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ZZ Top, Eliminator, 1983 on Warner Bros. Records. My intro to ZZ Top, following which I went back and got all those that had been released before. Sharp…
Paul Simon, Self-Titled, 1972 on Columbia. Second solo album, released after the split with Garfunkel. (His first solo recording was The Paul Simon Songbook, which came out in…
Lana Del Ray, Norman Fucking Rockwell, 2019 on Polydor / Interscope. Love the songwriting here, even if she does sometimes overly rely on the f-bomb – I don’t…
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…
Mike Bloomfield, John Paul Hammond, Dr. John; Triumvirate; 1973 on Columbia. My copy is a UK pressing but it was out in the US at the same time….
Alison Moyet, Hoodoo, 1991 on Columbia. Third solo studio album from Alison Moyet Just no mistaking the voice (which you knew from Yazoo/Yaz). Guests include Kirsty MacColl, and…
Allen Stone, Self-Titled, 2012 on ATO Records. This version came with a bonus 4 track EP I think I first heard Allen Stone on Live From Daryl’s House…
Lianne La Havas, Self-Titled, 2020 on Warner Records. Third album from Lianne La Havas, working with Matt Hales (aka Aqualung) – may be her best yet. Perfect summer…
Crowded House, Temple Of Low Men, 1988 on Capitol. Sophomore album with guitar from Richard Thompson on Sister Madly. Didn’t have the same breakout success as their self-titled…
Justin Townes Earle & Dawes, Daytrotter Presents No. 3, 2012 on Daytrotter. We lost Justin Townes Earle just over a week ago, likely losing his battle with addiction….
Waxahatchee, St. Cloud, 2020 on Merge Katie Crutchfield’s most recent LP and one of my favorites in a year full of great new music
New Music Seminar Sampler, 1982 on Columbia. Great collection connected to an annual NYC event (1980-1995, relaunched in 2009). Dave Edmunds, Men At Work, Nina Hagen, Translator, Romeo…
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…
Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy, 1985 on Reprise / Blanco y Negro William Reid and Jim Reid What a profoundly impactful and cool album this was – sweet…
The National, Sleep Well Beast, 2017 on 4AD. (2xLP white vinyl). Cover photo of the Hudson Valley NY barn that Aaron Dessner rebuilt and they recorded the album…
Robbie Robertson, Self-titled, 1987 on Geffen. Great solo debut from Robbie Robertson of The Band, with appearances by The BoDeans, U2, and Peter Gabriel Co-produced by Robertson and…
Eels, Royal Albert Hall, 2015 on E Works Records. Mine’s missing the DVD but the vinyl is pristine. Great live set Back when last.fm and scribbling were a…
Editors, In Dream, 2015 (Gold Vinyl) on Play It Again Sam. Love Tom Smith’s voice and this direction for the band Also a beautiful pressing & package. Via…
Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 on Ruffhouse / Columbia. One of my desert island disks / top 10 albums ever. I just wish there was…
Midnight Oil, Armistice Day: Live At the Domain, Sydney, 2018 on Music on Vinyl / Sony Music 3 LP collection of an excellent live set – I’ve yet…