Tag: 1979

Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle, 1979 on ATCO/Beggars Banquet

The cover and title echo back to Magritte’s 1937 painting Le Principe du Plaisir. Most people know this album for the track “Cars” but it’s really a more…

Talking Heads, Live on Tour, 1979 on Warner Bros

The Warner Bros. Music Show was a series of releases sent to radio stations for broadcast between 1979 and 1988 – they weren’t ever really intended to be…

The Who, The Kids Are Alright, 1979 on Polydor

The Soundtrack LP to the 1979 rock documentary The Kids Are Alright, with performances from 1965 to 1978. It was originally released on MCA Records in the US…

Herb Ellis, At Montreux, 1980 on Concord Jazz (CJ-116)

Recorded live by Mountain Studios at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland July 1979. With: Produced by Carl Jefferson, who founded Concord Records (as well as the Concord…

Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros.

Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros. Said to have been the first digitally recorded major label album in popular music – 3M 33 track…

Chic, Risqué, 1979 on Atlantic.

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.

Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979 on Columbia.

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…

The Selecter, Live In Coventry ’79, 2021 on 2 Tone.

The Selecter, Live In Coventry ’79, 2021 on 2 Tone. Ska group that formed in Coventry in 79 and broke up in 1981 (later reformed with various different…

Cults, Motels LP, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen

Cults, Motels LP, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen Full album cover of the self-titled Motels album from 1979 Madeline Follin and Ryan Micheal Mattos (who are Cults) played Boston…

The Clash, London Calling, 1979 on CBS/Epic.

The Clash, London Calling, 1979 on CBS/Epic. 2015 reissue by Columbia/Sony Music, sounds great. Feels appropriate today.

Crystal Gayle, Classic Crystal, 1979 on United Artists.

Crystal Gayle, Classic Crystal, 1979 on United Artists. Classic LP from Loretta Lynn’s sister – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Why Have You Left The One…

The Roches, Self-Titled, 1979 on Warner Bros.

The Roches, Self-Titled, 1979 on Warner Bros. Debut album from Maggie, Terre, and Suzy Roche. Produced “in audio verité” by Robert Fripp. Part of a lot I got…

The Knack, Get the Knack, 1979 on Capitol

The Knack, Get the Knack, 1979 on Capitol Debut album – great late seventies rock/pop, trending into New Wave – My Sharona, of course, but also Good Girls…

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…

V.S.O.P. The Quintet, Live Under the Sky, 1979 on CBs/Sony.

V.S.O.P. The Quintet, Live Under the Sky, 1979 on CBs/Sony. Released in Japan in 1979 but recorded digitally (Sony’s “Master Source Digital Recording” process). Anthony Williams, Freddie Hubbard,…

Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum.

Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum. 3LP set from the Muse concerts for a non-nuclear future, Madison Square Garden Sept 19-23, 1979. Who’s who of late 70s…

Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve

Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both…

Chuck Mangione, An Evening Of Magic: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, 1979 on A&M

Chuck Mangione, An Evening Of Magic: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, 1979 on A&M Smooth late 70s jazz at its best Great Sunday relaxing music. Via Music Connection…

Emmylou Harris, Blue Kentucky Girl, 1979 on Warner Bros.

Emmylou Harris, Blue Kentucky Girl, 1979 on Warner Bros. Harmony vocals on “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, years before the Trio album….

Fleetwood Mac, Tusk, 1979 on Warner Brothers.

Fleetwood Mac, Tusk, 1979 on Warner Brothers. My copy is a Columbia Record club edition A definite must-have for any vinyl collection