy direct from New West Records.
- [The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers, 2005 on Heavenly / Capitol](https://goatless.org/2023/03/17/the-magic-numbers-the-magic-numbers-2005-on-heavenly-capitol) - The debut self-titled album from The Magic Numbers, which came out in 2005 on Capitol in the US, but on Heavenly in the UK and EMI in other parts of the world. My copy is a 2020 reissue by Heavenly / [PIAS] for Record Store Day, on clear vinyl with a bonus 7" single. The
- [Go-Gos, Talk Show, 1984 on I.R.S. Records](https://goatless.org/2023/03/15/go-gos-talk-show-1984-on-i-r-s-records) - Third and final LP of their glorious 80s run, with Head Over Heels and Turn To You. Found my copy at a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell.
- [Deodato / Airto, In Concert, 1974 on CTI.](https://goatless.org/2023/03/13/deodato-airto-in-concert-1974-on-cti) - Brazilian Jazz greats Eumir Deodato and Airto Moreira, recorded at Madison Square Garden April 20th, 1973. That's the Steely Dan "Do It Again." Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Found this copy in a local thrift shop - not sure what happened to the copy I had growing up but lost somewhere along the way -
- [Les McCann & Eddie Harris, Swiss Movement, 1969 on Atlantic](https://goatless.org/2023/03/09/les-mccann-eddie-harris-swiss-movement-1969-on-atlantic) - McCann & Harris recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Donald Dean (drums), and Benny Bailey (trumpet). The single "Compared To What" became a big hit. My copy (from a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA) is a mid-70s repress as it has the 75 Rockefeller Plaza address
- [Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis, 1956 on Verve](https://goatless.org/2023/03/07/ella-fitzgerald-and-louis-armstrong-ella-and-louis-1956-on-verve) - As though Ella and Louis weren't enough, the backing band is Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown - (aka the Oscar Peterson Trio) - and Buddy Rich. There's a followup Ella and Louis Again from 1957, and then a later CD release that combines both also called Ella & Louis. Love the two of them
- [Coma Culture, Camouflage, 2021 self-released](https://goatless.org/2023/03/05/coma-culture-camouflage-2021-self-released) - Coma Culture features Eric Cannata and Francois Comtois (both of Young the Giant) and Jon O'Brien - this was their debut full length record. The opening track is also called "Coma Culture": I'm a modern person with no much left to sayMillions of distractions just to camouflage decayJust to buy another day in coma culture
- [Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale, Buddy and Jim, 2012 on New West](https://goatless.org/2023/03/01/buddy-miller-and-jim-lauderdale-buddy-and-jim-2012-on-new-west) - Great duet album from 2012 and what Rolling Stone called "Alt-Country's Dream Team." Mostly songs written by the paid together, some separately, and a few others: Jimmy McCracklin's "The Wobble" and Joe Tex's "I Want to do Everything For You" - solid songwriting throughout. Supported by Dennis Crouch on bass, Stuart Duncan on fiddle/mandolin, Patterson
- [Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights, 2002 on Matador Records](https://goatless.org/2023/02/27/interpol-turn-on-the-bright-lights-2002-on-matador-records) - Originally released in 2002, this was Interpol's debut album (they had an EP out before this). My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on red vinyl. Includes original artwork by Nicholas Law. Recorded at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut.
- [Beastie Boys, Check Your Head, 1992 on Capitol / Grand Royal](https://goatless.org/2023/02/25/beastie-boys-check-your-head-1992-on-capitol-grand-royal) - My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue 30th Anniversary Edition on Red Vinyl. Amazing to me that this is 30 years old but still sounds very fresh
- [Herbie Hancock, Quartet, 1982 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/02/24/herbie-hancock-quartet-1982-on-columbia) - Hancock with Ron Carter on Bass, Tony Williams on Drums, and Wynton Marsalis on Trumpet - recorded in 1981 at CBS Sony Studios in Tokyo. Great versions of 'Round Midnight, Parade. A "digital recording" then mastered back to vinyl - I don't necessarily seek those out but have a few from the 80s Via a
- [Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits Vol. 2](https://goatless.org/2023/02/23/stevie-wonder-stevie-wonders-greatest-hits-vol-2) - 1971 Tamla compilation - mine's a mid-70s era reissue. There was a first "Greatest Hits" in 1968, and many many more to follow. I acquired this as part of an Everything But The House lot - great find.
- [Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline, 1969 on Columbia](https://goatless.org/2023/02/17/bob-dylan-nashville-skyline-1969-on-columbia) - Produced by Bob Johnston, liner notes by Johnny Cash - Dylan plays here with Nashville musicians including Bob Wilson, Charlie Daniels, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, Norman Blake, and Pete Drake. Via Mill No. 5 record fair
- [Vegan Black Metal Chef at ROFLCON](https://goatless.org/2012/05/06/vegan-black-metal-chef-at-roflcon) - This weekend I was lucky to attend ROFLCON III, the third (and reportedly final) version of the internet culture conference at MIT. One of my favorite sessions was "Drunk Vegan Black Metal Scanwiches," featuring Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen, Brian Manowitz from Vegan Black Metal Chef, and Jon Chonko from Scanwiches in a live
- [Vegan Phoenix](https://goatless.org/2015/02/02/vegan-phoenix) - A couple of weeks back I was in Phoenix (well, Tempe really) for Pressnomics. Thought I'd share a few vegan spots in the area worth checking out. Green New American Vegetarian Green (@greendamon) has two locations - one in Tempe (2240 N. Scottsdale Rd #8, Tempe, AZ 85281) and one in Phoenix (2022 N 7th
- [Koerner, Ray & Glover; Blues, Rags and Hollees, 1963 on Elektra.](https://goatless.org/2020/05/19/koerner-ray-blues-rags-and-hollees-1963-on-elektra) - Koerner, Ray & Glover; Blues, Rags and Hollees, 1963 on Elektra. My copy is a 1969/1970 repressing, and the outer sleeve has seen better days but the record's in good shape. Three Minneapolis boys made good as part of the blues/folk revival of the early 60s. Ray died in 2002, and Glover in 2019, but
- [Using Yahoo! Pipes to get Podcast Feed from Official.fm](https://goatless.org/2011/11/21/using-yahoo-pipes-to-get-podcast-feed-from-official-fm) - (This post is a bit more geeky, in the coding sense, than the usual goatless fare - but it is about music in the end). One of my long time favorite podcasts is The Waiting Room, by One Half of Drunk Country and The Woman of the House. They were on WOXY.com, they were on
- [Long Island Railroad Sign](https://goatless.org/2007/05/22/long-island-railroad-sign) - Long Island Railroad Sign What do you suppose the icon in the bottom right of the "fire" section is supposed to be? I can understand the "tracks are electrified" icon, but what does a bomb have to do with following crew member directions, or not pulling the emergency cord?
- [Happy Holidays!](https://goatless.org/2007/12/25/happy-holidays) - Happy holidays, peace on earth, good will toward people (and animals). Lucy and Georgia
- [Mary Gauthier and Tania Elizabeth at Me & Thee Coffeehouse](https://goatless.org/2011/02/14/mary-gauthier-tania-elizabeth-at-me-and-thee-coffeehouse) - Friday Jo and I had the chance to see one of our favorite songwriters, Mary Gauthier, at the Me & Thee Coffeehouse in Marblehead (blurry iPhone foto above). The Me & Thee has been holding shows in the Unitarian Universalist Church on Mugford Street for 41 years, and is really a wonderful venue for seeing
- ['Til Tuesday, Voices Carry, 1985 on Epic.](https://goatless.org/2020/07/10/til-tuesday-voices-carry-1985-on-epic) - 'Til Tuesday, Voices Carry, 1985 on Epic. My first exposure to Aimee Mann through MTV at the time. Via Planet Score Records in St. Louis MO
- [Guadalcanal Diary, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man, 1984 on DB Records](https://goatless.org/2020/05/25/guadalcanal-diary-walking-in-the-shadow-of-the-big-man-1984-on-db-records) - Guadalcanal Diary, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man, 1984 on DB records. My copy is the 1985 repressing on Elektra. Murray Attaway, Jeff Wallls (who passed in 2019), Rhett Crowe, and John Poe. Another Georgia indie band from the early 80s, though they were from Marietta not Athens. Originally signed to DB records
- [Loving this first solo album by Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes](https://goatless.org/2019/10/24/loving-this-first-solo-album-by-blackfootwhitefoot-from-alabama_shakes) - Loving this first solo album by Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes This version I picked up in London on Sandstone colored vinyl with a bonus white vinyl 7" single.
