#vinylfinds — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vinylfinds, aggregated by home.social.
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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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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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The Who, Who’s Greatest Hits, 1983 on MCA
I don't tend to favor Greatest Hits albums from an artist I'd otherwise collect individual albums from, but picked this up as part of a bundle of records. I love it when an artist puts out a Greatest Hits so early in their career - there's also a 2009 Greatest Hits album On vinyl, this includes the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" (3:38) while the CDs have the album version (8:32). Great collection across the 60s and 70s albums. My copy—via private sale—is an early 80s […]https://goatless.org/2026/07/23/the-who-whos-greatest-hits-1983-on-mca
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The Who, Who’s Greatest Hits, 1983 on MCA
I don't tend to favor Greatest Hits albums from an artist I'd otherwise collect individual albums from, but picked this up as part of a bundle of records. I love it when an artist puts out a Greatest Hits so early in their career - there's also a 2009 Greatest Hits album On vinyl, this includes the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" (3:38) while the CDs have the album version (8:32). Great collection across the 60s and 70s albums. My copy—via private sale—is an early 80s […]https://goatless.org/2026/07/23/the-who-whos-greatest-hits-1983-on-mca
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CYNDI LAUPER
The Goonies 'R' Good Enough b/w What A Thrill
1985 Canada 7” pressingA killer find from my trip downtown today!
This song is forever tattooed on my childhood due to its affiliation with one of my all-time favorite movies, The Goonies.
Every time I hear it, I’m transported right back to that movie theatre where I saw it on opening weekend in Milford, Ma.Both the record AND picture sleeve are in immaculate shape, and I’ve never owned one before where BOTH were intact. I either saw the sleeve either no record, or the record in just a shitty plain paper sleeve.
Pure sentimental #80s joy, man.
It’s the little things that make you happy.
And this makes me very happy.#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #art #1980s #80sMusic #80smovies #movies #TheGoonies #cyndilauper
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A quick sneak peak of everything from the Boston trip (including a few New England-centric gems) before I hibernate.
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Particularly excited about the Harvard/Yale 29-29 game record, as well as the Screaming Broccoli record.We’re gonna get into all this stuff starting tomorrow.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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A quick sneak peak of everything from the Boston trip (including a few New England-centric gems) before I hibernate.
🦧
Particularly excited about the Harvard/Yale 29-29 game record, as well as the Screaming Broccoli record.We’re gonna get into all this stuff starting tomorrow.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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A quick sneak peak of everything from the Boston trip (including a few New England-centric gems) before I hibernate.
🦧
Particularly excited about the Harvard/Yale 29-29 game record, as well as the Screaming Broccoli record.We’re gonna get into all this stuff starting tomorrow.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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A quick sneak peak of everything from the Boston trip (including a few New England-centric gems) before I hibernate.
🦧
Particularly excited about the Harvard/Yale 29-29 game record, as well as the Screaming Broccoli record.We’re gonna get into all this stuff starting tomorrow.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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A quick sneak peak of everything from the Boston trip (including a few New England-centric gems) before I hibernate.
🦧
Particularly excited about the Harvard/Yale 29-29 game record, as well as the Screaming Broccoli record.We’re gonna get into all this stuff starting tomorrow.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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Back in my own jungle where I belong.
Lots of records from the Boston dig to sort through, spin, and file, but first I need to sleep for 1,000 hours.
This ape is beat.
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#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts #vancouverisland
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Back in my own jungle where I belong.
Lots of records from the Boston dig to sort through, spin, and file, but first I need to sleep for 1,000 hours.
This ape is beat.
🦧
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts #vancouverisland
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Back in my own jungle where I belong.
Lots of records from the Boston dig to sort through, spin, and file, but first I need to sleep for 1,000 hours.
This ape is beat.
🦧
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts #vancouverisland
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Back in my own jungle where I belong.
Lots of records from the Boston dig to sort through, spin, and file, but first I need to sleep for 1,000 hours.
This ape is beat.
🦧
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts #vancouverisland
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Back in my own jungle where I belong.
Lots of records from the Boston dig to sort through, spin, and file, but first I need to sleep for 1,000 hours.
This ape is beat.
🦧
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts #vancouverisland
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Final count:
18 records, and a collection of some of the weirdest New England ephemera ever.Thanks for the hospitality, Boston.
Ziggy Starduck and I are off for one last slumber.See you in about 30 hours, Van Isle.
❤️,
🦧#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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Final count:
18 records, and a collection of some of the weirdest New England ephemera ever.Thanks for the hospitality, Boston.
Ziggy Starduck and I are off for one last slumber.See you in about 30 hours, Van Isle.
❤️,
🦧#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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Final count:
18 records, and a collection of some of the weirdest New England ephemera ever.Thanks for the hospitality, Boston.
Ziggy Starduck and I are off for one last slumber.See you in about 30 hours, Van Isle.
❤️,
🦧#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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Final count:
18 records, and a collection of some of the weirdest New England ephemera ever.Thanks for the hospitality, Boston.
Ziggy Starduck and I are off for one last slumber.See you in about 30 hours, Van Isle.
❤️,
🦧#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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Final count:
18 records, and a collection of some of the weirdest New England ephemera ever.Thanks for the hospitality, Boston.
Ziggy Starduck and I are off for one last slumber.See you in about 30 hours, Van Isle.
❤️,
🦧#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #boston #massachusetts #BostonMassachusetts
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Sometimes, you just need to buy a Mr. Miyagi action figure.
Wax on, wax off.
