The Hollies “Evolution”

1967 US Epic BN 26315

First pressing, stereo, Columbia pressing plant

The sixth album for The Hollies (founding member Graham Nash of later CSN) but their debut on their new US label, with different mixes, tracks and cover version compared to the UK release earlier in the year.

The band ‘pushing through to a new wave of music’ (going psych) and on the cover pushing up against cellophane. With the recent advent of shrink wrap for LPs it also could be seen as them pushing out of the LP.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=akd2ivuc_mo

Muddy Waters “Muddy Waters Sings ‘Big Bill’”

1960 US Chess LP1444

Mono, first pressing with the black and silver Chess labels.

Hard to come by in VG+/NM

Classic Blues LP of Muddy Waters covers of songs by an earlier blues icon, Big Bill Broonzy.

Radiohead ‘Pablo Honey’

1993 UK Parlophone PCS 7360

Early repress with different pressing ring.

Always a great spin!

Completed two more pairs the past two weeks, this one my fifth!!

Sold two other matched notes to the other owners as well.

I’ve got four other notes that are potential matches (other note submitted to the DB but so far no response to contact to provide images to confirm. might just sell those off.

So, now down to my last known match, trying to make it my sixth, from a very hard to engage, but apparently still willing seller.

Ennio Morricone ‘Il Brutto, Il Buono, Il Cattivo’

1966 Italy Eureka EPL 2890(S)

First issue, Italian, of the score for the movie ‘The Good, The Bad, The Ugly’. One of the earlier, and groundbreaking scores by Ennio Morricone, who was arguably the genius who created the movie score concept and genre.

This piece hard to come by in good condition. Scores a 0.15 ‘Discogs’ want ratio. Finally found one NM/NM at a decent (bid) price. Open, but based on how tight the spindle hole was for the test play, I doubt ever played much at all.

If you’re not familiar with the movie or the whole ‘Spaghetti Western’ genre, that in itself is too much for one thread but worth checking out too!

I could play this or watch this movie ALL day long

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9EZGHcu3E8