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  1. John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M

    John Hiatt’s eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US.

    Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on “Have a Little Faith in Me” as well as electric guitar and sitar work), Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, making this something of a proto-Little Village album. Also includes “Thing Called Love” that was later a hit for Bonnie Raitt.

    My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Columbia House club pressing (Carrollton) with CRC on the bottom of the rear cover.

    #1980s #1987 #AustinTX #ColumbiaHouseRecordClub #CRC #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #LittleVillage #NickLowe #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

  2. John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M

    John Hiatt’s eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US.

    Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on “Have a Little Faith in Me” as well as electric guitar and sitar work), Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, making this something of a proto-Little Village album. Also includes “Thing Called Love” that was later a hit for Bonnie Raitt.

    My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Columbia House club pressing (Carrollton) with CRC on the bottom of the rear cover.

    #1980s #1987 #AustinTX #ColumbiaHouseRecordClub #CRC #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #LittleVillage #NickLowe #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

  3. John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M

    John Hiatt’s eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US.

    Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on “Have a Little Faith in Me” as well as electric guitar and sitar work), Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, making this something of a proto-Little Village album. Also includes “Thing Called Love” that was later a hit for Bonnie Raitt.

    My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Columbia House club pressing (Carrollton) with CRC on the bottom of the rear cover.

    #1980s #1987 #AustinTX #ColumbiaHouseRecordClub #CRC #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #LittleVillage #NickLowe #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

  4. John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M

    John Hiatt’s eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US.

    Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on “Have a Little Faith in Me” as well as electric guitar and sitar work), Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, making this something of a proto-Little Village album. Also includes “Thing Called Love” that was later a hit for Bonnie Raitt.

    My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Columbia House club pressing (Carrollton) with CRC on the bottom of the rear cover.

    #1980s #1987 #AustinTX #ColumbiaHouseRecordClub #CRC #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #LittleVillage #NickLowe #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

  5. Wim Wenders – „Paris, Texas“ (1984)

    1984, ich war 19 und mal wieder in Paris. Vom Ruhrgebiet aus ist das näher als Berlin. Nur, weil ich nichts zu tun hatte. Keine Pläne, keine Termine. Ich hatte kein Geld, eine schäbige Unterkunft, nichts zu tun – und dieser Film lief in absolut allen Kinos auf den Champs-Élysées. Nicht in einem Programmkino, nicht versteckt im Quartier Latin, sondern einfach überall. Manche Häuser zeigten ihn parallel in mehreren Sälen. So etwas hatte ich noch nie gesehen. Die Stadt schien sich verschworen zu haben, diesen Film mit offenen Armen zu empfangen – während er in Deutschland gar nicht zu sehen war. (ARTE)

  6. Wim Wenders – „Paris, Texas“ (1984)

    1984, ich war 19 und mal wieder in Paris. Vom Ruhrgebiet aus ist das näher als Berlin. Nur, weil ich nichts zu tun hatte. Keine Pläne, keine Termine. Ich hatte kein Geld, eine schäbige Unterkunft, nichts zu tun – und dieser Film lief in absolut allen Kinos auf den Champs-Élysées. Nicht in einem Programmkino, nicht versteckt im Quartier Latin, sondern einfach überall. Manche Häuser zeigten ihn parallel in mehreren Sälen. So etwas hatte ich noch nie gesehen. Die Stadt schien sich verschworen zu haben, diesen Film mit offenen Armen zu empfangen – während er in Deutschland gar nicht zu sehen war. (ARTE)

  7. Wim Wenders – „Paris, Texas“ (1984)

    1984, ich war 19 und mal wieder in Paris. Vom Ruhrgebiet aus ist das näher als Berlin. Nur, weil ich nichts zu tun hatte. Keine Pläne, keine Termine. Ich hatte kein Geld, eine schäbige Unterkunft, nichts zu tun – und dieser Film lief in absolut allen Kinos auf den Champs-Élysées. Nicht in einem Programmkino, nicht versteckt im Quartier Latin, sondern einfach überall. Manche Häuser zeigten ihn parallel in mehreren Sälen. So etwas hatte ich noch nie gesehen. Die Stadt schien sich verschworen zu haben, diesen Film mit offenen Armen zu empfangen – während er in Deutschland gar nicht zu sehen war. (ARTE)

  8. Wim Wenders – „Paris, Texas“ (1984)

    1984, ich war 19 und mal wieder in Paris. Vom Ruhrgebiet aus ist das näher als Berlin. Nur, weil ich nichts zu tun hatte. Keine Pläne, keine Termine. Ich hatte kein Geld, eine schäbige Unterkunft, nichts zu tun – und dieser Film lief in absolut allen Kinos auf den Champs-Élysées. Nicht in einem Programmkino, nicht versteckt im Quartier Latin, sondern einfach überall. Manche Häuser zeigten ihn parallel in mehreren Sälen. So etwas hatte ich noch nie gesehen. Die Stadt schien sich verschworen zu haben, diesen Film mit offenen Armen zu empfangen – während er in Deutschland gar nicht zu sehen war. (ARTE)

