Tag: Reissue
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Justin Townes Earle, Kids In the Street, 2017 on New West Records
Originally released in 2017, my copy is a 2021 reissue as part of Record Store Day (Black Friday). This was Earle’s penultimate album (the last was The Saint of Lost Causes) and his first on New West. Some great songwriting on Champagne Corolla, Faded Valentine, and really across the album.
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Missy Elliott, Under Construction, 2002 on Elektra / The Goldmind, Inc.
Originally released in 2002 – my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please 20th anniversary reissue from 2023 on “orange crush” vinyl. What a fantastic release – working with Timbaland and Nisan as producers, guests from Ludacris, Method Man, Jay-Z, Ms. Jade, Beyonce, TLC, and, on the remix of Work It, 50-Cent.
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Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, Afro, 1954 on Norgran Records
While this came out in 1954 on Norman Granz’s Norgran Records, my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2022, via UMG Recordings/Verve. When Granz formed Verve in 1956 he carried over the Norgran (and Clef) catalog. Verve then was sold to MGM in 1960, Polydor in 1972, and then became part of Universal…
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Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine, 2005 on Epic / Clean Slate
My copy is a 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please. This was Apple’s third LP. The album was initially completed in 2003 with production by John Brion, but the label shelved it. Various tracks and versions started to leak online, but Apple went back into the studio and the record came out in 2005 with…
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AIR, Moon Safari, 1998 on Caroline/Source.
The debut album from AIR (labelled as “AIR French Band” on the cover – originally released on Source in France and Caroline in the US. My copy is a 2023 reissue on Parlophone via Vinyl Me, Please. (25th anniversary edition, with listening notes by Sophie Frances Kemp). Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin are the core…
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The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers, 2005 on Heavenly / Capitol
The debut self-titled album from The Magic Numbers, which came out in 2005 on Capitol in the US, but on Heavenly in the UK and EMI in other parts of the world. My copy is a 2020 reissue by Heavenly / [PIAS] for Record Store Day, on clear vinyl with a bonus 7″ single. The…
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Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights, 2002 on Matador Records
Originally released in 2002, this was Interpol’s debut album (they had an EP out before this). My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on red vinyl. Includes original artwork by Nicholas Law. Recorded at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut.
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Beastie Boys, Check Your Head, 1992 on Capitol / Grand Royal
My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue 30th Anniversary Edition on Red Vinyl. Amazing to me that this is 30 years old but still sounds very fresh
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Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic.
Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic. Coleman’s debut on Atlantic and his third LP. With Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. My copy is a 2022 mono reissue from Vinyl Me, Please
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Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002 on Nonesuch.
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002 on Nonesuch. Spent the weekend deep into the 2022 box set reissue of YHF, complete with multiple LPs worth of demos and alternate versions plus a live gig from just before the release. Such a giant, sprawling, and beautiful album and story. It was really my intro (along with the…
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Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia.
Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia. My pressing in an early 70s reissue (based on the labels). Wonderful early folkie Dylan with Chimes of Freedom, It Ain’t Me Babe, All I Really Want To Do, and My Back Pages. Found via a record fair at Mill No. 5
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Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn.
Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn. My copy is a 1980 reissue on Biograph Great compilation
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Pylon, Gyrate, 1980 on DB Records.
Pylon, Gyrate, 1980 on DB Records. 2020 reissue on New West. Debut album of hugely influential Athens GA post punk band – I came to them via R.E.M.
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Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, 1958 on Atlantic.
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, 1958 on Atlantic. My copy is a 1977 reissue with the Rockefeller Plaza address. Classic collaboration
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The Cure, Pornogrqphy, 1982 on Fiction.
The Cure, Pornogrqphy, 1982 on Fiction. This copy is a 2015 Rhino reissue on 180g vinyl. Fourth stydio album from The Cure – tail end of the gloomy / goth era, leading up to the Top and Head On The Door.
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Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005 on Saddle Creek.
Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005 on Saddle Creek. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on Dead Oceans, which looks and sounds fantastic.
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Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M.
Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M. Amazing how much music in my collection Quincy Jones had a hand in – this is late 60s jazz/funk Quincy, with guests including Ray Brown, Toots Thielemens, Freddie Hubbard, and Valerie Simspon plus many others. My copy is from the 2022Vinyl Me, Please box set…
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Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy.
Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy. Emarcy is what you get when you pronounce MRC (Mercury Record Company). Arrangements by Quincy Jones, with Wynton Kelly, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Quinichette, Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Cobb, Keter Betts, and Cecil Payne. Great versions of My Old Flame, You Don’t Know What Love Is,…