Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

Found in a 99-cent bin, circa today:
- Elmore James, I NEED YOU (on the Sphere Sound label, a Bell reissue subsidiary which is considered MAD collectible)
- Consolers, SONGS OF INSPIRATION (raw gospel duo who had a million-and-one releases on Nashboro)

set-list for my first radio show:

string driven thing - heartfeeder

booker t. & priscilla - maggie's farm

lionel hampton - stop! i don't need no sympathy

west - down along the cove

emitt rhodes - really wanted you

gary farr - wailing wall

howard werth & the moonbeams - got to unwind/the embezzler

rick nelson & the stone canyon band - let it bring you along

dirty angels - you got me runnin'

gangsters of love - never is too soon

the savage rose - listen to this tune from mexico

rotary connection - love has fallen on me

danny schloss - in a dream

bull - feelin' pretty good

terence - fool amid the traffic

savage grace - mother's son

brotherhood - doin' the right thing(the way)

charley d & milo - om sweet om

jim & jean - strangers in a strange land

john & beverly martyn - new day

karen alexander - you're my sailor

hues corporation - all goin' down together

mickey newbury - how many times must the piper be paid for his song

shawn phillips - l ballade

arthur - blue museum

john villemonte - i am the moonlight

"let it bring you along" is such a jam. awesome.

bought yesterday @ junk: Songs of the Muskogee Creek. (on Indian House.) It's mostly vocal with some rattle shakin'. Very lulling sort-of polyphonic vocals.

listening:
frederic rzewski - coming together
jon gibson - visitations
marconi notaro - no sub rein dos metazoarios (time lag really does a nice job with their reissues. Usually affordable (that Patron Saints one though, woo, that was like $32 or something.) and they're LEGIT and usually have cool liner notes/inserts.)

2008 has been good so far

Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Which loveless did you get? Should I go after the original issue or one of the reissues? I heard somewhere that the mastering is all gone wrong on the original.

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Groundhogs - Who Will Save the World?
Run DMC - Run's House/Beats to the Rhyme
Various - Wattstax, Vol. 2
Kris Kristofferson - The Silver-Tongued Devil & I
Harlan T Bobo - I'm Your Man

the nick drake fruit tree vinyl reissue is really nice.

Just got this absolute gem for $1.98 at the local used book/record store: http://www.discogs.com/release/76716

Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian
various - A Jazz Piano Anthology (Columbia 2LP)
Steve Hackett - Defector, Spectral Mornings
Debbie Harry - Kookoo
Garçons - Divorce
Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules

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Love this. Acid dulcimer/hand percussion/chanteuse from '78. Pre-Mediaeval Baebes.

Also rocking my world today is Dave Burrell (and a cast of thousands) "La Vie de Boheme"

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wtf @ that Nick Drake reissue not including the "Time Of No Reply" album ( which I think is out of print now on Ryko) and putting in a DVD instead.

i have the old fruit tree vinyl box. i actually bought five leaves and then bryter layter and THEN was so insane for the dude that i went back to the store (Tower Records in Philly on South Street, actually) and bought the box! i don't feel the need to upgrade. haven't listened to them in years, but that's only cuz i played those albums 492837463632738383838388383 times over a period of 2 or 3 years and kinda overdid it. i gave my brother my single copies. never should have done that. could have used them as analog back-up.

SWM interest include pink label islands and crisp corners, no seam splits.

also, the pictures i tried to post upthread clearly didn't work. the dulcimer psych record is "Waillee Waiilee" by Dorothy Carter.

wtf @ that Nick Drake reissue not including the "Time Of No Reply" album ( which I think is out of print now on Ryko) and putting in a DVD instead.

-- sleeve, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:37 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah that's the one bummer...the doc is cool, but i don't really think there's anyone who really knew nick drake well enough to really have any insight, and yeah, i've watched it once and probably won't watch it again, whereas the album i would listen to a lot.

electric fetus in mpls just added vinyl and they have GOOD prices (dudes must not ebay stuff as a side thing)...but yeah got some scores yesterday:

The Velvet Gentleman: Music of Eric Satie - The Camarate Contemporary Chamber Group

In San Francisco - The Cannonball Adderly Quintet

Inception - The McCoy Tyner Trio

Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Bros. Band

154 - Wire

good prices, the Eric Satie was only $2, and is awesome...essentially a small chamber group, strings, oboe, flute, and acoustic guitar, but they have a Moog as well...interesting because they don't use the Moog as their main gimmick, like Switched On, it's just another instrument in the mix, so right in the middle of a real pastoral section of flute and acoustic guitar w/string pads all of a sudden some odd electronic bleat comes charging through...

also the Allmans was only $4 and really good cond. polybagged and had the original insert....they have new vinyl cutouts and so the Wire is the 180G Four Men w/Beards reissue for only 9.99....

