Tag: Reissue
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Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet with Sergio Mendes, Cannonball’s Bossa Nova, 1963 on Riverside.
Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet with Sergio Mendes, Cannonball’s Bossa Nova, 1963 on Riverside. My copy is a Capitol Records reissue from 1968 without the “Cannonball’s Bossa Nova” title from the original Riverside edition. Gets criticism for jumping on the Bossa Nova bandwagon but I think it’s a lovely LP Via Light of…
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Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, 1956 on Riverside.
Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, 1956 on Riverside. My copy is an 1982 pressing in the Original Jazz Classics series – jacket reproduced from the 1958 reissue.
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Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest, 2009 on Warp Records.
Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest, 2009 on Warp Records. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue and sounds wonderful Named after an island in the Elizabeth Islands near Martha’s Vineyard Artwork by William J. O’Brien
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Merle Haggard and The Strangers, I’m A Lonesome Fugitive, 1967 on Capitol.
Merle Haggard and The Strangers, I’m A Lonesome Fugitive, 1967 on Capitol. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please Country reissue from 2021. Harmony vocals by Bonnie Owens and guitar by Glenn Campbell (and others). Great pressing
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Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve
Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve My copy is an 80s Japanese pressing by Polydor K.K., part of the Original Verve Jazz Classics series. Includes Oscar Peterson (playing organ rather than piano on some tracks), Herb Ellis, and Osie Johnson plus Jerome Richardson on flute My favorite bassist in any genre Via…
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Nina Simone, High Priestess of Soul, 1967 on Philips.
Nina Simone, High Priestess of Soul, 1967 on Philips. From the Queen of Jazz (Ella, yesterday) to the High Priestess of Soul. This is a killer collection of some jazz standards (Duke Ellington, Nat Adderley & Oscar Brown) plus some Simone compositions My copy is a 2016 reissue pressed at Record Technology Inc. Via Record…
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Ludacris, Word of Mouf, 2001 on Def Jam South.
Ludacris, Word of Mouf, 2001 on Def Jam South. My copy is the 2021 reissue from @vinylmeplease Rollout, Area Code, Move B***h, Saturday (Oooh Oooh). One of the defining moments of dirty south hip hop
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Gorillaz, Demon Days, 2005 on Parlophone/Warner.
Gorillaz, Demon Days, 2005 on Parlophone/Warner. My copy is the 2021 @vinylmeplease reissue, put out as part of thr VMP 100 series. Feel Good Inc still sounds super fresh and new to me 16 years later – what a great creative project
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Willie Nelson, Shotgun Willie, 1973 on Atlantic.
Willie Nelson, Shotgun Willie, 1973 on Atlantic. The beginning of Willie’s golden era – including my favorite Leon Russell penned Donny Hathaway tune “A Song For You” My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please 2021 reissue
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Ida, Will You Find Me, 2000 on Tiger Style.
Ida, Will You Find Me, 2000 on Tiger Style. Re-released byPolyvinyl Records in 2015 on two 45rpm records. I trust the folks at VNYL didn’t know Hurricane Ida was coming in choosing this record for me in July. I always wanted Ida to stand for In Defense of Animals (like @ida_international) and I did see…
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Fenton Robinson, Nightflight, 1984 on Alligator Records.
Fenton Robinson, Nightflight, 1984 on Alligator Records. Can’t really go wrong with 80s era Alligator Records or with This one was licensed from Black Magic Records in the Netherlands and was originally titled “Blues in Progress” via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain
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Frederick Knight, I’ve Been Lonely For So Long, 1973 on Stax.
Frederick Knight, I’ve Been Lonely For So Long, 1973 on Stax. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from Feb. 2021 – beautiful pressing remastered, with listening notes by Jared Boyd
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Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones, 2013 on Sugar Hill Records
Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones, 2013 on Sugar Hill Records My copy is a 2021 reissue by Craft Recordings and it sounds beautiful. Wonderful cover of “Simple Twist of Fate” with Nathaniel Smith on Cello, plus a cover of Joanna Newsom’s “The Book of Right On” and many great originals
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Nappy Roots, Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, 2001 on Atlantic.
Nappy Roots, Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, 2001 on Atlantic. Mine’s the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on “Kentucky Mud” vinyl. Love Po’ Folks, Country Boyz, Ho Down.
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Leon Ware, Musical Massage, 1976 on Gordy
Leon Ware, Musical Massage, 1976 on Gordy Ware created the original demo for “I Want You” which become a hit for Marvin Gaye – Ware put together new songs (with Hal Davis producing) to put out this album. (Also Quicy Jones cowriting on Body Heat, vocal accompaniment by Gaye on Holiday, Ray Parker Jr on…
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John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic.
John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from January. Artwork by Joshua Petker So many wonderful originals on this his debut record
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Robert Plant | Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, 2007 on Rounder
Robert Plant | Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, 2007 on Rounder. Huge fan of both Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, and an even bigger fan on this beautiful collaboration. I hear there is another album in the works but have seen no title or date yet. My copy is the second issue, “XO?E optimized” for vinyl…
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John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum.
John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum. My copy is. 2021 reissue by Rhino Records – I think it’s the same pressing as in the “Asylum Albums” box set but not sure Lots of great tunes including “Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone,” “Fish and Whistle,” and the title track via Record Exchange, Salem MA
