Tag: Reissue
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Grateful Dead, Europe ’72, 1972 on Warner Bros.
Grateful Dead, Europe ’72, 1972 on Warner Bros. 3xLPs of brilliance: China Cat -> I Know You Rider, Brown Eyed Women, Hurts Me Too. that closing Morning Dew, a 13 minute Truckin’. I’ve had this on tape and then CD, but this is my first vinyl copy via the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology release
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Chet Baker Sextet, Chet Is Back!, 1962 on RCA Victor.
Chet Baker Sextet, Chet Is Back!, 1962 on RCA Victor. As the barcode on the rear cover suggests, my copy is a reissue from 2012 by Org Music Chet Baker, Benoit Quersin, Daniel Humair, René Thomas, Amedeo Tommasi, and Bobby Jaspar 180g pressing by Schallplattenfabrik Pallas in Germany
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S. Carey, All We Grow, 2010 on Jagjaguwar
S. Carey, All We Grow, 2010 on Jagjaguwar My copy is the 10th anniversary edition from 2020 S. Cary’s debut album (he was a drummer / vocalists for Bon Iver and has worked on many other projects) via Secretly Society
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Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End Of Day, 2009 on Universal Motown.
Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End Of Day, 2009 on Universal Motown. Vinyl Me, Please reissue of Kid Cudi’s major label debut – still sounds super fresh in 2021. Much love for a hip hop artist sampling OMD, Tom Petty, Lady GaGa, and Jay-Z
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Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead, 1970 on Warner Bros.
Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead, 1970 on Warner Bros. Another classic Grateful Dead release – feels like a greatest hits compilation from 2020 POV but was just another release back in 1970: Uncle John’s Band, Dire Wolf, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones, Speedway Boogie. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story of the…
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Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die?, 2005 on Sugar Hill Records
Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die?, 2005 on Sugar Hill Records Last in a series of three Craft Recordings reissues i got recently – thanks @10upteam for the work anniversary gift. What a wonderful sounding release and quality pressing
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Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970 on Warner Bros.
Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970 on Warner Bros. This copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology (The Story Of The Grateful Dead) but I’ve been a huge fan of the album since I first heard it in the early eighties. So many beautiful tunes here. I also love the psychedelic jam band version of…
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Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records.
Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records. Produced by Alison Krauss Another wonderful reissue from Craft Recordings on two 45rpm records.
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Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records
Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records When I first started hearing about Nickel Creek I thought they were somehow related to Nickelback. I should have paid more attention, as it means I’m coming late to how great they were (and are!). I’m actually finding them via Sara Watkins’ work with I’m With Her…
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Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic
Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic Jewel’s 1995 major label debut – this was on endless loop in the late 90s for my wife and I (grad school). My copy is the 4 LP 25th Anniversary Edition issued by Craft Recordings which is very well-crafted package and pressing. (Some of the records had a…
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No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope.
No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995 on Trauma Records / Interscope. My copy is a 2014 reissue. Trauma was an indie label out of LA that made a deal with Interscope and was later acquired by them Tragic Kingdom was the second Interscope full length from No Doubt and their third full length (after Beacon Street…
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Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959 on Atlantic.
Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959 on Atlantic. My copy is a 1962 pressing in mono – sounds great. Can’t go wrong with Ray Charles via Antiques on Elm
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Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve
Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both were founded by Norman Grantz). My copy is actually a 1979 reissue by the Book of the Month Club, which had an audio offshoot for a time.…
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The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA.
The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on tricolor vinyl with a print by Cynthia Alfonso I don’t have a lot of 90s and aughts vinyl that isn’t reissued – a down time in the production of quality vinyl and in my purchasing of it…
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Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO My copy is the @vinylmeplease classics reissue from 2020, pressed at from lacquers cut at @sterlingsound I only wish Hathaway had lived to make dozens more albums. This was his first release though he worked at Curtom records and did session recordings “Tryin’ Times” and a great…
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Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside.
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside. Mine’s the 2020 @vinylmeplease reissue with the spine labeled “Hawkins Files High” which sounds like he overpays his taxes (or just does them while under the influence?)
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Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records.
Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records. Mine’s a 2015 reissue by Fat Possum pressed at Memphis Vinyl with lacquers cut at Nashville Record Productions In addition to the title cut, includes How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (by the Bee Gees). Via Rough Trade
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Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 1975 on Preservation Hall records.
Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 1975 on Preservation Hall records. My copy is a 1976 reissue with lacquers cut at Trutone Mastering Labs. Recorded at what was the the relatively new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1964 “Technical assistance” credit for an Earl Eckman, no relation so far as I know, even…
