ILM Snapshot: Last Five Records You Bought

I've been a record shopping fool of late, thanks to ILM, the Pitchfork old releases feature, and the good people at Forced Exposure. It's expensive and I'm worth it.

All of these are on order.

Pauline Oliveros - "Crone Music"
DJ Pica Pica Pica - "Planetry Natural Gas Webbin'"
Faust - "The Wumme Years 1970-1973"
Herbert - "Bodily Functions"
Ulrich Schnauss - "Far Away Trains Passing By"

#1 being most recent...

1.Celebrities At Their Worst Volume 3 2CD 2.African Head Charge "My Life In A Hole In A Ground" LP 3.African Head Charge "Environmental Studies" LP 4.New Order "Everything's Gone Green" 12" 5.808 State "Ooops/Ski Family" 12"

Oops, lemme reformat that.

#1 being most recent...

1.Celebrities At Their Worst Volume 3 2CD
2.African Head Charge "My Life In A Hole In A Ground" LP
3.African Head Charge "Environmental Studies" LP
4.New Order "Everything's Gone Green" 12"
5.808 State "Ooops/Ski Family" 12" -- Brian MacDonald ([email protected]), January 04, 2002.

I bought too many records this week to count. A bunch of stuff direct from Jim Rao aka Orange Cake Mix, similarly Warren Defever aka His Name is Alive, stuff from the Burning Shed crowd, used this and that, some stuff from Windy and Carl's shop...

Jim Rao aka Orange Cake Mix

Me too! He's my #1 connection for OOIOO's Shock City Shockers 2.

Well, I broke in my newfangled Amazon card earlier this week, but I really couldn't wait, so I popped on over to Borders & found:

- Cabaret Voltaire: BBC Sessions (84-86)
- Shriekback - The Y Record Years
- Swell Maps - Sweep the Desert

1. Motown Gold - V/A 2. The In-Crowd (mod scene 1958-1967) box set 3. Playgroup - S/T 4. Madonna - GHV2 5. Lee Perry - A Live Injection (productions 1968-1979) - V/A

1. Alpha - The impossible thrill
2. Manitoba - Start breaking my heart
3. Otis Redding -Best of
4. Neil Finn - One nil.
5. Nick Cave - No more shall we part.

No cd's for Christmas unbelievably, boo hoo.
Dr C what do you reckon to the Playgroup album?

1) Megadeth, Rust in Peace (alas, it's awful!)
2) Belle & Sebastian, Boy with the Arab Strap
3) Helloween, Master of the Rings
4) David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
5) random Wagner songs (I hate buying compilations, but when there's not money to buy $150 of Ring of the Nibelung stuff....)

Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation (playing right now. Seems quite good.)

Vincent Courtois/Marc Ducret/Dominique Pifarely - The Fitting Room

Rush - A Farewell to Kings (Did I mention that old-school Rush is my favourite band right now?)

Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (good vinyl copy.)

Kate Bush - The Dreaming (Xmas present for my sister. I already had it.)

Dancehall Rawkus (AMAZING!!!!!), Kardinal Offishial (Still trying to figure out the hype. I like it and all, but...), Cannibal Ox (I haven't listened to the lyrics yet -- I find it cold and comforting to work to, like Phil Glass). Tempted by, but haven't purchased, new Daniel Johnston and Cale's Sun Blindness Music.

1)Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope; 2) V/A - Law Of The Jungle (for half a buck!); 3) MOP - Warriorz; 4) Slowdive - Blue Day EP; 5) The Human League - Reproduction

Sterling, what is this DANCEHALL RAWKUS of which you speak?

Helium The Magic City (I am no doubt the only person on ILM who likes this thing.)
Pixies Come On Pilgrim
Germs MIA: The Complete Anthology
Pulp We Love life
Replacements Tim

What's sad is the records I've really been looking for lately are by Nas, Boredoms, and Saint Etienne, and I just haven't happened to walk in a record store that has the ones I want, so I bought other stuff. d'oh.

1. Holiday Flyer - I Hope
2. Winterbrief - Take the Town
3. Kraftwerk - (klingklang etc. the one with the green traffic cone on the cover)
4. The Gerbils - The Battle of Electricity
5. Silver Jews - Bright Flight

Royksopp-Melody AM

Jimmie Rodgers-The Best of The Singing Brakeman

Johnny Cash-Live at Fulsome (sp?) Prison.

I can't think of the rest, they were ages ago because I'm broke, but I would imagine Bubba Sparxxs album was one of them.

Lali Puna - Scary World Theory isan - Lucky Cat Mr Scruff - Keep it Unreal Wire - Pink Flag

The latter two the only decent stuff I could find in the remnants of the HMV sale, the first two because I was overwhelmed at being in Pelicanneck Records in Manchester.

