I've been listening to neverending pre-war piano blues. Lots of stuff on the RST & Document labels--those lovable black & white blues reissues. We got maybe fifteen, different tites in of old stock. Arhoolie used to distribute a lot of these (which were usually european in origin--Austrian, German) and has stock on some titles. We also got a bunch of stuff on the Folklyric label, which I've been really into. Early Hawaiian, Irish-American, Ukrainian-American, Cajun, Texas-Mexican, etc. And Cliff Carlisle vol. 2 on Old-Timey! One of the best blue yodelers, and a much finger guitarist than Jimmie Rodgers. But the piano blues stuff is almost painful. Because it's all "pretty good" to "great" and there's so much of it, that by the end of the third side I've just had enough, and am not enjoying it as much anymore.
My head hurts.
― ian, Friday, 14 November 2008 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"finger guitarist" should be "finger guitarist" fwiw. carlisle was often billed as "hawaiian" depending on where he was playing.
― ian, Friday, 14 November 2008 06:21 (fifteen years ago) link
9 of the 15 items I ordered online aren't in stock. Forced Exposure, why must you break my heart?
― Their time's limited, hard rocks, too (mehlt), Saturday, 15 November 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
People who are familiar with Forced Exposure, the records they didn't have in stock are all from 2007 or 2006 (there are pretty much just techno 12"s). Does this mean they're probably not going to get it in stock ever again? Does it make sense to start choosing out replacement items?
― Their time's limited, hard rocks, too (mehlt), Saturday, 15 November 2008 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
$1 finds:
shirley scott - hip soulroland kirk w/jack mcduff - kirk's workstanley turrentine - another storyjimmy smith - plays fats wallerjimmy smith - '75betty carter - the modern sounds of betty carterbrenda lee - let me singmicrodisney - crooked milethe brothers johnson - look out for number oneemitt rhodes - s/tcat stevens - teaser and the firecatcanned heat - boogie with canned heatcreedence clearwater revival - cosmo's factory
― omar little, Thursday, 20 November 2008 08:26 (fifteen years ago) link
last weekend (as best as i can remember):thomas jefferson slave apartments (tjsa) - negative guestlist 7" (two copies for friends)tjsa - punk rock secret 7"tjsa/fat day - split 7"sic alps/california lightening - four virgins split 7" (sic alps first vinyl appearance, might be worth dollaz?)the yips - 1000% fox 7"the screamin mee-mees - home movies 7" (great!)knaughty knights - s/t 7"the 3d's - hey seuss 7"urban legends 7"the dangerloves 7"new finally punk 7"a/v murder 7"double dagger 7"hank iv - 1st LPhank iv - new LP on siltbreezesic alps - us eznerve city 7"black uhuru - showcase (orig brit)bohannon stop-go (orig!)kraftwerk - ralf und florian (on vertigo)buffalo springfield - s/tthe strokes - room on fire YES SO GOOD I DONT CAREbelle and sebastian - push barman... michael nesmith - loose salutehowlin wolf - evil (nice copy)tim buckley - starsailor (original in EX condition, with some damage to sleeve-top = $1)dc snipers/tamp-offs split 7"1910 fruitgum company - indian giver
i think i got like eleven more 7"s too, but i cant remember what they all are...
― 69, Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
now wheres my new sub pop singles club 7"
Nice haul!
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks dogg!
― 69, Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
nice haul for both of you guys!that's a lot of good shit for a dollar, "omar little." was this at a flea market, or were the conditions off or what?
― ian, Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
p.s. boogie with canned heat = best canned heat record IMHO
― ian, Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
oh btw my boss totally got cold feet about his rec collection :( maybe next time...
― 69, Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yo ian, the conditions are all a little bit "off" visually but mostly it's some minor popping and ambient crackling which i think is dirt-related. the kirk/mcduff one looked dire but i cleaned it off a little bit and it sounds pretty dope now. once i use the proper solution i assume these will sound even better. the worst one now might be the canned heat one has a weird barely audible high pitched whistling sound on the beginning of the first tracks on each side, which is strange, but otherwise it's not bad.
― omar little, Thursday, 20 November 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
these were in the dollar bins at amoeba in hollywood, usually it's all streisand or at best some battered copies of stevie nicks records or something but someone had just put these out and they were right up front.
― omar little, Thursday, 20 November 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
just made a back-alley internet jazz record deal!
> mal waldron quintet - hard talk [enja 2050] - $20 [looks to be original, and in pretty minty shape]> lee morgan - the cooker [blue note - bst 81578] - $12> art pepper quintet - smack up [fantasy - ojc-176] - $10> dexter gordon - dexter calling [blue note - 84083] - $8
― any major some dude will tell you (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 20 November 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
today i traded in some crap for some more crap:
v/a - round the heart of old galax vol. 2 (featuring The Ward Family)v/a - round the heart of old galax vol. 3 (string bands from virginia)texas-mexican border music: lydia mendoza & the mendoza family volume 2 texas mexican border music: v/a - the string bandscharlie mccoy & walter vincson 1928-1936) (featuring some dope blues mandolin, one of my favorite things ever!)
