Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

oh, and when i recommend that WOMB album on Dot above there, just so you know, it's one of the worst psych albums ever made by man. like, monumentally bad. i put an MP3 up of the most epic and jaw-dropping WOMB track on ILM, The Happy Egotist, and the link still works if you want to torture yourself:

http://dutchtoenglish.com/womb%20-%20the%20happy%20egotist%20('69).mp3

YOU WILL NOT BE THE SAME PERSON YOU WERE IF YOU LISTEN TO IT THOUGH. IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND TO SHREDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

anyway, it's one of the worst rock records ever, but totally worth owning.

I got SPK's Machine Age Voodoo LP, mostly off the strength of the Metal Dance 7". Not quite what I hoped for. In fact, the version of Metal Dance
is completely different. None of the edge or ass of the 7" version.

-- gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 29 May 2008 16:23 (1 week ago) Link

Shit! I just did the same thing two days ago. :(

That record is quite an unexpected shock to a person who knows their other work. But I do think it's quite a bit better than conventional wisdom would have it. 'Junk Funk', 'High Anxiety', and 'With Love From China', at the very least, are pretty good for what they are - blatant pop moves by synth people.

I just spent 45 euros on Linda Law All the Night from some guy in France. I've never spent this much on a record, let alone a 7". It's a present, but I feel vaguely ill.

Other stuff I bought last week:

Peter Gabriel 4
The History of Fairport Convention
Herbie Hancock Future Shock
Gregory Isaacs comp
Thank God It's Friday OST - which I only got for the DC LaRue track, but it's only the short version :(
The JBs Rock Groove Machine 12"

I cashed in a bunch of stuff at the Exchange and then instantly blew it on a whole bunch more, including RIOT's Narita and SAGA's Heads or Tales, both featuring some particularly of-the-era illustration on the sleeve.

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/saga/heads_hi.jpg
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/metal_issy/imgs/a/5/a58b5048.jpg

The Saga record is pretty hard going, but that Riot record is pretty awesome, actually. They have an Iommi in the band. No relation, I presume??

no relation, i'm pretty sure. but riot are fucking great. despite their weird seal-headed mascot.

They seem to have followed Budgie's lead for animal related folk-art-y inpetitude in metal illustration. Props!

what's the best Budgie record? always been curious about them but never heard em

I've been buying way too many records lately

Double- Blue
Phil Lynot- Solo in Soho
Dwight Twiley Band- Sincerely
Flo and Eddie- Flo and Eddie
Flo and Eddie- Moving Targets

I also pre-ordeed the GAS double lp. Can't wait to zone out to that on my couch

Budgie RULE! Squawk is one of my favourites. And the one with Breadfan, as covered by Metallica. There's quite a bit about them elsewhere on ILM, but I think everything up to Bandolier is worth a pop.

My Dad has loads of stories about seeing them and Man and the Groundhogs and all kinds of other knockout riff-heavy bands at the local South Wales clubs when he was a yoof. So jealous.

Budgie are such a funny proposition though. I mean, they rocked (all caps!) but they could also pull out these nice sing-songy acoustic numbers (like the wuss tracks on Sabbath Vol IV), and then come on hard again, but with a real almost funk danceability. Incredible basslines. And Tony Bourge's guitar is killer. Check out the solo on "Hot As a Docker's Armpit". Shivers every time.

They were an ugly band too, so you know they rule.

time to list an endless amount of cheapo vinyl sites
i know you all get them in thrift stores or awesome little vinyl shops but we don't have that kinda stuff around here

so if you'd be so kind?

There's no place guaranteed to be cheap. I try to be patient and keep favourite searches on eBay. With the dollar so low, it's generally ebay US, but it's sometimes worth trying ebay.fr, ebay.be, ebay.it, ebay.de etc. You often get different results.

Musicstack varies wildly.

true, shipping costs are getting ridiculous though. but still mostly cheaper in all due to the dumb dollar rate

gemm.com

I find it hard to get deals on Gemm anymore. Six years ago, however, was a different story. Also, WTF was with one seller charging $15 shipping for one CD from USA to Canada.

va - love is love
va - the worlds lousy w ideas vol 4
eat skull - sick to death
steven halpern - spectrum suite
steven halpern - starborn suite
weather report - live in tokyo
weather report - 830
endless boogie - focus level

Big Star - Radio City
Melvin Van Peebles - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Olympics - Greatest Hits
Elastica - Stutter 10"

Candi Staton - s/t 2LP (Honest Jon's)
Bettye Swann - s/t 2LP (Honest Jon's)

---->Tasty compilations, cool matching art...

Lau Nau - Nukkuu LP (Locust)
Nalle - The Sirens Wave LP (Locust)

---->Pre-ordered these newish releases a while ago. I've been finding more and more stuff from Finland I like lately.

