It’s Foo Fighters New Vinyl Thursday at The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven. Check out this week’s list of new vinyl arrivals:
Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams (Yellow Vinyl, Poster, Indie Exclusive)
Affinity – Affinity
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Anthrax – Sound of White Noise
Anthrax – Stomp 442
Arcade Fire – Reflektor [180 gram vinyl]
Ari Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You [180 gram vinyl]
Bill Evans – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Bill Evans – Waltz For Debby: The Village Vanguard Session [180 Gram Vinyl]
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep , Where Do We Go?
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline [200 gram Vinyl]
Billie Holiday – Lady Sings the Blues
Bob Marley – Songs of Freedom: The Island Years
Boygenius – Boygenius
Bruno Mars – 24k Magic
Beastie Boys – Music
Black Pumas – Black Pumas
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Last Great Thunderstorm Warning
Weekly Review:
Montreal post-rockers Besnard Lakes hit the nail on the head with the title of their sixth album. If Sigur
Ros is the sound of glaciers and angels, then the Lakes are a distant Midwestern thunderstorm. The kind
you take in on a summer evening from the comfort and shelter of a covered porch.
At nine songs spanning just over 70 minutes, Besnard Lakes are all about epic, sweeping statements. The
music takes its time, slowly percolating and building until momentum sweeps the piece to another
plane.
Written as a homage to the passing of a band member’s father and other artists who’ve died recently,
the album is best absorbed as a whole. Picking apart specific tracks or moments would rob the four sides
of vinyl of their majesty. While a lengthy grandiose rumination on the afterlife may not seem enjoyable
in the current stress-filled paradigm, by the time the 18-minute closing track ends, one feels truly
transported. -Joel Francis
Calvin Keys – Shawn Neeq
Charles Mingus – Tonight At Noon [180 gram Vinyl]
Charlie Parker – The Mercury & Clef 10-inch LP Collection
Chet Baker – Sextet & Quartet
Childish Gambino – Awaken My Love
Comus – First Utterance
Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple (New Broadway Cast Recording)
The Chi-Lites – (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People
The Creation – How Does It Feel To Feel [140 gram Vinyl]
Clifford Brown – A Study In Brown [180 gram vinyl]
Danny Kroha – Detroit Blues
Danny Elfman – Edward Scissorhands Original Soundtrack
David Bowie – Changesonebowie [180 gram Vinyl]
David Bowie – Labyrinth Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Deftones – Around the Fur (180 Gram Vinyl)
Dr. Dre – The Chronic
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – I Told You So
Weekly Review:
Colemine Records, purveyors of funk, jazz and soul are back with another gem. The second studio
release by the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio finds the happy, bouncy middle ground between Jimmy Smith
and Booker T. and the MGs.
The spare lineup comprised of just Hammond B-3 organ, guitar and drums leaves plenty of room for
dancing and grooving. The song “From the Streets” makes the most of this space, offering guitarist
Jimmy James serpentine playing over drummer Dan Weiss’ supremely funky beat. A few songs later,
James unleashes a supremely gnarly guitar solo on “Aces,” providing a high point on the album.
James’ guitar also tackles the iconic saxophone line on the band’s cover of “Careless Whisper” by
Wham! Unsuspecting listeners may think they have stumbled upon the Hi Rhythm section doing a lost Al
Green cut.
At times the group resembles another organ-jazz trio, Medeski, Martin and Wood. Both combos know
how to groove deep in the pocket, but Lamar’s threesome is less heady and more accessible. Play this
one for your Motown-loving grandparents and the far-out uncle who sits in a smoky room spinning Dr.
