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Love and Rockets, Earth • Sun • Moon, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Big Time

Released on Beggars Banquet in the UK and Big Time in the US, this was the third full length from Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins aka Love and Rockets. Love “No New Tale To Tell” from this LP but really all of what they put out.

Hard to find the 80s pressings in decent shape.

My copy—via Crossroads Records in Portland OR—is a 2023 reissue on Beggars Banquet as part of the Beggars Arkive series.

Mose Allison, Western Man, 1971 on Atlantic

Mose Allison from 1971 with Chuck Rainey and Billy Cobham, recorded at Atlantic Studios and Regent, and produced by Joel Dorn.

Great versions of “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” and “If You’ve Got The Money (I’ve Got The Time)” plus nine originals by Allison.

My copy, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, is a reissue Presswell pressing with lacquer cut by George Piros at Atlantic Studios.

Mose Allison, Western Man, 1971 on Atlantic

Mose Allison from 1971 with Chuck Rainey and Billy Cobham, recorded at Atlantic Studios and Regent, and produced by Joel Dorn.

Great versions of “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” and “If You’ve Got The Money (I’ve Got The Time)” plus nine originals by Allison.

My copy, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, is a reissue Presswell pressing with lacquer cut by George Piros at Atlantic Studios.

The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow, 1984 on Rough Trade

Another (like The World Won’t Listen) compilation album from The Smiths, including some BBC sessions plus other singles and B-sides. Came out in 1984 in the UK but was not released until 1993 in the US (instead Sire released Louder than Bombs for the US market).

This LP includes “How Soon is Now?” as the b-side to “William, It Was Really Nothing” – the track was also on US editions of Meat is Murder. Also includes “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” which was also on the William single b-side.

My copy, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, is a 2011 reissue by Rhino on Sire labels, pressed at Rainbo.

Depeche Mode, Black Celebration, 1986 on Mute/Sire

Fifth studio LP from Depeche Mode, released by Mute in the UK and Sire in the US, and recorded in Berlin and London. One of my favorite Depeche Mode albums of all time, starting with “Black Celebration” all the way through “But Not Tonight.”

Core Depeche Mode lineup of Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore, working with Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller.

My copy—via Crossroads Records in Portland OR—is an Allied Pressing with the embossed cover, with Site and TM under the label logo.

Neil Young, Neil Young, 1969 on Reprise

Young’s debut solo album. It can be tricky to keep all the chronology straight here, as someone who came to Young much later in his career – but this is following his departure from Buffalo Springfield and before the first Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young record. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (with Crazy Horse) was the followup.

Great songs here: The Loner, The Old Laughing Lady, and I’ve Loved Her So Long. The tracks produced by Jack Nitzsche and Ry Cooder, the rest David Biggs. It sometimes gets credited as having been released in 1968 (wikipedia for example) but I believe it actually came out in January of 1969. (See this Village Voice ad citing Jan 22nd, 1969).

My copy is a 1970 US Pressing, with Neil’s name in black on the cover (first pressings left the name off) and “Stereo” at the bottom of the labels. In my collection via Crossroads Records in Portland OR.

#1960s #1969 #ClassicRock #CrossroadsRecords #DavidBiggs #JackNitzsche #NeilYoung #PortlandOR #Reprise #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

The Waterboys, Out of All This Blue, 2017 on BMG

Mike Scott, the creative force behind The Waterboys, has continued to make interesting music and evolve their sound – here incorporating more contemporary pop sounds. It’s a double album, with a third record of “blue variations.” Some of the tracks have lots of instrumentation (strings, brass, overdubs) and some seem to be recorded on the fly with just guitar or piano and drum machine with Scott singing solo.

Among guests, there some fiddle via Steve Wickham (who played the violin on “Sunday Bloody Sunday”), brass and string arrangements by Trey Pollard, and bass from Patterson Hood’s dad David Hood.

It’s a big sprawling three record collection but I love it. Still so much talent!

My copy is the 3xLP Deluxe edition, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR.

#2010s #2017 #BMG #CrossroadsRecords #DavidHood #MikeScott #PortlandOR #SteveWickham #TheWaterboys #TreyPollard #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

David Bowie, The Next Day, 2013 on ISO Records / Columbia

Bowie’s penultimate release, coming three years before Blackstar and a decade after Reality. Produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, and recorded at The Magic Shop in New York City in 2011-2012.

Musicians include Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard, Sterling Campbell, Zack Alford, and Gail Ann Dorsey.

I love the cover, which starts with the cover of Heroes as though someone just put a post-it note over an existing cover.

My copy via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, was released as a 2xLP with a CD included containing the same 17 tracks.

#2010s #2013 #Columbia #CrossroadsRecords #DavidBowie #EarlSlick #GailAnnDorsey #GerryLeonard #ISORecords #SterlingCampbell #TonyVisconti #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #ZackAlford