Tag: vinylfinds
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Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Blue, 1968 on Capitol
My copy is a pressing on Pickwick/33, “by arrangement with Capitol Records” – not sure what year. (45 Worlds says 1971). These reissues only have 9 tracks where the original Capitol release had 11 – omitted are “I Taught Him Everything He Knows” and “Turn The World Around (The Other Way).” As the liner notes…
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Justin Townes Earle, Live at Grimey’s, September 4th, 2014, on BMG.
Though it was recorded in 2014, and released in 2015 on Vagrant Records, my copy is the 2023 Record Store Day reissue on BMG – two 45rpm records in blue vinyl. This was recorded the month Single Mothers was being released but also includes songs that would be on Absent Fathers My copy via Newbury…
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M. Ward, The End of Amnesia, 2001 on Future Farmer Recordings
M. Ward’s sophomore album, following up Duet for Guitars #2 – and what a wonderful album it is. My copy is a 20th anniversary reissue on vinyl from Jealous Butcher Records which sounds amazing. Future Farmer did release a vinyl edition in 2009 but this one is remastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering. Liner…
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The Time, Pandemonium, 1990 on Paisely Park
This was the fourth full length from Morris Day’s The Time, with Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir, and Jerome Benton (who delivers the mirror). The song “Donald Trump (Black Version)” resurfaced back in 2016 for obvious reasons, but otherwise it’s just a fun funk album about food and sex.
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David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, 1974 on RCA Victor
Bowie’s eighth studio album, recorded following the disbanding of the Spiders from Mars, working (again) with producer Tony Visconti. The recording band includes Tony Newman and Aynsley Dunbar on Drums, Herbie Flowers on Bass, Mike Garson on Keyboards, and Bowie (credited only by last name) playing guitar, saxes, moog, and mellotron. The cover painting is…
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Donovan, Catch the Wind, 1965 on Hickory
Donovan’s debut, this LP was titled “What’s Bin Did And What’s Bin Hid” in the UK (and it seems like everywhere outside the US), but “Catch The Wind” in the US . It came out a bit later here and the single was already on the charts, so they wanted the LP title to match.…
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Conor Oberst, Ruminations, 2016 on Nonesuch
Oberst was hospitalized in 2015 in the middle of a tour for the punk band Desaparecidos, and this album was written and recorded in the recovery from that experience. It was recorded in Omaha in just two days, with Ben Brodin as Engineer, Mike Mogis doing the mixing, and Bob Ludwig mastering. My copy is…
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R.E.M., Dead Letter Office, 1987 on IRS Records
Divded into a “Post” side and a “Script” side, this was one of my favorite R.E.M. releases of the 80s, with the unofficial subtitle from the rear cover: “We do sountracks, a virtuous compost, Being a Compendium Of Oddities Collared and B-sides compiled.” “Voice of Harold” was a completely different vocal improvised over the track…
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Leon Russell, Leon Russell and the Shelter People, 1971 on Shelter Records
There’s been a resurgence of interest in Leon Russell lately, with a tribute album (A Song For Leon) and a biography (Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock & Roll History) both out this spring. I’ve been a fan for a long time – “A Song for You” (especially the Donny…
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The Alarm, Equals, 2018 on The Twenty First Century Recording Company
The Alarm joined here by Billy Duffy from the Cult. The Twenty First Century Recording Company was set up by Mike Peters back in the 90s. The Alarm have actually put out six records since 2011, though I’ve not followed them as closely as I did back in their heyday in the 80s. They are…
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Various Artists, 89.3 The Current, 2005 on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR 116)
Great compilation of recordings made in the studios of Minnesota Public Radio. The Current is the branded name for KCMP, 89.3, and was created when MPR bought WCAL-FM, the college station at St. Olaf, in 2004. So I guess this release was partially celebrating the roll out of The Current. Lots of great things here,…
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Modern English, After the Snow, 1982 on Sire
This was Modern English’s second album, following Mesh & Lace, and had the massive hit “I Melt With You” which I think was so iconic in the early 80s. Doesn’t always fare well in reviews – Melt With You is definitely the stand out on the album, but I actually really like the whole thing.…
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Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, So Far, 1974 on Atlantic
I didn’t realize until many years later this was a compilation album – basically [Greatest Hits] So Far because I was coming to their music so many years later. Wikipedia tells me (and i believe them) that the 11 tracks here represent 50% of what the band had put out at that point, as studio…
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Desmond Dekker, The Israelites, 1969 on Pyramid
The title track was top 10 both in the UK and in the US in 1969, making Dekker one of the most visible early stars of reggae outside Jamaica. My copy is a 2016 mono reissue through BMG, reproducing the Pyramid label from the 1969 UK release. Via Reykjavik Record Shop in Iceland.
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Bonny Light Horseman, Rolling Golden Holy, 2022 on 37d03d
The sophomore album from Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman, joined here by Mike Lewis, and JT Bates. (Does this make BLH technically a supergroup, given all those three do outside this trio?) My copy via Secretly Society – this was the December 2022 release
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Bonnie Bishop, Ain’t Who I Was, 2016 on Plan BB
I first heard the title track of this album on a Paste Sampler from 2017 so was happy to find the LP (produced by Dave Cobb) at Dyno Records in Newburyport. Here she is performing it at the Paste Studios: Bishop is from Austin TX (but may now be in Nashville?) and has been putting…
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Andrew Bird, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, 2005 on Righteous Babe / Grimsey
The original came out in the US on Ani Di Franco’s Righteous Babe Records, but my copy is a later reissue on Stillwater Minnesota’s Grimsey Records. Andrew Bird is a great, eclectic, constantly interesting musician – I first came across him in the Squirrel Nut Zippers but he’s had a great, long, and compelling solo…
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Various Artists, Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture, 1984 on Columbia
So in 1984 I’d have thought myself too cool for the Footloose soundtrack: Kenny Logins and Deniece Williams? But I also would have secretly loved it (as I do now unashamedly): the title track, Let’s Hear It For The Boy, Holding Out For A Hero, Dancing In The Sheets, and Almost Paradise. My copy via…