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BLACK VINYL MONDAY To much Music not enough time

Billy Strings “Live In Rosemont” 2025 Third Man Records - Installment #66 in the Jack White Vault is this four LP live ...
01/11/2026

Billy Strings “Live In Rosemont” 2025 Third Man Records - Installment #66 in the Jack White Vault is this four LP live Billy Strings set recorded at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Chicago on May 25, 2024. This four-LP set also comes with a six-song replica of his debut EP. I’ve been a member of Jack White’s Vault since its inception. Installment #66 is why.

Grateful Dead “In The Dark” 1987 Arista Records- One of my least favorite Dead albums has grown in stature over the year...
01/11/2026

Grateful Dead “In The Dark” 1987 Arista Records- One of my least favorite Dead albums has grown in stature over the years with songs like “Hell In A Bucket,” “West L.A. Fadeaway,” “Throwing Stones,” “Black Muddy River,” and, of course, “Touch Of Grey,” that factored heavily into their late-period repertoire. Also pictured are several promotional records issued around the time of the album.

The Grateful Dead “Go To Heaven” 1980 Arista Records - And then there were three. As a good friend pointed out, The Dead...
01/11/2026

The Grateful Dead “Go To Heaven” 1980 Arista Records - And then there were three. As a good friend pointed out, The Dead are quite the opposite of Spinal Tap since only the drummers have survived. This album came out while I was in college, and while not their greatest, I saw them tour it many times. Bobby Weir R.I.P.

Bob Weir “Ace” 1972 Warner Bros. Records - It amounted to an all-Bobby Grateful Dead album as all of The Grateful Dead a...
01/11/2026

Bob Weir “Ace” 1972 Warner Bros. Records - It amounted to an all-Bobby Grateful Dead album as all of The Grateful Dead are present and accounted for. Its tune stack also provided The Dead with live repertoire that they would turn to for the rest of their career. Bobby “Ace” Weir R.I.P.

Bob Weir “Heaven Help The Fool” 1978 Arista Records - Sad day. Bob Weir R.I.P. I’m a big fan of this album.
01/11/2026

Bob Weir “Heaven Help The Fool” 1978 Arista Records - Sad day. Bob Weir R.I.P. I’m a big fan of this album.

Steve Earle “El Corazon” 1997/2017 Warner Bros. Records - A 2017 Record Store Day release. One of his best, you know the...
01/10/2026

Steve Earle “El Corazon” 1997/2017 Warner Bros. Records - A 2017 Record Store Day release. One of his best, you know the rest.

Earth, Wind & Fire “Another Time” 1974 Warner Bros. Records - A repackaging of the first two EW&F LPs from 1971. I’d bee...
01/10/2026

Earth, Wind & Fire “Another Time” 1974 Warner Bros. Records - A repackaging of the first two EW&F LPs from 1971. I’d been wanting these two albums on vinyl for a long time, but finding original pressings is cost prohibitive. This out-of-print combo is just what the doctor ordered.

Earth Wind & Fire “Faces” 1980 ARC/Columbia Records - While it didn’t meet the commercial heights of its lofty predecess...
01/10/2026

Earth Wind & Fire “Faces” 1980 ARC/Columbia Records - While it didn’t meet the commercial heights of its lofty predecessors, this double-length epic is a solid banger through and through.

Elvis Presley “Elvis’ Greatest Sh*t” 1980 Dog Vomit Records - A lovingly assembled bootleg of the worst recordings by Th...
01/08/2026

Elvis Presley “Elvis’ Greatest Sh*t” 1980 Dog Vomit Records - A lovingly assembled bootleg of the worst recordings by The King. It’s truly awful in the best way possible. The album also comes with a prescription from Elvis’ private doctor, Dr. Nicholopolous.

Jerry Lee Lewis “Another Place Another Time” 1968 Smash Records - This was Lewis’ comeback album featuring two smash hit...
01/07/2026

Jerry Lee Lewis “Another Place Another Time” 1968 Smash Records - This was Lewis’ comeback album featuring two smash hits; “What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)” and the title track. This is an original yellow label promo copy.

Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” The recording of the Academy Award winning song, “Streets of Philad...
01/06/2026

Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” The recording of the Academy Award winning song, “Streets of Philadelphia,” spawned an entire album of Springsteen’s experimentation with electronic drum loops. He twice intended to release this album, and ultimately decided to shelve the entire project. This is one of the seven lost albums from his marvelous and essential “Tracks II” box set.

Sharp Pins “Balloon Balloon Balloon” 2025 K Records - Sharp Pins are a Chicago band, and the brainchild of Kai Slater wi...
01/06/2026

Sharp Pins “Balloon Balloon Balloon” 2025 K Records - Sharp Pins are a Chicago band, and the brainchild of Kai Slater with a rhythm section of Joe Glass on bass and Peter Cimbalo on drums. They dial their music in the way back machine to 1964 with a jangly pop sound reminiscent of Mitch Easter and Let’s Active. There’s also a connection here to Libertyville, Illinois, a town I called home for 18 years. Pete Cimbalo is the son of Perter Cimbalo who plays bass with Ike Reilly Assassination under the moniker of Pie-Eyed Pete. Both Ike and Pete are Libertyville music royalty.

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