Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, 1958 on Atlantic. My copy is a 1977 reissue with the Rockefeller Plaza address. Classic collaboration
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.
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,…
Tom Tom Club, Downtown Rockers, 2012 on Nacional / Tip Top. Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth with guests Natalie and Elliot Bergman on two tracks and Dickie Landry on…
Vic Chesnutt, Little, 1990 on Texas Hotel. My copy is the 2017 New West reissue with bonus tracks (which sounds awesome). Chesnutt’s debut album, produced by Michael Stipe…
Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise. My copy is from the 2022 @vinylmeplease anthology Story of Quincy Jones, as he was the arranger and conductor…
Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals, The Night Time is the Right Time, 1976 on Springboard. Live recordings from Club a’Gogo in Newcastle UK, from 1963. First released…
Pinetop Perkins, Live at Antone’s Vol. 1, 2000 on Antone’s Records. My copy is the 2xLP reissue from 2015 through New West Records. Great live blues recorded in…
The Notorious B.I.G., Ready To Die, 1994 on Bad Boy. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, with notes by Tyler Barstow and artwork by BrĂ¡ulio…
Black Pumas, Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition), 2021 on ATO Records. Originally a 2019 album, this deluxe edition adds bonus tracks including a cover of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car,…
Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 1998 on Mercury. My copy is the Music on Vinyl reissue from 2014 which is a great release. Another album…
Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979 on Columbia. 2018 remaster reissue on 180g vinyl – sounds fantastic. Came to me via Amazon’s “The Golden Era” subscription club which I…
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Strikes, 1962 on Vee Jay Records. My copy is a 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue One of two 60s Lightnin’ Hopkins albums by this title…
A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory, 1991 on Jive. Tribe were part of the Native Tongues collective, with De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and Jungle Brothers. Busta…