Tag: 1970s
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Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good, 1977 on A&M
Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good, 1977 on A&M With James Bradley Jr, Charles Meeks, Grant Geissman, and Chris Vadala Was one of the LPs that inspired me to play the trumpet in Jr high and high school. I think I still know the fingering for the title track though I probably couldn’t actually play it…
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John Mayall, U.S.A. Union, 1970 on Polydor.
John Mayall, U.S.A. Union, 1970 on Polydor. The great British bluesman recording in L.A. with Harvey Mandel, and Larry Taylor from Canned Heat and violinist Don Harris – continuing Mayall’s drum-less blues period via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
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Neil Young, Comes a Time, 1978 on Reprise
Neil Young, Comes a Time, 1978 on Reprise My copy is a later 80s repress (see the RE-3 on the labels under the side indicator). J.J. Cale guests on guitar. Nicolette Larson provides harmony vocals Comes a Time, Look Out For My Love, Lotta Love – great sequence on side one. Via Residency Records, Salem…
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Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, 1973 on Columbia.
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, 1973 on Columbia. (My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Story of Herbie Hancock anthology) What can you say about Head Hunters? One of the best selling Jazz records of all time. Hancock melds funk, soul, r&b, and early synths with a solid jazz foundation. A must have for any…
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Al Kooper, Al’s Big Deal / Unclaimed Freight: An Al Kooper Anthology, 1975 on Columbia.
Al Kooper, Al’s Big Deal / Unclaimed Freight: An Al Kooper Anthology, 1975 on Columbia. Al Kooper was a co-founder Blood Sweat & Tears, played with the Blues Project as well as Dylan, and was involved in so many great projects. I’m a fan and tend to pick up anything I find crate digging that…
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Willie Nelson, Shotgun Willie, 1973 on Atlantic.
Willie Nelson, Shotgun Willie, 1973 on Atlantic. The beginning of Willie’s golden era – including my favorite Leon Russell penned Donny Hathaway tune “A Song For You” My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please 2021 reissue
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Dan Hicks, It Happened One Bite, 1976 on Warner Bros.
Dan Hicks, It Happened One Bite, 1976 on Warner Bros. Soundtrack to a movie never made – great songwriting as you’d expect. via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
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Joni Mitchell, For The Roses, 1972 on Asylum.
Joni Mitchell, For The Roses, 1972 on Asylum. This was the follow up record after Blue – with “You Turn Me On, I’m A Radio.” There are so many great Joni Mitchell albums it is hard to have a favorite but this might be my second favorite. via Residency Records
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Herbie Hancock, The Piano, 1979 on CBS/Sony.
Herbie Hancock, The Piano, 1979 on CBS/Sony. Only released in Japan in 1979, and then on CD in the US in 2004. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock – a wonderful pressing.
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Peter Green, The End of the Game, 1970 on Reprise.
Peter Green, The End of the Game, 1970 on Reprise. My copy is a 2020 reissue by @musiconvinyl who do a great job. Great first solo album by the Fleetwood Mac founding guitarist, with Alex Dmochowski (aka Erroneous) as well as keys by @nickbuckinsta and Zoot Mooney via
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Donny Hathaway, Extension of a Man, 1973 on ATCO.
Donny Hathaway, Extension of a Man, 1973 on ATCO. My copy is a 2014 Rhino reissue. I’m a giant Donny Hathaway fan and this (his last full length solo effort) is a beautiful LP – gospel and soul. Stanley Clarke on bass on a few tunes – early in his career
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Jorge Ben, África Brasil, 1976 on Phillips.
Jorge Ben, Ãfrica Brasil, 1976 on Phillips. My copy isnthe @vinylmeplease reissue via Universal Music Special Markets. Love this album – from the opening notes of Umbabarauma to the end of Zumbi
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Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, 1972 on Warner Bros.
Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, 1972 on Warner Bros. Second LP from the inimitable @bonnieraittofficial – an American treasure. Includes a cover of Jackson Browne’s Ubder the Falling Sky. Recorded at Bearsville in Woodstock NY via The Record Exchange in Salem MA.
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Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase.
Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase. My copy is a later reissue 180 gram “audiophile” edition (not sure from when exactly) pressed somewhere in Germany. SteepleChase was (is?) a Danish label founded by Nils Winther who also produced this LP (and many of their releases). The septet included Adderley (cornet), Buddy Williams…
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Isaac Hayes, Tough Guys, 1974 on Enterprise.
Isaac Hayes, Tough Guys, 1974 on Enterprise. Soundtrack from the blaxploitation film Three Tough Guys, which Hayes made his acting debut in along with Lino Ventura and Fred Williamson My copy is the @vinylmeplease 2021 reissue – great pressing and packaging. Strings by thr Memphis Symphony Orechestra, rhythm section The Movement (aka The Isaac Hayes…
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Blood, Sweat and Tears, The First Album, 1973 on Embassy (UK).
Blood, Sweat and Tears, The First Album, 1973 on Embassy (UK). The debut album, titled Child Is Father To The Man, 1968 – was re-released in the UK and Europe 5 years later with this title and packaging, but the same recording. Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder, Dick Halligan, Fred Lipsius, Jerry…
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Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz.
Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz. Trip Jazz was a sublabel of Trip, itself owned by Springboard, a discount New Jersey label ( distributed, in part, in grocery stores) that purchased the Scepter Records catalogue. This version is electronically reprocessed to stereo (as was the Scepter release in Italy…
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Ry Cooder, Jazz, 1978 on Warner Bros.
Ry Cooder, Jazz, 1978 on Warner Bros. One of my all time favorite Ry Cooder records – swing / dixieland / blues / jazz. Earl Hines guests on piano on “The Dream” via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain