Tag: Private Sale
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Steve Winwood, Back In The High Life, 1986 on Island
This was Winwood’s fourth solo LP and the most commercially successful. Guests include Chaka Khan (on “Higher Love”), James Ingram (on “Finer Things”) and James Taylor (on “Back In The High Life Again”). That’s quite a set of backing vocalists. Nile Rodgers also adds guitar on “Wake Me Up On Judgement Day.” You couldn’t avoid…
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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Sporting Life Blues, 1987 on JSP Records
These recordings were made at a private party in Glasgow Scotland in 1958, and released on JSP records in 1987 (a year after Sonny Terry passed). It can be hard to find, though it seems to now be on spotify: Sporting Life Blues. (John Stedman is listed as producer on the 2025 digital release, and…
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Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago, 2008 on Jagjaguwar
This was self-released in 2007, but came out on Jagjaguwar in 2008. It would have been hard to imagine back then just how much impact Justin Vernon (as Bon Iver and under his own name) would have as a producer and collaborator. But it is just an excellent album all around: famously recorded by himself…
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Arcade Fire, Reflektor, 2013 on Merge
Fourth studio LP from Montreal Quebec’s Arcade Fire: a double album put out in 2013 by Sonovox and Merge in the US. James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem produced along with the band and Markus Dravs. I’ve also got the 12″ single claiming to be by The Reflektors, which has a full fake track list and…
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Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic, 1974 on ABC Records
Third Steely Dan studio LP out in 1974 on ABC Records and the last to include the full quintet: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder, and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter – plus studio musicians. “Ricky Don’t Lose That Number” may have become their most well known song over time, though I love “Any Major…
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Squeeze, Singles: 45’s And Under, 1982 on A&M
This compilation collected Squeeze singles put out on A&M between 1978 and 1982, and become their best selling LP. The UK and US versions differ – with the US version including “If I Didn’t Love You” and the UK version “Labelled With Love.” The lyrics on “Goodbye Girl” also exist in two versions, with some…
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El Rego et Ses Commandos, El Rego, 2011 on Daptone
Classic Daptone reissue. Theophile De Rego started the band under the name The Jets, in what was then Dahomey (now Benin). They become El Rego et Ses Commandos in 1966. This compilation was put out by Daptone in 2011 – I don’t believe it was previously issued in this form. (The hype sticker claims these…
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Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information, 1974 on Epic
This was the third and last Shuggie Otis studio LP on Epic, released in 1974 after three years in the making. Otis is credited with guitar, bass, organ, piano, vibes, and percussion – basically most of the instruments, with some guests on harp and horns. It became something of a cult classic – not a…
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Eagles, On the Border, 1974 on Asylum
Yes, it really is just “Eagles” not “The Eagles.” This was their third studio album produced mostly by Bill Szymczyk and includes “Already Gone” and “Best of My Love” and I was surprised to find a cover of Tom Waits’ “Ol’ 55.” There’s really some great music hand songwriting here. My copy—via private sale—is a…
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Ray LaMontagne, Trouble, 2004 on RCA / Legacy
LaMontagne’s debut major label album, put out in 2004 on RCA, and then on vinyl in 2008 on RCA & Legacy. (I guess they waited to see how popular it was before committing to a vinyl release – very 2004). Recorded and mixed at Sunset Recorders in Hollywood long before LaMontagne set up The Big…
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Steve Winwood, Roll With It, 1988 on Virgin
Steve Winwood has had an illustrious and extensive career including having been a key member of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. Just having written “Can’t Find My Way Home” would earn him a spot in my pantheon. Roll With It was his fifth solo album and was quite successful commercially, including the…