― Jason, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Bad records I've bought / been given recently:
I Am The World Trade Center: Out of the Loop (feeble St Etienne rip)
Helena: Azul She's married to Philippe Katerine, who is wonderful and produced this, but it's way too slick and normal.
The Ladybug Transistor / Elf Power / All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors I got given these and found nothing worth playing twice, alas.
Hausmeister: Unser These Cologne types got too laid back and lazy on this release.
Sunaga T Experience: Crouka This guy wants to be Yoshinori Sunahara very badly. Sunahara himself is sounding a bit creaky now anyway (that loungecore thing dated quickly), even if 'Take Off And Landing' was admirably ambitious in conception.
Squarepusher: Go Plastic I can't even listen to this now. I wanted it to take me somewhere fresh, but it led straight back to the heart of 1997.
Quite Good
Eel: Kung Fu Master A Japanese band doing a sort of rap Yukari Fresh thing.
Busy Signals: Pretend Hits Cleverly appealing, geek pop. New Orderish in the way they make fey synthy gestures and sing somewhat feeble silly lyrics, yet manage to charm.
Blond Redhead: Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons Doesn't sound quite as good as the Best of mp3 version I had earlier in the year. Singer a bit neurotic / narcissistic, methinks.
Joan of Arc: How Can Anything So Little Be Any More Rather fascinating. How can a rock band push so close to the cut and paste avant garde? How can they eschew sense and recognisable structure yet still communicate?
Essential
Scratch Pet Land: Solo Soli iiii I don't know about life changing, but this record will change my work. Work changing! Fresh and friendly. New pathways opened in my brain between Belgium, Cologne and Africa. Electroacoustic and ludic.
Nico: Desertshore Cale produces Nico in 1972. Takes me to another place. Oddly soothing and maternal, though the mother is Death. Die Mutter ist der Tod.
Dymaxion: x4+3=39.21 Trattoria's compilation of Dymaxion 7 inch releases, 95-98. They make lofi sampling sound more fun than anybody else. But they're also dry and erudite. Cartoon formalism.
Pre Fuse 73: Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives At first this disappointed me, but now I like it. Bits of rap radio cut up (the way MTV cuts up rap vocals to avoid obscenity) until the voices are mere texture.
Yximalloo: Various 'Worst Of' CDs A prophet crying in the wilderness. When he told me these CDs only sell about 100 copies I almost wept. They're full of simply wonderful invention and startling new combinations of texture and sound.
Nobukazu Takemura: Childisc Label Almost everything on Childisc is wonderful. I particularily like Asao Kikuchi and Nobuyasu Sekonda.
Ski-pp Records Compilation Fantastique! This is where I discovered Scratch Pet Land. DAT Politics are also excellent. Cuts, clicks, laptop experimentation.
Tomomi Adachi He processes the sound of springs, vibrating chopsticks, his body and his voice through a laptop using his own software, Max MR. Great! An extraordinary din! I want to start all over again and be this kind of artist.
Has anyone heard Simian? These sound files (from Other Music) sound intriguing (open with RealAudio):
http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/simian1.rm http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/simian2.rm
― Momus, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
That as a recent purchase, also: the new Chameleons (lovely stuff, they haven't lost it but they haven't specifically repeated themselves either), the most recent slew of stuff on Burning Shed, including a great collection of unreleased No-Man songs and Peter Chilvers' He Wrote This. The new Cranes will be arriving shortly as well, and what I've heard of it = sublime. Great to see them still around and doing what they love. New Marc Almond is grand too, but a grower.
No poorchoices recently, to my knowledge. I generally know what to avoid. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Thanks for those recommendations, actually -- now tell me, Momus, you should know -- given the horrific prices in America for Japanese CDs, what is the best possible outlet to find such things at reasonable cost, either online or in the flesh? I say this because I do want to maybe sneak in a little record shopping around NYC before the wedding I'm there for.
Last good purchase I made: Pink Floyd's "Relics" in the third format I've bought it in. Anything for "Bike."
Last poor choice: NOT having bought "The Ethel Merman Disco Album" in the last century.
― X. Y. Zedd, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
probably the only records i have purchased this year that i didn't like.
― keith, Thursday, 19 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Josh, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Paul Strange, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― kevan, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mike Hanle y, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Also: Prefuse 73! Four Tet!! And the 400% Dynamite compilation, Beta Band, SFA.
