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The Cure, Hang On a Second, 2023 on Mind Control

Another bootleg claiming to be from an FM broadcast, this one features The Cure at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle Washington, from October 21, 1984. (It’s actually from…

The Cure, I Hear No Sound: Live at De Melkweg, Amsterdam Dec 12, 1979, 2024 on Dear Boss.

Live bootleg from late 1979, right before recording Seventeen Seconds. De Melkweg – you can find some of the same show on the Internet Archive: The Cure Live…

The Cars, Panorama, 1980 on Elektra

This was the third studio LP from Boston band The Cars, situated between Candy-O and Shake It Up. Includes “Touch and Go.” An underappreciated album in The Cars’…

Leo Kottke, 6-and 12-String Guitar, 1969 on Takoma

Kottke’s second album, following 12-String Blues, and what would become reportedly the best-selling LP on John Fahey’s Takoma Records. Writing his own liner notes, Kottke writes “All that…

U2, The Joshua Tree Singles: Remastered & Live, 2017 on Island Records

Another fan club release, for subscribers to U2.com, this was pressed in 2017, and features four of the singles from The Joshua Tree, each with one remastered studio…

Norah Jones, Day Breaks, 2016 on Blue Note

Sixth studio album from Norah Jones, and the only one so far I’ve managed to locate on vinyl (I’ve been looking). Produced by Eli Wolf and Jones, and…

Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, Dylan & The Dead, 1989 on Columbia

Recorded live in July 1987 during the six-city tour of that summer. While the shows from that tour typically had a first set of Dead material followed by…

The Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa, 1969 on Warner Bros

This was the third studio LP from The Grateful Dead, and was one of the first albums recorded in 16 tracks on an Ampex MM-1000. It was remixed…

Leo Kottke, Guitar Music, 1981 on Chrysalis

Eleventh (?) LP from Kottke, a solo outing instrumental style. Recorded at Sound 80 in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Includes a cover of Ry Cooder’s Available Space”…

U2, Live “Under a Blood Red Sky, ” 1983 on Island

I always thought of this as recorded at Red Rocks in Colorado, but with additional tracks from the Orpheum in Boston (“11 O’Clock Tick Tock”) and Rockpalast in…

Steve Earle, Someday, 1987 on MCA

12-inch single with a presskit from 1987 – after the March 1986 release of Guitar Town. This was the second single from the debut album – including a…

Shawn Colvin, Uncovered, 2015 on Fantasy

This is actually at least Colvin’s second album of covers, ~20 years after she put out Cover Girl (1994). Some well known tunes here – Paul Simon’s “American…

Billy Bragg, Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy, 30th Anniversary Edition, 2022 on Cooking Vinyl

Record Store Day 2022 release on Cooking Vinyl, combining the original Spy Vs. Spy EP from 1983 with a live set at Union Chapel London June 5th 2013….

Monday, October 31st, 2022

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022

Monday, October 17th, 2022 – Moment of Zen

Moment of Zen

Steve Cropper, Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales, 2011 on 439 Records.

Steve Cropper, Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales, 2011 on 439 Records. Great random find via the Record Exchange in Salem – guests include Steve Winwood, Betty…

Tuesday, September 27th, 2022

Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 – Salem Harbor in Fog

Thursday, September 8th, 2022 – Salem Harbor