Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

you should see em when you get a chance, scott. i loved the 7" already, but the live show really blew me away, even after a long weekend of pretty awesome shows.

btw i got an extra copy of the gonerfest edition of the jay reatard matador singles (sealed, clear THICK vinyl, ltd to 300) that i would totally trade for a copy of the sixth jay matador single (no time/you were sleeping)!

I didn't bother trying to get any of those singles, I knew a comp wasn't far behind.

Yeah, same. That and the fact he was charging £5 for them when he played here. Sod that for a 7". OK so I probably could have sold it on Ebay for more now or something but I can't be bothered with the hassle at the moment.

A friend of mine just sold the whole set on ebay for $250. jeepers.

Listening to new LPs by:
Way Of The Cross (psych/drone supergroup with Jan Anderzen, Kuupuu, Skaters, Dave Nuss, Uton etc.)
Six Ways To Avoid The Evil Eye (Ed Yazijian solo record channeling Angus Maclise-style percussion drone with stringed accompaniment.)

get me a banty, put him in my backdoor

gross

okay, picked up a couple more things:

coltrane live at birdland (nice mono copy)

letta mbulu - naturally

larry willis - inner crisis (love this! on groove merchant.)

gene ammons - the boss is back! (sounds so beautiful. late 60's prestige vinyl bows to no man!)

lightning hopkins - low down dirty blues

patrice rushen - before the dawn (awesome! super-thin prestige vinyl from 1975 ain't no joke either!)

jimmy mcgriff - i've got a woman

john lee hooker - if you miss 'im...i got 'im (i'm guessing the title refers to john's cousin earl. cuz he is featured on this album. and they are both on the cover.)

okay lesse what the new action is here.

last night i outbid ilx user "69" on a michael hurley LP.
i also won a charlie poole LP (vol. 1 on county) and a comp of "old-time mountain guitar."

in the real world, i have recently become intimate with:
bohannon - dance your ass off
arlo guthrie - amigos (surprisingly strong)
johnny dodds - spirit of new orleans 1926-27
popol vuh - aguirre OST
michael coleman - the legacy of... (irish fiddle in america, 1921-1936)
v/a hawaiian steel guitar classics vol. 2 1927-1934 (folklyric)
v/a st. lous blues 1926-1932: good time blues! (search: Jelly Roll Anderson's "Good Time Blues" and Cora Perkins "Today Blues.")
george coleman - bongo joe (amazing new reish on mississippi that i talked about on other threads.)
mayo thompson - corky's debt to his father

ian is the nosferatu soundtrack by popol vuh good? i almost bought that the other day...it was like $15 or $16, worth it?

i don't have that one, actually. but i bet it's good. i like all of their stuff, even in years where i normally get off the boat with other bands.

I need a copy of the Hackamore Brick LP.

I have no new vinyl this week except for the two Doubling Riders records that I got on ebay. Released on the Italian ADN label (the second 2LP box in conjunction with Recommended), something about these records really works for me and they end up being easily in my 80's top 100. Very soundtracky, foreign, experimental prog. Never seen copies before so I snagged 'em.

let me know when you get your MS records, sleeve. they shipped earlier this week.

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name

Don Agrati - Homegrown

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Lifeboat

Beach Boys - Today!

v/a - The Nairobi Sound lp (on Original Music)

"David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name

Don Agrati - Homegrown

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Lifeboat"

the pernicious influence of the 70's west coast thread working its evil magic...

ha yeah I like Dream Kid better than Lifeboat, am definitely going to track that one down too.

hey ian I got those records today. Irma Thomas looks awesome, but I am going to go have a couple of beers before listening.