- [MyThai Vegetarian Café and Bubble Tea Bistro](https://goatless.org/2007/08/13/mythai) - Formerly Buddha's Delight Too, My Thai Café and Bubble Tea Bistro is an all vegetarian restaurant in Broookline, on Harvard Street, outside Coolidge Corner (toward Brighton). (404 Harvard St., Brookline MA) I had dinner there last week as part of a Boston Vegetarian Society / Boston Vegan Meetup meeting.Since Raven introduced me to Bubble Tea
- [Nellie McKay at the Paradise tonight](https://goatless.org/2007/10/02/nellie-mckay-paradise) - - two photos on flickr from the show - sorry for the low quality but I only had the cellphone camera, and the way the stage was setup we were watching Nellie's back through most of it. Strange to watch someone sing and play piano from behind - but the sound was great. Here
- [Vegan Pizza comes to Jamaica Plain](https://goatless.org/2008/07/14/vegan-pizza-comes-to-jamaica-plain) - (via Maynard, the MARC mailing list, and originally the Jamaica Plain Gazzette) Steve Carian from T.J. Scallywaggle's, one of (so far as I can tell) two all-vegan pizzarias in the US (the other is Pizza Pi in Seattle) is opening another place in JP, on the site of the former Felix Pizzaria. It will be
- [O Positive, Only Breathing, 1985 on Throbbing Lobster records.](https://goatless.org/2020/07/08/o-positive-only-breathing-1985-on-throbbing-lobster-records) - O Positive, Only Breathing, 1985 on Throbbing Lobster records. Boston based alternative band from the 80s - whose singer now teaches entertainment law at The Northeastern University College of Arts, Media, and Design Saw them open for Sinead O'Connor circa 1990 at Great Woods (I think) Via In Your Ear Allston
- [Opening Soon in Allston: Root](https://goatless.org/2013/06/21/opening-soon-in-allston-root) - (Photo from Root on Facebook) According to Eater Boston, a new plant-based restaurant called Root is due to open in Allston in the next few weeks, in the space formerly occupied by one of my favorites Peace O' Pie: Root could open in the second week of July in Allston's Union Square, bringing another plant-based
- [Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear, Skeleton Crew, 2015 on  Glassnote](https://goatless.org/2020/03/31/madisen-ward-the-mama-bear-skeleton-crew-2015-on-glassnote) - Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear, Skeleton Crew, 2015 on Glassnote Debut album from a Mother & Son duo from Missouri. Most well known for "Silent Movies" but the whole album is great.
- [Albert King; King, Does The King's Things: 1969 on Stax](https://goatless.org/2020/09/29/albert-king-king-does-the-kings-things-1969-on-stax) - Albert King; King, Does The King's Things: 1969 on Stax Mine's the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue AKA "Blues for Elvis" on some 80s issues Extra comma drives me nuts but the album is great and a very well done remaster & pressing
- [Frances Quinlan, Likewise,  2020 on Saddle Creek](https://goatless.org/2020/09/20/frances-quinlan-likewise-2020-on-saddle-creek) - Frances Quinlan, Likewise, 2020 on Saddle Creek Solo debut (under her own name) from Hop Along's Frances Quinlan She was on tour at the beginning of 2020 - hope she'll be able to play out behind this album more post pandemic
- [ABC, The Lexicon of Love, 1982 on Mercury](https://goatless.org/2020/09/03/abc-the-lexicon-of-love-1982-on-mercury) - ABC, The Lexicon of Love, 1982 on Mercury (in the UK it came out first on Neutron). Shoot That Poison Arrow, The Look of Love - debut album from Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, David Palmer et al. Produced by Trevor Horn.
- [H.E.R., Self-Titled, 2017 on MBK / RCA](https://goatless.org/2020/08/25/h-e-r-self-titled-2017-on-mbk-rca) - H.E.R., Self-Titled, 2017 on MBK / RCA Collects her two EPs (Vol 1 and Vol 2) on 2xLP vinyl issue. Absolute must have collection. Also check out H.E.R.'s "I Can't Breathe":
- [The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society](https://goatless.org/2020/08/11/the-ufo-club-self-titled-2012-on-the-reverberation-appreciation-society) - The UFO Club, Self-Titled, 2012 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society (in white vinyl with charcoal splatter). Debut from Christian Bland of The Black Angels and Lee Blackwell of The Night Beats Need to find the right 3D glasses for that cover image Via VNYL curation, maybe because I like 13th Floor Elevators? Pink Floyd? I
- [Big Star, Live In Memphis, 2014 on Omnivore Recordings](https://goatless.org/2020/07/27/big-star-live-in-memphis-2014-on-omnivore-recordings) - Big Star, Live In Memphis, 2014 on Omnivore Recordings Recorded in 1994 at the New Daisy Theatre I found Big Star via The Replacements' song Alex Chilton
- [The Album Leaf, Between Waves, 2016 on Relapse Records.](https://goatless.org/2021/01/18/the-album-leaf-between-waves-2016-on-relapse-records) - The Album Leaf, Between Waves, 2016 on Relapse Records. Their sixth full length on Relapse Records - a beautiful ambient electronic album.
- [Japan, Obscure Alternatives, 1978 on Ariola/ Hansa.](https://goatless.org/2021/01/02/japan-obscure-alternatives-1978-on-ariola-hansa) - Japan, Obscure Alternatives, 1978 on Ariola/ Hansa. Japan's second album, concluding with the 7 minute plus piano instrumental This is the US version which had a different track order than the UK and the band name in red on the cover as opposed to blue
- [New four string cigar box guitar from Snowden Guitars - a thing of beauty!](https://goatless.org/2020/11/23/new-four-string-cigar-box-guitar-from-snowden-guitars-a-thing-of-beauty) - New four string cigar box guitar from @snowdenguitars - a thing of beauty! Thanks Mike
- [The Woodentops, Hypnobeat Live, 1987 on Upside Records.](https://goatless.org/2021/04/27/the-woodentops-hypnobeat-live-1987-on-upside-records) - The Woodentops, Hypnobeat Live, 1987 on Upside Records. Upside Records licensed from Rough Trade for US distribution. (Came out on Rough Trade in 1986). Recorded at the Palace Theater in LA, November '86. Good Thing, Move Me, Why, Get It On - great frenetic indie thrash pop ;) Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
- [John Craigie, Asterisk The Universe, 2020 on Zabriskie Point Records.](https://goatless.org/2021/03/24/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
- [Ray Davies, Americana, 2017 on Legacy](https://goatless.org/2021/02/03/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
- [The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince), Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, 1999 on NPG/Arista.](https://goatless.org/2021/02/02/the-artist-formerly-known-as-prince-rave-un2-the-joy-fantastic-1999-on-npg-arista) - The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince), Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, 1999 on NPG/Arista. My copy is the 2019 reissue (I don't have much vinyl actually from the 90s and the aughts - wasn't actively collecting then and not as much was made).
