SCORES 2015

since it's a new year & i just made one massive score...

peter maxwell davies - eight songs for a mad king
gerhard/maxwell davies - collages/revelation and fall
maxwell davies/goehr/bennett/williamson - four british composers
wood/birtwistle/crosse - three british composers
lutoslawski/berkeley/bedford - london sinfonietta conducted by the composers
hans werner henze - musen siziliens/moralitaten
nono/fukushima/berio/lehmann - the new music vol. 3
penderecki - symphony/anaklasis, dies irae/polymorphia/de natura sonoris, the song of songs
werle/petrassi/ligeti/penderecki/castiglioni - voices for today
xenakis/penderecki - akrata/pithoprakta/capriccio/de natrua sonoris
ligeti - melodien/double concerto/chamber concerto, adventures/new adventures/atmospheres/volumina
koechlin/boulez/messiaen - les bandar-log op.176/le soleil des eaux/chronochromie
messiaen/tippett - poemes pour mi/songs for dov
messiaen/schoenberg - seven haikai/chamber symphony op.9/3 pieces for orchestra
messiaen - et exspecto ressurectionem mortuorum/coleurs de la cite celeste, quartet for the end of time

...all for a few dollars each :-D

you find the coolest records! do I recall correctly that you are in New Zealand? gotta be either that or northeast USA...

i never find shit on the west coast these days!

ha, yes nz. finding stuff like that lot doesn't happen everyday (or ever really), still can't quite believe i lucked into it. and my god they sound great, utterly pristine!

that is awesome

xp to omar:

me neither, mostly, with rare exceptions. I have a feeling LA is even worse than Oregon these days.

I scored a perfectly serviceable copy of John Prine's Sweet Revenge for 3 bucks the other day, that was cool.

I also found a Columbia "6-eye" copy of Miles' Sketches Of Spain in a Goodwill for a buck, it's a solid VG

i went to work yesterday and a co-worker handed me a trio of fresh reissues he received as a promo gift but said he didn't want bc he didn't have a record player

beatles - abbey road
rolling stones - through the past, darkly
bob marley - legend #lolcollege

rolling stones - through the past, darkly

did they reissue it with the octagonal cover? used to have one but it was totally trashed.

a few other things from this year:

terry riley - shri camel
don harper - homo electronicus
mary lou williams/cecil taylor - embraced

oh yeah, also:

shirley collins - the foggy dew, heroes in love 7"s

yeah the octagon version is what I got. Not sure if I need it since I think I have every song on it already but it's good to have on hand nonetheless!

wtf Shirley Collins 7" records!!!

Dwarves - I Wanna Kill Your Boyfriend 7"
Captain Beefheart - Mirror Man LP
Legendary Pink Dots - Any Day Now (replacement copy for the one I sold long ago in the "I can get this on CD" days

the 7"s you can get from topic for a very decent price, from a series of eps she made in the late fifties/early sixties. really nicely done reissues (the anne briggs one is great too).

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?s=vinyl

Helium - Pirate Prude and Dirty Luck

Was preeeetty excited about these.

catherine ribeiro + alpes - ame debout
fern knight - music for witches and alchemists
leonard cohen - songs of... (upgrade to a nice sounding early uk pressing)
woody guthrie - dust bowl ballads (rounder)
ornette coleman - who's crazy?
fela ransome-kuti & the africa 70 - greatest hits
the ganelin trio - ancora da capo part 1: live in leningrad
harry partch - delusion of the fury
peter maxwell davies - symphony no. 3
rawsthorne/gerhard - symphony no. 3/concerto for orchestra
harrison birtwistle - punch and judy, orchestral music
kurtág/birtwistle - messages de feu demoiselle r.v. troussova/...agm... (ensemble intercontemporain)
webern/penderecki/lutoslawski - string quartets (lasalle string quartet)
barraqué/bussotti/brouwer - the london music digest from the round house vols. 1 & 2 (woodward, toop, bernas)
scorched earth policy - going thru' a hole in the back of your head 12" ep

a bunch more 20th century composer lps came my way pretty cheap a couple of days ago (except for the stockhausen, that wasn't so cheap!) and a few other things over the last few weeks:

