What's the Best LP You Bought in 2008

I bought virtually no new releases in 2008, but I discovered a couple new-to-
me gems: "The Grays" by The Grays, and "Fathering"
by Mark Mulcahy.

Both have been out for at least a decade.

Sometimes, it takes me a while.

:)

Way too many to think of. But off the top of my head

" the Gutter twins" LP. aka Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan making haunting dark music like no one else.

Art Pepper + 11, Count Basie - 88 Basie St and the 45 RPM version of Coltrane's Blue Trane.

db,

Yeah, Wilco - Sky Blue Sky is a real gem. This instrumental finish to Impossible Germany is sublime. One of the most underrated bands IMO. Maybe if they get to play the Obama inauguration, the press coverage will find them some new fans. Jeff Tweedy was great on the Colbert Report recently!

Cheers,
Spencer

Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and The Freedom Sessions, 2 LP set