TBT Vinyl: D Generation, No Lunch, 1996

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D Generation
No Lunch
Columbia Records
1996

Here’s a 10 inch vinyl LP of the New York neo-punk band’s major label release.

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TBT Vinyl: CCR, Chronicle, 1976

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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Chronicle
Fantasy Records
1976

I became a CCR fan a decade after they broke up. There was no exposure to their original albums and not much radio airplay. But there was a TV commercial for this greatest hits package that ran constantly through the 80s on syndicated television, cable, and of course the early days of MTV.

If this record introduced you to John Fogerty and Creedence as well, we’re not alone; over 8 Million copies were sold in the US!

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TBT Vinyl: Popa Chubby, Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer, 1995

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Popa Chubby
Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer
Sony Music / Okeh Records
1995

For a few years in the 90s, Sony Music brought back the Okeh Records label for some new blues artists including Popa Chubby. His single of “Sweet Goddess…” was issued on a 10″ vinyl single with a cardboard sleeve to look like a 78 from the 1930s Okeh blues line. Great blues tune, and great packaging.

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TBT Vinyl: ELO, Out of the Blue

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Electric Light Orchestra
Out of the Blue
Jet / United Artists / Columbia
1977

The Beatles + Star Wars = ELO

TBT Vinyl: Classic Guitars of Clapton, Beck, and Page

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Clapton, Beck, & Page
The Classic Guitars
Compleat Records
1986

This is a 1986 US compilation of the 1968 UK-only Blues Anytime series. These studio sessions featured all of the top British Blues stars of the 60s before they were rock legends: Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, plus John Mayall and many more. The backing band on the Page tracks includes Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman!

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TBT Vinyl: Van Halen, Why Can’t This Be Love, 1986

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Van Halen
Why Can’t This Be Love (7″ single)
Warner Bros Records
1986

30 years ago tomorrow, we first heard Sammy Hagar as a member of Van Halen. This 45 was released on February 26, 1986 about one month before the full 5150 album. The song was a big hit, but the faster and crunchier b-side, “Get Up” was better!