#vinylfinds — Public Fediverse posts
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Pet Shop Boys, Actually, 1987 on Gong / Parlophone
Secodn studio LP from Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant aka Pet Shop Boys, released in 1987 on Parlophone in the UK and EMI America in the US. Wonderful collection of songs, including "Shopping" and "What Have I Done To Deserve This" as well as "It's a Sin" which was a hit single. Production duties split between Julian Mendelsohn, Steven Hague, David Jacob, Shep Pettibone, and Pet Shop Boys across different tracks. My copy—via Wave Music in Budapest Hungary—is a Hungarian pressing on orange […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/11/pet-shop-boys-actually-1987-on-gong-parlophone
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Pet Shop Boys, Actually, 1987 on Gong / Parlophone
Secodn studio LP from Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant aka Pet Shop Boys, released in 1987 on Parlophone in the UK and EMI America in the US. Wonderful collection of songs, including "Shopping" and "What Have I Done To Deserve This" as well as "It's a Sin" which was a hit single. Production duties split between Julian Mendelsohn, Steven Hague, David Jacob, Shep Pettibone, and Pet Shop Boys across different tracks. My copy—via Wave Music in Budapest Hungary—is a Hungarian pressing on orange […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/11/pet-shop-boys-actually-1987-on-gong-parlophone
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Old & In The Way, Old & In the Way, 1975 on Round Records
Old & In The Way were a bluegrass band that included Jerry Garcia and David Grisman along with Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, and John Kahn. This was their debut album, put out in 1975 - which would become one of the best selling bluegrass albums of all time. (The soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? eventually displaced it). It was recorded live at The Boarding House in San Francisco October 8, 1873. This is not just for Garcia fans but really shows his depth and breadth, working with […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/10/old-in-the-way-old-in-the-way-1975-on-round-records
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Old & In The Way, Old & In the Way, 1975 on Round Records
Old & In The Way were a bluegrass band that included Jerry Garcia and David Grisman along with Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, and John Kahn. This was their debut album, put out in 1975 - which would become one of the best selling bluegrass albums of all time. (The soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? eventually displaced it). It was recorded live at The Boarding House in San Francisco October 8, 1873. This is not just for Garcia fans but really shows his depth and breadth, working with […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/10/old-in-the-way-old-in-the-way-1975-on-round-records
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Various Artists, Miami Vice (Music From The Television Series), 1985 on MCA
Though I can't say I actually remember any episodes of the series—I'm sure I watched it—I certainly remember the theme song, which was inescapable. There were multiple soundtrack releases (foreshadowing later franchises like The OC?) from Miami Vice but this was the first and most impactful. The main theme is maybe most memorable, but also Glenn Frey, Phil Collins, Chaka Khan, Melle Mel, and Tina Turner make appearances. My copy—via private sale—is an MCA Gloversville pressing […] -
HOLY SHIT!!!
We’ve hit the motherlode at the Grafton Flea Market!!!
