Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Tagged: blues

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'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...

Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers front cover showing Hound Dog Taylor, a black man with a big smiling expression, wearing a jaunty narrow-brimmed hat, looking off to his right as he plays an electric guitar, seated, with a slide on his pinky finger. He is photographed in front of a rough backdrop. The photo is in black and white. 0

'70s / Blues / Catchup

Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers

Hey there, 2025! Let’s see if we can move through this vinyl collection with some speed, shall we? Elsewise, I shall never catch up. Like your boogie electric and stompin’? Then Hound Dog Taylor...

The Cream front cover – photograph of John Lee Hooker, a 60-something-year-old black man in a very dapper light colored three piece suit, a black silk or nylon shirt with an incredibly wide collar reaching to the shoulders of his suit jacket, and a tall, broad-brimmed light colored hat. He is seated at a diner table, a tabletop jukebox selector in the booth behind him. He has one arm resting on the table, the other on his knee, his left leg crossed on his right knee, he sits turned out from the booth. On the table is a heaping ice cream sundae covered in whipped cream with a cherry on top. 0

'70s / Blues / Catchup / Colored Vinyl

John Lee Hooker – The Cream

Well here’s a brand new, 2024 re-release of another John Lee Hooker album that I was previously unaware of – from 1977 (released in 1978), a live recording titled “The Cream,” but having nothing...