Rabbit-Hole Random Video - The Big 3 featuring Cass Elliot on the Danny Kaye show doing "I Know You Rider" #musicsky #music youtu.be/xNFR1vmX4oY?...

Had an earworm for Fred Neil's 'The Dolphins" and, amazingly enough, happened to have Al Wilson's 1968 debut in my play bin, so here we go. Much #WreckingCrew support joy on this pop soul gem including... cont'd #musicsky #music

Long Post: Anthology of Unknown Music Volume 1: Two weeks ago we went to a showing of up-and-coming visual artists here in San Francisco. Amidst the wonderful creations I came upon a counter with a crate of LPs featuring music I’d never heard of before. Turns out it was... cont'd. #musicsky #music

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Easing into Thursday with one of the ECM's I picked up at the flea market a couple weekends back. Another lovely lush Eberhard Weber recording, this one from 1980 has some gorgeous melodies and soloing from saxophonist Charlie Mariano. #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz #ambient #ecm

Remembering legend #BuddyHolly who along with Richie Valens & The Big Bopper left us in a plane crash 67 years ago yesterday, an event which ripped the heart & soul out of rock 'n roll for years. Now playing a prize original 1957 beautiful promo of The Crickets debut. Cont'd #musicsky #music

My listening report on the fine reissue of #Mingus At Monterey is on eCoustics (dot com). #musicsky #music #jazzsky #jazz www.ecoustics.com/music/mingus...

Today would be a good day for an honest billionaire to hire 300 just laid off journalists to start an honest #news organization.

One more from Saturday's 10-inch score: 1953 Gerry Mulligan / Lee Konitz split LP. I'm not a huge Mulligan fan but I like this early era. I also enjoy him in shorter bursts so 10" LPs are better for me. Visually not mint but playing very nicely after washing. Cool cover. 2$. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Winding down 10-inch Tuesday with another from this weekend's 2buc bargyn scores, an upgrade of Lennie Niehaus' 1954 debut on Contemporary Records. Far from mint, it still looks and sounds better than the copy I've had for many years. This doesn't show up often. #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Your New Phrase of The Day: "Clicktatorship."

Remembering Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night who left us yesterday. A great band, arguably the last of the groups from the '60s to achieve enormous popularity interpreting other writers' music. Stellar arrangements & performances on their initial run to superstardom. Cont'd #musicsky #music

While looking for some rare transcription discs I own for a friend, I discovered on the flipside of one of my Les Paul discs (the reason I have these discs & this specialized turntable in the first place) were 1947-era tracks by Lionel Hampton, likely with Mingus in the band. 1of2 #musicsky #jazzsky

Easing into an inevitably busy Tuesday with #OscarPeterson playing soft 'n pretty. Another from that surprise mini-haul of jazz 10-inchers over the weekend (per my Lester Young postlast night), I've never actually seen a copy of this Vol.2 release from 1954. Cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Prize Prez - Surprise score at an off the beaten track non SF store (which shall remain nameless) that doesn’t seem to care about jazz. Under their bargyn bin I noticed a crate of 10-inch LPs, a mix of easy listening junk and potential jazz gems. Cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music

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Stunning clip which is apparently one of the earliest Technicolor films w/ George Gershwin. Remarkable staging. I'll post the description of what this is about (found on another lesser print on YT) in comments below. #musicsky #jazzsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxpB...

In bit of a research rabbit hole about early 1930s RCA record players which can play 33&1/3 RPM, 17 years before Columbia launched their 33 format which became the industry standard. This fascinating video shows RCA's remarkable engineering. #musicsky #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=87P7...

You didn't know that you needed to see big band pioneer Paul Whiteman, baseball legend Babe Ruth & composer/conductor John Philip Sousa ("Stars & Stripes Forever") at the gym in 1927. Found in a FB group on antique recordings. I now want sneakers like Whiteman's. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music

Another spin of the great new half speed mastered edition of David Bowie's Station To Station. My listening report is on Analog Planet (dot com) now. #musicsky #music #bowie

"Milan protesters call for U.S. ICE agents to leave Italy as Winter Games approach" Why are they even there??? www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...

My listening report on the excellent new half-speed mastered edition of #DavidBowie 's Station To Station LP is on Analog Planet (dot com). #musicsky #music www.analogplanet.com/content/davi...

I would've totally grabbed this "collectors plate" at a thrift shop if it was cheap… But for 25$, I'm happy to have just a photo of it as a memory. #musicsky #music #peanuts #charliebrown #snoopy

Believe it or not this is an uncommon record: a clean, close to perfect condition copy of Donovan's Sunshine Superman in Mono. Most copies you see are fake stereo. This is at least my third upgrade and it sounds amazing. Cont'd #musicsky #music

Lets see how many brains melt with this novelty nugget from 1974 which features Joey Levine, #bubblegum voice of hits by The Ohio Express and many others... #musicsky #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqba...