- [Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS](https://goatless.org/2020/05/24/preservation-hall-jazz-band-new-orleans-volume-1-1977-on-columbia-masterworks-cbs) - Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Preservation Hall Initiative have set up a way to get matching to donations from spotify covid-19 music relief initiative: https://preshallfoundation.org/spotify-music-relief/
- [Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album, 2017 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2021/07/23/steve-martin-and-the-steep-canyon-rangers-the-long-awaited-album-2017-on-rounder) - Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album, 2017 on Rounder The third collaborative album (counting the live one) for Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers
- [Robert Plant | Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, 2007 on Rounder](https://goatless.org/2021/07/06/robert-plant-alison-krauss-raising-sand-2007-on-rounder) - Robert Plant | Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, 2007 on Rounder. Huge fan of both Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, and an even bigger fan on this beautiful collaboration. I hear there is another album in the works but have seen no title or date yet. My copy is the second issue, "XO?E optimized" for vinyl
- [Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard.](https://goatless.org/2021/05/24/charles-musselwhite-blues-band-tennessee-woman-1969-on-vanguard) - Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard. Another Vinyl Me, Please reissue, the classics record for April Listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer and pressing by QRP The 11:45 Cristo Redemptor is top notch but so is the title track (a Fenton Robinson tune) and Little Walter's "Everybody Need Somebody"
- [Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans](https://goatless.org/2021/05/23/shame-drunk-tank-pink-2021-on-dead-oceans) - Shame, Drunk Tank Pink, 2021 on Dead Oceans Secretly Society release from Jan 2021 - blue/black split vinyl Shame's second album - wonderful post-punk, reminds me a bit of Wire or Gang of Four, both great referents
- [Decemberists, hopefully this time with video](https://goatless.org/2018/07/06/decemberists-hopefully-this-time-with-video) - Decemberists, hopefully this time with video
- [Friday, May 24th, 2019 - Boston Calling Day One](https://goatless.org/2019/05/24/friday-may-24th-2019-boston-calling-day-one) - Day One of Boston Calling 2019 Pale Waves
- [Saturday, May 25th, 2019 - Boston Calling Day Two](https://goatless.org/2019/05/25/saturday-may-25th-2019-boston-calling-day-two) - Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals Dessa
- [Sunday, May 26th, 2019 - Boston Calling Day Three](https://goatless.org/2019/05/26/sunday-may-26th-2019-boston-calling-day-three) - Marina Brandi Carlile
- [Friday, October 21st, 2022 - Celebrating David Bowie](https://goatless.org/2022/10/21/friday-october-21st-2022-celebrating-david-bowie)
- [Saturday, September 10th, 2022 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss](https://goatless.org/2022/09/10/saturday-september-10th-2022-robert-plant-alison-krauss)
- [Saturday, June 25th, 2022 - North Shore Pride](https://goatless.org/2022/06/25/saturday-june-25th-2022-north-shore-pride) - Gunpowder Gelatine (Queen Cover Band) at North Shore Pride:
- [Saturday, May 28th, 2022 - Boston Calling Day Three](https://goatless.org/2022/05/28/saturday-may-28th-2022-boston-calling-day-three) - Boston Calling 2022, Day Three - thunderstorms and Nine Inch Nails Ironically, Frances Forever never was able to perform as the day was interrupted by thunderstorms They evacuated us all over to the Harvard Coliseum Some NIN videos: Head Like a Hole Head Like a Hole (cont'd) Head Like a Hole Part 3 Closer
- [Pretenders, Extended Play, 1981 on Sire.](https://goatless.org/2021/12/15/pretenders-extended-play-1981-on-sire) - Pretenders, Extended Play, 1981 on Sire. Label's a bit off center on this one (see photos). Extended Play came out six months before Pretenders II, but had Message of Love and Talk of the Town plus a live version of Precious from their debut album via Residency Records, Salem MA
- [Prestonfield House, Edinburgh](https://goatless.org/2019/12/31/prestonfield-house-edinburgh) - The peacocks and other scenes from beautiful Prestonfield House
- [Edinburgh Castle](https://goatless.org/2019/12/29/edinbugh-castle) - Christmas light show at Edinburgh Castle The photos/videos don't really do it justice - really great way to experience the castle
- [Tuesday, October 1st, 2019](https://goatless.org/2019/10/01/tuesday-october-1st-2019)
- [Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 - NYPL](https://goatless.org/2019/01/30/wednesday-january-30th-2019-nypl)
- [Tuesday, July 9th, 2019](https://goatless.org/2019/07/09/tuesday-july-9th-2019)
- [Thursday, February 18th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/02/18/thursday-february-18th-2021) - You spin me right round, baby right round
- [Friday, October 12th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/10/12/friday-october-12th-2018) - Happy Halloween
- [Sunday, October 7th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/10/07/sunday-october-7th-2018)
- [Thursday, September 20th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/09/20/thursday-september-20th-2018)
- [Wednesday, September 19th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/09/19/wednesday-september-19th-2018)
- [Sunday, September 16th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/09/16/sunday-september-16th-2018)
- [Friday, September 14th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/09/14/friday-september-14th-2018-2)
- [Thursday, September 13th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/09/13/thursday-september-13th-2018)
- [Tuesday, September 11th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/09/11/tuesday-september-11th-2018)
- [Saturday, August 25th, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/08/25/saturday-august-25th-2018)
- [Friday, August 24th, 2018 - WordCamp MSP 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/08/24/friday-august-24th-2018-wordcamp-msp-2018)
- [Saturday, July 21st, 2018](https://goatless.org/2018/07/21/saturday-july-21st-2018-3)
- [Wednesday, May 11th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/05/11/wednesday-may-11th-2022)
- [Thursday, May 5th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/05/05/thursday-may-5th-2022)
- [Thursday, April 28th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/04/28/thursday-april-28th-2022)
- [Wednesday, April 27th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/04/27/wednesday-april-27th-2022)
- [Saturday, March 26th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/03/26/saturday-march-26th-2022)
- [Wednesday, January 19th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/01/19/wednesday-january-19th-2022)
- [Saturday, February 12th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/02/12/saturday-february-12th-2022)
- [Saturday, January 8th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/01/08/saturday-january-8th-2022)
- [Saturday, December 18th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/12/18/saturday-december-18th-2021)
- [Friday, December 31st, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/12/31/friday-december-31st-2021)
- [Tuesday, November 9th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/11/09/tuesday-november-9th-2021)
- [Sunday, October 17th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/10/17/sunday-october-17th-2021) - A three hour tour . . .
- [Friday, October 29th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/10/29/friday-october-29th-2021) - Reverence (Whales Tails), South Burlington VT just off I-89
- [Wednesday, October 13th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/10/13/wednesday-october-13th-2021)
- [Saturday, October 9th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/10/09/saturday-october-9th-2021)