dewey redman - musics
colosseum - collector's colosseum
jazz explosion (a panorama of contemporary british jazz)
what remains of eden: anatolian and levantine music 1928 -1952
catherine ribeiro - la solitude/poème non épique (reissue of the 2bis + alpes' n°2 lps)
fotheringay - s/t (original nz, water damaged on the inside gatefold but the vinyl is sweet!)
denise reinhardt larson - farmer's daughter (seventies self-released canadian countryish folk)
the riendeau family - old time fiddling from old new england
the kentucky colonels - livin' in the past
bob dylan & the band - bootleg series vol. 11: the basement tapes raw :-D
lost & found - forever lasting plastic words
boulez - pli selon pli
peter maxwell davies - o magnum mysterium
berio - a-ronne/cries of london
berio/druckman/mimaroglu - electronic music III
stockhausen - gruppen/carré, telemusik/mixtur, hymnen
lutoslawski/hindemith - concerto for orchestra/symphony 'mathis der maler'
ives - songs (nonesuch)/songs (deutsche grammophon)/holidays symphony/five violin sonatas

it's been record season around here

from an annual radio benefit sale - $2 each:
Beatles - Yesterday & Today 3rd state butcher cover (flipped for $100)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life & The Idiot (pristine West German pressings)
Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
Michael hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses (looks totally untouched)
va - Rock & Roll High School OST
Ramones - Rocket To Russia
Ramones - Leave Home (both upgrades)
Talking Heads - Remain In Light (upgrade)
Them feat. Van Morrison 2LP (a lot of this is fake stereo, bummer)
Fanny - Charity Ball
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - French Record
Philip Glass - The Photographer (VG- sleeve, mint vinyl)

in the mail:
Aine O'Dwyer - Music For Church Cleaners 2LP
Horse Lords - Hidden Cities

annual record show:
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (Bob Ludwig master sounds about 10x better than my other two copies of this)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
The Dead C - The Operation Of The Sonne
va - P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation 2LP
Inca Ore/Grouper - split LP
Anima - S/T LP (reissue)
Tear Garden - Ophelia EP
Kate Wolf - Gold In California 2LP
Kate Wolf - Give Yourself To Love 2LP (signed)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Jani Chrostou - Enantiodromia etc. (on Editions RZ)
Luigi Nono - A Carlo Scarpa (ditto)
Ya Ho Wha 13 - Penetration (Swordfish reissue)
The Electric Chairs - Blatantly Offensive
The Litter - Emerge
va - Three Minute Symphony
Current 93 - Earth Covers Earth

and ten more from the local thrift shop yesterday, nothing super exciting iirc

need to give that inca ore/grouper split another listen (kicking myself i didn't go see grouper when she played down here a few years ago) and penetration must be the most intense of the yahowha/yod/etc releases, of the ones i've heard anyway

today: pharoah sanders' black unity (lot of the same people that play on live at the east, which is one of my favourites of his, so...!)

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (Bob Ludwig master sounds about 10x better than my other two copies of this)

which is the best Liege and Lief pressing? just got a pink rim UK Island, and am underwhelmed.

only one I've heard is my standard issue US A&M, sounds fine? I'll look when I'm home.

an original harsh 70's reality (goodbye cd version)

12"
L.T.D. - We Party Hearty

LP
Crystal Grass with Kristi B - The Love Train
V/A - Schiff ahoi!
Linda Clifford - I'm Yours
Art Garfunkel - Watermark
Carrie Lucas - Simply Carrie
Earl Klugh - Finger Paintings
V/A - Exitos Del Momento 3
Wendy Erdman - Erdman

Also I didn't buy a CED player...

bobby charles - s/t
sally eaton - farewell american tour
third ear band - elements
trees - the garden of jane delawney
dave & toni arthur - hearken to the witches rune
davy graham - the guitar player
dick gaughan - coppers & brass
old-time southern dance music: the string bands vol. 1
old-time string band classics recorded 1927-1933
old-time fiddle classics played by champion fiddlers
harry partch - the world of harry partch
sun ra - we travel the spaceways
alice coltrane - eternity
ornette coleman - town hall, 1962
mike westbrook/kate westbrook - london bridge is broken down
nucleus - elastic rock (nz vertigo)
the savage rose - your daily gift
brigitte fontaine - s/t 1972
gamelan semar pegulingan (nonesuch explorer)
sylvio gualda - percussion vol. 2 (xenakis, elliott carter, nguyen thiên dao)
nicolas slonimsky - compositions, history making premieres (varèse/ives/ruggles)

& some more classical at a dollar each...