Art Blakey - Big Beat 2LP (Music Matters/Blue Note)
Art Blakey - A Night In Tunisia 2LP (Music Matters/Blue Note)
Jackie McClean - Bluesnik 2LP (Music Matters/Blue Note)

--->This series of 64 Blue Note reissues are all 45rpm 2LP sets, remastered by Steve Hoffmann/Kevin Gray et. al, and have the thickest jackets and most gorgeous photography I have ever seen. All the pressings are perfect as well. Not cheap ($50 a pop), but I believe these will be the definitive versions of these releases.

va - love is love

is that back in print? i heard it was gonna be, but there's no sign of it on forced exposure/honest jon's &c.

tangerine dream - sorceror ost
japan - adolescent sex
x - ain't love grand
calypso king and the soul investigators - soul strike
rachel's - selenography
harold budd - the pavilion of dreams

Has anyone heard the Fabulous Diamonds lp on siltbreeze? From what I've read it sounds like i would like.

Think i'll just buy it anyway.

My binge weekend (flea markets-record store-antique stores-record show):

UFO- Lights Out & Obsession
David Allan Coe-Once Upon A Rhyme
Squeeze-Sweets From A Stranger
Roger Miller-Golden Hits
Bobbie Gentry-Patchwork
New Riders of The Purple Sage-Powerglide
El Chicano Revolution- s/t
Dream Syndicate-Medicine Show
Nancy & Lee (british pressing)
James Brown-Showtime
The Best of Bacharach (a UK-centric comp on Fontana w/Dusty, the Walker Bros. Madeliene Bell and more)
Quicksilver Messenger Service-s/t
Dale Hawkins-LA, Memphis, and Tyler Texas
Glen Stillwell-Parody of The Mountain Climber

Fleetmac Mac - Bare Trees
Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues
Fabulous Diamonds - S/T
Meneguar - The In Hour

Bare Trees fucking rules btw

Wilter, have you heard Kiln House? What do you think of it? That was the only Fleetwood Mac LP my parents had, so my opinions are probably colored by nostalghia, but it remains my favorite from that particular incarnation of the band. "Dust" is probably my favorite track from Bare Trees.

On the consumption front:

My "Various Artists" section just got a big injection as I picked up 5 2LP sets of those 1970s Nigerian comps on Soundway, a West African Music in Britain 2LP comp (1927 - 1929) on Honest Jon's, the Thai comp on Mississippi, and a French Synth-Wave comp (1979 - 1985) on Born Bad.

I also just picked up Sunbeam's extended reissue of Clark-Hutchinson's A = MH2 on 2LP. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this record until recently, as I used to read Ptolemaic Terrascope (who hold it in high esteem)...good stuff.

got this stuff last week:

johnny rodriguez - all i ever meant to do was sing

mainhorse - s/t (patrick moraz's heavy prog band. had this years ago and got rid of it and glad to have it again. lotsa guitars and heavy riffs alongside moraz noodling. underrated band as far as prog bands goes. or at least i think so. not like they put out a ton of stuff though, so maybe more forgotten than underrated.)

foghat - stone blue

danny o'keefe - american roulette (a test pressing too. dig this. definitely dig danny all through the 70's. now i just need his debut, and i will have all his 70's stuff. *breezy stories* and *the global blues* are still my faves. but i love *so long harry truman* too and this one is good as well. the only album i haven't really warmed to yet is *o'keefe* the one with his big hit on it.)

eddie palmieri - gold 1973-1976

colour field - virgins & philistines (u.k. copy. started a whole thread about how astounded i was over the differences between my beloved u.s. copy and the more downbeat u.k. version.)

john green - winds of california (private 70's folk. not great.)

chilean love, peace, & poetry comp (super!)

the in-kraut vol.3 (much better than volume 2. tons of cool funky breakbeatz and guitar action.)

eubie blake - blues & rags:his earliest piano rolls 1917-1921

the beau brummels - s/t (1975 album. always curious about it. sounds pretty good. laid back. certainly not as ambitious as triangle or bradley's barn and not as genius as their early stuff for autumn, but not bad for a comeback attempt.)

byrds - royal albert hall 1971 (archival release of the year? soooooo good.)

gallagher & lyle - s/t (more stoned folky cowboy types)

tashi quartet - messiaen's quartet for the end of time

harpers bizarre - anything goes (mostly noteable for the randy newman & van dyke parks involvement)

schoenberg boxed set

budapest string quartet boxed set of late beethoven quartets

brahms symphony box on dgg (von karajan performances. i think i actually own all the individual karajan albums, but i dig his versions, so, what the hell, it's a nice boxed set.)

magik markers - voldoror dance (not happy the first side is a bit monged up, first few minutes sound like shit)

Skaters - dark rye bread

the Chills - Submarine Bells (from the 'bay)

Scott, how are those other Love Peace & Poetry comps? What's in the Schoenberg box set? If you like the Eddie Palmieri, you might want to check out the re-issue of his record, Mozambique.

