Tag: Mystery Train
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Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef.
Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum, Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef. The last in an 11 LP series on Clef from 1953-54. This copy is from the Verve reissues between 1958 and 1961 as it has the Verve trumpeter logo but uses MGV not V/V6 as catalog number In pretty good shape for a…
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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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Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia.
Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia. My copy is a 1958 pressing with the six-eye red Columbia deep-groove label. Great rendition of Bewitched Via Mystery Train in Gloucester MA
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Various Artists, History of British Blues (Volume One), 1973 on Sire
Various Artists, History of British Blues (Volume One), 1973 on Sire Great compilation I picked up at @mystery_train_records in Gloucester Includes Peter Green and John McVie with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers but also some lesser known folks
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U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M.
U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M. U.K. Squeeze were known in the UK as Squeeze. My copy is on red translucent vinyl with promo labels. Yes, they made colored vinyl back in the 70s as well, it is not just a new hipster thing. Take Me I’m Yours and Strong In Reason are my favorites…
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David Sylvian, Secrets of the Beehive, 1987 on Virgin
David Sylvian, Secrets of the Beehive, 1987 on Virgin The third in a trio of brilliant post-Japan solo albums with Brilliant Trees (1984) and Gone to Earth (1986) with Ryuichi Sakamoto All three were reissued in 2019 on 180g vinyl (see davidsylvian.com) but this one is a 1987 pressing. Via Mystery Train Records in Gloucester…
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John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, A Hard Road, 1967 on London Records
The first Bluesbreakers album in a post-Clapton world. Best cut I think is the “Someday after a while (you’ll be sorry)” on side 2. Via Mystery Train Records
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The Suburbs, Dream Hog, 1982 on Twin/Tone, 1983 on Mercury
The PolyGram/Mercury reissue after they signed the band (not the original Twin/Tone). 33 1/3rd on one side 45 on the other. It was as a result of this vinyl that I realized as a teenager how great “Waiting Club Mix” sounds if you play the 45 at 33 1/3rd. As a teenager in Minneapolis in…
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Lone Justice, Lone Justice, 1985 on Geffen
Debut self-titled by Lone Justice 1985. Found this last weekend at in Gloucester