Tag: Reissue
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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
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Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, 2014 on High Top Mountain Records
Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, 2014 on High Top Mountain Records Vinyl Me, Please reissue. You can’t fool me, it’s turtles all the way down Produced by Dave Cobb Great cover of “The Promise” by When In Rome and Buford Abner’s “Long White Line”
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Darkside, Psychic, 2013 on Other People / Matador Records
Darkside, Psychic, 2013 on Other People / Matador Records My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2021 Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harringtone downtempo electronic masterpiece from 2013.
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The Bar-Kays, Cold Blooded, 1974 on Volt.
The Bar-Kays, Cold Blooded, 1974 on Volt. My copy is another Vinyl Me, Please reissue, pressed by Memphis Vinyl for Craft Recordings Backing vocals by Hot Buttered Soul
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Shakey Graves, Roll the Bones, 2011 self-released.
Shakey Graves, Roll the Bones, 2011 self-released. My copy is the 10th anniversary edition on Dualtone Records with a 2nd LP of Odds and Ends from Shakey Graves – some early versions and demos plus interludes including interviews with Jason 71 about Jay Manley, the potentially haunted 1932 Gibson L-7 on which parts of the…
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Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard.
Charles Musselwhite Blues Band, Tennessee Woman, 1969 on Vanguard. Another Vinyl Me, Please reissue, the classics record for April Listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer and pressing by QRP The 11:45 Cristo Redemptor is top notch but so is the title track (a Fenton Robinson tune) and Little Walter’s “Everybody Need Somebody”
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic Picked up this copy recently – its a 2019 reissue that came out on Record Store Day. Its a three LP version of the 1992 CD release – sides 5 and 6 containing the additional tracks not part of the original 2 LP release…
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Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia.
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia. “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash” Great reissue as the initial record in Vinyl Me, Please track for country.
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Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve Previously only available on CD, but now part of the Vinyl Me, Please anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock. Hancock and Shorter played together in the Miles Davis Quintet circa 1964-1968 Beautiful vinyl pressing, mastering, and packaging – not sure if this will later be available outside…
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Perth County Conspiracy, The Perth County Conspiracy, 1970 on CBC Radio Canada Transcription.
Perth County Conspiracy, The Perth County Conspiracy, 1970 on CBC Radio Canada Transcription. Sometimes known as “Perth County Conspiracy (does not exist)” – great name for a psychedelic follk band. Canadian group in the late 60s/early 70s, apparently living on a commune in Ontario. Great covers of Donovan’s Hurdy Gordy Man, Smokey Robinson’s If You…
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The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 on Apple Records.
The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 on Apple Records. I’ve got a 1969 pressing (this one), an early 80s Capitol reissue, and the 2019 fiftieth anniversary edition. In so many ways this album taught me what music could be and do, at a very young age, and still holds up as fresh today.