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Nina Simone, Baltimore, 1978 on CTI

The inimitable Nina Simone recorded in Brussels in January 1978 – her first and only record with CTI (Creed Taylor Inc). Apparently she and Creed Taylor did not find good creative collaboration and she disclaimed any choice of material or creative control.

“Baltimore” is the Randy Newman song from Little Criminals. Quincy Jones’ version of “Everything Must Change” was on Body Heat. The most surprising perhaps is “Rich Girl” – as in the Hall & Oates track from Bigger Than Both Of Us.

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2024 on red marble vinyl, cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling and pressed at GZ Media.

Destroyer, Labyrinthitis, 2022 on Merge Records

Dan Behar and co’s 13th studio album with John Collins, Joshua Wells, David Carsell, Nicolas Bragg, Ted Bois, and JP Carter.

Was number 30 on Pitchfork’s 50 Best of 2022.

My copy is the Vinyl Me Please edition on gray vinyl with black spatter.

Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975 on Asylum

Mitchell’s seventh studio LP and third on Asylum – continuing to draw on more jazz-rock influences and more synthesizers (Moog, ARP).

Some find it a step down from 1974’s Court and Spark but I really love this record and this presing.

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue by Rhino in the Vinyl Me, Please Essentials series (E-139), on green vinyl as a 2xLP at 45 RPM, lacquer cut by Ryan Smith. I know audiophiles tend to like these 2x45rpm releases but I’d actually prefer a single LP cut well.

#1970s #1975 #2024 #asylum #jazz #joniMitchell #reissue #rhino #rock #ryanSmith #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection

T. Rex, T. Rex, 1970 on Reprise

Debut album as “T. Rex” for Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn, having previously released as Tyrannosaurus Rex, out on Reprise in 1970. Tony Visconti produced and reportedly added bass and recorder to some tracks.

The electric guitar Bolan holds on the gatefold cover signals the shift into a more rock sound from the folkier early records but also still a fair amount of strings and acoustic stuff here.

My copy is the 2024 VMP Reissue on green (“Jewel of Frost”) 180g vinyl.

#1970 #1970s #2024 #marcBolan #mickeyFinn #reissue #reprise #tRex #tonyVisconti #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection

Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary, 1988 on Jive

Second album from KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions moniker, after the 1987 killing of Scott La Rock. Arguably the birth of socially conscious hip-hop, undeniably a key album in it.

So, you’re a philosopher?

Yes, I think very deeply

In about four seconds, a teacher will begin to speak

Let us begin, what, where, why or when

Will all be explained like instructions to a game

Did not know in listening to this back in ’88 that all these years later I’d be vegan and KRS-One would be 60 years old.

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 180g orange vinyl, with listening notes by Elijah Watson. Sounds great and has solid packaging – I hope VMP’s return under new ownership can keep the quality high.

#1980s #2024 #BoogieDownProductions #ElijahWatson #HipHop #JiveRecords #KRSOne #Reissue #ScottLaRock #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection

Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary, 1988 on Jive

Second album from KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions moniker, after the 1987 killing of Scott La Rock. Arguably the birth of socially conscious hip-hop, undeniably a key album in it.

So, you’re a philosopher?

Yes, I think very deeply

In about four seconds, a teacher will begin to speak

Let us begin, what, where, why or when

Will all be explained like instructions to a game

Did not know in listening to this back in ’88 that all these years later I’d be vegan and KRS-One would be 60 years old.

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 180g orange vinyl, with listening notes by Elijah Watson. Sounds great and has solid packaging – I hope VMP’s return under new ownership can keep the quality high.

#1980s #2024 #BoogieDownProductions #ElijahWatson #HipHop #JiveRecords #KRSOne #Reissue #ScottLaRock #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection

Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary, 1988 on Jive

Second album from KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions moniker, after the 1987 killing of Scott La Rock. Arguably the birth of socially conscious hip-hop, undeniably a key album in it.

So, you’re a philosopher?

Yes, I think very deeply

In about four seconds, a teacher will begin to speak

Let us begin, what, where, why or when

Will all be explained like instructions to a game

Did not know in listening to this back in ’88 that all these years later I’d be vegan and KRS-One would be 60 years old.

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 180g orange vinyl, with listening notes by Elijah Watson. Sounds great and has solid packaging – I hope VMP’s return under new ownership can keep the quality high.

