Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

which moondog, dogg?
I've bought something off Craig Moerer before, I think, though I can't remember what it was right now. I remember one time wanting to buy a Michael Hurley LP from him (underpriced at $50) but it was gone in a matter of minutes.

that basic one. i don't know. he is wearing a hat. i guess he always is. not a rare. on Coulumbia.

the dreaded craig moerer

haha...

Guys, how come PF Sloan records don't turn up for me like they should?

yesterdaze harvest
Poor School - Holy Master
Tusco Terror/Emeralds split

both on Ectastic Peace

Listening to these:

George Gerdes - Son of Obituary (nice country rock w/ lots of Stray Gators)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Carter Thornton - Ten Fingers...
Michael Hurley - Armchair Boogie

IAN DO YOU HAVE ALL THE COWBOY ALBUMS YET????? YOU NEED THEM. I THINK. REACH FOR THE SKY, 5'LL GETCHA TEN, BOYER & TALTON, AND S/T COWBOY ALBUM. ALL OF THEM ON CAPRICORN. I THINK.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEM DUDE.
I DID JUST GET THAT MEDIOCRE SAILCAT LP THOUGH, "MOTORCYCLE MAMA. " IT WAS FREE.

SON OF OBITUARY IS ROCKIN MY FRIDAY MORNING WORLD.

Scott, you should hear the D. Charles Speer LPs for a modern take on the classic early seventies post-psychedelic country rock sound. New one on Black Dirt, the same label that just put out the AMAZING Pigeons LP, which is like, pastoral brunch psych with Mutantes moves and French vox.

double decker records, allentown, pa finds:

the piano music of erik satie lp
stiv bators - the church and the new creatures lp (french compilation)
biff bang pow! - love is forever
career suicide/jed whitey split lp
altered images - happy birthday lp
OMD - organisation lp
OMD - architecture & morality lp
todd rundgren - faithful lp
yellow magic orchestra - s/t lp
new order - power, corruption and lies lp
new order - low-life lp

dinosaur l - go bang #5/clean on your bean #1 12" (rinked but cheap, still cool to hear minor differences of versions)
dexter wansel - life on mars
historia da musica popular brasileira - gilberto gil
island of sanity - new music from new york city (i love my '80s east village skronk, but this is almost unlistenable)

island of sanity - new music from new york city (i love my '80s east village skronk, but this is almost unlistenable)

^^ i bet i can find something to trade u for it. private new age bangers???

i have that island of sanity thing. i never thought it was that bad. it has lots of stuff on it. it's not as good as dexter wansel's life on mars though.

i had lots of store credit from all the CDs i've been bringing in to the record store and yesterday i got the red hash vinyl and wolfmangler 2lp thing. also crappier dollar stuff out of boredom. well, not all crap. i got a good dr.feelgood record and a kinda cool 415 Records comp from early 80's with forgotten garage punk bands on it like the mutants and the symptoms and the readymades. got a power pop album by 4 out of 5 doctors from 1980. also got two HORRIBLE albums by 70's krisna rockers JIVA. they were friends with george harrison. man, are they bad. i knew they would be, but i was still curious.

i also found a very cool mystik sike record in one of the boxes in the store and i gave it up to chris who works there. i can't even remember the band. but the record goes for, like, 200 bucks. i found them a rare sealed detroit electro-boogie twelve inch a couple weeks ago in another box. also goes for 200 bucks. they are my pals. i want them to make money. i told them i want a finder's fee from now on though. they've got these big boxes of crud under their shelves and occasionally i find gold.

THE VAMPS - Disco Blood <-- campy brazilian horror disco with some electronix thrown on top for good measure
Times New Viking - Rip It Off <-- had the mp3s for a while, picked up the vinyl, basically my favorite shit right now

BURTON GREEN ENSEMBLE on ESP
TOMMY JAY - TALL TALES OF TRAUMA
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER - SOV GOTT ROSE MARIE
HUMAN EYE LP ON ITR
USA IS A MONSTER - MASONIC CHRONIC
PHILLIP GLASS - MUSIC IN SIMILAR MOTION

I love Times New Viking. They are a dope fucking band. Did you make it to Don P's last week, dmr?

yeah they were great! we got there late though and only saw their last few songs ;___;

the headliner at that show was a GBV tribute band (lol)

Yeah, I saw the TNV guys earlier that day and they said it was a GBV tribute band and like, doug gillard solo or something?? weiiiiird stuff. How did the "Indie Rock Music Blah Blah My Life" book look? Awful?

