Friday, August 12, 2011

Vinyl Giveaway #2


    Same deal as last time.  The LP's are free, you just have to come pick them up.  A majority of them are from the $1/$2 piles at the used record stores; with some-to-lots of scratches.  There are some in mint condition though.  One or two have a forward skip in them; any that had back-skips were thrown out.  As before, these are LP's that I've converted to MP3 files and cleaned up the scratches.  If you want them in electronic form as well, let me know.  They are listed in no particular order below.  Unclaimed ones will go to RockZone next Saturday.

01. Lindisfarne - Happy Daze
    Meh.  Past their prime.
02. Long John Baldry - Long John Baldry
    Excellent, as is anything he does.
03. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
    Excellent Outlaw Country!
04. Golden Earring - Something Heavy Going Down
    Live album.  Has both their hits.
05. Canned Heat - Living The Blues
    Double LP.  Hippie blues.  Their defining album.
06. John Stewart - Willard
    Americana folk music.
07. Josh White - In Memoriam
    An old-time black blues/folk singer with a golden voice.
08. Loudon Wainwright III - Album II
    Uneven stuff from the guy who sang "Dead Skunk in the middle of the Road".
09.  Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest
    BJH can do no wrong in my book.
10. Ten Years After - Ssssh
   A studio album from a band better known for their live performances.
11. Tom Paxton - New Songs for Old Friends
    Meh.  For Paxton fanatics only.
12. Camper van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
    The LP with "Pictures of Matchstick Men" on it.
13. Renassance - Azure D'Or
    Not their best; but still pretty good.
14. Lettermen - The Best of...
    Uncool group; but I liked them as a kid.
15. Steeleye Span - Original Masters
    Double LP.  Greatest Hits.  Very good.
16. Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card
    Good stuff.
17. Kim Carnes - Lighthouse
    No hits, but still a nice LP.
18. Grand Funk Railroad - Mark, Don & Mel
    Double LP anthology.  Decent, but I still find GFRR to be meh.
19. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dirt, Silver & Gold
    Triple LP.  Anthology 1966-1976.
20.  John Stewart - JS in Concert
    From a 1974 concert in Phoenix.  Okay.
21. The Brothers Four - Sing of Our Times
    Think Kingston Trio.
22. Clear light - Clear Light
    Their best album.  Their only album.
23. Blues Project - Projections
    Honky R&B from Al Kooper and friends.
22. Santa Esmeralda - Beauty
   A 2-hit wonder, neither of which is on this LP.
23. Renaissance - A Song for all Seasons
    Has "Northern Lights" on it.  Kewlness.
24. Don NixGone Too Long
    You don't know who Don Nix is?  Shame on you.
25. Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid
    Nice Stuff
26. The Brothers Four - Greatest Hits
   Including their biggie : "Greenfields".
27. Leo Kottke - Greenhouse
   Nice guitar work from someone who never really made it big.
28. Pure Prairie League - Two Lane Highway
    With a kewl tongue-in-cheek tribute to Merle Haggard
29. The Kingston Trio - Something Else
    From their Decca years.  This is when they were pretty much done for.
30. Kim Carnes - Barking at Airplanes
   Excellent!  Has "Crazy in the Night" on it.
31. Blues Project - Lazarus
    One of their later albums, but very nice.
32. Doug Kershaw - Devile's Elbow
    Cajun fiddling at its finest.
33. Eric Burdon & The Animals - Winds of Change
    From their peak period.
34. Brothers Four - Rally 'Round
    Happy folk.
35. The Brothers Four - Cross-Country Concert
    Live.  They stopped at Tempe - at Arizona State College.
36. Bette Midler - Thighs & Whispers
    No hits, but good stuff.
37. Blues Project - Pop History Volume 20
    Double LP.  I think this is a German release.  GH.
38. John Hartford - Slumberin' on the Cumberland
    Excellent bluegrass.  Autographed album.
39. Melanie - Garden in the City
    Melanie can do no wrong.
40. Melanie - Ballroom Streets
    Double LP.  Live and non-acoustic.  Very strange and very good.
41. Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays
    Moody Blues alumni.  If you like MB, you'll like this.
42. Flatt & Scruggs - The World Of
    Classic bluegrass.  Double LP
43. Vassar Clements - Vassar Clements
    Bodacious fiddler.  He shooda been more famous.
44. Steve Goodman - Someone Else's Troubles
    Nice Stuff.  Think 'Arlo Guthrie'.
45. The Ventures - ...Play Telstar & The Lonely Bull
    Yeah, you remember roller-skating to Telstar.
46. Leonard Bernstein - Beethoven Fifth Symphony
   The whole enchilada.  Awesome.
47. Kingston Trio - Nick - Bob - John
    Another LP from the Decca years.  No hits, but nice.
48. New Riders of the Purple Sage - Brujo
    Hippie country.  Nice.
49. Tim Weisberg - Nights in White Satin, etc.
    Hippie flute music.  In wrong album cover.
50. Josh White - Sings Great Folk Songs
    Great artists.  Lousy LP production.
51. Jim Kewskin Jug Band - See Reverse Side for Title
    Hippie jugband music.  Funny and nice.
52. Leon Russell - Best of Leon
   All his hits.
53. Soundtrack - Doctor Zhivago
    Back off.  I like Dr. Zhivago
54. John Mayall - Empty Rooms
    Think early-Clapton blues.
55. Soundtrack - Honeysuckle Rose
    Willy Nelson sings his hits.  Giood thing, cuz he can't act.
56. Leon Renbone - Double Time
    If you like Muddy Waters and Leadbelly, check this guy out.
57. David Bromberg Band - Midnight on the Water
    Excellent stuff.
58. Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
    I'm embarrassed to say I know most of the tracks.
59. Linda Ronstadt - Hand Sown
    Her first solo album.  Good covers.
60. Brothers Four - Roamin'
    Includes the "Green Stamps" ballad.  Say what?
61. Brothers Four - The Big Folk hits
    Tie Me Kangaroo Down, etc.
62. Arlo Guthrie - Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
    Good stuff, even if the album didn't sell well.
63. Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
    Double LP.  Live.  With Leon Russell figuring prominently.
64. David Bromberg - Best of...
    With Mr. Bojangles, etc.

4 comments:

starhopper said...

Terry - I would love to get "Sluberin on the Cumberland" buy John Hartford. I am in Georgia - where are you located?

starhopper said...

Terry - I see you;re in AZ - way too far for me to come pick up the Hartford Album. Is there any possible way you could mail it to me? (I would of course be willing to pay) - you state it is signed by John Hartford??

My email is starhopper@cox.net - I would really appreciate you emailing me!

Lyle

terry said...

Hi Lyle. i'll drop you an e-mail re this.

Anonymous said...

What a great collection of albums. I've actually been searching for Don Nix' Gone Too Long and Skyrider for quite some time. Is there any chance to get them electronically? Would be happy to compensate with any music you might be interested in.

Mike

mhdelacy@gmail