Hold all my calls.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts #grafton #graftonfleamarket
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Tavares, The Best of Tavares, 1977 on Capitol
Wonderful collection of disco/soul/funk from the mid-seventies, including their biggest hits "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" and "It Only Takes a Minute." They ended up on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, doing "More Than A Woman." But even if you don't like disco, they are well worth checking out. They were from New Bedford MA / Providence Rhode Island, and Bernie Worrell briefly joined Tavares in 1968 while he was at the New England Conservatory of Music. My copy—via Bull Moose […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/24/tavares-the-best-of-tavares-1977-on-capitol
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Grant Green, Green is Beautiful, 1970 on Blue Note
Green joined here by Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Claude Bartee (tenor sax), Emmanuel Riggens (organ), Jimmy Lewis (bass), and Idris Muhammad (drums) plus Richard Lendrum (bongos) and Candido Camero (congas). Recorded in 1970 by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—is the 2023 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at Optimal, which sounds (and looks) great.https://goatless.org/2026/05/16/grant-green-green-is-beautiful-1970-on-blue-note
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Grant Green, Green is Beautiful, 1970 on Blue Note
Green joined here by Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Claude Bartee (tenor sax), Emmanuel Riggens (organ), Jimmy Lewis (bass), and Idris Muhammad (drums) plus Richard Lendrum (bongos) and Candido Camero (congas). Recorded in 1970 by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—is the 2023 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at Optimal, which sounds (and looks) great.https://goatless.org/2026/05/16/grant-green-green-is-beautiful-1970-on-blue-note
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Grant Green, Green is Beautiful, 1970 on Blue Note
Green joined here by Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Claude Bartee (tenor sax), Emmanuel Riggens (organ), Jimmy Lewis (bass), and Idris Muhammad (drums) plus Richard Lendrum (bongos) and Candido Camero (congas). Recorded in 1970 by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—is the 2023 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at Optimal, which sounds (and looks) great.https://goatless.org/2026/05/16/grant-green-green-is-beautiful-1970-on-blue-note
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Grant Green, Green is Beautiful, 1970 on Blue Note
Green joined here by Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Claude Bartee (tenor sax), Emmanuel Riggens (organ), Jimmy Lewis (bass), and Idris Muhammad (drums) plus Richard Lendrum (bongos) and Candido Camero (congas). Recorded in 1970 by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—is the 2023 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at Optimal, which sounds (and looks) great.https://goatless.org/2026/05/16/grant-green-green-is-beautiful-1970-on-blue-note
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Art Pepper, Gettin’ Together, 1960 on Contemporary Records
Pepper joined here by Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Wynton Kelly (piano) and Conte Candoli (trumpet, on three tracks). That makes this another LP with Miles Davis' rhythm section, as the earlier Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section was. Rounding out for now my recent Art Pepper pickups (say Art Pepper Pickups five times fast), my copy—direct from Craft Recordings—is the 2024 Acoustic Sounds Series reissue mastered by Bernie Grundman and pressed at QRP.https://goatless.org/2026/05/09/art-pepper-gettin-together-1960-on-contemporary-records
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Art Pepper, Intensity, 1963 on Contemporary Records
Recorded in 1960 but released in 1963, this has Pepper joined by Dolo Coker (piano), Jimmy Bond (bass), and Frank Butler (drums). A critical part of any west coast jazz library. That cover photo makes me think of the moment in Lost in Translation where the translator turns a series of long directions in Japanese from the director to Bill Murray as an actor into just this: "more intensity." Part of a series of recent pickups from Pepper on reissues, my copy—direct from Craft […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/07/art-pepper-intensity-1963-on-contemporary-records
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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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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Drum Suite, 1957 on Columbia
Art Blakey is joined here (at least on the A-side) by Cuban drummers Candido and Sabu, with Ray Bryant, Oscar Pettiford, and Charles Wright. On the B side, Jackie McLean, Spanky DeBrest, Sam Dockery, and Bill Hardman join as the Jazz Messengers.
My copy—via private sale—is a 1950s Columbia Hollywood plant pressing with the 6-eye label. The artist is credited as “The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble” on both labels but the cover credits the B side to the Jazz Messengers.
#1950s #1957 #ArtBlakey #ArtBlakeyAndTheJazzMessengers #BillHardman #Candido #CharlesWright #Columbia #JackieMcLean #jazz #OscarPettiford #RayBryant #Sabu #SamDockery #SpankyDeBrest #TheJazzMessengers #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Bill Evans, Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top Of the Gate, 2012 on Resonance
Another Sunday, another Bill Evan’s live LP from Resonance. This one was recorded October 23, 1968 in Greenwich Village. This time Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell join Evans.
This was recorded by Geoge Klabin himself, founder of the Rising Jazz Stars foundation and Resonance Records, as a 22 year old college student.
My copy—via a private sale—is the 2019 Record Store Day limited edition numbered release.
