Neil Young, Time Fades Away, 1973 on Reprise

Live album recorded with the Stray Gators on the tour following the release of Harvest. The rear cover lists the venues at which each track was recorded as well as the members of the Stray Gators (Tim Drummond, Johnny Barbata, Jack Nitzsche, and Ben Keith) and special guests David Crosby and Graham Nash.

Reportedly Young didn’t love the tour and this was out of print for years, not released on CD until 2017 – but I think these performances sound great.

My copy, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, is a Pitman pressing, unfortunately not including the original lyric poster.

Neil Young, Hawks & Doves, 1980 on Reprise

Eleventh studio album (following Rust Never Sleeps) from Neil Young, with one side collecting things recorded throughout the 70s and the second half from 1980 sessions specific to the album.

Young is joined by Levon Helm, Tim Drummond, and Tom Scribner on Side 1, and by Greg Thomas, Dennis Belfield, Ben Keith, and Rufus Thibodeux on Side 2, which was recorded at Gold Star in Hollywood.

My copy—via Crossroads Records in Portland OR—is a Los Angeles pressing with the custom star labels and inner sleeve.

Happy Birthday–December 24

Completely unaware of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd_7tT2wmWY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Spot

#ChunderRoad #soundtrack #Johnleehooker #milesdavis #tajmahal #JackNitzsche #timdrummond #earlpalmer #Dennishopper

Happy Birthday–December 24

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Ry Cooder, Borderline, 1980 on Warner Bros.

Cooder’s 9th studio solo LP, with John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, Jesse Harms, George Pierre, Bobby King, Willie Green Jr., Reggie McBride, and Tim Drummond. Produced by Cooder with Leslie Morris.

Personally I don’t quite love this one as much as 1978’s Jazz, but it is a really sold album including a cover of John Hiatt’s “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” and Eddie Floyd / Steve Cropper’s “634-5789” (first recorded by Wilson Pickett).

The album cover seems to be a painting by Ruano Llopis (you can make out the end of a signature in the bottom left) but is not credited anywhere from what I can tell. Anyone able to identify the source painting?

My copy via Bull Moose Records in Portsmouth NH

#1980 #1980s #BobbyKing #BullMooseRecords #GeorgePierre #JesseHarms #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #PortsmouthNH #ReggieMcBride #RyCooder #TimDrummond #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WarnerBrothers

Happy Birthday–December 24

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