Lonnie Smith. -Joel Francis
Ecstatic Vision – For the Masses
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
Eric Johnson – Ah Via Musicom [180 gram vinyl]
Enuff Z’nuff – Peach Fuzz
Foo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight [140 gram Vinyl]
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw And The Cooked
Funkadelic – Cosmic Slop
The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Weekly Review:
The Flying Burrito Brothers sounds like your favorite late-night, college-town stop for Mexican food. The
groundbreaking band helped lay the foundations of country-rock in the late ‘60s. The Burrito Brothers’
debut, The Gilded Palace of Sin, continues the vision of “cosmic American music” founding member
Gram Parsons brought to the Byrds’ classic album Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
The energy and direction Parsons brought to the Byrds during his brief time in the band was enough to
convince founding member Chris Hillman to join Parson in the Burrito Brothers. Parsons and Hillman
wrote most of the album together, delivering classics such as the cautionary tale “Sin City,” “My Uncle,”
an ode to draft dodging and “Hippie Boy,” a commentary on the counter-culture.
With the help of Sneaky Pete Klienow’s pedal steel guitar and Hillman’s harmony vocals, the Brothers
turn “Dark End of the Street” and Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman” from Memphis soul to Nashville
country without sacrificing the emotional integrity of the original recordings.
The Gilded Palace of Sin is high point in Parson’s brief, meteoric career. The music here not only pointed
the way to contemporary country-rock hits “Wild Horses” and “Garden Party,” but helped cement the
sound of Alt. Country/No Depression/Americana/Roots music for the decades to come. -Joel Francis
George Russell – New York, NY
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Haim – Women In Music Pt. III
Joshua Redman – Still Dreaming
J Mascis – Martin Plus Me
Jason Isbell – The Nashville Sound
Jimi Hendrix – Band Of Gypsys
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland [180 gram Vinyl]
Joan as Police Woman – Live
June Tyson – Saturnian Queen Of The Sun Ra Arkestra
The Jackson 5 – The Ultimate Collection
John Lewis – Afternoon In Paris
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Live In San Francisco ‘16
Kamaal Williams – New Heights / Stitches Brew
Kanye West – College Dropout
Keith Richards – Live At Hollywood Palladium 2LP [180 gram Vinyl]
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
King’s X – Ear Candy [180 gram Vinyl]
The Kinks – Best of The Kinks 1964-1970
Lee Morgan – The Rajah
Weekly Review:
Nearly all of trumpet player Lee Morgan’s lead albums were released on Blue Note, but some weren’t
released until after his death. Recorded in 1966, The Rajah sat in the vaults until the mid-1980s. Backed
by Hank Mobley on sax and bassist Paul Chambers, The Rajah is an enjoyable album that never quite
catches fire.
The two songs on side one exemplify the album. “A Pilgrim’s Funny Far” runs more than 13 minutes and
pianist Cedar Walton offers several fine solos, but the overall performances simmers without boiling.
The title track is similarly laid-back. Morgan and Mobley made several great albums together, but their
unison playing on the song “The Rajah” lacks the competitive edge found on Dippin’, their collaboration
from the previous year.
The prolific Morgan had already released two other albums in 1966, so its understandable why Blue
Note shelved this session. While it is good it is finally available for mass consumption, The Rajah is
second-tier Morgan and better suited for devoted fans. Newcomers should start with The Sidewinder,
Cornbread or The Procrastinator. To hear Morgan and Mobley together, try No Room for Squares,
Dippin’ or, reaching back a bit, 1959’s Peckin’ Time. -Joel Francis
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 1 [180 gram Vinyl]
Led Zeppelin – Mothership [180 gram Vinyl]
Leon Bridges – Coming Home [180 gram Vinyl]
Lucy Dacus – 2019
Larry Heard – Sceneries Not Songs Vol. 1
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Skynyrd’s Innyrd
Leonard Cohen – Field Commander Cohen: Tour Of 1979 [Import]
Mac Demarco – Here Comes The Cowboy Demos
Mr Bungle – Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo (Pink Colored Vinyl)
The Mamas & The Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
Massive Attack – Mezzanine [180 gram Vinyl]
Michel Legrand – Legrand Jazz [180 gram Vinyl]
Marvin Gaye – Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye
Mac Miller – Best Day Ever
Mac Miller – Swimming
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On [180 gram Vinyl]
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Michael Jackson – Bad
Michael Jackson – HIStory: Continues
Miles Davis – Live in Europe 1967
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
The Notorious B.I.G. – Greatest Hits
Neil Young – Homegrown
Nelly – Country Grammar
Nipsey Hussle – Victory Lap
Nirvana – Unplugged In NY
Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
Osees – Panther Rotate
Outkast – Speakerboxxx: The Love Below
Outkast – Stankonia
Ozzy Osbourne – Diary Of A Madman
Paul Chambers – Bass on Top
Weekly Review:
Bass player Paul Chambers was just 22 years old when he entered the studio to record Bass on Top, his
third solo album. At the time of its release in 1957, Chambers was celebrated for his role in the Miles
Davis Quintet and session work with John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean and many others.
