John Fahey – Popular Songs Of Christmas & New Year’s: Guitar Instrumentals Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz || Folk, Holiday 1983 Varrick || Includes insert from Rounder Less hauntingly beautiful as his initial Christmas LP, this is still plenty enjoyable. Heck, by 1983, Fahey had released enough Xmas records that I quite literally can’t keep…
Azymuth – Telecommunication (1982) (2023 Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf)
Azymuth – Telecommunications Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | Brazilian Jazz Distributed as FLAC (24/192, 24/96) and mp3 (320kbs) 1982 Milestone || 2022 Jazz Dispensary (Craft) || Ltd. ed Hey, remember when this blog featured Brazilian music? Me neither! Well, the relative inutility of music blogs in 2023 notwithstanding, I’m going to make a New…
The Pogues – The Stiff Records B-Sides (1984-1987) (2023 RSD release)
The Pogues – The Stiff Records B-Sides (1984-1987) 300 dpi cover scans | Folk-rock, Post-punk 1.93 GB (24/192) + 1.11 GB (24/96) 2023 Record Store Day Ltd. Ed || Warner Brothers 0190296503221 I just got the news that troubled genius Shane MacGowan passed away. There have been plenty of musical deaths in the last year,…
Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The NYC World’s Fair (1964 Fania)
Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The N.Y. World’s Fair Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi | Latin, Salsa 1964 Fania LP-326 || Mono gold label Because everything sucks right now except my record collection. Nothing provocative, depressing, nor spooky (this being Halloween and all) but rather uplifting and invigorating. This is…
Alain Goraguer – La Planète Sauvage Original Soundtrack (1973) (2020 RSD)
Alain Goraguer – La Planète Sauvage Original Soundtrack Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi | Jazz-funk, Psychedelic 2020 Superior Viaduct – SV058 translucent yellow vinyl Original release 1973 on the Pathé label (France) When I was a teenager, staying up late on the weekends, I used to see this film come…
Ray Barretto – Hard Hands (1968) (Fania Records 1972 repress)
This is a Latin rare groove classic, a mix of Latin Soul, boogaloo, and salsa dura from the great Ray Barretto. Whoever owned this before me obviously played the hell out of the title track.