Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Category: ’20s

Indoor Safari front cover – it features a photo of an older woman seated in a chair, surrounded by jungle-type greenery. She has straight, very dark hair with bangs, just shoulder length, and is earing a leopard-spotted sleeveless jumpsuit. She holds up a champagne glass, as if in a toast, in her right hand; her left hand is pressed to her hip, her wrist covered in various bangle bracelets. 2

'20s / Catchup / Pop

Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari

Since I picked up a pile of used Nick Lowe records in the early 1990s, the rest of my Lowe collection was by way of CD. And all of my Los Straitjackets albums have...

Blood Harmony front cover 0

'20s / Blues / Catchup / Colored Vinyl

Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony

Several years into this project, I’m embarrassed: Case in point: I am currently in a phase I call “catchup” – having gotten through the artists beginning with ‘P’ in my collection (last spring!), I’ve...

Typical of Me front cover – the title and name of the artist, Laufey, are written in a simple pen text. Between them is a photograph of the singer, appearing to be a polaroid, with rather flat colors. She is posed against a blank wall, harsh shadow behind her. She is looking to her left, her head tilted down toward her left shoulder; her right arm is lightly clutching her left elbow. She is wearing a dark, low-cut top that is held closed only by two frogs about midway down. Two more frogs are open, exposing more skin below. 0

'20s / Catchup / Jazz

Laufey – Typical of Me

Just a bit more than a week after falling in love with “Bewitched,” I was back down the hill at Forever Changes for this little gem, “Typical of Me.” This is an EP from...