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in addition to murari, i also got
dave burrell - high won low too
and charlie & ira louvin on pickwick subsidiary Hilltop. a little beat, but free.

listening to the first two Happy & Artie Traum records on Capitol. Some of my favorite semi-obscure folk-/country-rock lps.

kate bush-kick inside (the hot japan-only cover)
that's euro beat 4
david sylvain-brilliant trees
2 pounds for all three, all very close to mint.

I love japan.

JD Emmanuel - Wizard's Incantation
Raven - Back to Ohio Blues
Neuronium - Supranatural
Die Kreuzen - Century Days

Found a good shop near my house that has tons of (very disorganized) vinyl. I need an afternoon to sift through it all. My first run through got me:

Stranglers-Live Xcert
Miles Davis-Miles in the Sky
XTC-Beeswax

I have a feeling this place is a real treasure trove.

WHITE NOISE: AN ELECTRIC STORM

Finally! This is the version with the white cover with lots of multicolored ears on it, not the lightning bolts cover.

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Got

Tim Hecker - Atlas (10")
Fennesz - Plays EP(10")
Lenka Clayton - Qaeda Quality Question Quickly Quickly Quiet (12")
Grouper - Tried (7")

Got a few bits second hand at the weekend, a nice birdsong LP and a better condition copy of The Muppet Show LP than my 32 year old one. Oh and the Midnight Express OST. Yeay!

The Cure - Japanese Whispers

six bucks, I'm happy even though I already have The Walk.

xpost fuck I wish I could find Grouper vinyl, was that mailorder?

I haven't heard Grouper (isn't their a Xiu Xiu connection? I think that's what put me off.) but it looks like fusetronsound.com has an LP and a 7". Tell your local store to get in touch with him for lots of wholesale distribution.

these are the records I brought home today:
white noise - an electric storm (US Island pressing with non-lightning bolt cover!)
tim buckley - greetings from LA (jaxon's recommendation, i think? loving it so far.)
cluster - sowiesoso
meat puppets - up on the son
richard thompson - (guitar, vocal) 2LP
philip glass - music with moving parts
louvin brothers - family who prays (VG?)

and a nothing people 45, and a urinals EP boot thingamabob.

i luv records.

what's the most affordable/safest way to ship approx 115 LPs to the UK from the US? Cost-effective is the word.

I'd guess insured surface mail.

I think Grouper had a split w/Xiu Xiu but they (she) are far more worthwhile. I have a 3" CD that I like a lot.

since my local store just had their Caroline rep cut by EMI I might as well tell 'em about Fusetron.

btw guys just bought that copy of Sam Rivers Crystals that Thus Sang Freud linked to upthread, and i'm in the running for a half-decent copy of pacific ocean blue, so i'm amped about that.

Fusetron is a very, very specialized distro when it comes to wholesale; he won't have nearly the catalog of a Caroline or an ADA or whomever, but it's all pretty top-notch, hard to find experimental/psych/synth/industrial/noise/etc.

ian that wmfu link convinced me, i'm buying that murari record too.

don't pay too much! It's no Virgin Insanity or anything.

I am listening to the Papa Nebo record. The only one, as far as I know?
Buy it sealed for $6! Well-done country rock with oddly sophisticated sounding fiddle!

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I got a line on two affordably-priced Pentagram singles from the 70s. Wish me luck. I want them so bad...

xpost - Grouper is from here in Portland. She's really great. It's easy to catch her sets in parks and coffee shops now and then.

We also have Tara Jane O'Neil and Inca Ore in residence.

Ok now I'm just bragging again.

That Raven album is fantastic, BTW. Also trying to obtain a copy of Tommy James's Tales of Trauma LP reissue (which is likely also to have been lovingly fucked with), although the CD contains extra tracks. Why'd ya do it, Tommy?

Just got the Fatal Microbes/Poison Girls split 12" on Small Wonder. I think the Fatal Microbes tracks are the same as the ones on the 7" which I've already got, but Small Wonder records is my one attempt at completism, so never mind.

"Piano Lessons", such a fantastic song!

Small Wonder is a great completist project.

Gnarly, surely you mean Tommy Jay and not Tommy James? Columbus Discount is also releasing some recent Rep recordings!

I'm not far off getting all the Small Wonder records now. Still need the Cure 7" though which won't be cheap. Although it's cheaper than the Carpettes' Small Wonder 7" which I did manage to get on Ebay (for more than I'd normally pay for a single, but my wife likes that one so we "went halves" on it)

Tommy Jay and not Tommy James

yah. doof!

