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short story: about a year and a half ago, I had a whole bunch of CDs stolen. My insurance company agreed to replace them--not at any set monetary value, but 200 catalogue numbers. this means I can get box sets and such, I guess.

My tastes are pretty wide, but are mostly as follows: hip-hop/dancehall, country/gospel, 80s/early to mid-90s hardcore, jazz (mostly of the improv/free persuasion), orchestral-y 60s pop (this is not something I have investigated much, but I'm becoming increasingly fond of the beach boys, Phil Spector productions, Nancy Sinatra...), noise (more noise rock ala Dead C than all-out abrasive noise noise, but also granular laptop-y noise like Rosy Parlane and his ilk), modern classical, minimal techno, pre-96 drum and bass, etc. etc. (pretty typical ILx-ish stuff, I guess.)

I am predisposed to buying vinyl, and the insurance company have said that's okay but I'm also open to buying CDs if neccessary.

I have been putting this off for a long time, because it is such a mammoth task (and a fantasic opportunity that I don't want to fuck up) but the distributor assigned to get the records finally emailed me today and said I have about a week to give them a list, otherwise they are closing the file.

SO, ILM, help me!

― OCP (OCP), Monday, 31 May 2004 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

ghost - hypnotic underworld
can - tago mago, ege bamyasi, future days
sunburned hand of the man - rare wood
prurient - troubled sleep
wolf eyes - slicer
necronomitron - s/t
everything by Palace/Bonnie Prince Billy/Will Oldham
the fall - hex enduction hour, this nation's saving grace, the wonderful & frightening world of...
devendra banhard - rejoicing in the hands
heroin - discography
mohinder - everything
hoover - the lurid traversal of rte. 7
olneyville sound system - effots in freedumb
royal trux - twin infinitives
sightings - absolutes
acid mothers temple - la novia, in c, electric heavyland

more to come.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil Spector productions, Nancy Sinatra..

You might like the pretty new Denise James album, It's Not Enough To Love on Rainbow Quartz. It gets a little samey towards the end, but if you really like that shimmery reverb-heavy guitar with smooth, sweet female vocals, then that's probably not the worst thing.

― Huck, Monday, 31 May 2004 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

immaculate:grotesque - circles
the dead c - trapdoor fucking exit, harsh seventies reality, the whitehouse, tusk (if you don't have 'em already)
charalambides - joy shapes
ash ra tempel - s/t, schwingungen
codeine - frigid stars
bardo pond - dilate, lapsed, on the ellipse
van dyke parks - song cycle

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil Spector -- Back to Mono (box set)
Basic Channel -- (compilation)
Vainqueur -- Elevations
Fennesz -- Field Recordings 1995-2002, Endless Summer

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

the dead c - trapdoor fucking exit, harsh seventies reality, the whitehouse, tusk (if you don't have 'em already)

all out of print!!

(p.s. thanks guys!)

― OCP (OCP), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

are they really?!?! shit.

i know eclipse-records.com still has copies of whitehouse & tusk in stock, if yr interseted in actually paying for 'em.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

boredoms - vision creation newsun, super ae
black dice - beaches and canyons
lightning bolt - ride the skies, wonderful rainbow
unwound - leaves turn inside you
art ensemble of chicago -fanfare for the warriors, bap-tizm
pengo - a nervous splendor

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

the whitehouse is currently in print (at least, in new zealand) - i got a copy about 4 months ago..

― chris andrews (fraew), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

dalek - from filthy tongue of gods & griots
mainliner - mellow out
paul flaherty, chris corsano, greg kelley - sanyassi
hair police - obedience cuts

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 31 May 2004 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)

pre-96 drum and bass

4 Hero - Mr. Kirk's Nightmare (SM:)E SM-9029-0)
Adam F - Circles (Section 5 SECTION 11)
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Moving Shadow SHADOW 041)
Dillinja - The Angels Fell (Metalheadz METH 006)
Doc Scott - Drumz 95 / Blue Skies (Metalheadz METH 015)
Fortran - Cutslo / Alien Girl (Prototype Recordings PRO 14)
Fortran - The End Part 2 (31 Records 31R006)
Goldie - Inner City Life / Jah (FFRR FX 251)
J Majik - Your Sound (Metalheadz METH 007)
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares Vol 3 (Moving Shadow SHADOW 036)
Optical - Cut Throat Flow (Bear Necessities MA17)
Photek - Hidden Camera EP (Science QEDT 1)
Photek - The Water Margin (Photek Recordings PTK04)

all crucial! even the ones from '97!

