Michael Hurley - C or D/S or D?

thanks dogg ill paypal u, as long as it looks good to u

eek I just spent too much money for a copy of "Hi Fi Snock Uptown."
i love that record though. need it. ebay is about the only thing that makes me competitive.

I like six cups not one or two iirc.

heard a really good hurley song offa tompkins square comp, the early bird always gets the worm. hear it by fast forwarding to like two hours fifty four here

it's kind of ridiculous that mississippi can't be arsed to release anything on CD out of hipsterized luddite principle. lots of people w/o record players who would like to hear his first two. (not me, but other folks e.g. my girlfriend.) they're basically asking people to download that shit.

Or you could just, like, buy a record player. I bet you could get one for $30. Isn't that better than stealing from an artist that's still alive?

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lots of people w/o record players who would like to hear his first two.

you mean his second and third, of course. not to be all pedant or anything ... but with such precious comments as that, amateurist, you beg for a ridiculous response in kind

Mississippi is a vinyl label. that's all they've ever been and all they've claimed to be. heck, if they actually *did* do CDs, many of these artists may not have consented to the reissues in the first place. Did you consider that? Like the Ex, for example -- the records were already out there on CD. I assume Mississippi approached them, and they basically said, "hell yeah, put our stuff on vinyl!"

In fact, was Hurley's 'Ancestral Swamp' ever released on CD? I don't think it was. Did you take that label to task for that? in other words, please give it a rest...

(oh and to follow-on, Hurley's "first one", is indeed on CD)

i think i saw a few promo copies of ancestral swamp on cd, at least.
but, you know, i don't think the folks at mississippi are the type to be upset by losing a potential CD sale to a download; happy enough to sell the LPs they've had manufactured and happy that people without turntables can at least still download. that's my impression anyway.

i understand re. stuff that was never on vinyl. it'd be nice for some folks to have e.g. armchair boogie and hi-fi snock uptown on CD, no?

the whole vinyl purism stuff just seems so ridic to me.

the first one--there was a reissue, blueberry wine, a few years ago, but it's out of print. but you should still be able to buy a CDR from folkways. and i think they've now reissued that one on vinyl (it has a nice cover too). probably my least favorite hurley record.

btw the new one has him playing a pump organ, and unfortunately it's mic'ed/mixed so that all the clicks and clacks of the organ pedals are extremely loud. sort of the same 'audio verité' stuff as that unlistenable perry tillis record. mississippi annoy me. sorry if this raises any hackles.

it doesn't raise hackles, but the mississippi folks are doing what they want cuz they want to do it that way. they're offering a valuable service, and yeah, they're doing it on their own terms, but come on, they sell their shit cheap as hell. to complain is just churlish. if somebody really wants CD reissues, they should put in the work.

perry tillis record is great

the perry tillis record is a LOT harder to listen to than a little bit of clackety pump imo.

agreed, but it seems in the same general audio verité spirit, no?

sorry i'm whiney. i do appreciate them releasing all this stuff. it's cool. just wish it didn't come with this thick patina of mystique. mmmm, patina of mystique...

my brother and the snockeroo in hudson. my brother put on a show there.

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Have Moicy!

I only have one Michael Hurley record, Redbirds at Folk City 1976, but it's rapidly becoming a favorite.

https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Hurley-Redbirds-At-Folk-City/release/9765242

you can't go wrong — i don't think i've heard a bad Michael Hurley record.

I have them all, but I don't come back to Land Of Lo Fi, Ancestral Swamp, the very first one, Back Home..., and Parsnips Snips very much. I'm still glad I have them. Everyone should have at least a dozen Hurley albums.

POX LP

Ida Con Snock
Have Moicy!
Hi Fi Snock Uptown
Snockgrass
Wolfways
Armchair Boogie
Blue Hills
Growlin' Bobo
Redbirds
my bootleg collection (https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/175508602392/michael-hurley-40-years-liveunreleasedcovers)

Ida Con Snock is one of the more beautiful ones.