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Dire Straits, Alchemy – Dire Straits Live, 1984 on Warner Brothers

Wonderful 2xLP live album of early 80s Dire Straits. Recorded in London at the Hammersmith Odeon over two nights in July 1983. Great versions of “Romeo and Juliet”…

Traffic, Welcome to the Canteen, 1971 on United Artists

As a result of some contractual disputes, this is credited on the labels and cover directly to Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, Rick Grech, “Reebop”…

Shame, Food for Worms, 2023 on Dead Oceans

My membership in Secretly Society actually introduced me to shame, a post-punk band from the UK (who style their name in lower case). This was their third LP…

Billy Bragg, Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy, 30th Anniversary Edition, 2022 on Cooking Vinyl

Record Store Day 2022 release on Cooking Vinyl, combining the original Spy Vs. Spy EP from 1983 with a live set at Union Chapel London June 5th 2013….

Spencer Cullum, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, 2020 on yk records

Spencer Cullum, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, 2020 on yk records Wonderful debut solo album form Nashville (via London) pedal steel player and Steelism member Spencer Cullum, jr with…

Eurythmics, Touch, 1984 on RCA

Eurythmics, Touch, 1984 on RCA Third studio album from Eurythmics – followup to Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This Recorded at The Church Studios in Crouch End Annie…

B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe

B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe Records (a subsidiary of ABC/Dunhill). Look at that list of players! Alexis Korner, Bill Perkins, Klaus Voorman, Ringo Starr, Steve Marriott…

Iron & Wine, Beast Epic, 2017 on Sub Pop

Three sides (B-Side of record two is blank) of wonderful goodness. I could listen to Sam Beam’s voice all day. Picked up at Flashback London last year

Eurythmics, Revenge, 1986 on RCA

My copy is an italian pressing I got at Flashback London Always loved Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, apart or together

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes, 1984 on Zang Tuum Tumb

Zang Tuum Tumb 12 ZTAS 3, 1984. Side A: Annihilation Side B: Surrender From Flashback London

Dr. John, the night tripper, Gris-Gris, 1986 on ATCO.

Do you walk on guilded splinters? Dr. John, the Night Tripper, Gris-Gris (1968). Rhino Records 180g european reissue from 2013 via Honest Jon’s in London

Daryl Hall and John Oates, Rock’N Soul Part 1, 1983.

European pressing of Hall & Oates’ 1983 greatest hits collection. Includes a 1984 calendar. From Flashback Records in London

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, United, 1967 on Tamla

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, from Tamla records, 1967. Mine is a repress from 2016 on 180g vinyl by Czech GZ Media but it sounds just as good…

If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975, 2019 on BGP Records

Another find from Honest John’s in London – a collection called “If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967…

Independent Women’s Blues Volume 2, Big Mama’s, 1982 on Rosetta Records

Rosetta Records RR 1306 – Independent Women’s Blues Volume 2, Big Mama’s, 1982. Picked up at Honest Jon’s on Portabello Road in Ladbroke Grove.

Wilco, Ode to Joy, 2019 on dBpm

Thankful today for Wilco’s Ode to Joy (via Rough Trade in London)

Talking Heads; Live at Werchter Festival July 4, 1982; Chicago, August 28, 1978.

Couple of “unofficial” Talking Heads live shows I picked up at Sister Ray in Soho (London) earlier this year. DOL is somewhat controversial as a “grey market” label…

Loving this first solo album by Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes

Loving this first solo album by Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes This version I picked up in London on Sandstone colored vinyl with a bonus white vinyl 7″…

Friday, October 18th, 2019

Friday, October 18th, 2019 – London