#1980s #2024 #BoogieDownProductions #ElijahWatson #HipHop #JiveRecords #KRSOne #Reissue #ScottLaRock #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection

Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary, 1988 on Jive

Second album from KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions moniker, after the 1987 killing of Scott La Rock. Arguably the birth of socially conscious hip-hop, undeniably a key album in it.

So, you’re a philosopher?

Yes, I think very deeply

In about four seconds, a teacher will begin to speak

Let us begin, what, where, why or when

Will all be explained like instructions to a game

Did not know in listening to this back in ’88 that all these years later I’d be vegan and KRS-One would be 60 years old.

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 180g orange vinyl, with listening notes by Elijah Watson. Sounds great and has solid packaging – I hope VMP’s return under new ownership can keep the quality high.

#1980s #2024 #BoogieDownProductions #ElijahWatson #HipHop #JiveRecords #KRSOne #Reissue #ScottLaRock #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection

Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary, 1988 on Jive

Second album from KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions moniker, after the 1987 killing of Scott La Rock. Arguably the birth of socially conscious hip-hop, undeniably a key album in it.

So, you’re a philosopher?

Yes, I think very deeply

In about four seconds, a teacher will begin to speak

Let us begin, what, where, why or when

Will all be explained like instructions to a game

Did not know in listening to this back in ’88 that all these years later I’d be vegan and KRS-One would be 60 years old.

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 180g orange vinyl, with listening notes by Elijah Watson. Sounds great and has solid packaging – I hope VMP’s return under new ownership can keep the quality high.

#1980s #2024 #BoogieDownProductions #ElijahWatson #HipHop #JiveRecords #KRSOne #Reissue #ScottLaRock #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection

Nilsson, Pussy Cats, 1974 on RCA Victor

I first came to discover Harry Nilsson via The Point!, the fable accompanied by an animated film adaptation that aired on ABC in 1971. (I was too young for it at the time but came upon it later). I then came to realize all the songs he was responsible for and how deep and broad his influence was in particular in early 70s American pop.

The Beatles identified Nilsson back in 1968 as their favorite American group, and Nilsson was friends with John Lennon and Ringo Star, with Lennon sharing producer credit on this album – recorded during his “lost weekend.”

Many covers on this LP – “Many Rivers to Cross,” “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” even “Rock Around the Clock” – and lots of guest musicians from that early 70s scene. Makes for a fun listen and love the packaging here with booklet, print, and gatefold.

My copy—direct from Vinyl Me, Please—is the 2020 reissue on purple split vinyl in the Essentials track with listening notes by Andrew Winistorfer and an “art print” by Alan Hynes. (A 50th anniversary edition, as well).

#1970s #1974 #50thAnniversary #AlanHynes #AndrewWinistorfer #JohnLennon #LostWeekend #Nilsson #RCAVictor #Reissue #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection

Broadcast, Tender Buttons, 2005 on Warp Records

This was the third studio album from Broadcast, at this point largely a proect of Trish Keenan and James Cargill as a duo, credited on the album as James & Trish. Tender Buttons was also a book of poetry by Gertrude Stein that came out in 1914 – I took a flyer on the album just based on that (and did not know Broadcast before) but it is really wonderful.

The vinyl releases have a slightly different track order than the CDs or streaming.

My copy is the 2025 Vinyl Me Please “20th Anniversary” edition on magenta & cyan vinyl, in the Essentials Track. It’s a great package and sounds wonderful.

#2000s #2005 #2025 #Broadcast #DreamPop #Electronic #JamesCargill #Reissue #TrishKeenan #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Record Subscription Company Vinyl Me, Please Acquired by VNYL Inc.; New Owners Vow to Restore Troubled Service to Former Glory (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #EmilyMuhoberac #NickAlt #VinylMePlease #VNYL

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/vinyl-me-please-acquired-owners-restore-record-subscription-1236416655/

Gus Cannon, Walk Right In, 1963 on Stax

Jug Band leader Gus Cannon started recording in the late 20s as “Banjo Joe” and reappeared as part of the folk revival in the 50s on Folkways. This was his first and only Stax LP released in 1963.

“Walk Right In” the song became a hit for the Rooftop Singers – who were credited with songwriting without mention of Cannon. The success of the song (and the Rooftop Singers album titled after it) “provided the impetus” as Bob Altshuler’s liner notes (from 1963) put it “to record an album of music by Gus Cannon.” Great early country blues / jug band but recorded with 1963 Stax equipment.