- [Friday, September 17th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/09/17/friday-september-17th-2021)
- [Wednesday, August 4th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/08/04/wednesday-august-4th-2021) - That's a buck and a half
- [Wednesday, July 28th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/07/28/wednesday-july-28th-2021) - What is the collective noun for herons? A siege of herons
- [Thursday, July 29th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/07/29/thursday-july-29th-2021) - I don't think that's what white rice looks like.
- [Saturday, May 15th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/05/15/saturday-may-15th-2021)
- [Sunday, April 18th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/04/18/sunday-april-18th-2021)
- [Saturday, April 17th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/04/17/saturday-april-17th-2021)
- [Tuesday, April 13th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/04/13/tuesday-april-13th-2021)
- [Sunday, April 4th, 2021](https://goatless.org/2021/04/04/sunday-april-4th-2021)
- [Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020](https://goatless.org/2020/12/22/tuesday-december-22nd-2020)
- [Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020](https://goatless.org/2020/12/02/wednesday-december-2nd-2020)
- [Monday, September 14th, 2020](https://goatless.org/2020/09/14/monday-september-14th-2020)
- [Monday, August 10th, 2020](https://goatless.org/2020/08/10/monday-august-10th-2020)
- [Friday, November 8th, 2019](https://goatless.org/2019/11/08/friday-november-8th-2019)
- [Thursday, November 7th, 2019](https://goatless.org/2019/11/07/thursday-november-7th-2019)
- [Friday, August 9th, 2019](https://goatless.org/2019/08/09/friday-august-9th-2019)
- [Tuesday, June 25th, 2019](https://goatless.org/2019/06/25/tuesday-june-25th-2019-2)
- [Thursday, June 13th, 2019 - NYC](https://goatless.org/2019/06/13/thursday-june-13th-2019-nyc)
- [Monday, October 31st, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/10/31/monday-october-31st-2022)
- [Monday, October 17th, 2022 - Moment of Zen](https://goatless.org/2022/10/17/monday-october-17th-2022-moment-of-zen) - Moment of Zen
- [Wednesday, October 19th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/10/19/wednesday-october-19th-2022)
- [Sunday, October 2nd, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/10/02/sunday-october-2nd-2022)
- [Tuesday, September 27th, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/09/27/tuesday-september-27th-2022)
- [Thursday, September 22nd, 2022](https://goatless.org/2022/09/22/thursday-september-22nd-2022) - Echo and the Bunnymen live at the House of Blues
- [Saturday, September 24th, 2022 - Antje Duvekot & Chris O'Brien at the Me & Thee](https://goatless.org/2022/09/24/saturday-september-24th-2022-antje-duvekot-chris-obrien-at-the-me-thee) - Chris O'Brien and Antje Duvekot at the Me & Thee in Marblehead
- [Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 - Salem Harbor in Fog](https://goatless.org/2022/09/13/tuesday-september-13th-2022-salem-harbor-in-fog)
- [Thursday, September 8th, 2022 - Salem Harbor](https://goatless.org/2022/09/08/thursday-september-8th-2022-salem-harbor)

## Pages

- [About](https://goatless.org/about) - Hello! I'm John Eckman. Goatless is my place to talk about Music, Veg'nism, and Travel. I also blog at Open Parenthesis about open source, next generation Internet applications, and social media in the Internet age. I'm an obsessive-compulsive music fan. Jazz, Folk, Reggae, Punk, Post-Punk, Post-Cabaret, Anti-Folk, Alt-Country, Indie, Alternative, Emo, Gothic, Techno. (Basically everything
- [Contact](https://goatless.org/contact)

## Categories

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- [Koriente](https://goatless.org/tag/koriente)
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- [Factory Farms](https://goatless.org/tag/factory-farms)
- [Animal Feed](https://goatless.org/tag/animal-feed)
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- [Feed](https://goatless.org/tag/feed)
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- [Alanis Morissette](https://goatless.org/tag/alanis-morissette)
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- [Black Eyed Peas](https://goatless.org/tag/black-eyed-peas)
- [Humor](https://goatless.org/tag/humor)
- [Irrational Public Radio](https://goatless.org/tag/irrational-public-radio)
- [Satire](https://goatless.org/tag/satire)
- [Peter Bjorn John](https://goatless.org/tag/peter-bjorn-john)
- [Wilco](https://goatless.org/tag/wilco)
- [Retro Music Snob](https://goatless.org/tag/retro-music-snob)
- [Alt. Country](https://goatless.org/tag/alt-country)
- [Rarities](https://goatless.org/tag/rarities)
- [Rare Tracks](https://goatless.org/tag/rare-tracks)
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- [humane society](https://goatless.org/tag/humane-society)
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- [redemption song](https://goatless.org/tag/redemption-song)
- [Joe Strummer](https://goatless.org/tag/joe-strummer)
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- [Factory Farming](https://goatless.org/tag/factory-farming)
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- [Eels](https://goatless.org/tag/eels)
- [Somerville Theater](https://goatless.org/tag/somerville-theater)
- [Mark Oliver Everett](https://goatless.org/tag/mark-oliver-everett)
- [E](https://goatless.org/tag/e)
- [McCain](https://goatless.org/tag/mccain)
- [Election](https://goatless.org/tag/election)
- [US](https://goatless.org/tag/us)
- [will.i.am](https://goatless.org/tag/william)
- [advocacy](https://goatless.org/tag/advocacy)
- [visualization](https://goatless.org/tag/visualization)
- [information design](https://goatless.org/tag/information-design)
- [NGOs](https://goatless.org/tag/ngos)
- [design](https://goatless.org/tag/design)
- [Carbon Footprint](https://goatless.org/tag/carbon-footprint)
- [Diet](https://goatless.org/tag/diet)
- [twitter](https://goatless.org/tag/twitter)
- [retweeter](https://goatless.org/tag/retweeter)
- [API](https://goatless.org/tag/api)
- [group](https://goatless.org/tag/group)
- [hashtag](https://goatless.org/tag/hashtag)
- [#vegsxsw](https://goatless.org/tag/vegsxsw)
- [sxsw08](https://goatless.org/tag/sxsw08)
- [Colin Meloy](https://goatless.org/tag/colin-meloy)
- [Laura Gibson](https://goatless.org/tag/laura-gibson)
- [Decemberists](https://goatless.org/tag/decemberists)
- [Somerville Theatre](https://goatless.org/tag/somerville-theatre)
- [Education](https://goatless.org/tag/education)
- [Ted](https://goatless.org/tag/ted)
- [Inspiration](https://goatless.org/tag/inspiration)
- [Once Upon a School](https://goatless.org/tag/once-upon-a-school)
- [826 Valencia](https://goatless.org/tag/826-valencia)
- [Tutoring](https://goatless.org/tag/tutoring)
- [Pedagogy](https://goatless.org/tag/pedagogy)
- [Volunteer](https://goatless.org/tag/volunteer)
- [download](https://goatless.org/tag/download)
- [sampler](https://goatless.org/tag/sampler)
- [anti-](https://goatless.org/tag/anti)
- [food miles](https://goatless.org/tag/food-miles)
- [meat](https://goatless.org/tag/meat)
- [dairy](https://goatless.org/tag/dairy)
- [comic](https://goatless.org/tag/comic)
- [garfield minus garfield](https://goatless.org/tag/garfield-minus-garfield)
- [san diego](https://goatless.org/tag/san-diego)
- [ranchos natural foods](https://goatless.org/tag/ranchos-natural-foods)
- [mexican](https://goatless.org/tag/mexican)
- [oprah](https://goatless.org/tag/oprah)
- [kevin rose](https://goatless.org/tag/kevin-rose)
- [challenge](https://goatless.org/tag/challenge)
- [philosophy](https://goatless.org/tag/philosophy)
- [Boston Pops](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-pops)
- [Symphony Hall](https://goatless.org/tag/symphony-hall)
- [Betty's Wok and Noodle](https://goatless.org/tag/bettys-wok-and-noodle)
- [Everyday Visuals](https://goatless.org/tag/everyday-visuals)
- [Natalie Merchant](https://goatless.org/tag/natalie-merchant)
