Albums that shouldn't be out of print...

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The Vaselines' one and only album. Granted you can get all the tracks on a compilation, but it would be nice to see back it back in the shops. There can't have been too many copies of it produced first time around.

Son of a Gun, Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

not just out-of-print, but never even released on cd:
bill dixon orchestra - intents and purposes
neil young - time fades away

Lawrence the Looter, Thursday, 15 March 2007 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

would sure be nice if the old NIC JONES records got put out with any real sort of distribution/ availability -- the CD reissues came and went with the blink of an eye. i'm looking for LP reissues, myself -- doubt i'll ever see that as he's not got the hipster cachet of bert jansch and shirley collins, for whatever reason.

and of course the self-titled album by BOBBY CHARLES on Bearsville --which is basically the great lost BAND record as all those guys play on it,--should be released outside of a $40 Japanese import CD or lo-res mp3s via iTunes...

Mike McGooney-gal, Thursday, 15 March 2007 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

The Chrome Box

sexyDancer, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, what is the hold up with Nic Jones' old records? seems like every other English folkie type has a lavish reissue series of some sort. why not Nic? the only place I've heard stuff from them is I think Mike M's blog...

tylerw, Thursday, 15 March 2007 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

that's right, i forget i do a blog. not updated in how many months? sorry. anyway, nic's best album -- and for me the finest record of the entire british folk revival (pardon the hyperbole) *is* in print: PENGUIN EGGS, from 1980. all earlier stuff on trailer and other labels is not easily found, at all. i've finally succumbed to paying too much for the lps on eBay after waiting for someone to do an lp reissue, even a 2lp best-of.

Mike McGooney-gal, Thursday, 15 March 2007 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Yup, I've got Penguin Eggs--but I'd love to hear the other 6-7 (?) previous records of his (without paying the eBay prices). Seems like some intrepid reissue lable could exploit the whole "here's the guy who Bob Dylan ripped off" thing for some press coverage. Aren't "Jim Jones" and Canadeeio" (both on Good As I Been To You) pretty much borrowed from Nic's arrangements?

Anyway, Mike, your blog is missed! It was one of the few mp3 blogs I liked!

tylerw, Thursday, 15 March 2007 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

sexyDancer OTM, hell all of the Chrome!

Cleopatra did this horrifying abridged version of the box with edits of all the Chronicles songs and missing parts of other albums. So disappointing. Their single disc best-of is great, however.

sleeve, Friday, 16 March 2007 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

The Swervedriver catalog

Moodles, Friday, 16 March 2007 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

NNCK's Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Will Never Hurt Me

Drooone, Friday, 16 March 2007 05:46 (nineteen years ago)

TylerW: Posted new stuff for first time in many months today, hope you like!

Mike McGooney-gal, Sunday, 18 March 2007 05:11 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Browsing on Amazon again, and found out that the first Queens of the Stone Age album is OOP. Inexcusable.

C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

Sonny Sharrock, Ask the Fucking Ages

Jordan, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Boredoms - Soul Discharge

funny farm, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece

talrose, Thursday, 14 June 2007 07:23 (nineteen years ago)

Mo-dettes - The Story So Far

Stewart Osborne, Thursday, 14 June 2007 09:12 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

Also someone should reissue Loop's stuff and the early Spectrum things and the Pop Group domestically.

My thoughts exactly.

stephen, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

Wrens -- Secaucus
Feelies -- everything

Let's hear it for North Jersey. [Me? No, I live in California.]

Kenny, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

Go Team - everything, or at least Archer Come Sparrow and the 7"s.

Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

seriously,
I guess T. Vail ain't with it.

NNCK's Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Will Never Hurt Me

-- Drooone, Friday, March 16, 2007 5:46 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link

this is still in print.

sexyDancer, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

Wrens -- Secaucus

Reissued last year.

dad a, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

It seems the CDO format may now solve some of these problems:
http://www.thedisckiosk.com

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 17 January 2008 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

i saw this yesterday Geir when digging around for OOP Blancmange albums.
are they legit cds then, and they just reprint a copy when ordered ?

mark e, Thursday, 17 January 2008 14:10 (eighteen years ago)

it's no fun when you can just get whatever you want, whenever you want...

henry s, Thursday, 17 January 2008 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

The Buzzcocks' Another Music in a Different Kitchen and A Different Kind of Tension are way the hell out of print on CD (though oddly, Love Bites from the same reissue series is still out there and easy to find), as is Rock 'n' Roll With the Modern Lovers. Hopefully whoever put out the US CD of The Modern Lovers will get to work putting out the rest of Richman's catalog, but I'm not holding my breath.

