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Modest Mouse, The Lonesome Crowded West, 1997 on Up Records. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue with Glacial Pace Records. Beautiful pressing, great album –…
Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition via Craft Recordings from 2022. Don’t just stand there,…
Tiny Grimes / J.C. Higginbotham, Callin’ The Blues, 1958 on Prestige. With Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Ray Bryant, Wendell Mardhall, and Osie Johnson. 80s reissue as part of the…
Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous, 1958 on Sun Records. My copy is a 2015 reissue by Org Music – great pressing. Cash’s…
James Cotton, Mighty Long Time, 1991 on Antone’s. My copy is a 2015 New West reissue as a double LP with four bonus tracks. Great blues album, with…
The Clash, London Calling, 1979 on CBS/Epic. 2015 reissue by Columbia/Sony Music, sounds great. Feels appropriate today.
Donny Hathaway, Live, 1972 on ATCO. I’m a huge Donny Hathaway fan and am constantly on the hunt for original pressings, but this 2021 reissue sounds pretty great….
Doves, Some Cities, 2005 on Heavenly / EMI. My copy is a 2020 vinyl pressing. “In some cities there’s too much history coming down” Great LP co-produced by…
Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun, 1999 on Smekkleysa. Originally released in Iceland in 1999, in Europe in 2000, and in the US in 2001. My copy is the Vinyl…
Iris DeMent, Infamous Angel, 1992 on Philo. My copy is the 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please on Yep Roc I’ve long known some of these songs –…
Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen, 1989 on Tommy Boy. My copy is a 2018 reissue via Vinyl Me, Please on splatter vinyl Powerful debut album from Dana…
John Hiatt, Crossing Muddy Waters, 2000 on Vanguard. Came out in 2000 but first issued on vinyl in 2020 by New West (green/orange translucent split). It was also…
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa ’70, Afrodisiac, 1973 on Regal Zonophone. My copy is a 2016 reissue by Knitting Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, 1976 on Fantasy. Billed as “Featuring John Fogerty” and with the edited (shorter) version of Grapevine that would become a…
Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers, Chippin’ In, 1990 on Timeless. Originally released by Dutch label Timeless, my copy is a 2021 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please Recorded…
Teddy Pendergrass, Life is a Song Worth Singing, 1978 on Philadelphia International Records. My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue. His second solo LP after the…
Ella Fitzgerald, Ella, 1959 on Verve. This is a mid-seventies reissue of what was originally released in 1959 as “Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers” in a…
Tunde Mabadu, Viva Disco, 2018 on Mr. Bongo. Originally released by Afrodisia (which was started by Decca West Africa) in Nigeria in 1980, reissued by Mr. Bongo in…
Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book, 1959 on Verve. I love the “song book” albums from the fifties – [artist] plays the [composer] song…
Experience Unlimited, Free Yourself, 1977 on Black Fire Records. My copy is the 2019 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on Now-Again Records with custom artwork by Allen Jackson and…