- [BSO](https://goatless.org/tag/bso)
- [10000 Maniacs](https://goatless.org/tag/10000-maniacs)
- [starbucks](https://goatless.org/tag/starbucks)
- [wifi](https://goatless.org/tag/wifi)
- [rewards](https://goatless.org/tag/rewards)
- [loyalty](https://goatless.org/tag/loyalty)
- [soy milk](https://goatless.org/tag/soy-milk)
- [soy latte](https://goatless.org/tag/soy-latte)
- [Karyn's Cooked](https://goatless.org/tag/karyns-cooked)
- [Karyn's](https://goatless.org/tag/karyns)
- [Karyn Calabrese](https://goatless.org/tag/karyn-calabrese)
- [locavore](https://goatless.org/tag/locavore)
- [humane](https://goatless.org/tag/humane)
- [myth](https://goatless.org/tag/myth)
- [fur](https://goatless.org/tag/fur)
- [overstock](https://goatless.org/tag/overstock)
- [facebook](https://goatless.org/tag/facebook)
- [digiactive](https://goatless.org/tag/digiactive)
- [social](https://goatless.org/tag/social)
- [political](https://goatless.org/tag/political)
- [pizza](https://goatless.org/tag/pizza)
- [T.J. Scallywaggle's](https://goatless.org/tag/tj-scallywaggles)
- [Jamaica Plain](https://goatless.org/tag/jamaica-plain)
- [JP](https://goatless.org/tag/jp)
- [pizzeria](https://goatless.org/tag/pizzeria)
- [international](https://goatless.org/tag/international)
- [happycow](https://goatless.org/tag/happycow)
- [morethansalad](https://goatless.org/tag/morethansalad)
- [insecurity](https://goatless.org/tag/insecurity)
- [comparison](https://goatless.org/tag/comparison)
- [obama](https://goatless.org/tag/obama)
- [adoption](https://goatless.org/tag/adoption)
- [shelters](https://goatless.org/tag/shelters)
- [browser](https://goatless.org/tag/browser)
- [fluid](https://goatless.org/tag/fluid)
- [ssb](https://goatless.org/tag/ssb)
- [rimshot](https://goatless.org/tag/rimshot)
- [sad trombone](https://goatless.org/tag/sad-trombone)
- [conference calls](https://goatless.org/tag/conference-calls)
- [business meetings](https://goatless.org/tag/business-meetings)
- [audio](https://goatless.org/tag/audio)
- [denver](https://goatless.org/tag/denver)
- [art](https://goatless.org/tag/art)
- [Thai](https://goatless.org/tag/thai)
- [Airlines](https://goatless.org/tag/airlines)
- [Virgin Atlantic](https://goatless.org/tag/virgin-atlantic)
- [Continental Airlines](https://goatless.org/tag/continental-airlines)
- [222 Veggie Vegan](https://goatless.org/tag/222-veggie-vegan)
- [Papaya Tree](https://goatless.org/tag/papaya-tree)
- [dining](https://goatless.org/tag/dining)
- [gourmet](https://goatless.org/tag/gourmet)
- [foodie](https://goatless.org/tag/foodie)
- [UpStairs on the Square](https://goatless.org/tag/upstairs-on-the-square)
- [wine](https://goatless.org/tag/wine)
- [boston vegetarian food festival](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-vegetarian-food-festival)
- [Karen Dawn](https://goatless.org/tag/karen-dawn)
- [abolitionist](https://goatless.org/tag/abolitionist)
- [bva](https://goatless.org/tag/bva)
- [Boston Vegan Association](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-vegan-association)
- [MyThai](https://goatless.org/tag/mythai)
- [proposition 8](https://goatless.org/tag/proposition-8)
- [gay rights](https://goatless.org/tag/gay-rights)
- [marriage](https://goatless.org/tag/marriage)
- [Malden](https://goatless.org/tag/malden)
- [Vej Naturals](https://goatless.org/tag/vej-naturals)
- [Restaurants](https://goatless.org/tag/restaurants)
- [Pollan](https://goatless.org/tag/pollan)
- [UN Report](https://goatless.org/tag/un-report)
- [Livestock](https://goatless.org/tag/livestock)
- [Food Policy](https://goatless.org/tag/food-policy)
- [Health](https://goatless.org/tag/health)
- [Mercy For Animals](https://goatless.org/tag/mercy-for-animals)
- [Advertising](https://goatless.org/tag/advertising)
- [outreach](https://goatless.org/tag/outreach)
- [book](https://goatless.org/tag/book)
- [quotations](https://goatless.org/tag/quotations)
- [reading](https://goatless.org/tag/reading)
- [David Brin](https://goatless.org/tag/david-brin)
- [Transparent Society](https://goatless.org/tag/transparent-society)
- [Surveillance](https://goatless.org/tag/surveillance)
- [dissertation](https://goatless.org/tag/dissertation)
- [urbanization](https://goatless.org/tag/urbanization)
- [fiction](https://goatless.org/tag/fiction)
- [wordle](https://goatless.org/tag/wordle)
- [tag cloud](https://goatless.org/tag/tag-cloud)
- [athiesm](https://goatless.org/tag/athiesm)
- [parody](https://goatless.org/tag/parody)
- [Sandler](https://goatless.org/tag/sandler)
- [song](https://goatless.org/tag/song)
- [hannukah](https://goatless.org/tag/hannukah)
- [ringtone](https://goatless.org/tag/ringtone)
- [iPhone](https://goatless.org/tag/iphone)
- [Yes We Can](https://goatless.org/tag/yes-we-can)
- [Tana Sokolow](https://goatless.org/tag/tana-sokolow)
- [Allen Toussaint](https://goatless.org/tag/allen-toussaint)
- [Lee Dorsey](https://goatless.org/tag/lee-dorsey)
- [headlines](https://goatless.org/tag/headlines)
- [U2](https://goatless.org/tag/u2)
- [New Years Day](https://goatless.org/tag/new-years-day)
- [Change](https://goatless.org/tag/change)
- [History](https://goatless.org/tag/history)
- [Hope](https://goatless.org/tag/hope)
- [Nathan Runkle](https://goatless.org/tag/nathan-runkle)
- [Homophobia](https://goatless.org/tag/homophobia)
- [Mercy](https://goatless.org/tag/mercy)
- [Anti-gay Legislation](https://goatless.org/tag/anti-gay-legislation)
- [Politcs](https://goatless.org/tag/politcs)
- [Warren](https://goatless.org/tag/warren)
- [mayo clinic](https://goatless.org/tag/mayo-clinic)
- [food pyramid](https://goatless.org/tag/food-pyramid)
- [nutrition](https://goatless.org/tag/nutrition)
- [wellness](https://goatless.org/tag/wellness)
- [World Hunger](https://goatless.org/tag/world-hunger)
- [Globalization](https://goatless.org/tag/globalization)
- [Tufte](https://goatless.org/tag/tufte)
- [PowerPoint](https://goatless.org/tag/powerpoint)
- [Gettysburg](https://goatless.org/tag/gettysburg)
- [Lincoln](https://goatless.org/tag/lincoln)
- [haiku](https://goatless.org/tag/haiku)
- [spam](https://goatless.org/tag/spam)
- [almost](https://goatless.org/tag/almost)
- [Drupal](https://goatless.org/tag/drupal)
- [DrupalCon](https://goatless.org/tag/drupalcon)
- [Options](https://goatless.org/tag/options)
- [Conferences](https://goatless.org/tag/conferences)
- [Farm Bill](https://goatless.org/tag/farm-bill)
- [PCRM](https://goatless.org/tag/pcrm)
- [Public Health](https://goatless.org/tag/public-health)
- [Congress](https://goatless.org/tag/congress)
- [Teabag](https://goatless.org/tag/teabag)
- [Protest](https://goatless.org/tag/protest)
- [Fox](https://goatless.org/tag/fox)
- [Mark Bittman](https://goatless.org/tag/mark-bittman)
- [Food Matters](https://goatless.org/tag/food-matters)
- [veg'nism](https://goatless.org/tag/vegnism)
- [one-click](https://goatless.org/tag/one-click)
- [digital](https://goatless.org/tag/digital)
- [email](https://goatless.org/tag/email)
- [action](https://goatless.org/tag/action)
- [ar](https://goatless.org/tag/ar)
- [dog](https://goatless.org/tag/dog)
- [shelter](https://goatless.org/tag/shelter)
- [rescue](https://goatless.org/tag/rescue)
- [breeder](https://goatless.org/tag/breeder)
- [Boston Vegetarian Society](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-vegetarian-society)
- [Festival](https://goatless.org/tag/festival)
- [film](https://goatless.org/tag/film)
- [documentary](https://goatless.org/tag/documentary)
- [Eleni Vlachos](https://goatless.org/tag/eleni-vlachos)
- [Swine Flu](https://goatless.org/tag/swine-flu)
- [H1N1](https://goatless.org/tag/h1n1)
- [antiobiotics](https://goatless.org/tag/antiobiotics)
- [pope](https://goatless.org/tag/pope)
- [slaughter](https://goatless.org/tag/slaughter)
- [PAMTA](https://goatless.org/tag/pamta)
- [Molly](https://goatless.org/tag/molly)
- [NY](https://goatless.org/tag/ny)
- [Queens](https://goatless.org/tag/queens)
- [Erik Marcus](https://goatless.org/tag/erik-marcus)
- [microblog](https://goatless.org/tag/microblog)
- [Paste Magazine](https://goatless.org/tag/paste-magazine)