ives - symphony no. 2
copland - third symphony
copland/kraft - lincoln portrait/contextures: riots-decade 60/concerto for 4 percussion soloists & orchestra
berio - sinfonia
berg - lyric suite/string quarter op. 3
berg/schoenberg - concertino for violin, piano and winds/chamber symphony op. 9
schoenberg/vaughan williams - transfigured night/fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis
bartok - concerto for orchestra/deux images, violin concerto no. 1/rhapsodies 1 & 2
britten - les illuminations/variations on a theme of frank bridge
martinů - concerto for violin & orchestra/concerto no. 3 for piano & orchestra
milhaud - sacred service for the sabbath morning
milhaud/saint-saëns - le carnaval d'aix/concerto no. 4 in c minor
shostakovich - symphony no 8, symphony no. 13 babi yar
tremain - five epigrams for twelve solo strings/four medieval lyrics/allegro for strings/three mystical songs
lilburn/farquhar/watson/rimmer - symphony no. 2/evocation/prelude and allegro for strings/at the appointed time
goehr/maxwell davies/williamson/bennett - two choruses/leopardi fragments/symphony for voices/calendar for chamber ensemble
maxwell davies - eight songs for a mad king
portsmouth sinfonia - 20 classic rock classics
takemitsu/ishii - cassiopeia/sō-gū II
varèse/lazarof - nocturnal/ecuatorial/structures sonores
macdowell - second indian suite
zador - divertimento for strings/hungarian caprice/variations of a hungarian folksong/contrasts for orchestra
poulenc - concerto for two pianos and orchestra/concert champetre/aubade, concerto for organ, strings & timpani/concert champetre
mahler - das lied von der erde, symphony no. 5, symphony no. 6, symphony no. 7, symphony no. 8, symphony no. 10
henze/zimmermann - violin concerto no. 1/violin concerto
hanson/siegmeister - symphony no. 1 the nordic/ozark set
rodrigo - concierto de aranjuez/a la busca del mas alla/zarabanda lejana y villancico
antill/grofé - corroboree/grand canyon suite
antill/butterley/douglas - explorations/momentous occasion overture/three frescoes
janáček - sinfonietta/taras bulba
janáček/lutosławski - sinfonietta/concerto for orchestra
tippett/prokofiev - concerto for double string orchestra/visions fugitives
monnikendam - heart rhythm/madrigalesca/fugue/invocatio/postludium
hindemith/malipiero - string quartet no. 1/rispetti e strambotti for string quartet
penderecki/ligeti/petrassi/werle/castiglioni - stabat mater/lux aeterna/morning/night/nonsense rhymes/nautical preludes/gyro
shankar - raga-mala sitar concerto no. 2
starer/vaughan williams - concerto for viola, strings & percussion/suite for viola & orchestra
barber/ginastera - piano sonatas
piston/hanson - symphony no. 3/symphony no. 4
walton - symphony in b flat minor
britten/stravinsky/lutosławski - two compositions op. 23/concerto for two pianos/variations on a theme by paganini
stravinsky/milhaud/hindemith - octet for wind instruments/symphony for wind instruments/konzertmusik for piano, brass & two harps
vaughan williams - a london symphony/fantasia on greensleeves
vaughan williams/walton/delius - greensleeves/the lark ascending/two pieces for strings/two pieces for small orchestra/intermezzo from fennimore & gerda/two aquarelles
sommer/klusák/fišer - new music of czechoslovakia: vocal symphony/first invention/15 prints after dürer's apocalypse

(going to need to build some more new shelves now)

i'm always on the look out for that bobby charles lp!

over the past couple weeks -

tim hart & maddy prior - folk songs of old england vol 1
dolly parton - just the way i am
willie nelson & waylon jennings - waylon & willie
jerry jeff walker - ridin high (fuckin loving this. first jerry jeff walker i've heard)
jerry jeff walker - walkers collectibles
heather and glen (scottish folk comp)
kris kristofferson & rita coolidge - full moon
kris kristofferson - kristofferson
badfinger - s/t
fleetwood mac - mystery to me
fleetwood mac - future games
sandy denny - sandy
ronnie lane & pete townsend - rough mix
delaney & bonnie - accept no substitute
chip taylor - chip taylor's last chance
kinks - something else
lambert & nuttycombe - as you will (lindsey buckingham has a credit on this! its not as good as at home tho)
serge gainsbourg - gainsbourg percussions
mickey newbury - rusty tracks
free design - kites are fun
free design - heaven/earth

the bobby charles lp is great, definitely worth hunting for!

jerry jeff walker - ridin high (fuckin loving this. first jerry jeff walker i've heard)

only have his first solo which i really like, should pick up his later ones i always see around (they go for cheap too which is a bonus)

auckland, no lime tangier?

the other end, but god bless real groovy for their free shipping.

