Tag: vinyl me please
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Freddie King, My Feeling for the Blues, 1970 on Cotillion
One of the “three kings” of the blues, this is King’s second album after signing with Atlantic (Cotillion is a subsidiary) before moving to Shelter records (Leon Russell’s label). My copy is a 2021 pressing from Vinyl Me, Please, with listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer and new lacquers cut from the original types by Ryan…
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Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel, 1974 on Reprise
My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, on what they call Turquoise Galaxy vinyl, with listening notes by Jonathan Bernstein. Released posthumously in 1974, with vocals by Emmylou Harris (with whom he’d been touring in 1973) and the TCB Band (Ronnie Tutt, James Burton, Emory Gordy, and Glen Hardin, plus pedal steel from…
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Missy Elliott, Under Construction, 2002 on Elektra / The Goldmind, Inc.
Originally released in 2002 – my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please 20th anniversary reissue from 2023 on “orange crush” vinyl. What a fantastic release – working with Timbaland and Nisan as producers, guests from Ludacris, Method Man, Jay-Z, Ms. Jade, Beyonce, TLC, and, on the remix of Work It, 50-Cent.
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Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, Afro, 1954 on Norgran Records
While this came out in 1954 on Norman Granz’s Norgran Records, my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2022, via UMG Recordings/Verve. When Granz formed Verve in 1956 he carried over the Norgran (and Clef) catalog. Verve then was sold to MGM in 1960, Polydor in 1972, and then became part of Universal…
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Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine, 2005 on Epic / Clean Slate
My copy is a 2022 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please. This was Apple’s third LP. The album was initially completed in 2003 with production by John Brion, but the label shelved it. Various tracks and versions started to leak online, but Apple went back into the studio and the record came out in 2005 with…
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AIR, Moon Safari, 1998 on Caroline/Source.
The debut album from AIR (labelled as “AIR French Band” on the cover – originally released on Source in France and Caroline in the US. My copy is a 2023 reissue on Parlophone via Vinyl Me, Please. (25th anniversary edition, with listening notes by Sophie Frances Kemp). Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin are the core…
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Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights, 2002 on Matador Records
Originally released in 2002, this was Interpol’s debut album (they had an EP out before this). My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on red vinyl. Includes original artwork by Nicholas Law. Recorded at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut.
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Beastie Boys, Check Your Head, 1992 on Capitol / Grand Royal
My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue 30th Anniversary Edition on Red Vinyl. Amazing to me that this is 30 years old but still sounds very fresh
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Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic.
Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959 on Atlantic. Coleman’s debut on Atlantic and his third LP. With Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. My copy is a 2022 mono reissue from Vinyl Me, Please
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Willie Neslon, Heroes, 2012 on Legacy / Yep Roc Records.
Willie Neslon, Heroes, 2012 on Legacy / Yep Roc Records. My copy is part of the Story of Willie Nelson anthology from @vinylmeplease Another great set from Willie and guests including Lukas Nelson but also Ray Price, Sheryl Crow, Billy Joe Shaver – even Snoop Dogg on “Roll Me Up” (and Smoke Me When I…
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Patsy Cline, Showcase, 1961 on Decca.
Patsy Cline, Showcase, 1961 on Decca. My copy is a 2022 reissue from Vinyl Me, Please I don’t think I knew her version of South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) but well known tracks here: Crazy (written by Willie Nelson), Walking After Midnight, I Fall To Pieces.
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raise the Roof, 2021 on Rounder Records.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raise the Roof, 2021 on Rounder Records. Long Awaited (by me at least) follow up to 2007’s Raising Sand. Got to see this tour in Boston at what is now Leader Bank Pavilion – great show, and great album. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please version but I think…
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Bill Withers, +’Justments, 1974 on Sussex.
Bill Withers, +’Justments, 1974 on Sussex. My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue with listening notes by Briana Younger Withers’ 3rd LP and last on Sussex before signing with Columbia.
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Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005 on Saddle Creek.
Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005 on Saddle Creek. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on Dead Oceans, which looks and sounds fantastic.
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Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M.
Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M. Amazing how much music in my collection Quincy Jones had a hand in – this is late 60s jazz/funk Quincy, with guests including Ray Brown, Toots Thielemens, Freddie Hubbard, and Valerie Simspon plus many others. My copy is from the 2022Vinyl Me, Please box set…
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Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy.
Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy. Emarcy is what you get when you pronounce MRC (Mercury Record Company). Arrangements by Quincy Jones, with Wynton Kelly, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Quinichette, Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Cobb, Keter Betts, and Cecil Payne. Great versions of My Old Flame, You Don’t Know What Love Is,…
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Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise.
Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise. My copy is from the 2022 @vinylmeplease anthology Story of Quincy Jones, as he was the arranger and conductor here, conducting the Count Basie Orchestra.
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The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia, 1995 on Delicious Vinyl.
The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia, 1995 on Delicious Vinyl. My copy in the @vinylmeplease reissue All about somethin’ that means somethin’