Oh, Monseur le Fopp, you are really spoiling us...

Should, really, shouldn't I?

Oh, but the HEAT!!!

I wish to vist Fopp today.

Got these for a fiver each:

Boogie down productions - by all means necessary
Fischerspooner - #1
Gang of four - solid gold
Adam & the ants - dirk wears white sox

and the Sonic Youth debut EP reissue for £6! Woo.

not sure if the TCR one is open yet.... if theyve got room for a cafe, then surely they can have room for bizzarely priced vinyl...

its just not Fopp without the vinyl.

But I was a bit sad, and I thought it might cheer me up. Perhaps it will.

I am a bit disappointed with John Cale's Paris 1919 though. He has quite a boring voice.

HMV - top dog for pricing policy.

You have let me down here PJ, but most of all you have let yourself down. Still no sign of TCRFOPP opening.

Oxford Street is doing this now. The £7 price point is good for reisues e.g Siouxsie remasters. But I notice that the new Can ones were still £16.99 or something obscene. So off to e-bay...

Gram Parsons is a heap of shite - don't bother.

If you want to start a "Oh Monsier le HMV" thread, go.

i like slide guitars n' shit. i figure if uncut like him SO MUCH there must be something there.

can were £7 in hmv.

On Vinatge Violence I like the extra track that is a viola drone best.

Roughage Crew, you can get a Gram Parsons 2CD compilation with a nice booklet from Monsieur Le Fopp (and other retailers) for £7. I think it is you best bet, as it covers his entire (short) career. I can't remember what it's called - Gilded Cowboy Sinners, or something.

I think ppl are often surprised at just how trad/country Gram Parsons actually sounds, esp. on the solo albs w/ Emmylou Harris. The two Flying Burrito Bros albs have been collected/compiled on various cheapish CD sets, and are prob. the place to start (tho' you can now get the original Gram vocal versions of the re-recorded Byrds tracks on that new 'special edition' of 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo'. The 'Hickory Wind' take is some of Gram's v. finest ever singing - the very definition of blue eyed country soul). To be honest as much as I like or even love Gram Parsons, I don't he ever comes close to matching the country-rock magnificence of Gene Clark circa the Godsin Bros/first Dillard and Clark albs - get those instead!)

Some of the songs on Paris 1919 are magnificent - Sally Timms of the Mekons does a very sweet cover of 'Half Past France' - dunno how anyone can find them 'boring'

The Neu! resiisues were cheapish in Selectadisc some time ago. Maybe they still are, although it is Sister Ray now.

BTW, does everyone's Neu! (first one) cut off momentarily during track 2? Or did I get a dud? It ruins my cosmic reverie!

But the Neu albums are WORTH £13!

-- PJ Miller (pjmiller6...) (webmail), Today 11:23 AM. (later) (link)

Yes, this was also on the original albums, apparently on purpose. Some of the bootleg issues of the past corrected this, to Neu's amusement...

What a bizarre thing to do.

Dr C otm re Parsons, totally wretched. If you must buy some country get some George Jones or Merle Haggard first.