Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

just picked these up at the used record store:

Sandy Denny - Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
Go Gos - Beauty and the Beat
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It

" I'm currently seeing a very cute blonde woman who also happens to have a master's in American Literature and loves the Beatles and actually knows Big Star's story..."

Almost made me not want to go on reading that article, Sleeve! But, yeah, it's a good one, bragging aside.

also listened to some/all of today:

dylan - nashville skyline

dylan - john wesley harding

arthur lyman - leis of jazz

arthur lyman - hawaiian sunset vol.1

arthur lyman - hawaiian sunset vol.2

esquivel - infinity in sound (even in living stereo though, just wasn't feeling it today. haven't listened to esqy in years, that martin denny thread got me going.)

elmer bernstein - the silencers soundtrack

sylvia plath - plath reads plath

now playing: allman brothers - brothers and sisters (i could use a nicer copy)

today i've been listening to:
monoshock - walk to the fire
v/a - obsession (world psych/prog comp 2LP)
lee perry/upsetters - the quest
fahey - transfiguration of blind joe death
texas-mexican border music vol 13: norteno acordeon, part 3
raven reissue LP

listening to Donna Summer - The Wanderer which I picked up for a buck in RI over xmas. its ok

Got outbid on ebay for a Grief lp :(

listening to another white whale that just came in the mail today:

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notable recent pickups:
Pierre Henry - Variations for a door and a sigh
Archie Bell and the Drells - There's going to be a showdown

$56?!?!?
xp to 'skrit

i've seen it go as high as $75. a patient person could snag it for $15-$20 though, i'm sure. i just offloaded $450 of cruddy psych lps so i deserve a little treat.

i've seen it go over a hundred. i was gonna bid on it once a year or two ago and then i remembered that i'd never actually heard it.

what cruddy psych!?

i finally went stir crazy and broke down and went to record store. for the price of a 56 dollar Pythagoron album, i got:

new dead raven choir

john fogerty blue ridge rangers album

susan christie reissue

ian matthews - stealin' home

the hollies - moving finger

new riders - marin county line

times new viking matador single (OOP! Rare Freakbeat Fancy Dancer!)

but i didn't get the new times new viking album. i don't know why.

GIANT CRAB COMES FORTH type shit, i'm sure.
FEVER TREE ON UNI.

my wife told me to turn it off because it sounds like the emergency broadcast system, which is not entirely untrue.

scott the stuff i let go was more poppy psych and british invasion stuff. i don't care if something is mono or not so let the collectros battle it out.
savage resurrection was rad though. got em in a brooklyn heights basement a few months ago.

bad hippie stuff i have sold on the ebay for cash money:

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actually good u.k. folk records that i found at the thrift store and sold to a very happy man in korea:

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marginally good private press "spiritual" jazz album i had in not great condition that i was happy to sell AS IS to some dude in Italy:

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and f.y.i. THIS is the foggy album you want to find at the thrift store:

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That Pinkiny Canandy thing looks wild.

listening to these vinyl viands:

gene clark with the gosdin brothers
little kenny wilson & his band of renown "Flying Together" ('75 folk/pop/sike private, reminds me a lot of the Jimmy Campbell record. the jam on this one is "$2.50")
COB "Spirit of Love"

got a nice condition copy of The Essential Radio Birdman 2LP for only $10

and also Ennio Morricone - Film Music Vol. 1

<i>gene clark with the gosdin brothers </i>

i love this record so much : )

I was in the snobby record store the other day and dude was trying to hard-sell me on this jazz record. It was a reissue of someone like (but not) Johnny Hodges and it had Buddy Rich on drums, and he was all "Oh man, what's the price on that, $20? That must be a mistake because it's worth waaay more than that. See, it's a JAPANESE pressing. If you don't buy it I'm going to mark it up for sure. No? Worst mistake of your life, man."

wow, that dude sounds like a real winner.

further listening: royal trux "pound for pound" and jack rose "raag manifestos" (cuz i want to hear the track with ian nagoski.)

i'm thinking of selling me jack rose LPs. they're all going for like $75 on ebay right now!

aw, it actually looks like prices have gone down from about a month ago, except on sealed or test press copies :(

picked up some seven inches

bantam rooster
a-bones
68 comeback
hentchmen
ettes/fondas split

A-Bones! They live 'round the corner from me, and B1lly might join my buddy Mike & I for burgers this evening.

Now playing: Washington Phillips "What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?"

awesome!

also, which '68 comeback record did you get? some of those sell for moderate dough, these days.

i found the 7" for 'do the rub'/'cadillac man'. $2.99, i think?

i see a copy on ebay for the same price so i guess it's not too rare!

i'm djing some garage rock at a bar and i needed to stock up on some shit hence all the sftri-type acts. i might buy some more because i'd prefer to do all 45s.

Do the Rub really is great, though. One of my favorite '68 Comeback tracks.

I didn't say it was a nice dance...

yeah, i'm not sure which ones are the most desirable ones. i believe the ones with greg cartwright are the most desirable? you know, put oblivians in the listing and watch the price shoot up kinda thing...

xpxp

check if your local shop has the Romance Novels 45 on Hozac; it's great contemporary lo-fi garage punk. I have a moderate flirtation with that kind of stuff, cuz a couple of guys I work with are really into it.

i will check it out. amoeba's garage stuff mostly runs to the shittier end of sftri/estrus, but i did find all that stuff in there so maybe there's some hope. i totally regret not picking up some of that cartwright/oblivians-related vinyl when i had a chance to a few years ago, esp the compulsive gamblers stuff which is really hard to find now.

You liked the Romance Novels 45, Ian? Couldn't get into it, and I've liked just about everything else on the label. Especially Blank Dogs & Static Static.

I actually haven't heard the 2nd Romance Novels, only the first, but that one I really liked.

Blank Dogs... well, LOL is all I can say, I guess.

I'm not into synthy punk, really.
The best Blank Dogs is the 1st 12" i'd say (2nd press coming soon)

I like the 1st 12-inch, but mostly for the tape fhuzz and "Ambulance". For tunes, I prefer the 2nd 12 and the singles. Especially "Outside Alarmer". Not really suitable for 'garage rock at a bar,' I guess.

Another suggestion for Gear would be the 1st Nothing People 45 on s-srecords, the one with "Twinkie Defense" which is some bastard child of the 13th floor elevators and hawkwind.

Haven't heard it. Sounds cool. What about that Duchess & the Duke 45 w/ "Reservoir Park" & "Mary"? Too pretty, I guess.

this weekend:

Ian Matthews - Valley Hi (replacing my $1 beater with a minty fresh one)
A.R. Kane - Up Home EP
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Milton Nascimento - Miltons
Martin Denny - Quiet Village
Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. (this took me a suprisingly long time to find! I live in St. Louis so always figured I'd find the private press at a garage sale or dumpster. Great album.)

god i LOVE Valley Hi!

I would like to have more early A.R. Kane stuff - in addition to 69 and the "Lolita" 12-inch, which I've already got and love. Any S/D recs?