― ian, Friday, 21 November 2008 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Just got these:Babyhead comp. LPhttp://207.228.243.82/ss/babyhead.jpgKarate Party "black helicopter"http://207.228.243.82/ss/kplp.jpgBabyhead is just sinking in after a couple of listens. Piranhas track destroys, I need to find more of this stuff. Guinea Worms stands out as well. I hadn't bought a comp.in years; its a nice sampler.
Karate Party is great, total blown-out distorted punk, it just has a special something that gets me excited,especially "ball game" and "pressure".Going by the sleeve they are defunct. Too bad.
― chad, Saturday, 22 November 2008 02:54 (fifteen years ago) link
these too, 3 Canadians dollars each at a creepy flea market in Saskatoon:http://991.com/newgallery/Jimi-Hendrix-The-Greatest-Orig-421885.jpghttp://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dri000/i098/i09857ra4ma.jpg
― chad, Saturday, 22 November 2008 02:59 (fifteen years ago) link
MORE trade-ins.
michael chapman - fully qualified survivor (jacket has some staining in the gateful, disc is EX+. orig UK of course)bach/gould - the art of fuguennck - afticalypsev/a - east coast blues 1926-1934 (yazoo, later pressing)the balfa brothers - play traditional cajun music
― ian, Sunday, 23 November 2008 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, and i got a messiaen record too. i don't remember the title. but it's a cycle of pieces for two pianos.
― ian, Sunday, 23 November 2008 02:14 (fifteen years ago) link
the first michel chapman LP also came in. I need to get that one too, probably with the next batch of LPs I bring in. My goal is to sell as many LPs as it takes for everything to fit on my shelves. In a perfect world, that means I will sell something before I buy it. For now I'm just happy when I come home with fewer records than I bring to trade in.
― ian, Sunday, 23 November 2008 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
texas mexican border music: v/a - the string bands
^^^^
― omar little, Monday, 24 November 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i got a good score on my b-day. a friend of mine works for a record company and secured a bunch of vinyl reissues for me:
goodbye yellow brick road - elton johngaucho - steely danalive - kisssecond helping - lynyrd skynyrdmusic of my mind - stevie wondersynchronicity - the policethe marshall mathers lp - eminemburnin' - the wailers
not all of them are my thing, but they're pretty dope nonetheless so i'll listen to all of them.
― omar little, Monday, 24 November 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
texas-mexican border music: lydia mendoza & the mendoza family volume 2
aaa she's pretty good. have you got any atahualpa yupanqui stuff (personally or in the store) ian?
― schlump, Monday, 24 November 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
went to visit my wife's sis and husband in lawrence kansas...found a nice little shop called Keif's downtown...had a pretty nice vinyl selection, but YOWSA ebay has really killed the whole "finding totally underpriced records in a smaller city thing"...had some nice stuff but it was way more than i could get it for in Mpls...thankfully Kansas hasn't gotten the message that Dio is totally hip so Rainbow Rising was in the low priced section...
but they had some great new vinyl sale priced clearance stuff....got a 180g Get Back pressing of Eric Dolphy/Herbie Hancock at the Gaslight 1962...a 2LP reggae comp on Earmark called "Am I Black Enough For You" all old skool reggae greats, for only $15...and a Harlan T Bobo record on Goner new for only 4.99!
― banana thug (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 24 November 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
'life is a problem' comphelium - 'no guitars' ep
― omar little, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Picked these up at a car show swap meet:
The Specials- s/t, More Specials, & In The Studio With Specials AKAGang of Four- Entertainment!, Another Day/Another Dollar, & YellowThe English Beat- Special Beat Service & What Is...Holly & The Italians- Holly Beth VincentDuran Duran- s/t & RioPeter Gabriel- II, III, & Security/IVAmanda Lear- Sweet RevengeXTC- Waxworks & BeeswaxEtta James- Back To The FiftiesAndy Summers & Robert Fripp- I Advance MaskedBugs Henderson Group- Still Flyin'The Golden Earrings- s/tHalfnelson- s/tSparks- #1 Song In HeavenThe Residents- Third Reich 'n Roll
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
everybody's talking about the good old days, eeeeeverybody's talking about the good old days
― schlump, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
picked up a couple 45s
Cause Co-Motion - Which Way Is Up?Tyvek - Sidewalk / Future JunkBubble Puppy - Hot Smoke and Sassafras / Lonely
― dmr, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope i get my turntable needle soon cause all my recent vinyl is sad and unplayed.
― wind and wtfering (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
v/a - siya hamba! 1950s south african country and small town sounds (original music LP)culture - two sevens clash
the culture record was priced at 4.99 AS IS, my buddy gave it to me for a buck, cause it was dirty. i cleaned it at home, and it sounds awesome. cross a $25 record off my perpetual ebay watchlist!
