Tag: Columbia
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Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Live / 1975-85, released 1986 on Columbia.
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Live / 1975-85, released 1986 on Columbia. 5 LP box set, recorded at Meadowlands, Giants Stadium, Nassau Coliseum, Winterland, The Roxy, and Arizona State University. Great collection showing their prowess as a live band. I’ve never seen Bruce live in person (as opposed to video or recordings) but hope…
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Depeche Mode, Spirit, 2017 on Columbia / Mute
Depeche Mode, Spirit, 2017 on Columbia / Mute Three-sided vinyl (fourth side is etched with “Spirit” logo). I’ve been a huge Depeche Mode fan from the early eighties – very consistent band Songs like “Going Backwards,” “where’s the revolution,” and “scum” tell you how DM feels about the state of the political world in 2017.
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Fishbone, self-titled EP, 1985 on Columbia.
Fishbone, self-titled EP, 1985 on Columbia. A little ska party today, including U.G.L.Y. and of course “Party at Ground Zero” Via Academy Records NYC
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Blood, Sweat & Tears, self-titled, 1968 on Columbia.
Blood, Sweat & Tears, self-titled, 1968 on Columbia. Released after Al Kooper’s departure, with David Clayton-Thomas in the lead vocal role. Has the hits Spinning Wheel, You’ve Made Me So Very Happy, And When I Die – but also Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie and God Bless the Child. Love this album so…
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Bob Dylan, Hard Rain, 1976 on Columbia
Bob Dylan looking like I feel. Hard Rain was captured on the second leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue, so T Bone Burnett, Gary Burke, Scarlet Rivera, Steven Soles, Rob Srober and Mick Ronson (from Bowie’s Spiders From Mars) on Maggie’s Farm. There was a TV special on youtube from Fort Collins with a different…
