Latest vinyl finds – Feb 2012

 

• Art Blakey, Mirage (1957)
• Crosby, Stills and Nash, Crosby, Stills and Nash (Atlantic tri-colour; 1969)
• Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, The Good Earth (1974)
• Spirit, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1967)
• Mel Torme, Lulu’s Back in Town (1956)

Latest vinyl finds – January 2012

 

• Atomic Rooster, Death Walks Behind You (1970)
• Atomic Rooster, In Hearing of (1971)
• Tony Bennett, In Person, with Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959)
• Diahann Carroll, The Andre Previn Trio (1960)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 4 Way Street live (2 LP; 1970)
• Brian Eno, Here Come the Warm Jets (1974)
• Florence and the Machine, Ceremonials (2011)
• Gentle Giant, The Missing Piece (1977)
• Stan Getz, Music from the Sound Track of “Mickey One” (1965)
• Junior Mance, Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! (1964)
• Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)
• Shawn Phillips, Furthermore (1974)
• Mel Torme, Sings Sunday in New York (1963)
• U2 (the Edge), Captive soundtrack (1986)
• Vector, Mannequin Virtue (1983)

Latest vinyl finds – December 2011

 

• Jackson Browne, For Everyman (1973)
• Betty Carter, Social Call (1955-56)
• Nat King Cole, The Man and His Music (1959-61)
• John Coltrane, More Lasting than Bronze = Coltrane and Lush Life (2 LP; 1958)
• John Coltrane, The Last Trane (1965)
• Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (1969)
• Donovan, Mellow Yellow (1966; orig. yellow label)
• Nick Drake, A Treasury(1969-72; I gave up hope of finding any originals or even the fruit tree compilation, so I’m happy to find anything by him)
• Florence and the Machine, Lungs (2009)
• Stan Getz, With Cal Tjader (1963)
• Billy Joel, The Nylon Curtain (1982)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nuthin’ Fancy (1975)
• Charles Mingus, Mingus at Monterey (2 LP; 1964)
• Thelonius Monk, Straight, No Chaser (1967 – finally more Monk on vinyl!)
• Manfred Mann, Attention! Manfred Mann! (German press.; 1966-69)
• Mott the Hoople, The Hoople (1974)
• Osibisa, Woyaya (UK press.; 1971)
• Return to Forever, Live: The Complete Concert 4-Record Set (1978)
• Jimmy Smith, Take a Walk on the Wild Side (Verve French press.; 1964)
• Pete Townsend, Empty Glass (1980)
• David Wiffen, Coast to Coast Fever (Bruce Cockburn on guitars and producer; 1974)

Latest vinyl finds – November 2011

 

• The Band, Islands (1977)
• Count Basie, Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind (1979)
• Canned Heat, Living the Blues (1968)
• Eric Clapton, Money and Cigarettes (1983)
• Bob Dylan, Planet Waves, with the Band (1974)
• Keith Hampshire, The First Cut (1973)
• Elton John, Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player (1972)
• Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, and Teddy Wilson (1955; German pressing of the 1980s)
• Odetta, The Essential (2LP; 1973)
• Rolling Stones, Some Girls (1978)
• Simple Minds, Live in the City of Light (1987)
• Traffic, Last Exit (1969)

Latest vinyl finds – October 2011

 

• Chuck Berry, The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972)
• Blue Rodeo, Outskirts (1986)
• Byrds, Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
• Cars, The Cars  (1978)
• Johnny Cash, Original Golden Hits Volume 1 (1955-57)
• Johnny Cash, Original Golden Hits Volume 2 (1957-59)
• Johnny Cash, Original Golden Hits Volume 3 (1957-59)
• Eric Clapton, Just One Night (1980)
• Cowboy Junkies, The Caution Horses (1990)
• Art Farmer, “Live” at the Half-Note, featuring Jim Hall (1963)
• Grand Funk, We’re an American Band (1973; orange vinyl).
• Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced (1967; orig. Canadian stereo press.)
• John Lennon, Mind Games (1973)
• Bob Marley, Shakedown / Best of  (1971)
• Steve Miller, Circle of Love (1981)
• Osibisa, Osibisa (1971)
• Robert Palmer, Double Fun (1978)
• Jaco Pastorius, Jaco (1976)
• Jaco Pastorius, Invitation (1983)
• Rush, 2112 (1977)
• Santana, Festival (1978)
• Various, Stand by Me (1950s)

Latest vinyl finds – September 2011

 

• Blood, Sweat, and Tears, New Blood (1972)
• Booker T and the MGs, Greatest Hits (1970)
• Herbie Hancock, Secrets (1976)
• Jethro Tull, This Was (1967)
• Roger McGuinn, Roger McGuinn (1973)
• Muddy Waters, Can’t Get No Grindin’ (1973)
• Muddy Waters, Super Super Blues Band, with Howlin’ Wolf and Bo Diddley (1968)
• Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
• Steppenwolf, Rest in Peace (1972)
• Mel Torme, The Torme Touch (1956)
• Mel Torme, Loves Fred Astaire (1956)
• Zombies, The Best of… (1964-68)

Latest vinyl finds – August 2011

• Beatles, The Complete Silver Beatles (1962)
• Tony Bennett, Bennett and Basie Strike up the Band (1959)
• Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra (1972; US pressing)
• Electric Light Orchestra, On the Third Day (1973)
• Bill Evans, Time Remembered (2 LP; 1962-63)
• Genesis, Selling England by the Pound (1973; UK pressing)
• Ahmad Jamal, Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (1961)
• Meade Lux Lewis, The Blues Piano Artistry of  (1961)
• Manfred Mann, The Best of (1963-66)
• Sergio Mendez, The Brazilian Bag (1965)
• Wilson Pickett, In Philadelphia (1970)
• Wilson Pickett, Don’t Knock My Love (1971)
• Billy Preston, Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music (1973)
• Suzi Quatro, Quatro (1974)
• Queen, Queen II (1974)
• Alan Stivell, E Langonned (1975)
• Them, Them Featuring Van Morrison (1966-69)
• Various, Brazil’s Super Hits (1968)
• Who, Magic Bus / My Generation (1966-68 / 1965)
• Yes, Tormato (1978)
• Yes, 9012 Live: the Solos (1985)

Latest vinyl finds – July 2011

 

• Beatles, Hard Day’s Night Parlophone RE (1964 [1987])
• Beatles, 1962-1966 [Red] (for my 8-year old son who asked me to find more beatles for him)
• Beatles, 1967-1970 [Blue]
• Beatles, Rock n’ Roll Volume 1 (1970)
• Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
• Jackson Browne, The Pretender (1976)
• The Dells, Love is Blue (1969)
• Electric Fly, A Long Time Comin’ (1968 – RE with Byrds label)
• Marvin Gaye, Here, My Dear (1978)
• Genesis, From Genesis to Revelation (London; 1969)
• Genesis, Nursery Cryme (1971; orig. Buddah/Quality)
• Genesis, Foxtrot (1972; orig. Buddah/Quality)
• Herbie Hancock, Jammin’ with Herbie Hancock = Rock Your Soul (1961)
• Isaac Hayes, Joy (1973)
• Isaac Hayes, Chocolate Chip (1975)
• Ahmad Jamal, Ahmad Jamal (1958)
• Elton John, Blue Moves (1976)
• Journey, Infinity (1978)
• Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar, West Meets East (1966)
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, You’re Gonna Get It (1978)
• Stephen Stivell, Chemins de terre (1973)
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire EP (1985)
• Ultravox, Lament (1984)
• Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan Sings and Other Jazz Stars (195?)
• Stevie Wonder, For Once in my Life (1968)
• Zombies, Odessey and Oracle (1968; 30th anniv. Big Beat UK 1997)

 

Latest vinyl finds – June 2011

• Pearl Bailey, Gems by (1958)
• Booker Little, Victory and Sorrow; re-release of Booker Little and Friend (1961)
• Eric Burdon and War, Eric Burdon Declares War (1970)
• Big Country, The Seer (1986)
• Ray Charles, Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961)
• Miles Davis, The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949-50 [1970 RE])
• Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz / Gilberto (1964; stereo)
• Billy Preston, That’s the Way God Planned It (1969; Apple)
• Black Keys, Rubber Factory (2004)
• Black Keys, Brothers (2010)
• The Who (with guests), Tommy, with the London Symphony Orchestra (2 LPs; 1972)

Transferring some really good early 80s LPs for friends who wouldn’t let me buy them (and listening to them myself, as well):

• Depeche Mode, Power, Corruption and Lies (1983)
• Sinead O’Connor, The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
• REM, Chronic Town (1982)
• REM, Murmur (1983)
• REM, Green (1988)
• Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
• Sheep Look Up, Sheep Look Up EP (1986
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Once Upon a Time / The Singles (1978-81)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Scream (1978)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kaleidascope (1980)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Juju (1981)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dazzle4 track 12″ (1983)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Hyaena (1984)
• Smiths, Hatful of Hollow (1984)
• Specials, More Specials (1980)
• Squeeze, Singles 45′s and under (1978-82)
• Stooges, The Stooges (1969)
• Tear Drop Explodes, Wilder (1981)
• Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (1983)
• Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground (1984)

Some CDs at a garage sale:

• Beautiful South, Choke (1990)
• Beautiful South, 0898 (1992)
• U2, Achtung Baby (1991 – to replace skipping one)
• Watchmen, Brand New Day (1996)
• Neil Young, Freedom (1989)

Latest vinyl finds – May 2011

Twice a year, a record dealer up in Elmira has a major sale to clear out things he hasn’t sold.  The records are virtually all in near mint condition and so I picked up a good number of jazz and other records for 2 bucks a piece:

