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Travelogue, The Human League, 1980 on Virgin (UK pressing).

February 5, 2020

Travelogue, The Human League, 1980 on Virgin (UK pressing). This is early Human League, with Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, who went on to found Heaven 17, and without Susanne Sulley or Joanne Catherall. My copy via Elvis Shakespeare in Edinburgh.

Ben Folds and yMusic, So There, 2015 on New West.

February 4, 2020

Ben Folds and yMusic, So There, 2015 on New West. Great double LP pressing, with a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (with the Nashville Symphony and instrumentals on the D side.

Tones on Tail, self-titled, 1985 on Situation Two.

February 3, 2020

Tones on Tail, self-titled, 1985 on Situation Two, a sublabel of Beggars Banquet (a UK pressing). Tones on Tail have three self-titled releases, this one, a 1982 EP, and a 1990 compilation, which hasn’t been released on vinyl. This release collects their first three EPs/12″ singles, including the 1982 EP also called Tones on Tail.…

Ike & Tina Turner , Workin’ Together, 1970 on Liberty.

January 31, 2020

Ike & @tinaturner , Workin’ Together, 1970 on Liberty. (Ironic title, given their relationship) Best known for “Proud Mary,” with the “we never, ever do nothin’ nice and easy” intro, the album also has “funkier than a mosquita’s tweeter,” “Get Back,” and “Let it Be” Music from the year of my birth via Academy Records…

The Fixx, Reach the Beach, 1983 on MCA Records

January 30, 2020

An 80s staple – Reach the Beach by the Fixx. 1983 on MCA Records Found my copy at A1 Records, NYC

The Police, Crooked Cops, 1981 on Washington Ave Sound

January 29, 2020

Bootleg of The Police 1981 live in Melbourne at Festival Hall. My copy says it is on “Washington Ave. Sound” label, but there are many versions out there, some called “The Police Tapes” – perhaps was a radio broadcast in 1981?

Various Artists, Echo in the Canyon, 2019 on BMG

January 28, 2020

Jakob Dylan with guests including Norah Jones and Cat Power Soundtrack from Echo in the Canyon a documentary by Andrew Slater. Via Music Connection in Manchester NH

Run DMC, Tougher than Leather, 1988 on London Records.

January 27, 2020

Run DMC, Tougher than Leather, 1988 on London Records. Via Unknown Pleasures in Edinburgh Scotland (aka @vinylnet.co.uk )

George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Self-Titled, 1977 on Rounder Records

January 24, 2020

The debut album by George Thorogood and the [Deleware] Destroyers. 1977 on Rounder Records. Great liner notes on the back of this one by John Forward, who introduced the band to the label, about seeing them live the first time at Joe’s Place in Cambridge (which burned down in 1975) My copy from Dyno Records…

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice, 2017 on Matador Records

January 23, 2020

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice, 2017 on Matador Records. Barnett may just be my favorite new artist of the decade, and Vile has been making consistently great music since the early aughts. Via Residency Records, Salem MA

Marvin Gaye, Anthology, 1973 on Motown Records

January 22, 2020

Marvin Gaye, Anthology, 1973 on Motown – 3 LP collection Via ListenUp Music in Natick MA

Johnny Cash, Greatest!, 1959 on Sun Records.

January 21, 2020

Greatest! @johnnycash, 1959, on Sun Records. I Forgot to Rember to Forget, Katy Too, Get Rhythm . . .

Sara Watkins, Young in all the Wrong Ways, 2016 on New West

January 20, 2020

Love this album from Sara Watkins – such a gifted singer and songwriter. She’s also now part of I’m With Her whose debut See You Around came out on Rounder Records in 2018 Via New West Records direct

Donny Hathaway, In Performance, 1980 on Atlantic

January 17, 2020

There just aren’t enough Donny Hathaway albums in the world. In Performance, 1980 on Atlantic Records, SD 19278 Via Vintage Vinyl in St. Louls MO

Billy Bragg, Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC, 2019 on Cooking Vinyl

January 16, 2020

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…