- [publishing](https://goatless.org/tag/publishing)
- [online donation](https://goatless.org/tag/online-donation)
- [indepentent](https://goatless.org/tag/indepentent)
- [LA](https://goatless.org/tag/la)
- [investigation](https://goatless.org/tag/investigation)
- [operation pancake](https://goatless.org/tag/operation-pancake)
- [purity](https://goatless.org/tag/purity)
- [ingredients](https://goatless.org/tag/ingredients)
- [contamination](https://goatless.org/tag/contamination)
- [Blog Action Day](https://goatless.org/tag/blog-action-day)
- [Carnism](https://goatless.org/tag/carnism)
- [Lamb](https://goatless.org/tag/lamb)
- [Ideology](https://goatless.org/tag/ideology)
- [Ad Sense](https://goatless.org/tag/ad-sense)
- [Targeted Advertising](https://goatless.org/tag/targeted-advertising)
- [Site Specific Browsers](https://goatless.org/tag/site-specific-browsers)
- [food groups](https://goatless.org/tag/food-groups)
- [Teele Square](https://goatless.org/tag/teele-square)
- [Porter Square](https://goatless.org/tag/porter-square)
- [Sudo](https://goatless.org/tag/sudo)
- [True Bistro](https://goatless.org/tag/true-bistro)
- [Shoes](https://goatless.org/tag/shoes)
- [Wisconsin](https://goatless.org/tag/wisconsin)
- [Downloads](https://goatless.org/tag/downloads)
- [Maoz](https://goatless.org/tag/maoz)
- [Fast Food](https://goatless.org/tag/fast-food)
- [Nirvana](https://goatless.org/tag/nirvana)
- [Grunge](https://goatless.org/tag/grunge)
- [BBC](https://goatless.org/tag/bbc)
- [Well Rounded Radio](https://goatless.org/tag/well-rounded-radio)
- [Interviews](https://goatless.org/tag/interviews)
- [Amanda Palmer](https://goatless.org/tag/amanda-palmer)
- [Larry Lessig](https://goatless.org/tag/larry-lessig)
- [Yoko K](https://goatless.org/tag/yoko-k)
- [Charles McEnerny](https://goatless.org/tag/charles-mcenerny)
- [Mashup](https://goatless.org/tag/mashup)
- [Black Sabbath](https://goatless.org/tag/black-sabbath)
- [Led Zeppelin](https://goatless.org/tag/led-zeppelin)
- [War Pigs](https://goatless.org/tag/war-pigs)
- [Whole Lotta Love](https://goatless.org/tag/whole-lotta-love)
- [ventriloquist](https://goatless.org/tag/ventriloquist)
- [Simpsons](https://goatless.org/tag/simpsons)
- [Banksy](https://goatless.org/tag/banksy)
- [cool](https://goatless.org/tag/cool)
- [Lennon](https://goatless.org/tag/lennon)
- [Plastic Ono Band](https://goatless.org/tag/plastic-ono-band)
- [God](https://goatless.org/tag/god)
- [Jeff Tweedy](https://goatless.org/tag/jeff-tweedy)
- [Eliot](https://goatless.org/tag/eliot)
- [Prufrock](https://goatless.org/tag/prufrock)
- [BoingBoing](https://goatless.org/tag/boingboing)
- [Culture](https://goatless.org/tag/culture)
- [culchah](https://goatless.org/tag/culchah)
- [ze frank](https://goatless.org/tag/ze-frank)
- [songs](https://goatless.org/tag/songs)
- [Paris](https://goatless.org/tag/paris)
- [Loving Hut](https://goatless.org/tag/loving-hut)
- [Ballard Designs](https://goatless.org/tag/ballard-designs)
- [jeopardy](https://goatless.org/tag/jeopardy)
- [watson](https://goatless.org/tag/watson)
- [Tiny Desk Concerts](https://goatless.org/tag/tiny-desk-concerts)
- [Civil Wars](https://goatless.org/tag/civil-wars)
- [Barton Hollow](https://goatless.org/tag/barton-hollow)
- [NPR Music](https://goatless.org/tag/npr-music)
- [Video of the Week](https://goatless.org/tag/video-of-the-week)
- [Tiny Desk Concert](https://goatless.org/tag/tiny-desk-concert)
- [Other Lives](https://goatless.org/tag/other-lives)
- [Perspective](https://goatless.org/tag/perspective)
- [Vivisection](https://goatless.org/tag/vivisection)
- [Cathy N. Davidson](https://goatless.org/tag/cathy-n-davidson)
- [Review](https://goatless.org/tag/review)
- [Now You See It](https://goatless.org/tag/now-you-see-it)
- [Gorilla](https://goatless.org/tag/gorilla)
- [Daniel Simons](https://goatless.org/tag/daniel-simons)
- [Christopher Chabris](https://goatless.org/tag/christopher-chabris)
- [Montreal](https://goatless.org/tag/montreal)
- [Quebec](https://goatless.org/tag/quebec)
- [Green Panther](https://goatless.org/tag/green-panther)
- [Aux Vivres](https://goatless.org/tag/aux-vivres)
- [Chuch](https://goatless.org/tag/chuch)
- [Chuchai](https://goatless.org/tag/chuchai)
- [Veggie Galaxy](https://goatless.org/tag/veggie-galaxy)
- [Diner](https://goatless.org/tag/diner)
- [Bakery](https://goatless.org/tag/bakery)
- [Cambridge MA](https://goatless.org/tag/cambridge-ma)
- [Central Square](https://goatless.org/tag/central-square)
- [Rathole Radio](https://goatless.org/tag/rathole-radio)
- [Dan Lynch](https://goatless.org/tag/dan-lynch)
- [Jamendo](https://goatless.org/tag/jamendo)
- [8in8](https://goatless.org/tag/8in8)
- [Ben Folds](https://goatless.org/tag/ben-folds)
- [Neil Gaiman](https://goatless.org/tag/neil-gaiman)
- [Damien Kulash](https://goatless.org/tag/damien-kulash)
- [FLOSS Weekly](https://goatless.org/tag/floss-weekly)
- [TWiT](https://goatless.org/tag/twit)
- [Official.fm](https://goatless.org/tag/official-fm)
- [The Waiting Room](https://goatless.org/tag/the-waiting-room)
- [TWRHQ](https://goatless.org/tag/twrhq)
- [Yahoo! Pipes](https://goatless.org/tag/yahoo-pipes)
- [RSS](https://goatless.org/tag/rss)
- [Enclosures](https://goatless.org/tag/enclosures)
- [Podcatcher](https://goatless.org/tag/podcatcher)
- [Downcast](https://goatless.org/tag/downcast)
- [iTunes](https://goatless.org/tag/itunes)
- [The Giving Tree Band](https://goatless.org/tag/the-giving-tree-band)
- [GTB](https://goatless.org/tag/gtb)
- [VegNews](https://goatless.org/tag/vegnews)
- [CFEI](https://goatless.org/tag/cfei)
- [Audiotree Live](https://goatless.org/tag/audiotree-live)
- [Compassionate Farming Education Initiative](https://goatless.org/tag/compassionate-farming-education-initiative)
- [Spaceward Ho!](https://goatless.org/tag/spaceward-ho)
- [spacewardho](https://goatless.org/tag/spacewardho)
- [Delta Tao](https://goatless.org/tag/delta-tao)
- [iPad](https://goatless.org/tag/ipad)
- [Game](https://goatless.org/tag/game)
- [Vegan Black Metal Chef](https://goatless.org/tag/vegan-black-metal-chef)
- [Hannah Hart](https://goatless.org/tag/hannah-hart)
- [Scanwiches](https://goatless.org/tag/scanwiches)
- [roflcon](https://goatless.org/tag/roflcon)
- [Boston Garden](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-garden)
- [1987](https://goatless.org/tag/1987)
- [newport](https://goatless.org/tag/newport)
- [paste](https://goatless.org/tag/paste)
- [SNL](https://goatless.org/tag/snl)
- [Veganville](https://goatless.org/tag/veganville)
- [Justin Timberlake](https://goatless.org/tag/justin-timberlake)
- [Quietly Concerned](https://goatless.org/tag/quietly-concerned)
- [New Music](https://goatless.org/tag/new-music)
- [Noisetrade](https://goatless.org/tag/noisetrade)
- [Elvis Costello](https://goatless.org/tag/elvis-costello)
- [The Roots](https://goatless.org/tag/the-roots)
- [Mumford & Sons](https://goatless.org/tag/mumford-sons)
- [Tom Joad](https://goatless.org/tag/tom-joad)
- [Bruce Springsteen](https://goatless.org/tag/bruce-springsteen)
- [Paul Simon](https://goatless.org/tag/paul-simon)
- [Ben Sollee](https://goatless.org/tag/ben-sollee)
- [Songwriting](https://goatless.org/tag/songwriting)
- [KCLS](https://goatless.org/tag/kcls)
- [Rock N' Roll Stories](https://goatless.org/tag/rock-n-roll-stories)
- [Architecture](https://goatless.org/tag/architecture)
- [Modernism](https://goatless.org/tag/modernism)
- [Metropolis](https://goatless.org/tag/metropolis)
- [Willkomen Collective](https://goatless.org/tag/willkomen-collective)
- [TWR](https://goatless.org/tag/twr)
- [Free Download](https://goatless.org/tag/free-download)
- [Bandcamp](https://goatless.org/tag/bandcamp)
- [Beyond Meat](https://goatless.org/tag/beyond-meat)
- [Beast Burger](https://goatless.org/tag/beast-burger)
- [José González](https://goatless.org/tag/jose-gonzalez)
- [Sweden](https://goatless.org/tag/sweden)
- [John Lennon](https://goatless.org/tag/john-lennon)
- [TLC](https://goatless.org/tag/tlc)
- [Waterfalls](https://goatless.org/tag/waterfalls)
- [Woman](https://goatless.org/tag/woman)
- [WFUV](https://goatless.org/tag/wfuv)