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please 2024 reissue on yellow vinyl (E142 in the Essentials track), which is a great Craft Recordings pressing and comes with an “Art Print” of a show poster for the Banjo & Elixir Medicine Show.

#1960s #1963 #Blues #craftRecordings #GusCannon #JugBand #Reissue #Stax #vinyl #VinylMe #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Willy and the Poor Boys, 1969 on Fantasy

This was the fourth LP from CCR, and the third released in 1969 (one in January, one in August, and this one in November) – talk about striking while the iron is hot / saturating the market. John Fogerty, older bother Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, and Doug Clifford are in fine form, including “Down On the Corner” and “Fortunate Son” as well as some longer album tracks like “Effigy” and “Feelin’ Blue.”

My copy is the 2024 Vinyl Me Please reissue in the Essentials track (E143), made by Craft Recordings, on “Washboard Marble” vinyl. Great pressing which replicates the Fantasy labels but with the Craft Recordings catalog number (CR00819).

#1960s #1969 #2024 #craftRecordings #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #DougClifford #Fantasy #JohnFogerty #Reissue #StuCook #TomFogerty #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection

Herbie Hancock, Sextant, 1973 on Columbia

1973’s Sextant was the last LP with the so-called Mwandishi-era sextet: Bennie Maupin, Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart. It was also his debut on Columbia after Blue Note and Warner Bros. Columbia would also release Head Hunters later the same year.

Great, funky collection – side 2 is one track, the 19:35 “Hornets.” Hancock plays Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, and ARP and Moog synthesizers and there’s lots of complex percussion and instrumentation.

My copy is the Dec 2023 Vinyl Me Please Essentials (VMP E132) reissue, marketed as the 50th Anniversary Edition, on “Lunar Marble” vinyl with listening notes by Marcus J. Moore (who wrote High and Rising, the first biography of De La Soul).

#1970s #1973 #2023 #BennieMaupin #BillyHart #BusterWilliams #Columbia #EddieHenderson #Funk #herbieHancock #JulianPriester #MarcusJMoore #Reissue #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection

Bill Frisell, Have a Little Faith, 1993 on Elektra Nonesuch

Frisell on guitar, joined by Don Byron (clarinet, bass clarinet), Guy Klucevskek (accordion), Kermit Driscoll (bass), and Joey Baron (drums). Covers a wide variety of sounds here including some Aaron Copeland from his ballet Billy the Kid, two excepts from Charles Ive’s orchestral Three Places in New England, plus Dylan, Muddy Waters, Sonny Rollins, and John Hiatt.

I love the B and C sides – for me the orchestral side is my least favorite but the title track (a John Hiatt song) and the Sonny Rollins track are great.

My copy is the Vinyl Me Please Classics vinyl issue (the first on vinyl) from 2024, which is a 3-sided vinyl (one side is an etching) and includes lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

#1990s #1993 #AaronCopeland #BillFrisell #BobDylan #DonByron #Elektra #GuyKlucevskek #JohnHiatt #KermitDriscoll #Nonesuch #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

Junior Wells, It’s My Life, Baby, 1966 on Vanguard

Junior Wells’ sophomore album, released on Vanguard in 1966 after Hoodoo Man Blues came out on Delmark.

From the liner notes:

Some of this album, Junior Wells’ first solo record for Vanguard, was recorded in Pepper’s Lounge on Chicago’s south side, to get the feeling of a blues band working with its blues audience. The rest was done at Universal Studios in Chicago. The band at Pepper’s was Junior, harmonica and vocals; Buddy Guy, guitar; Freddy Below, drums; and Leroy Stewart, bass. For the studio sessions Walter Beasley was added on rhythm guitar and Little Al replaced Freddy Below on drums.

The combo of Junior and Buddy Guy makes for a classic 60s Chicago electric blues set.

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue from 2024, with listening notes booklet by Francesca T. Royster. It’s a Craft Recordings released pressed at GZ Media.

#1960s #1966 #2024 #Blues #BuddyGuy #Chicago #ChicagoBlues #FrancescaTRoyster #JuniorWells #LeroyStewart #LittleAl #PepperSLounge #Reissue #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

Packing orders this morning 🤗

#discogs #90s #hiphop #nas #djquick #roots #vinyl #vinylmeplease #ILoveDiscogs #CanadaPost

David Porter, . . . Into A Real Thing, 1971 on Enterprise

Porter was the staff songwriter for Stax – this was his second full length LP issued under his name, following up Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin’ It. Enterprise was a sub-label of Stax, which also released the early Isaac Hayes solo albums. (Apparently label president Al Bell was a Star Trek fan).

