#craftrecordings — Public Fediverse posts
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Sonny Rollins, Way Out West, 1957 on Contemporary
This was the first Rollins album with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne, and the first time he recorded with only bass and drums. I love this cover photo emphasizing the New York native was out west. My copy—direct from Craft Recordings—is the 2009 Original Jazz Classics reissue which was remastered back in 1988 and repressed in 2009. It reproduces the yellow Contemporary labels but with a catalog number OJC-337.https://goatless.org/2026/05/01/sonny-rollins-way-out-west-1957-on-contemporary
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Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers ’88, 1987 on Rounder
Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila.
My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings’ 2022 Record Store Day 35th Anniversary Edition on blue vinyl. This reissue itself charted (a first for a Modern Lovers release) at 77 on the US album charts.
#1980s #1987 #BrennanTotten #craftRecordings #ElectricFetus #JohnnyAvila #JonathanRichman #JonathanRichmanAndTheModernLovers #MinneapolisMN #ModernLovers #NatickMA #rounder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Gus Cannon, Walk Right In, 1963 on Stax
Jug Band leader Gus Cannon started recording in the late 20s as “Banjo Joe” and reappeared as part of the folk revival in the 50s on Folkways. This was his first and only Stax LP released in 1963.
“Walk Right In” the song became a hit for the Rooftop Singers – who were credited with songwriting without mention of Cannon. The success of the song (and the Rooftop Singers album titled after it) “provided the impetus” as Bob Altshuler’s liner notes (from 1963) put it “to record an album of music by Gus Cannon.” Great early country blues / jug band but recorded with 1963 Stax equipment.
My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please 2024 reissue on yellow vinyl (E142 in the Essentials track), which is a great Craft Recordings pressing and comes with an “Art Print” of a show poster for the Banjo & Elixir Medicine Show.
#1960s #1963 #Blues #craftRecordings #GusCannon #JugBand #Reissue #Stax #vinyl #VinylMe #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection