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  • Doc Watson, Doc Watson, 1964 on Vanguard.

    Doc Watson, Doc Watson, 1964 on Vanguard.

    Doc Watson, Doc Watson, 1964 on Vanguard. Great Omie Wise, Sitting on top of the World, Deep River blues – a legend in high form. Via Spinnaker Records in Hyannis

  • Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M.

    Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M.

    Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M. Cocker’s second album – great versions of Dear Landlord, Something, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, and Darling Be Home Soon. With Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Henry McCullough, Clarence White, Alan Spenner, Bruce Rowland, Paul Humphrey, Mitt Holland. Remixed and mastered by Glyn Johns, whose mix of…

  • Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve.

    Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve.

    Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve. Classic big band / swing and wonderful renditions – found via a vinyl bazaar at Mill No. 5

  • Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound of the Trio, and Put on a Happy Face). They were also later collected on a five CD box in 1996.

  • Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland.

    Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland.

    Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland. My copy js a 2021 Craft Record reissue through Vinyl Me, Please classics. Bob Crenshaw, Louis Hayes, Barry Harris, Cliff Jordan, and Lee Morgan Morgan played with Coltrane, Art Blakey, Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter.

  • Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise.

    Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise.

    Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise. Came out just after Boots. Great version of Jackson with Lee Hazelwood – found at the local thrift store for $2.

  • Dinah Washington, The Good Old Days, 1963 on Mercury.

    Dinah Washington, The Good Old Days, 1963 on Mercury.

    Dinah Washington, The Good Old Days, 1963 on Mercury. There was going to be a “More Of The Good Old Days” (MG20623) but as far as I can tell it never was released.

  • Oscar Peterson Trio, With Respect To Nat, 1965 on Limelight.

    Oscar Peterson Trio, With Respect To Nat, 1965 on Limelight.

    Oscar Peterson Trio, With Respect To Nat, 1965 on Limelight. Oscar sings! Tribute after Nat King Cole died in 1965.

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown. My copy is a later reissue with different cover art on United / Superior. Not sure when the trend of cover art of random women on blues albums started but a great LP

  • Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson, Very Tall, 1962 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson, Very Tall, 1962 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson, Very Tall, 1962 on Verve. Recorded in 1961, on Verve labels after MGM acquisition.

  • Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol.

    Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol.

    Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol. Thirty songs in ~53 minutes, across six medleys. Music by Benny Carter’s “Magnificent Seven” – Capitol reissue from the 70s or early 80s

  • Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests, 1964 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests, 1964 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests, 1964 on Verve. Last of Peterson’s Verve output, recorded at RCA Studios in NYC in 1964, with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen.

  • The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1963 on Verve.

    The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1963 on Verve.

    The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1963 on Verve. The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train Vol. 2, 1967 on Verve. These are with Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen (some with Buddy Rich), and some tracks with Herb Ellis. Two great 60s Trio Records

  • Oscar Peterson, Thoroughly Modern ‘Twenties, 1967 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson, Thoroughly Modern ‘Twenties, 1967 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson, Thoroughly Modern ‘Twenties, 1967 on Verve. Songs collected from the “Song Book” albums for Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh. Richard Rodgers – plus a couple others. “The Twenties have never really gone out of style . . ”

  • Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight.

    Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight.

    Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight. Limelight was a Mercury subsidiary for well know Jazz artists – originally headed by Quincy Jones. Some folks see this as too trendy an LP, trying to jump on a samba / Latin bandwagon but I love it

  • Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve.

    Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve. My favorite incarnation with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown – one of four LPs of music recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1961.

  • Duke Ellington, In My Solitude, 1969 on Harmony.

    Duke Ellington, In My Solitude, 1969 on Harmony.

    Duke Ellington, In My Solitude, 1969 on Harmony. Compilation on Columbia’s “budget” label from the late 60s

  • Oscar Petetron Trio & Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson Plus One, 1964 on Mercury.

    Oscar Petetron Trio & Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson Plus One, 1964 on Mercury.

    Oscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson Plus One, 1964 on Mercury. I’m a huge fan of the Trio in the Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen configuration but the addition of Clark Terry on this LP is wonderful. I was less familiar with Terry, but he was in bands with both Count Basie and…