Latest vinyl finds – From Neil Young and John Stewart to the Specials (Summer and Fall 2008)

Posted on Thu Oct 30 2008 at 8:08 pm in the category Latest vinyl finds -- Copyright notice

I’ve been woefully neglectful of this blog for a while, but I do hope to return to regular posts at some point (but the imminently arriving baby may delay that further).  (My excuse is that I’ve been finishing up two books I’ve been writing lately, and I do have to lecture).  Anyways, in the mean time, here are my latest vinyl finds from the summer and fall.  Once again, I’ve rarely paid more than a buck and often about 25 cents or less each (so it’s ok that I bought Depeche Mode, I tell myself, but I would have bought Billy Joel even for 50 cents–unforgiveable).  I had the early Yes albums for a long time, but I think Drama and Going For the One are better than I expected for the late 1970s Yes.  Rush is also having a bit of a comeback in my collection since I got those for almost free (and I saw them at Ontario Place in the summer with my friend Tony).  The Pearl Bailey album is fascinating; hard to believe that this was considered censored when you listen to the relatively tame lyrics–it was 1960 (a friend, Zeba, picked it up on a curb in Ottawa for me).  The Specials’ album from 1979 (produced by Elvis Costello) is great — if you like ska.  This reminds me: I’m generally new to Elvis Costello but I find the range and writing on his albums fascinating.  I’ve now got several copies of CSNY in CD and LP — you’ll pry them from my cold, dead hands.

  • Alan Parsons Project, Ammonia Avenue (1984).
  • Pearl Bailey, Sings For Adults Only (Performance of this Album Restricted from Airplay) (1960).
  • David Bowie, Diamond Dogs (1974).
  • David Bowie, Never Let Me Down (1987).
  • Bill Bragg, Back to Basics (1987).
  • Bruce Cockburn, High Winds, White Sky (1971; gatefold).
  • Bruce Cockburn, Sunwheel Dance (1971; gatefold).
  • Bruce Cockburn, Inner City Front (1981).
  • Elvis Costello, My Aim is True (1977).
  • Elvis Costello, This Year’s Model (1978).
  • Elvis Costello, Punch the Clock (1983).
  • Elvis Costello, Goodbye Cruel World (1984).
  • Elvis Costello, King of America (1986 – T-Bone Burnett produced)
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Deja vu (1970; gatefold, textured paper picture separate).
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Deja vu (1970; gatefold).
  • The Cure, Standing on a Beach – The Singles (1986).
  • The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987 2 LP best of)
  • Depeche Mode, People are People (1984).
  • Neil Diamond, Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
  • Dream Academy, Remembrance Days (1987).
  • Bob Dylan, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973).
  • Bob Dylan, Planet Waves (1974).
  • Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Triology (1972)
  • English Beat, Wha’ppen (1981).
  • English Beat, Special Beat Service (1982).
  • English Sacred Music of the 16th Century: Combined Choirs of Oxford and Cambridge (Tallis Scholars) (1977).
  • Fifty-Four Forty, 54-40 (1986).
  • Fixx, Shuttered Room ( 1982).
  • Fixx, Reach the Beach (1983).
  • Genesis, And then there were three. . . (1978).
  • Honey Drippers, Volume One (1984).
  • Honeymoon Suite, Big Prize (1985).
  • Hüsker Dü, Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987).
  • Billy Joel, Piano Man (1973).
  • Billy Joel, Streetlife Serenade (1974).
  • Billy Joel, An Innocent Man (1983).
  • Janis Joplin, Greatest Hits (1973).
  • Journey, Escape (1981).
  • Kansas, Leftoverture (1976).
  • Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (1973).
  • John Lennon Plastic Ono Band, Shaved Fish (1975).
  • Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side – Best of (1977).
  • New Order, Brotherhood (1986).
  • Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev) / Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens) (1975).
  • Red Rider, As Far as Siam (1981).
  • Red Rider, Neruda (1983).
  • REM, Life’s Rich Pageant (1986).
  • Rush, Rush (1974).
  • Rush, Fly By Night (1977).
  • Rush, Exit . . . Stage Left (1981).
  • Rush, Signals (1982).
  • Rush, Grace Under Pressure (1984).
  • Rush, Power Windows (1985).
  • Rush, Hold Your Fire (1987).
  • Saga, In Transit (1982).
  • Saga, Heads of Tales (1983).
  • The Specials, Eponymous (1980).
  • Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978).
  • Bruce Springsteen, Live 1975-1985 (5 LP)
  • Cat Stevens, Buddha and teh Chocolate Box (1974).
  • John Stewart, California Bloodlines (1969).
  • Rod Stewart, Every Picture Tells a Story (1973).
  • Sting, Nothing Like the Sun (1987).
  • Strange Advance, Worlds Apart (1982).
  • Style Council, Introducing (1983).
  • Style Council, My Ever Changing Moods (1984).
  • Style Council, Our Favourite Shop (1985).
  • Tears for Fears, The Hurting (1983).
  • Jethro Tull, M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull (1976).
  • U2, War (1983).
  • U2, Unforgettable Fire (1984).
  • Van Halen, OU812 (1988).
  • David Wilcox, Breakfast at the Circus (1987).
  • Yes, Going for the One (1978).
  • Yes, Drama (1980).
  • Neil Young, After the Gold Rush (1970; NY gatefold).
  • Neil Young, Harvest (1972; NY gatefold).

UPDATE:  Three more today.  I’m especially glad to have finally found the German version of Peter Gabriel 4 (deutsches album):

  • Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
  • Peter Gabriel, 4:deutsches album; (1982, aka Security)
  • Rod Stewart, Gasoline Alley (1973)

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