#vinylfinds — Public Fediverse posts
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Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg, 1988 on Amiga
This is actually the album released as Talking With the Taxman About Poetry in the US and UK, but retitled for behind the iron curtain. When I found it in the store I thought it was some kind of bootleg live album, not recognizing the tracklist (which I should have recognized). Not sure if Mayakovsky was out of favor or self-titled just made more sense for the market behind the iron curtain. From what I can tell (discogs) this was the only Bragg album Amiga issued. Fun to read (google […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/14/billy-bragg-billy-bragg-1988-on-amiga
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Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg, 1988 on Amiga
This is actually the album released as Talking With the Taxman About Poetry in the US and UK, but retitled for behind the iron curtain. When I found it in the store I thought it was some kind of bootleg live album, not recognizing the tracklist (which I should have recognized). Not sure if Mayakovsky was out of favor or self-titled just made more sense for the market behind the iron curtain. From what I can tell (discogs) this was the only Bragg album Amiga issued. Fun to read (google […]https://goatless.org/2026/09/14/billy-bragg-billy-bragg-1988-on-amiga
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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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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 -
Suzanne Vega, Flying With Angels, 2025 on Cooking Vinyl
Vega's tenth studio album and her first of new material since 2014. Bob Dylan gets cowriting credit on "Chambermaid" as a kind of alternate version of "I Want You." "Speaker's Corner" is a great song as well: I have a newfound sympathy For the madman in the square Who rants and raves his rhetoric Into the midday air My version—direct from the artist at a live show at the Cabot Theater in Beverly MA—is a signed copy on grey smoke vinyl.https://goatless.org/2026/04/24/suzanne-vega-flying-with-angels-2025-on-cooking-vinyl
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Suzanne Vega, Flying With Angels, 2025 on Cooking Vinyl
Vega's tenth studio album and her first of new material since 2014. Bob Dylan gets cowriting credit on "Chambermaid" as a kind of alternate version of "I Want You." "Speaker's Corner" is a great song as well: I have a newfound sympathy For the madman in the square Who rants and raves his rhetoric Into the midday air My version—direct from the artist at a live show at the Cabot Theater in Beverly MA—is a signed copy on grey smoke vinyl.https://goatless.org/2026/04/24/suzanne-vega-flying-with-angels-2025-on-cooking-vinyl
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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 -
Sir Douglas Quintet, Live From Austin TX, 2006 on New West
Doug Sahm’s Sir Douglas Quintet recorded in 1981 but released in 2006 (on CD/DVD) / 2018 (vinyl) – live on Austin City Limits. (In 1981 that means the old Studio 6A at UT Austin, not the new Moody Theater).
This was part of a reunion tour after the quintet split up in the early 70s when Sahm put out his solo album.
My copy via a private sale is the 2018 three-sided LP version with one side etched, pressed by MPO.
#1980s #1981 #2006 #2018 #AustinCityLimits #AustinTX #DougSahm #Etched #MPO #NewWest #Reissue #SirDouglasQuintet #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 -
Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Blood & Chocolate, 1986 on Columbia
Costello’s 11th studio LP and 9th with The Attractions, as a follow up to King of America, and produced by Nick Lowe.
Didn’t do so well commercially at the time, but now called one of his best. Costello is credited on the rear sleeve as “Napoleon Dynamite” – which is also the name of the cover painting (also by Costello, but attributed to Eamonn Singer – though the director of the same-named film claims it is not referring to Costello.
My copy – from the merch table at an Elvis Costello / Steve Nieve show at The Cabot – is a more recent (post 2015) reissue by UMe.
#1980s #1986 #CabotTheater #Columbia #EamonnSinger #ElvisCostello #ElvisCostelloTheAttractions #NickLowe #TheAttractions #UMe #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds -
Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Imperial Bedroom, 1982 on Columbia
Seventh studio LP from Costello and the sixth with The Attractions, out of F-Beat in the UK and Columbia in the US. A must have for collectors of Costello or indeed the whole new wave / alternative era of the late seventies to mid eighties.
My copy – direct from the artist at a show at the Cabot Theatre in Beverly MA with Steve Nieve — is a recent reissue by UMe, who now handle Costello’s catalog.
#1980s #1982 #BeverlyMA #CabotTheater #Columbia #ElvisCostello #ElvisCostelloTheAttractions #NewWave #SteveNieve #UMe #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 -
Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks, Everybody’s Rockin’, 1983 on Geffen
Credited (as you can see on the cover and the labels) to Neil Young but also to Neil and the Shocking Pinks, this was Neil’s rockabilly album, with a band assembled just for this purpose.
I realize I’m something of a Neil Young completist, but I really enjoy this album, short as it is.
