Tag: London Records
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ZZ Top, Fandango!, 1975 on London Records
Fourth release from Texas blues band ZZ Top, Fandango! included an A side with live songs (from The Warehouse, in New Orleans) and a B side of new studio recordings. A Fandango is a dance originating in Spain and Portugal – which wikipedia tells me “is used as a synonym for ‘a quarrel’, ‘a big…
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John Mayall, Down The Line, 1973 on London Records
Compilation of songs previously released: First LP includes songs from Blues Breakers, A Hard Road, Crusade, The Blues Alone, Bare Wires, Blues From Laurel Canyon, and Looking Back, and the second LP is John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) which was never released on vinyl in the US (and had not been issued in the…
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Blancmange, Mange Tout, 1984 on London Records
Second studio album from British synth-pop duo Blancmange (Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe), following Happy Families. This was their best selling album, with “Blind Vision” and “Don’t Tell Me” as successful singles. I always loved “The Day Before You Came” but did not realize it’s an ABBA cover! My copy is a UK pressing via…
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ZZ Top, ZZ Top’s First Album, 1971 on London / Warner Bros
Originally issued in the US on London Records (the American imprint of Decca) in 1971, ZZ Top‘s First Album was reissued by Warner Bros in 1978, likely based on the success of Tres Hombres, Fandango, and Tejas – their 1979 Degüello would be their first new album on Warner Bros. The original LP was not…
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The Communards, Red, 1987 on London / MCA
The Communards were a duo of Jimmy Somerville (formerly of Bronski Beat) and Richard Coles, a classically trained musician. They put out only two albums: a self-titled debut and this followup. I’ve actually got both a Canadian pressing (white cover with red letters) and a US pressing (red cover with white letters) of this LP.…
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John Mayall, Blues from Laurel Canyon, 1968 on London Records
Released on Decca in the UK and London Records in the US, this was Mayall’s first LP after the breakup of the Bluesbreakers and his last on Decca before moving to Polydor. Mayall wasn’t yet living in the US when this was released – this was recorded at the Decca Studios in West Hampstead, London.…
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The Rolling Stones, Flowers, 1967 on London Records
This was the second compilation album for the Stones, collecting some studio cuts that had not been released (or released but not on the US versions of albums). My copy, via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA, has definitely seen better days The black tape seam repair was the work of a previous owner. Nonetheless it…
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John Mayall with Eric Clapton, Blues Breakers, 1966 on London Records
This was the debut studio album for Mayall and the Bluesbreakers but credited to John Mayall with Eric Clapton. The band here includes Mayall, Clapton, John McVie, Hughie Flint, Johnny Almond, Alan Skidmore, and Dennis Healey. London Records was the US distributor for UK label Decca. Clapton left to form Cream with Ginger Baker and…
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ZZ Top, Rio Grande Mud, 1972 on London Records
Second album from the Texas blues/rock trio of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard. London Records basically represented Decca in the US from 1947 to 1980. I love all of their output up to (and including) Eliminator in 1983 – after that I feel like there is a bit of a fall off into…
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John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records.
John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records. Drums on some tracks from Kerf Hartley otherwise all Mayall.
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Blancmange, Don’t Tell Me, 1984 on London Records.
Blancmange, Don’t Tell Me, 1984 on London Records (uk pressing). 12″ single, b-side is “Get Out of That.” Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, my favourite electropop duo named after a gelatinous milk dessert. They aren’t on Insta but see http://blancmange.co.uk/ for updates on new music and tour dates Via The Thing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (pre-covid)
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Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, 1969 on Decca/London.
Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, originally 1969 on Decca / London Records. Mine’s the 2019 50th Anniversary reissue & remaster on ABCKO. Great remaster and quality pressing. You could do worse than adopting “You Cant Always Get What You Want” as a life motto.