Vinyl Albums - Comments by wbanthony

Vinyl Albums - Comments by wbanthony

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wbanthony 8th Apr 2021		Vinyl Album Stray Cats - Rock Therapy (1986)	Absolutely great 4th album by the Cats (3rd album in USA) - especially side 1 - released July or August 1986 and largely ignored. The record company didn't even release a single from it in the USA or UK ! Their best CD compilations tend to have either 1 song or no songs from this classic.
wbanthony 8th Apr 2021		Vinyl Album Stray Cats - Built For Speed (1982)	They appeared on USA television around November 1981 on the show "Fridays" around the time their 2nd album "Gonna Ball" was released in the UK. They rocked out and were amazing - I found both their albums as imports a few weeks later. Those first two albums were NEVER released in the USA - just this compilation with 11 of the tracks plus the new "Built For Speed" song.
wbanthony 11th Mar 2021		Vinyl Album Bread - The Best Of Bread Volume II (1974)	Beautiful album artwork on this one, although it includes only 3 hits. All us bread fans were happy to fork over our cash for a copy anyway. David Gates "next" album (mentioned on the inner sleeve) turned out to be "Never Let Her Go" in January 1975, which gave him his first top 40 solo hit in the title song. In late 1975, Elektra announced an album called "David Gates Songbook" which was to include his bread hits and solo hits too, including Clouds, Sail Around The World, Never Let Her Go and Part Time Love. The album was cancelled/never released, and outside of being mentioned in the Schwann catalog at the time and some trade magazines, is mostly unknown. The front cover title and "bread" logo here are based on the cover of the UK version of The Best Of Bread from late 1972.
wbanthony 11th Mar 2021		Vinyl Album Bread - Bread (1972)	as "leonard" pointed out, this promo-only LP says (P)1971 but it includes 4 tracks from the January 1972 album "Baby I'm-A Want You": Mother Freedom (single released June 1971), Baby I'm-A Want You (single released October 1971), Everything I Own (single released January 1972) and Down On My Knees. It's possible that this LP was released in November or December of 1971 to record stores and radio stations for the holiday season, but included the not-yet-released Everything I Own and Down On My Knees. Or maybe the (P)1971 is a mistake and it was released early 1972..... This LP includes the mono single mix of It Don't Matter To Me, instead of the stereo mix that later appeared on The Best Of Bread.
wbanthony 3rd Mar 2020		Vinyl Album David Sanborn - Hideaway (1980)	The (original) 7-track version of HIDEAWAY was released February 1980. David played the (uncredited) alto sax solo on the hit single "The Seduction" by James Last, which peaked on the charts in April or May 1980 - and then he recorded a new version of the song with his producers, which was added to this re-released HIDEAWAY during the summer of 1980 (the song Anything You Want was shortened on the 8-song reissue). Warner Brothers sued Polydor (James Last's label) when the song was a hit, but Polydor won the right to keep the song on the market. David was not credited on the "Seduction" album by James Last because of this.
wbanthony 3rd Mar 2020		Vinyl Album David Sanborn - Hideaway (1980)	This (original) 7-track version of HIDEAWAY was released February 1980. David played the (uncredited) alto sax solo on the hit single "The Seduction" by James Last, which peaked on the charts in April or May 1980 - and then he recorded a new version of the song with his producers, which was added to a re-released HIDEAWAY during the summer of 1980 (the song Anything You Want was shortened on the 8-song reissue). Warner Brothers sued Polydor (James Last's label) when the song was a hit, but Polydor won the right to keep the song on the market. David was not credited on the "Seduction" album by James Last because of this.
wbanthony 16th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album America - History (1975)	The first 7 songs on this album were remixed by George Martin for this release, and Sandman was edited/shortened by over a minute. These remix versions are only available on this album and it's CD counterpart.
wbanthony 23rd Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Art Garfunkel - Watermark (1978)	First pressing did not include "What A Wonderful World" but included "Fingerpaint", a Jimmy Webb song. Lead single "Crying In My Sleep" didn't even make the charts at all in September and October of 1977. The album was reissued with the new duet with Paul Simon and James Taylor added in January 1978, with "Fingerpaint" removed.