#1960s #1968 #2012 #2019 #BernieGrundman #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #EddieGomez #GeorgeKlabin #GreenwichVillage #jazz #MartyMorell #RecordStoreDay #RecordStoreDay2019 #ResonanceRecords #RTI #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Booker Ervin, The Freedom Book, 1964 on Prestige
Sixth full-length with Ervin as leader, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1963, for Prestige. Ervin is joined here by Jaki Byard (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Alan Dawson (who was a drum instructor at Berklee in Boston) (drums).
My copy—via a private sale—is the 2023 Analogue Productions / Craft Recordings reissue, in the Prestige Stereo Series. It was mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at QRP on 180g vinyl.
#1960s #1964 #AlanDawson #AnalogueProductions #BookerErvin #craftRecordings #JakiByard #jazz #KevinGray #Prestige #QualityRecordPressing #Reissue #RichardDavis #RudyVanGelder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Herbie Hancock, Inventions and Dimensions, 1964 on Blue Note
Hancock is joined by Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo and Chihuahua Martinez—though it’s not really what you’d call a Latin jazz album so much as post-bop or modal.
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his Englewood Cliffs studio.
My copy—direct from Blue Note—is the 2019 Blue Note 80 Vinyl Series reissue mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray and pressed at Optimal Media GmbH – sounds great.
#1960s #1964 #2019 #BlueNote #BlueNote80VinylReissueSeries #ChihuhuaMartinez #herbieHancock #jazz #KevinGray #Modal #OptimalGmbH #PaulChambers #PostBop #Reissue #RudyVanGelder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieBobo -
Abbey Lincoln, Golden Lady, 1981 on Inner City
Originally issued by Blue Marge in France under the name Painted Lady (Abbey Lincoln in Paris), the first US issue was on Inner City Records under the name Golden Lady. Aminata Moseka, the name she adopted in the mid seventies, also appears in a parenthetical on the cover, along with Archie Shepp who accompanies her.
Recorded in Paris in 1980.
My copy—via Academy Records in NYC—is a 1981 release pressed by Hub-Servall and mastered at Europadisk.
#1980s #1981 #AbbeyLincoln #AcademyRecords #AminataMoseka #ArchieShepp #InnerCity #jazz #NYC #Paris #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive, Jumpin’ Jive, 1981 on A&M
Joe Jackson always seemed to me a bit like someone out of the wrong time – though I loved his new wave / new romantic era and azz inflected records, on this one he went full on 1940s, covering songs from the swing and jump blues era.
Some people feel like it is a gimmick album or a throwaway, but I really enjoy it – it may be done a bit tongue in cheek but these are musicians (Jackson included) who love this music and take it seriously.
My copy—via Academy Records in NYC—is a Terre Haute pressing from the early 80s.
#1940s #1980s #AM #AcademyRecords #JoeJackson #JumpBlues #Swing #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Love, Forever Changes, 1967 on Elektra
Iconic later sixties album from Arthur Lee and co. This would be their third and final album in the original lineup. The track “Alone Again Or” (with the refrain “And I will be alone again tonight my dear”) has been used in a number of films and was covered by The Damned on 1986’s Anything.
If you only know the single, well worth checking out the whole album – it’s current revalued reputation is well deserved.
My copy—via Academy Records in NYC—is a 2012 reissue by Rhino pressed at Optimal GmbH, which sounds fantastic.
#1967 #2012 #AcademyRecords #Elektra #Love #NYC #Psychadelic #Reissue #Rhino #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Shakedown, 1979 on ALA
This was originally released in August 1971 with the title The Best of the Wailers on Beverley’s Records – but it is not a greatest hits album. It was recorded in 1970 with Leslie Kong and has been reissued many times with many different labels. Here it is called Shakedown on the cover and Shake Down on the labels.
This was the fourth studio album by the Wailers.
ALA was a label co-founded by Lou Drozen in LA, who also founded Laff records. The credit here says it is “leased to ALA Records & Tapes by San Juan Record & Tape Club LTD” – which is a Michael Chernow company that does license a lot of back catalog recordings including Marley.
