Latest vinyl finds April 2010
Posted on Wed Apr 7 2010 at 2:55 pm in the category Latest vinyl finds -- Copyright notice
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
