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B-52s, Whammy!, 1983 on Warner Bros. My social distancing practice includes lots of listening to vinyl and obsessive-compulsively editing discogs entries. Don’t judge.
Fishbone, self-titled EP, 1985 on Columbia. A little ska party today, including U.G.L.Y. and of course “Party at Ground Zero” Via Academy Records NYC
Echo & The Bunnymen, Songs to Learn & Sing, 1985 on Sire / Korova Compilation of previously released songs other than “Bring on the Dancing Horses” One of…
Screaming Blue Messiahs, Gun Shy, 1986 on Elektra. “I wonder just how long we’ll be / out in the wild blue yonder” Excellent first full-length of rockabilly-punk-Americana craziness…
Old Crow Medicine Show, Volunteer, 2018 on Columbia Nashville. Another find via a Barnes & Noble in Manchester, NH, back before social distancing.
Mighty Lemon Drops, World Without End, 1988 on Sire. “You cant stop my heart from turning / inside out” Via Music Connection in Manchester NH (yes, from before…
Shelby Lynne, I Cant Imagine, 2015 on Rounder Records. Shelby Lynne has a new album coming out 4/17 – this was her last previous solo effort and first…
The Church, Starfish, 1988 on Arista. “Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty / sound of their breath fades with the light” This one I’ve had since…
Marlon Williams, Make Way For Love, 2018 on Dead Oceans. Second studio album from New Zealand’s Marlon Williams – who was also recently featured on Courtney Barnett’s MTV…
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…
The Beatles, The Beatles, 1968 on Apple This is the 50th anniversary remaster edition. I still have my 80s copy too, though the included photos have thumbnail holes…
Richard Thompson, Electric, 2013 2xLP on New West I’m a Long-time fan of Richard Thompson This album was recorded on Nashville at Buddy Miller’s home, with a trio…
Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt. This is one of those albums I was probably too “cool” for when it came out,…
Boiled in Lead, From the Ladle to the Grave, 1989 on Atomic Theory. Minneapolos based band doing Celtic, folk, world music. Oh, the microorganism . . . Feels…
Stray Cats, Built For Speed, 1982 on EMI America. This was their US debut, built from two earlier UK releases. Brian Setzer of course went on to a…
Robert Plant, Now and Zen, 1988 on Es Paranza Records. Es Paranza was a boutique label for Plant’s solo work Two tracks with Jimmy Page. My copy did…
The Alarm, self-titled EP, 1983 on IRS Records. The Alarm are out on tour in 2020 and Mike Peters is doing a show (Mike Peters Presents The Alarm…
After yesterday’s pre-Jerry Harrison Talking Heads, some solo work: Jerry Harrison, The Red And The Black, 1981 on Sire Nona Hendryx , Bernie Worrell, Adrian Belew and other…
Talking Heads, The CBS Demos, from 1975. (Unofficial) This is a fantastic bootleg of the pre-Jerry Harrison Talking Heads showing just how great they were out of the…
Van Halen, Women and Children First, 1980 on Warner Brothers. I didn’t really discover VH until 1984, with Panama, but then went back to the earlier albums including…