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Originally released in 2017, my copy is a 2021 reissue as part of Record Store Day (Black Friday). This was Earle’s penultimate album (the last was The Saint…
Giant Sand is an Americana / Roots band out of Tucson, AZ who formed originally back in the 80s. My copy, direct from New West, is the 180g…
Debut album, recorded in FAME studios in Muscle Shoals. The Texas Gentlemen are (is?) something of a collective of studio musicians (Meet the Texas Gentlemen). My copy direct…
Great duet album from 2012 and what Rolling Stone called “Alt-Country’s Dream Team.” Mostly songs written by the paid together, some separately, and a few others: Jimmy McCracklin’s…
The National, I Am Easy To Find, 2019 on 4AD. An album and a film. The movie was directed by R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and stars Alicia Vikander. Guest…
The Cure, World War (Early Demos), Bootleg on Swingshift, 2017. Great collection of early demos – wish it had better documentation on where and when each was recorded.
Steve Cropper, Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales, 2011 on 439 Records. Great random find via the Record Exchange in Salem – guests include Steve Winwood, Betty…
Tom Tom Club, Downtown Rockers, 2012 on Nacional / Tip Top. Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth with guests Natalie and Elliot Bergman on two tracks and Dickie Landry on…
Kristin Hersh, Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, 2016. Originally published as a book plus 2xCD album, then a 2xLP vinyl issue by Happy Birthday To Me Records in…
Lana Del Rey, Paradise, 2012 on Polydor / Interscope. Follow up to Born to Die, called a “mini album” by the label.
Black Pumas, Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition), 2021 on ATO Records. Originally a 2019 album, this deluxe edition adds bonus tracks including a cover of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car,…
Juliana Hatfield, Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John, 2018 on American Laundromat Records. I love so much of what ALR puts out, including this collection the original orange vinyl…
Grimes, Visions, 2012 on 4AD. My copy is a 2022 reissue from @vinylmeplease Claire Boucher’s first LP on 4AD – apparently recorded entirely in Garage Band
Meat Puppets, Dusty Notes, 2019 on Megaforce Records. Pitchfork’s review called them the channel between the Dead Kennedys and The Grateful Dead – this one leans more to…
Richard Thompson, 13 Rivers, 2018 on New West. 2xLP from the inimitable RT
CC Dust, Cc Dust, 2016 on Perennial. Maryjane Dunphe & Lauren Dagincourt from Olympia Washington
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…
Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile At Me, 2017 on Interscope/Darkroom Red vinyl version of her debut EP with Ocean Eyes, idontwannabeyouanymore
Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, 2017 on Merge. Fourth full length (second on Merge) from Katie Crutchfield and Co.
Jesus and Mary Chain, Send Me Away: Early Demos, 2011 on Swingshift Records.