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  • Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise.

    Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise.

    Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise. Last album with Peter Green – the revised US edition with “Oh Well” on it Via Record Exchange, Salem MA

  • Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard.

    Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard.

    Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard. Another Vinyl Me, Please reissue, the classics record for April Listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer and pressing by QRP The 11:45 Cristo Redemptor is top notch but so is the title track (a Fenton Robinson tune) and Little Walter’s “Everybody Need Somebody”

  • Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Original Recordings, 1969 on Epic.

    Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Original Recordings, 1969 on Epic.

    Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Original Recordings, 1969 on Epic. A wonderful underappreciated gem – glad to get a clean vinyl copy of this Via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain

  • The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 on Apple Records.

    The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 on Apple Records.

    The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 on Apple Records. I’ve got a 1969 pressing (this one), an early 80s Capitol reissue, and the 2019 fiftieth anniversary edition. In so many ways this album taught me what music could be and do, at a very young age, and still holds up as fresh today.

  • Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner.

    Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner.

    Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner. My copy is from the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story Of The Grateful Dead. Dark Star, Saint Stephen, Death Don’t Have No Mercy – so much early greatness on this 2 LP set

  • Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic.

    Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic.

    Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic. From the liner notes by Ritchie Yorke : “I find it impossible to select any especially effective cuts; each is constructed of superb musical finery, compassionate arrangements and wilting vocals. Each, by itself, is a monumental work of art” Some of these are well known but a few…

  • Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic.

    Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic.

    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 Saw Your Face.” on the most recent Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time On the rear jacket Les McCann describes seeing her performance in DC…

  • Marvin Gaye, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, 1969 on Tamla.

    Marvin Gaye, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, 1969 on Tamla.

    Marvin Gaye, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, 1969 on Tamla. Was first released on Tamla as In The Groove in 1968 (TS 285), but when the song became a hit they renamed and re-released it as I Heard It Through The Grapevine (still TS 285). My copy is a 2018 reissued by UMG /…

  • The Velvet Underground, Self-Titled, 1969, originally on MGM

    The Velvet Underground, Self-Titled, 1969, originally on MGM

    The Velvet Underground, Self-Titled, 1969, originally on MGM My copy is a Verve reissue from the mid-eighties, remastered at Sterling and pressed at Hauppauge, with the Valentin mix (as opposed to the Closet mix).

  • The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, 1969 on Columbia

    The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, 1969 on Columbia

    The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, 1969 on Columbia. The only Byrds album on which McGuinn sings all the lead vocals – post Hillman, Parsons, Crosby.

  • Albert King; King, Does The King’s Things: 1969 on Stax

    Albert King; King, Does The King’s Things: 1969 on Stax

    Albert King; King, Does The King’s Things: 1969 on Stax Mine’s the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue AKA “Blues for Elvis” on some 80s issues Extra comma drives me nuts but the album is great and a very well done remaster & pressing

  • The Stooges, Self-Titled, 1969 on Elektra.

    The Stooges, Self-Titled, 1969 on Elektra.

    The Stooges, Self-Titled, 1969 on Elektra. My copy is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue of the John Cale Mix. I’ve really taken to these mixes and this sequence (different tack order than I was used to).

  • Beatles, Abbey Road, 2019, Apple/UMG

    Beatles, Abbey Road, 2019, Apple/UMG

    Beatles, Abbey Road, 2019 anniversary edition 3 LP box set on Apple/UMG Includes 2 extra LPs of session recordings and the new mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. Such a masterpiece in every way – definitely on of my desert island discs.

  • Essential Hank Williams, 1969 on MGM.

    Essential Hank Williams, 1969 on MGM.

    Essential Hank Williams, 1969 on MGM.

  • Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, 1969 on Decca/London.

    Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, 1969 on Decca/London.

    Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, originally 1969 on Decca / London Records. Mine’s the 2019 50th Anniversary reissue & remaster on ABCKO.  Great remaster and quality pressing. You could do worse than adopting “You Cant Always Get What You Want” as a life motto.

  • Townes Van Zandt, Our Mother the Mountain, 1969 on Poppy / Tomato records.

    Townes Van Zandt, Our Mother the Mountain, 1969 on Poppy / Tomato records.

    My copy is a 2007 Fat Possum pressing. Some folks don’t like the production here by Jack Clement, but I love this record. Via Residency Records, Salem MA

  • Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records

    Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records

    Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul, 1969 on Enterprise Records (ENS-1001). Found this at the Mill No.5 record fair back in October Enterprise was a division of Stax named after the Star Trek ship, which was Al Bell’s favorite TV show.

  • Blind Faith, self-titled, 1969

    Blind Faith, self-titled, 1969

    Blind Faith, self-titled debut (and only) album, 1969. This is the US cover, on Atco records – the band took its name from the artwork in the photo on the UK cover.