Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records
2xLP Dawes album – one of my favorite working bands today – always consistent quality.
Production by Jonathan Wilson
Beautiful pressing by Pallas in Germany
via Discogs








Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records
2xLP Dawes album – one of my favorite working bands today – always consistent quality.
Production by Jonathan Wilson
Beautiful pressing by Pallas in Germany
via Discogs








Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 onColumbia / MPL
Sticking with Paul McCartney from yesterday’s post. Tug Of War is early 80s Macca, with guest Stevie Wonder on Whats That You’re Doing? and Ebony & Ivory
I know some people find this too earnest (a one star reviewer on discogs calls it “stylish polished romantic buffoonery”) but I still love it.
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Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records
McCartney’s first solo album released in the US about a month before my birthday.
I’m still always amazed at the beauty and simplicity of “Maybe I’m Amazed” . . .
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Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia.
Recorded May 19th, 1961 – on “nonbreakable” Columbia Records vinyl in mono
Cover artwork by Joe Eula, with Gil Evans, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly
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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 so many more.
Vinyl Me, Please did a 50th anniversary pressing with Optimal, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road, but this original 1970 Rockaway pressing sounds pretty damn good 😉
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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” – cover illustration by Jack Davis of Mad Magazine fame
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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 a splint!





Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic.
Follow up to Texas Flood, SRV in prime shape.
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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 popular rock: James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Brothers, Crosby Stills and Nash, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne.
Love the Gil Scott-Heron “We Almost Lost Detroit” and the Ry Cooder “Little Sister”
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Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959 on Atlantic.
My copy is a 1962 pressing in mono – sounds great.
Can’t go wrong with Ray Charles
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The Wild Reeds, The World We Built, 2017 on Dualtone
There’s a great The Wild Reeds from 2015 plus audio of their Newport Folk Festival set if you search for them in the NPR site
Three lead vocalists makes for some strong harmony and great songwriting
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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 favorite albums titled Reckoning, this is the acoustic Grateful Dead from the Warfield and Radio City Music Hall taped in 1980




Isaac Hayes, Chocolate Chip, 1975 on ABC Records / Hot Buttered Soul
Promo copy on black and white labels but with red HBS logo
Love Isaac Hayes mid seventies soul
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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 of superb musical finery, compassionate arrangements and wilting vocals. Each, by itself, is a monumental work of art”
Some of these are well known but a few were new to me (Aretha’s take on them, that is)
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Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on @ververecords
Classic Billie – first on Clef in 1956, then on Verve
My copy is a 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue pressed by Record Technology and artwork by Laura Tinald






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. “Lone Rider” cowritten with his dad James LeBlanc
Signed copy via Magnolia Record Club





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 jumping waterfalls, please keep to the lake . .”
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Dave Brubeck Trio With Gerry Mulligan & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Erich Kunzel Conductor, Brubeck / Mulligan / Cincinnati, 1971 on Decca.
Recorded May 1970 – based on the date on the marquee, maybe on my birthday.
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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 for portable phonographs
Love the “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” on this LP but a great track list generally.
Love finding records in good shape that are older than I am. There’s hope for us all.
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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 were founded by Norman Grantz).
My copy is actually a 1979 reissue by the Book of the Month Club, which had an audio offshoot for a time.
Great song selection here including some lesser know Billie takes
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