― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Whatever. I certainly won't be playing sides 1 or 3 again, and fortunately there isn't a side 4. But thanks for turning me onto 'Together'. I'll shove it on a compilation tape shortly.
― Jerry, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Piano Magic - Low Birth Weight... will possibly become my most listened to album this year.
V/A - Body & Soul 3... b/c the second one was excellent and this has Aztec Mystic's "Jaguar" on it, which = classic. Still haven't listened to it properly, though.
Aaliyah - Aaliyah... my ardour has cooled slightly (there are definitely a few slightly weaker tracks) but otherwise this is hella good and nicely consistent for an R&B album.
Throwing Muses - University... inspired by the recent discussions here. And lo, it is charming.
The only bad stuff has been review freebies that I feel petty complaining about, but nonetheless: Musiq Soulchild and Real Ibiza 4 are not worthy of your time and money.
― Tim, Friday, 20 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Damian, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
About Joe Jackson - OK, OK, I admit defeat, or disagreement. But I am surprised, esp. by that 'showtune' claim. I like showtunes too, but I've never thought of this record this way. (It was recorded live, wasn't it? He's one for the gimmicks.)
Look at the tracklist. 'Wild West' is rock-pop; 'Home Town' is a sort of jangle; 'Right & Wrong' is kind of funk-pop. 'Big World' is (as you said earlier) a kind of World pastiche.
'Shanghai Sky' fits your Show bill - but I really like it! He sings a great melody in a bad falsetto, as I recall. 'Forty Years' - hm - that's a big ballad too. 'Survival', that kind of concept-title sounds ominous from Jackson (cf. 'Discipline' on the Blaze of Glory LP, 1989). Side 3 is the worst, in fact.
Oh, well. The 3-side gimmick is notable, if nothing else.
Started on Berlin: Alma Cogan sings 'Cheek To Cheek'. Best version of 'Cheek To Cheek', anyone? Frank?
― the pinefox, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Saturday, 21 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
1) new unwound. sheer sickness 2) MoM Idiology fantastic as well 3) squarepusher - bleh. was expecting much more from the single i heard. 4) summer hymns - booyah. great summer cd 5) the shins - booyah. great summer cd.
― brock kappers, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
To partially answer the question: I probably shouldn't have bought that Redman LP.
― Robin Carmody, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tim, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― JC, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
Today's haul from Amoeba Hollywood:
LPs:Grateful Dead — Two From the VaultWeldon Irvine — Cosmic Vortex
CDs:Miles Davis — Bootleg Series 3 & 4 (Fillmore and Newport sets)Lou Reed — BerlinBrian Wilson — SMiLEGlenn Mercer — Incidental Hum
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 00:22 (eight years ago) link
my bloody valentine - isn't anything reissue
― brimstead, Saturday, 7 November 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
Ooooohhh, I picked that up on my previous trip to Amoeba on Haight this summer.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
Today's haul, again from Amoeba in Hollywood:
LPs:Stereolab — Not MusicAbdullah Ibrahim — The Children of AfricaEarth, Wind & Fire — Open Our Eyes
CDs:Fiona Apple — Tidal My Bloody Valentine — Ecstasy and WineKode9 — NothingO.Rang — Fields and WavesSteve Tibbetts — A Man About A HorseBeck — LoserSiouxsie and the Banshees — Through the Looking GlassSiouxsie and the Banshees — A Kiss in the DreamhouseSiouxsie and the Banshees — KaleidoscopeSiouxsie and the Banshees — Join Hands
Yep.
― Austin, Friday, 11 December 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
Kind of weird that purchases/poorchoices isn't a pun with greater cultural currency, tbh... It's like the exact kind of corny required of a widespread evergreen dadjoek
― help computer (sleepingbag), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:22 (eight years ago) link
Loser EP is kewl
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
did you get the official Ecstasy and Wine release or the bootleg? the official CD is rare and OOP, and even the bootleg is pretty sought-after, judging by the discogs listings. I've never seen either one in stores.
― scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
xpost: Yeah! I was stoked for all the extras. It was only $2! They also had the promo-only CD single for 'Dreams' for only $40. Haha.
I hope the Ecstasy and Wine I got is official because I paid $30 for it! Is there a way to tell that you know of?
― Austin, Friday, 11 December 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
according to the discogs entry, the bootleg has 'no matrix text other than the catalogue number. The center of the disc is painted black, and isn't clear. The text is blurry and the colors lighter.' hopefully you got the real Lazy release.
I still have trust issues because I bought the Glider and Tremolo EPs in 2011 (thinking that they'd never be reissued) and then the EP collection came out about a year later and rendered my purchase obsolete. to be fair, they were only maybe $5 apiece.
― scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:53 (eight years ago) link
Well, I remember seeing Ecstasy and Wine at Amoeba in Berkeley about ten years ago and they wanted $40 for it and I've never seen it since so I jumped on this one. For what it's worth, it sounds fine. The center of this one is painted black, but the text isn't blurry (or not what I would call blurry). Enh, I'm happy.
― Austin, Friday, 11 December 2015 22:59 (eight years ago) link
Today's haul, Amoeba in Hollywood. . .
LPs:Steve Tibbetts — Safe JourneyThe Comsat Angels — Chasing Shadows
CDs:David Bowie — Scary MonstersDavid Bowie — LodgerJohn Fahey — RequiaJohn Fahey — The Transfiguration of Blind Joe DeathJulia Holter — Loud City Song
― Austin, Friday, 8 January 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Another haul from Amoeba in Hollywood, all CDs. . .
David Bowie — The Man Who Sold the WorldDavid Bowie — Hunky DoryDavid Bowie — Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie — HeathenDavid Bowie — The Next DayDavid Bowie — ★Beck — Devil's HaircutJandek — Modern DancesEberhard Weber — EncoreRadiohead — Ok Computer Deluxe EditionRadiohead — Kid A Deluxe Edition
― Austin, Friday, 22 January 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
My box from Dusty Groove showed up today as well!
Jon Hassell — Earthquake Island vinylAbdullah Ibrahim — Reflections CDAbdullah Ibrahim — African Space Program
― Austin, Saturday, 23 January 2016 01:06 (eight years ago) link
Skids - The Virgin Years boxBarry Andrews - Haunted Box Of Switches Vol. 1&2Aztec Camera - Knife (expanded)David Sylvian - Damage (his mix)Cairo Gang - Goes MissingDavid Bowie - Zeit boxDrive-By Truckers - It's Great To Be Alive 3CDTelevision - TelevisionPosies - Dream All Day (Best Of)Wussy - Attica!V/A - Mojo's Instant GarageV/A - The Roots Of Power Pop
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 23 January 2016 03:31 (eight years ago) link
hey Austin, glad you are still around. funny thing is i just sold Hail to the Thief and The Bends deluxe collector editions for insane money. still have OK Computer up but upped the price on Amazon. i bought them from BMG Music when they were going under but they are the official release. i sold them because i own every CD single anyways and didn't really need all of them collected on one disc if i could make some cash.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 January 2016 04:04 (eight years ago) link
i miss buying CD at Amoeba.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 January 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, believe it or not, there were some tracks on the OK Computer deluxe edition that were new to me, even after all these years. They were fairly expensive ($40 for OK Computer and $30 for Kid A). The live stuff on Kid A is totally killer, so hooray. Good poorchoices.