My copy via Academy Records in NYC doesn’t carry a date of release but seems to be from 1979.
#1970s #1971 #AcademyRecords #ALA #BobMarley #BobMarleyTheWailers #LeslieKong #LouDrozen #Reggae #SanJuanMusic #TheWailers #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live!, 1975 on Island / Tuff Gong
Recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London, July 1975, and released by Island Records. Fantastic live album.
The only thing wrong with this album is that isn’t a 2xLP or longer.
My copy—not sure where I picked this up—is a post 2015 reissue by UMe on Tuff Gong labels, including a fold-out poster.
#1970s #1975 #BobMarley #BobMarleyTheWailers #IslandRecords #Live #London #LyceumTheatre #Reggae #Reissue #TheWailers #TuffGong #UMe #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Stribute to Roky Erickson, 2021 on LIght In The Attic
Posthumous tribute album for Roky Erickson by the same producer who assembled Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye, which was a 1990 tribute album that introduced my to many of his songs (though I also knew the 13th Floor Elevators LPs).
Tracklist and participants:
- Billy F. Gibbons – “(I’ve Got) Levitation”
- Mosshart Sexton – “Starry Eyes”
- Jeff Tweedy – “For You (I’d Do Anything)”
- Lynn Castle & Mark Lanegan – “Clear Night For Love”
- The Black Angels – “Don’t Fall Down”
- Neko Case – “Be and Bring Me Home”
- Margo Price – “Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)”
- Gary Clark Jr. & Eve Monsees – “Roller Coaster”
- Ty Segall – “Night of the Vampire”
- Lucinda Williams – “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
- Chelsea Wolfe – “If You Have Ghosts”
- Brogan Bentley – “May The Circle Remain Unbroken”
Plus a “Record Store Day only” 7″ flexi-disc single with Erickson himself doing “Love Hieroglyphics” from “the early ’70s.”
My copy—via Down in the Valley in Golden Valley, MN—included the 7″ flexi-disk. as well as a 16 page book.
#2020s #2021 #BillyFGibbons #covers #DownInTheValley #GoldenValleyMN #JeffTweedy #LightInTheAttic #LucindaWilliams #MargoPrice #MarkLanegan #NekoCase #RokyErickson #Tribute #TySegall #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Weird Al Yankovic, Dare To Be Stupid, 1985 on Scotti Bros.
This was the third studio LP from Weird Al, produced by Rick Derringer. Mixture of paradoes and “style parodies” which don’t copy specific songs but a generalized look and feel – like “Dare to be Stupid” which is in the style of Devo.
Apparently he approached Prince about doing a parody of “When Doves Cry” but Prince refused. (Yankovic could do these without permission but prefers to only do them with the participation of the originating artist). I do wish Prince had consented.
My copy, via Beatnick Records in Montréal Québec, is a Canadian pressing (Don Mills Ontario plant) manufactured and distributed by CBS Records Canada Ltd / CBS Disques Canada Ltée.
#1980s #1985 #BeatnickRecords #Canada #CBSRecordsCanada #DonMills #Humor #MontrealQC #parody #ScottiBros #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WeirdAlYankovic -
Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual, 1983 on Portrait
Lauper’s debut solo album, She’s So Unusual had four top-five singles: “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop,” and “All Through The Night.”
A number of the songs were covers – “Money Changes Everything” by The Brains, “When You Were Mine” by Prince, “All Through The Night” by Jules Shear, and even “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” which was written by Robert Hazard who had performed it with multiple bands and made a demo recording.
Truly a must-have album for an 80s music fan.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a 1984 pressing with the original inner liner and Portrait label.
#1980s #1983 #CyndiLauper #JulesShear #LowellMA #MillNo5 #Portrait #prince #RobertHazard #TheBrains #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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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
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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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The Rave-Ups, Chance, 1990 on Epic
The Rave-Ups are likely best known as the band in Pretty in Pink. (Molly Ringwald’s sister Beth was in a relationship with Jimmer Podrasky, and Ringwald brought John Hughes to see the band).
