#NoKings 2.0
Saturday, October 18th, 2025

#NoKingsMassachusetts
(Part 1 of 10)

#ActonMA
#AdamsMA
#AmesburyMA
#AmherstMA
#AndoverMA
#AttleboroMA
#BarnstableMA
#BelchertownMA
#BerlinMA
#BeverlyMA

Link:
https://www.nokings.org

I was at the Rocky Hill Meeting House in #AmesburyMA today. It was a sermon from 1775.

Something about illegal taxes, liberty, bad actors in power....

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/43/

I am here for plenty of rainbow things, but the bagels were just a step to far for me....

But I bought all the other stuff, including that fresh August sweet corn. 🌽 🌽 🌽

Cider Hill Farm, #AmesburyMA

#GoodTroubleLivesOn
Thursday, July 17th, 2025

#GTLOMassachusetts
(Part 1 of 9)

#ActonMA
#AmesburyMA
#AmherstMA
#AndoverMA
#ArlingtonMA
#BillericaMA
#BoltonMA
#BostonMA
#BourneMA
#BoxfordMA

Link:
https://goodtroubleliveson.org

Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

• Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
• Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
• Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
• Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
• Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
• Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
• Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
• Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
• J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
• Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
• Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
• Elmore James– Madison Blues
• Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
• Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
• Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
• Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
• John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
• Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
• Little Milton– Stormy Monday
• Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.

#1980s #1987 #AmesburyMA #Blues #BuddyGuy #ChessRecords #Collection #EddieBoydTheChessMen #elmoreJames #HowlinWolf #JBLenoir #JimmyRogers #JohnLeeHooker #KokoTaylor #LittleMilton #LittleWalter #LowellFulson #MCARecords #MelSRecordShop #MuddyWaters #OriginalChessMasters #OtisRush #Reissue #RobertNighthawk #SonnyBoyWilliamson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieMabon

UB40, Little Baggariddim, 1985 on DEP International / A&M

Great EP by UB40 from the mid-eighties, including a duet with Chrissie Hynde covering Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe,” with a dub version on side 2. There’s also a new version of “One In Ten” from Present Arms

There’s a full album called Baggariddim – this EP was only released in the US and Canada in support of a tour.

My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1985 Indianapolis pressing.

#1980s #1985 #AM #AmesburyMA #DEPInternational #Dub #MelSRecordShop #Reggae #UB40 #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Squeeze, Cool for Cats, 1979 on A&M

Second album from the late 70s power-pop version of Squeeze (aka UK Squeeze) with Jools Holland joining Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. The “UK Squeeze” name was ropped for later releases in the US, but was still used in Australia up through Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti.

This album includes the title track as well as “Up the Junction,” and “Goodbye Girl” which were hits in the UK and definitely […]

#1970s #1979 #AM #AmesburyMA #ChrisDifford #GlennTillbrook #JoolsHolland #MelSRecordShop #Squeeze #UKSqueeze #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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David Bromberg, Wanted Dead or Alive, 1974 on Columbia

I’m a huge David Bromberg fan – he’s an under-appreciated player in the universe of bluegrass/blues/folk/jazz. This was his third LP. One side was recorded with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Keith Godchaux and Bill Kreutzmann (of the Grateful Dead) and the other side was recorded live.

The opener “The Holdup” was cowritten with George […]

#1970s #1974 #AmesburyMA #BillKreutzmann #Columbia #DavidBromberg #GratefulDead #JerryGarcia #KeithGodchaux #MelSRecordShop #PhilLesh #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

https://wp.me/p4tTZ-6rX

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, San Antonio Ballbuster, 1974 on Red Lightnin’

Although it was originally released in 1974 on Red Lightnin’, my copy is a reissue from 1979 on Charly Records. Red Lightnin‘ is a blues label started in 1968; Charly a reissue label started in 1975; both are UK labels.

Not sure how this ended up in Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA, but that’s where I found it. Added […]

#1970s #1974 #AmesburyMA #Blues #Charly #ClarenceGatemouthBrown #MelSRecordShop #RedLightnin_ #Texas #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WBOS

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