Chambers wanted his bass to be the dominant instrument on Bass on Top. The first two minutes of
album opener “Yesterdays” is just Chambers’ beautifully bowed bass with some nice accent chording
from guitarist Kenny Burrell. The rest of the quartet are more involved on the rest of the album, but
there’s never any doubt of who is in charge. Burrell may have the lead instrument on Charlie Parker’s
“Chasing the Bird,” but Chambers takes all the (lengthy) solos.
There are a lot of great jazz quartet albums, but very few that sound like this, oriented around the bass.
That makes for a fascinating listen, but the conversation between these world-class musicians makes it a
delight to turn to again and again. -Joel Francis
Paladin – Charge [180 gram Vinyl]
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn [180 gram Vinyl]
Portishead – Dummy [180 gram Vinyl]
Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys
PJ Harvey – Is This Desire?
Weekly Review:
Polly Jean Harvey has never made the same album twice, but she was clearly looking for something
different after the ferocious snarl of her debut Dry and its two acclaimed follow-up releases.
Harvey labored over Is This Desire? for more than three years, writing and recording solitude. You can
hear the exile in “Angelene,” the opening track. “But there’ll be one who will collect my soul and come
to me,” Harvey sings. “Two-thousand miles away/He walks upon the coast/Two-thousand miles away.”
The character studies and hushed arrangements on “Catherine” and “The River” foreshadow Harvey’s
2007 gem White Shadow. While the drum machines and touches of electronics place the album in the
same ‘90s ecosystem as Ultra-era Depeche Mode, U2’s Pop, Portishead and Massive Attack, Is This
Desire? hardly sounds – or feels – dated.
The raw arrangements and fury that marked Harvey’s early albums are mostly gone on Desire, but don’t
let this understated approach trick you into thinking the characters in “The Garden” or “The Wind” have
any less emotion that the one that proclaimed “Rub ‘Till It Bleeds.”
Often overlooked in Harvey’s catalog, Is This Desire? is a courageous exploration of spellbinding poetry
and emotion. Rescue this album from the dustbins of ignorance and give it another spin. -Joel Francis
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Co-Starring
Rudolph Johnson – Spring Rain
Run-DMC – Raising Hell
Rush – 2112
Rush – Power Windows
The Raveonettes – Chain Gang Of Love [180 gram Vinyl]
The Roots – Things Fall Apart
The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed [180 gram vinyl]
Sam Cooke – The Best Of [140 gram vinyl]
Selena – Ones
Sharon Jones – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
Sunn O))) – Flight Of The Behemoth
Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughn & Clifford Brown [180 gram Vinyl]
The Stark Reality – Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
Tele Novella – Merlynn Belle
Thelonious Monk – Plays Duke Ellington
Thin Lizzy – Johnny The Fox [180 gram Vinyl]
Tom Petty – Greatest Hits
Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory
Tyler The Creator – Flower Boy [150 gram Vinyl]
Tyler, The Creator – Igor [150 gram Vinyl]
Van Halen – Women and Children First [180 gram Vinyl]
Van Halen – Van Halen II (180 Gram Vinyl, Remastered)
Various Artists – A Tribute to Muddy Water Blues
Various Artists – Saturday Night – South African Disco Pop Hits 1981 – 1987
Various Artists – Singles Music to the Original Motion Picture [150 gram vinyl]
Various Artists – Sleepless In Seattle Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Viagra Boys – Welfare Jazz
The Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground: 45th Anniversary
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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