• Louis Armstrong, Town Hall Concert Plus (1947)
• Louis Armstrong, European Concert Recordings by Ambassador Satch (1955)
• Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong and Eddie Condon at Newport (1956)
• Pearl Bailey, The Best of Pearl Bailey (1950s)
• Count Basie, Basie’s Beatle Bag (1966; UK press)
• Chuck Berry, Bio (1973)
• Big Country, Steeltown (1984)
• Charlie Byrd, Mr. Guitar (1959)
• Nat King Cole, The Touch of Your Lips (1962)
• Johnny Eaton, College Jazz: Modern (1956)
• Fifth Dimension, Live!! (2LP; 1971)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Rodgers and Hart Song Book (1956)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Irving Berlin Song Book (1958)
• Bobby Hackett, Live at the Roosevelt Grill (1970)
• Bill Haley, Golden Hits (2LP; 1950s)
• Lionel Hampton, Hamp’s Big Band (1959; stereo)
• Lionel Hampton, Many-Splendored Vibes (1962)
• Herman’s Hermits, 15 Greatest Hits(1965-67)
• Housemartins, Now That’s What I Call Quite Good (1985-88)
• Elton John, 11-17-70 (live at WABC-FM) (1970)
• Kinks, The Ultimate Collection (1964-70)
• Gene Krupa, Swingin’ with Krupa (1936-50)
• Oscar Peterson,  On the Town (1958)
• Oscar Peterson, Trio Plays (1964)
• Oscar Peterson, Something Warm (1966)
• Oscar Peterson, Trio + One, with Clark Terry (1964)
• Oscar Peterson, Canadiana Suite (orgl Limelight; 1964)
• Gene Pitney, She’s a Heartbreaker (1969)
• Tito Puente, Let’s Cha cha cha (1956)
• Buddy Rich, Big Band Machine (1975)
• Buddy Rich and Lionel Hampton, Transition (1975)
• Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Under Analysis (1956)
• Seventy Sevens,  Seventy Sevens (1987)
• Ravi Shankar, India’s Master Musician, World Pacific Records (1958)
• George Shearing, An Evening With the George Shearing Quintet (1951)
• George Shearing, The Shearing Spell (1955)
• George Shearing, Shearing on Stage! (1959)
  
• George Shearing, Latin Affair (1960)
• George Shearing with Nancy Wilson, The Swingin’s Mutual (1961)
• Frank Sinatra, Come Dance with Me (1959)
• Frank Sinatra, Swing Along with Me with Billy May (1961)
• Dakota Staton, The Late, Late Show (1957)
• Steely Dan, Katy Lied (1975)
• Supertramp, Indelibly Stamped (1971)
• Tonio K, Notes from the Lost Civilization (1988)
• Mel Torme, Love Moods (195?)
• Mel Torme, Right Now! (1966)
• Mel Torme, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (1969)
• Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Sings Soulfully (1963)
• Sarah Vaughan, The Lonely Hours (1964)
• Mary Lou Williams, From the Heart (1971)
• Nancy Wilson, Like in Love debut with Bill May (1960)
• Nancy Wilson, Yesterday’s Love Songs-Today’s Blues (1963)
• Nancy Wilson, Broadway-My Way (1964)
• Nancy Wilson, Just for Now (1967)

From a garage sale at $1 a piece:

• Laurindo Almeida, Duets with the Spanish Guitar Album 3 (1958)
• Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd, Brazilian Soul (1981)
• Joan Armatrading, The Shouting Stage (1988)
• Bach, Tripelkonzert a-moll BWV 1044 and Konzerte für Cembalo (Archiv; 1960)
• Bach, Magnificat BWV 243 and Katata BWV78 (Archiv; 1961)
• Byrds, Fifth Dimension (1966)
• Aldo Ciccolini, Piano Music of Erik Satie, vol. 1 (1968)
• Miles Davis, The Man with the Horn (1981)
• Faces, Long Player (1971)
• Handel, 6 Tiosonaten für 2 Oboen, Fabott und Cembalo (Archiv; 1969)
• John Klemmer, Blowin’ Gold (1969)
• John Klemmer, Brazilia (1979)
• John Klemmer, Hush (1981)
• Faces, Long Player (1971)
• Cleo Laine, Best Friends, with John Williams (1976) – 2 copies – how did I do that in one day?
• Cleo Laine, This is . . . Cleo Laine: Shakespeare and all that Jazz (1964; UK press)
• Bob Marley, Burnin’ (1973)
• Bob Marley, Catch a Fire (1973)
• Bob Marley, Uprising (1980)
• John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, and Paco de Lucia, Passion, Grace, and Fire (1983)
• Mozart, Requiem, Karajan and the Wiener Singverein Berlin Philharmonic (1962)
• Mozart, The Last Four String Quartet and The Julliard Quartet (2LP: 1976)
• Mozart and Schubert, Jupiter-Symphonie and Unvolledette, Eugen Jochum and the BSO (1973)
• Mozart, Klavierkonzerte and Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12, Rudolf Serkin and the LSO (1982)
• Pentangle, Solomon’s Seal (1972)
• Pentangle, Sweet Child (1969)
• Jean-Luc Ponty, Imaginary Voyage (1976)
• Jean-Pierre Rampal, Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano, with Claude Rolling (1975)
• Jean-Pierre Rampal and Lily Laskine, Sakura: Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp (1976; Japanese press)
• John Renbourn, The Lady and the Unicorn (1970)
• James Taylor, JT (1977)
• Peter Tosh, Wanted Dread or Alive (1981)
• Vivaldi, The Complete Flute Concertos,with Jean-Pierre Rampal on flute (3 LP; 1959)
• Bunny Wailer, Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers (1980)
• Stevie Wonder, The Secret Life of Plants (1980)
• Narciso Yepes, The World of Guitar Volume 1 (195?? [1967])
• Narciso Yepes, The World of Guitar Volume Four (195?? [1967])

Latest vinyl finds – April 2011

Later in the month I managed to pick up a tonne of records for free.  The vast majority of the 400 were scratched beyond belief (one wonders how it is even possible to abuse one’s records so much), but about 50 were in very good shape after thorough cleaning (dish-pan style).  Many good jazz, including Chet Baker (too bad some of his original pressings were scratched, though).

• Chet Baker, Chet Baker and Strings, with Zoot Sims (1953 [1974])
• Chet Baker, She Was Too Good to Me, with Paul Desmond (1974)
• Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Together Again (1976)
• Booker T. and the MG’s, Best of (1962-68)
• Vikki Carr, Just for You (2LP; 1973)
• Neil Diamond, Touching You, Touching Me (1969)
• Bo Diddley, Go (1959 [1986])
• Ella Fitzgerald, The World of EF = Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! live (1961)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Rhythm is My Business (1962)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at Juan-Les Pins (1964)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Hello Dolly (1964)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Ella in Hamburg (1965)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Misty Blue (1968)
• Roberta Flack, Quiet Fire (1971)
• Folkways, Anthology of American Folk, Volume Two: Social Music (1926-31 [1952])
• Free, Highway (1970)
• Robert Fripp, God Save the Queen (1980)
• Genesis, Nursery Cryme (1971)
• Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, Jazz Samba mono (1962)
• Benny Goodman, An Album of Swing Classics live (3 LP Classics Record Library; 1955)
• Benny Goodman band, Salute to Benny Goodman, with Brussels World’s Fair Orchestra (red vinyl; 1959)
• Al Green, Love Ritual compilation albums from (1975-76; ss)
• Bobby Hackett and Jack Teagarden, Jazz Ultimate (1957)
• Isaac Hayes, Black Moses (1971 — with full fold-out)
• Isaac Hayes, This is Isaac Hayes – single versions (1972; German press)
• Heart, Dog and Butterfly (1978)
• Heart, Bebe le Strange (1980)
• Jimmy Hendrix, Cry of Love (1968-70)
• Woody Herman, Woody Herman (Metro; 1965)
• Al Hirt, Swingin’ Dixie (stereo; 1957)
• Billie Holiday, Greatest Hits (Columbia CL 2666; 1935-41)
• Billie Holiday, The Billie Holiday Story (2LP MCA;  1944-50)
• Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday (Everest)
• Harry James, All Time Favorites by (1955)
• Harry James, The Golden Trumpet of Harry James, Phase Four (1968)
• Janis Joplin, Pearl (1971)
• Daniel Lanois, Black Dub (2010)
• Brenda Lee, Let Me Sing (1963)
• Michel Legrand, Archi-cordes (1967)
• John Lewis, A Milanese Story Original Soundtrack (1962)
• Madonna, Madonna (1983)
• Glenn Miller, A Memorial 1944-1969 (2LP; 1939-42)
• Wes Montgomery, Greatest Hits (1967-68; A&M)
• Gerry Mulligan, Concert Days live, with Zoot Sims (1954-57; Sunset)
• Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour, with Zoot Sims (1960)
• Willie Nelson, Stardust (1978)
• Charlie Parker, Voume III (Everest Records; [1968])
• Shawn Phillips, Collaboration (1971; orig. NM copy)
• Pink Floyd, Obscured by Clouds (1972)
• Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix, Monterey International Pop Festival (1967)
• Sam and Dave, Soul Men (1967)
• Leo Sayer, Thunder in my Heart (1977; SS)
• Sly and the Family Stone, Life (1968)
• Sly and the Family Stone, Stand! (1969)
• Spirit, Spirit (1968)
• Various, The Jazz Round, with Fitzgerald, Armstrong, Peterson, Webster etc.  (VSP; 1966)
• Various, A Taste of CTI/Kudo, Vol. 1, Hubbard (1973-75)
• Various, The Tenor Sax Album, with Hawkins and Webster (Savoy; 1944-54 [1977])
• Various, Jazz Giants (I Giganti del Jazz), with Bud Powell, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims (2LP Curcio; 1981)
• Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Sings Soulfully (1963)
• Tom Waits, Mule Variations (1999)
• Paul Weller, Wake Up the Nation (2010)
• Wilco, Summerteeth (2LP +CD; 1999)
• Nancy Wilson, Today, Tomorrow, Forever (1964)
• Yes, Yeshowns (1976-78)
• Lester Young, The Lester Young Story, Volume 3, Enter the Count (2 LPs 1939)
• Lester Young, Lester Leaps In (1940-50; Italian Jazz Live series)

Latest vinyl finds – March 2011

Towards the end of the month I lucked out.  Someone had been keeping their parents jazz records and wanted someone to have them and listen to them.  So I got a great deal on about 80 records in pristine condition:

