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The Replacements, Unsuitable for Airplay: The Lost KFAI Concert, 2022 on Twin/Tone.

Recorded live at the 7th St Entry on January 23rd, 1981 and released on vinyl as part of Record Store Day in April of 2022, this was also…

Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, 1966 on Columbia

Dylan’s catalog is so extensive and so amazing it’s hard to keep track. Most of it just feels like it’s always just been there – part of the…

Nancy Sinatra, Boots, 1966 on Reprise.

Sinatra’s debut full-length on Frank Sinatra’s Reprise label, produced by Lee Hazlewood and arranged & conducted by Billy Strange. My copy is one of the Light in the…

Angel Olsen, Big Time, 2022 on Jagjaguwar.

I’ve long been a fan of Angel Olsen, going back to Burn Your Fire For No Witness in 2014. This release was a Secretly Society selection in June…

Johnnie Taylor, Wanted: One Soul Singer, 1967 on Stax

Taylor replaced Sam Cooke in The Soul Stirrers before becoming a solo artist, and went on to have a big it in the mid-seventies with “Disco Lady” (1976)….

Tears for Fears, The Tipping Point, 2022 on Concord

I was such a huge fan of The Hurting, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith’s 1983 debut album – I think it was the first CD I ever had…

Courtney Marie Andrews, Loose Future, 2022 on Fat Possum.

Andrews’ latest, produced by and recorded with Sam Griffin Owens, joined by Chris Bear, Jared Samuels and others. My copy is a Vinyl Me Please edition on orange…

Clem Snide, The Ghost of Fashion, 2001 on Cooking Vinyl

Originally released (on CD) by SpinART in the US and Cooking Vinyl in Europe, then released in 2011 on vinyl by Microfiche Records. My copy is a 2022…

Dawes, All Your Favorite Bands, 2015 on HUB Records

I’m a huge Dawes fan and this is classic Dawes. My copy is a 2022 reissue on 180g green vinyl via Rounder Records – a limited edition of…

Toro y Moi, Mahal, 2022 on Dead Oceans

Via Secretly Society, a red and white marble smoke edition of Toro y Moi’s first release on Dead Oceans. The Mattson 2 get co-billing on “Millenium.” Mahal is…

Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, Afro, 1954 on Norgran Records

While this came out in 1954 on Norman Granz’s Norgran Records, my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2022, via UMG Recordings/Verve. When Granz formed Verve…

Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine, 2005 on Epic / Clean Slate

My copy is a 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please. This was Apple’s third LP. The album was initially completed in 2003 with production by John Brion, but…

Songs: Ohia, Live: Vanquishers (Tilburg, Netherlands. Oct 9, 2000), 2022 on Secretly Canadian

Jason Molina with Dan Sullivan, Dan Macadam, and Jeff Panall. This was the Secretly Society release for March 2022 – a 2xLP version on blue vinyl.

Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights, 2002 on Matador Records

Originally released in 2002, this was Interpol’s debut album (they had an EP out before this). My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on red vinyl….

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…

Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic.

Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic. Coleman’s debut on Atlantic and his third LP. With Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. My…

Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002 on Nonesuch.

Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002 on Nonesuch. Spent the weekend deep into the 2022 box set reissue of YHF, complete with multiple LPs worth of demos and alternate…

Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005 on Saddle Creek.

Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005 on Saddle Creek. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on Dead Oceans, which looks and sounds fantastic.

Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M.

Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M. Amazing how much music in my collection Quincy Jones had a hand in – this is late 60s…

Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy.

Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy. Emarcy is what you get when you pronounce MRC (Mercury Record Company). Arrangements by Quincy Jones, with Wynton Kelly,…