Wonderful early 70s Stax/Volt style funk/soul. Love that the green hat from the gatefold is also on the bed post in the rear cover. Isaac Hayes gets arranger and producer credit on “I Don’t Want To Cry.”

My copy is a 2023 Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue, made by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and a listening notes booklet by Andrew Winistorfer.

#1970s #1971 #2023 #AlBell #AndrewWinistorfer #craftRecordings #DavidPorter #enterprise #isaacHayes #Reissue #RyanSmith #Soul #Stax #SterlingSound #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

David Porter, . . . Into A Real Thing, 1971 on Enterprise

Porter was the staff songwriter for Stax – this was his second full length LP issued under his name, following up Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin’ It. Enterprise was a sub-label of Stax, which also released the early Isaac Hayes solo albums. (Apparently label president Al Bell was a Star Trek fan).

Wonderful early 70s Stax/Volt style funk/soul. Love that the green hat from the gatefold is also on the bed post in the rear cover. Isaac Hayes gets arranger and producer credit on “I Don’t Want To Cry.”

My copy is a 2023 Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue, made by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and a listening notes booklet by Andrew Winistorfer.

#1970s #1971 #2023 #AlBell #AndrewWinistorfer #craftRecordings #DavidPorter #enterprise #isaacHayes #Reissue #RyanSmith #Soul #Stax #SterlingSound #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

David Porter, . . . Into A Real Thing, 1971 on Enterprise

Porter was the staff songwriter for Stax – this was his second full length LP issued under his name, following up Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin’ It. Enterprise was a sub-label of Stax, which also released the early Isaac Hayes solo albums. (Apparently label president Al Bell was a Star Trek fan).

Wonderful early 70s Stax/Volt style funk/soul. Love that the green hat from the gatefold is also on the bed post in the rear cover. Isaac Hayes gets arranger and producer credit on “I Don’t Want To Cry.”

My copy is a 2023 Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue, made by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and a listening notes booklet by Andrew Winistorfer.

#1970s #1971 #2023 #AlBell #AndrewWinistorfer #craftRecordings #DavidPorter #enterprise #isaacHayes #Reissue #RyanSmith #Soul #Stax #SterlingSound #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

David Porter, . . . Into A Real Thing, 1971 on Enterprise

Porter was the staff songwriter for Stax – this was his second full length LP issued under his name, following up Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin’ It. Enterprise was a sub-label of Stax, which also released the early Isaac Hayes solo albums. (Apparently label president Al Bell was a Star Trek fan).

Wonderful early 70s Stax/Volt style funk/soul. Love that the green hat from the gatefold is also on the bed post in the rear cover. Isaac Hayes gets arranger and producer credit on “I Don’t Want To Cry.”

My copy is a 2023 Vinyl Me, Please Classics reissue, made by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and a listening notes booklet by Andrew Winistorfer.

#1970s #1971 #2023 #AlBell #AndrewWinistorfer #craftRecordings #DavidPorter #enterprise #isaacHayes #Reissue #RyanSmith #Soul #Stax #SterlingSound #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet, Teo, 1957 on Prestige

Macero is likely best known as the producer of both Bitches Brew and Time Out but he was also a great saxophone player and composer. He made multiple albums with Mingus and cofounded the Jazz Composers Workshop. Here he is joined by Addison Farmer (bass), Jerry Segal (drums), Mal Waldron (piano), and Teddy Charles (vibes). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.

My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2024 produced by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, and a listening notes book by Jason Diamond supplementing the original sleeve notes by Bob Altshuler. (Craft reproduces the Prestige labels but adds a catalog number CR00770; VMP adds the VMP Classics gold logo on the rear jacket).

#1950s #1957 #AddisonFarmer #BobAltshuler #craftRecordings #JasonDiamond #jazz #JerrySegal #MalWaldron #Prestige #PrestigeJazzQuartet #RudyVanGelder #TeddyCharles #TeoMacero #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet, Teo, 1957 on Prestige

Macero is likely best known as the producer of both Bitches Brew and Time Out but he was also a great saxophone player and composer. He made multiple albums with Mingus and cofounded the Jazz Composers Workshop. Here he is joined by Addison Farmer (bass), Jerry Segal (drums), Mal Waldron (piano), and Teddy Charles (vibes). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.