This was their third and last studio album of the first go ’round (they put out a new album in 2022 on Omnivore). The single “Respectfully King of Rain” got some MTV airplay at the time but was not a major hit. They had a sound I really liked but never quite connected with a bigger audience.
My copy, via Academy Records in NYC, is a 1990 pressing in great shape despite a “cutout” hole punch in the upper left.
#1990 #1990s #AcademyRecords #JimmyPodrasky #JohnHughes #MollyRingwald #NYC #PrettyInPink #RaveUps #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Chet Baker, Chet, 1959 on Riverside
The labels carry a subtitle of “Ballads by Chet Baker,” and the rear cover suggests “The lyrical trumpet of Chet Baker” but most people just call it Chet. Riverside RLP 12-299 (mono) and RLP 1135 (stereo).
He’s joined here by Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Herbie Mann, Bill Evans, and Philly Joe Jones / Connie Kay splitting drums duty, plus Kenny Burrell on two tracks. The liner notes (by Orrin Keepnews) say “Pianist Bill Evans . . . is just beginning to attract real public attention, but has for some time been the object of extreme praise from fellow musicians.”
My copy is a 2021 reissue by Craft Recordings (CR 00359) pressed at RTI with lacquers cut by Kevin Grey – via Beatnick Records in Montreal QC – which sounds fantastic.
#1950s #1959 #BeatnickRecords #BillEvans #ChetBaker #ConnieKay #craftRecordings #HerbieMann #jazz #KennyBurrell #MontrealQC #PaulChambers #PepperAdams #PhillyJoeJones #Riverside #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Nat King Cole, You’re My Everything, 1967 on Pickwick/33
Somehow this week has turned into posthumous collection week – this compilation was put out by Pickwick/33 in 1967 (Cole died in 1965), drawn from various Capitol Records releases.
My copy is a Canadian pressing (see the “Made in Canada” on rim text on the label) via Beatnick Records in Montréal QC
#1960s #1967 #BeatnickRecords #Capitol #MontrealQC #NatKingCole #Pickwick33 #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Big Joe Turner, Rhythm & Blues Years, 1986 on Atlantic
Although this compilation was put out by Atlantic in 1986 (Turner died in late 1985), the recordings come from the 1950s. Turner met the Erteguns at the Apollo Theater in 1951 and made five albums plus many singles and EPs on Atlantic during those years.
Great 2xLP with a gatefold and liner notes including contributions by Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, Bob Porter, Jerry Wexler, Doc Pomus, and Herb Abramson. As the liner notes point out “these are not Joe’s biggest recordings, but they are some of his best performances” – they reissued the biggest hits on another compilation.
My copy via Beatnick Records in Montréal QC
#1950s #1986 #AhmetErtegun #Atlantic #BeatnickRecords #BigJoeTurner #Blues #BobPorter #DocPomus #HerbAbramson #JerryWexler #MontrealQC #NesuhiErtegun #RhythmAndBlues #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Angel Olsen, Whole New Mess, 2020 on Jagjaguwar
Whole New Mess presents new takes on the tracks from Angel Olsen‘s 2019 All Mirrors: though actually the Whole New Mess versions were recorded earlier, in 2018 at The Unknown, a studio in a former church in Anacortes Washington. (It is labeled as “the primer and precursor to All Mirrors“).
It was produced by Michael Harris and mixed by John Congleton, but is just Olsen and her guitar where All Mirrors had a full band.
She performed earlier this year at the Cabot Theatre – great show which I neglected to post about here.
My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX
#2020 #2020s #AnacortesWA #AngelOlsen #AustinTX #Jagjaguwar #JohnCongleton #MichaelHarris #TheUnkown #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
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Ry Cooder, The Slide Area, 1982 on Warner Bros.