• Meredith d’Ambrosio, Little Jazz Bird (1982)
• Pearl Bailey, The Definitive Pearl Bailey (CL 985 six-eye; 1957)
• Count Basie, Hits of the 50′s and 60′s (1963)
• Count Basie, Basie Meets Bond (1966 ; German press.)
• Count Basie, Best of Basie (1938-44; Roulette)
• Count Basie and the Mill Brothers, The Board of Directors (1967)
• George Benson, Summertime (1977)
• Bill Berry, Hello Rev (1976)
• Bill Berry, Shortcake (1977)
• Brian Browne, Live at the Park Plaza (1960s?)
• Ray Brown, With the All-Star Big Band [with Cannonball Adderley] (1962)
• Dave Brubeck, Newport 1958 (1958)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Out (1980s RE)
• Ray Bryant, Solo Flight (1976)
• Canadian Brass, Basin Street (1987)
• Benny Carter, Summer Serenade (1980)
• Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, Night Flight to Dakar Recorded Live in Senegal West Africa (1980)
• Cootie and Rex, The Big Challenge [with Coleman Hawkins] (1957)
• Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (1959 [RE 1980s])
• Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain (1960 [RE 1980s])
• Bill Doggett, Jumping and Swinging (1952-58; German press.)
• Bill Doggett, Moondust for Dancers in Love (1955)
• Eric Dolphy, Last Date (1964 – mono)
• Eric Dolphy, Outward Bound (1960)
• Billy Eckstine, Orchestra 1945 (1945)
• Duke Ellington, Indigos (1958)
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Porgy and Bess vol. 2 (1959; German press.)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Ella in Hollywood (1961)
• Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, Take Love Easy (1973)
• Tommy Flanagan, George Mraz, and Elvin Jones, Eclypso (1977)
• Panama Francis, Everything Swings (1984)
• Astrud Gilberto, Look to the Rainbow (1966; German press.)
• Dizzy Gillespie, The Ebulent Mr. Gillespie (1959)
• Jake Hanna, Kansas City Express (1976)
• Scott Hamilton, Apples and Oranges (1981)
• Coleman Hawkins, Hawkins! Alive! at the Village Gate (1962)
• Earl Hines, Back on the Street (1973)
• Earl Hines, Fireworks (1974;  French press.)
• Helen Humes, Songs I Like to Sing (1960)
• Bob James and David Sanborn, Double Vision (1986)
• Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Live in Munich (1976)
• Louis Jordan, Best of (1941-53)
• James Last, Beat in Sweet (19
• Chuck Mangione, CM Quartet (1972)
• Chuck Mangione, Chase the Clouds Away (1975)
• Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good (Audiophile Series; 1977)
• Chuck Mangione, Children of Sanchez (1978)
• Branford Marsalis, Roayl Garden Blues (1986)
• Branford Marsalis, Renaissance (1987)
• Rob McConnell, The Jazz Album [with Moe Koffmann] (1976)
• Dave McKenna Quartet, Featuring Zoot Sims (1974)
• Carmen McRae, Carmen’s Gold (1964-65)
• Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli, Strictly for the Birds (1980)
• Wes Montgomery, Bumpin’ (1965)
• Gerry Mulligan, What is There to Say? (1958-59 [1974])
• Joe Newman, Soft Swingin’ Jazz (1958)
• Art Pepper, So in Love (1980)
• Oscar Peterson, With Respect to Nat (1965)
• Oscar Peterson, We Get Requests (1965 [RE])
• Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson [Metro Hi-Fidelity] (1965)
• Oscar Peterson and Buddy de Franco, The George Gershwin Song Book (1954; German press.)
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Volume 1 (1977)
• Howard Roberts, HR is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)
• Lucky Roberts and Willie Smith, Luckey and the Lion: Harlem Piano Solos (1960)
• Salt City Six, Dixieland at the Roundtable (1958)
• Jimmy Smith, The Cat (1964; German press.)
• Jimmy Smith, Got My Mojo Workin’ (1965; German press.)
• Jimmy Smith, Groove Drops (1969)
• Rex Smith, Rendezvous with Rex (1958; UK press.)
• Dakota Staton, Dakota at Storyville (1961)
• Ed Thigpen, Out of the Storm [with Herbie Hancock] (1966; German press.)
• Thomas Valentine, At the Kohlman’s Tavern (1972)
• Various, Hi-Fi Jazz Session (1957)
• Various, Riverside – The Soul of Jazz (1959-60)
• Various, Atlantic Honkers: A Rhythm and Blues Saxophone Anthology (1947-70)
• Sarah Vaughan, The George Gershwin Songbook (2 LPs; 1957)
• Miroslav Vitous, Infinite Search [with Herbie Hancock and John McLaughlin] (1970)
• Weather Report, Heavy Weather (1977)
• Weather Report, Mr. Gone (1978)
• Joe Williams, I Just Want to Sing (1985)
• Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley (1962 – better copy)
• Lester Young, Giant of Jazz (1968)

Monster Records is closing in Toronto, and so I got a few at 40% off.  Also found some more at the local antique market.

• Accolade, Accolade 2 (1971)
• Beautiful South, Welcome to the Beautiful South (1989)
• David Bowie, Tonight (1984)
• Delaney and Bonnie, Accept No Substitute (1969)
• Bob Dylan, Infidels (1983)
• Brian Eno and David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Vol. 2 (1961 – orig. still sealed – who on earth would not open it after 50 years to listen)
• Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch), French Kiss (1977)
• Isaac Hayes, Shaft (1971)
• Headhunters, Survival of the Fittest (1975; Hancock produced)
• Hollies, Reflections = Hollies (UK press; 1965)
• Hollies, Hollies Sing Hollies (UK press; 1969)
• Hollies, Distant Light (1971)
• Housemartins, London 0 Hull 4 (1986)
• Impressions (Mayfield), This is My Country (1968 [Rhino RE])
• Joe Jackson, Look Sharp (1979)
• Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II (1936-37 [1970, RE])
• Gene Krupa, Sidekicks (1955; original 6 eye)
• Jazz Wave Ltd, On Tour (2 LP; 1969)
• Jethro Tull, Benefit (1970)
• James Last, Beat in Sweet (1965)
• Level 42, Level 42 (1981)
• Level 42, The Pursuit of Accidents (1982; UK press.)
• Level 42, Standing in the Light (1983)
• Level 42, True Colours (1984; UK press.)
• Level 42, World Machine (1985; UK press.)
• Curtis Mayfield, Curtis (1970 [Rhino RE])
• Charles Mingus, Jazz Workshop (1954-55)
• Charles Mingus, Mingus at Antibes (1960)
• Muddy Waters, Fathers and Sons (1969; 2 LPs)
• Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy and the Wolf (1969)
• Shawn Phillips, Favourite Things (1965)
• Shawn Phillips, Faces (1969)
• Shawn Phillips, Contribution (1970)
• Shawn Phillips, Do You Wonder (1975)
• Shawn Phillips, Transcendence (1978)
• Renaissance, Turn of the Cards (1974)
• Renaissance, Scheherazade and other Stories (1975)
• Renaissance, Novella (1977)
• Sonny Rollins, On Impulse (1965)
• Frank Sinatra, Swingin’ Brass, arranged by Neal Hefti (1962)
• Small Faces, Collection (2LPs; 1966-69 [1985])
• Sonny Stitt, Personal Appearance (1957 [1981]; Japanese press.)
• Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring (1986)
• The The, Soul Mining (1983)
• Tomita, The Tomita Planets (1976)
• Tonio K., Romeo Unchained (1986)
• T. Rex, My People were Fair …(1968a [1988 Castle Communications])
• T. Rex, Prophets, Seers and Sages (1968b [1988])
• Traffic, Mr. Fantasy debut (1967)

Latest vinyl finds – February 2011

• Eagles, Desperado (1973)
• Echo and the Bunnymen, Porcupine (1983)
• Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1974 — finally found this on vinyl in excellent shape!)
• Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Folkways, A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988)
• B.B.King, Love Me Tender (1982)
• John Mayall, Memories (1971)
• Split Enz, Mental Notes (1976; Manzanera produced)
• Ten Thousand Maniacs, The Wishing Chair (1985)
• Ultravox, Vienna (1980)
• Fats Waller, The Complete Fats Waller Volume II, 1935 (1935)
• Renaissance, A Song for All Seasons (1978)

Latest vinyl finds – January 2011

• Allman Brothers, At Fillmore East (2LP 1971)
• Blind Faith (Clapton and Winwood), Blind Faith (1969)
• Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Flack and Hathaway (1972)
• Chicago, III (1971)
• Genesis, Nursery Cryme (1971)
• Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk in Flight (1939-47)
• Illustration, Illustration (1970)
• Phil Manzanera, Primitive Guitars (1982)
• John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Birds of Fire (1973; better copy)
• Leon Russell, Will o’ the Wisp (1975)
• Ravi Shankar, Music of India (His Master’s Voice; 1959)
• Chris Squire, Fish Out of Water (1975)
• Sarah Vaughn, Golden Hits! (Mercury; 1961)
• Fats Waller, History of Jazz: The Great Fats Waller (1934-41 [1971 Italian press])
• War, Deliver the Word (1973)
• Weather Report, Domino Theory (1984)

Latest vinyl finds – Dec. 2010

This past weekend was the record show in Kitchener, and unlike last year there were a good pile of deals to be had (including a good number of jazz lps).  I purchased the majority for .50 cents each and a few for $3-4 dollars each.  I finally got Layla and other Love Songs in mint condition, which cost me a bit more ($10):  At the end of the month I lucked out in finding just about every T-Bone Burnett LP that exists (at least the ones I didn’t have) at Vortex Records in Toronto (and they had 40% off for boxing week); Burnett LPs are not easy to come by.

