Tag: Salem MA
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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. One of those releases where I know every word in sequence – Man in the Iron Mask, A New England, Milkman of Human Kindness, The Busy Girl…
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Monday, October 31st, 2022
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
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Monday, October 17th, 2022 – Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen
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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 LaVette, BB King, Lucinda Williams, John Popper, Delbert McClinton, Dylan LeBlanc, Sharon Jones, Buddy Miller, Shemekia Copeland, Brian May. Produced by Jon Tiven
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 – Salem Harbor in Fog
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022 – Salem Harbor
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022 – North Shore Pride
Gunpowder Gelatine (Queen Cover Band) at North Shore Pride:
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Saturday, January 8th, 2022
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Pretenders, Extended Play, 1981 on Sire.
Pretenders, Extended Play, 1981 on Sire. Label’s a bit off center on this one (see photos). Extended Play came out six months before Pretenders II, but had Message of Love and Talk of the Town plus a live version of Precious from their debut album via Residency Records, Salem MA
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The Blasters, The Blasters, 1981 on Slash.
The Blasters, The Blasters, 1981 on Slash. Their second album but first on Slash records- Border Radio, American Music, Marie Marie. via Residency Records, Salem MA
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The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca.
The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca. My copy is an early 80s pressing on MCA labels – probably part of the Super Savers series of repressing of popular titles One of my favorites from the Who – Baba O’Reilly, Behind Blue Eyes, Won’t Get Fooled Again. via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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R.E.M., Life’s Rich Pageant, 1986 on I.R.S.
R.E.M., Life’s Rich Pageant, 1986 on I.R.S. Key soundtrack to my high school years – fourth full length from Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry, and Mike Mills. Fall on Me, Cuyahoga, Swan Swan H, even the closer which is a cover of a 1969 Clique single – not a bad note on this LP…
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The Ohio Players, Tenderness, 1981 on The Boardwalk Entertainment.
The Ohio Players, Tenderness, 1981 on The Boardwalk Entertainment. Later Ohio Players, after some of the founders departed – but still a solid disco era funk/soul LP Via Residency Records in Salem
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David Bowie, The Man Who Sold The World, 1970 on Mercury.
David Bowie, The Man Who Sold The World, 1970 on Mercury. My copy is on RCA/Victor, who reissued in 1972 with this black and white photo of Ziggy Stardust rather than the first US cover (Michael Weller’s illustration) or the initial UK cover (Bowie in the blue Michael Fish dress). This was the first Bowie…
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The Psychedelic Furs, Mirror Moves, 1984 on Columbia/CBS.
The Psychedelic Furs, Mirror Moves, 1984 on Columbia/CBS. This was the fourth LP from the Butler brothers and company – The Ghost In You, Heaven, Heartbeat. They’re out touring now – coming to the Cabot in Beverly in mid-November (sold out). Via The Record Exchange in Salem MA
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Sunday, October 17th, 2021
A three hour tour . . .