  9. Wim Wenders – „Paris, Texas“ (1984)

    1984, ich war 19 und mal wieder in Paris. Vom Ruhrgebiet aus ist das näher als Berlin. Nur, weil ich nichts zu tun hatte. Keine Pläne, keine Termine. Ich hatte kein Geld, eine schäbige Unterkunft, nichts zu tun – und dieser Film lief in absolut allen Kinos auf den Champs-Élysées. Nicht in einem Programmkino, nicht versteckt im Quartier Latin, sondern einfach überall. Manche Häuser zeigten ihn parallel in mehreren Sälen. So etwas hatte ich noch nie gesehen. Die Stadt schien sich verschworen zu haben, diesen Film mit offenen Armen zu empfangen – während er in Deutschland gar nicht zu sehen war. (ARTE)

  10. Taj Mahal – Taj Mahal (1968, US)

    Our next spotlight is on number 305 on The List, submitted by weirdofhermiston. This beauty of an album sure is a portal into multiple rabbit holes! This is the debut "solo" album from the amazing blues musician and vocalist Taj Mahal, featuring two other brilliant musicians you either already know or are going to want to get to know: Ry Cooder (who would go onto become known as one of the greatest guitarists) and Jesse Ed Davis (who would go onto become a sought-after session artist and, a citizen of the Kiowa tribe, would be posthumously inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame). If you want to get lost in the blues, give this one a spin and go from there!

    Want to read more? See the full spotlight: 1001otheralbums.com/2025/04/14

    Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: album.link/ca/i/193527879 (bonus Songlink, to Davis' 1971 solo album, ¡Jesse Davis!: album.link/ca/i/281171592)

    Happy listening!

    #TajMahal #RyCooder #JesseEdDavis #JesseDavis #blues #ElectricBlues #1960s #music #1001OtherAlbums

  11. Taj Mahal – Taj Mahal (1968, US)

    Our next spotlight is on number 305 on The List, submitted by weirdofhermiston.

    Well, this beauty of an album sure is a portal into multiple rabbit holes! This is the debut “solo” album from American blues musician and vocalist Taj Mahal (a.k.a. Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr.), though it continues Mahal’s collaboration with Ry Cooder, who he previously worked with in the short-lived folk-rock group Rising Sons, and who would go onto become known as one of the greatest guitarists, particularly with his slide guitar work. The other key band member on this album is one Jesse Ed Davis, a citizen of the Kiowa tribe. While Davis had already started his musical career in the 50s, his work with Mahal seems to have brought him into the spotlight – and very rightly so! Davis would appear on the next three Mahal albums (playing both lead guitar and piano), and then would go solo himself while continuing to be a sought-after session musician, working with the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, and many many others.

    As for Mahal himself, this was only the first of many solo albums, and he’s still going! Next month he’ll release what I believe is technically his 28th studio album (though he has around 100 albums listed on Discogs), a collab with Keb’ Mo’ titled Room On The Porch.

    If you want to get lost in the blues, give this one a spin and go from there!

    #1960s #blues #electricBlues #JesseDavis #JesseEdDavis #music #musicDiscovery #RyCooder #TajMahal

  12. Taj Mahal – Taj Mahal (1968, US)

    Our next spotlight is on number 305 on The List, submitted by weirdofhermiston.

    Well, this beauty of an album sure is a portal into multiple rabbit holes! This is the debut “solo” album from American blues musician and vocalist Taj Mahal (a.k.a. Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr.), though it continues Mahal’s collaboration with Ry Cooder, who he previously worked with in the short-lived folk-rock group Rising Sons, and who would go onto become known as one of the greatest guitarists, particularly with his slide guitar work. The other key band member on this album is one Jesse Ed Davis, a citizen of the Kiowa tribe. While Davis had already started his musical career in the 50s, his work with Mahal seems to have brought him into the spotlight – and very rightly so! Davis would appear on the next three Mahal albums (playing both lead guitar and piano), and then would go solo himself while continuing to be a sought-after session musician, working with the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, and many many others.

    As for Mahal himself, this was only the first of many solo albums, and he’s still going! Next month he’ll release what I believe is technically his 28th studio album (though he has around 100 albums listed on Discogs), a collab with Keb’ Mo’ titled Room On The Porch.

    If you want to get lost in the blues, give this one a spin and go from there!

    #1960s #blues #electricBlues #JesseDavis #JesseEdDavis #music #musicDiscovery #RyCooder #TajMahal

  13. 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

  14. This morning's hodgepodge of listening.

    #danmangan - Being Somewhere
    #frankzappa - Hot Rats
    #rycooder - Paradise and Lunch
    #alabasterdeplume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1
    #patmethenygroup - Still Life (Talking)

    #indierock #indiefolk #cancon #jazzfusion #bluesrock #saxophone #jazz #guitar #patmetheny