- [In-Studio](https://goatless.org/tag/in-studio)
- [Talking Heads](https://goatless.org/tag/talking-heads)
- [Rome](https://goatless.org/tag/rome)
- [New Jersey](https://goatless.org/tag/new-jersey)
- [Laura Marling](https://goatless.org/tag/laura-marling)
- [stereogum](https://goatless.org/tag/stereogum)
- [Rihanna](https://goatless.org/tag/rihanna)
- [Paul McCartney](https://goatless.org/tag/paul-mccartney)
- [Kanye West](https://goatless.org/tag/kanye-west)
- [Terri](https://goatless.org/tag/terri)
- [Violent Femmes](https://goatless.org/tag/violent-femmes)
- [Mellow Mushroom](https://goatless.org/tag/mellow-mushroom)
- [Vegan Pizza](https://goatless.org/tag/vegan-pizza)
- [Contrast](https://goatless.org/tag/contrast)
- [music](https://goatless.org/tag/music)
- [veganism](https://goatless.org/tag/veganism)
- [travel](https://goatless.org/tag/travel)
- [video](https://goatless.org/tag/video)
- [sxsw07](https://goatless.org/tag/sxsw07)
- [blog](https://goatless.org/tag/blog)
- [Wordpress](https://goatless.org/tag/wordpress)
- [Politics](https://goatless.org/tag/politics)
- [poetry](https://goatless.org/tag/poetry)
- [cardboard](https://goatless.org/tag/cardboard)
- [vr](https://goatless.org/tag/vr)
- [21](https://goatless.org/tag/21)
- [jazz](https://goatless.org/tag/jazz)
- [1957](https://goatless.org/tag/1957)
- [Verve](https://goatless.org/tag/verve)
- [1950s](https://goatless.org/tag/1950s)
- [vinyl](https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl)
- [vinylcollection](https://goatless.org/tag/vinylcollection)
- [vinylfinds](https://goatless.org/tag/vinylfinds)
- [dailyalbum](https://goatless.org/tag/dailyalbum)
- [jamescottonbluesband](https://goatless.org/tag/jamescottonbluesband)
- [1976](https://goatless.org/tag/1976)
- [beer](https://goatless.org/tag/beer)
- [nashville](https://goatless.org/tag/nashville)
- [johnny cash](https://goatless.org/tag/johnny-cash)
- [molly stevens](https://goatless.org/tag/molly-stevens)
- [ole red](https://goatless.org/tag/ole-red)
- [wcus](https://goatless.org/tag/wcus)
- [wordcamp](https://goatless.org/tag/wordcamp)
- [storm king](https://goatless.org/tag/storm-king)
- [xmas](https://goatless.org/tag/xmas)
- [salem MA](https://goatless.org/tag/salem-ma)
- [hilton](https://goatless.org/tag/hilton)
- [sushi](https://goatless.org/tag/sushi)
- [meetup](https://goatless.org/tag/meetup)
- [Maine](https://goatless.org/tag/maine)
- [Automattic](https://goatless.org/tag/automattic)
- [Matt Mullenweg](https://goatless.org/tag/matt-mullenweg)
- [machine](https://goatless.org/tag/machine)
- [mobile](https://goatless.org/tag/mobile)
- [MIT](https://goatless.org/tag/mit)
- [revere beach](https://goatless.org/tag/revere-beach)
- [delta](https://goatless.org/tag/delta)
- [minneapolis](https://goatless.org/tag/minneapolis)
- [bar](https://goatless.org/tag/bar)
- [Las Vegas](https://goatless.org/tag/las-vegas)
- [American Marketing Association](https://goatless.org/tag/american-marketing-association)
- [richfield](https://goatless.org/tag/richfield)
- [home](https://goatless.org/tag/home)
- [bibimbap](https://goatless.org/tag/bibimbap)
- [swedish fish](https://goatless.org/tag/swedish-fish)
- [rain](https://goatless.org/tag/rain)
- [University of Minnesota](https://goatless.org/tag/university-of-minnesota)
- [wcmnpls](https://goatless.org/tag/wcmnpls)
- [herbivorous butcher](https://goatless.org/tag/herbivorous-butcher)
- [Lichtenstein](https://goatless.org/tag/lichtenstein)
- [WordCamp for Publishers](https://goatless.org/tag/wordcamp-for-publishers)
- [veggie grill](https://goatless.org/tag/veggie-grill)
- [corn](https://goatless.org/tag/corn)
- [tacos](https://goatless.org/tag/tacos)
- [Savannah](https://goatless.org/tag/savannah)
- [coffee](https://goatless.org/tag/coffee)
- [logan airport](https://goatless.org/tag/logan-airport)
- [BOS](https://goatless.org/tag/bos)
- [wcbos](https://goatless.org/tag/wcbos)
- [wpcampus](https://goatless.org/tag/wpcampus)
- [karaoke](https://goatless.org/tag/karaoke)
- [higher education](https://goatless.org/tag/higher-education)
- [Washington University](https://goatless.org/tag/washington-university)
- [wustl](https://goatless.org/tag/wustl)
- [regus](https://goatless.org/tag/regus)
- [radiohead](https://goatless.org/tag/radiohead)
- [msg](https://goatless.org/tag/msg)
- [madison square garden](https://goatless.org/tag/madison-square-garden)
- [tardis](https://goatless.org/tag/tardis)
- [dr. who](https://goatless.org/tag/dr-who)
- [boston calling](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-calling)
- [glacier](https://goatless.org/tag/glacier)
- [lake mcdonald](https://goatless.org/tag/lake-mcdonald)
- [jackson hole](https://goatless.org/tag/jackson-hole)
- [wpengine](https://goatless.org/tag/wpengine)
- [wpe summit](https://goatless.org/tag/wpe-summit)
- [10up](https://goatless.org/tag/10up)
- [summit](https://goatless.org/tag/summit)
- [essex](https://goatless.org/tag/essex)
- [ipswich](https://goatless.org/tag/ipswich)
- [hearst](https://goatless.org/tag/hearst)
- [dessert](https://goatless.org/tag/dessert)
- [bigwp](https://goatless.org/tag/bigwp)
- [cabinlife](https://goatless.org/tag/cabinlife)
- [minnesota](https://goatless.org/tag/minnesota)
- [paisley park](https://goatless.org/tag/paisley-park)
- [prince](https://goatless.org/tag/prince)
- [jfk](https://goatless.org/tag/jfk)
- [chvrches](https://goatless.org/tag/chvrches)
- [Lord Huron](https://goatless.org/tag/lord-huron)
- [moma](https://goatless.org/tag/moma)
- [guitars](https://goatless.org/tag/guitars)
- [dakota](https://goatless.org/tag/dakota)
- [central park](https://goatless.org/tag/central-park)
- [brooklyn](https://goatless.org/tag/brooklyn)
- [williamsburg](https://goatless.org/tag/williamsburg)
- [meat puppets](https://goatless.org/tag/meat-puppets)
- [brooklyn bowl](https://goatless.org/tag/brooklyn-bowl)
- [bostonwp](https://goatless.org/tag/bostonwp)
- [WordPress boston](https://goatless.org/tag/wordpress-boston)
- [vail](https://goatless.org/tag/vail)
- [blucifer](https://goatless.org/tag/blucifer)
- [DTW](https://goatless.org/tag/dtw)
- [NYPL](https://goatless.org/tag/nypl)
- [gunpowder gelatine](https://goatless.org/tag/gunpowder-gelatine)
- [museum of science](https://goatless.org/tag/museum-of-science)
- [hyatt](https://goatless.org/tag/hyatt)
- [deep ellum](https://goatless.org/tag/deep-ellum)
- [dallas](https://goatless.org/tag/dallas)
- [oculus](https://goatless.org/tag/oculus)
- [ess-a-bagel](https://goatless.org/tag/ess-a-bagel)
- [50 shades of hay](https://goatless.org/tag/50-shades-of-hay)
- [wcus 2018](https://goatless.org/tag/wcus-2018)
- [William Edmonson](https://goatless.org/tag/william-edmonson)
- [wcus 2019](https://goatless.org/tag/wcus-2019)
- [St. Louis](https://goatless.org/tag/st-louis)
- [Utah Station](https://goatless.org/tag/utah-station)
- [STL](https://goatless.org/tag/stl)
- ['til tuesday](https://goatless.org/tag/til-tuesday)
- [1980s](https://goatless.org/tag/1980s)
- [1986](https://goatless.org/tag/1986)
- [the band](https://goatless.org/tag/the-band)
- [1969](https://goatless.org/tag/1969)
- [1960s](https://goatless.org/tag/1960s)
- [Roberta Flack](https://goatless.org/tag/roberta-flack)
- [Donny Hathaway](https://goatless.org/tag/donny-hathaway)
- [1970s](https://goatless.org/tag/1970s)
- [1972](https://goatless.org/tag/1972)
- [1965](https://goatless.org/tag/1965)
- [elmore james](https://goatless.org/tag/elmore-james)
- [brittany howard](https://goatless.org/tag/brittany-howard)
- [jaime](https://goatless.org/tag/jaime)
- [Salvation Army](https://goatless.org/tag/salvation-army)
- [The Three O'Clock](https://goatless.org/tag/the-three-oclock)
- [General Public](https://goatless.org/tag/general-public)
- [Hand to Mouth](https://goatless.org/tag/hand-to-mouth)
- [herbie hancock](https://goatless.org/tag/herbie-hancock)
- [vinyl me please](https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl-me-please)
- [1979](https://goatless.org/tag/1979)
- [Chic](https://goatless.org/tag/chic)
- [1978](https://goatless.org/tag/1978)