And, in the finally category: best of Shangri-Las, Dexys' "Searching for the Young Soul Rebels."
worst recent purchases: Thankfully none, although the most recent Mull Historical Society single is sort of underwhelming.
― scott p., Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I also bought a the Boss's Tunnel of Love (a fiver) and Scott Joplin on CD for a mere £1.99. I'm pretty excited about these too.
Blimey, and I thought pop records could never excite me again. Maybe I'd better not play them, just in case.
― the pinefox, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And a propos nothing: I am going to see DJ Assault tonight :) Hope he plays "Ass 'n Titties" or i'll complain to the manager.
― Omar, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Bad: a three-sided Joe Jackson mid-80s album that shows Joe messing around in the vicinity of world music while still pathetically sounding like a spunky young white kid circa 1979. I have no excuse for this one, except the gimmick of 3 sides.
Bad: a Jimmy Ruffin greatest hits, despite the presence of "I'll Say Forever My Love' (a song that Dexys fans will doubtless recognise). Jimmy may have been a brother of a Temptation, but he sure got the middling to mediocre Motown stuff during the 60s.
Bad: a Captain Sensible double. I don't know what possessed me, and I don't have the strength of will to withdraw it from its sleeve.
Good: Dr Feelgood - Stupidity. Although I wouldn't advies paying more than £2 for this, this live album rocks very hard indeed. lean, mean and with an extra added dosage of Wilko Johnson.
Great: Various - Soul Archive. It's got a beautiful cover, and three Betty Everett songs on. Tip for anyone seeking out 60s soul: if you go for any compilation with Ms Everett on, you ain't going to be too disappointed. This one also has the Impressions' sublime 'Say That You Love Me' on, and some far obscurer stuff - the Willows, anyone? - so I was in soul heaven.
The remainder was bought on CD in HMV...
Middling: Specials - Stereo-Typical. Now don't get me wrong. I'd been looking for this 3CD compilation for some time now, and the price was reduced to 18 quid, but frankly it's unneccessary. The first two albums are what you need, and the singles, and if you have those - even just the first album at a pinch - then you certainly don't need this (there was a reason why 12-inch extended versions were put on the B-side). If you're really looking to bolster your Specials collection, then buy the BBC Sessions instead. I did. And I'm happy.
Killer: Judy Garland, live at Carnegie Hall. Oh yes. Talk about your drama...
Killer: the Undertones singles box set, marked down to 11 quid for a reason that totally escapes me. Obviously I already have them all - er, three times, including all the original picture sleeves - already, but this set is so sweet! I love CDs that just come in a cardboard slip case: begone you nasty jewelled thing.
Likewise killer are the Magazine and Subway Sect compilations I also picked up for a song. The Magazine one is called "Maybe it's right to be nervous now' and is super-fine, especially their version of Boredom. Take it from one who distrusted them back in the day for being art school ponces.
Middling: Neu 2. Good album, overpriced. (But don't buy the third one, eh?)
― Jerry, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Now if only I could play some of those damn rags on my piano.
Ace stuff Manitoba "Stop Breaking My Heart". amazing love it. Cannibal Ox "The Cold Vien" Innovative hip hop which is very melodic. I haven't bought it yet but I will as soon as I can get hold of a copy -------Four Tet. I've only got MP3's of his stuff but I want to give the man money anyway.
― tom, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dr. C, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Neu! 2 is mischievous. That's why I like it. You can't imagine Spiritualised (say) being so naughty.
Today I bought a CD by Chavela Vargas, LE CANTA A MEXICO, which I'm listening to right now. It's live, which wasn't mentioned anywhere on the super-ugly packaging. But I love her voice.
I also illegaly copied onto a CD a bunch of stuff by Jimme Dale Gilmore for my wife. I can't stand him.
― Mr. Mark Lerner, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'll go put it on again - wasn't expecting to find such an ardent supporter.
I really do need to get this someday. Soon, soon.
Re: Neu! -- I'm a fan of all three albums and find the varying moods and experiments on each subtly captivating. I still remember when I first heard them back in 1994 or so and realized, "Ah, *that's* what Stereolab was doing!"
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― X. Y. Zedd, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
PS Jerry: I used to be able to play those rags, 15 years ago. But I certainly can't play them now.