Ry Cooder is a long time favorite who still has a tendency to fly a bit under the popular radar (though musicians do tend to love him). This 1982 album I guess you’d call sort of mid-career though he’s still active so hard to say what that means – his 10th full length LP.
Includes Bob Dylan’s “I Need a Woman” and Curtis Mayfield’s “Gypsy Woman” as well as Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes.” John Hiatt guests on guitar on “That’s The Way Love Turned Out For Me.”
My copy is a mid-eighties repress in the “Super Saver Series” (that’s me) via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH. At this point I basically just pick up any Ry Cooder LP I run into that I don’t already have.
#1980s #1982 #BullMooseRecords #JohnHiatt #PortsmouthNH #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WarnerBrothers
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Joe Turner, Singing the Blues, 1967 on BluesWay / ABC
“Big” Joe Turner here with Buddy Lucas, Patti Bown, Wally Richardson, Thornel Schwartz, Bob Bushnell, Panama Francis, and Herbie Lovelle. This was his debut album on BluesWay though he was already ~30 years into his career.
This then is Joe Turner with a voice a little more mellow than of yore, but still uniquely alive in the blues idiom and very aware of what’s happening musically. His shouting is hup to the times and still full of sudden surprises. – George Hoefer
My copy is a Canadian pressing via Aux 33 Tours in Montreal.
#1960s #1967 #ABC #Aux33Tours #BigJoeTurner #Blues #MontrealQC #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Gerry Mulligan, Concert Days, 1966 on Sunset Records
Although this compilation came out in the mid-sixties, the recordings are all from 1954-1957.
Thanks to the Gerry Mulligan Discography compiled by Antoine Perier, Gérard Dugely, and Kenneth Hallqvist, they would seem to be:
- Storyville Club, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1-6, 1956 (A1, A2, A3, A5, B3)
- Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, June 7th, 1954 (last evening concert) (A4, B2)
- Coastal Studios, New York City, NY. December 4 & 5, 1957 (B1, B5)
- Stockton High School, Stockton, CA, November 12, 1954 (B4)
My copy is a Canadian pressing via Aux 33 Tours in Montreal, QC
#1950s #1966 #Aux33Tours #GerryMulligan #jazz #MontrealQC #Storyville #Sunset #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Mose Allison, Down Home Piano, 1966 on Prestige
This 1966 release collects instrumental performances from six albums he released on Prestige in the late 50s and early 60s. There’s a similar Mose Allison Sings which collects “the vocal side of his talents.”
The performers include Allison, Addison Farmer (Art Farmer’s twin brother) on bass, and Ronnie Free / Nick Stabulas on drums. Liner notes by Jack McKinney, recordings by Rudy Van Gelder.
My copy, via La Fin Du Vinyle in Montreal QC, is an early 70s reissue “Remastered for Stereo.”
#1966 #AddisonFarmer #JackMcKinney #jazz #LaFinDuVinyle #MontrealQC #MoseAllison #NickStabulas #Prestige #RonnieFree #RudyVanGelder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Gerry Mulligan Tentette & Quartet, Walking Shoes, 1953 on Capitol
This LP was a reissue of what had been a 10″ record – Gerry Mulligan And His Ten-Tette – with two tracks from Gene Norman Presents The Gerry Mulligan Quartet added. Just as labels created bonus tracks when reissuing LPs on CD, these were bonus tracks added when the 10″ became a 12″ LP.
The sessions were held January 29th, January 31st, and May 7th in Los Angeles. The quartet includes Chet Baker, Carson Smith and Larry Bunker. The Tentette includes Chet Baker, Pete Candoli, Bob Enevoldsen, John Graas, Ray Siegal, Bud Shank, Don Davidson, Joe Mondragon and Chico Hamilton or Larry Bunker (in two different sessions).
My copy, via Cheap Thrills in Montreal QC, is actually a Canadian pressing of a 70s reissue as part of the Quintessence Jazz Series (a budget label from the late 70s – part of the Pickwick International family).
