- Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:00 pm
#48103
The last 20:
The Relatives - Psychedelic gospel funk band from Dallas, TX. This 2009 album consists of recordings from the early 1970s. The jacket is a gorgeous purple & lavender silk screen.
Bobby Bland - Two Steps from the Blues - 1961 debut soul/R&B album from Bobby Bland. This is unfortunately just a reissue rather than the original on Duke Records (which also has a full color sleeve rather than black & white).
Reverend Horton Heat - Live At The Fillmore / 25 to Life - My shop sold me a like-new copy of this for $12, so I had to give it a shot. It came with a DVD and a 52-page color book. The album is pretty good live psychobilly/rockabilly stuff.
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' In the Moonlight - Hands down my favorite blues album. Maybe, one day, I will find an original pressing floating out there in the ether. For now this 1986 Chess Masters reissue will have to do. This music was heavily featured in Wolf of Wall Street.
Terry Callier - What Color Is Love - This is a classic soul album that has been featured in a couple of LateNightTales compilations. Another I'd love to find an original pressing of. This is a 2000 reissue.
Thelonious Monk - 5 by 5 - Standard Monk w/ the quintet. Originally from '59 on Riverside, this is a reissue.
Baby Rocker - this is a concept album by L.A. disco producers Rinder & Lewis. The sound is somewhere in the vicinity of krautrock/prog rock. Worth checking out if you come across a copy.
Slasher Film Festival - Wet Leather - Thanks to Spencer & the board for this recommendation.
Eddie Russ - Take A Look At Yourself - Funk/Jazz from 1978 on Monument Records. This album has a distinctly disco flavor for funk/jazz, and a couple of the tracks have vocals.
Shaft In Africa - Johnny Pate - Pate put out a superb score for this Shaft flick, which is why I tolerate hanging onto this beat-up copy.
Klint - Diamond (Snatch soundtrack) - putting this breakbeat track from Snatch on the table usually gets me to pull out some more 12" singles and start mixing records.
John Lee Hooker - I'm John Lee Hooker - Classic blues LP from one of the masters. 1959 Vee Jay Records
DangerDoom - The Mouse And The Mask (AquaTeenHungerForce) - 2005 hip hop album. MF Doom + DangerMouse.
Natural Born Killers OST - Music on Vinyl did a good job with this one. I don't like the PVC sleeve... doesn't PVC cause vinyl to get hazy over time?
Sam & Dave - Double Dynamite - classic '66 soul on Stax. Love the cover.
Elmore James - Original Folk Blues - 1967 compilation on Kent records. Great tracks on this comp.
Danger Mouse + Daniele Luppi - Rome - One of my favorite albums and heavily rooted in Italian western scores. This 2LP copy in a nice tip-on jacket was sold off the Third Man Records pop-up truck at SXSW Austin TX.
Den Sorte Skole - Lektion III - Sample-based music that flows with the musical sounds of the world. I don't have anything else quite like it. Highly recommended.
The Roots - The Tipping Point - my favorite Roots album. This 2004 LP has them at the top of their game.
Godzilla VS King Kong - I ordered this on 1/15, and it arrived on 1/19 from Japan. Pretty crazy! It's a good release, and the soundtrack is excellent, but it could have been a 2LP. They squeezed a ton of music onto one disc.