Haven't bought much used vinyl lately, just new stuff (including Dec. 07):

Dead Raven Choir - Surely My Firstborn, etc. (sound of raking, yelling at leaves)
Parts & Labor - Mapmaker (I arrived late, but current 07 favorite)
Parts & Labor - Stay Afraid (cuz Mapmaker is so damn great)
The King Khan & BBQ Show - 1st LP reissue (why no game pieces?)
Deathspell Omega - Fas: Some, Latin, Bullshit (not as good as Kenose)
Slayer - The Blood Before the Reign (demos, near drumless, lotsa vox)
Zoroaster: Dog Magic (SHITTY cover art tho)
Zoroaster: 1st EP reissue (shitty scan of great CD art WTF)
Lollipop: 'Born Dead' 45 (all the porn I own is record covers)
Sic Alps: 'Strawberry Guillotine' 45 (best SA so far, least until...)
Sic Alps: 'Description of the Harbor' 12" (2nd best of 07?)
Liquorball: Hauls Ass (upsets everyone in the house, except me)
Times New Viking: Matador 45 (does not bode well for LP)

"(sound of raking, yelling at leaves)"

hahahahaha! you are my new best friend!

I got an order from Hells Headbangers yesterday, hot stuff

ooh, vinyl. cool. love that label.

got an e-mail yesterday with the subject: do you write about vinyl?

i said: hell yeah.

would love to get more new vinyl to review.

this is fun

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<I>Times New Viking: Matador 45 (does not bode well for LP)</I>

I think the new LP is totally, totally great. I'm not a HUGE fan of the "need more money cuz i need more drugs" cut, but there's no denying it's catchy as hell.

Today I traded a big stack of mediocre soul/funk/pop 45s for some store credit, and will probably end up taking home those bob trimble reissues or something.

I've not been buying many records cos I'm saving for my trip to LA next month but have got these:

cop shoot cop - any day now 12"
ashley von hurter & the haters - s/t 10"
see see rider - she sings alone 12"

From the 50p bin:
joan jett & the blackhearts - I love rock'n'roll 7"
split - carpet bombers for peace + conflict - salt in the wound 7"

And from the band last night (yeah whatever, I like them)
vivian girls - wild eyes 7"
vivian girls - tell the world 7"

What's the Bachs LP like, Scott? I'd been looking for discussion about it elsewhere around here, but no luck.

oh yes im interested in that bachs talk too

So it seems the pound has finally gone so far beyond shite that it's becoming nearly impossible to buy any US vinyl. I've bought two or three thing in the past few weeks, thinking 99 cents is cheap for an album, but then the shipping just kills any notion of a steal. And new stuff? Forget it! It's just so frustrating that so much stuff is typically only offered by US sellers.

Ho hum.

Recent UK finds...
Jowe Head - Pincer Movement
Rose Tattoo - Rock n Roll Outlaws
Wild Stares - All We Want 7"
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn/Beard of Stars double LP
Tyrannosaurus Rex - first two albums double LP
Vanilla Fudge - Near the Beginning

the bachs album is great. some people consider it one of the GREATEST garage rock albums of all time, but i don't know if i'd go that far. they are one of the few garage/party bands from that time to record an album of all original material and the songs are very cool. the cheapo production with the massive echo is pretty hypnotic, especially on their slow bummer tracks with the awesome jangly guitars. still, they were a band that definitely could have benefited from a big label studio budget. i can't help but wonder what the songs would have sounded like with added harmonies and rock studio touches.

when oh when will someone reissue those 1st 2 A-Frames singles, to say nothing of the LPs...

"Radiation Generation" is the best KBD-style blowout I have heard this decade.

Shub Niggurath iz also the bestest.

FUUUCK YOU I CAN BUY TONS OF OTHER COOL SHIT FOR $55

COLD SUN: Dark Shadows LP + 10" (RFR 030LP) $55.00
2nd pressing now available of the deluxe vinyl version. Packaged in a luxury
foldout cardboard cover, like Dragonwyck, Phantasia or Mystic Siva, and
contains an extra 10" bonus record and an extended booklet/insert with liner
notes by Jello Biafra plus rare photos and other surprises. 10"
tracklisting: A1. "Live Again"; B1. "Mind Aura."

cold sun is like the doors with more fuzz guitar.

but is it worth $55? somehow I have my doubts.

yeah man, i wouldn't pay that much for it. i'm sure you can find it on a blog somewhere to check out & see if it's your speed. not for meeeee.

Don't think Cold Sun is really all that Doorsy. It's quite a grower, and hard to peg. Think you'd like it, Ian. Fuck $55 for pretty much anything though.

this thread RIP