Tag: vinylfinds
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Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records.
Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records. There are many versions of this comp – some 1LP as Vol 1 or Vol 2, some called Street Beat, etc. Great compilation of early eighties hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Cash Crew, Kevin Kev. Get out your parachute pants and cardboard – time to…
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King Cole Trio, Trio Days, 1972 on Capitol.
King Cole Trio, Trio Days, 1972 on Capitol. Early seventies Capitol Jazz Classics compilation of Nat King Cole recordings from 1944-1949
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Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M.
Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M. Cocker’s second album – great versions of Dear Landlord, Something, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, and Darling Be Home Soon. With Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Henry McCullough, Clarence White, Alan Spenner, Bruce Rowland, Paul Humphrey, Mitt Holland. Remixed and mastered by Glyn Johns, whose mix of…
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Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve. Classic big band / swing and wonderful renditions – found via a vinyl bazaar at Mill No. 5
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Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile At Me, 2017 on Interscope/Darkroom
Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile At Me, 2017 on Interscope/Darkroom Red vinyl version of her debut EP with Ocean Eyes, idontwannabeyouanymore
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David Bowie, VH1 Storytellers, 2009 on EMI.
David Bowie, VH1 Storytellers, 2009 on EMI. Though this officially came out in 2009 on CD from EMI, my copy is a bootleg vinyl pressing with an EMI logo.
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The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise.
The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, and John Wesley Harding; Thr Laughtour EP, 1990 on Sire/Reprise. Promo EP for a early 1990 US tour. Found my copy at an antique store in Westerly RI
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Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrik, Live at the Apollo, 1985 on RCA.
Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrik, Live at the Apollo, 1985 on RCA. Live LP with two of the Temptations joining Hall & Oates. Great versions of “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby,” “Everytime You Go Away,” and “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do).”
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Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia.
Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love, 1982 on Columbia. Early 80s Marvin, with “Sexual Healing” as the single
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Michael Jackson, Off the Wall, 1979 on Epic.
Michael Jackson, Off the Wall, 1979 on Epic. Classic MJ, the lead up to Thriller – Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough, Rock With You
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Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve.
Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound of the Trio, and Put on a Happy Face). They were also later collected on a five CD box in 1996.
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Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia.
Erroll Garner, Paris Impressions, 1958 on Columbia. Multiple songs feature Garner on harpsichord, first heard on this LP.
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Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, 2017 on Merge.
Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, 2017 on Merge. Fourth full length (second on Merge) from Katie Crutchfield and Co.
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Everything But The Girl; Baby, The Stars Shine Bright; 1986 on Blanco Y Negro / Sire.
Everything But The Girl; Baby, The Stars Shine Bright; 1986 on Blanco Y Negro / Sire. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s third LP as EBTG – great album
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Carly Simon, Torch, 1981 on Warner Bros.
Carly Simon, Torch, 1981 on Warner Bros. One of the earlier entries in the “contemporary singers do the American songbook” genre – very solid outing
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Betty Carter, Finally, 1975 on Roulette.
Betty Carter, Finally, 1975 on Roulette. Recorded in l1969 in New York, but not released until 1975 as the master tape was stolen. Lysle Atkinson on bass, Norman Simmons on piano, and Al Harewood on drums.
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Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise.
Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise. Came out just after Boots. Great version of Jackson with Lee Hazelwood – found at the local thrift store for $2.
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Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia.
Sarah Vaughan, Favorites, 1959 on Columbia. Mine is issued on Columbia Special Products but I believe is still from the 50s.