oh hmm, that real groovy has a 2nd section online is news to me!

record fair haul

arthur prysock -arthur prysock does it again
nazareth – hair of the dog
wings – goodnight tonight 12"
gabor szabo- more sorcery
chico hamilton - el chico
donald fagen- the nightfly
jj cale - really
zz top - tres hombres
inner city - big fun 12"
saint tropez - hot and nasty
afrique - soul makossa
john fahey - vol 3 the dance of death & other plantation favorites
michael franks - the art of tea
jimmy 'bo' horne- dance across the floor
martin circus - disco circus
jean-luc ponty- cosmic messenger
hamilton bohannon - bohannon
hamilton bohannon - on my way
funk inc. - hangin' out

i went to the record fair yesterday as well! and got a jj cale record (which im loving)

jj cale - naturally
beach boys - love you
gene clark - no other
fairport convention - what we did on our holidays
dillard & clark - the fantastic expedition of...
leo kottke - six and twelve string guitar
brian eno - before & after science
brian eno & david byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts
monkees - pisces aquarius capricorn & jones
caetano veloso - cores nomes
pearls before swine - these things too
pentangle - cruel sister
joan baez - vol 2
john cale - fear
led zep - presence
leonard cohen - songs of love & hate

nice haul!

what did you pay for the gene clark?

$25 australian... which i think is ok?

i payed $25 nz for my copy, not a bad price & some of my favourite albums in there! that pbs is pretty underrated.

mostly been buying jazz:

alice coltrane - transfiguration
mal waldron with the steve lacy quintet - s/t 1972
steve lacy - reflections (steve lacy plays thelonious monk)
max roach featuring anthony braxton - birth and rebirth
masters of turkish music (excellent rounder comp of pre-war 78s)

& a bit more jazz:

alice coltrane - universal consciousness
anthony braxton - creative orchestra music 1976
steve lacy - raps
harry beckett - joy unlimited
mclaughlin/surman/holland/berger/martin - where fortune smiles

4/ $1

12"
Fatback - Lover Undercover
Fatback - You've Got That Magic
Yvonne Gage - Doin' It In A Haunted House
Sergio Mendes - Nonstop
Sparks - Progress | Sparks in the Dark / With All My Might
MC Eiht Featuring CMW - Thuggin It Up
Juvenile - Ha
Miz - Fun with Fat Girls / Fat Girls
Carter Burwell - Scream Of Love
Griffin - Move (Jellybean Remix) [DOOOOPE Dayglo Label sleeve on this one]
Icee Hott - Hollar At Me
Cameo - Hangin' Downtown

LP
Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra with the Rugolettes - Rugolomania
June of 44 - Four Great Points

belated rsd order from topic records:

shirley collins - english songs 7"
anne briggs - s/t (replacement for the truly abysmal 4mwb pressing)

when I snapped out of the trance I found myself at an estate sale with five minutes left before the register closed so I bought some 45s with like price stickers from harmony hut and whatnot on the sleeves

B.C. Generation - Street Talk
Mark Lindsay - Arizona / Man From Houston
Art Garfunkel - All I Know / Mary Was An Only Child
Cheech & Chong - Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces / Don't Bug Me
The Ides Of March - Vehicle / Lead Me Home, Gently
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin / Everybody Is A Star
Climax - Precious And Few / Park Preserve
Spirit - 1984 / Sweet Stella Baby
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S.W.A.T. / I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)

parallel 37 (nz jazz)
kenny wheeler - gnu high
chick corea/david holland/barry altschul - a.r.c.
jubilee to gospel: a selection of commercially recorded black religious music 1921-1953

Frances Faye - You Gotta Go! Go! Go!
The Minstrel Men - S/T [Jack Benny, Milton Berle, George Burns, Phil Silvers, and Benny Fields]
Francis Lai - A Man And A Woman (The English Language Version)
Hit The Deck OST
The Little Prince OST
The Zulu & The Zayda (Orig. B'way Cast)
Ben Bagley's Harold Arlen and Vernon Duke Revisited Vol. II
Kurt Weill - Johnny Johnson (Samuel Matlowsky, cond.)
Henson Cargill - On the Road
John Addison - the Charge Of The Light Brigade OST
An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Big River (Orig. B'way Cast)
Larry Adler - The Golden Age Of Larry Adler

forgot i got with that lot up there: ornette coleman trio's at the golden circle stockholm vol. 1

& today...

bonzo dog band - tadpoles
colosseum - valentyne suite
king crimson - larks tongues in aspic
can - peel sessions