― harshaw (jube), Monday, 31 May 2004 05:24 (twenty-two years ago)

the whitehouse is currently in print (at least, in new zealand) - i got a copy about 4 months ago..

My impression is that copies of some of the Stiltbreeze records show up from time to time but certainly the band isn't getting paid for them. Sort of 'grey market', discovered-a-box-in-the-warehouse stock, I think...

all crucial! even the ones from '97!

What a great list! These are still available?

― OCP (OCP), Monday, 31 May 2004 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

boxsets: James Brown, Specter Records (which has the defining Dionne Warwick versions of, for example, Walk On By and has lots of great Chuck Jackson songs. I love it as much as Back To Mono), Nuggets boxset, The Jam Boxset.

This Kind of Punishment - Beard Of Bees
Herbert - Bodily Functions
X- Wild Gift/Los Angeles
Lady Saw best of
Luomo - Present Lover
...

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 31 May 2004 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Frank Sinatra complete Capitol series box set
Back to Mono- phil spector
Pet Sounds sessions- beach boys

― officer pupp, Monday, 31 May 2004 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

What a great list! These are still available?
Not in shops around me, unfortunately. A few have been repressed, check redeye records or juno.co.uk maybe.

mas goodness:
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Sessions
Miles Davis - Live-Evil
Merzbow - Merzbox
Various - Goodbye, Babylon

― harshaw (jube), Monday, 31 May 2004 07:14 (twenty-two years ago)

American Pop: An Audio History

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 31 May 2004 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa, you like IMPROV jazz? (couldn't resist ... i'll just assume you meant free-improv)

sonny sharrock - ask the ages
ornette coleman - the art of the improviser
eric dolphy - out to lunch
andrew hill - point of departure
david holland - conference of the birds

― jake in portland (cerybut), Monday, 31 May 2004 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

can - tago mago, ege bamyasi
the fall - hex enduction hour, this nation's saving grace
hoover - the lurid traversal of rte. 7
sightings - absolutes
acid mothers temple - la novia, in c
van dyke parks - song cycle
black dice - beaches and canyons
lightning bolt - ride the skies, wonderful rainbow
unwound - leaves turn inside you
boxsets: James Brown, nuggets
X- Wild Gift/Los Angeles
Luomo - Present Lover
American Pop: An Audio History

I have all of these pasted above, and I'm selling all of them! Check my unloading cd collection thread for more info...

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 31 May 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa, you like IMPROV jazz? (couldn't resist ... i'll just assume you meant free-improv)

What are you getting at, Jake?

― OCP (OCP), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm guessing (could be wrong) that he means saying improv jazz is like saying jangly indie (i.e. redundant?)

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I have all of these pasted above, and I'm selling all of them! Check my unloading cd collection thread for more info...

yeah, I'll get the insurance company to bid for them on eBay....

p.s. thanks for the suggestions everyone. Please keep them coming!

― OCP (OCP), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:33 (twenty-two years ago)

dinosaur jr. - green mind
no neck blues band - parallel easters
the beat happening boxed set
landed - everything's happening
moss icon - lyburnum
that new pelican record, the name of which i forget...
men's recovery project- bolides over basra
the birthday party - junkyard, prayers on fire, mutiny/the bad seed

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

James Brown's "Star Time" is essential and impeccable.
"Goodbye, Babylon" is a completely amazing gospel box.
And I'll bet that John Coltrane's "Complete Village Vanguard Sessions" box will make you really happy too.

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Fennesz -- Venice

Modern classical:
Olivier Messiaen -- Quartet for the End of Time
(Should I hawk my own recording here? Nah.)

