Tag: vinylfinds
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Pet Shop Boys, It’s a Sin (12″), 1987 on EMI America.
Pet Shop Boys, It’s a Sin (12″), 1987 on EMI America. I was (and still am!) A big fan of Pet Shop Boys in the 80s. This 12″ says on the sleeve and labels the track “can be heard on the forthcoming album Jealousy” but the album was (actually) Actually. Specialty pressing with the embossed…
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Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records
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
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Paul McCartney, Tug of War, 1982 on Columbia / MPL
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…
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Paul McCartney, McCartney, 1970 on Apple Records
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” . . . via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
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Miles Davis, Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall, 1962 on Columbia.
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 Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
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Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory, 1970 on Fantasy
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…
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Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia
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 Via Antiques on Elm, Manchester NH
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Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury.
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!
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, 1984 on Epic. Follow up to Texas Flood, SRV in prime shape. via Antiques on Elm
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Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum.
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…
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Ray Charles, The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959 on Atlantic.
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 via Antiques on Elm
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The Wild Reeds, The World We Built, 2017 on Dualtone
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 via Magnolia Record Club
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Grateful Dead, Reckoning, 1981 on Arista.
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
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Isaac Hayes, Chocolate Chip, 1975 on ABC Records / Hot Buttered Soul
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 Via Antiques on Elm, Manchester NH
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Aretha Franklin, Soul ’69, 1969 on Atlantic.
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…
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Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on Verve
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
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Dylan LeBlanc, Renegade, 2019 on ATO Records
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
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Paul McCartney, McCartney II, 1980 on Columbia/MPL
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 . .” via @anntiques1