“Blindstream” is turning on the album for the very first time. No stopping and sharing whatever comes to mind. Woah! This isn’t jazz, it’s rap. Well, afrobeat with rap. What’s up Blue Note? OK, there’s an amazing rhythm so I’m sticking around. Layering in multiple levels of rhythm and sound means I am staying. Not…
Category: Vinyl
You can’t sit down!
Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers 1973 release Natural Boogie is being released on vinyl for the first time by Alligator Records. The album drops this Friday, July 2nd. It’s a blast of 11 cuts of jump blues. Give it a preview below!
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels – Tone Poem
Charles Lloyd & The MarvelsTone PoemJazzReleased 2021Blue Note Records Tone Poet Series This is the first time that Blue Note has chosen a new release to adorn the Tone Poet logo. Tone Poet treatment or not, this isn’t garnering any awards. It’s not a bad record and I am glad I purchased it but its…
Weekend Revolution
Some vinyl I have cued up for spinning this weekend. Some of these have been cleaned and ready for a listen for months. Better late than never, right? I will try and share thoughts on each but if this is all you see, I have adult issues. I have to stain a fence…..
You Need This: Darondo
Yeah, you need this. DarondoListen To My Song: The Music City SessionsOmnivore Recordings – OVLP-9
Six Feet Under
If you’re a fan of that circle of music that overlaps country, hillbilly and rock n roll, this is an album you should dig into. 11 tracks packed into this release that is available again as a reissue via Mississippi Records. The names aren’t mainstream and the tunes get a bit messy at times but…
New Vinyl Friday 2021.01.15
Horace Silver – Song For My Father – Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series – 1965 – REISSUE This is a Blue Note Classic Vinyl re-release of Shorter’s 1965 Hard Bop release Song For My Father. The release was recorded over a two year period at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and includes…
Vinyl Friday 12.18.2020
The closer we get to Christmas, the fewer releases are dropping so I may be stretching a bit on this weeks new releases but I think I have found 5 solid ones. Having said that, let’s give this a whirl. Ashley CampbellSomething LovelyWhistle Stop RecordsLet’s get this out of the way. Yes, this is Glen…
Vinyl Friday 12.11.2020
A handful of releases this week that I’ll be looking for at The Record Exchange… just after a bourbon next door at Neurolux. Michael ChapmanPleasures of the Street LiveMooncrest RecordsFolkRecorded Live over 2 nights at Onkel Pö’s, Carnegie Hall, Hamburg August 1975 Featuring: Achim Reichel, Keef Hartley, Steffi Stefan. Michael Chapman (vocals & guitar) solo…
Bad Brains Reissues Coming
Washington DC punk/hardcore rockers Bad Brains has won back the rights to their catalog and have launched their own Bad Brains Records to reissue their music. Beginning February of 2021 with the “Pay to Cum” single the reissues roll out in steady fashion with their self-titled release dropping in April 2021 (Pre-Order Here), Rock For…
The Jukebox Saloon 