Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy, 1989 on Columbia
Dylan’s 26th studio album, produced by Daniel Lanois and recorded in New Orleans. “Political World,” “Where Teardrops Fall,” and “Everything is Broken” make a great opening trio on side 1 – but really a great album overall.
My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Carrollton GA pressing with original inner sleeve from 1989.
#1980s #1989 #AustinTX #BobDylan #CarrolltonGA #Columbia #DanielLanois #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
Dire Straits, Making Movies, 1980 on Warner Brothers
Released on Vertigo in the UK but Warner Bros in the US, this was the third full-length from Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. Produced by Jimmy Iovine and Mark Knopfler. David Knopfler left the band during the recording of the album and reportedly Mark re-recorded all this guitar parts.
There was a box set of Dire Straits Studio Albums (1978-1991) that came out originally in 2013 and again in 2020 – I’ve been keeping my eye out for one of those while also collecting the individual original releases.
My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a later pressing (1983?) by Speciality.
#1980 #1980s #AustinTX #DireStraits #JimmyIovine #MarkKnopfler #Speciality #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WarnerBrothers #WaterlooRecords
Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair, 1985 on Mercury
Sophomore album from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, following The Hurting. Hard to imagine trying to follow up that record, but this went to number one in the US. “Shout” and “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” fueled that success.
They’ve been touring again in support of The Tipping Point but I’ve not managed to see them (other than via YouTube).
Like (much of) The Hurting, produced by Chris Hughes (who had previously been a drummer in Adam and The Ants under the alias Merrick).
My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a PRC Richmond pressing from the mid eighties.
#1980s #1985 #AustinTX #ChrisHughes #CurtSmith #Mercury #RolandOrzabal #TearsForFears #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
Charlie Sexton, Pictures for Pleasure, 1985 on MCA
Sexton was a guitar wunderkind from Austin who was 16 when this came out. A poster of the album cover is seen in Ferris Bueller’s bedroom, and John Hughes used “Beat’s So Lonely” in Some Kind of Wonderful.
Sexton would go on to play in Bob Dylan’s band (including on some recordings) and produce other artists. (He’s also on Lucinda Williams’ “Lake Charles”).
My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Gloversville MCA pressing from the mid-eighties, with the original inner and the greyscale MCA labels.
#1980s #1985 #AustinTX #CharlieSexton #JohnHughes #MCA #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
New Order, Confusion (FAC93), 1983 on Factory
This was the sixth single from New Order, put out by Factory in 1983 as a follow up to “Blue Monday.” Produced by and co-written with DJ Arthur Baker, it charted well in the UK – though clearly nothing could match up to the massive success and influence of “Blue Monday.”
My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is actually an Australian pressing (Artarmon) “Released in Australia by Gap Records Under Licence.” Fun to have records from a continent I’ve never visited.
#1980s #1983 #ArthurBaker #AustinTX #Australia #FactoryRecords #GapRecords #NewOrder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M
John Hiatt’s eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US.
Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on “Have a Little Faith in Me” as well as electric guitar and sitar work), Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, making this something of a proto-Little Village album. Also includes “Thing Called Love” that was later a hit for Bonnie Raitt.
My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Columbia House club pressing (Carrollton) with CRC on the bottom of the rear cover.
#1980s #1987 #AustinTX #ColumbiaHouseRecordClub #CRC #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #LittleVillage #NickLowe #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
David Bowie, The Lost Sessions, Vol 1, 2020 on Parachute Recording Company
Another Parachute Recording Company release, which collects radio broadcasts subject to different copyrights in the EU.
In this case, that includes appearances Bowie made on:
As is not uncommon with bootlegs, some tracks are misidentified / mislabelled: C14 is not Janine but the 4:42 version of “The Width of a Circle,” and C15 is not “The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud” by is actually “Janine.”
These same recordings appeared on an earlier CD bootleg titled The Lost Sessions (Rare Radio Recordings) on Leftfield Media, from whom the LP’s tracks are said be licensed.
I can’t bypass any Bowie bootlegs – audio quality here is mixed, so perhaps only for the truly devoted. My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX
#1966 #1969 #1970 #2020 #AustinTX #Bootleg #DavidBowie #LeftfieldMedia #ParachuteRecordingCOmpany #Radio #Unofficial #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
Dessa, Bury the Lede, 2023 on Doomtree Records
Dessa is a part of the hip-hop collective Doomtree out of MInneapolis – great collection of artists and she is (for me) one of the standouts. She was also cohost of the Deeply Human podcast in 2021-2022.
My copy is a signed red-vinyl “Collector’s Edition” via Waterloo Records in Austin TX. Unfortunately my copy did not include the Custom Dopp Kit or the poster.
#2020s #2023 #AustinTX #Dessa #Doomtree #HipHop #MinneapolisMN #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
Why you do what you do! Exploring our loves, our fears, our habits and hopes, Dessa takes a deeply personal look at what lies behind our thoughts and behavior. Can a better understanding of human nature help us be more generous with other people’s weird behavior and even our own?Deeply Human is a BBC World Service and American Public Media coproduction with iHeartMedia.
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, World Record, 2022 on Reprise
Great to have Neil Young put out a new album in 2022, his fifteenth with Crazy Horse (including Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, and Billy Talbot). Neil Young Archives Official Release Series (NYA ORS) 52. Recorded at Shangri-La in Malibu (Rick Rubin’s studio), and produced by Rubin and Young. Recorded and mastered all analog, as you might expect from Young.
The photos in the gatefold and inner sleeves list the Young family and their birthdates:
My copy — via Waterloo Records in Austin TX — is a three-sided vinyl with a world map etched on the fourth side.
#2020s #AustinTX #CrazyHorse #NeilYoung #NeilYoungCrazyHorse #NeilYoungArchivesOfficialBootlegSeries #RickRubin #ShangriLa #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
Old Crow Medicine Show, Paint This Town, 2022 on ATO
Seventh full length studio album from Old Crow Medicine Show, recorded in their own studio (Hartland) in East Nashville, TN. Molly Tuttle guests on banjo on “Bombs Away.”
My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX, is one with blue sky and yellow flowers – different versions exist with purple, blue, and red variations of sky and grass.
#2020s #2022 #ATORecords #AustinTX #Hartland #MollyTuttle #NashvilleTN #OldCrowMedicineShow #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords
John Eckman