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Erroll Garner, One World Concert, 1963 on Reprise / Octave Records.
Erroll Garner, One World Concert, 1963 on Reprise / Octave Records. Recorded live (“In Actual Performance”) at the Seattle World’s Fair. Octave has reissued this in their remastered series, but this is a 1963 pressing.
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Phineas Newborn Jr., Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry of Phineas Newborn Jr.), 1956 on Atlantic.
Phineas Newborn Jr., Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry of Phuneas Newborn Jr.), 1956 on Atlantic. 2022 repress via Vinyl Me, Please Great version of “All the Things You Are” With Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, and brother Calvin Newborn. Liner notes George Wein (original) and listening notes (reissue) Andrew Winistorfer.
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Saturday, July 30th, 2022
Frank Stella Gloucester Harbor
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Joan Armatrading, Consequences, 2021 on BMG.
Joan Armatrading, Consequences, 2021 on BMG. Still going strong into her seventies with album 12
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Grimes, Visions, 2012 on 4AD.
Grimes, Visions, 2012 on 4AD. My copy is a 2022 reissue from @vinylmeplease Claire Boucher’s first LP on 4AD – apparently recorded entirely in Garage Band
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Art of Noise, Re-Works of Art of Noise, 1987 on Chrysalis.
Art of Noise, Re-Works of Art of Noise, 1987 on Chrysalis. Three extended tracks and three live versions from Hammersmith Odeon.
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T-Connection, Pure & Natural, 1982 on Capitol.
T-Connection, Pure & Natural, 1982 on Capitol. Funk/disco band from the Bahamas via Miami
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Big Bill Broonzy, Superpak / Big Bill Broonzy, circa 1975 on Trip Records.
Big Bill Broonzy, Superpak / Big Bill Broonzy, circa 1975 on Trip Records. Superpak series from Trip Records- released in the UK as “All Them Blues”
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Duke Ellington Quartet, Duke’s Big 4, 1974 on Pablo.
Duke Ellington Quartet, Duke’s Big 4, 1974 on Pablo. Recorded in 1983 – my copy has a stamp from Everybody’s Records in Cincinnati. Love a well traveled LP.
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The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, 1969 on Apple Records.
The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, 1969 on Apple Records. An original 1969 pressing from Capitol record’s Jacksonville plant. Side 2 is the orchestral score composed and orchestrated by George Martin.
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Herb Eillis and Stuff Smith, Together!, 1963 on Epic.
Herb Eillis and Stuff Smith, Together!, 1963 on Epic. An original mono pressing – Herb Ellis on guitar and Stuff Smith on violin, with Al McKibbon, Lou Levy, Bob Envoldsen, and Shelly Manne. Love the Motherwell painting on the cover too via Light of Day Records in JP
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Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together, 2021 on Stony Plain.
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together, 2021 on Stony Plain. Great combination that works really well together – one of my favorite albums and I’m a huge fan. Looking forward to seeing them at the Shalin Liu in Rockport in August.
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Meat Puppets, Dusty Notes, 2019 on Megaforce Records.
Meat Puppets, Dusty Notes, 2019 on Megaforce Records. Pitchfork’s review called them the channel between the Dead Kennedys and The Grateful Dead – this one leans more to the latter- folky/Americana. I really like it.
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Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia.
Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia. ~24 yr old Wynton with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Watts, Charlotte Moffett (and Ron Carter on Aural Oasis).
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Fletcher Henderson, The Indispensible Fletcher Henderson, 1982 on RCA / Jazz Tribune.
Fletcher Henderson, The Indispensible Fletcher Henderson, 1982 on RCA / Jazz Tribune. French pressing of a compilation first released in the US in 1976 as “The Complete Fletcher Henderson, 1927-1936.” The Jazz Tribune series is great – there are nearly 100 in this format
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Leon Redbone, Double Time, 1977 on Warner Bros.
Leon Redbone, Double Time, 1977 on Warner Bros. Won’t somebody tell me what Diiddy wa Diddie do? Via @vinyldestinationlowell
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Oscar Peterson, The Oscar Peterson Collection, 1973 on Verve.
Oscar Peterson, The Oscar Peterson Collection, 1973 on Verve. Classic Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson Trio – previously released on the Verve albums “In a Romantic Mood” and “Swinging Brass” – orchestration and arrangements by Russell Garcia
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Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding, 1967 on Columbia.
Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding, 1967 on Columbia. All Along the Watchtower, Dear Landlord, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – classic Robert Zimmerman – between Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline My copy via Spinnaker Records in Hyannis