#1950s #1953 #1979 #BobEnevoldson #BudShank #Capitol #CarsonSmith #CheapThrills #ChetBaker #ChicoHamilton #DonDavidson #GerryMulligan #GerryMulliganQuartet #GerryMulliganTentette #JoeMondragon #JohnGraas #LarryBunker #MontrealQC #PeteCandoli #Quebec #QuintessenceJazzSeries #Reissue #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue, 1960 on Riverside
I first discovered Abbey Lincoln via Vinyl Me Please’s reissue of It’s Magic from 1958, in the VMP Classics Series. This album was a followup to that, her fourth full-length album and the third on Riverside. Musicians here include Stanley Turrentine, his broth Tommy Turrentine (on trumpet), Max Roach (to whom Lincoln was later married), Philly Joe Jones, and many other luminaries of the […]
#1960 #1960s #1975 #AbbeyLincoln #CheapThrills #Japan #jazz #MaxRoach #MontrealQC #PhillyJoeJones #Riverside #StanleyTurrentine #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Art Farmer, Portrait of Art Farmer, 1958 on Stereo Records
“Stereo Records” was a jazz label made by Contemporary Records in 1958 to push records made with the new-fangled stereo technology:
Stereophonic two-channel disc recording utilizing Westrex 45-45 “StereoDisc” cutting system. To be reproduced only with stereophonic cartridge. Warning: use of conventional monaural cartridge without sufficient vertical compliance may well result in damage to […]
#1950s #1958 #2023 #AddisonFarmer #ArtFarmer #BernieGrundman #ContemporaryRecords #craftRecordings #HankJones #jazz #NatHentoff #QualityRecordPressing #Reissue #RoyHaynes #Stereo #StereoRecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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Joe Henderson, Mode for Joe, 1966 on Blue Note
This was Henderson’s fifth studio album (as a band leader), joined by: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Chris Fuller (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Cedar Walton (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Joe Chambers (drums). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Really wonderful Blue Note 60s jazz.
My copy is a 2024 reissue in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series – all-analog 180g vinyl pressings mastered […]
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Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra, Hollywood Stampede, 1972 on Capitol
Seventies reissue – volume 5 in the Capitol Jazz Classics series – with songs taken from sessions in February and March of 1945. Players joining Hawkins on these tracks include Howard McGhee (trumpet), Sir Charles Thompson (piano), Allan Reuss (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Denzil Best (drums), Vic Dickenson (trombone), John Simmons (bass).
Great classic jazz here as bop or bebop was […]
#1940s #1945 #1972 #AllenReuss #Aux33Tours #Capitol #CapitolJazzClassics #CharlesThompson #ColemanHawkins #compilation #DenzilBest #HowardMcGhee #jazz #MontrealQC #OscarPettiford #VicDickenson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Sonny Boy Williamson, The Real Folk Blues, 1966 on Chess
This album was first released in the UK in 1965 as In Memorium, (Williamson died in May of 1965). In the US it was retitled to The Real Folk Blues and released in 1966. Later reissues have appeared with either title in different regions.
This is one of my favorite blues albums of all time – Williams is backed here by Willie Dixon, Luther Tucker, Otis Spann, Fred Bellow, Matt Murphy, […]
#1960s #1966 #1987 #ChessRecords #LutherTucker #OriginalChessMasters #OtisSpann #Reissue #RobertLockwoodJr #SonnyBoyWilliamson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieDixon #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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The Getz/Gilberto Collection: 20 Golden Greats, 1985 on Deja Vu
Italian release of tunes recorded between 1958 and 1964 by Stan Getz with Joao and Astrud Gilberto – varying recording quality from track to track. Classic bargain bin find – the music is wonderful as you’d expect.
My copy via Pleasant Village Records in Marblehead MA
#1980s #1985 #AstrudGilberto #DejaVu #Italy #JoaoGilberto #MarbleheadMA #PleasantVillageRecords #Reissue #Samba #StanGetz #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds