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Simply Red, Men and Women, 1987 on Elektra. Follow up to Picture Book, with “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,” “I Won’t Feel Bad,” and “The Right Thing,.” Didn’t…
ZZ Top, El Loco. 1981 on Warner Brothers. I think this was my first exposure to ZZ Top – love the grooves
Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO Not to be confused with the original debut self-titled…
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, What Is There To Say?, 1959 on Columbia Mulligan is one of my favorites from the cool jazz era – he played with Miles Davis,…
John Grant, Queen of Denmark, 2010 on Bella Union. Honestly I’ve yet to find anything John Grant has done that I haven’t loved, so was very happy to…
Townes Van Zandt, In The Beginning . . . , 2003 on TV2 My copy is a 2010 vinyl issue on Fat Possum – the 2003 release was…
Dr. John, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981 on Clean Cuts. Dr. John used “Mac Rebennack” for his writing credits (or Mac Rebennack used Dr. John for some…
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Reunion with Chet Baker, 1958 on World Pacific. Mine’s a late 60s reissue on Pacific Jazz Records with liner notes from 1962
Various Artists, Wilcovered, 2020 on Renew Records Record Store Day release on vinyl of what came as a CD with the November 2019 Uncut Magazine Courtney Barnett, Cate…
Ben & Ellen Harper, Childhood Home, 2014 on Prestige Folklore. I first heard Ben & Ellen play on a bootleg from Bridges Auditorium in Claremont CA (she manages…
Human League, Lebanon, 1984 on Virgin. 12″ single with an extended Lebanon om the A side and “Thirteen” plus an instrumental version on the B side EMI Records…
Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum, Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef. The last in an 11 LP series on Clef from 1953-54. This copy is from the…
Elle King, Shake the Spirit, 2018 on RCA. King’s followup to Love Stuff – solid album that avoids the curse of the sophomore slump.
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…
U2, The Unforgettable Fire, 1984 on Island Soundtrack to much of my adolescence – big shift for the band after Boy->October->War and Under a Blood Red Sky Produced…
Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve. My copy is a later “Polygram Classics” reissue – runout etchings and Polygram Classics markings suggest 1983 or…
Laura Marling, song For Our Daughter, 2020 on Chrysalis / Partisan Records. Such a beautiful record that came out this summer. Marling’s seventh studio release, co-produced by Marling…
Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, 1986 on Def Jam / Columbia. Mine’s a 2016 reissue (30th anniversary) 180g on Def Jam / UMG Reissue sounds great – No…
Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia. My copy is a 1958 pressing with the six-eye red Columbia deep-groove label. Great rendition of Bewitched Via Mystery Train…
The Deer, Do No Harm, 2019 on Keeled Scales (distributed by Secretly Distribution) Austin TX indie folk with a great album title for our vegan household: Do No…