- [Run D.M.C.](https://goatless.org/tag/run-d-m-c)
- [1985](https://goatless.org/tag/1985)
- [Hip Hop](https://goatless.org/tag/hip-hop)
- [Profile Records](https://goatless.org/tag/profile-records)
- [Peter Green](https://goatless.org/tag/peter-green)
- [Fleetwood Mac](https://goatless.org/tag/fleetwood-mac)
- [1970](https://goatless.org/tag/1970)
- [Reprise](https://goatless.org/tag/reprise)
- [Patsy Cline](https://goatless.org/tag/patsy-cline)
- [MCA](https://goatless.org/tag/mca)
- [1988](https://goatless.org/tag/1988)
- [Country](https://goatless.org/tag/country)
- [Oscar Peterson](https://goatless.org/tag/oscar-peterson)
- [George Gershwin](https://goatless.org/tag/george-gershwin)
- [1959](https://goatless.org/tag/1959)
- [NoMBe](https://goatless.org/tag/nombe)
- [2021](https://goatless.org/tag/2021)
- [2020s](https://goatless.org/tag/2020s)
- [th3rdbrain](https://goatless.org/tag/th3rdbrain)
- [Sharon Van Etten](https://goatless.org/tag/sharon-van-etten)
- [Epic Ten](https://goatless.org/tag/epic-ten)
- [Badabing Records](https://goatless.org/tag/badabing-records)
- [Easterhouse](https://goatless.org/tag/easterhouse)
- [Waiting for the Redbird](https://goatless.org/tag/waiting-for-the-redbird)
- [1989](https://goatless.org/tag/1989)
- [Columbia](https://goatless.org/tag/columbia)
- [Rough Trade](https://goatless.org/tag/rough-trade)
- [WMVM](https://goatless.org/tag/wmvm)
- [1982](https://goatless.org/tag/1982)
- [Ultravox](https://goatless.org/tag/ultravox)
- [Quartet](https://goatless.org/tag/quartet)
- [Peter Saville](https://goatless.org/tag/peter-saville)
- [Deep Thoughts JP](https://goatless.org/tag/deep-thoughts-jp)
- [CBS](https://goatless.org/tag/cbs)
- [Sony](https://goatless.org/tag/sony)
- [Freddie Hubbard](https://goatless.org/tag/freddie-hubbard)
- [Anthony Williams](https://goatless.org/tag/anthony-williams)
- [Ron Carter](https://goatless.org/tag/ron-carter)
- [Wayne Shorter](https://goatless.org/tag/wayne-shorter)
- [1973](https://goatless.org/tag/1973)
- [ATCO](https://goatless.org/tag/atco)
- [1967](https://goatless.org/tag/1967)
- [light of day records](https://goatless.org/tag/light-of-day-records)
- [Soundly Music](https://goatless.org/tag/soundly-music)
- [sarah jarosz](https://goatless.org/tag/sarah-jarosz)
- [Sugar Hill Records](https://goatless.org/tag/sugar-hill-records) - Bluegrass label started in the late seventies out of Durham, North Carolina
- [rounder](https://goatless.org/tag/rounder)
- [Epic](https://goatless.org/tag/epic)
- [1980](https://goatless.org/tag/1980)
- [A&M](https://goatless.org/tag/am)
- [Squeeze](https://goatless.org/tag/squeeze)
- [Jorge Ben](https://goatless.org/tag/jorge-ben)
- [Warner Brothers](https://goatless.org/tag/warner-brothers)
- [Bonnie Raitt](https://goatless.org/tag/bonnie-raitt)
- [Record Exchange](https://goatless.org/tag/record-exchange)
- [Django Reinhardt](https://goatless.org/tag/django-reinhardt)
- [Stephane Grappelli](https://goatless.org/tag/stephane-grappelli)
- [2020](https://goatless.org/tag/2020)
- [VNYL](https://goatless.org/tag/vnyl)
- [El Tee](https://goatless.org/tag/el-tee)
- [Dawes](https://goatless.org/tag/dawes)
- [HUB Records](https://goatless.org/tag/hub-records)
- [2016](https://goatless.org/tag/2016)
- [2010s](https://goatless.org/tag/2010s)
- [blancmange](https://goatless.org/tag/blancmange)
- [Sire](https://goatless.org/tag/sire)
- [future shock](https://goatless.org/tag/future-shock)
- [1983](https://goatless.org/tag/1983)
- [Nat Adderley](https://goatless.org/tag/nat-adderley)
- [Steeplechase](https://goatless.org/tag/steeplechase)
- [isaac hayes](https://goatless.org/tag/isaac-hayes)
- [tough guys](https://goatless.org/tag/tough-guys)
- [enterprise](https://goatless.org/tag/enterprise)
- [1974](https://goatless.org/tag/1974)
- [blood sweat & tears](https://goatless.org/tag/blood-sweat-tears)
- [Embassy](https://goatless.org/tag/embassy)
- [Thelonious Monk](https://goatless.org/tag/thelonious-monk)
- [Pure Monk](https://goatless.org/tag/pure-monk)
- [Trip Jazz](https://goatless.org/tag/trip-jazz)
- [ebth](https://goatless.org/tag/ebth)
- [Sufjan Stevens](https://goatless.org/tag/sufjan-stevens)
- [Asthmatic Kitty](https://goatless.org/tag/asthmatic-kitty)
- [tower hill](https://goatless.org/tag/tower-hill)
- [boylston MA](https://goatless.org/tag/boylston-ma)
- [Flashback](https://goatless.org/tag/flashback)
- [Sister Ray](https://goatless.org/tag/sister-ray)
- [U.K.](https://goatless.org/tag/u-k)
- [Gherkin](https://goatless.org/tag/gherkin)
- [Relativity Records](https://goatless.org/tag/relativity-records)
- [Disney](https://goatless.org/tag/disney)
- [1984](https://goatless.org/tag/1984)
- [dance](https://goatless.org/tag/dance)
- [1981](https://goatless.org/tag/1981)
- [punk](https://goatless.org/tag/punk)
- [hardcore](https://goatless.org/tag/hardcore)
- [dead kennedys](https://goatless.org/tag/dead-kennedys)
- [ska](https://goatless.org/tag/ska)
- [madness](https://goatless.org/tag/madness)
- [geffen](https://goatless.org/tag/geffen)
- [Kennedy Space Center](https://goatless.org/tag/kennedy-space-center)
- [Posters](https://goatless.org/tag/posters)
- [Motivational](https://goatless.org/tag/motivational)
- [Bob Dylan](https://goatless.org/tag/bob-dylan)
- [The Cure](https://goatless.org/tag/the-cure)
- [The Beatles](https://goatless.org/tag/the-beatles)
- [Sugar Ray](https://goatless.org/tag/sugar-ray)
- [Suburbs](https://goatless.org/tag/suburbs)
- [2017](https://goatless.org/tag/2017)
- [Mystery Train](https://goatless.org/tag/mystery-train)
- [John Mayall](https://goatless.org/tag/john-mayall)
- [Blues](https://goatless.org/tag/blues)
- [British Blues](https://goatless.org/tag/british-blues)
- [ICA](https://goatless.org/tag/ica)
- [Seaport](https://goatless.org/tag/seaport)
- [By Chloe](https://goatless.org/tag/by-chloe)
- [train](https://goatless.org/tag/train)
- [commuter rail](https://goatless.org/tag/commuter-rail)
- [MBCR](https://goatless.org/tag/mbcr)
- [Depeche Mode](https://goatless.org/tag/depeche-mode)
- [Down in the Valley](https://goatless.org/tag/down-in-the-valley)
- [Richfield MN](https://goatless.org/tag/richfield-mn)
- [Stevie Winwood](https://goatless.org/tag/stevie-winwood)
- [brandi carlile](https://goatless.org/tag/brandi-carlile)
- [FDR](https://goatless.org/tag/fdr)
- [Roosevelt Island](https://goatless.org/tag/roosevelt-island)
- [The Call](https://goatless.org/tag/the-call)
- [Black Keys](https://goatless.org/tag/black-keys)
- [fat possum](https://goatless.org/tag/fat-possum)
- [Townes Van Zandt](https://goatless.org/tag/townes-van-zandt)
- [1977](https://goatless.org/tag/1977)
- [Newburyport MA](https://goatless.org/tag/newburyport-ma)
- [morrissey](https://goatless.org/tag/morrissey)
- [2019](https://goatless.org/tag/2019)
- [Lone Justice](https://goatless.org/tag/lone-justice)
- [various artists](https://goatless.org/tag/various-artists)
- [compilation](https://goatless.org/tag/compilation)
- [marblehead](https://goatless.org/tag/marblehead)
- [pdx](https://goatless.org/tag/pdx)
- [Jet Blue](https://goatless.org/tag/jet-blue)
- [Boston University](https://goatless.org/tag/boston-university)
- [Northeastern](https://goatless.org/tag/northeastern)
- [Cabot Theater](https://goatless.org/tag/cabot-theater)
- [Hank Williams](https://goatless.org/tag/hank-williams)
- [MGM](https://goatless.org/tag/mgm)
- [Jim James](https://goatless.org/tag/jim-james)
- [barnes & noble](https://goatless.org/tag/barnes-noble)
- [police](https://goatless.org/tag/police)
- [Metro City](https://goatless.org/tag/metro-city)
- [Rush](https://goatless.org/tag/rush)
- [Mercury](https://goatless.org/tag/mercury)
- [David Bowie](https://goatless.org/tag/david-bowie)
- [RCA Victor](https://goatless.org/tag/rca-victor)
- [2015](https://goatless.org/tag/2015)
- [1993](https://goatless.org/tag/1993)
- [1996](https://goatless.org/tag/1996)
- [New West](https://goatless.org/tag/new-west)
- [Twin/Tone](https://goatless.org/tag/twin-tone)
- [motown](https://goatless.org/tag/motown)
- [ListenUp Music](https://goatless.org/tag/listenup-music)