Tag: Warner Brothers
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Los Lobos, How Will The Wolf Survive?, 1984 on Slash Records.
Los Lobos, How Will The Wolf Survive?, 1984 on Slash Records. The major label debut from East LA’s Los Lobos – this copy is the 180g remastered 2018 edition manufactured and marketed by Rhino, and it sounds great
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B-52s, Whammy!, 1983 on Warner Bros.
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.
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Trio, 1987 on Warner Bros.
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, but learned to appreciate later. Note the paper cutout dolls on the original paper inner sleeve Via Planet Records in Cambridge MA.
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Van Halen, Women and Children First, 1980 on Warner Brothers.
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 this one. Via Music Connection in Manchester NH
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Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers.
Fleetwood Mac, Tango In The Night, 1987 on Warner Brothers. Rumours and Tusk get all the attention (and are great) but I really dig this one too – Everywhere, Big Love, Seven Wonders, Caroline.
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Faces, A Nod Is As Good As A Wink . . . To a Blind Horse, 1971 on Warner Brothers.
Faces, A Nod Is As Good As. A Wink . . . TO a Blind Horse, 1971 on Warner Brothers. After Steve Marriott left Small Faces (to form Humble Pie) they became Faces. Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, and Ronnie Lane were joined by Rod Stewart and Ron Wood, who came from The Jeff Beck Group.
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The B-52s, Wild Planet, 1980 on Warner Brothers
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 as in 1980.
