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Blondie, Parallel Lines, 1978 on Chrysalis. Their third full length, with: Hanging On the Telephone, One Way Or Another, Heart of Glass. Via Academy Records
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Preservation Hall Initiative have set up a way to…
Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World. No self-respecting Mod would be without at least one Small Faces record. Track A6, which is supposed to be “What’s…
Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers Label sampler, with 5 page booklet on the artists included. Tir Na Nog, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Buckley, Jesse Winchester,…
Crosby, Stills & Nash, CSN, 1977 on Atlantic. This is the cover with the “serious” photo (first pressing) not the later photo with them laughing and smiling Dark…
The Whole Burbank Catalog, 1972 on Warner Brothers. Great sampler including Jerry Garcia, Allen Toussaint, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, T. Rex, Captain Beefheart, America, Ry Cooder, Bonnie…
No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M. Translucent blue vinyl was a thing even in the seventies Squeeze, The Police, The Dickies, The Stranglers, Joe Jackson – great collection
Fleetwood Mac, Kiln House, 1970 on Reprise Gatefold, with artwork by Christine McVie First release after the departure of Peter Green, with McVie providing keys and backing vocals…
Jackson Browne, self-titled, 1972 on Asylum. Often mistakenly called “saturate before using,” Browne’s debut includes “Jamaica Say You Will,” “Doctor My Eyes,” and ” Rock Me On The…
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk, 1979 on Warner Brothers. My copy is a Columbia Record club edition A definite must-have for any vinyl collection
Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, 1971 on Apple Records. Heart of the Country, Uncle Albert, Too Many People, Eat At Home. Great early post-Beatles Paul – not well…
John Prine, Common Sense, 1975 on Atlantic. Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard, He Was in Heaven Before He Died. So many great songs on…
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…
Faces, A Nod Is As Good As. A Wink . . . TO a Blind Horse, 1971 on Warner Brothers. After Steve Marriott left Small Faces (to form…
Rush, self-titled debut, 1974. (Mine’s a 1981 repressing on Mercury). With John Rutsey on drums, before Neil Peart joined.
David Bowie, “Heroes”, 1977 on RCA Victor, with the original fan club ad. Can’t go wrong with Bowie.
Ike & @tinaturner , Workin’ Together, 1970 on Liberty. (Ironic title, given their relationship) Best known for “Proud Mary,” with the “we never, ever do nothin’ nice and…
The debut album by George Thorogood and the [Deleware] Destroyers. 1977 on Rounder Records. Great liner notes on the back of this one by John Forward, who introduced…
Marvin Gaye, Anthology, 1973 on Motown – 3 LP collection Via ListenUp Music in Natick MA
B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe Records (a subsidiary of ABC/Dunhill). Look at that list of players! Alexis Korner, Bill Perkins, Klaus Voorman, Ringo Starr, Steve Marriott…