Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

<I>bought it mostly because it was on ranwood, same label as the inner dialogue</I>

Yeah, same here. And it's cheap. In fact, I didn't even buy it yet, it's in my hold stack. Right now I am listeing to Tusk. Fucking Tusk, man.

Sleeve, I'm kind of surprised the Mississippi people even contacted the Raccoon folks at Warner, since most of what they do is totally unlicensed anyway! (Though I guess those 78s fall under public domain now, maybe? God knows. IANAL.)

There are definitely some sample-worthy bits on that Gipp LP too, man. I mean, like whatever that line is about "26 hours a day."

I tried talking to Hurley when he played here and I felt like I was bothering him, it was kind of a bummer.

Yeah, I did this too when I saw him five or six years ago. I wouldn't say it felt like I was *bothering* him, more like Sleeve said -- it was just kind of hard to engage him. I tried talking to him about Vermont cuz I love Vermont and was genuinely curious whether or not he and I had hung out in some of the same towns and his impression of his time there. but he just didn't have a lot to say.

do i need that malcom x/funky jazz/60's/radical/whatever/reissue record on mississippi? they have that at the record store.

just tell me no. i don't need any records right now.

i need to SELL some records. seriously. before i even think about buying more. i need to justify my habit somehow. i ain't got no money honey.

Scott ... yeah you need that Phil Cohran record. both of his records, in fact! I have two originals of the Malcolm X record... I missed putting one up on the bay before that reish came out. Oh well. it should still probably pull some decent scratch.

Yeah that Pjil Cohran rules, duder.

Want to trade me your dupe of the orig, Stormy? Doubt I have anything you need, but you never know.

My policy is to buy anything Mississippi puts out, ask questions later.

hmm .. I could consider a trade! though to be honest I've never really been a big trader. do you have the 1st Salvation lp on Probe ? or the Sonic Arts Union lp ??

I am bummed that I never picked up those Mississippi comps of the old 78 stuff. I never even saw 'em ANYWHERE! sheesh. they are gonna end up like those Group Doueh and Group Inerane lps and sell for like a hundred bucks, aren't they?

Those comps are being repressed! Most of them, anyway.

I wish I had the Sonic Arts Union LP! That's on MY want list too.

I will trade you my girlfriend for a week.

Can I interest you in Argentine psych rarities?

i've been playing this record lately, nice lil' 50's jazzzzzz session with max leading on bass, and i had no idea that he's the same dude who played with zappa on a ton of records! he's on hot rats!

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20060117/4823122918.jpg

shows what i know. he played on a ton of records, period.

http://www.united-mutations.com/b/max_bennet.htm

Someone needs to press Mike Hunchback's solo LP, "Outta My Head" on LP. He's onto some serious Columbus, Ohio vibes in a stew with Alice Cooper, Gene Clark and vintage Touch & go.

"solo CD .... onto LP"

this week's vinyl, first bunch from tequila sunrise in philly, second from princeton record exchange in nj.

maximum joy - unlimited (1979-83) 2lp
giorgio - e=mc2 lp
the damned - the black album lp
mi ami - 12" on white denim
david bowie - station to station lp (my friend gave me his extra copy)
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altered images - pinky blue lp
the housemartins - london 0 hull 4 lp
franklin bruno - a bedroom community lp
leon redbone - from branch to branch lp
kraftwerk - the telephone call/der telefon anruf 12"
sylvester - don't stop 12"
shannon - give me tonight 12"
carol jiani - hit n run lover 12"
paul parker - right on target 12"

saturday:

three times dope - original stylin'
doug e fresh and the get fresh crew - oh my god!
alliance - we could get used to this
sugar hill hang - sugar hill gang lp
spoonie gee - the godfather of rap
whistle - whistle
ambassadors of funk - monsterjam

I went Goodwillin' and came up with three records by the Maines Brothers, kinda slick sounding but nice Texas country music on some self-released label from 1978-81. There was also a 1985 LP they made for Polydor but I passed. Got a private press country record from Bend, Oregon with an ARP 2600 synth credited (!!!), but it sucked. A Disney "101 Dalmatians" book/single with the Cruella De Ville song, a must have. In other store action on my lazy Saturday, I found an SF Seals LP, Prince's "Raspberry Beret" 12", some record on Tacoma by dudes I can't remember now called "Live At McCabe's" (I know the real McCabe IRL so I had to have it to show him), and some weird 1981 comp LP/mag called Recorder with tracks by Robert Fripp and The Thompson Twins.

First block is new, second block is listening.

Roddy McDowall Reads the Horror Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Monoshock - Walk To The Fire
Marlin Greene - Tiptoe Past The Dragon
Jon Appleton - World Music Theater Of...
Amadu Bansang Jobarteh - Master of the Kora
Blastius To Una Turtavu - Guitar Songs of Papau New Guinea
Lejaren Hiller - Portfolio For Diverse Performers (plus some other stuff on the b-side that i don't care much about)
Eclectricity LP (private '80 hippie psych with what might be the WORST song I've ever heard--"President Ford.")

Euphoria - A Gift From
Lejaren Hiller - Avalanche/Nightmare Music
Skip Spence - Oar
Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing

The Euphoria record remains wildly underrated by ILM.

saw sooo much good stuff at the record fair i visited yesterday. only bought far east family band's parallel world though. the thing with these fairs is, those people know their stuff, so virtually no cheapo finds

The old WFMU fair trick is to go mid-day and onward on Sunday and, no matter what you're looking to by, ask the dealer if they can "do a little better on this one." (Many of them will have signs already advertising price slashing, so you're not really being that rude.)

