Tag: Anntiques
Simple Minds, Once Upon A time, 1985 on A&M. Great mid-80s album from Simple Minds: followup to Sparkle in the Rain. Alive and Kicking, Sanctify Yourself, All the…
Howard Jones, Dream Into Action, 1985 on Elektra/WEA. Second studio LP from Jones, with Afrodiziak, the TKO Horns, and brother Martin Jones on bass. Things Can Only Get…
Willie Nelson & Ray Price, San Antonio Rose, 1980 on Columbia. I knew Willie Nelson had done a 2016 tribute album for Ray Price, who died in 2013…
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”…
Big Audio Dynamite, This is Big Audio Dynamite, 1985 on Columbia. Mick Jones’ post-clash band with more dub and samples – this was their debut LP “The horses…
General Public, . . . All The Rage, 1984 on I.R.S. Records Debut LP for an offshoot of the English Beat (aka The Beat) plus members of Dexy’s…
Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia. Posthumous release with Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Cry Baby, Get It While You Can, and Mercedes Benz. Full tilt boogie band…
The Monkees, More of the Monkees, 1967 on Colgems. I wasn’t around for the initial run of the Monkees but loved it in reruns in the 80s This…
Edith Piaf, Recital 1961, 1961 on Pathé Pathé was a Columbia label then – you can see the Columbia “musical notes” logo on the cover and rear –…
Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records McCartney’s first solo album released in the US about a month before my birthday. I’m still always amazed at the beauty…
Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia. Recorded May 19th, 1961 – on “nonbreakable” Columbia Records vinyl in mono Cover artwork by Joe Eula, with…
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy Love this album – the 11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine, Travelin’ Band, Looking Out My Back Door, and…
Dave Brubeck Trio With Gerry Mulligan & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Erich Kunzel Conductor, Brubeck / Mulligan / Cincinnati, 1971 on Decca. Recorded May 1970 – based on…
Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve Bop version of the musical’s songs – Maria, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, etc. Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan, Billy and Sarah, 1959 on Lion. The namesake jazz musicians/vocalists for WordPress 5.5 and 4.7 respectively An original 1959 pressing – reissued in…
Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic. (SD 8230). Such a beautiful album – great version of “Compared to What” but also the inimitable “First Time Ever I…
Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 1975 on Preservation Hall records. My copy is a 1976 reissue with lacquers cut at Trutone Mastering Labs. Recorded at…
Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Volume 2, 1959 on Verve. Came out in 1957 on “His Master’s Voice” in the UK. There…