Comfort Food - One of my favorite '60s soul albums, the debut by Philadelphia's Brenda & The Tabulations. Virtually non-existant on the West Coast (I've had several dealers in LA laugh at me when asking about it), I eventually broke down & bought both of their albums online. 1of2 #musicsky #music

While I'm not a huge Dave Pike fanatic, his early Bossa Nova LPs are fun, especially w/ support like this. Found his 1962 LP of Joao Donato covers in the bargain bin in nice shape (albeit with messy cover). Produced by Elliot Mazer, acclaimed for work on Neil Young's Harvest. #musicsky #jazzsky

That thing when you go back to a store to see if they put out more titles from a collection you suspect was being put out & they did & you find a 1st press of a highly respected album from 1956 in nice condition for 10$. Now Playing: The Jimmy Giuffre 4: Tangents In #Jazz. #musicsky #jazzsky #music

ICYMI #musicsky #music #bruce #minneapolis youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

I don't know much about French saxophonist Guy Lafitte, but this 1968 soul jazz leaning album I found at a local thrift is way better than I ever imagined it would be. Fun stuff. #musicsky #music #jazzsky #jazz

FYI from the Associated Press: "Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate #jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers." #AI apnews.com/article/amaz...

Someone offloaded a deep collection of well loved ECM jazz at the local flea mkt. including many Oregon-adjacent LPs. Got a few I needed like this 1976 WLP w/ Oregon's Glen Moore & pianist Larry Karush. Mr. Karush is on Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians." #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music

Road Tunes: Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson #musicsky #music

To Infinity and Beyond! Well, its not quite Buzz Lightyear's ScFi but I couldn't leave this 1961 imagined audio documentary of America's trip to the Moon behind at the local thrift. Who knew there was a Florida Symphony Orchestra? 1of4 #musicsky #music #space

After my walk in Golden Gate Park, an obligatory stop at Amoeba revealed a wonderful buy: an original 1955 12-inch LP of Jimmy Giuffre's debut in such nice condition I didn't even have to wash it. Cost just 10$, it did have a split upper seam but otherwise its incredible. 1of2 #musicsky #jazzsky

The Atlantic is reporting that Greg Bovino is being demoted and pushed into retirement: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

ICYMI, my listening report on the excellent new edition of T.Rex's landmark 1971 LP Electric Warrior (glam rock's ground zero!) from Rhino's High Fidelity reissue series is on Analog Planet (dot com). www.analogplanet.com/content/t-re...

Random choice from Saturday's estate sale haul of 40 Latin LPs. This seems to be the first LP from El Salvador's Orquesta Hnos Flores circa 1970. Nifty Farfisa-like organ sounds, punchy horns 'n rhythms. Good party vibes. Seems to be a family band project that was a hit. Fun stuff! #musicsky #music

I have many Mike Oldfield LPs in 5.1 surround mixes so I don't listen to him on vinyl as much. This, his 2nd LP, Hergest Ridge was intentionally more meditative than Tubular Bells, the massive hit which effectively built Virgin Records. Cont'd #musicsky #music

File Under: Things I did not buy at the flea market today... #musicsky #music #deanmartin

Sunday Spaces: 1st spin of a 1974 Klaus Schulze (ex Tangerine Dream) LP found at the local flea market for 3$. Never saw this before. Orig. UK press on Caroline Records. Happy find, especially as several other diggers passed over it... cont'd #musicsky #music

Happy to have scored a pristine condition copy of blues singer Ruth Brown's 3rd LP from 1959 -- her 1st of standards -- at the local flea market for a 5$. Just need her 2nd to have all the key albums. Easier said than done. They are elusive, especially in this shape. #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Seeking light in dark times… Enjoying a upgrade of this 1953 era, Norman Granz produced LP "The Astaire Story" w/ Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, etc. This David Stone Martin cover is the nicest copy of this Volume (2 of 4) I've found to date.. cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Bang A Gong, Its Friday Night! Rawkin' out a tad while waiting for a friend listening to the new Rhino High Fidelity remaster of T.Rex's landmark 1971 glamorama known as Electric Warrior. My listening report is on Analog Planet (dot com) #musicsky #music

Morning Motivation Music - Little Feat's Waiting For Columbus. This is the original 1979 MoFi audiophile pressing in all its analog glory. I'm still pinching myself as I found this (and a bunch of MoFi's and Half Speed Masters) at a thrift shop recently. #musicsky #music #jazzsky #jazz

Music For Quelling Construction Noises Down The Street - First spin, 1978 posthumous collection of 1966-67 Coltrane outtakes/alternates. Found in the bargain bin, this material has been reissued on CD but as far as I can tell this is still the only vinyl source. #jazzsky #jazz #musicsky #jazzsky

First spin of an obscure album by San Luis Obispo's The Yankee Dollar. Sounds sort of like if The Mama's & The Papas joined The Jefferson Airplane with the Vanilla Fudge's keyboardist sitting in. 1of2 #musicsky #music #psych

Have Diddly Vinyl, Will Diddly Upgrade - Scored a neat partial upgrade of Bo Diddley's 1960 LP "Have Guitar Will Travel." Found a clean LP in the bargain bin (no cover), nice enough to play on my best turntable. Major upgrade over my old copy (same pressing)... cont'd #musicsky #music

This is fun… Former members of The Strawbs try their hand at new wave music back in 1979 as The Monks. Apparently it was initially a lark that proved successful, especially in Canada. Recent bargain bin find. #musicsky #music

Three AI executives admitting everyone hates their product this week.