Tag: vinyl
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B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe
B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe Records (a subsidiary of ABC/Dunhill). Look at that list of players! Alexis Korner, Bill Perkins, Klaus Voorman, Ringo Starr, Steve Marriott Via Flashback Records in London
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Iron & Wine, Beast Epic, 2017 on Sub Pop
Three sides (B-Side of record two is blank) of wonderful goodness. I could listen to Sam Beam’s voice all day. Picked up at Flashback London last year
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Tiny Desk Unit, 1980, on 9 1/2 x 16 records
Tiny Desk Unit recorded live at the 9:30 club opening night, May 31st 1980 NPR’s Bob Boilen on the synthesizer They recently reunited for the 9:30 club’s 30th anniversary – video is on Facebook. You can hear the album at http://bobboilen.info/live
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Love Tractor, Around the Bend, 1983 on DB
Love Tractor, Around the Bend, 1983 on DB Recs. Second album from a key band in the Athens GA alternative rock scene of the early 80s. Found this copy at Academy Records
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Neil Young, After the Gold Rush, 1970 on Reprise
1970’s After the Gold Rush, from one of my all time idols Neil Young, with Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, Danny Whitten, Greg Reeves. Guest backing vocals on “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” by Stephen Stills.
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Everything But the Girl, Self-Titled, 1984 on Sire
This was a US only release, taking cuts from their UK debut album, Eden, plus other singles. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt are both still active making wonderful music.
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Eurythmics, Revenge, 1986 on RCA
My copy is an italian pressing I got at Flashback London Always loved Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, apart or together
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Thompson Twins, Set, 1982 on T Records
Thompson Twins’ second album. In the US we didn’t get A Product Of and Set but instead got In the Name of Love, which was most of this album plus a few songs from the former.
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes, 1984 on Zang Tuum Tumb
Zang Tuum Tumb 12 ZTAS 3, 1984. Side A: Annihilation Side B: Surrender From Flashback London
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Dr. John, the night tripper, Gris-Gris, 1986 on ATCO.
Do you walk on guilded splinters? Dr. John, the Night Tripper, Gris-Gris (1968). Rhino Records 180g european reissue from 2013 via Honest Jon’s in London
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Daryl Hall and John Oates, Rock’N Soul Part 1, 1983.
European pressing of Hall & Oates’ 1983 greatest hits collection. Includes a 1984 calendar. From Flashback Records in London
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Eddy Grant, Walking On Sunshine, 1978.
Eddy Grant, Walking On Sunshine, 1978. Yes, that Eddy Grany (Electric Avenue); no, not that Walking on Sunshine (that was Katrina and the Waves).
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Lightnin’ Hopkins, Self-Titled, 1959 on Folkways.
Reissue by Vinyl Lovers on 180g vinyl Lightnin’ Hopkins 1959 self-titled
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World Party, Private Revolution, 1986, and The Waterboys, In A Pagan Place, 1984
Two great mid-eighties albums with Karl Wallinger Picked both up at Record Exchange in St. Louis this fall.
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Yesterday’s finds
Yesterday’s finds from Oldies in Newburyport, MA
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Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on Geffen
Nitzer Ebb “That Total Age,” 1987 on @geffenrecords (US pressing). Another from my own (meaning I’ve had it since the eighties and can’t recall where I got it). Without Nitzer Ebb there would be no Nine Inch Nails or so many other wonderful things.
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Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, United, 1967 on Tamla
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, from Tamla records, 1967. Mine is a repress from 2016 on 180g vinyl by Czech GZ Media but it sounds just as good as ever. From Sister Ray in Soho, London
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The Firm, self-titled, 1985
The Firm, self-titled debut from 1985 Post-zeppelin Jimmy Page with Paul Rodgers from Bad Company. “Satisfaction Gaurunteed” and “Radioactive” – but also a cover of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”