RSD 2021 Post Game

Now that the 2021 Record Store Days have passed, what do you think about your purchases? Which releases stand out, both musically and sonically?  Any regrets?

I woke up at the crack of dawn, drove to my local of choice, waited in line for a couple of hours and after snaking through the releases walked out with both some gems and some duds. 

Winners:  Resonance Jazz:  Two stand outs from drop #2, great sonics, subtle complex performances. Multiple listens are rewarded.  
Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller ‎– In Harmony 
Charles Lloyd ‎– Manhattan Stories

Winner: Kenny Dorham ‎– Quiet Kenny (Craft Recordings). Excellent quality version of a classic lp

Winner: Grateful Dead ‎– Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/3/72) - What some call the best show of their best tour. Great set list, superior sonics. I've listened to all 6LPs back-to-back more than once...it pulls you in!

Dud: Bobbie Gentry ‎– Windows Of The World - As boring a record as I can remember. Like Shelby Lynne's Just A Little Lovin' was dried in the sun turning a perfect pinot noir grape into a sad flat raisin. 

Crud: Maria McKee ‎– High Dive & Live In Hamburg  - Two muddled messes. Horrible compressed crap from an artist that rarely had the recording quality that her talent deserved. These were big disappointments for me.

Mud: Aretha Franklin ‎– Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live In Philly, 1972 - Cool time capsule buried in fuzz. The production team should be arrested.

I love and hate Record Store Days! Cheers,
Spencer