Booker Ervin, The Freedom Book, 1964 on Prestige

Sixth full-length with Ervin as leader, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1963, for Prestige. Ervin is joined here by Jaki Byard (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Alan Dawson (who was a drum instructor at Berklee in Boston) (drums).

My copy—via a private sale—is the 2023 Analogue Productions / Craft Recordings reissue, in the Prestige Stereo Series. It was mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at QRP on 180g vinyl.

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers ’88, 1987 on Rounder

Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila.

My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings’ 2022 Record Store Day 35th Anniversary Edition on blue vinyl. This reissue itself charted (a first for a Modern Lovers release) at 77 on the US album charts.

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Buddy Guy // #BuddyGuy //

24 Hours Of The Day
(remastered 2025 / Live At New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA / 1968)
[album This Is Buddy Guy! (remastered) 2025]

//via // #VanguardRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #BuddyGuy #ThisIsBuddyGuy #LiveAtNewOrleansHouse #24HoursOfTheDay #LeslieCrawford #JackMeyers #GlenwayMceer #TimKaihatsu #ACReed #BobbyFields #GeorgeAlexander #NormanSpiller

link bandcamp: https://buddyguy.bandcamp.com/track/24-hours-of-the-day-remastered-2025-live-at-new-orleans-house-1968

Buddy Guy // #BuddyGuy //

I Had A Dream Last Night
(remastered 2025 / Live At New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA / 1968)
[album This Is Buddy Guy! (remastered) 2025]

//via // #VanguardRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #BuddyGuy #ThisIsBuddyGuy #LiveAtNewOrleansHouse #IHadADreamLastNight #LeslieCrawford #JackMeyers #GlenwayMceer #TimKaihatsu #ACReed #BobbyFields #GeorgeAlexander #NormanSpiller

link bandcamp: https://buddyguy.bandcamp.com/track/i-had-a-dream-last-night-remastered-2025-live-at-new-orleans-house-1968

Buddy Guy // #BuddyGuy //

Knock On Wood
(remastered 2025 / Live At New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA / 1968)
[album This Is Buddy Guy! (remastered) 2025]

//via // #VanguardRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #BuddyGuy #ThisIsBuddyGuy #LiveAtNewOrleansHouse #KnockOnWood #EddieFloyd #LeslieCrawford #JackMeyers #GlenwayMceer #TimKaihatsu #ACReed #BobbyFields #GeorgeAlexander #NormanSpiller

link bandcamp: https://buddyguy.bandcamp.com/track/knock-on-wood-remastered-2025-live-at-new-orleans-house-1968

Frederick Knight // #FrederickKnight //

I Like The Way You Groove Me
[album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, 2023]

//via // #StaxRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #FrederickKnight #WrittenInTheirSoulTheStaxSongwriterDemos #ILikeTheWayYouGrooveMe

link bandcamp: https://staxrecords.bandcamp.com/track/i-like-the-way-you-groove-me

Shirley Brown // #ShirleyBrown //

I Don't Care Anymore
[album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, 2023]

//via // #StaxRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #ShirleyBrown #WrittenInTheirSoulTheStaxSongwriterDemos #IDontCareAnymore #BettyeCrutcher

link bandcamp: https://staxrecords.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-care-anymore

Mack Rice // #MackRice //

Hot Line To Jesus
[album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, 2023]

//via // #StaxRecords #CraftRecordings //

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link bandcamp: https://staxrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hot-line-to-jesus-2

Mack Rice // #MackRice //

Nobody But You
[album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, 2023]

//via // #StaxRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #MackRice #WrittenInTheirSoulTheStaxSongwriterDemos #NobodyButYou #BonnyMackRice

link bandcamp: https://staxrecords.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-but-you

Homer Banks // #HomerBanks //

Heaven Knows
[album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, 2023]

//via // #StaxRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #HomerBanks #WrittenInTheirSoulTheStaxSongwriterDemos #RespectYourself #CarlMitchellHampton #RaymondEarlJackson

link bandcamp: https://staxrecords.bandcamp.com/track/heaven-knows-3