• Animals, Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and teh Animals Vol. 2 (1966-68 [1982])
• Joan Armatrading, Back to the Night (1974)
• Joan Armatrading, To the Limit (1978)
• Joan Armatrading, Me Myself and I (1980)
• Joan Armatrading, The Key (1983)
• Joan Armatrading, Track Record [Best] (1983)
• Harry Belafonte, The Midnight Special, with Dylan on harmonica (1962)
• Jackson Browne, The Pretender (1976)
• Jackson Browne, Hold Out (1980)
• Dave Brubeck, Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter (mono CL 2602; 1966)
• T-Bone Burnett, Alpha Band, Spark in the Dark (1977)
• T-Bone Burnett, Alpha Band,Statue Makers of Hollywood (1978)
• T-Bone Burnett, Truth Decay (1980)
• T-Bone Burnett, Trap Door (1982)
• T-Bone Burnett, T-Bone Burnett (1986)
• T-Bone Burnett, Talking Animals (1988)
• Cheap Trick, Dream Police (1979)
• Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (1969; UK pressing)
• Chicago, X (1976)
• Chicago, Hot Streets (1978)
• Chick Corea and Gary Burton, Crystal Silence (1972)
• Chick Corea and Return to Forever, Light as a Feather (1973)
• Colourfield, Deception (1987)
• Crosby and Nash, David Crosby/Graham Nash (1972)
• Richie Delamore, Delamore Sings, A Night in the Caribbean (1962)
• Derek and the Dominoes (Clapton), Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
• Bob Dylan, Basement Tapes (1967 [1975])
• Bob Dylan, New Morning (1970)
• Bob Dylan, Hard Rain (1976)
• Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards (1971)
• ELP, Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
• Fats Domino, Blueberry Hill! (1967; Pickwick)
• Fleetwood Mac, Bare Trees (1972)
• Fleetwood Mac, Tango in the Night (1987)
• Earth, Wind, and Fire, I Am (1979)
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Porgy and Bess (2 LPs; 1957; Verve German Grammophon pressing)
• Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Works Volume 2 (1977)
• Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, et al, 801 Live (1976; UK pressing)
• Four Tops, Greatest Hits (1964-68)
• Aretha Franklin, Aretha Arrives (1967)
• Robert Fripp, League of Gentlemen (1981)
• Genesis, Foxtrot (1972)
• Genesis, Win and Wuthering (1976)
• Gentle Giant, Three Friends (1972)
• Gentle Giant, The Power and the Glory (1974; Capitol)
• Eddy Grant, All the Hits (1984; UK pressing)
• Al Green, Tired of Being Alone [actually Green is Blues with "Tired of Being Alone" replacing "the Letter"] (1969 [1977])
• Al Green, Truth n’ Time (1978)
• Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, In Concert (2 LPs; 1978)
• Fletcher Henderson, 1927-1936
• Various, Popular Koto Melodies of Japan (1973)
• Quincy Jones, Quincy’s Got a Brand New Bag (stereo; 1965)
• Kansas, Leftoverture (1976)
• B.B. King, Completely Well (1969)
• Gordon Lightfoot, Old Dan’s Records (1972)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin), Birds of Fire (1972)
• Murray McLauchlan, Song from the Street (1971)
• Modern Jazz Quartet, The Quartet (1952; Savoy pressing MG 12046)
• Randy Newman, Good Old Boys (1974)
• Nice, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (1968; Italian pressing by Charly records)
• Paddington Bear Volume 2 (UK)
• Charlie Parker, Bird at the Roost, the Savoy Sessions (1949 [1977])
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band, When the Saints Go Marchin’ in: New Orleans, Vol. III (1983)
• Lou Rawls, When You Hear Lou, You’ve Heard it All (1977)
• Otis Redding, The Otis Redding Story, Volume One: Mr. Pitiful (2 LPs; 1962-66 [1986])
• Renaissance, Ashes are Burning (1973)
• Leon Russell, Asylum Choir II, with Marc Beno (1969)
• Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees (1976)
• Frank Sinatra, Nice n’ Easy (1960)
• Donna Summer, Live and More (19
• Spirit, The Family that Plays Together / Feedback (2LP combo) (1968/1972)
• Cat Stevens, Foreigner (1973)
• Strawbs, Hero and Heroine (1973)
• T. Rex, Tanx (1973)
• Uriah Heep, Look At Yourself (1973)
• Who, Odds and Sods (1969-74)
• Stevie Wonder, Talking Book (1972)
• Neil Young, Zuma (1975)

Latest vinyl finds Nov. 2010

Just picked up a few somewhat hard to find Jazz Lps.  The most interesting one is a 1958 blue vinyl reissue of early material (from 1946-49) of the Dave Brubeck Octet (I didn’t even know they had coloured vinyl at that point); the front has a sticker with “Fantasy 8094″ and the back has “Fantasy 3-239″.  The only sad thing about it is it is fake stereo as part of the Fantasy 8000 stereo series (which you can read about in French here).  These are all in absolutely excellent shape, which means I paid between $10-20 for each (much more than I usually dish out, but for these it’s worth it):

• Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck Octet (1958)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Out (1959; finally a 360 label in pristine condition)
• John Coltrane, Blue Train (1957; BST 81577 Blue Note)
• Miles Davis, Jazz Track (1958; partial overlap with Ascenseur pour l’échafaud soundtrack)
• Charles Mingus, Blues and Roots (1960)

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Another bunch, many still sealed original pressings (at least until I played them – who on earth wouldn’t open them — there’s some crazies out there)!:

• Allman Brothers, Eat a Peach (1972; 2 LP)
• Animals, In the Beginning [live] (1963; SS)
• Argent, Circus (1974)
• Big Country, Peace in Our Time (1988)
• Blood, Sweat, and Tears, 3 (1970)
• Charlie Byrd, Hit Trip (1968)
• Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974; Back to Black reissue)
• Jimmy Cliff, In Concert (1976)
• Bruce Cockburn, In the Falling Dark (1976)
• Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius, After the Heat (1978; 4 Men with Beards reissue)
• Aretha Franklin, Take a Look (1967; SS)
• Bobbie Gentry, Patchwork (1971)
• Al Green, Explores Your Mind (1974; SS)
• Al Green, Can’t Get Next to You (1977; SS)
• Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage (1965; Blue note reissue)
• Donny Hathaway, Extension of a Man (1973)
• Ike and Tina, ’nuff Said (1971)
• Ike and Tina, Feel Good (1972)
• B. B. King, The Blues (1958; UR)
• Gordon Lightfoot, Lightfoot (1966; original UA pressing)
• Mahalia Jackson, Recorded Live in Europe (1961)
• Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (1963; German pressing)
• Quincy Jones, Big Band Bossa Nova (1962; UK pressing)
• Curtis Mayfield, Curtis in Chicago Recorded Live! (1973)
• Graham Nash, Wild Tales (1973; SS)
• Ramones, End of the Century (1980; Spector produced)
• Boz Scaggs, My Time (1972)
• Percy Sledge, The Best of Percy Sledge (1967; SS)
• Spencer Davis Group, Heavies featuring Stevie Winwood (1965-67 [1969]; SS)
• Spencer Davis Group, The Best of the Spencer Davis Group Featuring Stevie Winwood (1965-67)
• Edwin Starr, 25 Miles (1969)
• Edwin Starr, Involved (1971; SS)
• Ten Wheel Drive, Brief Replies (1970; SS)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sincerely – Sacred and Secular (1941-69; Rosetta records)
• Traffic, Shout Out (1973)
• Dinah Washington, The Fats Waller Songbook (1957; Polygram Netherlands reissue)
• Stevie Wonder, Eivets Rednow (1968; SS)
• Stevie Wonder, My Cherie Amour (1969)

Latest vinyl finds – Oct 2010

• Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (1961)
• Dave Brubeck, Jazz Goes to College (1954 – original label)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Further Out (1961 – original label)
• Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
• Bruce Cockburn, Joy Will Find a Way (1975)
• Bob Dylan, Empire Burlesque (1985)
• Fanny, Charity Ball (1971)
• Fanny, Mothers Pride (1973)
• Fixx, Phantoms (1984)
• Peter Gabriel, II (Scratch – better copy)
• Gentle Giant, The Official Live Gentle Giant (1977)
• Al Green, Sings the Gospel (1972-78 [1983])
• Isaac Hayes, Live at the Sahara Tahoe (1973)
• Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage (1965; Blue Note re-release with CD)
• Joe Jackson, Night and Day (1982)
• Lighthouse,  Sunny Days (1972)
• John Mayall, Moving On (1972)
• Nice, Five Bridges (1970)
• Graham Parker, The Parkerilla (1978)
• Shawn Phillips, Bright White (1973)
• Renaissance, Prologue (1972)
• John Sellers, Brother John Sellers in London (1957)
• Paul Simon, Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
• Yes, 90125 (1983)
• Warren Zevon, Excitable Boy (1978)
• Warren Zevon, The Envoy (1982)

Latest vinyl finds – Sept. 2010

• King Cole Trio, Nat Cole Trio Trio Days (1940s)
• Donovan, Barabajagal (1968 )
• Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline (1969)
• Fifth Dimension, Greatest Hits on Earth (1967-72)
• Heart, Dreamboat Annie (1975)
• Hot Chocolate, Cicero Park (1974)
• Gene Krupa, Best of Gene Krupa, Verve’s Choice (1952-61)
• John Lennon, Collection (1970-75 [1982])
• Phil Manzanera, Diamond Head (1975)
• Jimmy McGriff, If You’re Ready Come God with Me (1974)
• Fred McDowell, Amazing Grace (1966; Testament records)
• Alan Price [of the Animals], Shouts Across the Street (1976 UK pressing)
• Simon and Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3AM (1964)
• Frank Sinatra, I Remember Tommy (1961)
• Talking Heads, 77 (1977)
• Neil Young, Neil Young (1968)
• Neil Young, Le Noise (2010; Lanois produced)

Latest vinyl finds – Aug. 2010

• The Association, The Association 6th (1970; still sealed)
• Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958)
• Pat Benatar, In the Heat of the Night (1979)
• Pat Benatar, Tropico (1984)
• Blue Rodeo, Diamond Mine (1989)
• The Cars, Shake it Up (1981)
• Cheap Trick, At Budokan (1978)
• Chicago, Chicago II (1970; RE better copy)
• Bill Cosby, Why is there air?
• Doobie Brothers, Stampede (1975)
• Doobie Brothers, Living on the Faultline (1977)
• ELP, Works (1977) – excellent copy
• Fanny, Fanny debut (1970)
• Foghat, Foghat (1972)
• Gameface, Three to Get Ready (1995)
• Stan Getz, Stan Getz and Friends: Early Getz (1949-53 [1979 by Prestige]; 2 LPs)
• Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie’s Orchestra Vol. 1 (1947-49) (French press.)
• Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra Vol. 2 (1947-49)’
• George Harrison, All Things Must Pass (1970; 3 LPs Apple label)
• Heart, Little Queen (1977)
• Mahalia Jackson, Newport 1958 (1958)
• Kansas, Leftoverture (1976)
• Bob Marley, Natty Dread (1974)
• Steve Miller, The Joker (1973)
• Randy Newman, Little Criminals (1977)
• Neville Brothers, Yellow Moon (1989 – Daniel Lanois produced)
• Oscar Peterson, Motions and Emotions (1969 [1972 BASF])
• Prince, Purple Rain (1984)
• REM, Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
• Seals and Crofts, Diamond Girl (1973)
• Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years (1989)
• Staple Singers, Pray On (1954-59 [1986 by Charly])
• Steppenwolf, Gold: Their Great Hits (1968-71)
• Supertramp, Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)
• Supertramp, Breakfast in America (1979 ; Audiophile series)
• T.Rex, Electric Warrior (1971)
• Waterboys, A Pagan Place (1984)
• Steve Winwood, Talking Back to the Night (1982)
• Stevie Wonder, Hotter Than July (1980)
• XTC, Drums and Wires (1979)

Latest vinyl finds – July 2010

Picked up a few from a local person who’s moving out west and can’t bring the heavy records (turns out he’s an assistant audio engineer and is now working on the Crannberries new album).  He had a few 180gram reissues as well that I picked up (although I’m always hesitant about whether reissues will be better than original pressings).  Definitely the Radiohead was nice to get for such a deal.  On July 31st I finished off the month with a few more, mostly non-rock (I was glad to get another in the Nonesuch Explorer Series of world music, and I’ve been looking for Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew for some time — finally in NM too).