Whatever. I certainly won't be playing sides 1 or 3 again, and fortunately there isn't a side 4. But thanks for turning me onto 'Together'. I'll shove it on a compilation tape shortly.
Piano Magic - Low Birth Weight... will possibly become my most listened to album this year.
V/A - Body & Soul 3... b/c the second one was excellent and this has Aztec Mystic's "Jaguar" on it, which = classic. Still haven't listened to it properly, though.
Aaliyah - Aaliyah... my ardour has cooled slightly (there are definitely a few slightly weaker tracks) but otherwise this is hella good and nicely consistent for an R&B album.
Throwing Muses - University... inspired by the recent discussions here. And lo, it is charming.
The only bad stuff has been review freebies that I feel petty complaining about, but nonetheless: Musiq Soulchild and Real Ibiza 4 are not worthy of your time and money.
― Tim, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Damian, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
About Joe Jackson - OK, OK, I admit defeat, or disagreement. But I am surprised, esp. by that 'showtune' claim. I like showtunes too, but I've never thought of this record this way. (It was recorded live, wasn't it? He's one for the gimmicks.)
Look at the tracklist. 'Wild West' is rock-pop; 'Home Town' is a sort of jangle; 'Right & Wrong' is kind of funk-pop. 'Big World' is (as you said earlier) a kind of World pastiche.
'Shanghai Sky' fits your Show bill - but I really like it! He sings a great melody in a bad falsetto, as I recall. 'Forty Years' - hm - that's a big ballad too. 'Survival', that kind of concept-title sounds ominous from Jackson (cf. 'Discipline' on the Blaze of Glory LP, 1989). Side 3 is the worst, in fact.
Oh, well. The 3-side gimmick is notable, if nothing else.
Started on Berlin: Alma Cogan sings 'Cheek To Cheek'. Best version of 'Cheek To Cheek', anyone? Frank?
― the pinefox, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
1) new unwound. sheer sickness 2) MoM Idiology fantastic as well 3) squarepusher - bleh. was expecting much more from the single i heard. 4) summer hymns - booyah. great summer cd 5) the shins - booyah. great summer cd.
― brock kappers, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
To partially answer the question: I probably shouldn't have bought that Redman LP.
― Robin Carmody, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tim, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― JC, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
Today's haul from Amoeba Hollywood:
LPs:Grateful Dead — Two From the VaultWeldon Irvine — Cosmic Vortex
CDs:Miles Davis — Bootleg Series 3 & 4 (Fillmore and Newport sets)Lou Reed — BerlinBrian Wilson — SMiLEGlenn Mercer — Incidental Hum
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 00:22 (eight years ago) link
my bloody valentine - isn't anything reissue
― brimstead, Saturday, 7 November 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
Ooooohhh, I picked that up on my previous trip to Amoeba on Haight this summer.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
Today's haul, again from Amoeba in Hollywood:
LPs:Stereolab — Not MusicAbdullah Ibrahim — The Children of AfricaEarth, Wind & Fire — Open Our Eyes
CDs:Fiona Apple — Tidal My Bloody Valentine — Ecstasy and WineKode9 — NothingO.Rang — Fields and WavesSteve Tibbetts — A Man About A HorseBeck — LoserSiouxsie and the Banshees — Through the Looking GlassSiouxsie and the Banshees — A Kiss in the DreamhouseSiouxsie and the Banshees — KaleidoscopeSiouxsie and the Banshees — Join Hands
Yep.
― Austin, Friday, 11 December 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
Kind of weird that purchases/poorchoices isn't a pun with greater cultural currency, tbh... It's like the exact kind of corny required of a widespread evergreen dadjoek
― help computer (sleepingbag), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:22 (eight years ago) link
Loser EP is kewl
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
spock's original post:Les Fleur De Lys -- "Retrospective"-- worth every penny. Amazon sells it cheap.
Liar is a particular gem, but there are too many personnel/style changes to get a handle on their thing
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 23 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Another trip to Hollywood this morning. . .
CDS:Eyeless in Gaza — Original Album Collection (Photographs As Memories / Caught in Flux / The Eyes of Beautiful Losers EP / Drumming the Beating Heart / Pale Hands I Loved So Well / Recollections + Rarities)Eyeless in Gaza — Rust Red SeptemberThe Names — SwimmingSad Lovers + Giants — Epic Garden MusicSad Lovers + Giants — Feeding the FlameMagazine — The Correct Use of SoapThe Rain Parade — Emergency Third Rail Power Trip / Explosions in the Glass Palace EP
LPs:Julia Holter — In the Same RoomThe Jesus + Mary Chain — Damage + JoySpoon — Hot Thoughts
Yes.
