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Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan, Two of a Mind, 1962 on RCA Victor.

Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan, Two of a Mind, 1962 on RCA Victor. Mine’s actually the 2016 reissue by Org Music, which is a Pallas pressing and sounds…

Snide Rhythms, self-titled, 2012 on The Bonjour Branch.

Snide Rhythms, self-titled, 2012 on The Bonjour Branch. Picked this up at Paradise Palms in Edinburgh late last year, mostly just because of the cover. What a great…

Patterson Hood, Killers and Stars, 2004 on New West

Patterson Hood, Killers and Stars, 2004 on New West Originally recorded in 2001 and released in 2004; released on vinyl in 2014. Picked this up before the holidays…

Fleetwood Mac, self-titled, 1975 on Reprise.

Fleetwood Mac, self-titled, 1975 on Reprise. Mine’s a 1977 pressing – sound is great. This is their second self-titled, and the first with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks…

The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl, 1984 on Sire.

The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl, 1984 on Sire. Third Pretenders studio album, recorded after the deaths of James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon. Middle of the Road, Chain Gang,…

13th Floor Elevators, Fire In My Bones, 1985 on Texas Archive Recordings.

13th Floor Elevators, Fire In My Bones, 1985 on Texas Archive Recordings. Side: A live from the “Sump N’ Else” TV show (Dallas, 1966). Side B a mix…

The Lone Bellow, self-titled, 2013 on Descendant Records

The Lone Bellow, self-titled, 2013 on Descendant Records Debut album from Brooklyn Americana/alt-country trio Via In Your Ear, Allston

UB40, Signing Off, 1980 on Graduate Records.

UB40, Signing Off, 1980 on Graduate Records. Opens with “Tyler” (about Gary Tyler, sentenced to death at 17 in Louisiana, who served 41 years before being released in…

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…

Blondie, Parallel Lines, 1978 on Chrysalis.

Blondie, Parallel Lines, 1978 on Chrysalis. Their third full length, with: Hanging On the Telephone, One Way Or Another, Heart of Glass. Via Academy Records

Tom Morello The Nightwatchman, World Wide Rebel Songs, 2011 on New West

Tom Morello The Nightwatchman, World Wide Rebel Songs, 2011 on New West Would have been great to see Tom Morello and Rage Against the Machine at Boston Calling…

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…

Guadalcanal Diary, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man, 1984 on DB Records

Guadalcanal Diary, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man, 1984 on DB records. My copy is the 1985 repressing on Elektra. Murray Attaway, Jeff Wallls (who passed…

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Preservation Hall Initiative have set up a way to…

Art Tatum, The Essential Art Tatum, 1962 on Verve

Art Tatum, The Essential Art Tatum, 1962 on Verve Tatum died in 1956, these recordings are from sessions in 1953, 1954, and 1956 Via Listen Up Music in…

Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses), The Low Highway, 2013 on New West

Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses), The Low Highway, 2013 on New West Including Allison Moorer Steve Earle’s new album, Ghosts of West Virginia, is out today

The Young Snakes, Bark Along With The Young Snakes, 1982 on Ambiguous Records.

The Young Snakes, Bark Along With The Young Snakes, 1982 on Ambiguous Records. Aimee Mann , Douglas Vargas, and Michael Evans. Extra credit for a pre-internet cat meme…

Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World.

Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World. No self-respecting Mod would be without at least one Small Faces record. Track A6, which is supposed to be “What’s…

Koerner, Ray & Glover; Blues, Rags and Hollees, 1963 on Elektra.

Koerner, Ray & Glover; Blues, Rags and Hollees, 1963 on Elektra. My copy is a 1969/1970 repressing, and the outer sleeve has seen better days but the record’s…

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…