Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy Love this album – the 11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine, Travelin’ Band, Looking Out My Back Door, and…
Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia A bit of a novelty record from Cash – including yodeling by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott on “cup of coffee”…
Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury. Long-playing microgroove LP from the fifties. Garner cut these tunes with the index finger of his left hand in…
Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum. 3LP set from the Muse concerts for a non-nuclear future, Madison Square Garden Sept 19-23, 1979. Who’s who of late 70s…
Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease anthology, The Story Of The Grateful Dead, on red and blue vinyl. One of my two…
Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic. From the liner notes by Ritchie Yorke : “I find it impossible to select any especially effective cuts; each is constructed…
Dylan LeBlanc, Renegade, 2019 on ATO Records Dylan LeBlanc‘s fourth studio album and first on ATO. Produced by Dave Cobb – great fit of artist and production here….
Paul McCartney, McCartney II, 1980 on Columbia/MPL Paul McCartney‘s second solo album, with broad range of styles as he played with synths and recorded at home. “Dont go…
Dave Brubeck Trio With Gerry Mulligan & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Erich Kunzel Conductor, Brubeck / Mulligan / Cincinnati, 1971 on Decca. Recorded May 1970 – based on…
Dinah Washington, For Lonely Lovers, 1960 on Mercury. Labels suggest my copy is a later repress, circa 1964-68. Inner sleeves have other Mercury releases from 1964 plus ads…
Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both…
Grateful Dead, Without a Net, 1990 on Arista I’ve got an original 1990 vinyl copy and this Vinyl Me, Please Anthology copy from 2020. Great version of “Eyes…
Various Artists, Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture), 1983 on Casablanca One of the must have soundtracks of 80s cinema (alongside Footloose and The Breakfast Club). “She’s…
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything, 1970 on ATCO My copy is the @vinylmeplease classics reissue from 2020, pressed at from lacquers cut at @sterlingsound I only wish Hathaway…