Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

<I>some nice mint Ali Farka Toure</I>

!!! Wow, jealoustown. Listening to Maher Shalal Hash Baz, an eighties/nineties Tori Kudo group. Earlier it was Lee Hazlewood "Requiem For An Almost Lady."

was listening to steve hillage and other new age boners while drinking a kombucha trying to depressurize from the hell of assembling a new bed.

now i have bro la tango's heart beating as one on. best idea i've had in a week. why do i ghettoize indie rock to the lowest, hardest to reach expedit cube?

today i got
trans am- illegal ass 12"
mouse on mars- couche cair naif 12"
king kong- funny farrm lp
plush- found a little baby 7"
grateful dead- blues for allah lp
history of the jams lp

psyched on all the cheap used 90s indie at academy

^^^ i sold those to you this afternoon.

crepey

thank you, ian

So I'm doing the database thing, putting all the vinyl into a spreadsheet, and rediscovering some old buys in the process. Right now i'm listening to "Texas Punk Vol. 5: McAllen (1965-1967)." I'm not a big proto-punk/garage rock dude, I mainly bought it at the time because all the bands came from my tiny South Texas hometown. Liners include the following gem:

"All the selections on this LP were recorded on 2-track mono machines, yet nearly two decades later they sound as fresh and exciting as if released in 1985!"

picked up pharoah sanders - love in us all from Good Records today. you'd think for an Impulse title it'd be easier to find. he had just murdered a collection with multiple copies of that and some more o_O things.

my head is still spinning from that fucking record convention, but here are highlights...

Harry Partch "The Bewitched", at least VG+ on Gate 5 (!!!) for 50 bucks. My friend said "I think they missed a zero on that price."

Half Japanese "Loud" and 'Horrible" for 10 bucks each.

Coil 12" singles I sold and later regretted.

the first self-released Waitresses 7" on Clone Records from Akron, 1977.

Idiot Flesh on vinyl!!!

Roy Harper "Flat Baroque & Berserk"

etc.

I walked away with about $25 more than when I started, so I basically traded a bunch of records.

another good 2008 vinyl trend: more used copies of nice reissues by labels like Sundazed and 4 Men With Beards.

^^^ OTM! Used International Submarine Bands & Incredible String Bands turn up ALL THE TIME.

sleeve, just curious, what did you bring to sell? banged up stuff you don't really listen to or recent chud that are must-owns?

just picked up

Futurama - Bebop Deluxe

and it is a fucking overproduced JOY. like all your ELP albums playing simultaneously.

tonight's listening:

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
Tom Jobim - Jobim
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Manuel Gottsching - E2-E4
Spirit - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

now playing:

Dillard & Clark - Fantastic Expedition of

BEST ALBUM EVER? maybe.

maybe! I wish I had found that one today!

long xpost to sanskrit, I brought some duplicates and some things I didn't care about, also some vinyl in fairly beat shape. I was a flake and didn't write any of it down but...

didn't care about: that new C Heeman In Camera record (don't like), that Oz Days single LP boot (now redundant), , Ear Trumpet, Naux, Misfits & Joy Division boots, um now I'm drawing a blank.

too scratchy: 2 Legendary Pink Dots LPs, Great Lost Kinks LP

duplicates: Lydia Lunch Queen Of Siam, Chrome new Half Machine LP reissue, Jazz Butcher Sex & Travel, etc.

Fair amount of cheap stuff too. I had a free box! Sold about $8 worth of 78s at 25 cents apiece.

also: nobody bought my recently-released bait.

played last night:

A Distant Shore - Tracey Thorn
The Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine - Richard Hayman

Who the heck is behind the drums on that second one??

i'm banning myself from record stores cuz i wanna get a new fancier needle/cartridge...plus i have 8 zillion records i've only listened to like one time

Oz Days single LP boot (now redundant

You got an orig or somethin?

2CD reissue dude!

http://citiesonflamewithrockandroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/va-oz-days-live-official-reissue.html

Today I got:

split - chesterfields + shop assistants 7" flexi
grenadine - fillings 7"
grenadine - don't forget the halo 7"
grenadine - the barnacle 7"
secret goldfish - punk drone 7"
secret goldfish - somewhere in china 7"
secret goldfish - give him a great big kiss 7"
polythene - kill techno 7"
split - bis + heavenly - keroleen/trophy girlfriend 7"
go team - march 1989 (breakfast in bed/safe little circles) 7"

in the mail (Ebay auctions - all the same seller, which worked out pretty good)

THIS IS THE VINYL THREAD!!! Seriously though, how are the other bands on there? I've had the Rallizes/Taj boot for a while, and always been curious. xp

they kinda suck, you're better off with the single LP (p.s. I knew posting that was gonna be heresy!)

