Tag: various artists
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Various Artists, History of British Blues (Volume One), 1973 on Sire
Various Artists, History of British Blues (Volume One), 1973 on Sire Great compilation I picked up at @mystery_train_records in Gloucester Includes Peter Green and John McVie with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers but also some lesser known folks
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Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records.
Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records. Follow up to the Old Grey Whistle Test sampler I posted a while back. Take Two is divided into a Great Britain record and United States of America record The UK one includes Dave Mason and Genesis but also Widowmaker, Camel,…
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Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony.
Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony. Songs created based on Johnny Cash’s poetry, letters, and lyrics set to music by contemporary artists. Love this compilation and the pressing & packaging.
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Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time.
Various Artists, The Big Time Syndrome, 1987 on Big Time. Label sampler with Love and Rockets, Alex Chilton, Dumptruck, Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Dream Syndicate, Redd Kross, The Pastels, Exploding White Mice, Love Tractor, The Lucy Show, and Boston’s own Christmas Love label samplers and this one I’ve had since 1987
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Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records.
Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records. Great soundtrack – Nina Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers, Lloyd Cole, Thomas Mapfumo, Toots Hibbert doing “Spiritual Healing,” Les Negresses Vertes, Etta James Not sure I remember the movie but the soundtrack is still with me
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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace.
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace. Compilation covering 1978-1984, really mostly focused on 1979-1982 – critical years in the early “new” synthesizer era: Human League, Soft Cell, The Teardrop Explodes, China Crisis, OMD – lots of gems here
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Joni 75 – A Birthday Celebration, 2019 on Decca.
Joni 75 – A Birthday Celebration, 2019 on Decca. Birthday concert forJoni Mitchell with Los Lobos, Chaka Khan, Rufus Wainwright, Diana Krall, Glen Hansard, James Taylor, Seal, Graham Nash, Brandi Carlile, Kris Kristofferson, Norah Jones, and Emmylou Harris From the Performing Arts Center of LA County
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Paste Samplers: Spring 2017 and Summer 2017.
Paste Samplers: Spring 2017 and Summer 2017. Love Bonnie Bishop’s “Ain’t Who I Was” and Courtney Barnett’s “Depreston” on the first, and Rhett Miller ‘s”Jesus Love You” and Ani DiFranco’s”Subdivision” on the second I miss Paste Magazine samplers
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Various Artists, Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, 2019 on Dualtone.
Various Aritsts, Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, 2019 on Dualtone. Three sided release (4th side is just an etching). Great collection of Tom Waits covers, including Aimee Mann, Courtney Marie Andrews and Phoebe Bridgers
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Various Artists, Bonnie 2ropical, Paradise Palms 2017.
Various Artists, Bonnie 2ropical, Paradise Palms 2017. Followup to Bonnie Tropical (2016) – on the house label of Paradise Palms – a bar/vegetarian cafe/record shop in Edinburgh. “A collection of tracks from acts near here”
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Now This Is Music, 1984 on EMI out of the Netherlands.
Now This Is Music, 1984 on EMI out of the Netherlands. First in a series of Dutch copilations which appeared between 1984 and 1989 – basically the Dutch version of “Now That’s What I Call Music” Great time capsule, with U2, Duran Duran, Queen, UB 40, but also Malcolm McLaren, Flying Pickets, Blue Nile and…
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Slash: The Early Sessions, 1983 on Slash Records.
Slash: The Early Sessions, 1983 on Slash Records. The Blasters, X, Rank and File, Violent Femmes, Fear, The Germs. Great cover art directed by Lou Beach. Via Planet Records in Cambridge
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Hootenanny, 1990 on Cooking Vinyl (UK)
Hootenanny, 1990 on Cooking Vinyl (UK). Label sampler with Bruce Cockburn, Boiled in Lead, Weddings Parties Anything, and the Colorblind James Experience and others. Cooking Vinyl is still an indie UK label Via Elvis Shakespeare in Edinburgh On my 50th birthday, an album from the year I turned 20.
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Single Releases 2010 Volume 2, 2011 on Third Man Records
Single Releases 2010 Volume 2, 2011 on Third Man Records Great compilation: Karen Elson , The Dead Weather, The Secret Sisters, Laura Marling (covering Needle and the Damage Done), Wanda Jackson
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Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers
Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers Label sampler, with 5 page booklet on the artists included. Tir Na Nog, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Buckley, Jesse Winchester, Arthur Conley, Captain Beefheart, The Section, James Taylor, America, Mickey Hart, Dion, The Incredible String Band, Bonnie Raitt, Alexis Korner & Snape, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull, Dick…
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Mutant Pop 78/79 on PVC Records, 1980
Mutant Pop 78/79 on PVC Records, 1980 Mekons, Scars, Human League, 2.3, The Flowers, Gang of Four. Collected singles from the Fast Product imprint out of Edinburgh
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Universal Love: Wedding Songs Re-imagined, 2018 on Legacy
Universal Love: Wedding Songs Re-imagined, 2018 on Legacy Partnership between Sony Music and MGM Resorts for 2018 – Bob Dylan, Ben Gibbard, St. Vincent, and Valerie June (plus others) “These performances make clear, above all, that all are welcome to love”
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No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M.
No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M. Translucent blue vinyl was a thing even in the seventies Squeeze, The Police, The Dickies, The Stranglers, Joe Jackson – great collection