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Bill Evans, Return Engagement, 1974 on Verve

Title sometimes listed as Verve Return Engagement – part of a series of basically compilations of Jazz greats published in the 1970s by Verve. (I have the Oscar Peterson one as well). Nice way to get a bunch of Bill Evans tracks from across 8 albums in a new package.

My copy—via Down in the Valley in Golden Valley MN—is a MGM manufactured pressing from the 70s, and the only version of this record listed in discogs (so likely never re-pressed).

Traffic, Traffic (Self-Titled), 1968 on United Artists / Island Records

Released in 1968 on Island in the UK and United Artists in the US, this was actually their sophomore album, following after Mr. Fantasy. Dave Mason had left the band after the debut album but returned for this record.

Wonderful version of “Feelin’ Alright?” here if you only know the Joe Cocker version.

My copy is a 2012 reissue, mastered by Joe Reagoso from the original Island Records Tapes at Friday Music Studios, Huntington Beach, CA with Kevin Gray. Via Down in the Valley Records in Golden Valley MN.

#1960s #1968 #DaveMason #DownInTheValley #FridayMusic #GoldenValleyMN #IslandRecords #Traffic #UnitedArtists #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Doomtree, False Hopes, 2007 on Doomtree Records

Doomtree are a hip-hop collective (and record label) from Minneapolis, including Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S., Sims, Mike Mictian, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. False Hopes came out (on CD) before their “debut” album, self-titled Doomtree, in 2008.

There were many other “False Hopes” CDs of individual artists. The bandcamp for this release claims “This is the eleventh (or twelfth) False Hopes. It is also the first to feature the entire Doomtree crew*” but the asterisk notes that’s “not technically true” so who knows. Their own bandcamp lists only 4 other “False Hopes” releases, but there are many more in discogs.

My copy is actually a 2018 Tenth Anniversary Vinyl Reissue, via Down in the Valley in Golden Valley, MN

#10thAnniversary #2000s #2007 #2018 #Dessa #Doomtree #DownInTheValley #GoldenValleyMN #HipHop #MinneapolisMN #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Eels, The Myspace Transmissions / Transmission Session 2009, 2009 on E Works

I’m a huge fan of Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) and Eels so was super excited to find this record at Down in the Valley in Golden Valley MN.

These were made available for streaming and download at https://www.myspace.com/transmissions/ though I don’t think they are there anymore.

Great version of Dylan’s “Girl From the North Country” as well as “My Beloved Monster”

#2000s #2009 #DownInTheValley #EWorks #Eels #GoldenValleyMN #MarkOliverEverett #MySpace #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds