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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

Annie Lennox, Nostalgia, 2014 on Blue Note

Annie Lennox is of course best well known as one half of the dynamic duo that recorded and performed as Eurythmics, but she’s also made a number of wonderful solo albums, going back to 1992’s Diva.

This record, issued in the Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary series, has Lennox covering blues / jazz / soul standards, including “Mood Indigo,” “Summertime,” “Strange Fruit,” and “God Bless the Child.”

I know some people don’t go for the “rock stars doing standards” thing, but I’m a sucker for these, as I know and love the originals too, but appreciate the new spin.

My copy via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN

#75thAnniversary #AnnieLennox #BlueNote #Blues #ElectricFetus #JazzAtThePhilharmonic #MinneapolisMN #Soul #Standards #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Various Artists, Something About Joy Division, 1990 on Vox Pop

Great compilation / tribute to Joy Division on Italian label Vox Pop.

Tracklist:

• The Difference – Colony
• The Carnival of Fools – Love Will Tear Us Apart
• Allison Run – Ceremony
• Orange Party – Heart and Soul
• Silver Surfers – She’s Lost Control
• Speed Blue – Interzone
• Comic Spoilers – Decades
• Afterhours – Shadowplay
• Subterranean Dining Rooms – Atrocity Exhibition
• Sundowners – Dead Souls
• Hitchcock’s Scream – Atmosphere
• Definitive Gaze – Warsaw

The second edition was not a gatefold (which makes sense since the inside of the gatefold is just blank white anyway). I especially enjoy the versions of “Colony,” “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (piano and vocals), “Shadowplay” (acoustic guitar driven), and Warsaw (which sounds a bit like Echo and the Bunnymen). The punk version of “She’s Lost Control” somehow actually made it a less interesting song (though it is still fun). Lots of bands here that I did not know.

In my collection via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis

#1990 #1990s #covers #ElectricFetus #Italy #JoyDivision #MinneapolisMN #Tribute #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #VoxPop

Various Artists, The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake, 2023 on Chrysalis

Tribute album full of covers of Nick Drake songs, by modern artists including: Fontaines D.C., David Gray, John Parish & Aldous Harding, Ben Harper, Joe Henry & Meshell Ndegeocello, Liz Phair, and John Grant (among many others). This pressing also includes a one-sided 7″ single of Nick Drake himself covering Dylan’s “Tomorrow is a Long Time.”

Some really great renditions here, and some […]

#2020s #AldousHarding #BenHarper #Chrysalis #DavidGray #ElectricFetus #FontainesDC_ #JoeHenry #JohnGrant #JohnParish #LizPhair #MeshellNdegeocello #MinneapolisMN #NickDrake #variousArtists #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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Jens Lekman, The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom, 2022 on Secretly Canadian

“This is a reconstruction / reimagining / excavation of the album ‘Oh You’re So Silent Jens’ that originally came out in 2005”

Jens Lekman is a very intriguing independent Swedish musician who has put out a series of imaginative releases since 2004. This release is a revisit, 17 years later, of an earlier compilation which tracked singles, EPs, and other loose ends.

That LP has been […]

#2005 #2022 #ElectricFetus #JensLekman #MinneapolisMN #ReRecorded #Reissue #SecretlyCanadian #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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S. Carey, Break Me Open, 2022 on Jagjaguwar

S. Carey (aka Sean Carey) is the drummer and backing vocalist from Bon Iver – he put out a solo album All We Grow back in 2010. Break Me Open is his fourth full length under the S. Carey moniker, all on Jagjaguwar – though he has put out some EPs as well.

It’s a dark album – Amanda Wicks on Pitchfork called it “bleak” – but I actually really love the sound and the mood. Maybe it’s just […]

#2020s #2022 #BonIver #Eco #ElectricFetus #Indie #Jagjaguwar #MinneapolisMN #SCarey #Solo #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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Superchunk, Wild Loneliness, 2022 on Merge

Twelfth studio album from Superchunk on Merge, the label founded by McCaughan and Ballance back in 1989. Superchunk came out of Chapel Hill in the late 80s and were one of my favorite bands through the 90s. They’ve mellowed a bit but love this album.

Guests include Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, Andy Stack, Mike Mills, and Sharon Van Etten, with McCaughan credited as producer.

My copy […]

#2020s #2022 #ChapelHill #ElectricFetus #MacMcCaughan #Merge #MikeMills #MinneapolisMN #NormanBlake #NorthCarolina #SharonVanEtten #Superchunk #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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Shovels & Rope, Busted Jukebox Volume 3, 2021 on Dualtone

The third in a series of cover albums by Shovels & Rope, this one focuses on kids songs or songs in lullaby style, thus the “Juicebox” joke in the cover. But these are great versions with contemporary artists, including Sharon Van Etten, John Paul White (formerly of The Civil Wars), Felice Brothers, Deertick, M. Ward, The Secret Sisters, and the War and Treaty.

My copy via Electric Fetus in […]

#2020s #2021 #Deertick #Dualtone #ElectricFetus #FeliceBrothers #JohnPaulWhite #MWard #MinneapolisMN #SecretSisters #SharonVanEtten #ShovelsRope #TheWarAndTreaty #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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Various Artists, Tommy Boy’s Baddest Beats, 2022 on Tommy Boy

I don’t normally chase special releases put out for Record Store Day, but this was an “RSD First” release in 2022, limited to 3500 copies. Great collection of songs from Tommy Boy:

Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray

Stetsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz

Queen Latifah – Wrath of My Madness

Coolio […]

#2020s #2022 #Apache #Coolio #DigitalUnderground #ElectricFetus #HipHop #HouseOfPain #K7 #MinneapolisMN #NaughtyByNature #QueenLatifah #RecordStoreDay #RecordStoreDay2022 #Stetsasonic #TommyBoy #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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