― Austin, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
hit up an online sale for my birthday week:
porter ricks - shadow boat epangelo badalamenti - twin peaks: fire walk with mesecond woman - s/w orphx - archive 93-94
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 00:25 (seven years ago) link
last weeks cd charity shop excess :
chapterhouse - whirlpool. (original cd as opposed to the reissue as there apparently dreadful sound quality issues with the cherry red reissue.)dj food - kaleidoscope. (been wanting this for years, but all cd copies in charity shops are in dreadful condition (bloody digi-packs!), but this one was perfect.)evil nine - y4kcrystal castles - amnesty. (i really like this. possibly more than the original line up albums.)
digital - excellent groupees/synthwave bundle that includes, albums by dance with the dead, confrontational, absolute valentine, occams laser, meteor, robert parker and timecop1983.
― mark e, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 09:24 (seven years ago) link
Took a therapeutic trip into Amoeba this morning, traded a bunch of stuff and got a bunch of other stuff. I went in looking to check out some Section 25 albums, but despite having section cards for the band in both the vinyl and CD racks, both were empty. Oh well. Mostly used my credit to fill holes in my collection and used the opportunity to finally delve properly into Pere Ubu. Here's what I came away with:
LPs:Cavern of Anti-Matter — Blood Drums (reissue)
CDs:Sigur Rós — Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do EPSigur Rós — Untitled 1 (a.k.a. "Vaka") EPTalk Talk — The Party's OverTalk Talk — It's My LifePere Ubu — The Hearpen Singles 1975-1977Pere Ubu — The Modern DancePere Ubu — New Picnic TimeUncle Tupelo — Still Feel GoneUncle Tupelo — March 16-20, 1992Roger Waters — is this the life we really want?Lindisfarne — Nicely Out of TuneAlice Coltrane — Transcendence Tom Petty — The Last DJTom Petty — Highway CompanionTom Petty — Mojo
― Austin, Thursday, 8 June 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
Should've just got the Datapanik box set while you were at it!
Get the other Uncle Tupelo albums if you don't have them.
Recent physical objects I've acquired (mostly via Amazon):Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology Kevin Salem - Box Of WordsLift - Too Much To Say EPCaptain Beefheart - Strictly PersonalSlowdive - SlowdiveJustin Currie - This Is My Kingdom NowWire - Silver/LeadGavin Osborn - all 3 albums he's released
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 June 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
I did not see / was not aware of the Datapanik set, though it does look enticing. Need to digest what I've gotten at this point, but holy hell, the initial singles on the `75-`77 set are all kinds of amazing.
I already had No Depression and Anodyne on vinyl, so that completes them for me.
Strictly Personal is rad. But, hoo boy, what a loud bunch of ruckus. Can only take that stuff in small increments.
― Austin, Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
Ordered from Discogs today:
Fred Anderson, Dark Day/Live in Verona 2CDFred Anderson/Kidd Jordan/William Parker/Hamid Drake, 2 Days in April 2CD
Purchased from a Facebook friend:
V/A, Best of House Music, Vol. 1-4 box set (the old Profile Records compilations)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 8 June 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
buying CDs in 2017 is embarrassing
thrift shop poorchoices:
Innocence Mission - s/tMono - Formica Blues (it's a cutout, but the front cover is autographed by the band: "TO Laurie Love Siobhan De Maré + Martin Virgo")Lee Perry - Arkology box setStereolab - Transient Random-Noise BurstsStereolab - Mars Audiac QuintetJan Garbarek - DisGeorge Russell - Ezz-theticsBoards of Canada - MHTRTCBoards of Canada - Campfire Headphase
[there were a ton of krautrock/progressive electronic CDs in the new arrivals bin (early Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Steve Hillage, Edgar Froese) but most of them were priced at $10-$15, so they probably consult discogs]
record store poorchoices:
Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the ExchangeMax Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads YouXela - In Bocca Al LupoBoards of Canada - Geogaddi
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Thursday, 15 June 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
tack>>head : the lost tapes - 2 cd set, one cd of unreleased tracks from their golden era, another cd of random remixes of their recent comeback album.tack>>head : the message - a dubstep/jungle/dub reversion album of their recent comeback album by rob bass hi-fi.kraftwerk : 3d the catalogue - had to be done. prince far i : cry freedom dub ("come for the voice, stay for the dub")shy fx and t power : set it of.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
Ark-Ology is such an honorable attempt at compiling such a ludicrous amount of great music.