My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2024 produced by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, and a listening notes book by Jason Diamond supplementing the original sleeve notes by Bob Altshuler. (Craft reproduces the Prestige labels but adds a catalog number CR00770; VMP adds the VMP Classics gold logo on the rear jacket).

#1950s #1957 #AddisonFarmer #BobAltshuler #craftRecordings #JasonDiamond #jazz #JerrySegal #MalWaldron #Prestige #PrestigeJazzQuartet #RudyVanGelder #TeddyCharles #TeoMacero #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet, Teo, 1957 on Prestige

Macero is likely best known as the producer of both Bitches Brew and Time Out but he was also a great saxophone player and composer. He made multiple albums with Mingus and cofounded the Jazz Composers Workshop. Here he is joined by Addison Farmer (bass), Jerry Segal (drums), Mal Waldron (piano), and Teddy Charles (vibes). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.

My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2024 produced by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, and a listening notes book by Jason Diamond supplementing the original sleeve notes by Bob Altshuler. (Craft reproduces the Prestige labels but adds a catalog number CR00770; VMP adds the VMP Classics gold logo on the rear jacket).

#1950s #1957 #AddisonFarmer #BobAltshuler #craftRecordings #JasonDiamond #jazz #JerrySegal #MalWaldron #Prestige #PrestigeJazzQuartet #RudyVanGelder #TeddyCharles #TeoMacero #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet, Teo, 1957 on Prestige

Macero is likely best known as the producer of both Bitches Brew and Time Out but he was also a great saxophone player and composer. He made multiple albums with Mingus and cofounded the Jazz Composers Workshop. Here he is joined by Addison Farmer (bass), Jerry Segal (drums), Mal Waldron (piano), and Teddy Charles (vibes). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.

My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2024 produced by Craft Recordings, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, and a listening notes book by Jason Diamond supplementing the original sleeve notes by Bob Altshuler. (Craft reproduces the Prestige labels but adds a catalog number CR00770; VMP adds the VMP Classics gold logo on the rear jacket).

#1950s #1957 #AddisonFarmer #BobAltshuler #craftRecordings #JasonDiamond #jazz #JerrySegal #MalWaldron #Prestige #PrestigeJazzQuartet #RudyVanGelder #TeddyCharles #TeoMacero #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

McCoy Tyner, Trident, 1975 on Milestone

Tyner (who plays harpsichord and celeste as well as piano) is joined here by Ron Carter (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums), and the album was produced by Orrin Keepnews. It was his eighth LP for Milestone after recording on Blue Note and Impulse! throughought the 60s. (Elvin Jones worked with Tyner in the John Coltrane quartet).

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition from 2023, in the VMP Classics series, with lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling, and a listening notes booklet by Andy Beta, which is a Craft Recordings reissue.

#1970s #1975 #AndyBeta #craftRecordings #ElvinJones #jazz #McCoyTyner #Milestone #RonCarter #RyanSmith #Sterling #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

McCoy Tyner, Trident, 1975 on Milestone

Tyner (who plays harpsichord and celeste as well as piano) is joined here by Ron Carter (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums), and the album was produced by Orrin Keepnews. It was his eighth LP for Milestone after recording on Blue Note and Impulse! throughought the 60s. (Elvin Jones worked with Tyner in the John Coltrane quartet).

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition from 2023, in the VMP Classics series, with lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling, and a listening notes booklet by Andy Beta, which is a Craft Recordings reissue.

#1970s #1975 #AndyBeta #craftRecordings #ElvinJones #jazz #McCoyTyner #Milestone #RonCarter #RyanSmith #Sterling #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

McCoy Tyner, Trident, 1975 on Milestone

Tyner (who plays harpsichord and celeste as well as piano) is joined here by Ron Carter (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums), and the album was produced by Orrin Keepnews. It was his eighth LP for Milestone after recording on Blue Note and Impulse! throughought the 60s. (Elvin Jones worked with Tyner in the John Coltrane quartet).

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition from 2023, in the VMP Classics series, with lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling, and a listening notes booklet by Andy Beta, which is a Craft Recordings reissue.

