The thread for discussing the amazing Life Is A Problem comp on MISSISSIPPI records

hoping armchair shows up in the next few days.
don't you have an original already pete? with a comic??

ok so they nixed the comic book for cost reasons

and yes yes i do have an orig w comic BRAGGIN

the reish looks awesome btw, with new michael hurley labels, and maybe a whole new painting for the back cover?

just got 'i woke up one morning in may'

haven't listened to it yet but the abner jay is really something, all the print outs etc. i have royally decided that it is way uncool for them to have taken the intros out, but that's based on over thinking rather than listening. i don't think regenerating his image or recontextualising him or whatever is worth the judgement call of actually bowdlerising what he created.

can't wait for armchair boogie anyhow.

"um so does anyone have a decent rip of the spiritual singers lp?"

Look in the Jan. archives here: http://bigstates.blogspot.com/

i think i like the abner jay LP about 25% as much as i like the 7"

xp thanks a lot! i'll check it out when i get home.

coming soon:
the rats -- intermittent signals
bishop perry tillis - in times like these

abner jay record is grand. i'd only heard his stuff patchily before but hearing vietnam etc on record makes me like it. i still want the seven inch (and missed out on that second portland seven inch way back, i guess forever: bummer) but haven't seen it anywhere.

i think this is michael hurley props rather than ms props, but armchair boogie's lovely. so nice having penguins to play whenever i please.

ARMCHAIR BOOGIE POLL

abner jay is not social music, nope -- but it is great, and will come with a 7"

did this come with a 7"? mine doesn't have one.

goner is selling LP+7", but thats the only place ive seen... i got my 7" online from exiled, and my LP direct from MS records

anyone know if the perry tillis LP duplicates the material on the CD, "too close" (released by birdman)?

DOES NOBODY KNOW THE ANSWER?

It does not -- entirely different material. The Mississippi record is a much rougher recording than what was used on the Birdman cd.

AND AMATEURIST, THERE ARE PLENTY OF LINER NOTES SO YOU WILL NOT FEEL THE MATERIAL IS BEING TREATED POORLY (I HOPE.)

xoxo
Ian Johnson, official MS records stan

sweet, thanx y'all and sorry for being a bitch on that other thread.

hey not mississippi records but in a similar vein: did you guys check out that "JUNIOR KIMBROUGH" EARLY RECORDINGS thing?

ooooh, no i hadn't seen that. now i will order some copies for the shop. thanks for the tip, am.

this three-week lag between new sets of releases is INFURIATING

where is your record shop ian?

some of my favourite junior stuff's totally different from the elasticated blues stuff. would love to hear him playing alone a little more, what's it like?

saw mississippi alumni tara jane o'neil play a couple of nights ago with a guy playing the abner jay record between sets: made me wish i had that lone seven inch that came out.

ELASTICATED?

our store is in brooklyn. it is not really mine, i don't own it.

which one in brooklyn?

Academy Record Annex, 96 North 6th Street, Williamsburg. Near the Bedford avenue L train stop.
www.academyannex.com

what is a "tip-on" sleeve and why is it worth mentioning in every album description?

it means oldstyle heavy cardboard.

schlump was that the Fontanelle gallery show?

i always thought tip on meant the effect of having been stickered, so was totally disappointed when abner/fight on came in JUST PLAIN OL HEAVY BOARD. looking forward to perry tillis.

- ELASTICATED?

elasticated is 1000% the correct word to describe junior kimbrough/tav falco style electrified blues guitar wriggling.

- Fontanelle gallery show?

ahh, i don't think so; is that one of the ones she's just played? this was market hotel ny. have seen her a bunch of times lately; it was nice. first play of the new record seemed kinda underwhelming but i think it's nice now, hazy and sleepy, like a bleary eyed morning or nighttime record. have you just caught her somewhere?

Yeah. Portland show a few nights back. Nice.

Academy Record Annex, 96 North 6th Street, Williamsburg. Near the Bedford avenue L train stop.
www.academyannex.com

― ian, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 7:15 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

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Best record shop in the NY area, methinks! One that helped me greatly directly/ indirectly in compiling the new YETI CD too, so -- yay!

I'm finally readying a handful of proper SOCIAL MUSIC releases, by the way -- one of them will just be 200 copies, others in runs of between 300 and a thousand. Miss. Records will be distro'ing. Man, everything takes longer than you think it will!

Also, I just finished my first draft of the Tompkins Square CD box set all in the vein of LIFE IS A PROBLEM -- as it stands it's 4 hours, 3 CDs, 80 songs. We'll see hwo it goes after we finish with licensing, clearing, etc. everything. It'll still probably be called FIRE IN MY BONES.

stoked

That Irma Thomas one mentioned way upthread is great and I still like her live. Just saw her in DC outdoors at a free fest.

I have Last Kind Words LP now it is great

The Anglin Brothers

this should be a postcard

Cecil Barfield?

Is he the king of "mush-mouth country blues"? And is the Mississippi release available?

The MS release is available, and he is certainly the king of post-war mush-mouth country blues.

i picked it up a couple of days back but haven't listened yet. also the drawing on the front looks a little too much like a police sketch. i haven't played perry tillis much since buying it so am a little curious to see how this holds up. i wonder if there are any more comps on the way?

ian n@goski's first MS project, STRING OF PEARLS, a comp of international 78's, is coming next week!

that's awesome-

i dug up some info-
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=158524239&blogId=485860193

and this great discography which really makes me wish i was keeping up with the tapes. can't wait for string of pearls-

also: how is the spooky dance band record from way back?

just got "don't feel at home in this world", which is fantastic, and was excited to see caresser's "edward the viii" -- one of my favorite calypso songs. folks who like should check-out rounder's "roosevelt in trinidad" comp. it also includes a bunch of the songs that van dyke parks covered on discover america (originals kill vdp's versions) and the great "m.c.c vs west indies" which is essentially the play by play of a cricket match.

what ever happened to that string of pearls thing -- i can't find it anywhere. and what about the 'Mortika: Music of the Greek Underworld " thing?

String of Pearls was delayed, but my shop got our copies in this week so it should be more widely available soon...

(Am, if you can't find it locally & want to order a copy from us e-mail academymailor✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧; i forget the exact price, but pretty cheap.)

uh, make that-- academymailorder at gmail dot com