― Austin, Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
until now the only the only Perry I'd heard was Super Ape, so it's definitely a lot to take in.
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
Ape-ology is also good as is the Wonderman years and I think there are a couple of other good ones in that Sanctuary Trojan series.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 15 June 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
I think there are a couple of other good ones in that Sanctuary Trojan series
the sanctuary era of trojan was a wonderful wonderful thing.a lot of care and attention went into those releases.the packaging, the extensive sleevenotes, the deep archive album releases with tons of extra tracks, the mad themed comps .. suspect we will never see that kind of reissue program for the catalogue again.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 June 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
At least the ones that came out at the time seem to have reappeared over the last couple of years after being OOP for several years.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 17 June 2017 10:26 (six years ago) link
Was in downtown LA this morning for a meeting, so I made a trip over to Amoeba to do some more trading. Here's what I came away with (all CDs):
Bobby Hutcherson — Live at MontreuxAbdullah Ibrahim — Good News From AfricaAlice Coltrane — Translinear LightFugazi — 13 SongsFugazi — Repeater + 3 SongsFugazi — Steady Diet of NothingFugazi — In on the Kill TakerFugazi — Red MedicineFugazi — End HitsFugazi — The Argument
― Austin, Monday, 26 June 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Bought the 2005 2CD reissues of the Stooges' s/t debut and Fun House, just 'cause I didn't have physical copies in the house (though I do have the Complete Fun House Sessions box).
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 26 June 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
I found the following used records last week and am very happy with them
Ultravox! : s/tLocust: Morning LightPere Ubu: Dub HousingTuxedomoon: Half MuteDanielle Dax: Jesus Egg That Wept
― akm, Monday, 26 June 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
Those Stooges 2CD deals are pretty great.
I also recently got Dub Housing and I like it!
― Austin, Monday, 26 June 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
i have kind of a hard time with it (and most pere ubu) to be honest, but I got a deal on it and I'm trying to enjoy it more.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 05:35 (six years ago) link
I was wondering what cds that promised to be great ended up stinking up your earholes.
Pumarosa - The WitchJoan Shelley - s/t
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 11:31 (six years ago) link
The covers of the Stooges cds seem to have been remastered as well as the audio, quite notably with Funhouse. I think it's even more noticeable on the vinyl version since it's larger would love a poster of that same remastered image. Is remastered the right word for an image?Anyway you could feel yourself sinking into the image the quality is that good. I grew up with a pretty bad reproduction on a single non-gatefold sleeve on my vinyl version and the old cd was as bad
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 11:39 (six years ago) link
The covers of the Stooges cds seem to have been remastered as well as the audio, quite notably with Funhouse. I think it's even more noticeable on the vinyl version since it's larger would love a poster of that same remastered image.
funny you should say, but a friend of mine emailed me yesterday saying exactly the same thing re the stooges covers.along with the cover for Led Zep II which he says 'looks like its sun bleached in comparison to the colours on the original.'
― mark e, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
I found Dub Housing to be more conventional, and therefore more accessible, than the one after it (New Picnic Time).
But yeah, in general, I've had a hard time getting into Pere Ubu. But, I've come around lately.
― Austin, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
Pere Ubu for me has always been about The Modern Dance. That was really a small step for David Thomas but a big step for mankind. Unsettling and attractive at the same time. After that nothing ever really brought back that weird feeling of estrangement. Does that word even exist in English?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Hit a used record store on father's day and picked up:
The Egyptian Lover - Egypt, Egypt 12"Monk Higgins - What Fah / Ceatrix Did It 7"JJ Barnes - Baby Please Come Back Home / Chains of Love 7"The Velvettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You / Since You've Been Loving Me 7"
― city worker, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
i just picked up a Barbra live cassette and a cassette of native american flute recordings at an outdoor flea market in Woodstock. super cool, both of them
― surm, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
bought a 3-CD lot of In C CDs on ebay from some guy in Wisconsin:
In C (Terry Riley, 1968)In C (Shanghai Film Orchestra, 1989)In C (25th Anniversary Concert, 1990)
the Chinese version is fun, although it has sort of a rushed vibe - "this aleatoric stuff is making me nervous -- can we please just get this over with?" and the 25th anniversary version isn't nearly as out-there as I'd hoped it would be, given the personnel involved. maybe I should try the Acid Mothers Temple version, or maybe I should just download 50 versions at random on slsk
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Monday, 10 July 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
L'Infonie, a weird French Canadian prog group, did a version too.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
cool, I'll have to check that one out!