The Acid 7 stuff that I have heard has been cool, if raw. Fuck it, I'm gonna grab that Oz Days.

What I want to grab are the LSD March LPs I missed! Empty Rubious Red has some ultra-fuzzed heady-drone moments that leave me wanting more.

Skeletonwitch Beyond the Permafrost on icy nice blue.

Got really bored with LSD March after a while. Cover of Empty Rubious Red is the best thing about it.

Listening to:
-Times New Viking "Rip It Off"
-Jerry Jeff Walker "Five Years Gone"
-Messiaen "Seven Haikai / La Fauvette Des Jardins"

on deck pile looks somethin like:
-Bobb Trimble "Harvest of Dreams"
-Asmus Tietchens "Teils Teils"
-Acnode One double LP reish (LAFMS/Smegma-related tapes)

from the Mars Volta wiki:

In some U.S. indie stores, a free 5" VinylDisc of The Mars Volta's cover of Pink Floyd's "Candy and a Currant Bun" was given away with purchase of the album. The VinylDisc is a new format that has a digital side and a vinyl side. One side plays in a CD player, while the other side plays on a turntable. The vinyl side contains the Pink Floyd cover "Candy and a Currant Bun", while the CD side contains the audio track for "Candy and a Currant Bun" as well as the "Wax Simulacra" video as enhanced content. It also comes with a removable foam spindle insert to switch between CD & vinyl.

Anyone seen one of these VinylDiscs? How well do they actually work?

I haven't seen that, but it's probably worth looking at.
I know Nautical Almanac was lathe-cutting grooves into CDs a few years back, but those were very difficult to play (and, you know, they did it right onto a CD-R, along the outer rim.)

i was just goofing off and noticed brooklyn's biggest fire hazard made it on to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnSeGec6jyo

I have yet to go to The Thing; anyone have any good stories? I hear their comics are better than the comics at Junk.

Right now, I'm working on a mix of religious/gay/country/folk private press LPs.

Thought you meant the band The Thing. They are awesome. Can't speak to the store.

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/image/Thing_religion.jpg

Anyone seen one of these VinylDiscs? How well do they actually work?

-- jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 11 February 2008 19:16 (3 days ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah, I've seen one. It looks like it works about as well as those 'postage stamp records' from olden days.

was the in camera record the open air one, or the first one?

open air, didn't know there was a newer one.

I mean a "first" one before the open air one, duh.

Anyone know what happened to Marquis Dancehall in Brookln? I heard they closed.

sleeve: yeah, there's another one, which is the one i have. it's far from amazing (lots of creaking sounds, the odd piano gets struck), but i quite like it. i haven't heard open air.

http://www.discogs.com/release/628425

there

Anyone know what happened to Marquis Dancehall in Brookln? I heard they closed.

mark dancehall is gone. before his store closed his workers told me he had bought an apartment in morocco. then after it closed i got an email from him saying he was off to mine turkey for psych records. all i know is he recently dumped 15 grand worth of john fahey/folkways/blues type stuff.

my only regret is i used to stroll eat>academy>marquise. i got skated tim leary lsd for $4 from him and other oddities/ethnic. often i would be too beat to go in, i really should have done that walk in reverse.

Found an awesome looking compilation called The Train to Disaster. Tracks by George Brigman & Split, Slickee Boys, Billy Synth & the Turn Ups, The Left, Velvet Monkeys, and a few others I don't know.

Only had a chance to listen to the track by The Left, which kicks ass. Think they had a complete recordings type reissue recently. Must track down...

Other weekend finds/arrivals...

Philip Cohran - Malcom X Memorial. (Awesome drum sounds. Almost Moondoggin' at times.)
Game Theory - Lolita Nation & Big Shot Chronicles
Jacqueline Taieb - 7AM Lusty yeye 7" with lyrics about Macca.
Merle Haggard - Tribute to Bob Wills
Asmus Tietchens VOD boxed set (WOW)
Unicorn s/t
Royal Trux - Thank You
Lavender Hill Mob LP

Also found a Peach of Immortality LP from 1987, but the guy had no idea where the record was. Shame. And interestingly, I as just reading the history of this group. Had no idea Michael Stipe and Tom Smith shared a history!!!?

