#vinylfinds — Public Fediverse posts
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The Blow Monkeys, Wicked Ways, 1986 on RCA
The Blow Monkeys were a really interesting UK pop / new-wave band in the 80s, and "Digging Your Scene" was their big hit in the US. This single was also from the Animal Magic LP that hit was from. Fronted by the self-titled Dr. Robert (Bruce Howard), the band included Mick Anker (bass), Neville Henry (sax), and Tony Kiley (drums) plus many guests. The cover on the b-side ("It's Not Unusual") was recorded in 1984 at the Hammersmith Palais in Paris. My copy—via Lifebridge thrift shop in […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/13/the-blow-monkeys-wicked-ways-1986-on-rca
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The Blow Monkeys, Wicked Ways, 1986 on RCA
The Blow Monkeys were a really interesting UK pop / new-wave band in the 80s, and "Digging Your Scene" was their big hit in the US. This single was also from the Animal Magic LP that hit was from. Fronted by the self-titled Dr. Robert (Bruce Howard), the band included Mick Anker (bass), Neville Henry (sax), and Tony Kiley (drums) plus many guests. The cover on the b-side ("It's Not Unusual") was recorded in 1984 at the Hammersmith Palais in Paris. My copy—via Lifebridge thrift shop in […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/13/the-blow-monkeys-wicked-ways-1986-on-rca
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John Prine, Aimless Love, 1984 on Oh Boy
Prine's eighth album and his first on Oh Boy, which Prine formed with manager Al Bunetta and friend Dan Einstein. Some classic Prine songs here: "Unwed Fathers," "The Oldest Baby In the World," and "People Puttin' People Down" among them. Co-writers here include Spooner Oldham, Shel Silverstein, Bobby and Linda Whitlock, and Bobby Braddock - reflecting the time Prine spent writing for others in Nashville in the early 80s. My copy—direct from Oh Boy Records—is the 2022 reissue on […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/12/john-prine-aimless-love-1984-on-oh-boy
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John Prine, Aimless Love, 1984 on Oh Boy
Prine's eighth album and his first on Oh Boy, which Prine formed with manager Al Bunetta and friend Dan Einstein. Some classic Prine songs here: "Unwed Fathers," "The Oldest Baby In the World," and "People Puttin' People Down" among them. Co-writers here include Spooner Oldham, Shel Silverstein, Bobby and Linda Whitlock, and Bobby Braddock - reflecting the time Prine spent writing for others in Nashville in the early 80s. My copy—direct from Oh Boy Records—is the 2022 reissue on […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/12/john-prine-aimless-love-1984-on-oh-boy
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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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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Reactor, 1981 on Reprise
This was the last album for Young & Crazy Horse on Reprise before the five album run on Geffin. Some would consider this a kind of punk or even post-punk (is 1981 too early for post-punk?) version of Neil Young & Crazy Horse. It sometimes gets listed as one of their least successful records—the lyrics to T-Bone, for example—but I think it's got a certain rough charm. "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze" is widely reputed to be about the Reprise records team, specifically Mo Ostin and Joe […]https://goatless.org/2026/08/27/neil-young-crazy-horse-reactor-1981-on-reprise
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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 […] -
KEITH MOON
Two Sides Of The Moon
1975 U.S. pressingQuite frankly, one of the worst, MOST HORRIBLE albums ever made.
If the survival of millions of kids depended on me making it through this abysmal dryhump, then I’m sorry, millions of kids are going to die.A lot of people try to stand up for this album and say it’s parody or satire, but those people are morons.
I AINT BUYING IT.
It’s just plain awful, period.I was in my basement going through some “get rid of” boxes, just double checking if it was all worth getting rid of.
I pulled this out because I wanted to see if it was as reprehensible as I remember.Turns out…
ITS WORSE.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #art #keithmoon #Thewho #badalbums #awfulalbums #terriblealbums #reprehensiblealbums
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Cliff Jordan, Cliff Jordan, 1957 on Blue Note
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack NJ, Jordan is joined by John Jenkins (alto sax), Art Taylor (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Curtis Fuller (trombone) and Lee Morgan (trumpet). This is one of two Blue Note LPs he put out in 1957 (the other was Blowing in From Chicago with John Gilmore). My copy—via Amazon—is the 2024 Blue Note Tone Poet Series reissue, with lacquer by Kevin Gray and pressing at RTI. Although they used the "mono" labels here and the spine also says mono, the LP is […]https://goatless.org/2026/04/28/cliff-jordan-cliff-jordan-1957-on-blue-note
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Blue Mitchell, Down With It, 1966 on Blue Note
Another fantastic Blue Note jazz LP, this came out originally in 1966. It features Mitchell (trumpet) with Junior Cook (tenor sax), Chick Corea (piano), Gene Taylor (bass), and Aloysius Foster (drums), and was recorded at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey.
