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Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 on Sire. Second LP (following Talking Heads ’77). Such a great record – Stay Hungry, For Artists Only (“I…
Jimmy Reed, Let The Bossman Speak!, 1971 on Blues on Blues. Blues on Blues was a label founded and run by Al Smith out of Chicago – this…
Bob Dylan and The Band, The Basement Tapes, 1975 on Columbia. Mostly recorded in 1967 in the basement of the Big Pink house in Saugerties NY but not…
Nina Simone, The Best of Nina Simone, 1970 on RCA Victor. Great versions of I Shall Be Released and Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne as well as I Wish I…
Chic, Risqué, 1979 on Atlantic. Side one track one: Good Times. That bass line! Classic Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards Via Island Music in Vineyard Haven.
Bill Withers, +’Justments, 1974 on Sussex. My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue with listening notes by Briana Younger Withers’ 3rd LP and last on Sussex…
Richie Havens, The Great Blind Degree, 1971 on Stormy Forest. Covers of Fire & Rain, Tommy, Teach Your Children – Havens just coming off Woodstock celebrity
Merle Haggard, Live From Austin TX ’78, 2008 on New West Records. Recorded in 1978, relased in 2008; my copy is. 2019 reissue. One of two Live at…
Legendary Black Jazz Stars in their First Films, 1978 on Biograph. Compilation featuring Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway. Only one Bessie Smith tune sadly but it is…
Eric Burdon & War, Eric Burdon Declares “War,” 1970 on MGM. First LP by Burdon & War – produced by Jerry Goldstein (who also workeded with Blood Sweat…
Bob Dylan, Desire, 1976 on Columbia. Love this LP. Hurricane and One More Cup of Coffee are faves. Scarlet Rivera on violin, Dom Cortese on Mandolin, Vincent Bell…
The Beatles, Let It Be, 1970 on Apple Records. This copy is from the 2021 reissue- the mices by Giles Martin and Sam OKelll, with extra LPs of…
Betty Carter, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, 1976 on ABC Impulse! Reissue of two earlier LPs, Out There With Betty Carter (1958) and The Modern Sound of…
George Benson, Bad Benson, 1974 on CTI Records. There’s a new documentary about Creed Taylor (who passed last week) and CTI on www.snapshotsfoundation.com in which Benson features prominently…
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, 1975 on ABC Records. Chicago origins funk band that mostly came to be known for Chaka Khan, as this album’s…
Jeremy Steig, Fusion, 1972 on Groove Merchant. Continuing the Jazz flute trip I started with Herbie Mann at the Village Gate. Groove Merchant was started by Sonny Lester…
Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979 on Columbia. 2018 remaster reissue on 180g vinyl – sounds fantastic. Came to me via Amazon’s “The Golden Era” subscription club which I…
Leo Kottke, Circle ‘Round the Sun, 1970 on Symposium Music. Kottke’s third full length, on Wayzata Minnesota label Symposium. 8 of these are studio recordings of songs from…
The James Cotton Band, Live & On The Move, 1976 on Buddah Records. I can’t help but read his denim jacket as saying “Super Karp” Such a great…
Duke Ellington, The Pianist, 1974 on Fantasy. Sessions in 1966 and 1970 compiled by Fantasy and reased in 1974.