Tag: vinylfinds

  • Session at Riverside, 1957 on Capitol

    Session at Riverside, 1957 on Capitol

    Follow up (of sorts) to 1956’s “Session at Midnight” recorded in Hollywood – this one recorded at the Riverside Plaza ballroom in New York. A dozen top jazzmen join forces in a free-and-easy session that swings solidly all the way Bill Coss (liner notes) Players include Coleman Hawkins, Jerry Jerome, Earl Warren, Charlie Shavers, Dave…

  • The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers, 2005 on Heavenly / Capitol

    The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers, 2005 on Heavenly / Capitol

    The debut self-titled album from The Magic Numbers, which came out in 2005 on Capitol in the US, but on Heavenly in the UK and EMI in other parts of the world. My copy is a 2020 reissue by Heavenly / [PIAS] for Record Store Day, on clear vinyl with a bonus 7″ single. The…

  • Go-Gos, Talk Show, 1984 on I.R.S. Records

    Go-Gos, Talk Show, 1984 on I.R.S. Records

    Third and final LP of their glorious 80s run, with Head Over Heels and Turn To You. Found my copy at a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell.

  • Deodato / Airto, In Concert, 1974 on CTI.

    Deodato / Airto, In Concert, 1974 on CTI.

    Brazilian Jazz greats Eumir Deodato and Airto Moreira, recorded at Madison Square Garden April 20th, 1973. That’s the Steely Dan “Do It Again.” Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Found this copy in a local thrift shop – not sure what happened to the copy I had growing up but lost somewhere along the way –…

  • Les McCann & Eddie Harris, Swiss Movement, 1969 on Atlantic

    Les McCann & Eddie Harris, Swiss Movement, 1969 on Atlantic

    McCann & Harris recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Donald Dean (drums), and Benny Bailey (trumpet). The single “Compared To What” became a big hit. My copy (from a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA) is a mid-70s repress as it has the 75 Rockefeller Plaza address…

  • Herbie Hancock, Quartet, 1982 on Columbia

    Herbie Hancock, Quartet, 1982 on Columbia

    Hancock with Ron Carter on Bass, Tony Williams on Drums, and Wynton Marsalis on Trumpet – recorded in 1981 at CBS Sony Studios in Tokyo. Great versions of ‘Round Midnight, Parade. A “digital recording” then mastered back to vinyl – I don’t necessarily seek those out but have a few from the 80s Via a…

  • Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2

    Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2

    1971 Tamla compilation – mine’s a mid-70s era reissue. There was a first “Greatest Hits” in 1968, and many many more to follow. I acquired this as part of an Everything But The House lot – great find.

  • Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline, 1969 on Columbia

    Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline, 1969 on Columbia

    Produced by Bob Johnston, liner notes by Johnny Cash – Dylan plays here with Nashville musicians including Bob Wilson, Charlie Daniels, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, Norman Blake, and Pete Drake. Via Mill No. 5 record fair

  • Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros.

    Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros.

    Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, 1979 on Warner Bros. Said to have been the first digitally recorded major label album in popular music – 3M 33 track digital machine.

  • Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes, Come Together, 1970 on Liberty.

    Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes, Come Together, 1970 on Liberty.

    Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes, Come Together, 1970 on Liberty. Great time capsule release from a great year in music. The title tune but also covers of I Want To Take You Higher and Honky Tonk Women, plus some very 1970 original “Ike” songs like Young and Dumb, Too Much Woman (For a…

  • John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records.

    John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records.

    John Mayall, The Blues Alone, 1967 on London Records. Drums on some tracks from Kerf Hartley otherwise all Mayall.

  • Tom Petty, Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions), 2021 on Warner Records.

    Tom Petty, Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions), 2021 on Warner Records.

    Tom Petty, Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions), 2021 on Warner Records. Standalone 2x LP of tracks that were previously in the 9 LP super deluxe Wildflowers & All the Rest. Via a Mill No. 5 record bazaar.

  • The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor.

    The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor.

    The Jam, Beat Surrender, 1982 on Polydor. The final Jam single, here the 12″ US EP version, with covers of thr Chi-Lites “Stoned out of My Mind”, Curtis Mayfield’s “Move on Up” and Edwin Starr’s “War” Via Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain

  • Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 on Sire.

    Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 on Sire.

    Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 on Sire. Second LP (following Talking Heads ’77). Such a great record – Stay Hungry, For Artists Only (“I don’t have to prove that I am creative”), that cover of Take Me To The River – part of peak era TH Via Mystic Disc in CT

  • Jimmy Reed, Let The Bossman Speak!, 1971 on Blues on Blues.

    Jimmy Reed, Let The Bossman Speak!, 1971 on Blues on Blues.

    Jimmy Reed, Let The Bossman Speak!, 1971 on Blues on Blues. Blues on Blues was a label founded and run by Al Smith out of Chicago – this was the second LP released on the label

  • Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia.

    Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia.

    Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 on Columbia. My pressing in an early 70s reissue (based on the labels). Wonderful early folkie Dylan with Chimes of Freedom, It Ain’t Me Babe, All I Really Want To Do, and My Back Pages. Found via a record fair at Mill No. 5

  • Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn.

    Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn.

    Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, & Wardelll Grey, Tenors Anyone?, 1958 on Dawn. My copy is a 1980 reissue on Biograph Great compilation

  • The Woodentops, Wooden Foot Cops On The Highway, 1988 on Columbia / Rough Trade.

    The Woodentops, Wooden Foot Cops On The Highway, 1988 on Columbia / Rough Trade.

    The Woodentops, Wooden Foot Cops On The Highway, 1988 on Columbia / Rough Trade. Second LP from UK band with Bernie Worrell joining on Clavinet