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Americana Vinyl Treasures: The Blasters “American Music”

October 30, 2023 Clint West 2

The Blasters’ debut album was released on Ron Weiser’s small Californian label Rollin’ Rock Records and limited to 2000 copies only. It is very rare to find copies in the UK, so I couldn’t believe my […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Gram Parsons “Gram Parsons”- Shiloh Records, 1979

October 23, 2023 Paul Kerr 4

I must admit I was taken aback when I chose to write about this disc and found out that it was released in 1979, several years later than I recalled, thinking I’d bought it in the […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: T-Bone Burnett “Proof Through The Night”

October 17, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

It is sometimes forgotten just how little information was available to the dedicated music fan with an increasing obsession with roots American music in the early ‘80s. Demon Records, and its subsidiaries, were like a beacon […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Little Feat “Electrif Lycanthrope (Be-Bop Deluxe)” – The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label, 1975

October 9, 2023 Rick Bayles 7

Here we have what is our first ‘unofficial’ release, also known as a ‘bootleg’ album. This was another record fair find for me and I snapped it up without thinking twice. I’ve always been a big […]

artwork for Southside Johnny album 'I Don't Want To Go Home' 1976

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes “I Don’t Want To Go Home” – Epic Records, 1976

October 3, 2023 Graeme Tait 7

Before we start I have a confession to make. The mid seventies would coincide with my mid-teens and the start of a love affair with vinyl that over the following fifteen years would burn as bright […]