Tag: 1990s
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Naughty By Nature, Naughty By Nature, 1991 on Tommy Boy
Though self-titled, this is actually their second album together, the first (Independent Leaders) being released under the artist name The New Style. The unavoidable massive hit here was “O.P.P” but there are a lot of great songs, including “Ghetto Bastard” (aka “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”). “Uptown Anthem,” and “1, 2, 3.” Featured vocalists/rappers include Queen…
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De La Soul, Stakes Is High, 1996 on Tommy Boy
So happy to see De La Soul’s catalog get reissued with quality new pressings. Three Feet High and Rising was one of my favorite hip hop albums of the 80s and their work continued to be strong well into and beyond this album. My copy of this (Stakes is High) is a 2023 reissue on…
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Various Artists, Ruby Trax: The NME’s Roaring Forty, 1992 on New Musical Express.
This was a 3xLP box set issued to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the New Musical Express – which ran in print from 1952 to 2018 when it went digital-only (though it is said to be coming back). The compilation was full of contemporary artists covering songs that had been covered in the NME during…
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Prince Paul, Prince Among Thieves, 1999 on Tommy Boy
Another excellent reissue by Vinyl Me Please in their Rap & Hip Hop track. Prince Paul was a major producer of 80s and 90s hip hop. I came to him via De La Soul but he also worked with 3rd Bass, Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane, Gravediggaz, and even Vernon Reid from Living Colour. This…
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The Alarm, Standards, 1990 on IRS
Compilation from IRS records in 1990 – most of the songs you’d expect from their earlier LPs, plus A New South Wales and Happy Christmas (War is Over). My copy is a UK pressing I picked up at Academy Records in NYC. Rare that I buy an LP just for one or two songs where…
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Pink Floyd, Live at Knebworth 1990, 2021 on Pink Floyd Records / Sony Music Entertainment
Although the concert recorded here is from 1990 (“Recorded at Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, UK, on 30 June 1990 in aid of the Nordoff Robbins Music Centre and The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology”), the release is from 2021. Great pressing and packaging – two 45rpm records with an included booklet. This is…
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Living Colour, Time’s Up, 1990 on Epic
The sophomore album from Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Muzz Skllings, and Will Calhoun, following up 1988’s Vivid with its smash hit Cult of Personality. This is really just as strong a record, though it didn’t get as much hype: Love Rears Its Ugly Head, Solace of You, and Elvis is Dead (coming just after Public…
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AIR, Moon Safari, 1998 on Caroline/Source.
The debut album from AIR (labelled as “AIR French Band” on the cover – originally released on Source in France and Caroline in the US. My copy is a 2023 reissue on Parlophone via Vinyl Me, Please. (25th anniversary edition, with listening notes by Sophie Frances Kemp). Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin are the core…
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Beastie Boys, Check Your Head, 1992 on Capitol / Grand Royal
My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue 30th Anniversary Edition on Red Vinyl. Amazing to me that this is 30 years old but still sounds very fresh
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Vic Chesnutt, Little, 1990 on Texas Hotel.
Vic Chesnutt, Little, 1990 on Texas Hotel. My copy is the 2017 New West reissue with bonus tracks (which sounds awesome). Chesnutt’s debut album, produced by Michael Stipe from R.E.M.
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Pinetop Perkins, Live at Antone’s Vol. 1, 2000 on Antone’s Records.
Pinetop Perkins, Live at Antone’s Vol. 1, 2000 on Antone’s Records. My copy is the 2xLP reissue from 2015 through New West Records. Great live blues recorded in 1995 for @antonesnightclub 20th anniversary
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The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia, 1995 on Delicious Vinyl.
The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia, 1995 on Delicious Vinyl. My copy in the @vinylmeplease reissue All about somethin’ that means somethin’
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Willie Nelson, Across The Borderline, 1993 on Columbia.
Willie Nelson, Across The Borderline, 1993 on Columbia. Recently issued on vinyl for the first time as part of Vinyl Me, Please’s 2022 anthology The Story of Willie Nelson. Love this LP – duets with Sinéad O’Connor on Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up” and Bonnie Raitt on “Getting Over You,” great cover of Dylan’s “What…
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The Notorious B.I.G., Ready To Die, 1994 on Bad Boy.
The Notorious B.I.G., Ready To Die, 1994 on Bad Boy. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, with notes by Tyler Barstow and artwork by Bráulio Amado. Great Friday LP
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Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 1998 on Mercury.
Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 1998 on Mercury. My copy is the Music on Vinyl reissue from 2014 which is a great release. Another album with not one bad note – would be on my desert island disks list for sure. Steve Earle guests on a number of songs, plus Charlie Sexton,…
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A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory, 1991 on Jive.
A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory, 1991 on Jive. Tribe were part of the Native Tongues collective, with De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and Jungle Brothers. Busta Rhymes features on “Scenario” and Ron Carter provides bass on “Verses from the Abstract.” Although I had this on CD back then, this copy is a reissue…
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World Party, Bang!, 1993 on Chrysalis / Ensign.
World Party, Bang!, 1993 on Chrysalis / Ensign. My copy is a 2021 reissue on Seaview Records which is reissuing the World Party catalog via Newbury Comics
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Lyle Lovett, Joshua Judges Ruth, 1992 on Curb/MCA.
Lyle Lovett, Joshua Judges Ruth, 1992 on Curb/MCA. My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue – had this on CD in 92 and in constant rotation, so was very happy to get a reissue. Not a misstep on this whole album and the reissue (on 2 45rpm records) sounds fantastic