I did not encounter the book. the gbv band was kinda fun actually (up to a point). they got gillard up on stage with em for a couple songs. dude from fiery furnaces did a solo set at that show too. which is why I was surprised that I missed a bunch of TNV! usually on a four-band bill the third band ain't leaving the stage by 10:45. (shit started at 8 I think.)

the one show where I get there appropriately late they decide to run it efficiently. jeez. oh yeah how was Roky?

It was awesome. His voice is still incredible. Sounds almost just like the records. And loud, and the band is tight, and they did more non-Evil One songs this time--Starry Eyes, The Interpreter, Bermuda, a few Elevators tunes (You're Gonna Miss Me, Splash 1.)

Great weekend in Chicago yielded a nice score:
The Folk Spectre The Blackest Medicine
Sapat Mortise and Tenon
The Bad Trips s/t
Times New Viking Rip It Off
Psychedelic Horseshit Who Let the Dogs Out 7"

The show with Horseshit and TNV was a lot of fun. Basement show, capacity crowd. So wore out from driving up on Friday, practicing and playing a show on Saturday, then driving back on Sunday. It was well worth it, though. Made the gas money back. And I'm stoked on the records I picked up. Took a chance on that Folk Spectre without really knowing what to expect, but I really dig it.

Last night's vinyl purchases:

Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks - Buckingham/Nicks
Rick Nelson - Garden Party
A Certain Ratio - Early

recent:

ZZ Top - Fandango!
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Bill Fay - Tomorrow, Tomorrow, & Tomorrow
Rush - Signals
Os Mutantes - s/t (180G reissue)

GOOD NEWS : )

"While we're finishing up the new album, we told the dudes at the record company we thought it might be cool to dust off the old tapes and get all retro with some vinyl re-releases... First up are the first two albums (duh!?), 'Kill 'Em All' and 'Ride the Lightning', coming out on April 15 in North America and pretty fucking close to that in the rest of the world.

"There will be two versions...one like the original on a single disc spinning at 33 1/3, the other a two disc, 180-gram vinyl, 45 rpm package all in a double gatefold. The music was half speed mastered from the original analog tapes at Mobile Fidelity to bring you audiophile quality. Both versions will be available in the online store here and over at MetClub.

"Oh, and in case you were wondering, 'Master' and 'Justice' will obviously be next and should be coming out on vinyl in June."

I really dig the Folk Spectre LP as well, it's good some nice wasted bedroom vibes. The kind of music I would like to be able to make, but can't pull it off as convincingly.

Buckingham/Nicks is a great record.

Bill Fay - Tomorrow, Tomorrow, & Tomorrow

i forgot to say, this record is kind of blowing my mind, so unique and cool and sort of spooky and sad...reminds me a BIT of robert wyatt, in spirit not execution or style

I got that Who Let the Dogs Out 7" at the Psychedelic Horseshit and Pink Reason show in London last week. Hadn't tweaked how much of a ringer that Pscyh Horseshit dudes' voice is for Ron House. Great shows from both bands, anyway. Pink Reason did an Agent Orange cover. Only bummer was that in a typically duff bill-making move from regular American-band-importers Upset the Rhythm, the long anticipated 'special guests' turned out to be fucking Yeasayer. The guitarist looked remarkably like Yanni, and the music wasn't far off either. And of course, that meant that 80% of the crowd there were blatantly there for Yeasayer only, so the 15 minute PH jam at the end resulted in widespread boos and heckling. Dicks! I threw beer for the first time in my life.

I need Bill Fay records. I've heard a few cuts here and there (thanks ex-roomies) but his LPs seem pretty scarce in the wild.