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Monday, 10 July 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Austin & grawlix, I've been finding things to check out through your posts--on the basis of things I've had 30, 40, even 45 years that you are checking out now that you list as successes. So thanks for that, I'll take a chance on things NOT in my collection that you've picked up. Now, I don't think I would've picked up Fugazi & Abdullah Ibrahim or Alice Coltrane on the same trip, but if I recall, the last (only) time I've been to Amoeba & Rasputin in Berkeley, I came away with equally disparate choices.
I have the unique perspective of having bought many of these (on this entire thread) in LP, cassette, and CD--haha, I never got sucked into mini-disc format!!!!
The last several years, I've been in paring down mode, selling off cds as I digitize. Maybe some of my recycles will end up in your hands (though I'm in Michigan, so...)
― j arthur rank, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
Cool! Glad to hear it.
Sadly, I did get into minidiscs in the early 2000s.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
Indeed, nice to hear.
Just got a copy of Sunn O)))'s Oracle in the mail - bought it on Discogs for $25. It's not easy to come by on CD; the 2-disc version (the one I got) was only 2000 copies, made specifically for an Australian tour in 2007 or so. It's great, though; the main disc is two long tracks that sound like their tribute to Einstürzende Neubauten (James Plotkin plays jackhammer!), and the bonus disc is a 48-minute montage of live clips. It's one of their least-known releases, but one of my favorites.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
a buck a pop:
Slipknot IowaGravenhurst Flashlight SeasonCannibal Ox Cold VeinThe Format Dog ProblemsBeach House Teen DreamMy Morning Jacket Circuital
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 July 2017 05:45 (six years ago) link
From today's visit to Amoeba. . .
CDs:Stereolab — Oscillons from the Anti-Sun (this was missing the DVD —which I don't really care about anyway— so it was only $5!)Wire — Pink FlagWire — Chairs MissingWire — 154Abdullah Ibrahim — Anatomy of a South African VillageSiouxsie and the Banshees — The John Peel SessionsGil Scott-Heron + Jamie xx — We're New Here
LPs:Modern English — Take Me to the TreesThe Raincoats — The RaincoatsCluster — Cluster II
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
I’ve pre-ordered the new King Crimson 3CD/1Blu-Ray live thing. I saw the tour; it was good.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
I liked the tour too. But why on earth didn't they play "21st Century Schizoid Man" in Berlin?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Got back in the game yesterday. . .
CDs:Bert Jansch — Rosemary LaneAbdullah Ibrahim — No Fear, No Die (S'en Fout La Mort) OSTAbdullah Ibrahim — Cape Town FlowersMcCoy Tyner — Time for TynerTerry Callier — First LightJon Lucien — RashidaGary Burton — Alone At Last
LPs:Jon Lucien — Song for My LadyJon Lucien — RomanticoBobby Hutcherson — Un Poco LocoAbdullah Ibrahim — Black LightningWeldon Irvine — The Sisters
Jon Lucien's super dope. I remember in the early 2000s, places like Turntable Lab and Dusty Groove were really gushing over some reissues of his. I vaguely recall finding a copy of Song for My Lady at a Salvation Army around the time and checking it out. I remember it being nothing like it actually is. I was way more into early Cure and Radiohead at the time.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 10 February 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
Today's haul. . .
LPs:Ralph Towner / John Abercrombie — Five Years LaterJan Garbarek Group — WayfarerCal Tjader — Puttin` it Together
CDs:Gary McFarland / Steve Kuhn — The October SuiteChick Corea — Return to ForeverChick Corea — Light as a FeatherAbdullah Ibrahim — African MagicThe Meters — A Message from the MetersSonny Rollins — The BridgeThe Free Design — Kites are FunThe Free Design — You Could Be Born Again
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link