― Austin, Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
Last several weeks of acquisitions:
LPs:The Lines — Hull DownAndrew Bird — Are You Serious (with bonus 7")Glenn Jones — FleetingJulia Holter — Tragedy
CDs:KING — We Are KINGJames Blake — The Colour in AnythingBill Evans — Some Other TimeJulia Holter — EkstasisDavid Byrne — The Catherine WheelDavid Byrne + Brian Eno — My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (remastered + expanded)Talking Heads — Stop Making Sense (remastered + expanded)Stephen Stills — Manassas
― Austin, Monday, 30 May 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Kvelertak - Nattesferd 2LP Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time LP (nice used copy for cheap)Vektor - Terminal Redux 2LPKing Gizzard & cet. - Nonagon Infinity LP (fancy "Emu Egg" colored vinyl)Halo of Flies - Music for Insect Minds 2LP reissueBlood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony LPHorse Lords - Interventions LPBombino - Azel LPBoredoms - Super Go!!!!! [Shine In * Shine On] 12" Boredoms - Super Roots 7 12"Boredoms - Soul Discharge LP Ulver - Bergtatt LP reissueUlver - Kveldssanger LP reissueUlver - Nattens Madrigal LP reissue
plus replacement copies of several beloved old deerhoof & stereolab albums
― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 01:27 (seven years ago) link
More. Always more.
LPs:William Tyler — Modern CountryBen Watt — Fever Dream
CDs:Talking Heads — The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (remastered + expanded)Roger Waters — The Pros and Cons of Hitch HikingRoger Waters — Radio K.A.O.S.Roger Waters — Amused to DeathDavid Gilmour — self-titledDavid Gilmour — About FaceDavid Gilmour — On An IslandDavid Gilmour — Rattle That LockPink Floyd — The Endless RiverGrimes — HalfaxaVampire Weekend — self-titledVampire Weekend — ContraVampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the CityLianne La Havas — Is Your Love Big Enough?Lianne La Havas — BloodNeil Young — Live at the Cellar DoorPaul McCartney — McCartney (remastered + expanded)Paul McCartney — Ram (remastered + expanded)
― Austin, Saturday, 11 June 2016 02:53 (seven years ago) link
Made the drive into LA this morning to do some trading at Amoeba. Walked away with:
CDs:Gang of Four — Solid Gold / Another Day Another Dollar Bert Jansch — MoonshineVashti Bunyan — Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind: Singles and Demos 1964-1967
LPs:Angel Olsen — Strange CactiBert Jansch — AvocetBert Jansch — s/tBert Jansch — It Don't Bother MeGlenn Mercer — Wheels in Motion
The price of vinyl reissues has really gotten out of hand.
― Austin, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link
spock's original post:Les Fleur De Lys -- "Retrospective"-- worth every penny. Amazon sells it cheap.
Liar is a particular gem, but there are too many personnel/style changes to get a handle on their thing
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 23 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Another trip to Hollywood this morning. . .
CDS:Eyeless in Gaza — Original Album Collection (Photographs As Memories / Caught in Flux / The Eyes of Beautiful Losers EP / Drumming the Beating Heart / Pale Hands I Loved So Well / Recollections + Rarities)Eyeless in Gaza — Rust Red SeptemberThe Names — SwimmingSad Lovers + Giants — Epic Garden MusicSad Lovers + Giants — Feeding the FlameMagazine — The Correct Use of SoapThe Rain Parade — Emergency Third Rail Power Trip / Explosions in the Glass Palace EP
LPs:Julia Holter — In the Same RoomThe Jesus + Mary Chain — Damage + JoySpoon — Hot Thoughts
Yes.
― Austin, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
hit up an online sale for my birthday week:
porter ricks - shadow boat epangelo badalamenti - twin peaks: fire walk with mesecond woman - s/w orphx - archive 93-94
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
last weeks cd charity shop excess :
chapterhouse - whirlpool. (original cd as opposed to the reissue as there apparently dreadful sound quality issues with the cherry red reissue.)dj food - kaleidoscope. (been wanting this for years, but all cd copies in charity shops are in dreadful condition (bloody digi-packs!), but this one was perfect.)evil nine - y4kcrystal castles - amnesty. (i really like this. possibly more than the original line up albums.)
digital - excellent groupees/synthwave bundle that includes, albums by dance with the dead, confrontational, absolute valentine, occams laser, meteor, robert parker and timecop1983.
