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Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both…
Dirty Art Club, Gardens, 2020 on Paxico Records Dirty Art Club‘s first on Paxico- clear vinyl 2LP – 27 songs in 49 minutes Matt Cagle is brilliant –…
The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on tricolor vinyl with a print by Cynthia Alfonso I don’t…
Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista I’ve got an original 1990 vinyl copy and this Vinyl Me, Please Anthology copy from 2020. Great version of “Eyes…
Various Artists, Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture), 1983 on Casablanca One of the must have soundtracks of 80s cinema (alongside Footloose and The Breakfast Club). “She’s…
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO My copy is the @vinylmeplease classics reissue from 2020, pressed at from lacquers cut at @sterlingsound I only wish Hathaway…
You spin me right round, baby right round
Sam Cooke, My Kind of Blues, 1962 on RCA / Victor. German pressing by TeldecPress GmbH Great compilation of Sam Cooke on tunes less commonly associated with him,…
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside. Mine’s the 2020 @vinylmeplease reissue with the spine labeled “Hawkins Files High” which sounds like he overpays his taxes…
Various Artists, Crown Jewels Vol. 1, 2019 on Big Crown Records What a great compilation: Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Shacks, El Michels Affair, The Bacao Rhythm…
Carmen McRae, Zoot Sims, Paul West, and Jimmy Madison, Europa Jazz, 1981 on Europa Jazz. Recorded in 1974, released in 1981 on an Italian label – there is…
Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records. Mine’s a 2015 reissue by Fat Possum pressed at Memphis Vinyl with lacquers cut at Nashville Record Productions In…
Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve Bop version of the musical’s songs – Maria, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, etc. Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan, Billy and Sarah, 1959 on Lion. The namesake jazz musicians/vocalists for WordPress 5.5 and 4.7 respectively An original 1959 pressing – reissued in…
Jay Bennett & Edward Burch, The Palace at 4am (Part 1), 2020 on Schoolkids Records Record Store Day 2020 release – 2xLP
I’m With Her, See You Around, 2018 on Rounder I’m With Her is Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan and started back in 2014 – this was…
Sting, Sacred Love, 2003 on A&M Came out on CD in 2003, but not on vinyl until 2016. Quality Optimal Media GmBH pressing Brilliant as always including a…
Pretenders, Pretenders, 1980 on Sire Debut album – “This album has a longer running time than most average LPs, therefore to achieve maximum effect PLAY THIS ALBUM LOUD”…
Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument. Originally released as Kristofferson in 1970, re-released and retitled the following year to take advantage of the popularity of…
Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic. (SD 8230). Such a beautiful album – great version of “Compared to What” but also the inimitable “First Time Ever I…