Tag: compilation
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Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here, 1968 on Columbia
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 Gene Norman Presents an Art Tatum Concert that came out in 1952
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Various Artists, Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture), 1983 on Casablanca
Various Artists, Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture), 1983 on Casablanca One of the must have soundtracks of 80s cinema (alongside Footloose and The Breakfast Club). “She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor / and she’s dancing like she’s never danced before . . .” Sometime when I dance like I’ve never danced before…
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Various Artists, Crown Jewels Vol. 1, 2019 on Big Crown Records
Various Artists, Crown Jewels Vol. 1, 2019 on Big Crown Records What a great compilation: Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Shacks, El Michels Affair, The Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band, Lady Wray, The Lakesiders, Paul & The Tall Trees, Bobby Oroza, Brainstory, 79.5, and Holy Hive Via VNYL
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Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO
Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO Not to be confused with the original debut self-titled from 1966, this is the later compilation, assembled after the group had disbanded. The 9 minute “Bluebird” is killer Out of print now in vinyl and never…
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Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve.
Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve. My copy is a later “Polygram Classics” reissue – runout etchings and Polygram Classics markings suggest 1983 or later. The material itself goes back to “The Genius of Powell” and “Bud Powell’s Moods,” both 1957 Verve releases, of sessions from 1950, 1951, and 1956. Via…
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Madness, Complete Madness, 1982 on Stiff Records
Madness, Complete Madness, 1982 on Stiff Records Italian pressing of a greatest hits compilation. Total coincidence and not election commentary.
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Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records.
Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records. Follow up to the Old Grey Whistle Test sampler I posted a while back. Take Two is divided into a Great Britain record and United States of America record The UK one includes Dave Mason and Genesis but also Widowmaker, Camel,…
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Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time.
Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time. Label sampler with Love and Rockets, Alex Chilton, Dumptruck, Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Dream Syndicate, Redd Kross, The Pastels, Exploding White Mice, Love Tractor, The Lucy Show, and Boston’s own Christmas Love label samplers and this one I’ve had since 1987
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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace.
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace. Compilation covering 1978-1984, really mostly focused on 1979-1982 – critical years in the early “new” synthesizer era: Human League, Soft Cell, The Teardrop Explodes, China Crisis, OMD – lots of gems here
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Paste Samplers: Spring 2017 and Summer 2017.
Paste Samplers: Spring 2017 and Summer 2017. Love Bonnie Bishop’s “Ain’t Who I Was” and Courtney Barnett’s “Depreston” on the first, and Rhett Miller ‘s”Jesus Love You” and Ani DiFranco’s”Subdivision” on the second I miss Paste Magazine samplers
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Various Artists, Bonnie 2ropical, Paradise Palms 2017.
Various Artists, Bonnie 2ropical, Paradise Palms 2017. Followup to Bonnie Tropical (2016) – on the house label of Paradise Palms – a bar/vegetarian cafe/record shop in Edinburgh. “A collection of tracks from acts near here”
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Now This Is Music, 1984 on EMI out of the Netherlands.
Now This Is Music, 1984 on EMI out of the Netherlands. First in a series of Dutch copilations which appeared between 1984 and 1989 – basically the Dutch version of “Now That’s What I Call Music” Great time capsule, with U2, Duran Duran, Queen, UB 40, but also Malcolm McLaren, Flying Pickets, Blue Nile and…
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Hootenanny, 1990 on Cooking Vinyl (UK)
Hootenanny, 1990 on Cooking Vinyl (UK). Label sampler with Bruce Cockburn, Boiled in Lead, Weddings Parties Anything, and the Colorblind James Experience and others. Cooking Vinyl is still an indie UK label Via Elvis Shakespeare in Edinburgh On my 50th birthday, an album from the year I turned 20.
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Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World.
Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World. No self-respecting Mod would be without at least one Small Faces record. Track A6, which is supposed to be “What’s the Matter Baby?” Is actually not even Small Faces, but Adam, Mike and Tim’s “Little Pictures,” a Decca single from 1965. Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones,…
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Single Releases 2010 Volume 2, 2011 on Third Man Records
Single Releases 2010 Volume 2, 2011 on Third Man Records Great compilation: Karen Elson , The Dead Weather, The Secret Sisters, Laura Marling (covering Needle and the Damage Done), Wanda Jackson
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Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers
Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers Label sampler, with 5 page booklet on the artists included. Tir Na Nog, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Buckley, Jesse Winchester, Arthur Conley, Captain Beefheart, The Section, James Taylor, America, Mickey Hart, Dion, The Incredible String Band, Bonnie Raitt, Alexis Korner & Snape, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull, Dick…
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No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M.
No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M. Translucent blue vinyl was a thing even in the seventies Squeeze, The Police, The Dickies, The Stranglers, Joe Jackson – great collection
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Various Artists, A Motown Anniversary Collection, 1983 on Silver Eagle Records.
Via ListenUp Music in Natick I picked up this five record Motown Anniversary Collection for < $20. Excellent condition vinyl, Electrosound Midwest pressing – Silver Eagle Records was like the Canadian K-Tel, selling licensed collections via TV infomercials and mail order. @classicmotown