― mark e, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 09:24 (six years ago) link
Took a therapeutic trip into Amoeba this morning, traded a bunch of stuff and got a bunch of other stuff. I went in looking to check out some Section 25 albums, but despite having section cards for the band in both the vinyl and CD racks, both were empty. Oh well. Mostly used my credit to fill holes in my collection and used the opportunity to finally delve properly into Pere Ubu. Here's what I came away with:
LPs:Cavern of Anti-Matter — Blood Drums (reissue)
CDs:Sigur Rós — Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do EPSigur Rós — Untitled 1 (a.k.a. "Vaka") EPTalk Talk — The Party's OverTalk Talk — It's My LifePere Ubu — The Hearpen Singles 1975-1977Pere Ubu — The Modern DancePere Ubu — New Picnic TimeUncle Tupelo — Still Feel GoneUncle Tupelo — March 16-20, 1992Roger Waters — is this the life we really want?Lindisfarne — Nicely Out of TuneAlice Coltrane — Transcendence Tom Petty — The Last DJTom Petty — Highway CompanionTom Petty — Mojo
― Austin, Thursday, 8 June 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
Should've just got the Datapanik box set while you were at it!
Get the other Uncle Tupelo albums if you don't have them.
Recent physical objects I've acquired (mostly via Amazon):Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology Kevin Salem - Box Of WordsLift - Too Much To Say EPCaptain Beefheart - Strictly PersonalSlowdive - SlowdiveJustin Currie - This Is My Kingdom NowWire - Silver/LeadGavin Osborn - all 3 albums he's released
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 June 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
I did not see / was not aware of the Datapanik set, though it does look enticing. Need to digest what I've gotten at this point, but holy hell, the initial singles on the `75-`77 set are all kinds of amazing.
I already had No Depression and Anodyne on vinyl, so that completes them for me.
Strictly Personal is rad. But, hoo boy, what a loud bunch of ruckus. Can only take that stuff in small increments.
― Austin, Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
Ordered from Discogs today:
Fred Anderson, Dark Day/Live in Verona 2CDFred Anderson/Kidd Jordan/William Parker/Hamid Drake, 2 Days in April 2CD
Purchased from a Facebook friend:
V/A, Best of House Music, Vol. 1-4 box set (the old Profile Records compilations)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 8 June 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
buying CDs in 2017 is embarrassing
thrift shop poorchoices:
Innocence Mission - s/tMono - Formica Blues (it's a cutout, but the front cover is autographed by the band: "TO Laurie Love Siobhan De Maré + Martin Virgo")Lee Perry - Arkology box setStereolab - Transient Random-Noise BurstsStereolab - Mars Audiac QuintetJan Garbarek - DisGeorge Russell - Ezz-theticsBoards of Canada - MHTRTCBoards of Canada - Campfire Headphase
[there were a ton of krautrock/progressive electronic CDs in the new arrivals bin (early Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Steve Hillage, Edgar Froese) but most of them were priced at $10-$15, so they probably consult discogs]
record store poorchoices:
Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the ExchangeMax Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads YouXela - In Bocca Al LupoBoards of Canada - Geogaddi
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Thursday, 15 June 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
tack>>head : the lost tapes - 2 cd set, one cd of unreleased tracks from their golden era, another cd of random remixes of their recent comeback album.tack>>head : the message - a dubstep/jungle/dub reversion album of their recent comeback album by rob bass hi-fi.kraftwerk : 3d the catalogue - had to be done. prince far i : cry freedom dub ("come for the voice, stay for the dub")shy fx and t power : set it of.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
Ark-Ology is such an honorable attempt at compiling such a ludicrous amount of great music.
― Austin, Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
until now the only the only Perry I'd heard was Super Ape, so it's definitely a lot to take in.