My copy- via a private sale – is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at RTI. Great sound and packaging.
#1960s #1966 #AloysiusFoster #BlueMitchell #BlueNote #ChickCorea #CohearentAudio #EnglewoodCliffsNJ #GeneTaylor #jazz #JuniorCook #KevinGray #RTI #RudyVanGelder #TonePoet #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Bud Powell, Time Waits (The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 4), 1958 on Blue Note
Powell joined by Sam Jones and Philly Joe Jones, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack NJ, and produced by Alfred Lion. Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather.
My copy is the 2022 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, pressed at Optimal GmbH and mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent – wonderful pressing.
#1950s #1958 #2022 #BlueNote #BlueNoteClassicVinylSeries #BudPowell #CohearentAudio #jazz #KevinGray #OptimalGmbH #PhillyJoeJones #Reissue #SamJones #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
De La Soul, Clear Lake Auditorium, 1994 on Tommy Boy
I love De La Soul, especially the first three albums – 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul is Dead, and Buhloone Mindstate. This EP was a promotional only release in 1994, which was widely bootlegged over the years, and includes 4 tracks from Buloone Mindstate plus two non-album tracks, one of which features A Tribe Called Quest.
My copy is the 2025 limited edition reissue & repress on translucent green vinyl, which was issued in a “gel” sleeve that actually contains liquid. I immediately re-sleeved, but of course kept the gel sleeve too.
#1990s #1994 #2025 #Chrysalis #DeLaSoul #HipHop #Reissue #TommyBoy #TribeCalledQuest #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
The Who, Quadrophenia, 1973 on MCA
Not to be confused with the Quadrophenia soundtrack, which followed the 1979 film, this is the sixth studio album from The Who, a 2xLP release from 1973 on Track Records in the UK. It followed Tommy and Who’s Next.
Like Tommy, it’s a rock opera telling the story of a mod named Jimmy, who says in the liner notes:
Schizophrenic? I’m Bleeding Quadrophenic
I love the iconic mod parka on a vespa scooter with the faces of the band in the mirrors: photo by Graham Hughes from an idea by Roger Daltry.
My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is a 1980 or later Pickneyville Pressing with the rainbow MCA labels and “©”1980 MCA Records Inc.” in the rim text. The fourth side does not include “Record 1 Side 4” notation – not sure if that’s a misprint or manufacturing error.
#1970s #GrahamHughes #JohnEntwistle #KeithMoon #MCA #Mod #PeteTownshend #RockOpera #RogerDaltry #TrackRecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Bob Dylan, Street-Legal, 1978 on Columbia
This was Dylan’s 18th studio LP, made with a band that included Jerry Scheff, Ian Wallace, Alan Pasqua, Billy Cross, Steven Soles, Steve Douglas, and David Mansfield – many of whom were in the Rolling Thunder Revue. (David Mansfield also went on to be part of The Range).
Not as many absolutely central Dylan songs here, but I do love “Is Your Love In Vain?” and “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power).”
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No 5 in Lowell MA—is a 1978 pressing from Columbia’s Santa Maria plant. It’s written as “Street Legal” (no hyphen) on the labels but “Street-Legal” on the cover and spine.
#1970s #1978 #AlanPasqua #BillyCross #BobDylan #Columbia #DavidMansfield #IanWallace #JerryScheff #LowellMA #MillNo5 #SantaMaria #SteveDouglas #StevenSoles #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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ZZ Top, Fandango!, 1975 on London Records
Fourth release from Texas blues band ZZ Top, Fandango! included an A side with live songs (from The Warehouse, in New Orleans) and a B side of new studio recordings.
A Fandango is a dance originating in Spain and Portugal – which wikipedia tells me “is used as a synonym for ‘a quarrel’, ‘a big fuss’ or ‘a foolish or pretentious act'” – not sure which one ZZ Top were after here.
I think their first eight albums (yes, I include Eliminator) are fantastic though I’d argue after that it is downhill – but the live releases that have continued to come out from earlier days are great.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell, MA—is a later 1979 Winchester Pressing on Warner Bros. labels.