He sure does.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #media #toys #vintagetoys #thekaratekid #mrmiyagi #1980s #80s #80sToys -
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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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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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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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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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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Herbie Hancock, My Point of View, 1963 on Blue Note
Hancock's sophomore album as a leader, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs NJ. Hancock joined by Donald Byrd (trumpet), Gracham Moncur III (trombone), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Grant Green (guitar), Chuck Isreals (bass), and Anthony Williams (drums). Herbie Hancock is a master, and it is wonderful to find the early Blue Note albums - I now have the first five in good vinyl editions. All the tracks on this one are Hancock originals - love "Blind Man, Blind Man" which recalls & […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/28/herbie-hancock-my-point-of-view-1963-on-blue-note
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Various Artists, The Vinyl Series Volume One, 2021 on Island
Great collection of Reggae / Ska / Rocksteady singles from the early days of Island Records, said to be hand-picked by label founder Chris Blackwell. There's already been a Volume Two and Volume Three (going into the 70s) - not sure if there will be more or not. Somewhat idiosyncratically includes The Spencer Davis Group alongside Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, and The Soul Sisters - but it makes sense in the context of the original releases which also stood side by side at […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/26/various-artists-the-vinyl-series-volume-one-2021-on-island
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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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The Cars, Panorama, 1980 on Elektra
This was the third studio LP from Boston band The Cars, situated between Candy-O and Shake It Up. Includes "Touch and Go." An underappreciated album in The Cars' discography: seen by critics as a let down and not as commercial successful as the one before or after. I like it though - more experimental, more ambitious - trying on different sounds. Sort of an alternate universe in which they went more alternative. Not the first Cars LP you should buy, but worth being in your collection if […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/13/the-cars-panorama-1980-on-elektra
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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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Freddie Roach, Good Move!, 1964 on Blue Note
Freddie Roach’s third album as a leader, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliff with Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Eddie Wright (guitar), and Clarence Johnston (drums).
Tunes include “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (Gerswhin) and Pastel (Garner) as well as “T’Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It).” Great soul-jazz organ here.
My copy—via Amazon—is the Tone Poet Series reissue from 2024, with lacquer cut by Kevin Gray and pressing at RTI. As you can expect from this series it’s a great sounding pressing with lovely packaging.
#1960s #1964 #2024 #BlueMitchell #BlueNote #ClarenceJohnston #EddieWright #EnglewoodCliffsNJ #FreddieRoach #HankMobley #jazz #KevinGray #Reissue #RudyVanGelder #TonePoet #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Big John Patton, Let ‘Em Roll, 1966 on Blue Note
Patton joined by Otis Finch (drums), Grant Green (guitar), and Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), and recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Fantastic Hammond B3 driven mid-sixties Blue Note jazz – can’t go wrong.
My copy—direct from Amazon, which often has deals on these—is the Blue Note Tone Poet series reissue from 2023, with lacquer cut by Kevin Grey and Joe Harley and pressing at RTI.
#1960s #1966 #2023 #amazon #BlueNote #BobbyHutcherson #EnglewoodCliffsNJ #GrantGreen #jazz #JoeHarley #JohnPatton #KevinGray #OtisFinch #Reissue #RTI #RudyVanGelder #TonePoet #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Lou Donaldson, Midnight Creeper, 1968 on Blue Note
Donaldson joined here by Leo Morris (drums), George Benson (guitar), Lonnie Smith (organ) and Blue Mitchell (trumpet). Very groovy soul-jazz LP from late sixties Blue Note.
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs and produced by Francis Wolff.
My copy—via Amazon—is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI.
#1960s #1968 #2024 #BlueMitchell #BlueNote #EnglewoodCliffsNJ #FrancisWolff #GeorgeBenson #jazz #KevinGray #LeoMorris #LonnieSmith #LouDonaldson #Reissue #RTI #RudyVanGelder #TonePoet #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Echo And The Bunnymen, Heaven Up Here, 1981 on Sire/Korova
Second album from Echo & the Bunnymen, produced by Hugh Jones (and the band) and recorded in Wales. It was put out by Korova in the UK and Sire in the US.
While Crocodiles didn’t chart in the US this one did. The photo on the cover – taken on the shore in Wales – is such an iconic image for the era.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5—is a US Jacksonville pressing from Allied metalwork.
#1980s #1981 #Allied #EchoAndTheBunnymen #Jacksonville #Korova #LowellMA #MillNo5 #Sire #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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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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Randy Newman, Little Criminals, 1977 on Warner Bros
Randy Newman’s fifth studio LP and his highest charting, in part due to “Short People,” which was also a hit single. Produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman, with supporting players including Waddy Wachtel, Joe Walsh, Glen Frey, J.D. Souther, Tim Schmit, Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, Willie Weeks, and even Ry Cooder on mandola on “Kathleen.”
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a Bestway pressing, with some price sticker damage on the front from a previous owner.
#1970s #1977 #GlenFrey #JDSouther #JimKeltner #JoeWalsh #KlausVoorman #LarryWaronker #LowellMA #MillNo5 #RandyNewman #RussTitelman #RyCooder #TimSchmit #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaddyWachtel #WarnerBrothers
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John Mayall, The Latest Edition, 1974 on Polydor
I collect lots of John Mayall – this followed the era of Mayall moving to the US in the late 60s, and the band here includes Larry Taylor, Red Holloway, Soko Richardson, Hightide Harris and Randy Resnick. Lots of jazz/fusion influence here with saxophone. Mayall is wearing a cast on the cover.
Mayall passed unfortunately in 2024, but there are so many great LPs live and from the studio that I keep finding new (to me) music from his career.
My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is a 1974 All Disc pressing in a gatefold sleeve.
#1970s #1974 #A1Records #AllDiscRecords #Blues #HightideHarris #LarryTaylor #NYC #Polydor #RandyResnick #RedHolloway #SokoRichardson #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