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
Ape-ology is also good as is the Wonderman years and I think there are a couple of other good ones in that Sanctuary Trojan series.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 15 June 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
I think there are a couple of other good ones in that Sanctuary Trojan series
the sanctuary era of trojan was a wonderful wonderful thing.a lot of care and attention went into those releases.the packaging, the extensive sleevenotes, the deep archive album releases with tons of extra tracks, the mad themed comps .. suspect we will never see that kind of reissue program for the catalogue again.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 June 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
At least the ones that came out at the time seem to have reappeared over the last couple of years after being OOP for several years.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 17 June 2017 10:26 (six years ago) link
Was in downtown LA this morning for a meeting, so I made a trip over to Amoeba to do some more trading. Here's what I came away with (all CDs):
Bobby Hutcherson — Live at MontreuxAbdullah Ibrahim — Good News From AfricaAlice Coltrane — Translinear LightFugazi — 13 SongsFugazi — Repeater + 3 SongsFugazi — Steady Diet of NothingFugazi — In on the Kill TakerFugazi — Red MedicineFugazi — End HitsFugazi — The Argument
― Austin, Monday, 26 June 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Bought the 2005 2CD reissues of the Stooges' s/t debut and Fun House, just 'cause I didn't have physical copies in the house (though I do have the Complete Fun House Sessions box).
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 26 June 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
I found the following used records last week and am very happy with them
Ultravox! : s/tLocust: Morning LightPere Ubu: Dub HousingTuxedomoon: Half MuteDanielle Dax: Jesus Egg That Wept
― akm, Monday, 26 June 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
a buck a pop:
Slipknot IowaGravenhurst Flashlight SeasonCannibal Ox Cold VeinThe Format Dog ProblemsBeach House Teen DreamMy Morning Jacket Circuital
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 July 2017 05:45 (six years ago) link
From today's visit to Amoeba. . .
CDs:Stereolab — Oscillons from the Anti-Sun (this was missing the DVD —which I don't really care about anyway— so it was only $5!)Wire — Pink FlagWire — Chairs MissingWire — 154Abdullah Ibrahim — Anatomy of a South African VillageSiouxsie and the Banshees — The John Peel SessionsGil Scott-Heron + Jamie xx — We're New Here
LPs:Modern English — Take Me to the TreesThe Raincoats — The RaincoatsCluster — Cluster II
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
I’ve pre-ordered the new King Crimson 3CD/1Blu-Ray live thing. I saw the tour; it was good.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
I liked the tour too. But why on earth didn't they play "21st Century Schizoid Man" in Berlin?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Got back in the game yesterday. . .
CDs:Bert Jansch — Rosemary LaneAbdullah Ibrahim — No Fear, No Die (S'en Fout La Mort) OSTAbdullah Ibrahim — Cape Town FlowersMcCoy Tyner — Time for TynerTerry Callier — First LightJon Lucien — RashidaGary Burton — Alone At Last
LPs:Jon Lucien — Song for My LadyJon Lucien — RomanticoBobby Hutcherson — Un Poco LocoAbdullah Ibrahim — Black LightningWeldon Irvine — The Sisters
Jon Lucien's super dope. I remember in the early 2000s, places like Turntable Lab and Dusty Groove were really gushing over some reissues of his. I vaguely recall finding a copy of Song for My Lady at a Salvation Army around the time and checking it out. I remember it being nothing like it actually is. I was way more into early Cure and Radiohead at the time.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 10 February 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
Today's haul. . .
LPs:Ralph Towner / John Abercrombie — Five Years LaterJan Garbarek Group — WayfarerCal Tjader — Puttin` it Together
CDs:Gary McFarland / Steve Kuhn — The October SuiteChick Corea — Return to ForeverChick Corea — Light as a FeatherAbdullah Ibrahim — African MagicThe Meters — A Message from the MetersSonny Rollins — The BridgeThe Free Design — Kites are FunThe Free Design — You Could Be Born Again
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link