• Animals, Best of the Animals (1962-66 [1966])
• Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (2LP; 2010)
• Beatles, Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
• Billy Bragg, Life’s a Riot Between the Wars (1983)
• Bruce Cockburn /. Paul Stoddart, Day Coach Rider (1974)
• Miles Davis, Bitches Brew (1970)
• Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan (1962 [1990s-2000s reissue])
• Bob Dylan, Together Through Life (2LP; 2009)
• Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On (1971; 2009 180gram reissue)
• Daryl Hall, Sacred Songs (1977 [1980])
• Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced? (1967)
• Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (2LPs; 1968-70 [1982])
• Bert Jansch, Moonshine (1973)
• Masekela, Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz (1973 Nigerian import)
• Maytals, The Sensational Maytals: That’s My Number (1960s [1980s])
• Van Morrison, Recorded in Concert, LA and London (2LPs; 1973)
• Gerry Mulligan, Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 4: Gerry Mulligan Tentette, Walking Shoes (1947, 1953 [1971])
• Randy Newman, Sail Away (1972)
• Nonesuch Explorer Series, The Koto Music of Japan (1965)
• John Prine, John Prine (1971)
• John Prine, Sweet Revenge (1973)
• Radiohead, OK Computer (2 LP; 1997)
• Radiohead, Kid A (2 x 10″; 2000)
• George Russell, George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall, with Don Cherry (1965 [1973])
• Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
• Peter Tosh, You Got to Walk and Don’t Look Back (with Jagger) / Don’t Space Out 12″ (1978)
• Velvet Underground, Loaded (1970; reissue)
• Walt Disney, The Story and Songs of Black Beauty (1966 – still sealed)
• Walt Disney, Fantasia, Leopold Stokowski with the Philadelphia Orchestra (3 LPs; 1940 [1957])
• Zombies, The World of the Zonbies (1967)

Kitchener David Gray Concert with player from archive.org

Here again is that David Gray concert I recorded, which you can access in lossless format here, where you will also find the full track listing and other info.  I was happy to see that it’s gotten about 500 downloads so far and one review (four out of five stars), so it’s quite well-received. 

So here is the player for streaming quality (not nearly as good as the FLAC files which you should download if you like what you hear here). The track-listing does not appear with this widget but you can skip ahead songs by simply hitting the skip button to the right of the play button:

Latest vinyl finds – June 2010

Mostly two bucks a piece:

• Argent, All Together Now (1972)
• Maggie Bell, Queen of the Night (1974)
• James Brown, Hell (1976)
• Eric Burdon (of Animals), Stop (1975)
• Johnny Cash, Songs of Our Soil (1959)
• Johnny Cash, Ride This Train (1960)
• Johnny Cash, Orange Blossom Special (mono, 1965)
• Chubby Checker, For Twisters Only (1962)
• Chubby Checker, For Teen Twisters Only (1962)
• Clancy Brothers, In Person at Carnegie Hall, with Tommy Makem (1963)
• Nat King Cole, SIngs My Fair Lady (1963)
• Cream, Fresh Cream (1966)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River (1969)
• Sammy Davis Jr. et al, A Man Called Adam (mono; 1966)
• Eagles, Hotel California (1976) – finally a copy in near mint
• Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Sings Gershwin, with Ellis Larkins at the Piano (Decca, 1959)
• Genesis, Trespass (1970)
• Ian and Sylvia, Northern Journey (1964)
• The Jasmine Isle: Javanese Gamelan Music, recorded by Suryabrata and David Lewiston (1969)
• Kraftwerk, Trans-Europe Express (1977)
• Gene Krupa, Gene Krupa (1956, Columbia)
• Cleo Laine, Cleo’s Choice (1957 [1980])
• Led Zeppelin, Coda (1969-78 [1982])
• John Lewis, Albert Mangelsdorff and the Zagreb Jazz Quartet, Animal Dance (1962)
• Hugh Masekela, The African Connection (1972)
• John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
• Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan and Getz and Desmond = Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi + Blues in Time (2 LP; 1957)
• Charlie Parker and Lester Young, Bird and Pres: the ’46 Concerts, Jazz at the Philharmonic (2LP; 1946 [1977])
• Leon Russell, Carney (1972)
• Santana, Santana
• Frank Sinatra, Rarities: The Columbia Years (1940s [1988]) – still sealed
• Spirit, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
• Stephen Stills, 2 (1971)
• Tangerine Dream, Alpha Centauri / Atem (2LP combo; 1971 / 1973; German pressing)
• Tangerine Dream, Phaedra (1974)
• Sarah Vaughan, In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
• Sarah Vaughan, Sings George Gershwin (1958)

Concert recording of the week: David Gray in Kitchener, May 25 2010

David Gray is an excellent folk-rock singer-songwriter, originally from Wales (Wikipedia page here).  He is perhaps best known for his hit “Babylon” from his White Ladder album, but there are many, many excellent tunes on his other albums as well.  I finally had an opportunity to try out my new H2 recording device last week when we went to the David Gray show here in Kitchener at the Centre in the Square.  The concert was excellent, as were the acoustics of the venue.  One untuned guitar led to a loss of “Hold On” (one of my favourite Gray acoustic tunes).  The recording turned out quite well, if I do say so myself (recorded at 44.1/16bit and saved as FLAC after some equalizing and fades in Audacity).  But the first few seconds of the first track are missing and I didn’t have the device pointing in the right direction until halfway through the first track.  So judge the recording by tracks 2-19. It’s available through the David Gray collection on the Live Music Archive at archive.org:

• David Gray at Centre in the Square, Kitchener, Ontario, May 25, 2010

Latest vinyl finds – May 2010

• Animals, Greatest Hits (1964-68 [1969])
• Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Blood, Sweat, and Tears 2nd (1968)
• Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (1965 [RE])
• The Call, Reconciled (1986)
• Sam Cooke, The One and Only (1968)
• Chick Corea and Return to Forever, Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
• Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
• Duke Ellington, The Music of Duke Ellington Played by DE (1954 [1973])
• Bill Evans, Quiet Now (1965 [1981])
• Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, and Count Basie, One O’Clock Jump (1957)
• Ella Fitzgerald, The Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Gershwin Song Book Vol. 1 (1959)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Gershwin Song Book Vol. 2 (1959)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the Knife, Ella in Berlin (1960)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1963)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway to the Stars (1965 Decca)
• Dizzy Gillespie, Something Old, Something New (1963)
• Dizzy Gillespie, New Wave! (1963 [Springboard Reissue])
• John Greenway, Australian Folksongs and Ballads (1960; Folkways)
• Lionel Hampton, Apollo Hall Concert 1954 (1954)
• Billie Holliday, Giants of Jazz: Billie Holliday (1933-46)
• Ian and Sylvia, Early Morning Rain (1965)
• Joe Jackson, Body and Soul (1984)
• Bob Marley, Exodus (1977)
• Bob Marley, Babylon by Bus (1978)
• Ada Moore, Buck Clayton, and Jimmy Rushing, Cat Meets Chick (1957; mint)
• The Nice, Nice (1969; Immediate UK Series)
• Oscar Peterson, Bursting Out wih the All Star Big Band! (1962)
• Oscar Peterson, Night Train (1962)
• Oscar Peterson, We Get Requests (1965)
• Bud Powell, Time Waits (1958)
• Genya Ravan, Urban Desire (1978)
• Otis Redding, The Best of Otis Redding (1964-70 [1972] German)
• Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, Love, Devotion, Surrender (1973)
• Seatrain, Seatrain 2nd LP (1970; German press)
• Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands with Count Basie (1966)
• Bessie Smith, Giants of Jazz: Bessie Smith (3 LPs; 1923-33 [1983])
• Art Tatum, Giants of Jazz: Art Tatum (3 LPs; 1932-56 [1982])
• Sarah Vaughn, Linger Awhile (1956)

Latest vinyl finds April 2010

At the very end of the month I lucked out when I found a pile of Jazz (mainly original pressings from the 1950s and 1960s) at the antique market at amazing prices:

• Allman Brothers, Duane and Greg Allman = 31st of February demos  (1968)
• Alphaville, Forever Young (1984)
• Louis Armstrong, The Genius of Louis Armstrong, Volume 1: 1923-1933 (2 LPs; 1923-33 [1971])
• Dave Brubeck, Bossa Nova USA (1963 – better, pristine copy)
• Dave Brubeck, Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter (1965)
• Dave Brubeck, Jazz Impressions of New York (1965)
• Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash & June Carter (1967)
• Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
• Count Basie, Blues By Basie (1957 original pressing)
• Clash, The Clash (debut 1977; UK pressing)
• John Coltrane, Giant Steps (1960 – That’s Jazz pressing)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mardi Gras (1972)
• Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess (1958)
• Miles Davis, In Europe (1963)
• Paul Desmond, East of the Sun (1959 [1981])
• Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery (1973 — this copy in pristine condition with poster)
• Terry Gibbs, That Swing Thing! (1961)
• Woody Guthrie, Dust Bowl Ballads (1940 [1988], BMG)
• Woody Guthrie, Struggle (1940s [1976], Smithsonian; still sealed!!)
• Milt Jackson, Vibrations (1964)
• Ahmad Jamal, At the Top: Poinciana Revisited (1972)
• Leadbelly, Includes Legendary Performances Never Before Released [tribute to Blind Lemon Jefferson] (1935 [1970]; Columbia)
• Leadbelly, Huddie Ledbetter’s Best. . . His Guitar, His Voice, His Piano (1944 [1962], Capitol orange label)
• Led Zeppelin, Presence (1976)
• John Mayall, Jazz Blues Fusion (1973)
• Joni Mitchell, Mingus (1979)
• Muddy Waters, Good News volume 3 (1955-58 [1971] UK, Syndicate Chapter)
• Odetta, My Eyes Have Seen (1959 Vanguard; still sealed!!!)
• Oscar Peterson, Big 6 at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1975)
• Rascals, See (1969)
• Shakti (McLaughlin and L. Shankar), Natural Elements (1977)
• Ten Wheel Drive, Brief Replies (1970)
• Dinah Washington, The Bessie Smith Songbook (1957-58 [1986])
• Stevie Wonder, Greatest Hits (1962-67 [1968])
• Stevie Wonder, Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1968-71 [1971])
• Yes, Close to the Edge (1972) – had the CD remastered edition but find that far too compressed – nice to hear it the way it was meant to be again

“Record Club” website

There’s an interesting site (also a subsite of Beck‘s) devoted to re-performing favourite albums of current musicians called “Record Club“.  What they do is gather together artists from various bands on a day and ask one of them what one of his or her favourite albums is.  Then they perform each and every song from that album together spontaneously while they are taped and video-recorded in just one day.  The site posts the audio and video of each of the songs from each album “tribute” one by one.  They are raw, of course, which is part of the fun.  Spontaneous? Yes.  So far they have Velvet Underground’s, Nico, Leonard Cohen’s Songs of Leonard Cohen, Skip Spence, and INXS’s Kick.