The Left comp is called Jesus Loves The Left and is recommended - I only knew one track "Fuck It" from Killed By Hardcore before I got the comp, but there's a load of other great songs on it.

Just spent about two months or so in Berlin, with a slice of Stockholm on the side. Gotta love those flohmarkts, and a host of used/cheap bins full of maxis! And Stockholm gives it up nicely, too. As you'll see, I like my covers.

Some great LPs:

Jean-Yves Labat - M. Frog
Gershon Kingsley - Mister Popcorn and His Sound Machine (with the great "Crackerjack" and "Kohoutek")
B.B. and the Band - We the People
Patty Pravo - Miss Italia (with crazy Italian version of "Come Sail Away")
Lora Logic - Pedigree Charm
Monica Zetterlund - Same (with great Swedish version of "Hit the Road, Jack")
Patrick Cowley comp. with Tantra's "Katmandu"
The Zeet Band - Moogie Woogie
Nancy Sinatra - Woman
Zodiac - Disco Alliance (great Soviet space disco)
Zerrin Özer - Seni Seviyorum (a couple of great disco cuts)
Quartz - Quartz
Ganymed - Takes You Higher (costumed cosmic disco)
Bernard Estardy - La Formule du Baron (reissue, long out of print)
The Rattles - Greatest Hits (for their beaty cover of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah")

Some 12s:

Black Light Orchestra - A Man and His Harmonica (Morricone disco)
Venus Gang - Love to Fly
Hot R.S. - House of the Rising Sun
Luv You Madly Orchestra - Moon Maiden
Le Jeté - La Cage aux Folles
The Hugo & Luigi Music Machine - Love Theme from "The Godfather" (wow!)
Cosmo Wave and the Space Cadets - Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg goes disco)

And a stack of 7s:

Gainsbourg - Sea, Sex and Sun + My Lady Heroine
Linda Law - Nights in White Satin, but the flip is the one you want "All the Night"
Caterina Caselli - Es la Juventud (Italian version of "Baby, Please Don't Go)
Silvetti - Spring Rain
Gerald Mann - Pac-Man Fieber (in German, even better!)
Preston Epps - Bongo Bongo Bongo
Tumblack - Caraïba (not the great 12", but a pretty good, if crispy, 7-inch version)
Theo Schermann - Marbles in My Head (trippy proto synth pop)
Johan Timman - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the only real passable disco version to these ears)
Les Rockets - On the Road Again (check the Youtube vid)
Les Clodettes - Chinese Kung Fu
Cozy Powell - Dance with the Devil (and the great flip, "And Then There Was Skin")
The Winstons - Amen, Brother (cheap, cheap!)
Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad
Danyel Gerard - America (great cover French cover version)
Les Surfs - Clac Tape ("The Clapping Song" in French)
Donna Hightower - C'est Toi Mon Idole ("My Boy Lollipop" in French)
Blondie - llamame ("Call Me" in Spanish)

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/6115/godzimage/alien.jpg

and of course, our radio show is vinyl only.
My Radio Show

the past two weeks...

at flea markets + thrifts around philly, all $1 each
edith piaf - piaf
prince and the revolution - purple rain
michael jackson - off the wall
michael jackson - thriller
nancy sinatra - movin' with nancy
bruce springsteen - born in the usa
debussy - la mer/nocturnes
hyden - symphonies 101-104 (2lp, really nice Erato label edition)
v/a - 2001: a space odyssey soundtrack
v/a - american gigolo soundtrack (giorgio moroder)
v/a - rosemary's baby soundtrack (my favorite find of the day... love this soundtrack!)

philly record stores:
the left banke - walk away renee lp
teenage fanclub - I don't want control of you 12"
the free design - kites are fun lp
todd rundgren - runt lp
orange juice - flesh of my flesh 12"
pete shelley - homosapien
the go-betweens - tallulah lp
v/a it's different for domeheads lp (creation records)
v/a pop romantique lp
the dickies - stukas over disneyland lp
tv babies - jailbait 12"
the celibate rifles - s/t lp
heroin 12"
barry beam - s/t lp
angel hair/bare minimum split 7"
tickley feather/serpents of wisdom split 7"

yesterday in brooklyn:
scott joplin - piano rags vols. 1 + 2 2lp (nonesuch)
clive pig and the hopeful chinamen lp
nude ants - access 12"
the tyde - twice lp
clikitat ikatowi - august 29+30 1995 lp
elf power - a dream in sound lp
cause co-motion! - who's gonna care? 7"