The Town Dump. Cheaper Than Downloading!

No internet connection required! No time waiting for endless downloads! No carpal tunnel syndrome! Just a short ride to the town dump and the handy and free dump store and pretty soon you are the envy of all your file-sharing pals! at least, if you live where i live. i don't know where the hell you are or what your situation is. and frankly, i'm not sure i want to know. anyway, here is what i picked up at the dump store today for free and on vinyl and all in great shape. some even in better than great shape. some even better than that!

minnie riperton - adventures in paradise (lovely, in case you have never heard it.)

angela bofill - angel of the night (reminds me of my dad. and 1979 in general. "I Try" almost made me cry tonight.)

motivation - motivation (hot disco-funk from 1983 on De-Lite)

the lords of the new church - killer lords (all the lords any sane person would ever need. and proof that everyone except the band themselves made them sound pretty shitty. okay, maybe todd rundgren made them sound okay, but steve van zandt made them sound like shit. RFI: do i need the post-dead boys pre-lords album that stiv made? thanks for your time. do i need any proletariat albums? do i need the second union carbide productions album? sorry. that's it.)

horald griffiths - good ol' boy (he was so stoned he couldn't spell harold! this is cornpone folk on atlantic circa 1972 with two really good dreamy folkpsych numbers that make it worth owning. he also has a song called "love buzz".)

johnny cougar - the lonesome jubilee (it's no scarecrow, but "paper in fire" always sounds good.)

ritchie francis - song bird (VERY heavily orchestrated hippie-pop. lotsa brass and strings and piano and epic 7 minute songs about hippie feelings. great production and tricky arrangements. almost prog-pop. 1971 on paramount. post gulf&western shakedown. dot records was never the same after that, you know.)

jesse colin young - the soul of a city boy (mid-60's debut. sounds fab. i was never really a fan either group or solo, but this is nice quiet strumming/humming stuff.)

elmer bernstein - return of the seven (i heart warren oates. larry cohen wrote the screenplay, you know. i heart larry cohen. i know you are all phonebooth haters. i don't care. the man is a genius.)

george feyer - echoes of paris, vienna & italy (george shocked the classical world when he went pop and started to play his swanky piano in all the right monte carlo hot-spots. 60-song boxed set with my bubbly name on it.)

stuff - more stuff (they thank chevy chase on the back. van mcCoy produced it. it's smooth and funky. there you have it.)

stuff - stuff it! (and oh yeah. it's cornell dupree's band. and steve cropper produced this one. there you have it again.)

pentangle - cruel sister (yummy stuff if you like this kinda stuff. i like this kinda stuff. it's like a brand new friggin' copy. at the dump!)

loretta lynn & conway twitty - lead me on (even if you never listen to this album you could just frame the cover and put it on your mantle. but you should really play it too.)

mimi & richard farina - celebrations for a grey day (um, i own 2 double-album best-ofs with this album on it and i own this album already, which would make this the 4th copy in one form or another that i own. which is silly really. but this is mono. maybe i don't have a mono copy!)

weather report - weather report (i've never heard this record! not even once. i don't think. i will listen.)

victor feldman - your smile (i've never heard this either. it's from 1974 on choice records. with tom scott. i'm kinda hoping it has some phat breakbeats on it. not that i have any practical use for any phat breakbeats, but i enjoy them as much as the next guy.)