Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

first time to the record store since my daughter was born 10 weeks ago. picked up:

the chills - brave words lp
the residents - duck stab / buster & glen lp
pebbles vol. 2

yesterday i got

jandek - twelfth apostle
v/a - juju roots (30s-50s african guitar music.)

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.

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 Gold
Eddy Current Suppression Ring -- Primary Colors
Muslims -- debut LP
Skull Defekts -- The Drone Drug
Oneida -- Each One Teach One (used & v. cheap!)
Nachtmystium -- Assassins
Love Tan -- Misc. Night Feelings (awesome)
Sex Vid -- Communal Living
Oh Sees -- Peanut Butter Oven EP
Oh Sees/Intelligence -- Mt. St. Mtn. split EP
Harvey Milk -- My Love Is Greater... 2LP reissue
Harvey Milk -- Courtesy and Goodwill... 2LP reissue
Skullflower -- Taste the Blood of the Deceiver
Harlem -- Free Drugs ;-)
George Coleman -- Bongo Joe

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.

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.

A Fames "s/t" "2" and "Police 1000"
^^they still have these on vinyl??? how much?

The Police 1000 is a seven inch and it was four bucks. S/T and 2 are on cd, I mentioned that in my post, but they were only five bucks. As I said, present for my girlfriend who grew up in Seattle. I just searched for A Frames + Born Bad, as suggested by Contenderizer up there, but I only found the LP's at one place listed for 18 euros, eff that.

We MIGHT still have those Born Bad represses in stock at the store. I think they're pretty pricey ($20 maybe?) but the shipping would be less. I'll get back to you guys if we have any of 'em.

Yeah, awesome, I would totally buy them.

(I'm not at work today, so i'll let you know tomorrow.)

yeah dude keep me posted. love the a-frames

i think i can record vinyl using my new roland edirol using the line in. if it works it's gonna be sweet.

Oh, and weird-ass, SUPER-crepey French doom/prog/artmusik album called Les Morts Vent Vite by Shub-Niggurath. A bunch of French weirdos circa '86, apparently. Bought it 'cuz it was cheap and I'd never seen it, and 'cuz the cover art is AMAZING (glowy-headed skeleton knight on wild-eyed black stallion abducting willowy virgine by moonlight). Music is kinda amazing, too: harsh, dense, ultra-abstract prog with sheetmetal noize guitar and absolutely elephantine bass morass. Sometimes jazzy, sometimes doomy, sometimes carnival crazy. One of the scariest records of its kind I've ever heard. Univers Zero territory, but out-hysteries Hysterie. On the other hand, marred by operatic, nonsensical (Zeuhl-style) female vocals, and a bit too hilariously HIGH-ART overall to take seriously.

Kinda loved it, but sold it almost instantly cuz it turns out ppl will pay a LOT for it.

...Vent VONT Vite...

got Bohannon " south african man' lp for $4 yesterday at a book shop. Don't really know much about the dude...but a song called 'Rap on Dj' from 74 peaked my interest. pretty hyped to get my stereo working now after searching and reading about him here

Les Morts Vent Vite by Shub-Niggurath

pretty amazing record. for me it beats out univers zero by a mile, and most of the post-magma zeuhl-y stuff too. mutant-sounds posted a pretty crazy LP a while back that was four other projects by the members of s-n.

JT IV - cosmic lightning (FUCKING AWESOME)
animal collective/black dice - wastered 12"
v/a - music and dances of occidental africa
v/a - texas/mexican border music vol 1 (saw ian mention it in here, not feelin it too much on a cursory listen)
bohannon - phase 2
blank dogs - the fields 12"
wavves - s/t
maureen tucker - life in exile after abdication
sex vid - communal living (so so so good, best thing ive heard of theirs)
sad horse - MS records north portland 7" series vol 2 (good)
roland kirk - the inflated tear <3<3<3
tony williams' lifetime - emergency!
mx-80 sound - crowd control
mx-80 sound - hard attack
the rats - s/t
why are we building such a big ship? - no blood no blooms (MS records distro, for fans of gogol bordello, ehhhh)
bricolage 7"
sexy kids 7"
los llamarada - take the sky
los llamarada - whatever the first one is called

on the way:
der TPK - games for slaves
the sneaky pinks - loner w a boner 7"

JT IV - cosmic lightning (FUCKING AWESOME)

isn't it? anyone know where i can actually purchase a fucking copy? "out of print at label," my local only got one copy for a guy who works there, blah blah blah. pretty lame when it's easier to download something than buy it a week after it comes out.

imho the JT IV record has a couple jams but is largely forgettable, and the VU cover is downright awful.

JT IV - cosmic lightning (FUCKING AWESOME)

isn't it? anyone know where i can actually purchase a fucking copy? "out of print at label," my local only got one copy for a guy who works there, blah blah blah. pretty lame when it's easier to download something than buy it a week after it comes out.

check near the bottom of the page for new releases 11/17/08 on the other music mail order page

If you've had no luck getting the JT IV, GottPunch, I put one aside for you. E-mail me and I'll hook it up if you need one.

i never saw it here at the store and they usually get drag city stuff.

got the bachs reissue on void today. used to have the vinyl reissue that came out a zillion years ago, but i must have sold it. got two albums of rare 20's red nichols and miff mole sides. they rule. and i bought a used copy of the first trans am album. cuz i like trans am. and i no longer have the cd.

why oh why do i keep staring at that fancy deluxe copy of the last earth album? i'm such a sucker. so pretty though...

(i haven't even heard the album either. i'm gonna help out at the store on friday. i might have to get it...)

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