Tag: Columbia
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Duke Ellington, In My Solitude, 1969 on Harmony.
Duke Ellington, In My Solitude, 1969 on Harmony. Compilation on Columbia’s “budget” label from the late 60s
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Blood, Sweat and Tears; Blood, Sweat and Tears 3, 1970 on Columbia.
Blood, Sweat and Tears; Blood, Sweat and Tears 3, 1970 on Columbia. Lucretia McEvil, Sympathy for the Devil – second album of the David Clayton-Thomas era
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Sarah Vaughan, After Hours with Sarah Vaughan, 1955 on Columbia.
Sarah Vaughan, After Hours with Sarah Vaughan, 1955 on Columbia. Mono pressing on “six-eye” Columbia labels – Some time between 1956 and 1962. Recorded between 1949 and 1952. Beautiful version of “Black Coffee”
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Various Artists, Folkways: A Vision Shared (A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly), 1988 on Columbia.
Various Artists, Folkways: A Vision Shared (A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly), 1988 on Columbia. Great tribute album that was part of my introduction to the progressive tradition in America. Folk/blues Where else do you get Little Richard and Fishbone covering Rock Island Line? The Springsteen “I Ain’t Got No Home” and Emmylou’s “Hobo’s…
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Bob Dylan, Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, released 2021 on Columbia / Third Man Records edition.
Bob Dylan, Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, released 2021 on Columbia / Third Man Records edition. Great 4xLP boxset of outtakes, live versions, demos etc, from the era of Infidels. Lots of Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Sly and Robbie, some Danny Kortchmar, Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner – great band. Backing…
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Jimmy Cliff, The Power and the Glory, 1983 on Columbia.
Jimmy Cliff, The Power and the Glory, 1983 on Columbia. Mid 80s reggae from the great James Chambers OM, aka Jimmy Cliff.
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The Psychedelic Furs, Mirror Moves, 1984 on Columbia/CBS.
The Psychedelic Furs, Mirror Moves, 1984 on Columbia/CBS. This was the fourth LP from the Butler brothers and company – The Ghost In You, Heaven, Heartbeat. They’re out touring now – coming to the Cabot in Beverly in mid-November (sold out). Via The Record Exchange in Salem MA
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Willie Nelson & Ray Price, San Antonio Rose, 1980 on Columbia.
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 (For the Good Times) but didn’t know they’d put out this duet LP in 1980. Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me), I’ll Be There (If…
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Terrence Trent D’Arby, Terrence Trent D’Arby’s Neither Fish Nor Flesh: A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope, and Destruction, 1989 on Columbia.
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” or the album it came from (Introducing The Hardline According to . . .), but this is a really excellent and overlooked follow-up. Definitely a record I…
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Big Audio Dynamite, This is Big Audio Dynamite, 1985 on Columbia.
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 are on the track . . .” via Anntiques in Ispwich MA
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Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, 1973 on Columbia.
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 of the best selling Jazz records of all time. Hancock melds funk, soul, r&b, and early synths with a solid jazz foundation. A must have for any…
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Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan; Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah; 1958 compilation on Harmony.
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 for $1.98, often reissuing material from other Columbia LPs I picked this one up in a lot of LPs from Everything But The House – a great…
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Al Kooper, Al’s Big Deal / Unclaimed Freight: An Al Kooper Anthology, 1975 on Columbia.
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 Project as well as Dylan, and was involved in so many great projects. I’m a fan and tend to pick up anything I find crate digging that…
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Easterhouse, Waiting For the Redbird, 1989 on Columbia / Rough Trade.
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 which is just down the street from me – presumably they sold off parts of their collection at some point. Easterhouse were a lefty jangly UK indie…
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The Buckinghams, Time & Charges, 1967 on Columbia.
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 for Chicago what the Beatles did for Liverpool” Love their take on “I’ll Be Back” and “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” which is a Joe Zawinul tune originally recorded…
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Herbie Hancock, Future Shock, 1983 on Columbia.
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 no context for Hancock’s history, Jazz, funk, electronics, emerging hip hop – i just knew I liked it. My copy is part of the @vinylmeplease anthology of…
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Erroll Garner, Soliloquy, 1957 on Columbia.
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
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Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.
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 via Anntiques in Ipswich MA