Can't remember what the 5th would have been.

Not counting the bunch of grindmetal mailorder stuff I'm expecting: 1. Quasimodo, "The Unseen" 2. Bob Dylan, "Blonde on Blonde" 3. Barbra Streisand, "The Christmas Album" 4. Altered Images, "The Best of Altered Images" 5. The Persuasions, "Might As Well"

4. Altered Images, "The Best of Altered Images"

John, have you been able to find a compilation of theirs that actually has "Think That It Might" on it? Ever since I've heard the Wedding Present version, I've wanted to hear it, but none of the comps I've stumbled across lists it!

RIGHT!

1. Alternative TV - And the Image Cracked
2. Fats Waller - 2 cd compilation (FEETS TOO BIG YAY!)
3. Trojan Dub set Volume 2
4. Oxide & Neutrino - EGGZECUTE!!!
5. URBANG! a 2 CD collection of banging choons whot was in sale. Includes PERFECT GENTLEMANG. Hooray!

Billy - only played Playgroup once so far, but could be something VERY special indeed. The bass lines (as Tom said) are ace and some really nice clean, funky guitar. I need to absorb this fully, and it will be with me as I sit in a plane for 7 hours tomorrow! Will report back!

last four:

1. "You Cannot Kill What Does Not Live" by King Loser. 2. "Prayers On Fire" by the Birthday Party. 3. "Little Things" by The Terminals. i also picked up a PJ Harvey 12inch.

Last five records I bought?
Fushitsusha's Allegorical Misunderstanding
Slayer's Reign in Blood
Byron Morris/Unity Blow Thru Your Mind
Naked City's Radio
Throbbing Gristle's 20 Jazz Funk Greats
I also got Radar Bros, Charles Ives and Brian Eno's Here Come The Warm Jets (for the second time) from the library.

Donna Regina - Northern Classic
Dynamo - Außen Vor
Christian Kleine - Valis
Montage - Montage
Yagya - The Rhythm of Snow

Improvised Music from Japan
Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Der Notwist, Neon Golden
UFO or Die, Cassette Tape Superstar
Kraftwerk, Autobahn

Addicted to Bass mix compilation (Ministry of Sound): disappointing so far
F**k It Mix Compilation (So Solid Crew): not really played yet

I got em both in Mare Street = the New Wave of Dance is at WOOLWORTHS!

tha notwist, scott4 + magic car, pop art kompilaetionne, best of rainbow, marillion - skript fer a jestas tear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Orange Juice "Rip It Up" ; Levitation "Need For Not" ; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "Kicking Against The Pricks" ; Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack ; Cornelius "Point"

Mrs Miller. Compilation CD. The Adverts The peel session 12" Miss Kittin and the hacker The first album (anyone else got this? it's brilliant) Disco not disco Compilation of 70's/80's disco tracks. The best of Big band. Compilation with Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington etc.

Out of the lot I'd say the miss Kittin one is the best but definitelyone of my better shopping sprees.

1) V/A (Kompakt) - Pop Ambient 2002
2) The Orange Juice - The Very Best Of
3) Juliana Hatfield - Hey, Babe
4) V/A - Fantasia Takes You To The Jungle (mixed by Grooverider, LTJ Bukem & DJ Rap)
5) The Young Gods - L'eau Rouge

spacemen 3 - the singles (cuz it was cheaper than "perfect prescription.")
ak crane - pink eyed pony (largely disappointing, especially given the quality of the first two force tracks full lenghts [luomo and mri], sure it would sound brill "en mix" tho.)
v/a - kompakt total 1
fugazi - red medicine (this will be like the 9th copy of it i've owned. i'm cursed with this record.)
the legend of zelda: the oracle of ages. (okay, not music. but i spent the rest of my music budget for the week on it.)

1. Daft Punk - Discovery
2. Def Leppard - Hysteria
3. John Lennon/Yoko On - Double Fantasy
4. Green Day - International Superhits
5. O Meri Munni - Remo

sorry the last should have been Remo - O Meri Munni (and indian artist)

Have been reading Lloyd Bradley's excellent 'Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King', and so now know my ska from my rocksteady from my bluebeat from my mento from my calypso from my dub from my dancehall...

1. 'Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris/Wayne Jarrett Mini-Showcase' - Basic Channel reissue of two early eighties reggae albs originally brought out on the Wackie's label. The Wayne Jarrett side includes a version of 'Truly' by Lionel Richie!

