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Chris

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Copland: "Billy The Kid + Statements For Orchestra" (1958) (LSO, Copland cond.)

I got this at a thrift store yesterday, just because the lp cover is so crispy and new looking. Hard to believe it's 68 years old.

#NowPlaying #AaronCopland #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a photograph of a guy who kind is dressed kind of like how a little kid might dress to look like a cowboy. He's wearing some very stripey pants and he has a gun in a holster. He's standing on a collapsed card table. In each hand, he holds an ace of spades playing card, which surely signifies death for the two hands that are pointing guns in his direction in the foreground.

January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Jan Johansson - "Jazz På Svenska" (1964)

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Album cover features a photograph of an old embroidered purse or bag. It features an illustration of a train.

January 23, 2026 at 12:37 AM

Chris

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Ralph Towner - "Blue Sun" (1983)

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#NowPlaying #RalphTowner #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a light blue water color background with a rectangular color photograph at the center, of a blue shoreline with blue sky and distant clouds.

January 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Dominique Lawalrée - "First Meeting" (2017)

Sometimes I find items at my local record store that I would never expect to see there. This is a recent example.

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Album cover features a black and white photograph of DL standing in front of a wall that has an ornate wallpaper design. A cuckoo clock and rotor dial telephone are on the wall.

January 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Wayne Shorter - "Moto Grosso Feio" (1974)

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#NowPlaying #WayneShorter #RonCarter #DaveHolland #ChickCorea #JohnMcLaughlin #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a photograph of WS standing and wearing a leather coat.

January 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Kaleidoscope - "A Beacon From Mars" (1968)

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#NowPlaying #Kaleidoscope #DavidLindley #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color illustration of two people in robes, standing on top of a giant book on the planet Mars, shining a light onto the planet Earth.

January 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

This record (2xlp) is better than I could have imagined. Kinda crazy that something this good got its first release 50 years after it was recorded.

January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Pharoah Sanders - "Love Is Here: The Complete Paris ORTF Recordings" (2025, recorded 1975)

I was not anticipating the heavy church organ sounds!

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#NowPlaying #PharoahSanders #DannyMixon #CalvinHill #GregBandy #vinyl #VinylRecords

Red album cover features a color photograph of Pharoah Sanders holding up a saxophone. He's wearing a grey woolen cap, a brown leather shirt with leather strings tied at the front, and a grey jacket.

January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Muhal Richard Abrams - "Afrisong" (1975)

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#NowPlaying #MuhalRichardAbrams #IndiaNavigation #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features an orange-tinted black and white photograph of a black female singing group. They are dressed in mumus and traditional African-looking headscarves.

January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Phase One" (1971)

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#NowPlaying #ArtEnsemble #ArtEnsembleOfChicago #AACM #MalachiFavors #DonMoye #RoscoeMitchell #LesterBowie #JosephJarman #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color photograph of the band members, several of whom are wearing face paint.

January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" (1975)

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#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #BlueMitchell #WillieBobo #BlueNoteRecords #BlueNote #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features.. we'll, I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a percussive instrument? It's a series of metal leaves attached to a frame with a little metal figurine of a person's head at the top. He's an interesting little character.

January 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

The Durutti Column - "Another Setting" (1982)

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Album cover features a series of mine pastel colored strips with zig-zagging lines going through each. Above each is the name of a song on the album.

January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Michael Hurley - "Fat Boy Spring" (2011)

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#NowPlaying #MichaelHurley #snock #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a colorful painting of a woman in a red dress standing on a dock by an ocean, in which a boat called the Miss Mississippi is sinking.

January 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Kevin Ayers - "Whatevershebringswesing" (1972)

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#NowPlaying #KevinAyers #DavidBedford #MikeOldfield #RobertWyatt #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features an old-looking painting of an overturned basket filled with eggs that are hatching human infants. No eggsplanation is given.

January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Bobby Hutcherson - "Total Eclipse" (1969)

Goofy looking cover for a stellar recording. Features #HaroldLand #ChickCorea #ReggieJohnson #JoeChambers

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#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #BlueNote #BlueNoteRecords #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features a color photograph of BH smiling widely with a cigarette in his mouth. He's wearing a red t-shirt and has a short afro haircut and a black mustache.

Color photograph from the inner gatefold sleeve showing BH and Chick Corea seated at a piano. Chick is wearing sun glasses and is playing the piano. BH has his vibe mallets in his hands and has a cigarette in his mouth.

January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Jimmy Witherspoon - "Blues For Easy Livers" (1967)

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#NowPlaying #JimmyWitherspoon #PepperAdams #RichardDavis #MelLewis #BillWatrous #vinyl #VinylRecords

Album cover features peach-tinted photograph of JW, smoking a cigarette and wearing a comfy looking cardigan.

January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Anne Phillips - "Born to Be Blue" (1959)

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Album cover features a color photograph of Anne Phillips, seated on a bank of the Hudson River, with towering buildings of NYC seen in the background.

January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM

Chris

@yonforest.bsky.social

Keith Jarrett - "Restoration Ruin" (1968)

Jarrett does baroque folk pop? He sings on most every track. Bizarre and excellent. Features #PaulMotian and #CharlieHaden

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#NowPlaying #KeithJarrett #vinyl #VinylRecords