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  • Session at Riverside, 1957 on Capitol

    Session at Riverside, 1957 on Capitol

    Follow up (of sorts) to 1956’s “Session at Midnight” recorded in Hollywood – this one recorded at the Riverside Plaza ballroom in New York. A dozen top jazzmen join forces in a free-and-easy session that swings solidly all the way Bill Coss (liner notes) Players include Coleman Hawkins, Jerry Jerome, Earl Warren, Charlie Shavers, Dave…

  • Beastie Boys, Check Your Head, 1992 on Capitol / Grand Royal

    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

  • Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless, 1983 on Capitol

    Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless, 1983 on Capitol

    Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless, 1983 on Capitol The album originally came out in 1982, but was reissued a number of times – this is a 1983 version with “She Blinded Me With Science” as the lead track Miscredit to T. Kerr for cowriting She Blinded Me With Science – should have been…

  • Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd., Stormy Monday, 1962 on Capitol.

    Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd., Stormy Monday, 1962 on Capitol.

    Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd., Stormy Monday, 1962 on Capitol. Maybe ought to be “Lou Rawls Sings and Les McCann Ltd Plays Stormy Monday, with Leroy Vinnegar and Ron Jefferson.” Gem of a find – via Mystery Train in Gloucester. Soul / Jazz / R&B.

  • The Beatles, Rubber Soul, 1965 on Capitol.

    The Beatles, Rubber Soul, 1965 on Capitol.

    The Beatles, Rubber Soul, 1965 on Capitol. One of my favorites – Norwegian Wood, Michelle, In My Life. Found this copy at a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell last year – very good shape for a decent price.

  • The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, 1967 on Capitol.

    The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, 1967 on Capitol.

    The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, 1967 on Capitol. Original 1967 pressing – has the “No You’re Not” under I Am The Walrus in block print vs cursive. Love this album start to finish – remember listening to it in the Hennepin County library as a teen

  • T-Connection, Pure & Natural, 1982 on Capitol.

    T-Connection, Pure & Natural, 1982 on Capitol.

    T-Connection, Pure & Natural, 1982 on Capitol. Funk/disco band from the Bahamas via Miami

  • The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, 1969 on Apple Records.

    The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, 1969 on Apple Records.

    The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, 1969 on Apple Records. An original 1969 pressing from Capitol record’s Jacksonville plant. Side 2 is the orchestral score composed and orchestrated by George Martin.

  • Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth, 1984 on Capitol.

    Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth, 1984 on Capitol.

    Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth, 1984 on Capitol. Dolny’s second full length, with Hyperactive, Dissidents, I Scare Myself.

  • Tina Turner, Private Dancer, 1984 on Capitol.

    Tina Turner, Private Dancer, 1984 on Capitol.

    Tina Turner, Private Dancer, 1984 on Capitol. Title track written by Mark Knopfler, 1984 by David Bowie. Hugely important album in her career reboot – technically her fifth solo album but this was thr big breakthrough. Definitely how I came to know her before digging into the backstory

  • Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol.

    Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol.

    Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol. Thirty songs in ~53 minutes, across six medleys. Music by Benny Carter’s “Magnificent Seven” – Capitol reissue from the 70s or early 80s

  • Leo Kottke, Greenhouse, 1972 on Capitol.

    Leo Kottke, Greenhouse, 1972 on Capitol.

    Leo Kottke, Greenhouse, 1972 on Capitol. Kottke’s second LP on Capitol. Includes a cover of John Fahey’s “In Christ There Is No East or West” Recorded in Minneapolis at Sound 80

  • Leo Kottke, Mudlark, 1971 on Capitol Records.

    Leo Kottke, Mudlark, 1971 on Capitol Records.

    Leo Kottke, Mudlark, 1971 on Capitol Records. Kottke’s first LP on Capitol, fourth full length

  • Frank Sinatra, Come Fly With Me, 1958 on Capitol.

    Frank Sinatra, Come Fly With Me, 1958 on Capitol.

    Frank Sinatra, Come Fly With Me, 1958 on Capitol. My copy is an early 70s reissue – Sinatra’s first collaboration with Billy May (arranger and conductor). A little 50s era product placement for TWA?

  • McCartney III Imagined, 2021 on Capitol.

    McCartney III Imagined, 2021 on Capitol.

    McCartney III Imagined, 2021 on Capitol. Compilation reimagining McCartney III, with contributions from St. Vincent, Beck, Phoebe Bridgers, Anderson .Paak, Damon Albarn. Love these kinds of compilations, and thank god this time it isn’t a memorial tribute.

  • Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol.

    Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol.

    Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol. Release from The Star Line, a series on Capitol that started in the early 60s. Via an Everything But The House lot

  • Nat King Cole, The Touch Of Your Lips, 1961 on Capitol.

    Nat King Cole, The Touch Of Your Lips, 1961 on Capitol.

    Nat King Cole, The Touch Of Your Lips, 1961 on Capitol. Arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmicheal – “an album of ballads as tender as a kiss” Did they just grab stock photography (“man kisses woman on cheek”) for albums in the 50s and 60s?

  • Nat ‘King’ Cole, Penthouse Serenade, 1955 on Capitol.

    Nat ‘King’ Cole, Penthouse Serenade, 1955 on Capitol.

    Nat ‘King’ Cole, Penthouse Serenade, 1955 on Capitol. Originally a 10″ record released om 1952, then as an LP in 1955 with more tracks. My pressing is an early 60s one based on the “top logo” labels