― 69, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
V/A - Die Neue Deutsche Welle is Da Da DaSortilege - Metamorphosis (cool instrumental called Night of Limbs)Sound Barrier - Speed of Light ('Black' Metal)Syar - Death Before DishonourRobert Hunter - Tiger RoseTFU282 - Mother of All SaintsGilberto Gil - NightingaleDelta 5 - Anticipation / You4000000 Telephones - French Girls
― Brad Overturf (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
v/a - the jug bands (RF Records)v/a - blue ladies vol. 1 1934-1937 (Document)
― ian, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
quincy jones - smackwater jackjohnny "guitar" watson - a real mother for yabuffalo springfield - last time aroundtom t. hall - places i've done time'cat people' soundtrack
― omar little, Thursday, 4 December 2008 08:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I scored an original Peter Grudzien "The Unicorn" LP. There's a small deformity on the edge but it does not extend into the grooves, and it plays great. Not cheap, but it's the best excuse I can think of to unload a bunch of rare, and rarely played, records.I am a happy camper.
― ian, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice one. I haven't bought anything in weeks and probably won't for awhile, either. :(
― Trip Maker, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
johnny "guitar" watson - a real mother for ya
are any of his lps good? i love things like that larry williams single he made, but everything else i've heard is just some insane bootsy-esque gold coloured insanity. they all have great titles too (see above).
― schlump, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah it's pretty nuts, there's a track on there called 'your love is my love' which sounds like some daft punk, funk, soul hybrid complete with vocoder.
― omar little, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
if you like that sort of thing, it's good
I haven't bought anything in weeks and probably won't for awhile, either. :(
I'm in Peru and barring some unlikely flea market score I won´t be buying anything until late March. Still keeping up on this thread, partly because of masochism I think.
― sleeve, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
dude, i hope you brought a portable turntable. spend all your free time in flea markets and shit looking for peruvian surf singles!
― ian, Friday, 5 December 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i think the new astral weeks reissue is out, gotta go get that.
btw....this is a long shot, but does anyone on here have a copy of "Mush" by Leatherface they would be willing to part with, sale or trade?
― you can't stop the shinin' (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 5 December 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
complete list of stuff i traded for:
peter grudzien - the unicorndixon brothers volume IIclaude casey - pine state honky tonkthe bailes brothers - early radio vol. IIv/a - blue ladies vol. 2 (1937-39)skillet lickers - old time tunes vol. Iskillet lickers - old time fiddle tunes & songs volume 2gene clark - white light (original)big bill broonzy - do that guitar rag 1928-1935 (yazoo)yo la tengo - president yo la tengo/new wave hot dogsparis 1942 LP (mo tucker + rick & alan bishop)dorothy carter - waillee waillee (private acid folk mind-melter. duclimer psych.)michael chapman - rainmaker
― ian, Saturday, 6 December 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
traded a bunch of crap for:
Ornette Coleman/Pat Methany etc - Song XTom Tom ClubSqueeze - SinglesHerbie Mann - The Stone FluteCharlie Parker - 2LP Fantasy Records comp
― M@tt He1ges0n, Sunday, 7 December 2008 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
first time to the record store since my daughter was born 10 weeks ago. picked up:
the chills - brave words lpthe residents - duck stab / buster & glen lppebbles vol. 2
― city worker, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
yesterday i got
jandek - twelfth apostlev/a - juju roots (30s-50s african guitar music.)
― ian, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Just placed an order at S-S for Los Llamarada "Take the Sky"A Fames "s/t" "2" and "Police 1000"Hue Blanc’s Joyless Ones "Arriere Garde"Der Teenage Panzerkorps "Games for Slaves"All the A Frames stuff is for my girlfriend for Christmas.The S/T and 2 are on cd. Scott S. said that A Frames vinyl is still in print and I could find it if I looked around but they are a hard band to google. Guess I'll check the distros.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
If the A Frames vinyls are available, I'd imagine that they're from the French pressings Born Bad did a year or so ago. Might help with the search criteria. Recent (last couple months, all new stuff):
Indian Jewelry -- Free GoldEddy Current Suppression Ring -- Primary ColorsMuslims -- debut LPSkull Defekts -- The Drone DrugOneida -- Each One Teach One (used & v. cheap!)Nachtmystium -- AssassinsLove Tan -- Misc. Night Feelings (awesome)Sex Vid -- Communal LivingOh Sees -- Peanut Butter Oven EPOh Sees/Intelligence -- Mt. St. Mtn. split EPHarvey Milk -- My Love Is Greater... 2LP reissueHarvey Milk -- Courtesy and Goodwill... 2LP reissueSkullflower -- Taste the Blood of the DeceiverHarlem -- Free Drugs ;-)George Coleman -- Bongo Joe
― Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Monday, 8 December 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i scored this seemingly unknown prestige folk album from 1964 by hamper macbee called "cumberland moonshiner", about which there is very little information available. $1! really excellent.
― omar little, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Oneida -- Each One Teach One (used & v. cheap!)Very nice. One of the best records of the last ten years. It makes so much more sense in the double lp format than the double cd. The band I used to play in is playing the Oneida fest that is happening this weekend at the Knitting Factory. Meanwhile, I'll be taking the GRE.Life is funny.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link