2. 'Rocksteady Soul' - Various Artists. One of a number of great budget price reggae comps from the Metro label; this one brings together 21 hits from Duke Reid's Treasure Isle company, THE label for smooth soulful downtempo rocksteady, including 'hits' from Alton Ellis, U Roy, John Holt, the Jamaicans etc.

3. 'Another Green World' - Eno. Never heard it before! Smiled when I recognised the 'Arena' theme, and 'Zawinul/Lava' is a v. clever 'tribute' to 'In A Silent Way'. Phil Collins on drums, eek!

4. 'Marzette And Company' - Marzette Watts. Reissue of an ESP label free jazz freakout from 1966 - the first track is called 'Backdrop For Urban Revolution', to give you some idea of the flavour. Features the godlike genius of Sonny Sharrock on gtr (the main reason I bought it), plus Byard Lancaster, Clifford Thornton, Henry Grimes etc. etc.

5. 'Hand It Over' - Dinosaur Jr. Cost me a whopping ten pence in a local library sale - just about worth it. Only played once - not much in the way of actual tunage, but oh that gtr playing....

Plus some singles - 'Murder On The Dancefloor', 'Black Coffee' by All Saints, and a charity shop copy of 'In A Broken Dream' by Python Lee Jackson w/Rod Stewart, which was sampled by Portishead for some old pony or other...

Jess: while the Crane AK album is weaker than the Luomo and the MRI releases (neither as luscious as the former nor as pearly pert as the latter) it's worth sticking with. It's so subtle that it takes about ten listens or so to really click, but it has a lovely eeriness to it once it does.

the last four I've got are: Brian Wilson - Live at the Roxy
Ramones - Anthology
Alien Ant Farm - ANThology
Ramones - End of the Century

I'm cutting down on the number of albums I buy. (Last year was just too disappointing).

Jay Z - The Blueprint
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - Greatest Hits
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Steve Reich - Four Organs
Drexciya - Harnessed the Storm
The O'Jays - Collectors Items
Kiss - Double Platinum

Just got three this very afternoon...

Van Halen - Best Of Volume One (I love it!)
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Neil Young - Trans (really worried about this one, but it looked too weird not to buy)

'Trans' is one of the 12 classic rock albs everyone should own.

dominique, how is the improvised music from japan box? it looks tasty, even if only as a packaging fetish objet d'art, but the price tag will prolly scare me off. (also, where did you pick it up?)

In order of most recent (got them in batches of three):

1) Pip Pyle- 7 Year Itch 2) John Greaves- Parrot Fashions 3) Brian Eno- Ambient 1: Music for Airports 4) Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle 5) Jethro Tull- Stormwatch 6) Robert Wyatt- Dondestan

Given my proclivities, I am embarrassed to say I had never heard the Eno and Numan albums until now. Stormwatch (the what-the-hell-it's- $3 purchase), I must admit is better than I expected.

Herbert - Bodily Functions
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Fripp and Eno - Evening Star
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe
Bass Patrol - Rock This Planet
Kompakt Total 3
Pop Ambient 2001 (I can already tell I'll be buying quite a lot of this Kompakt shit if and when I find more of it!)

Hey, Clarke, some good stuff in that batch, a weird synch w/ what I've been listening to lately. Both Kompaks and the Herbert are things I've bought & enjoyed in the last few months, and I love Evening Star. I also think the first side of Electric Cafe is equal to Kraftwerk's "good stuff" (found this one a couple months ago as well.)

Trojan Dub Box vol.2 Rubble 1 : The Psychedelic Snarl Rubble 2 : Pop-Sike Pipe Dreams Rubble 7 : Pictures in The Sky

King Crimson - Red
Roxy Music - Manifesto
Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
Lambchop - Is A Woman
Boards Of Coffeetable - Geogaddi

masters at work - the tenth anniversary collection
dettinger - oasis
jawbox - grippe
rites of spring - end on end
lync - these are not fall colors

the last three were nostalgic re-purchases after dave made the "indie rock 101" thread. all bought under the pretense that it's my birthday (hah, like i ever really needed that reasoning.)

last time it was: chicago underground quartet - s/t
chicago underground duo - 12* of freedom
amm - tunes without measure or end
ida - tales of brave ida (so i could shut popshots up. i actually like it, but i'm a sap sucker.)
bailter space - votura

Jim O'Rourke - Eureka
Trojan Dub Vol.2
Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Behind The Music
Beatles - 30 Days (CDR MP3 copy of a 17cd bootleg of Get Back Rehearsals)

1) Jorg Burger - Burger Industries
2) The Pale Saints - In Ribbons
3) V/A (Bolshi) - Donuts 2
4) DJ Assault - Belle Isle Tech
5) Toya - I Do! (single)