Telephone thing, Thursday, 20 March 2008 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

Love Unlimited - Under the Influence of...

Barry White's group. Lovely (har har) album, for real. I saw it at an antique store today for only a dollar and started to do a victory dance, but it turned out to be so scratches so persistent and deep that even a dollar seemed like a ripoff.

Z S, Thursday, 20 March 2008 23:13 (eighteen years ago)

Got the recent reissue of Chrome's "Third from the sun", now I need "Blood on the Moon".

Soukesian, Saturday, 22 March 2008 10:15 (eighteen years ago)

The Swervedriver catalog
Still out of print in the U.S.
Easy Action and Pretties for You Alice Cooper

steampig67, Saturday, 22 March 2008 13:09 (eighteen years ago)

you cant hide your love forever - Orange Juice.

Hamildan, Saturday, 22 March 2008 13:14 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

I believe "Fegmania" and "Element Of Light" by Robyn Hitchcock are currently out of print. A shame...

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 00:21 (eighteen years ago)

Josef K's discography beyond the recent comp "Entomology" really needs to be (re-)reissued.

Millsner, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

all the hyman/light/mottola stuff touched on in the Bug In The Bass Bin thread

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

Volcano Suns' "The Bright Orange Years" goddamn it.

telepathy_rock!, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

I would imagine those R Hitchcock titles are oop pending the (imminent, I believe) release of the second instalment following on from last year's I Wann Go Backwards set.

My latest nomination:
Lots of Loving / Jah Life Killa by Ranking Dread

Stewart Osborne, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

The Iggy Pop CDs from New Values to Zombie Birdhouse.

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 08:49 (eighteen years ago)

Volcano Suns are doing reissues of (I think) all their stuff this coming year.

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 08:49 (eighteen years ago)

Let Them Eat Jellybeans still not out? What's the hold-up? My copy has gone to the big vinyl store in the sky and I am stupid and didn't transfer it.

Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:33 (eighteen years ago)

My picks are all by local (Boston/Providence) bands from the 80s, so maybe that doesn't count.
Someone please put "Get Wise" by the Flies or Lifeboat's debut EP on CD. Lifeboat even got an A- from Xgau, so I think it's worthy.

Jazzbo, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:56 (eighteen years ago)

New Values got reissued in '00 by Buddha and is still available. Couple of extra tracks on it.

Guess Pylon's Chomp will get the treatment shortly since Gyrate did.

ellaguru, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 13:45 (eighteen years ago)

Buddha did the other Arista Iggy albums too, though I think they--like alotta stuff Buddha re-released--have gone OOP after Buddha folded during the Sony/BMG merger. New Values may have survived.

C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

Emitt Rhodes ABC/Dunhill catalogue

C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

From what I can tell, the whole Connells discography is out of print. Maybe that's just because they were on TVT? And I suppose you can find all those records dirt cheap at this point. But they're great, at least through One Simple Word and maybe Ring. And I heard their "big" single, "74-75", on the radio in the south of France last summer, so evidently someone remembers them! (it was right after a Mika song and a Green Day cover of John Lennon; take that for what it's worth). Anyway, three cheers for the Connells; maybe I'll start (or revive?) a thread sometime.

Euler, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

I realize it's in the nature of Brazilian albums to go in and out of print, but there are a lot of them, notably by Jorge Ben:

O Bidu Silencio no Brooklyn
s/t ('69, Rogerio Duprat)
Ben

I'm not sure the last two were ever even on CD, which is bizarre for major label releases by a famous artist.

I wish I could get ahold of that first Nara Leao box set, too.

eatandoph, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

Hey, my wife went to Junior High School with the Connell brothers:)

ellaguru, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

The Bizarros s/t album. It's got the best last three tracks on an album that I can remember. Not to damn it with faint praise, of course. I like the rest of it too. But Lady Dubonette, Mind's a Magnet and White Screen Movies are instant classics from the first time you hear them. Must have been in the crowd with Rocket from the Tombs at the Ohio Velvet Underground Shows, because White Screen Movies has that cyclical organ-led infinite rock momentum down pat.

gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

And speaking of Brazilian albums, someone has to reissue the Lo Borges s/t as well. The sneakers album.

gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:08 (eighteen years ago)

Let Them Eat Jellybeans still not out? What's the hold-up?
Not gonna happen. Licensing issues.

Colonel Poo, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

However I can help you with digital copies...

Colonel Poo, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

New Values got reissued in '00 by Buddha and is still available. Couple of extra tracks on it.
Yeah I have this version, and it is ace.

Colonel Poo, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

The Waitresses studio catalogue.

C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:39 (eighteen years ago)


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