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  • Johnny Winter, Second Winter, 1969 on Columbia.

    Johnny Winter, Second Winter, 1969 on Columbia.

    Johnny Winter, Second Winter, 1969 on Columbia. 3 sided LP (4th side blank) because they couldn’t edit down ton an LP. These days there would be an etching on side 4. With Edgar Winter, Tommy Hannon, Uncle John Turner. Via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain

  • Willie Nelson, Across The Borderline, 1993 on Columbia.

    Willie Nelson, Across The Borderline, 1993 on Columbia.

    Willie Nelson, Across The Borderline, 1993 on Columbia. Recently issued on vinyl for the first time as part of Vinyl Me, Please’s 2022 anthology The Story of Willie Nelson. Love this LP – duets with Sinéad O’Connor on Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up” and Bonnie Raitt on “Getting Over You,” great cover of Dylan’s “What…

  • Bob Dylan, Infidels, 1983 on Columbia.

    Bob Dylan, Infidels, 1983 on Columbia.

    Bob Dylan, Infidels, 1983 on Columbia. 80s Dylan, with Jokerman, I and I, Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight. Band includes Sly and Robbie, Mick Talyor, Mark Knopfler, and Alan Clark.

  • Hooters, One Way Home, 1987 on Columbia.

    Hooters, One Way Home, 1987 on Columbia.

    Hooters, One Way Home, 1987 on Columbia. The band’s name is not related to the, uh, “theme” restaurant (or its referents0 but to the Melodica. Third LP – hard to follow after Nervous Night that was 2x platinum – though they did have a hit single in Europe (Satellite) off this album. They’re a more…

  • Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979 on Columbia.

    Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979 on Columbia.

    Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979 on Columbia. 2018 remaster reissue on 180g vinyl – sounds fantastic. Came to me via Amazon’s “The Golden Era” subscription club which I tried out for a bit. Normally I prefer finding original issues, but this one is very well done, and is a must have

  • Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia.

    Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia.

    Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia. ~24 yr old Wynton with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Watts, Charlotte Moffett (and Ron Carter on Aural Oasis).

  • Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding, 1967 on Columbia.

    Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding, 1967 on Columbia.

    Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding, 1967 on Columbia. All Along the Watchtower, Dear Landlord, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – classic Robert Zimmerman – between Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline My copy via Spinnaker Records in Hyannis

  • Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner, 1953 on Columbia.

    Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner, 1953 on Columbia.

    Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner, 1953 on Columbia. Mine’s a 1956 pressing, with the “six-eye” Columbia labels, with the registered trademark on “LP” Sleeve was really just two pieces of cardboard so some major surgery required, but the vinyl in pretty decent shape for 65+ years old.

  • Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner Plays For Dancing, 1956 on Columbia.

    Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner Plays For Dancing, 1956 on Columbia.

    Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner Plays For Dancing, 1956 on Columbia. Originally a 10″ record in 1953. Garner’s approach makes many of his recordings hard to dance to – as the liner notes here say: “always his work has been characterized by a rubato of a distinctively characteristic kind. In these songs, however, Garner plays for…

  • Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia.

    Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia.

    Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia. Early 80s Marvin, with “Sexual Healing” as the single

  • Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia.

    Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia.

    Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia. Multiple songs feature Garner on harpsichord, first heard on this LP.

  • Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia.

    Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia.

    Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia. Mine is issued on Columbia Special Products but I believe is still from the 50s.

  • Hooters, Nervous Night, 1985 on Columbia.

    Hooters, Nervous Night, 1985 on Columbia.

    Hooters, Nervous Night, 1985 on Columbia. Platinum selling major label debut – “And We Danced,” “Day by Day,” and “Wher Do the Children Go”

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia.

    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia.

    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia. Songs recorded in the 1930s, compiled in the 50s. In great shape for a 65+ year old LP – someone took good care of it before I found it.

  • Adele, 30, 2021 on Columbia.

    Adele, 30, 2021 on Columbia.

    Adele, 30, 2021 on Columbia. There are already 16 different vinyl versions of this one on discogs – colors pressing plants, etc. They had to go many plants at once for how many they expected to sell. Includes a bit of Erroll Garner sample on all Night Parking.

  • Santana, Santana’s Greatest Hits, 1974 on Columbia.

    Santana, Santana’s Greatest Hits, 1974 on Columbia.

    Santana, Santana’s Greatest Hits, 1974 on Columbia. Great collection – Evil Ways, Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va. Bit early for greatest hits considering Sanatana still makes music nearly 50 years later, but . . .

  • The Clash, London Calling, 1979 on CBS/Epic.

    The Clash, London Calling, 1979 on CBS/Epic.

    The Clash, London Calling, 1979 on CBS/Epic. 2015 reissue by Columbia/Sony Music, sounds great. Feels appropriate today.

  • Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970 on Columbia.

    Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970 on Columbia.

    Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970 on Columbia. Such a beautiful album end to end, from the opening title track through Song For the Asking. Fifth & final original Simon & Garfunkel studio LP