My copy—via Worcester Record Riot—is a 1983 Carrollton pressing from the Columbia House Record Club (noted on the rear jacket).
#1980s #1983 #carrolltonGa #columbiaHouseRecordClub #geffen #neilYoung #neilYoungAndTheShockingPinks #rockabilly #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #worcesterMa #worcesterRecordRiot
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U2, R.O.K., 1981 on Island Records
Punny title (you too, are ok or U2 are ok) aside, great early EP for the European market from U2. The live tracks on the b-side are from their appearance at the Paradise in Boston in March 1981 – about 8 years later my freshman dorm room would be a block away.
This was the first single (“Fire”) from the debut full-length album Boy, though there had been the EP Three and ~5 other singles before this
My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is from the first pressing for the German marked, pressed by Sonopress in Gütersloh.
#A1Records #BostonMA #Germany #IslandRecords #NYC #Paradise #Sonopress #SonopressGmbH #U2 #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979 on Chiswick
This was the third studio album from Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, and (new bassist) Algy Ward, collectively known as The Damned.
Includes a cover of “Looking at You” by the MC5, as well as “Love Song” and “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today.” I believe this was only available as an import in the US until issued on CD in 1991 by Emergo.
My copy is a later UK repressing (1986) on ACE Records, pressed at Sonopress in Germany – via A1 Records in NYC.
#1970s #1979 #A1Records #Ace #AlgyWard #CaptainSensible #Chiswick #DaveVanian #NYC #punk #RatScabies #Sonopress #TheDamned #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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Various Artists, Something About Joy Division, 1990 on Vox Pop
Great compilation / tribute to Joy Division on Italian label Vox Pop.
Tracklist:
- The Difference – Colony
- The Carnival of Fools – Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Allison Run – Ceremony
- Orange Party – Heart and Soul
- Silver Surfers – She’s Lost Control
- Speed Blue – Interzone
- Comic Spoilers – Decades
- Afterhours – Shadowplay
- Subterranean Dining Rooms – Atrocity Exhibition
- Sundowners – Dead Souls
- Hitchcock’s Scream – Atmosphere
- Definitive Gaze – Warsaw
The second edition was not a gatefold (which makes sense since the inside of the gatefold is just blank white anyway). I especially enjoy the versions of “Colony,” “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (piano and vocals), “Shadowplay” (acoustic guitar driven), and Warsaw (which sounds a bit like Echo and the Bunnymen). The punk version of “She’s Lost Control” somehow actually made it a less interesting song (though it is still fun). Lots of bands here that I did not know.
In my collection via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis
#1990 #1990s #covers #ElectricFetus #Italy #JoyDivision #MinneapolisMN #Tribute #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #VoxPop
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Milt Jackson, Ballads & Blues, 1956 on Atlantic
Jackson’s most well know as the vibraphonist in the Modern Jazz Quartet but he also collaborated and recorded with many other bop musicians. Here he is joined by Lucky Thomson (sax), John Lewis (piano), Skeeter Best (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), Lawrence Marable (drums), and Barry Gailbraith (guitar). (Lewis and Clarke had […]
#1950s #1956 #2019 #Atlantic #BarneyKessel #BarryGailbraith #Bop #jazz #JohnLewis #KennyClarke #LawrenceMarable #LuckyThomson #MiltJackson #ModernJazzQuartet #NesuhiErtegun #OscarPettiford #PercyHeath #Reissue #SkeeterBest #SpeakersCornerRecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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S. Carey, Break Me Open, 2022 on Jagjaguwar
S. Carey (aka Sean Carey) is the drummer and backing vocalist from Bon Iver – he put out a solo album All We Grow back in 2010. Break Me Open is his fourth full length under the S. Carey moniker, all on Jagjaguwar – though he has put out some EPs as well.
It’s a dark album – Amanda Wicks on Pitchfork called it “bleak” – but I actually really love the sound and the mood. Maybe it’s just […]
#2020s #2022 #BonIver #Eco #ElectricFetus #Indie #Jagjaguwar #MinneapolisMN #SCarey #Solo #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, 1970 on A&M
Technically the soundtrack to the live movie of the same name, a sprawling live set with a tremendous band including (led by?) Leon Russell, across rock, soul and R&B. If you can only have one Joe Cocker album this probably ought to be it.
Great renditions of “Cry Me A River,” “Bird on a Wire,” “Feelin’ Alright,” and “Delta Lady.”
My copy via (the now defunct) Vinyl Destination in Lowell […]
#1970 #1970s #AM #JoeCocker #LeonRussell #LowellMA #vinyl #VinylDestination #vinylcollection #vinylfinds