The Wailers, Burnin’, 1973 on Island

Sixth LP from Marley and the Wailers, recorded at the same time as Catch a Fire. The front cover credits The Wailers, but this modern reissue credits Bob Marley & The Wailers on the labels.

This was the last album before Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer all pursued solo careers.

What a fantastic album, opening with “Get Up, Stand Up” and including “I Shot the Sheriff” as well as “Small Axe.” A definite must-have.

My copy—via uDiscover—is a 2024 gatefold reissue with Tuff Gong. Island, and Universal logos on the labels, pressed at MPO.

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Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi, 1989 on Virgin

I don’t think I knew it at the time, but Neneh Cherry is Swedish-born (Neneh Mariann Karlsson), and related to both Don Cherry the jazz trumpeter (step-daughter) and Eagle-Eye Cherry (shared mother, different fathers). This was her debut studio album and “Buffalo Stance” was huge in the late 80s.

It’s really a great album well worth digging into if you only know the singles. She should have been way more successful at the time

My copy—via uDiscover—is a 2020 “30th Anniversary” reissue on “heavyweight” gold vinyl.

#1980s #1989 #30thAnniversary #NenehCherry #Reissue #uDiscover #vinyl #vinylcollection #Virgin

B.B. King, Live at the Regal, 1965 on ABC Paramount

Recorded live at the Regal Theater in Chicago in 1964, and released by ABC Paramount (in the US) in 1965. Fantastic live blues album and a must have.

It was a cold, raw day in traditionally windy Chicago on November 21, 1964, but hundreds of people found a quick way to warm up! There were the lucky ones who crowded into the Regal Theatre where an old favorite—B.B. King—generated his own brand of heat via his guitar, his band, and his great blues songs.

— Rick Ward

My copy—via uDiscover online—is a 2015 reissue on Geffen labels, pressed at United Record Pressing. I’d love to have an original pressing but this sounds pretty good.

#1960s #1965 #ABCParamount #BBKing #Blues #ChicagoIL #Live #RegalTheater #uDiscover #vinyl #vinylcollection