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Boiled in Lead, From the Ladle to the Grave, 1989 on Atomic Theory. Minneapolos based band doing Celtic, folk, world music. Oh, the microorganism . . . Feels…
Stray Cats, Built For Speed, 1982 on EMI America. This was their US debut, built from two earlier UK releases. Brian Setzer of course went on to a…
Robert Plant, Now and Zen, 1988 on Es Paranza Records. Es Paranza was a boutique label for Plant’s solo work Two tracks with Jimmy Page. My copy did…
The Alarm, self-titled EP, 1983 on IRS Records. The Alarm are out on tour in 2020 and Mike Peters is doing a show (Mike Peters Presents The Alarm…
After yesterday’s pre-Jerry Harrison Talking Heads, some solo work: Jerry Harrison, The Red And The Black, 1981 on Sire Nona Hendryx , Bernie Worrell, Adrian Belew and other…
Talking Heads, The CBS Demos, from 1975. (Unofficial) This is a fantastic bootleg of the pre-Jerry Harrison Talking Heads showing just how great they were out of the…
Van Halen, Women and Children First, 1980 on Warner Brothers. I didn’t really discover VH until 1984, with Panama, but then went back to the earlier albums including…
Crazy Heart, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2010 on New West Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett, Jeff Bridges, plus songs from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Buck Owens, and Kitty Wells. “It’s funny…
U2, Songs of Experience, 2017 2xLP on Island Records. I’ve been a committed U2 fan since the early 80s – discovered them in the War / Under A…
Simply Red, Picture Book, 1985 on Elektra. This is such a solidly great debut album – Mick Hucknall, Toney Bowers, Chris Joyce, Tim Kellett, Sylvan Richardson, and Fritz…
Blood, Sweat & Tears, self-titled, 1968 on Columbia. Released after Al Kooper’s departure, with David Clayton-Thomas in the lead vocal role. Has the hits Spinning Wheel, You’ve Made…
Sir Paul McCartney, Pipes of Peace – originally 1983 on Parlophone. My copy is a 2015 “Barnes & Noble Exclusive” pressing on Concord that came with a second…
Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers. Rumours and Tusk get all the attention (and are great) but I really dig this one too –…
Faces, A Nod Is As Good As. A Wink . . . TO a Blind Horse, 1971 on Warner Brothers. After Steve Marriott left Small Faces (to form…
Jim James, Tribute To 2, 2017 on ATO records. Frontman of My Morning Jacket, sequel to his first covers album Tribute To. Got this in a 50% off…
The Police, Reggatta De Blanc, 1980 on A&M. Via Metro City Records in Manchester NH. Love this even more now than ~40 years ago
Rush, self-titled debut, 1974. (Mine’s a 1981 repressing on Mercury). With John Rutsey on drums, before Neil Peart joined.