― JC-L (JC-L), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs/Here Comes the Indian
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2
Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown/East of the River Nile
Bad Brains - S/T / I Against I
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane EP's box
Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City/Third-Sister Lovers
Boards of Canada - Music Has a Right to Children
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun/Super AE
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain, Another Green World, Music for Airports
Burning Spear - Chant Down Babylon box
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Can - Tago Mago/Ege Bamyasi/Future Days/Monster Movie
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Cocteau Twins - Treasue/Head Over Heels
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Daft Punk - Discovery
David Bowie - Low/Heroes
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels/Too-Rye-Aye
Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour/Live at the Witch Trials/Middle Class Revolt
Fred Neil - The Many Sides of Fred Neil
Gary Numan - Pleasure Principle
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
GZA - Liquid Swords
Harry Mudie - Dub Conference 1-3
James Brown - Star Time box
King Tubby - Dub Gone Crazy/Dub Gone 2 Crazy/If Deejay Was Your Trade
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Kraftwerk - Autobahn/The Man-Machine/Trans-Europe Express
Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
Lee Perry - Arkology box/Scratch Attack!/Super Ape
Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives and Seven's box
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Meat Puppets - II
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Misfits - Static Age
Mission of Burma - Vs./ONoffON/Mission of Burma
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mountain Goats - Tallahassee/Sweden/The Coroner's Gambit/All Hail West Texas
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless/Isn't Anything/Extacy & Wine/Tremolo, Glider EP's
Nas - Illmatic
Neu! - Neu!/Neu!75
New Order - Substance
Nuggets box
OOIOO - Gold & Green
Pet Shop Boys - Discography/Very
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach/Music in 12 Parts
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace...
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Robert Johnson - Complete Recordings
RZA - The RZA Hits
Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip
Skip James - Complete Early Recordings
Sonic Youth - Sister/Dirty/Daydream Nation
Sparks - Profile: The Ultimate Collection
T. Rex - Electric Warrior/The Slider
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
The Velvet Underground box
The Wedding Present - George Best
The Who - Sings My Generation, Who's Next
Wire - Pink Flag/Chairs Missing/154
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
XTC - Skylarking, Black Sea
Yabby You - Jesus Dread (1972-1977) box
Yes - Fragile/Close to the Edge
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (30 Years of Beach Boys) box

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

you can't go far wrong with stephen's suggestions there

― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

but add a Carpenters best of, e.g. Gold

― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

LTJ Bukem - Horizons (Good Looking / Looking Good)

can't believe i forgot this...

― harshaw (jube), Sunday, 20 June 2004 07:08 (twenty-one years ago)

no, don't buy that!

― gaz (gaz), Sunday, 20 June 2004 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm curious why the original poster just didn't want to replace the CDs that were stolen?

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 20 June 2004 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, I'm not really into Bukem.

I'm curious why the original poster just didn't want to replace the CDs that were stolen?

er, because I suppose my interests have changed and I had an opportunity to get a whole lot of new stuff. Seems pretty obvious.

ended up giving them the list last week, got some great stuff.
a small selection of things that spring to mind:

* the American Anthology of Folk Music box set
* a Nonesuch Explorer CD of African witchcraft/ceremonial chants
* the Carter Family box-set
* Japan only (at this stage, I guess??) release of the soundtrack to Vincent Gallo's last film (w/ exclusive John Frusciante songs, as a present for my friend Chris who is a Frusciante obssesive)
* all of the in-print David Axelrod LPs
* a couple of Lee Hazelwood re-issues on Smells Like
* Beach Boys (Smiley Smile, Sunflower, Wild Honey, Holland, 20/20 and Friends)
* a couple of Boris LPs
* Comus, "First Utterance"
* both Kill Bill soundtrack LPs
* Tarkovsky soundtrack CDs for The Stalker and Solaris
* all of the available re-issue Goblin soundtracks
* Gram Parsons/Byrds re-issue vinyl
* Langely Schools LP

etc. etc.

― OCP (OCP), Sunday, 20 June 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

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