I'm still listening to "Son of Obituary."
I'm cleaning my room up a bit and boxing up all the worthless/unlistenable/dumb LPs that have collected over the past two years or so. So many dumb 12"s I picked up just for the names or covers. So many boring Anita Kerr records with earth toned chixx on the cover.

xpost FUCK THE PH/PR HATERS. Seen great shows out of both, but then, they weren't opening for yeasayer.

I need Bill Fay records. I've heard a few cuts here and there (thanks ex-roomies) but his LPs seem pretty scarce in the wild.

i should have said, this one i bought was a brand new drag city reissue, looks like it's fairly recent so you should be able to find it pretty easy...i don't really know much about his other stuff, kind of bought it on a whim, i even get the sense this isn't considered his best by a long stretch...

Oh huh! I didn't know they were doin that on vinyl as well; just noticed the Red Hash & Corky's Debt LPs in the last catalog. Will have to look harder.

is that red hash thing good? i literally had it in my hand then decided on os mutantes instead....

Red Hash is very good.
But, as it's on Drag City, it's probably not going anywhere too soon...

It was out on CD a few years ago, so I think there should be tracks floating around ye olde internet for your sampling pleasure.

Anyone familiar with a 3LP compilation called 'Maximum Beatbox' on Fidel Bastro records? Saw a copy at lunch. Not a hip hop comp. Chrome Cranks, Country Teasers, Bill Direen.... interesting lineup, and it had a velcro fastener, but can't seem to find any mention online. Looks good.

the lp of red hash is actually sold out at source already. ltd 500, apparently.

red hash is excellent. first heard it via my bro-in-law's original copy high out of my mind on top of a mountain outside woodstock new york years ago and thought it was godlike and was worried that if i heard it again i would be disappointed but i picked up the vinyl reissue and its just as good as i remember. and the drag city reish SOUNDS amazing. great job that they did.

Wowsville. Is the Corky's Debt LP limited too, then? I guess it would make sense...
Right now I'm listening to The Reel World String Band on "VetCo." Private feminist old timey string band revival. Loving the version of Uncle Dave Macon's "Mourning Blues."

Scott or Dan, do you guys know if originals of Red Hash came with the bumper sticker?

I will second / third / fourth the love for Red Hash (although I think I will skip the vinyl, bought the drag city CD version a couple years ago)

yeah the mayo is apparently also limited.

the best of carly simon vol. 1

flatt and scruggs 20 greatest hits
budos band - s/t
space - just blue

i almost bought 'time to fly' by david pomeranz because of the presence of some interesting early 70s jazz dudes but his rep for pap terrified me.

The Last - Last Train to Hagerstown
Jazz at the Black Lion comp. (I now have some Stephane Grapelli!)
The Cool Notes 12"
Laser Pace - Granfalloon
some African jazz 12"

daft punk - homework 2lp
rocketship - a certain smile, a certain sadness lp
the pastels - up for a bit with the pastels lp
camera obscura - let's get out of this country lp
v/a - ultimate breaks and beats lp

my copies of the Mayo Thompson and Gary Higgins represses came today. They look good! But now I'm afraid to open them because of all this limited edition crap.

LISTEN HERE:
Lula Cortes & Ze Ramalho - Paebiru (expensive reissue, but so fucking necessary.)
notorious byrd brothers.
MEV/AMM split (literally started drooling when i saw this.)
moondog - the viking of sixth avenue
folklords - release the sunshine
robbie basho - falconer's arm, part 2

lula cortes = $15 on cd

fuck shadoks, as always

This ain't the Shadoks version (which sells for about $150 on ebay now.) It's a new legit reissue on uhh.. some label that begins with a B. It's not quite as pricey as a shadoks issue.. should be in stores for maybe $35-39, on the low end. Totally worth it, considering how many more listens I'll get out of the LPs than a CD; don't listen to CDs at all these days.

do i need that mayo thompson thing? i'm not a huge fan or anything. but they do have a copy at the record store.

i got a buttload of classical rekkerds yesterday. listening to those. HANS WERNER HENZE WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!!??? listening to his 5 symphonies on pristine white label promo dgg vinyl last night was a revelation. now i wanna hear the operas he did with auden.