#1970s #1975 #AndyBeta #craftRecordings #ElvinJones #jazz #McCoyTyner #Milestone #RonCarter #RyanSmith #Sterling #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

McCoy Tyner, Trident, 1975 on Milestone

Tyner (who plays harpsichord and celeste as well as piano) is joined here by Ron Carter (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums), and the album was produced by Orrin Keepnews. It was his eighth LP for Milestone after recording on Blue Note and Impulse! throughought the 60s. (Elvin Jones worked with Tyner in the John Coltrane quartet).

My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition from 2023, in the VMP Classics series, with lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling, and a listening notes booklet by Andy Beta, which is a Craft Recordings reissue.

#1970s #1975 #AndyBeta #craftRecordings #ElvinJones #jazz #McCoyTyner #Milestone #RonCarter #RyanSmith #Sterling #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseClassics #vinylcollection

David Porter, Chapter 1: Back in the Day, 2022 on MIME Records

David Porter is maybe best well-known as a songwriter and producer – the staff writer at Stax records who penned “Hold On, I’m Coming” and “Soul Man” among so many others, and who worked extensively with Isaac Hayes in the late sixties and early seventies. He’s also the found of The Consortium MMT in Memphis, a non-profit that supports and mentors musicians.

This album via MIME Records […]

#2020s #2022 #DavidPorter #IsaacHayesMovement #LesterSnell #Memphis #MIMERecords #Soul #Stax #vinyl #vinylMePlease #vinylcollection #WillieHall

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A day of #writing & so I’m kicking off the #listening with this, #JackJohnson, one of my favourite #MilesDavis albums from this period.

This is the #VinylMePlease pressing from the Electric Miles set - it sounds great, even better than the #MoFi imo.

#Vinyl #VinylRecords #jazz

#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #MemphisRap #memphis #rap #HipHop #GimisumFamily #SkinnyPimp #GangstaBlac #Carmike #ShawtyPimp&MCSpade #MCMoney&GangstaGold #DJZirk #LilCed #MCMack #VinylMePlease #VMP #NowAgainRecords

#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #MemphisRap #memphis #rap #HipHop #GimisumFamily #SkinnyPimp #GangstaBlac #Carmike #ShawtyPimp&MCSpade #MCMoney&GangstaGold #DJZirk #LilCed #MCMack #VinylMePlease #VMP #NowAgainRecords

#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #MemphisRap #memphis #rap #HipHop #GimisumFamily #SkinnyPimp #GangstaBlac #Carmike #ShawtyPimp&MCSpade #MCMoney&GangstaGold #DJZirk #LilCed #MCMack #VinylMePlease #VMP #NowAgainRecords

#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #MemphisRap #memphis #rap #HipHop #GimisumFamily #SkinnyPimp #GangstaBlac #Carmike #ShawtyPimp&MCSpade #MCMoney&GangstaGold #DJZirk #LilCed #MCMack #VinylMePlease #VMP #NowAgainRecords

#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #MemphisRap #memphis #rap #HipHop #GimisumFamily #SkinnyPimp #GangstaBlac #Carmike #ShawtyPimp&MCSpade #MCMoney&GangstaGold #DJZirk #LilCed #MCMack #VinylMePlease #VMP #NowAgainRecords

Exec team at Denver-based music subscription service Vinyl Me, Please is ousted and sued “for allegedly funneling company funds to their pricy pet project” https://www.denverpost.com/2024/05/03/vinyl-me-please-denver-fires-ceo-lawsuit-rino-plant/ #music #news #vinyl #vinylmeplease

❝When, by late 2023, the pressing plant was still not able to press records or fulfill orders, the board began to investigate the relationship and business dealings between the pressing plant and #VinylMePlease.❞ https://businessden.com/2024/05/03/record-scratch-vinyl-company-fires-and-sues-ceo-cfo-over-rino-plant/

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

A perfect debut album, with nary a misstep.

VMP pressing mastered by Barry Grint, spread over 2LPs, gives everything space to breathe.

#nowplaying #vinyl #interpol #rock #vinylmeplease

#NowSpinning #RoomOnFire by #TheStrokes.

I’m a huge fan & while this didn’t have the impact of Is This It, it’s packed with infectious hooks, irresistible riffs, a clever turns of phrase. Side A, with Reptilia, Automatic Stop, & Between Love & Hate takes some beating. & Meet Me In the Bathroom oozes cool.