I had a fun time wandering around Amoeba today to get out of the heat. They were selling the Albert Ayler 9-CD box for a good deal because it was missing disc 3. After nosing around the "new arrivals" section, I found, of all things, disc 3!

I ended up getting:

Daniel Menche - Body Melt
Archie Shepp - Yasmina, A Black Woman
- Blasé
V/A - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore 1927-1948

+ some Ash Rah Temple and Charles Lloyd on CD.

"Scott, how are those other Love Peace & Poetry comps?"

they are wonderful. not that i own them all. but the dude who puts them out has great taste and they are never that obvious. lots of uncommon and uncomped stuff on them. it's not like i'm gonna go buy 12 chilean psych reissues anytime soon, so it's all good to me. (though i have heard a couple of the more well-known groups on the chile one and same can be said for all the LPP comps.)

i will look to see what's in the schoenberg box. i forget.

and as far as eddie palmieri goes, i will listen to any record of his.

whoa dudes we are so in synch around hereee!

this weekend:
fleetwood mac - bare trees (didnt even read this thread till now since i last posted!)
fleetwood mac - future games
fleetwood mac - heroes are hard to find
john cale - fear
christine mcvie - christine perfect album
the kills - no wow (i think i remember liking this)
the microphones - the glow part 2 3LP box

ordered:
hercules and love affair
juan maclean happy house 12"
fabulous diamonds
jay reatard - always wanting more 7"
jay reatard - singles 06-07
skip james MS records compilation

love is love is back in print, or was a week-and-a-half ago!

The Intelligence - Deuteronomy
John Coltrane - Giant Steps (rhino 180g reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
and a better shape copy of Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy

Lords of the Crimson Alliance - s/t
Minimal Man - Safari
V/A - Sent from Coventry
Area Code 615 - s/t (Some of this qualifies as country funk! And my Dad poined out that these dudes did the Old Grey Whistle Test theme)

Titmachine 7"
Billy Bao - Accumulation 7"
Tronics/Instant Automatons/Dancing Did 7" Flexi thing that came with some back issues of a nice old punk zine called CHAINSAW.

And some cheap-o store finds:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced....
EARCOM 1
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us

Goose Creek Symphony-s/t
John Stewart-The Phoenix Concerts
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg-Soundtrack
Frank Sinatra-The World We Knew + Sinatra & Company
Jimmy Swaggert-I've Got Nothing To Lose
Harry Nilsson-Pussy Cats
Fuse-s/t (reissue)
Dionne Warwicke-Just Being Myself
Morris On-s/t
Box Tops-Cry Like A Baby
5th Dimension-Magic Garden
Fanny-Mother's Pride

If all goes well, I should be hitting a warehouse sale this weekend with the part of my tax money that won't be spent on computer crap.

Lords of the Crimson Alliance - s/t

no shit! original? because if it's been reissued i'm all over that. i'd be all over an original, too, but i haven't seen one.

Not a reissue, so far as I can tell. Mad production courtesy of "Lenny's Metalshop". And weird syrupy intoned intros to every song. I cocked up and ended up with it on cassette as well.

Lotti Golden - Motor-Cycle

csny - deja vu

fabulous diamonds

Whaddaya think?

Total slugfuckers influence, I like.

fabulous diamonds

Whaddaya think?

Total slugfuckers influence, I like.

-- wilter, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 3:03 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Link

it hasnt arrived yet, lousy siltbr33ze. in the interim though, i saw them with psychedelic horseshit, and they were totally great. they made this total tweaked-out dude pass out onto a blind guy right in front of me. no shit.

I just got outbid by some german douche on 6 different Buck Owens LPs on ebay. The weak dollar is killing us, dudes

first they come for our used records....

"Lotti Golden - Motor-Cycle"

worst album ever!

Ha!

Not sure where the chatter started, but that album is suddenly being mentioned everywhere. Is it really that bad? I listened to a couple of songs online. Overcooked, definitely. And as they're all pretty long tracks, so I kept finding myself thinking they were gonna take off 'any second now'.

But they don't.

the waltz project nonesuch
electronic music 3 on turnabout
orquesta de musica moderna de oriente
grupo de experimentacion sonora - 25 anos cine cubano revolucion
erotic drum band - plug me to death
this psych mix: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5d1hme ok not a record
el topo ost on apple

xpost overcooked is definitely the right word for it.

Isn't there a Christgau review of that Lotti Golden that says something like "If you like the [presumably crappy] lyrics on the sleeve, you might dig" or something like that? And he gives it a D or something?

Way xpost, but anyone who listens to a whole LP of Saga is a better man than I.