Laurie Anderson, Mister Heartbreak, 1984 on Warner Bros. Not sure how I first heard of Laurie Anderson, but it would have been around the time of this album….
Bonnie Raitt, self-titled, 1971 on Warner Brothers. Raitt’s debut album, recorded at an old summer camp on Enchanted Island in Lake Minnetonka Mine’s a later repressing based on…
Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers Label sampler, with 5 page booklet on the artists included. Tir Na Nog, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Buckley, Jesse Winchester,…
The Whole Burbank Catalog, 1972 on Warner Brothers. Great sampler including Jerry Garcia, Allen Toussaint, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, T. Rex, Captain Beefheart, America, Ry Cooder, Bonnie…
B-52s, Whammy!, 1983 on Warner Bros. My social distancing practice includes lots of listening to vinyl and obsessive-compulsively editing discogs entries. Don’t judge.
Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt. This is one of those albums I was probably too “cool” for when it came out,…
Van Halen, Women and Children First, 1980 on Warner Brothers. I didn’t really discover VH until 1984, with Panama, but then went back to the earlier albums including…
B-52s Wild Planet. “Who is really to blame when parties get out of hand? / Who’s to blame where they are poorly planned?” Questions just as relevant today…