If I were asked what album they should do next, I’d say John Baldry’s It Ain’t Easy (but I won’t be asked;).

This was new to me.

Concert recording of the week: U2 at KRO Studios, Hilversum, Holland (Oct 1980 — before Boy!)

At the risk of focusing too much on U2 (my favourite band as a teenager), my choice this week is another extremely early soundboard recording from 1980 (known as “Touch” in some of its bootleg versions), before the release of U2′s first album, Boy, in November of that year:

• U2 Hilversum, Holland. KRO Studios October 14, 1980 (FLAC – via Qualitybootz).

Concert recording of the week: U2 at Paris Cinema Studio, London (1981)

When the members of U2 have said anything about trading of concert recordings among fans, they have been quite positive.  They are very negative about people trying to profit from bootlegs, especially poorly recorded ones.  Both Bono and Edge state the band’s opinion, including statements on the official U2.com site:

“We invite people to bootleg our shows. We invite people to make CD copies, we’ve no problems with that, but if some guy is gonna make money off the back of this, we’re gonna find out where he parks his car…” (Bono; source: KROQ Radio USA, October 2000)

“We’ve never had a problem with bootlegs or people recording our shows for their own use. Our problem has always been people ripping off our fans with inferior recordings that they sell at exorbitant prices” (October 30, 2000; source: <http://www.u2.com/news/article/733>, official site accessed March 14, 2010).

One of my favourite concert recordings is an early one from 1981 which was a planned broadcast on FM (BBC) but sourced from the pre-FM tapes:

• U2′s concert at Paris Cinema Studio in London, England, on August 23, 1981 (FLAC – via Qualitybootz).

The setlists from that leg of the October European tour can be found here.

Concert recording of the week: Cowboy Junkies at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver (1996)

Since I was a teenager in the 80s, I’ll begin with a band from that era who have encouraged recording and sharing of their live shows: Cowboy Junkies (main archive page here).  The Cowboy Junkies’ Trinity Session (1988), which was recorded in a church in Toronto, sounded entirely new — and haunting — to me back in the day (still did when I recently transferred it from vinyl this year), and just about everyone else my age in Toronto seemed to know about that album.  This band is in many respects a jam band, whose live shows vary from night to night and who engage in considerable improvisation.  Their covers of standards in entirely new ways really stand out to me.

There are many, many freely available recordings of Cowboy Junkies’ live shows on archive.org.  The one I’ve been enjoying most lately is a great quality soundboard recording:

• Cowboy Junkies at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, 1996 (FLAC – via archive.org).

(For those who aren’t aware, FLAC and, less common, SHN formats are the best quality formats to download and do not result in any loss of sound quality.  For downloading shows from archive, I would suggest using Firefox with the free DownloadThemAll plugin which allows you to quickly identify the links for each song in FLAC and download them quickly.)

Intro to ethical “Bootleg” choice of the week series

In an attempt to revive my activity on this blog, I’m beginning a weekly post that will point you to a downloadable live recording that I find particularly cool or interesting.  Alongside my obsession with used LPs, I’ve been getting more and more interested in “bootleg” recordings of live shows of late.  The word “Bootleg” has some negative and positive connotations, as you may imagine (in light of its being a borrowed word from the prohibition of alcohol back in the early- to mid-twentieth century in some countries — put your “illegal” alcohol in your boot to avoid detection!).

When I advocate a concert or music “bootleg” in this upcoming series, I am referring to a recording of a live concert that is not commercially released by the artist or which has been given sanction for fan-trading by the artist.  These “bootlegs,” or live recordings, should be exchanged among fans without any financial gain to the fans (i.e. for free) and with promotion of the artist (and therefore appropriate future financial benefit to the artist) in mind.  In other words, I will follow what I consider a strict ethic here.  We’re not talking about “pirating” but rather fans trading and promoting the unreleased (live or other) music of the artists they like most.  Unreleased is the key term here, because I believe it is absolutely essential to support the artists who create the music by buying what they release in LP, CD, or whatever form.  Another main issue is the quality of the sound on the bootleg, such that it does not misrepresent the quality of the artists’ performances (but these can be either “audience” recordings or “soundboard” recordings, usually the latter).  Here I will only link to very high quality bootlegs in uncompressed formats (e.g. “shorten” and “flac” formats, and never MP3s).

There are two main sites which I consider ethical (in my terms) and high quality when it comes to live recordings (there may be more, of which I am now unaware–let me know in the comments section and I’ll investigate):

• Dave’s Qualitybootz;
• The Internet Archive’s “Live Music Archive” (closely associated with etree.org), which seeks permission from the artists (or their representatives) themselves.

So most of my choices will come from these two sources at this point.  I’ll soon post my choice of this week.

Latest vinyl finds March 2010

• Beatles, Please Please Me (1963a; mono 1987 release)
• Beatles, With the Beatles (1963b; mono 1987 release)
• Beatles, Meet the Beatles (1964; stereo US version of With the Beatles)
• Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Original Motion Picture Sound Track (1964)
• Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever ago (2008)
• Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
• Byrds, Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
• Clash, Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1978)
• Elvis Costello, Almost Blue (1981)
• Elvis Costello, Imperial Ballroom (1982)
• Cream, Wheels of Fire (in the Studio) (1968)
• Friends of Distinction, Whatever (1970)
• Peter Gabriel and others, Big Blue Ball (1991-95, 2007)
• Gentle Giant, In’terview (1976)
• Al Green, Call Me (1973)
• B.B. King, Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1971)
• B.B. King, Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
• John Mayall, USA Union (1970)
• Flying Burrito Bros (Parsons), Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
• Gram Parsons (with Emmylou Harris), Grievous Angel (1974)
• Leon Russell, Leon Russell and the Shelter People (Philips German pressing; 1971)
• Rod Stewart / John Baldry, Rod Stewart and Steampacket (1964-66 [1977])
• Supertramp, Crime of the Century (1974; Audiophile series half-speed)
• Ten Wheel Drive, Construction #1 (1969)
• Ten Wheel Drive, Peculiar Friends (1971)
• Neil Young, On the Beach (1974)
• Neil Young, Tonight’s the Night (1975)
• Neil Young, Comes a Time (1978 – even better copy)

Latest vinyl finds Feb 2010

• Argent, In Deep (1973)
• The Association, Greatest Hits (1966-68)
• Jeff Beck, There and Back (1980)
• The Call, Let the Day Begin (1989)
• Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
• Van Morrison, Veedon Fleece (1974)
• Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
• Pavel Sysoyev, Soviet Funk volume 1 (1971-76 [2009]; Secret Stash)
• Jeremy Taylor, producer, Reggae Interpretations of Kind of Blue (1981 [2009]; Secret Stash)
• The Who, Live at Leeds (1970)

CDs

• James Brown, 20 All Time Greatest Hits
• Peter Gabriel, Scratch My Back Deluxe (2010)

Latest vinyl finds Jan. 2010

• Long John Baldry, Everything Stops for Tea (1972 – John and Stewart produced)
• The Band, The Last Waltz (WB; 1978)
• Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice (1973)
• Johnny Cash, Hymns By Johnny Cash (1959)
• Miles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
• Miles Davis / Thelonius Monk, At Newport (1958, 1963)
• Stan Getz, Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
• Lone Justice, Lone Justice (1985
• Curtis Mayfield, Give, Get, Take and Have (1976)
• Van Morrison, Hard Nose the Highway (1973)
• Pink Floyd, Meddle (1971)
• Simon and Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme (1966)
• Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska (198
• Traffic, When the Eagle Flies (1974)
• Tom Waits, Foreign Affairs (1977)
• Yes (Bill Bruford), Gradually Going Tornado (1980)

The Warner-Reprise Loss Leaders of the 1960s and 1970s – links

The Warner-Reprise Loss Leaders LPs were inexpensive compilation albums (usually 2 discs) aimed at marketing then up and coming artists on the label (e.g. Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie, Van Morrison, Mothers of Invention, Jethro Tull, Neil Young) alongside the old staples.  By the 1970s, Dr. Demento was behind the compilation and liner work, so they are also quite entertaining.

The existence of these Warner-Reprise Loss Leaders was entirely new to me, but now that I have acquired seven of them (in immaculate condition from a very generous and friendly local) and have begun looking into them, I thought I would supply you with some interesting links about these compilation albums:

• Warner Bros. Records Presents Loss Leaders Revisited
  • Inside the Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders
• Rock Samplers: Warner Brothers/Reprise Records
• Sampler Daze: The Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders series
• Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders (Wikipedia article)

Latest vinyl finds Dec. 2009

Last week I lucked out in finding two very friendly and generous people who simply wanted someone to enjoy the music they had on vinyl without making money on the deal.  And so I’ve picked up a large load of LPs in absolutely perfect condition (God bless the people who recorded their records to reel-to-reel tape and only played the record once or twice!).  A good number are original pressings from the 1960s in immaculate condition.  Quite a bit of world music and reggae, too, which isn’t all that common on vinyl in Kitchener.

This will keep me occupied for a good stretch, I would say!

