Tag: 1989
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Gang Starr, No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1989 on Wild Pitch Records
Houton’s DJ Premier and Boston’s Guru as a Brooklyn based hip hop duo, sometimes credited as the originators of jazz rap / jazz hip hop. “Words I Manifest” does sample “Night in Tunisia” and the album featured the song “Jazz Music.” My copy is the Vinyl Me Please reissue from 2022, with listening notes by…
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The Jazz Butcher, Big Planet Scary Planet, 1989 on Genius Records.
The Jazz Butcher, Big Planet Scary Planet, 1989 on Genius Records.
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Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989 on Qwest.
Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989 on Qwest. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology Story of Quincy Jones. Late 80s QJ with a ton of guests from hip hop, jazz, soul: Take 6, Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Chaka Khan, Ray Charles, and many others Eclectic but very rooted…
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Love and Rockets, Motorcycle 12″ single, 1989 on Beggars Banquet.
Love and Rockets, Motorcycle 12″ single, 1989 on Beggars Banquet. I’ve always been a huge fan of Bauhaus and their descendant bands. This is a great 4 song single
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Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island.
Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition via Craft Recordings from 2022. Don’t just stand there, bust a move . . . Listening notes by Peter Relic
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Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen, 1989 on Tommy Boy.
Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen, 1989 on Tommy Boy. My copy is a 2018 reissue via Vinyl Me, Please on splatter vinyl Powerful debut album from Dana Owens, who is still a force to be reckoned with. De La Soul and Prince Paul guest on “Mama Gave Birth To Soul Children”
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Terrence Trent D’Arby, Terrence Trent D’Arby’s Neither Fish Nor Flesh: A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope, and Destruction, 1989 on Columbia.
Terrence Trent D’Arby, Terrence Trent D’Arbys Neither Fish Nor Flesh: A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope, and Destruction, 1989 on Columbia. Most folks know TTD from “Wishing Well” or the album it came from (Introducing The Hardline According to . . .), but this is a really excellent and overlooked follow-up. Definitely a record I…
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Easterhouse, Waiting For the Redbird, 1989 on Columbia / Rough Trade.
Easterhouse, Waiting For the Redbird, 1989 on Columbia / Rough Trade. Although I found this copy down at @deepthoughtsjp it has markings fr Salem State’s radio station WMWM which is just down the street from me – presumably they sold off parts of their collection at some point. Easterhouse were a lefty jangly UK indie…
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Simply Red, A New Flame, 1989 on Elektra.
Simply Red, A New Flame, 1989 on Elektra. Their third LP, with “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” (originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1982) which I think totally stands up today.
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Sarah McLachlan. Touch, 1989 on Arista.
Sarah McLachlan. Touch, 1989 on Arista. Once stood in line behind McLachlan in a Pottery Barn at University Village near the UW. Been a fan since picking up this LP in 1989 (came out in 1988 in Canada )
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Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry, Temptation, 1989 on Situation Two
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry,, Temptation, 1989 on Situation Two.( SIT 60T) Another Leeds UK export Situation Two was one of the sub labels of Beggars Banquet in the UK in the 80s Via The Thing, Greenpoint
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Boiled in Lead, From the Ladle to the Grave, 1989 on Atomic Theory.
Boiled in Lead, From the Ladle to the Grave, 1989 on Atomic Theory. Minneapolos based band doing Celtic, folk, world music. Oh, the microorganism . . . Feels apt for this era
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The Cult, Sonic Temple, 1989 on Sire / Reprise / Beggars Banquet
The Cult, Sonic Temple, 1989 on Sire / Reprise / Beggars Banquet