PS nice mylar sleeves!

cartoons re: the "dangers" of crate digging:

http://stefanglerum.blogspot.com/2008/07/crate-digging-dont-do-it.html

IMAGINARY RECORDS WILL HAUNT YOU IN YOUR SLEEP

i dream about imaginary records ALMOST every night. they are always very cool looking.

i got some records yesterday. more old-time music that you guys don't care much about.

v/a - old-time mountain guitar 1926-1930
charlie poole & the north carolina ramblers volume 1.

and a few days ago, v/a - tex-arkana-louisiana country (yazoo LP. red label.)

and i got the Dead C tour 12" :D

i care about old timey music..i wish i knew more about it.

it's sort of a blind spot for me.

is the best place to start to just get the that box set of the harry smith american anthology thing?

mmmm probably. there's really not much of a bad place to start. you have lots of options. what are you interested in specifically? like, fiddlers/string bands? banjo playin balladeers? hot jazz? country blues? pre-war gospel?

honestly i don't even know what i'm interested in...have heard bits and pieces of stuff that sounds intruiging but i'm not super knowledgable...

maybe the set would be good then, it's a pretty good variety

'Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s 1926-1937' is a great single-disc comp. You couldn't ask for better recommendations on this stuff than from Joe Bussard.

Also, thanks Ian for the old-timey tip-off on County Sales. I ended up picking up a few of the $5 LPs. Best of the lot is ID Stamper's Red Wing. He was some kind of dulcimer master, as a player and craftsman. The LP was recorded in 77, but it sounds like it could have been recorded anytime from 1920 onward, and it has these nice short interview/monologues about how he learned various songs in the 20s, 30s, etc. from guys 'passing through' and that kind of thing.

and his name is ID Stamper!

can we talk about hot stampers?

hot stampers is some straight bullshit IMHO.

audiophiles are some of the most disgusting savages etc

i just got a hot tip that the central mpls library branch has a store where they sell off old stuff...apparently you can find lots of old elektra explorer and folkways stuff...might find some old timey goodness there!

Bad Company
wtf is this??

Bad Company
White Hot Stamper New Arrival!
(Item # : badcobadco_0908_1)
By Swan Song LP

MONSTROUS MASTER TAPE SOUND on side two, plus a seriously heavy side one! No side two in our shootout was any better than this one -- the sound JUMPS out of the speakers and fills the room. The average copy tends to be clean and dry, but...

Our Price : $349.99

jesus christ it's like mobile sound labs gone CRAZY

i hate music

the site is totally full of LOLs

funny like "boo hoo" funny, not "ha ha" funny.

or was it mobile fidelity labs? anyway they made like 8 zillion 24K AUDIOPHILE GOLD CDS of "abraxas" by santana in like 95

this is definitely haha funny

oh ian gchat me when u getta chance?

hahahaha

This copy ROCKS! It's vibrant and energetic with great bass and dynamics, both of which are crucial to the reproduction of this music. The vocals are present with wonderful immediacy, exactly what you need to drive a powerful song like "Big Shot", while making the intimate moments of a song like "Honesty" that much more captivating.

This copy had all the elements we look for - life, energy, bass definition, top end extension, transparency and spacial resolution. It all adds up to just one thing: MUSICALITY.

The Piano Is Key

On the best copies of the album the sound of the piano was solid, full-bodied, with both weight and warmth, just like the real thing. The copies of the album with a piano that sounded lean or hard always ended up having problems with the other instruments as well. (This should not be surprising; the piano was designed to be the single instrument most capable of reproducing the sound of an entire orchestra.)

i think the hot stamper dude is some kinda genius.

i just picture these guys sitting on the floor with a thousand copies of hotel california taking copies on and off their stereos saying, "nope, not this one. nope, another dud. nope. nope. nope. HOT STAMPER!!!!!"

ian basically refused to gchat with me about hot stampers :(

i love shit like this, mentioned upthread:

http://i6.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/f4/14/076b_1.JPG

oh dude omar you can still get a lot of those volumes direct from arhoolie us between $5 and $20, with some higher due to low number of remaining copies. email them for a catalog/pricelist!

: O

i am ON it~!

tracking down small independent labels (especially those still putting out music on CD) can be shockingly fruitful.

i actually just found about the arhoolie stuff today. great syncronicity.

http://www.sevensquared.com/poser/images/twins.jpg

This "Earth Free" reissue on Void is really hitting the spot. Private rural psych. Nice stuff. I also gave the Cooley-Munson "In Debt" LP another chance, and I've warmed up to that one too.