October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

Day 14: “Physical”
play a record that marked a change in sound/image for an artist

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis

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Dusty Springfield was mainly a pop singer for the early part of her career but Dusty in Memphis ushered in a whole new sound for her. Her first recording with the Memphis Sound, this album showed a more soulful side of Dusty and is imo her finest work.
 
Day 14: “Physical”

Rae Spoon – Superioryouareinferior
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Rae's three albums before this were all a very light twangy country affair with lots of banjo. This album was a radical transformation from that, introducing electric and electronic sounds to create an epic indie folk album about identity, place and colonial histories. It was also around the release of this album that Rae retired from gender and adopted they/them pronouns. I love Rae very much and enjoy everything they've done before and after this, but this particular album is something truly special. Fourteen years on, it still feels fresh and full of discoveries.

If it weren't out of print, this would have been a strong contender for my Album of the Month pick.
 
Day 14: "Physical"
play a record that marked a change in sound/image for an artist

I chose this as the first installment of Vinyl Me, D and it's an entirely different animal from Shooter's previous records.

Vinyl Me, D - A Free Record Club

So....I'm sitting here in a little euphoric, IPA haze listening to records (I refer to this particular night of the week as "every night") and was thinking about this cool thing @kickerofelves did on the old forum - he created his own record club for 3 subscribers.....all on his dime. No cost...
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We got a government takeover theme. We got industrial crunch. We got Radiohead bleeps and bloops. We got Pink Floyd wearing cowboy hats. We got a stylistic variance from song to song that works perfectly. We got Stephen King as a DJ. Spectacular...



Shooter Jennings & Hierophant - Black Ribbons

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Day 15: "You Keep Me Hanging On"
play two different versions of a song you love

One of my favorite songs.

Some Candy Talking

Two of my favorite artists.

The Jesus And Mary Chain and Chris Whitley.

It's sad how little of Chris Whitley's output is available on vinyl. Thanks for everything, brother. RIP.

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Barrowlands Live



Chris Whitley - Din Of Ecstacy

 
Day 13: Saturday Night Fever

Music From the Motion Picture Angus

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Featuring some of the best tracks that Green Day, Ash, Goo Goo Dolls (honestly, forgot that they once sounded like the Replacements), Weezer, The Muffs, and Love Spit Love ever released. Really nice work by these music supervisors, as the soundtrack played a big role in the movie

Edit: also forgot Pansy Division is on this!
 
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Day 14: “Physical”
play a record that marked a change in sound/image for an artist

Primal Scream - XTRMNTR

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Everyone raves about Screamadelica but this is my personal favorite of theirs, although admittedly this does sound like a completely different band. Completely chaotic record that requires a nap afterwards

NSFW (audio):
 
Day 15: “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
play two different versions of a song you love

“Effigy”

Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Uncle Tupelo
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Was going to play two versions of “Louie, Louie” but remembered I still only have the Toots and the Maytals version. Which brings me to say that I went to a Mariners game this summer and instead of playing “Louie, Louie” during the seventh inning stretch, as they have for the last few decades, I learned they now play “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and I lost my GD mind
 
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Day 15: “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
play two different versions of a song you love

Robert Palmer "Clues" (1980 Island, canadian pressing)
Todd Terje "It's Album Time" (2014 Olsen)
I love Robert Palmer's "Johnny & Mary" with its subtle lyrics about love, obligations and misunderstandings. The Todd Terje version with guest vocals by Bryan Ferry takes the song into a different and equally brilliant direction. The song is slowed and Bryan's smoky vocals gives the song an extra layer of timeless melancholy. Beautiful.

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Day 15: “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”

I chose two great covers of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” for today! I’d’ve played the original if I had it (or ANY Sam Cooke) in my vinyl collection…

The first being from the year after Cooke was killed, under the title “Change Gonna Come” (one of 3 Sam Cooke covers on the album), by an artist who ranks with Sam among the Kings of Soul…

Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

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…the second is from the only album this artist ever made (which wasn’t even complete when he died) and is honestly my favourite version of this song. It fucking RIPS!!!

Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story/The Living Legend

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