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  • R.E.M., Murmur, 1983 on IRS Records.

    R.E.M., Murmur, 1983 on IRS Records.

    R.E.M., Murmur, 1983 on IRS Records.

    Such a brilliant LP from beginning to end – Radio Free Europe but also Perfect Circle, Moral Kiosk, West of Fields.

    via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain

  • Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77, 1977 on Sire.

    Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77, 1977 on Sire.

    Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77, 1977 on Sire.

    Based on the street address in the rim text, an early 80s pressing – super excited to find an early pressing in the wild at Soundtracks  in Beverly

    There is no such thing as a bad Talking Heads album

  • Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.

    Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.

    Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.

    Posthumous release with Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Cry Baby, Get It While You Can, and Mercedes Benz.

    Full tilt boogie band

    via Anntiques in Ipswich MA

  • The Monkees, More of the Monkees, 1967 on Colgems.

    The Monkees, More of the Monkees, 1967 on Colgems.

    The Monkees, More of the Monkees, 1967 on Colgems.

    I wasn’t around for the initial run of the Monkees but loved it in reruns in the 80s

    This was an album made with session musicians, infuriating the Monkees

    My copy is a 67 mono pressing via Anntiques in Ipswich MA

  • Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia.

    Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia.

    Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia.

    Buck Clayton and a team of long standing swing players including portions of Count Basie’s touring band.

    Recorded December 14th, 1953 at Columbia Studios at 207 East 30th St. , produced by George Avakian

    via Record Exchange, Salem MA

  • Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Come Black Magic, 2016 self-released.

    Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Come Black Magic, 2016 self-released.

    Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Come Black Magic, 2016 self-released.

    Boston area cabaret/goth/dada ensemble (SteamCrunk?) Army of Toys – beautiful labels and a killer cover of Bjork ‘s Enemy of Me

    Each side ends in a locked groove

    via Residency Records

  • Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros

    Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros

    Ry Cooder, Get Rhythm, 1987 on Warner Bros

    With Larry Blackmon on “All Shook Up” and Harry Dean Stanton on “Across the Borderline”

    Specialty Records Pressing – not the first issue as it has the correct Larry Blackmon credit

    via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain

  • Japan, Assemblage, 1981 on Hansa.

    Japan, Assemblage, 1981 on Hansa.

    Japan, Assemblage, 1981 on Hansa.

    Collected tracks from their first three Hansa releases: Obscure Alternatives, Adolescent Sex, and Quiet Life, before the went to Virgin.

    Not necessarily the band you think of covering I Second That Emotion and All Tomorrows Parties . . .

    My copy seems to be a German pressing

    via Deep Thoughts, Jamaica Plain

  • Meg Christian, Face the Music, 1977 on Olivia Records.

    Meg Christian, Face the Music, 1977 on Olivia Records.

    Meg Christian, Face the Music, 1977 on Olivia Records.

    Continued from yesterday’s post. Another from the feminist collective second wave Olivia records, this one including “Leaping Lesbians” by Sue Fink

    There’s an episode of the Making Gay History podcast on Meg Christian worth checking out – from January this year

  • Meg Christian, I Know You Know, 1974 on Olivia.

    Meg Christian, I Know You Know, 1974 on Olivia.

    Meg Christian, I Know You Know, 1974 on Olivia.

    I don’t normally try to make these vinyl posts topical, but picked up this album recently and it felt right to post it during LGBTQ Pride month.

    Olivia Records was a woman-owned feminist collective label started in 1973 – this was their first release. Meg Christian was (and is) openly gay and was a founding member of Olivia.

    Check out “Ode To a Gym Teacher” recorded live at the Full Moon coffeehouse in SF.

    There still is an Olivia travel company specializing in cruises for lesbian and LGBTQ+ audiences: Olivia Travels, which the label became

  • Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash

    Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash

    Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash

    Not as coveted as Hallowed Ground or the Self-titled album, but lovely vintage VF anyway

    Via Record Exchange, Salem MA

  • U2, War, 1983 on Island.

    U2, War, 1983 on Island.

    U2, War, 1983 on Island.

    This is where I originally got on board with U2, then went back to Boy and October.

    Love this album from beginning to end

    via Residency Records, Salem MA

  • John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum.

    John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum.

    John Prine, Bruised Orange, 1978 on Asylum.

    My copy is. 2021 reissue by Rhino Records – I think it’s the same pressing as in the “Asylum Albums” box set but not sure

    Lots of great tunes including “Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone,” “Fish and Whistle,” and the title track

    via Record Exchange, Salem MA

  • Stray Cats, Rant N’ Rave with the Stray Cats, 1983 on EMI America

    Stray Cats, Rant N’ Rave with the Stray Cats, 1983 on EMI America

    Stray Cats, Rant N’ Rave with the Stray Cats, 1983 on EMI America

    Third studio album from Lee Rocker, Jim Phantom, and Brian Setzer, produced by Dave Edmunds

    Stray Cats also have a new live album out now

    via Residency Records, Salem MA

  • Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise.

    Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise.

    Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On, 1969 on Reprise.

    Last album with Peter Green – the revised US edition with “Oh Well” on it

    Via Record Exchange, Salem MA

  • Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 on Columbia

    Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 on Columbia

    Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk, 1981 on Columbia

    Like many in the 80s I found the Psychedelic Furs via “Pretty in Pink” but there are so many great songs in their catalog.

    Via Residency Records, Salem MA

  • Edith Piaf, Recital 1961, 1961 on Pathé

    Edith Piaf, Recital 1961, 1961 on Pathé

    Edith Piaf, Recital 1961, 1961 on Pathé

    Pathé was a Columbia label then – you can see the Columbia “musical notes” logo on the cover and rear – looks like at one point (before I got it) these were covered, perhaps with a Pathé logo?

    Sounds wonderful for something recorded in 1960 and pressed maybe 60 years ago

    Via AnnTiques in Ipswich, MA

  • David Bowie, Let’s Dance, 1983 on EMI America.

    David Bowie, Let’s Dance, 1983 on EMI America.

    David Bowie, Let’s Dance, 1983 on EMI America.

    Produced by Bowie and Nile Rodgers with guitar work by Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Cowrites with Iggy Pop (China Girl) and Giorgio Moroder (Cat People)

    Think this was my first Bowie album, which lead me back to all the earlier gems – I know some hard-core Bowie fans find this too “poppy” and album but I love it still

    via Residency Records, Salem MA

  • Ry Cooder, Paradise and Lunch, 1974 on Reprise.

    Ry Cooder, Paradise and Lunch, 1974 on Reprise.

    Ry Cooder, Paradise and Lunch, 1974 on Reprise.

    My copy is a later repress, maybe ’76. Ry Cooder’s fourth album, including a duet with Earl Hines on Ditty Wah Ditty

    Great rendition of Jesus On The Mainline and Blind Willie McTell’s Married Man’s a Fool.

    via Music Connection in Manchester NH

  • John Grant, Love Is Magic, 2018 on Bella Union.

    John Grant, Love Is Magic, 2018 on Bella Union.

    John Grant, Love Is Magic, 2018 on Bella Union.

    Deluxe 2 LP clear vinyl edition with a 12 page booklet

    Maybe my favorite 21st century artist (though I know the Czars made music in the 90s)

    Via  Discogs