Flash & the Pan - S/T debut: sucks, see thread
Naked Raygun - Basement Screams reissue w/ demos: great, but I still hate "Potential Rapist" w/ a burning passion
Steppenwolf - 7: only cuz the cover, worth a dollar
Jens Lekman - new one: used & cheap, for the GF
Wipers - Youth of America reissue: already got a copy, but this is nice & I want Greg to have money
Boris - "Statement" 7-inch: rock music

Oh, and

Cough Supressant Alcoholics: "Metal Is Not Dead" 7-inch: sluggish drug noise

yeah i did get that far east record half price hah

DEAD MOON - DEFIANCE.

ian, send me that scorpio info. i'm gonna send it along to the record store dude. actually, what the hell, their e-mail is:

abovegroundrecords

@

yahoo.com

mine is:

skotrok

@

earthlink.net

if you e-mail those dudes just tell them that scott seward wanted them to have the info. thanks!

it's funny cuz today in a box at the record store i found a used copy of the October Country reissue that Scorpio did! i've been thru every box and bin in that store and i still find stuff that i missed.

"The Euphoria record remains wildly underrated by ILM."

i still have never heard it. that's one of the reissues i wanna get.

Will forward all the info when I'm at work tomorrow, Scott.

picked up happy & artie traum - hard times in the country - in your honor today, ian.

yo scott -- i've been to that above ground place. granted, i was 14 and not into records then. it was my only time on the island and probably on illumination night or something.

i'm curious, how does that shop restock its used section? do they ferry stuff over from the mainland or are retiree label executives dying off at a good clip?

that's not their best record, but i hope you like it, scott!! the first two records, on Capitol, jesus--those are some of the best major label country rock records of the era!! Ken Lauber does one of their songs on his "Contemplation (view)" LP.

I was also listening to another scorpio reissue tonight that i LOVE--The Fallen Angels "It's A Long Way Down." Great west coast-sounding psych-rock bummers.

"do they ferry stuff over from the mainland or are retiree label executives dying off at a good clip?"

i've been living off of the remains of ashford & simpson's business manager for years now. the record store bought boxes of his old records years ago when he died and most of it is still there. i bought some more of his old salsa records today. i've gotten lots of cool r&b and weird major label stuff from him. he had a great house. we went to his estate sale. if you ever need 20 sealed ashford & simpson records let me know.

but people bring stuff in. you'd be surprised. pretty good turnover for such a small population. lots of old hippies!

hell, i just brought in a big stack of good sellable records today. i like to help keep things going.

a while ago, someone brought in three big boxes of cool classical and spoken word records and they didn't really want them, so i asked them to offer the people 30 bucks and i'd take them. and they did and i did! they do nice stuff like that for me.

Tommy Jay's Tales of Trauma is predictably awesome. The song 'I Was There' is a knockout, with these great chick-whispered backing vocals.

And back to the excellent Train to Disaster comp I mentioned upthread, there's an amazing German language punk cover of White Rabbit by some dude called Ronnie Urini. It's called Alice und Wunderland. And the George Brigman track is killer. Definitely gotta check out some of his post-Jungle Rot stuff...

Anyone checked out the Spanish psych reissue label Wah Wah? That Musica Dispersa LP in particular sounds great, from what bits I've heard on WFMU.

http://www.forcedexposure.com/labels/wah.wah.records.spain.html

Actually, this Ronnie Urini guy looks like he's quite a character. Apparently he's an Austrian underground/punk musician who played with the Doors, the Ramones and the Velvet Underground. He even has an IMDB page, with his sole credit being an appearance in the film Vampyros Sexos.

Wah Wah does high quality stuff in general, but the Musica Dispersa didn't blow me away. They're the label that just did a big batch of kosmische folk stuff. Emtidi, Holderin, Broselmaschine.

Was it Wah Wah who re-issued that Miguel Cantilo record? I can't remember now.

Dunno. I had my eye on Broselmaschine too though. They also rereleased Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine, which I love. Deodato produced on CTI. 2 stars, sez AMG!

nice vinyl reissues:
gene clark - white light
yves, serge & victor - cagibi (french 70s rural psych with neil young-isms)

How are those new(-ish?) Beefheart reissues? I saw ...Decals... and the rest in shop the other day and nearly fainted.

Cool new releases:
Bruce Russell - 21st Century Field Hollers & Prison Songs (this sounds more like Graham Lambkin's solo records than it does the Dead C; very demanding listening.)
Pigeons LP on Black Dirt (Carter Thornton plus members of the Sea Donkeys make pastoral psychedelia with folk & country overtones. Lush femme vox in French and English, very very recommended.)

Actually, this Ronnie Urini guy looks like he's quite a character.

gnarly s

Had a 45 on Sympathy years back, as Ron Urini & the Wild Bunch: "Wild Venus on Wheels" b/w something or other. Squareish retro garage-punk, but with a certain novelty value deriving from the fact that his "venus" comes out "wenus". In other words, typical Sympathy stuff.

kraftwerk - computer world lp
kraftwerk - trans europe express lp
the boys - the boys lp
close lobsters - foxheads stalk this land lp (!!!!!!!!)
the wedding present - anyone can make a mistake 12"

michael hurley - long journey
carly simon - greatest hits vol. 1 (like 80% awesome)
hoover s/t (NOT THE DISCHORD BAND HOOVER)
takehisa kosugi - violin solo
sandy bull - demolition derby (underrated; has "coming together" "tennessee waltz" and "last date" which are all awesome.)
the reel world string band s/t (private(?) bluegrass/old-timey-ish country record by feminists.)
the dead c - the operation of the sonne
v/a - a collection of mountain songs 1927-1930
muhal richard abrams - live at montreux 1978

i also listened to a rather late (1988) Jerome Cooper LP a few days ago that was surprisingly awesome. Had Joseph Jarman and William Parker on it amongst others.

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