Anniversary Sale New Vinyl Thursday

When I was in Junior High (that’s what we oldies called middle school back in the day) I used to go to record stores and just look at the covers.  Like a lot of kids at that age, my bursting hormones were a strong motivating  factor in most of my choices and that included the music I listened to.

Weekly Review #2:

When saxophone legend John Coltrane walked into the studio to record his second record, he was best known as a sideman for Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. The album’s release, however, established Coltrane as a band leader and visionary soloist. 

Blue Train also represents one of the few times when Coltrane worked beyond a quartet or quintet setting. A young Lee Morgan joined on trumpet, Curtis Fuller played trombone and Kenny Drew sat at the piano. Coltrane’s bandmembers the Miles Davis quintet, drummer Philly Joe Jones and bass player Paul Chambers complete the ensemble.

The larger band proves a warmth and depth of instrumentation that feels almost orchestral. The familiar opening chords on the title song are lush and evocative, setting the stage for Coltrane’s entrance like the title sequence of a classic Hollywood film. not found on other Coltrane albums. Morgan refuses to be intimidated and answers with an impressive solo of his own.

Blue Train is frequently contemplative and haunting, but Coltrane and his cohorts puncture that mood just once, on “Locomotion.” The result is an album that jazz purists, veterans and newcomers alike can enjoy repeatedly.

In observance of Blue Train’s upcoming 65th anniversary, the album has been reissued in two formats. A single-LP album contains the rare, original mono version of Blue Train. The Complete Masters collection adds a second platter of alternate takes to a stereo version. -Joel Francis

Kanye West – College Dropout

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 2 (Deluxe Edition, 180 Gram Vinyl, Remastered)

My Chemical Romance – Black Parade

Miles Davis – Kind of Blue [Mono Vinyl]

Mammoth WVH- Mammoth WVH

MF Doom – Operation Doomsday (Original Cover, Poster)

Nas – Illmatic

Nirvana – Unplugged In N.Y.

Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds (Poster, Yellow Clear Vinyl, Sticker, Indie Exclusive)

Weekly Review:

It’s been a long five years since we last heard from Americana singer/songwriter Nikki Lane. Lane struggled with the endless treadmill of recording and touring, but instead decided to chronicle her uncertainty on Denim and Diamonds, her fourth album.

Producer Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age brings muscle to the arrangements and a toughness that matches Lane’s spirit. On “Born Tough,” Lane sings about filing for divorce at age 29 but never straying from her vision and what she knows to be true. A few songs later, on “Good Enough,” Lane second guesses herself, but concludes “as long as I can be good enough for you/that’s good enough for me.”

If the steel guitars on the ballad “Faded” reveal Lane’s tender soul, the (muscular) rock guitars on “Black Widow” let her show off some well-worn calluses. Lane’s vulnerability and Homme’s production let the listener ride shotgun through these 10 songs of defiance, nostalgia and, ultimately redemption. The result is the best album of Lane’s career. -Joel Francis

Pink Floyd – Animals (2018 Remix) (180 Gram Vinyl, Booklet)

Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets (Limited Edition, 180 Gram Vinyl, Remastered, Mono Sound)

Prince – Purple Rain (180 Gram Vinyl, Remastered)

The Reverend Horton Heat – Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em; The Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of…; Liquor in the Front

Weekly Review:

Rockabilly fans rejoice! For the first time in decades, the first three albums by the Reverend Horton Heat are finally back in print.

Jim Heath and his rhythm section of Jimbo Wallace and Scott Churilla unleashed their first album, Smoke ‘em if You Got ‘em, in 1990. The dozen originals draw on the hyperkinetic energy of the Cramps and old school vibes of the Stray Cats. The song titles are a road map to what’s in the grooves: “Eat Steak,” “Marijuana,” “Psychobilly Freakout.” Heath shreds on the opening instrumental “Bullet”, while “Love Whip” is a Chicago blues romp. More than 30 years later, a good number of songs from Smoke ‘em still number among the high points of Horton Heat show.

Two years later, the trio returned with The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds. Produced by Butthole Surfers frontman (and fellow Texan) Gibby Haynes, Full-Custom Gospel doesn’t deviate from the strengths of the first album and is almost as good. “Beer:30” is guaranteed to enliven any party or playlist, while lead track “Wiggle Stick” even generated some airplay. Heath is on point as a lyricist, penning “Lonesome Train Whistle” in the vein of Hank Williams and also the absurd story-song “Bales of Cocaine.”

A little more than a year later, the Rev were back with their sophomorically titled third album Liquor in the Front. Producer Al Jourgensen, best known as the brains behind the industrial/metal band Ministry, made the bad sound bigger and more muscular. “Five-o Ford” threatens to leap out of the speakers and roar across the room. “In Your Wildest Dreams” is surprisingly heartfelt. The album ends with a comical take on Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer.”

Grab one or grab ‘em all; you can’t go wrong with any of the Rev’s rockabilly offerings. -Joel Francis

Taylor Swift – Folklore (Beige Colored Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket)

Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double – March

Twenty One Pilots – Trench (Gatefold LP Jacket, Digital Download Card)

Velvet Underground & Nico- The Velvet Underground & Nico

Wet Leg – Wet Leg

Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (11-LP + 1 CD Super Deluxe Edition, Boxed Set, With CD)

Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2022 Remaster) (White Colored Vinyl, Indie Exclusive, Remastered)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down (Opaque Yellow Colored Vinyl)

Yola- Walk Through Fire

Zach Williams – Rescue Story (Deluxe Edition, White Colored Vinyl, 150 Gram Vinyl)

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