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Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, 1973 on Columbia. (My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Story of Herbie Hancock anthology) What can you say about Head Hunters? One…
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan; Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah; 1958 compilation on Harmony. Harmony was a “budget” sub-label of Columbia, revived in 1957,selling LPs…
Al Kooper, Al’s Big Deal / Unclaimed Freight: An Al Kooper Anthology, 1975 on Columbia. Al Kooper was a co-founder Blood Sweat & Tears, played with the Blues…
Easterhouse, Waiting For the Redbird, 1989 on Columbia / Rough Trade. Although I found this copy down at @deepthoughtsjp it has markings fr Salem State’s radio station WMWM…
The Buckinghams, Time & Charges, 1967 on Columbia. In case the cover photo didn’t make the Beatles comparison, the rear jacket notes say: “[The Buckingham”s] talent will do…
Herbie Hancock, Future Shock, 1983 on Columbia. Platinum selling LP, with Rockit on constant MTV rotation back in the day. When I heard it back then I had…
Erroll Garner, Soliloquy, 1957 on Columbia. Mono pressing with the six-eye Columbia label “Records always sound best on Columbia phonographs” Via Residency Records, Salem MA
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…
Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia. Buck Clayton and a team of long standing swing players including portions of…
Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 on Columbia Like many in the 80s I found the Psychedelic Furs via “Pretty in Pink” but there are so many great…
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 –…
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Trust, 1981 on Columbia Produced by Nick Lowe other than Big Sister’s Clothes One of the underrated Elvis Costello LPs – lots of…
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia. “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash” Great reissue as the initial record in Vinyl Me, Please track for country.
Simon and Garfunkel; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme; 1966 on Columbia. I’ll forgive Paul Simon the lack of an Oxford comma here. This is the one that closes…
Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here, 1968 on Columbia Recordings made in 1933 and 1949, originally put out on vinyl in 1968. The 1949 tracks here are from the…
Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 onColumbia / MPL Sticking with Paul McCartney from yesterday’s post. Tug Of War is early 80s Macca, with guest Stevie Wonder on…
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…
Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia A bit of a novelty record from Cash – including yodeling by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott on “cup of coffee”…
Paul McCartney, McCartney II, 1980 on Columbia/MPL Paul McCartney‘s second solo album, with broad range of styles as he played with synths and recorded at home. “Dont go…
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck At Storyville 1954, 1954 on Columbia Storyville was a Boston jazz institution in the 1940s, run by George Wein (the same that…