This is a #RyanKSmith cut on behalf of #VinylMePlease & it has punch, swagger & dynamics to burn.

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#NowSpinning #BitchesBrew by #MilesDavis courtesy of the #VinylMePlease #ElectricMiles boxset.

This is such a great set, impeccably done. I’ve got the #MoFi versions of about half of these, & the #VMP is better. That is particularly the case with BB - the VMP sounds edgier, more dynamic, as it should.

I’m still new to this period of Miles - but BB is monumental: unique, challenging, haunting, & lyrical.

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Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

This is a real favorite of the "electric Miles" period. It's such an interesting use of the *studio* as a tool for giving structure to improvisation, selecting out the bits and pieces that work and then editing them together.

Despite the 'electric' tag, this is a really "open", meditative record, given a lovely remastering and pressing by VMP as part of the Electric Miles box set.

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Lunchtime tunes: Aretha Now

This album is the most recent (and likely final) selection from my #VinylMePlease subscription.

It's so cool to get a #vinyl #record every month, but their selections aren't really in my interest areas.

Though I do really love the premium detail -- especially that little booklet in the Classics line. Classy and informative. A nice touch.

This is a mono repress of a classic, and my first opportunity to use the cart that I'd modified to mono.

And it sounds great! So happy with the quality of the album and the playback.

I've been protecting my older records with sleeves and inners from Vinyl Storage Solutions. This VMP edition of Aretha Now just barely fit in the 12" sleeve. It looks great!

They're a Canadian company so that saved me on shipping, and they're have occasional sales :)

Tricky bit was moving the hype sticker from the VMP wrapper to the external sleeve. Careful peeling did the trick.

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I’m #NowSpinning the first of this month’s #VinylMePlease haul, #IsThisIt by #TheStrokes.

I truly love this album, &, again, #VMP delivers: flat, centred, detail, but not at the expense of punch.

The album itself is a true modern classic: great song after great song, hooks, melodies, & plenty of swagger. & #BarelyLegal is immense.

My one complaint: I wished they’d gone with the EU ass & glove cover. But you can’t have everything I suppose.

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I’m #NowSpinning the first of this month’s #VinylMePlease haul, #IsThisIt by #TheStrokes.

I truly love this album, &, again, #VMP delivers: flat, centred, detail, but not at the expense of punch.

The album itself is a true modern classic: great song after great song, hooks, melodies, & plenty of swagger. & #BarelyLegal is immense.

My one complaint: I wished they’d gone with the EU ass & glove cover. But you can’t have everything I suppose.

#NowPlaying #NowListening #Vinyl #VinylRecords

I’m #NowSpinning the first of this month’s #VinylMePlease haul, #IsThisIt by #TheStrokes.

I truly love this album, &, again, #VMP delivers: flat, centred, detail, but not at the expense of punch.

The album itself is a true modern classic: great song after great song, hooks, melodies, & plenty of swagger. & #BarelyLegal is immense.

My one complaint: I wished they’d gone with the EU ass & glove cover. But you can’t have everything I suppose.

#NowPlaying #NowListening #Vinyl #VinylRecords

I’m #NowSpinning the first of this month’s #VinylMePlease haul, #IsThisIt by #TheStrokes.

I truly love this album, &, again, #VMP delivers: flat, centred, detail, but not at the expense of punch.

The album itself is a true modern classic: great song after great song, hooks, melodies, & plenty of swagger. & #BarelyLegal is immense.

My one complaint: I wished they’d gone with the EU ass & glove cover. But you can’t have everything I suppose.

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I’m #NowSpinning one new record while I wait for the delivery of another haul.

This is the #VinylMePlease issue of #Weathervanes, the latest by #JasonIsbell and the 400 Unit.

After getting into Isbell & the 400 via S/T (If We Were Vampires is just outstanding), I found Reunions to be a touch underwhelming & a little dad-rock-lite, truth be told. On a first listen, this is a lot more to my taste. #StrawberryWoman & #WhiteBeretta are standout.

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I’m returning to this June’s #VinylMePlease drop & I’m #NowSpinning #Transatlanticism by #DeathCabForCutie.

This is an album I really wasn’t that familiar with, but it’s hugely grown on me. Which is a strength of these subscription services. They encourage you to seek out the less familiar.

And the title song is so, so good.

More generally, #VMP do a great job - bob on mastering, plush packaging, great customer service. What’s not to love?

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