The Strokes, Room On Fire, 2003 on RCA.
My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on tricolor vinyl with a print by Cynthia Alfonso
I don’t have a lot of 90s and aughts vinyl that isn’t reissued – a down time in the production of quality vinyl and in my purchasing of it
Great sophomore album by The Strokes – didn’t get as much attention as Is This It but I love it
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 of the World” with Branford Marsalis and a China Cat -> Rider plus a Help -> Slipknot -> Franklin’s
Very much the Dead I got a chance to see in the later eighties
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 a maniac, maniac on the floor / and she’s dancing like she’s never danced before . . .”
Sometime when I dance like I’ve never danced before it’s not a good thing.
@theirenecara , @laurabraniganofficial , @officialdonnasummer, Michael Sembello
Via Antiques on Elm in Manchester NH
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 had lived to make dozens more albums. This was his first release though he worked at Curtom records and did session recordings
“Tryin’ Times” and a great version of “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” are highlights – “Voices Inside (Everything is Everything)” feels like it could have been on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Sam Cooke, My Kind of Blues, 1962 on RCA / Victor.
German pressing by TeldecPress GmbH
Great compilation of Sam Cooke on tunes less commonly associated with him, including But Not For Me. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out, and others
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High, 1957 on Riverside.
Mine’s the 2020 @vinylmeplease reissue with the spine labeled “Hawkins Files High” which sounds like he overpays his taxes (or just does them while under the influence?)
Various Artists, Crown Jewels Vol. 1, 2019 on Big Crown Records
What a great compilation: Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Shacks, El Michels Affair, The Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band, Lady Wray, The Lakesiders, Paul & The Tall Trees, Bobby Oroza, Brainstory, 79.5, and Holy Hive
Via VNYL
Carmen McRae, Zoot Sims, Paul West, and Jimmy Madison, Europa Jazz, 1981 on Europa Jazz.
Recorded in 1974, released in 1981 on an Italian label – there is a whole series of live recordings on this label.
This one was also released in 1974 as “Ms. Jazz” by Carmen McRae on Groove Merchant
Via Antiques on Elm in Manchester NH
Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records.
Mine’s a 2015 reissue by Fat Possum pressed at Memphis Vinyl with lacquers cut at Nashville Record Productions
In addition to the title cut, includes How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (by the Bee Gees).
Via Rough Trade
Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve
Bop version of the musical’s songs – Maria, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, etc.
Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan, Billy and Sarah, 1959 on Lion.
The namesake jazz musicians/vocalists for WordPress 5.5 and 4.7 respectively
An original 1959 pressing – reissued in 1963 by World Record Club but not (so far as I know) since then.
Via Anntiques in Ipswich MA
Pretenders, Pretenders, 1980 on Sire
Debut album – “This album has a longer running time than most average LPs, therefore to achieve maximum effect PLAY THIS ALBUM LOUD”
Great first album by from Akron Ohio and the UK
Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument.
Originally released as Kristofferson in 1970, re-released and retitled the following year to take advantage of the popularity of Janis Joplin’s version of the title song.
Has “The Law Is For The Protection of the People, ” “Sunday Morning Comin’ Down,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.”
Poem on the rear cover by Johnny Cash
Via Music Connection in Manchester NH
Roberta Flack, First Take, 1969 on Atlantic. (SD 8230).
Such a beautiful album – great version of “Compared to What” but also the inimitable “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”
on the most recent Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time
On the rear jacket Les McCann describes seeing her performance in DC at the Bohemian Caverns in 1968 and introducing her to Joel Dorn from Atlantic
There’s a 50th anniversary edition out now too at store.soulmusic.com but this is a 1969 pressing i found at Anntiques in Ipswich MA
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck At Storyville 1954, 1954 on Columbia
Storyville was a Boston jazz institution in the 1940s, run by George Wein (the same that started the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival ).
It started in the Copley Square Hotel but in 1950 moved to the first floor of the Buckminster Hotel in , which is now a Pizzeria Uno, then moved back.
This was recorded at the Copley Square Hotel location.
There’s a new Storyville now at 90 Exeter St but not sure how it is fairing through the pandemic
Via Anntiques in Ipswich MA
Son Volt, Live at the Orange Peel, 2020 on Transmit Sound.
2020 release on orange vinyl
Via the Record Exchange in Salem MA
Ray Davies, Americana, 2017 on Legacy
Legendary front man from the Kinks working with The Jayhawks on songs inspired by years of touring the US
There was also a book in 2013 titled Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road
Via Discogs
Cats Can Fly, Self-Titled, 1986 on Epic.
Major label debut (and only release) by Ontario’s own Cats Can Fly. Top 40 hits for “Flipping to the A Side” and “Lies Are Gonna Get Ya.”
Look at that 80s hair and style, eh?
Via Music Connection in Manchester NH
Chuck Mangione, An Evening Of Magic: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, 1979 on A&M
Smooth late 70s jazz at its best
Great Sunday relaxing music.
Via Music Connection in Manchester NH
Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 1975 on Preservation Hall records.
My copy is a 1976 reissue with lacquers cut at Trutone Mastering Labs. Recorded at what was the the relatively new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1964
“Technical assistance” credit for an Earl Eckman, no relation so far as I know, even though he was in Minneapolis.
Via Anntiques in Ipswich MA