#1970s #1975 #LondonRecords #LowellMA #MillNo5 #NewOrleans #TheWarehouse #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #ZZTop
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Cowboy Junkies, Misguided Angel, 1989 on RCA
Margo, Peter, and MIchael Timmons with Alan Anton were Cowboy Junkies. This EP came out alongside the Trinity Session album, with the lead single “Misguided Angel” from that session at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto, plus four live tracks recorded at the ROXY in Hollywood.
Both “Sweet Jane” and “Walking After Midnight” were also on Trinity Session. The choice of songs: covering Lou Reed, Robert Johnson, and Patsy Cline, is a pretty good implication as to the sound of Cowboy Junkies.
My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is a US promotional copy.
#1980s #1989 #A1Records #AlanAnton #CowboyJunkies #LosAngeles #LouReed #MargoTimmins #MichaelTimmons #NYC #PatsyCline #PeterTimmons #Promo #RobertJohnson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Pat MacDonald and The Essentials, Essentialist Propaganda, 1983 on Counter-Pop
Pat MacDonald would go on to be one half of Timbuk 3 with his wife Barbara Kooyman, listed here as Barbara K. MacDonald. “Too Much Sex (Not Enough Affection” from this EP also was later on Eden Alley in 1988.
Pat MacDonald and The Essentials put out one full length album and this EP, which was recorded in Chicago. (The MacDonalds formed Timbuk 3 in Madison Wisconsin before relocating to Austin).
I was super excited to find my copy at Antone’s Records in Austin TX – so far as I know (or discogs knows) there’s only been one pressing.
#1980s #1983 #AntoneSRecords #AustinTX #CounterPop #CounterPopProductions #MadisonWI #PatMacDonald #PatMacDonaldAndTheEssentials #TheEssentials #Timbuk3 #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, He’s the DJ, I’m The Rapper, 1988 on Jive
Second album from the duo of Jeffrey Townes (aka DJ Jazzy Jeff) and Will Smith (aka The Fresh Prince), including “Parents Just Don’t Understand” which won the first Best Rap Performance Grammy in 1989.
Not sure I even realized this at the time, but their first two albums came out before The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire, which didn’t air until 1990.
My copy—via Antone’s Records in Austin TX—is an 80s pressing complete with inner sleeves and hype sticker. It’s a double LP but not a gatefold.
#1980s #1988 #AntoneSRecords #AustinTX #DJJazzyJeffTheFreshPrince #FreshPrince #HipHop #JazzyJeff #JiveRecords #Rap #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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The Special AKA, Nelson Mandela, 1984 on Two Tone
Extended version 12″ single from The Specials (Special AKA), produced by Elvis Costello. One of my favorite early 80s ska protest songs. Now dated in its reference but hey – never forget: Mandela was in prison for 27 years but would go on to be the president of South Africa. It’s an amazing story in which the song is just a footnote, but was very compelling, real, and timely in 1984.
My copy—a UK pressing on 2 Tone labels with Chrysalis copyright and marketing and a picture sleeve—via Antone’s Records in Austin TX.
#1984 #2Tone #AntoneSRecords #AustinTX #ElvisCostello #ska #Specials #TheSpecialAKA #TwoTone #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie, 1975 on Pablo
Pablo records, with a logo and name inspired by Picasso, was started by Norman Granz (who also produced this record) in the early seventies. There’s a ton of great Pablo jazz records—I generally pick them up whenever I see them.
Recorded in 1974 in London, this release brings together two greats but it is not a “legacy” album – their playing is still super vibrant here. (Gillespie won a Best Jazz Performance Grammy for this recording).
My copy via Antone’s Records in Austin TX
#1970s #1975 #AntoneSRecords #AustinTX #DizzyGillespie #NormanGranz #OscarPeterson #PabloRecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Lucinda Williams, Ramblin’ On My Mind, 1979 on Folkways
Attributed to “Lucinda” mono-nymically, this was Williams’ debut solo album, released in 1979 on Folkways (which became Smithsonian Folkways in 1987).
She’s accompanied by John Grimaudo on 6-string guitar (she plays 12-string and sings), and the album was produced by Tom Royals, an attorney for whom this is the only producing credit – he was a friend of her father. It was recorded at Malaco Studios in Jackson, Mississippi.
It’s a collection of blues, folk, and country covers, some traditional and some by named artists: Robert Johnson, A.P. Carter, Memphis Minnie, Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes.
My copy is a 2021 reissue, but I’m not sure where I got it from.
#1970s #1979 #APCarter #Blues #Country #covers #Folk #Folkways #HankWilliams #JohnGrumaudo #LucindaWilliams #MalacoStudios #RobertJohnson #SmithsonianFolkways #TomRoyals #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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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
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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
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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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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