• Sunny Ade, In London (1977; Nigerian pressing)
• Sunny Ade, Ijinle odu (1982; Nigerian pressing)
• Sunny Ade, “Juju Music” (1982; Island)
• Sunny Ade, Synchro System (1983; Island)
• Sunny Ade, Ajoo (1983; Nigerian pressing)
• Sunny Ade, Conscience “Eri Okan” (1983; Yaba pressing)
• Sunny Ade, Vintage King Sunny Ade (1984 [1970?]; Nigerian pressing)
• Sunny Ade, Aura (1984; Island)
• Adedara Arunralojaoba, Yoruba Traditional Music (1981)
• Chet Atkins, Finger-Style Guitar (1956)
• Chet Atkins, The Most Popular Guitar (1961)
• Chet Atkins, The Best of Chet Atkins (1964; German pressing)
• Chet Atkins, Progressive Pickin’ (1965)
• Chet Atkins, More of That Guitar Country (1965; German pressing)
• Chet Atkins, The Best of Chet Atkins Volume 2 (1966; German pressing)
• Chet Atkins, Solo Flights (1968; German Pressing)
• Beach Boys, Surfer Girl (1963; German pressing)
• Beach Boys, Little Deuce Coupe (1963; German pressing)
• Beach Boys, Beach Boys’ Party! (1965; German pressing)
• Beach Boys, Surf Beat Fun (1966; German pressing)
• Beach Boys, Smiley Smile (1967; German pressing)
• Blood Sweat and Tears, BST (1968)
• Rose Brennan, Irish Pub Favourites (1963)
• James Brown, The Dynamic James Brown (1966 ; German pressing)
• T-Bone Burnett, Behind the Trap Door (1984 – Bono shows up on this one)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Changes (1963)
• Canned Heat, Canned Heat (1967)
• Johnny Cash, The Walls of a Prison (1970)
• Don Carlos, Harvest Time (1982)
• Don Carlos, Pass Me the Lazer Beam (1983)
• Ray Charles, Invites you to Listen (1967; orig. Tangerine/EMI UK pressing)
• Ray Charles, Greatest Hits (1962; UK pressing)
• Ray Charles, Greatest Hits, volume 2 (1964; UK pressing)
• Ray Charles, Live in Concert [recorded at the shrine civic auditorium, LA] (1964; UK pressing)
• Nat King Cole, The Beautiful Ballads (1967; Capitol orig. German pressing)
• Dixie Flyers, Light, Medium, Heavy (1977)
• Dixie Flyers, Just Pickin’ (1978)
• Dixie Flyers, Cheaper to Lease (1978)
• Dixie Flyers, For Our Friends (1980)
• Dubliners, More of the Hard Stuff (1967)
• Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (1965 – orig. German pressing)
• Brian Eno, Manzanera, 801, Listen Now! (1977)
• Everly Brothers, The Very Best: Newly Recorded in Nashville (1963; German pressing)
• Marianne Faithful, Broken English (1979)
• Fats Domino, The Innovator of Rock and Roll Recorded During an Exciting Live Performance (orig. Dutch pressing, Mercury 196?)
• Fats Domino, Million Sellers Vol. 4 (1969; German pressing)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Swings Lightly (1958)
• Flatt and Scruggs, The World of Flatt and Scrugs (2 LP; 1973)
• Fleetwood Mac, Future Games (1971)
• Aretha Franklin, Aretha Now (1968; UK pressing)
• Aretha Franklin, Soul, Soul, Soul (1968; orig. German pressing)
• Peter Gabriel, Birdy: Music from the Film (1985)
• Bobbie Gentry, Ode to Billie Joe (1967; German pressing)
• Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, Jazz Samba (1962)
• Goon Show (Peter Sellers), The Best of the Goon Shows (1959)
• Goon Show (Peter Sellers), The Best of the Goon Shows no. 2 (1960)
• Eddy Grant, Going for Broke (1984)
• Guitars Unlimited, Volume 2 (1966; French pressing)
• Al Hirt, Live at Carnegie Hall (1965; German pressing)
• Al Hirt, Soul in the Horn (1967; German pressing)
• Billie Holiday, Stormy Blues (2 LPs; 1954-55 [1977])
• Hollies, Romany (1972)
• John Lee Hooker, The Blues (United Records)
• Ian and Sylvia, Lovin’ Sound (1967)
• Gregory Isaacs, Night Nurse (1982)
• Gregory Isaacs, Out Deh! (1983)
• Mahalia Jackson, Great Gettin’ Up Morning (1959)
• Mahalia Jackson, In Concert (1967)
• Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick (1972, with original news paper)
• Jethro Tull, Living in the Past (1972)
• Jethro Tull, Passion Play (1973)
• Jethro Tull, War Child (1974)
• Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood (1977)
• Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses (1979)
• Jethro Tull, Strormwatch (1979)
• Jethro Tull, The Broadsword (1982)
• Jr. Walker and the All Stars, Soul Session (1966; UK pressing)
• Juluka, Scatterlings (1983)
• Juluka, Stand Your Ground (1984)
• Juluka (Johnny Clegg and Savuka), Third World Child (1987)
• Juluka (Johnny Clegg and Savuka), Shadow Man (1988)
• Kingston Trio, Kingston Trio (1958)
• Kingston Trio, . . . from the ‘Hungry i’ (live; 1958)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Umthombo Wamanzi (1982)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Shaka Zulu (1987)
• Leveillee and Gagnon, Leveillee-Gagnon (1965; French pressing)
• Claude Leveillee, 1 Voix 2 Pianos (1966)
• Limelighters, Tonight: In Person (1960)
• Little River Band, First Under the Wire (1979)
• Bob Marley, Legend (1972-81)
• Ziggy Marley, Conscious Party (1988)
• Messenjah, Rock You High (1983)
• Messenjah, Session (1984)
• Messenjah, Cool Operator (1987)
• Miriam Makeba, Pata Pata (1967)
• Mama’s and the Papa’s, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966; German Pressing)
• Mama’s and the Papa’s, Deliver (1967; German pressing)
• Bob Marley and the Wailers, Confrontation (1983)
• Messenjah, Session (
• Montrose (with Sammy Hagar), Montrose (1973)
• Youssou N’Dour, Immigres (1988)
• Dean Martin, Dean Martin Hits Again (1965; German pressing)
• New Christy Minstrels, Ramblin’ (1963)
• Bob Newhart, The Button-Down Mind of (1960)
• Nice, Autumn to Spring (1968 [1973 release])
• Ebenezer Obey, Current Affairs (1980; UK pressing)
• Ebenezer Obey, Eyi yato (1980)
• Ebenezer Obey, Solution (1984; African pressing)
• Odetta, Sings Folk Songs (1963)
• Sonny Okosun, Liberation (1984)
• Peter and Gordon, Somewhere (1966; German pressing)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, Peter Paul and Mary (1962)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, Moving (1963)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, In Concert (1964; German pressing)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, A Song WIll Rise (1965; German pressing)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, See What Tomorrow Brings (1965; German pressing)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, Album (1966; German pressing)
• Peter. Paul and Mary, Album 1700 (1967; German pressing)
• Oscar Peterson and Stephane Grappelli, Quartet (2 LPs; 1973)
• Reggae compilation, Crucial Reggae Driven by Sly and Robbie (1982)
• Reggae compilation, Reggae Greats (2 LPs; 1985)
• Pete Seeger, Pete Seger Now (1968; German pressing)
• Pete Seeger, Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (1967; UK pressing)
• Pete Seeger, We Shall Overcome Recorded Live at his Historic Carnegie Hall Concert (1963; UK pressing)
• Alan Price (of the Animals), O Lucky Man! (soundtrack; 1973)
• Righteous Brothers, Best of the Righteous Brothers (1966; German pressing)
• Sam and Dave, Hold On, I’m Comin’ (1966; orig US pressing)
• Seekers, Come the Day (1966; German pressing)
• Shadows, Shadow Music (1966; German pressing)
• Paul Simon, Hearts and Bones (1983)
• Steel Pulse, Reggae Fever (= Caught You; 1980)
• Steel Pulse, True Democracy (1982)
• Steel Pulse,Earth Crisis (1984)
• Steel Pulse, Babylon the Bandit (1985)
• Steel Pulse, State of Emergency (1987)
• Billy Strange, 12 String Guitar: Folk Blues and Blue Grass (1963)
• Supremes, Greatest Hits (1 LP; orig. British Pressing)
• Tonio K, Life in the Foodchain (1978)
• Tina Turner, Private Dancer (1984)
• UB40, UB44 (1982)
• UB40, Labour of Love (1983)
• Vangelis, Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Ventures, Walk, Don’t Run vol. 2 (1964; German pressing)
• Ventures, Ventures a go-go (1965)
• Ventures, $1,000,000.00 Weekend (1967; German pressing)
• Tom Waits, Closing Time (1973)
• Tom Waits, Small Change (1976)
• Rick Wakeman, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
• Rick Wakeman, Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974)
• Rick Wakeman, White Rock (1976)
• Rick Wakeman, Criminal Record (1977)
• Rick Wakeman, 1984 (1981)
• Rick Wakeman, Silent Nights (1985)
• Warner-Reprise “Loss Leaders” / Songbook compilations
  • Songbook (2 LP; 1969)
  • Record Show (2 LP; 1969)
  • The Big Ball (2 LP; 1970)
  • Schlagers (2LP; 1970)
  • Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies (3LP; 1970)
  • Non-Dairy Creamer (1971)
  • Menu Hot Platters (1971)
  • Together (1971)
  • The Whole Burbank Catalog (2 LP; 1972)
  • Burbank (2LP; 1972)
  • The Days of Wine and Vinyl (2 LP; 1972)
  • Appetizers (2LP; 1973)
  • All Singing, All Talking, All Rocking (2LP 1973)
• Dione Warwick, The Windows of the World (1967)
• Dione Warwick, Valley of the Dolls (1968; French pressing)
• Weavers, Weavers at Home (1962)
• Weavers, At Carnegie Hall, vol. 2 (1960 [1963])
• Neil Young, Harvest (1972 -  better copy but not original pressing)
• Neil Young, Hawks and Doves (1980)

Classical and related (German pressings):

• Bach, Brandenburgische Konzerte (Baumgartner and Festival Strings Lurcerne / Archiv Producktion)
• Debussy, La Mer… (Karajan and BPO)
• Liszt / Brahms, Ungarische Fantasie fur Klavier und Orchester / Ungarische Tanze Nr. 5, 6, 3, 1 (Karajan and BPO)
• Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya, Musique baroque pour deux guitares (1967)
• Tchaikowsky, Ouverture 1812, etc. (Karajan and BPO)

Latest vinyl finds – Nov 2009

Jackpot! Just bought a load of LPs in perfect condition from someone who advertized on a local classified site and who wasn’t worried about making much money from the deal (he just wanted someone to listen to his records).

Now also a few more from the local antique market.

• Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley and Friends (1973)
• Dave Alexander, The Rattler (1972)
• Bad Company, Bad Co. (1974)
• Long John Baldry, It Ain’t Easy (1971)
• Band, Music From Big Pink (1968)
• Band, The Band (1969)
• Beach Boys, Spirit of America (2 LPs; 1962-69 [1975])
• Beatles, Rarities (1962-70 [1980 Capitol])
• Jeff Beck, Beck-Ola (1968; Orange label)
• David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971 – 2nd copy)
• David Bowie, Aladdin Sane (1973)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Changes (1963)
• Byrds, Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde (1969)
• Eric Clapton, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends On Tour with Eric Clapton (1970)
• Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions (1988)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
• CCR, Green River (1969b)
• The Doors, The Doors (1967a)
• The Doors, Strange Days (1967b)
• The Doors, Waiting for the Sun (1968)
• The Doors, LA Woman (1971)
• Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy (1989)
• Dave Edmunds / Love Sculpture, Blues Helping (1968)
• Arlo Guthrie, Best of (1967-76 [1977])
• Hothouse Flowers, People (1988)
• Faces / Small Faces, Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968)
• Faces, Snakes and Ladders (1976)
• Faces, Faces Live Coast to Coast (1974 – better copy)
• Fleetwood Mac, Buckhingham Nicks (1973)
• Aretha Franklin, Aretha Now (1968)
• Peter Gabriel, Birdy – Music from the Film (1985)
• Hollies, Romany (1972)
• John Lee Hooker, The Blues (1960)
• Jefferson Airplane, The Worst of … (1970)
• Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
• King Curtis, Live at the Fillmore West (1970)
• Kinks, Greatest Hits (Canadian version of Well Respected Kinks; 1964-66 [1972])
• Led Zeppelin, III (1970)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Second Helping (1974)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, One More From the Road (1976)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Street Survivors (1977)
• Midnight Oil, Red Sails in the Sunset (1985)
• Van Morrison, Tupelo Honey (1971)
• Van Morrison, Irish Beat (1988)
• Graham Parker, High Times – The Best of Graham Parker and the Rumour (1980)
• Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
• Pink Floyd, A Nice Pair – Piper at The Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets (1967-68 [1973])
• Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979 — this is my third try at a set that doesn’t have surface noise!)
• Police, Synchronicity (1983)
• Rolling Stones, More Hot Rocks (1972)
• Roxy Music, Stranded (1973 – 2nd copy)
• Santana, debut (1969 – 2nd copy)
• Steely Dan, Countdown to Ecstacy (1973)
• Supertramp, Crime of the Century (1974)
• Ike and Tina Turner, Workin’ Together (1971)
• Ike and Tina Turner, Get Back! (best of) (1960-75)
• U2, Rattle and Hum (1988 – finally have back all the U2 records I used to have before I stupidly jumped the CD bandwagon back in the late 80s)
• Who, Who Are You (1978)
• Yardbirds, Shapes of Things (2LPs; 1978 [1964-66])
• Yardbirds, Roger the Engineer (1966)
• Yes, Fragile (1971)

Latest vinyl finds – October 2009

• Allman Brothers Band, Brothers and Sisters (1973)
• Aztec Camera, Knife (1984)
• Aztec Camera, Love (1987)
• Jeff Beck, The Yardbirds featuring Jeff Beck (1964-66 [1976])
• Jeff Beck, Truth / Beck-Ola combo (1969 – had Truth but needed Beck-Ola)
• Julian Cope, World Shut Your Mouth EP (1986)
• Elvis Costello, Spike (1989)
• Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1979) — finally I’ve got an immaculate copy of this hard-to-find album
• Peter Gabriel, 4 (Security) (1982)
• Isaac Hayes, The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
• Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina, Sittin’ In (1971)
• The Mission, Children (1988)
• New Order, Substance (1987)
• Shawn Phillips, Rumplestiltskin’s Resolve (1976)
• Pink Floyd, Ummagumma (1969)
• Otis Redding, The Otis Redding Story Volume Two, Deep Soul (1986)
• Pete Townshend, Scoop (2 LP; 1983)
• Tom Waits, Heartattack and Vine (1980)
• Tom Waits, Franks Wild Years (1987)
• Rick Wakeman, The Myths and Legends of Sir Arthur (1975)
• The Who, Quadrophenia (1973)
• The Who, Who’s Missing (1965-72 [1985])
• Warren Zevon, Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Latest vinyl finds – Sept. 2009

• 801,801 Live (with Eno and Manzanera; 1976)
• Band, Cahoots (1971)
• Chuck Berry, The Great Twenty-Eight (2 LP; 1955-65 [1984])
• Blondie, Eat to the Beat (1979)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Out (stereo; 1959)
• Dave Brubeck, Time Further Out (mono; 1961)
• Dave Brubeck, My Favorite Things (1962)
• Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (2LP compilation; 1973)
• The Call, The Call (1982; out of print – still sealed!)
• Chieftans, debut (1963)
• Christmas in Mexico
• Eric Clapton / Derek and the Dominos, In Concert (2 LPs; 1973)
• Eric Clapton, No Reason to Cry (1976)
• Eric Clapton, Slowhand (1977)
• Elvis Costello, Spike (1989)
• Edgar Winter Group, They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
• Dave Edmunds, Best of (1981)
• Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra II (1973)
• Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
• Aretha Franklin, Aretha in Paris (1968)
• Godley and Creme, The History Mix Volume 1 (1985)
• George Harrison, Concert for Bangladesh (1971)
• Hollies, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (1969)
• Stanley Jordon, Standards Vol. 1 (1986)
• Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli, Fascinatin’ Rhythm (1975)
• Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (1968)
• Van Morrison, Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
• Graham Nash, Songs for Beginners (1971)
• The Platters, Encore of Golden Hits (1955-59 / 1973)
• Roxy Music, Stranded (1973)
• Roxy Music, The Fourth Roxy Music Album (1974)
• Sade, Diamond Life (1984)
• Ravi Shankar, In San Francisco (1967)
• Paul Simon, Paul Simon (1972;orig. pressing)
• Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra (1963)
• Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA (1984; better copy)
• Strawbs, Burning for You (1977)
• Supremes, DIana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits (2 LPs; 1967)
• U2, October (1981 – finally found it on vinyl in mint condition – sounds much better than the original CD)
• Weavers, Reunion at Carnegie Hall – 1963 (1963)
• The Who, Tommy (2LP; 1969)
• Wilco, The Album (2009)
• Stevie Wonder, Talking Book (1972)
• World Party, Private Revolution (1986)
• Neil Young, Everybody Knows this is Nowhere (1969)
• Neil Young, Harvest (1972)
  

At 10 cents a piece and in excellent condition, I could not resist getting a number of classical and historical-related music LPs (time to broaden my horizons — previous to this, you would never guess my brother was an opera singer):

• Beethoven, Symphonie nr. 4 (Berliner Philharmoniker – Herbert von Karajan)
• Beethoven Bicentennial Collection, Vol. IV Piano Sonatas
• Dvorak, Slavonic Dances op. 46 and op. 72 (Mario Rossi conducting The Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
• O Come Sweet Music: Part Songs of the Colonial Period (Williamsburg Singers)
• Pomponio Nenna (c. 1555-1615): Madrigals and Motets (by Gesualdo and Nenna) (1973)
• Franz Schubert, Symphonies No. 5 in B flat major and No. 6 in C Major (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 (L’Orchestre de la suisse romande, RObert Denzler)
• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Ruggiero Ricci and the Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra (1964)
• West Side Story (Original Sound Track Recording) (1961)

Latest vinyl finds – From Stephen Stills and Roberta Flack to The Faces and Chet Atkins (Aug./09)

A good lot of records this month, with many in near mint condition bought for .50 cents a piece (including Stephen Still’s debut that includes Hendrix and Clapton on a tune each):

• Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
• Alan Parsons Project, Pyramid (1978)
• Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading (1976)
• Joan Armatrading, Show Some Emotion (1977)
• Joan Armatrading, Steppin’ Out (1979)
• Chet Atkins, The Guitar Genius (1963)
• Chet Atkins, The Best of Chet Atkins (1964)
• Beatles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967; better copy)
• Harry Belafonte, Belafonte
• Tony Bennett, I Wanna be around. . . (1963)
• Bunny Berigan, I Can’t Get Started (1978)
• David Bowie, Let’s Dance (1983)
• Tracy Chapman, debut (1988)
• Nat King Cole, Ramblin’ Rose (1962)
• Nat King Cole, Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (1963)
• Phil Collins, Face Value (1981)
• Neil Diamond, Stones (1971)
• The Faces, Coast to Coast – Overture and Beginners (1974)
• Roberta Flack, Killing Me Softly (1973)
• Daryl Hall, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)
• Bruce Hornsby and the Range, The Way It Is (1986)
• Janis Ian, Aftertones (1975)
• Ink Spots, The Best of the Ink Spots (2 LP; 1965)
• Iron Butterfly, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
• Klaatu, Sir Army Suit (1978)
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy (1980)
• Level 42, Running in the Family (1987)
• Lighthouse, Thoughts of Movin’ On (1971)
• The Mamas and the Papas, 16 of Their Greatest Hits (1966-69)
• Melanie, The Best . . . Melanie (2 LP; 1972)
• Peter, Paul and Mary, Ten Years Together (1970)
• The Police, Ghost in the Machine (1981)
• Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson (1987)
• Santana, Santana (1969)
• Simple Minds, New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 (1982)
• Simple Minds, Sparkle in the Rain (1983)
• Simple Minds, Once Upon a Time (1985)
• Stephen Stills, Stephen Stills (1970)
• Stills-Young Band, Long May You Run (1976)
• Sting, Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)
• Strawbs, From the Witchwood (1971; with Rick Wakeman on keyboards)
• 10cc, Deceptive Bends [with cover by Hignosis] (1967
• B. J. Thomas, Billy Joe Thomas [with Stevie Wonder on Harmonica] (1972)
• Ultravox, Rage in Eden (1981)
• Midge Ure, The Gift (1985)
• Stevie Ray Vaughn, Couldn’t Stand the Weather (1984)
• Rick Wakeman, The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975)
• Barry White, Greatest Hits (1973-75)
• Steve Winwood, Steve Winwood (1977)
• Neil Young, Hawks and Doves (1980)

A few more:

• Earth, Wind, and Fire, Electric Universe (1983)
• The Elephant’s Child (narration Jack Nicholson, music Bobby McFerrin 1987)
• Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love (1982)
• Moody Blues / Justin Hayward and John Lodge, Blue Jays (1975)
• Grand Funk Railroad, Good Singin’, Good Playin’ (Frank Zappa produced; 1976)
• Stan Kenton, Kenton’s West Side Story (1961)
• Men at Work, Cargo (1983)
• Paul Simon, Graceland (1986)
• Spyro Gyra, Catching the Sun (1980)
• Midge Ure, Answers to Nothing (1988)

Tail end of August:

• Bruce Cockburn, Bruce Cockburn (debut; 1970)
• Bruce Cockburn, Salt, Sun, and Time (1974)
• Bruce Cockburn, Further Adventures of (1978)
• Jimi Hendrix,  Midnight Lightning (1975)

Latest vinyl finds – Donovon, The Band and others (July/09)

So far for July:

• The Band, Stage Fright (1970)
• The Band, Moondog Matinee (1973)
• Harry Belafonte, Calypso (1956)
• Harry Belafonte, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (LIving Stereo; 1959)
• Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (Living Stereo; 1960)
• Dave Brubeck, Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool (CL 699; 1955)
• Dave Brubeck, Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (CL 984; 1956)
• Dave Brubeck, Brubeck Plays Brubeck (CL 878; 1956)
• T-Bone Burnett, Proof Through the Night (1983)
• Donovan, For Little Ones (1967)
• Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick (1972)
• Manassas (Stephen Stills), Mannassas (2 LP; 1972)
• Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin, West Meets East Album 2 (1967)
• Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)