Tag: vinyl me please
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Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia.
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia. “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash” Great reissue as the initial record in Vinyl Me, Please track for country.
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Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve Previously only available on CD, but now part of the Vinyl Me, Please anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock. Hancock and Shorter played together in the Miles Davis Quintet circa 1964-1968 Beautiful vinyl pressing, mastering, and packaging – not sure if this will later be available outside…
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Grateful Dead, Terrapin Station, 1977 on Arista.
Grateful Dead, Terrapin Station, 1977 on Arista. I’ve got a 1977 pressing and this recent reissue by Vinyl Me, Please from the Story of the Grateful Dead anthology
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Grateful Dead, Europe ’72, 1972 on Warner Bros.
Grateful Dead, Europe ’72, 1972 on Warner Bros. 3xLPs of brilliance: China Cat -> I Know You Rider, Brown Eyed Women, Hurts Me Too. that closing Morning Dew, a 13 minute Truckin’. I’ve had this on tape and then CD, but this is my first vinyl copy via the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology release
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Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End Of Day, 2009 on Universal Motown.
Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End Of Day, 2009 on Universal Motown. Vinyl Me, Please reissue of Kid Cudi’s major label debut – still sounds super fresh in 2021. Much love for a hip hop artist sampling OMD, Tom Petty, Lady GaGa, and Jay-Z
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Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead, 1970 on Warner Bros.
Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead, 1970 on Warner Bros. Another classic Grateful Dead release – feels like a greatest hits compilation from 2020 POV but was just another release back in 1970: Uncle John’s Band, Dire Wolf, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones, Speedway Boogie. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story of the…
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Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970 on Warner Bros.
Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970 on Warner Bros. This copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology (The Story Of The Grateful Dead) but I’ve been a huge fan of the album since I first heard it in the early eighties. So many beautiful tunes here. I also love the psychedelic jam band version of…
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Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner.
Grateful Dead, Live / Dead, 1969 on Warner. My copy is from the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story Of The Grateful Dead. Dark Star, Saint Stephen, Death Don’t Have No Mercy – so much early greatness on this 2 LP set
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Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista.
Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease anthology, The Story Of The Grateful Dead, on red and blue vinyl. One of my two favorite albums titled Reckoning, this is the acoustic Grateful Dead from the Warfield and Radio City Music Hall taped in 1980
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Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on Verve
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on @ververecords Classic Billie – first on Clef in 1956, then on Verve My copy is a 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue pressed by Record Technology and artwork by Laura Tinald
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The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA.
The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on tricolor vinyl with a print by Cynthia Alfonso I don’t have a lot of 90s and aughts vinyl that isn’t reissued – a down time in the production of quality vinyl and in my purchasing of it…
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Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista
Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista I’ve got an original 1990 vinyl copy and this Vinyl Me, Please Anthology copy from 2020. Great version of “Eyes of the World” with Branford Marsalis and a China Cat -> Rider plus a Help -> Slipknot -> Franklin’s Very much the Dead I got a chance…
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Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO My copy is the @vinylmeplease classics reissue from 2020, pressed at from lacquers cut at @sterlingsound I only wish Hathaway had lived to make dozens more albums. This was his first release though he worked at Curtom records and did session recordings “Tryin’ Times” and a great…
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Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside.
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside. Mine’s the 2020 @vinylmeplease reissue with the spine labeled “Hawkins Files High” which sounds like he overpays his taxes (or just does them while under the influence?)
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Erykah Badu, Mama’s Gun, 2000 on Motown.
Erykah Badu, Mama’s Gun, 2000 on Motown. Socially conscious hip hop from the turn into the new millennium. My copy is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, which is just beautifully done.
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Gábor Szabó, Dreams, 1968 on Skye Records.
Gabor Szabo, Dreams, 1968 on Skye Records. My copy is a 2020 reissue on Modern Harmonic through Vinyl Me, Please – fabulous pressing by QRP. Szabó was a Hungarian guitarist and attended Berklee College
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Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite, 1958 on Riverside.
Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite, 1958 on Riverside. Another excellent Vinyl Me, Please reissue from September 2020 via Craft Recordings Pressed at QRP from lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
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Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997 on Dedicated / Arista.
Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997 on Dedicated / Arista. This copy is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue – the packaging of this album feels just as fresh today as it did in 1997, including the pharmaceutical guidance insert with potential side effects