Tag: 1990s
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The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise.
The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise. Promo EP for a early 1990 US tour. Found my copy at an antique store in Westerly RI
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Modest Mouse, The Lonesome Crowded West, 1997 on Up Records.
Modest Mouse, The Lonesome Crowded West, 1997 on Up Records. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue with Glacial Pace Records. Beautiful pressing, great album – didn’t really follow them at the time even though I was in Seattle in the 90s
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James Cotton, Mighty Long Time, 1991 on Antone’s.
James Cotton, Mighty Long Time, 1991 on Antone’s. My copy is a 2015 New West reissue as a double LP with four bonus tracks. Great blues album, with a 6:47 Stormy Monday on side 3
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Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux, 1993 on Warner Bros.
Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux, 1993 on Warner Bros. My copy is part of the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story of Quincy Jones. Recorded in 1991 at the Montreux Jazz Festival which Quincy Jones co-produced in the early 90s. Montreux is in the État De Vaud on Lake Geneva – never…
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Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun, 1999 on Smekkleysa.
Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun, 1999 on Smekkleysa. Originally released in Iceland in 1999, in Europe in 2000, and in the US in 2001. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue 2022. Title translates to “A Good Beginning” – it was their breakthrough second album. Maybe my favorite “post rock” album
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Iris DeMent, Infamous Angel, 1992 on Philo.
Iris DeMent, Infamous Angel, 1992 on Philo. My copy is the 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please on Yep Roc I’ve long known some of these songs – Our Town and Let The Mystery Be in particular, but didn’t have the LP. Unique voice, great songwriting – in that alt country, singer-songwriter, John Prine /…
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Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers, Chippin’ In, 1990 on Timeless.
Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers, Chippin’ In, 1990 on Timeless. Originally released by Dutch label Timeless, my copy is a 2021 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please Recorded Feb 1st and 2nd 1990 at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey
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Wu-Tang Clan, enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 on Loud Records / RCA.
Wu-Tang Clan, enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 on Loud Records / RCA. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 2xLP “Gold Galaxy” vinyl
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The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Truth, 2021 on NPG Records.
The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Truth, 2021 on NPG Records. Originally released in 1998 as a bonus CD to the Crystal Ball album, now available on vinyl as part of Record Store Day 2021 Many tracks with Rhonda Smith, including veganish anthem Animal Kingdom
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Blonde Redhead, Fake Can Be Just As Good, 1997 on Touch and Go
Blonde Redhead, Fake Can Be Just As Good, 1997 on Touch and Go Third studio album from Kazu Makino, Simone Pace, Amedeo Pace via VNYL
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Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve Previously only available on CD, but now part of the Vinyl Me, Please anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock. Hancock and Shorter played together in the Miles Davis Quintet circa 1964-1968 Beautiful vinyl pressing, mastering, and packaging – not sure if this will later be available outside…
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Adam’s House Cat, Town Burned Down, 2018 on ATO Records
Adam’s House Cat, Town Burned Down, 2018 on ATO Records Originally recorded back in 1990, but not released – new vocals were cut in 2018 for this release. Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers in their first band together with John Cahoon and Chuck Tremblay via VNYL
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Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic
Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic Jewel’s 1995 major label debut – this was on endless loop in the late 90s for my wife and I (grad school). My copy is the 4 LP 25th Anniversary Edition issued by Craft Recordings which is very well-crafted package and pressing. (Some of the records had a…
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No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope.
No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope. My copy is a 2014 reissue. Trauma was an indie label out of LA that made a deal with Interscope and was later acquired by them Tragic Kingdom was the second Interscope full length from No Doubt and their third full length (after Beacon Street…
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Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista
Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista I’ve got an original 1990 vinyl copy and this Vinyl Me, Please Anthology copy from 2020. Great version of “Eyes of the World” with Branford Marsalis and a China Cat -> Rider plus a Help -> Slipknot -> Franklin’s Very much the Dead I got a chance…
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The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince), Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, 1999 on NPG/Arista.
The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince), Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, 1999 on NPG/Arista. My copy is the 2019 reissue (I don’t have much vinyl actually from the 90s and the aughts – wasn’t actively collecting then and not as much was made).
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They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990 on Elektra.
They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990 on Elektra. Mine’s the 2014 reissue on 180g vinyl by Music on Vinyl pressed by Record Industry. I’ve found Music on Vinyl pressings to be very good quality reissues. One of my all time favorites – Birdhouse in Your Soul, Istanbul (Not Constantinople), Particle Man, Road Movie To Berlin.,…
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Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997 on Dedicated / Arista.
Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997 on Dedicated / Arista. This copy is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue – the packaging of this album feels just as fresh today as it did in 1997, including the pharmaceutical guidance insert with potential side effects
