Recommendations from The End Of All Music
Tina Turner “Tina Turns the Country On!” (Rhino Records)
The November selection for our Record of the Month Club is the debut solo album from Tina Turner, originally released in 1974 and never previously reissued. The album turns 50 years old this year! Tina Turns the Country On! finds Tina stepping into country music with her own soulful take on classics by Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Olivia Newton-John, James Taylor and Dolly Parton. Tina’s version of “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You” is one of our favorite Dylan covers of all time.
J Spaceman & Jon Coxon “Music for William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton” (Fat Possum Records)
In 2015, Spaceman, Coxon, and friends performed a new original score live at a special film screening at the Barbican Gallery in London. The recording sat on a shelf for 10 years, and will finally be unveiled through this release.
Stranded in Canton is a black-and-white film portrait of Memphis in 1974, shot in bars and on street corners, showing Eggleston’s friends carousing, playing music and firing pistols into the night sky. It is raw, greasy, Quaalude-y and hot. Jagged and intimate, the film is a handheld window into a different world; “Hogarth on Beale Street” as writer Richard Williams describes it in the album’s liner notes.
Luther Dickinson “Mississippi Murals” (Spaceflight Records)
In 2016, the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and Luther Dickinson (N. Mississippi All-Stars) set out to interpret the breathtaking Community Center Murals of American Regionalist, Walter Inglis Anderson through music. This venture followed in the footsteps of the adventurous artist who once wrote “all movement is to invisible music although few people hear it.”
Dickinson teamed up with John Medeski, Johnny Vidacovich and Dominic Davis to create these improvisational soundscapes on the spot. The result is a gorgeous tableau of sonic expression worthy of Anderson’s iconic murals.
The Cure “Songs of a Lost World” (Fiction Records)
They’re back! The Cure’s first new music in 16 years and it’s classic The Cure! If you’re a fan then this is a special event. Robert Smith continues to lead the charge for goths around the world. We got to catch the band in New Orleans recently and it was pure magic. Welcome back to the world stage… THE CURE!!!
–MF DOOM “MM…FOOD” 20th Anniversary Edition (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Originally released in 2004, MF DOOM’s MM..FOOD is hailed as a classic hip-hop album full of inventive production, remarkable wordplay, and unique themes. Celebrated for its seamless blend of humor, wit, and social commentary, the album ushers listeners into a bizarre world of food-related metaphors, painting a bitterly comedic portrait of a life tainted by vice, violence, and jealousy. The 20 Year Anniversary Edition of MM…FOOD has completely new artwork by Sam Rodriguez and is pressed on 3-color sweetart marble effect double vinyl. The package includes case wrapped tip-on gatefold jacket and a QR code that takes listeners to a one-of-a-kind AR diner.
