the last 4 albums you bought thread! hooray!

"The Action Packed Mentalist Brings You The Fucking Jams" Kid 606

"Evil Empire" Rage Against the Machine

"Fantastic Damage" Emerson Lake and Palmer.

1. Talking Heads - More Buildings And Food

2. Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate

both were $2 at the CHEAP NEW WAVE BIN outside Bleecker Bob's. but thanks to the $&@#*$! New Jersey heat, my turntable now only plays everything at 45. for those that thought David Byrne couldn't sound more shrill and wobbly, think again.

2. Piano Magic ~ 'Writers Without Homes'

3. Various ~ 'Best Summer Album 2002'

4. Beth Orton ~ 'Daybreaker'

5. Saint Etienne ~ 'Action' (single)

• Brian Eno - Before & After Science
  
• Tool - Aenima
  
• Mary Timony - The Golden Dove
  
• Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

Giorgio Moroder - The Best Of Giorgio Moroder (From the ridiculous to the sublime then on into the preposterous...worth it just to finally replace my 25yo scratchy 7\" vinyl of \'From Here To Eternity\'. Now all I need to do is get the Chicory Tip version of S.O.M.F.)

Napoleon XIV - The Second Coming (60\'s childhood fave hahahohoheehee...)

V/A - Dr Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time (Well I don\'t know about that - but some genuinely odd things in there with the lead clunkers)

Buying records is almost as pleasurable as listening to them, isnt it?

A wonderful compilation. I'm just more and more into eclectic mixes rather than albums of one type of sound. The revelation for me is The Selector's "Celebrate the Bullet"
Fuck! How come I've never heard this track? It's awesome, beautiful and just grabs you by the throat.

2) Asha Bhosle : "The Golden Voice of Bollywood" compilation.

This is worth it for the original version of Chura Liya (which was made into possibly best record of the 90's by Bally Sagoo) and some other nice 60's stuff.

3) Shirley Collins : "The Power of the True Love Knot"

I bought this because of the write up in the Wire a few months ago. She has a great folk voice, though sort of what I think of as the default folk voice. And the songs are I suppose a standard cannon.

I don't listen to the album as a whole much, but put individual tracks into mixtapes where they're exquisite.

4) V/A "Crews Control, MCs inside the ride"

What can I say? Great double album mix that almost satisfies my requirement for recent UK garage. Love ... Danny C & Viper, Sticky / Ms. Dynamite, Scott & Leon, Lady Destiny, Young Offendaz, Luck & Neat, Genius Cru, Jhay Palmer ...

Great single. Remember when it was a semi-battle between them and Salt-n-Pepa? But then they never had a follow-up hit...

Got a huge amount of stuff today as usual, but if you're talking literally the last four things bought:

Autechre - Chiastic Slide
I Am the World Trade Center - The Tight Connection
Lee Hazlewood/Ann-Margret - The Cowboy and the Lady
Dock Boggs - Country Blues

total came to $1 because of selling records i don't listen to anymore.

blonde redhead, melody of certain damaged lemons. whoever here referred to this as 'baroque', thank you -- it's right on!

harry 'choo choo' romero, subliminal sessions 2. fucking banging mix, but i wish i understood what (apparently) sets it apart from other ones because i'm not a huge house head.

cage, movies for the blind. eminem's demented underground doppelganger. and finally ...

4 hero, parallel universe. YES!!!!!!!!!!!

The Band, s/t (Capitol, STAO-132) LP

John Cage, Music for Keyboards 1935-1948 (Columbia Masterworks, CM2S 819) 2LP

Neil Campbell, These Premises Are No Longer Bugged (Fusetron, no number) LP

Cornelius Cardew, Thalmann Variations (Matchless) LP

Don Cherry, Orient (BYG, GET2010) 2LP

Elton Dean, s/t (CBS, 64539) LP

David Eyges with Byard Lancaster & Sunny Murray, Crossroads (Music Unlimited, Mu7432) LP

Noah Howard, Patterns (Alt Sax) LP

Mauricio Kagel/John Cage/Hans Otte/Juan Allende-Blin, Improvisation ajoutee/Variations I/ Touches/Sons brises – in memoriam Lothar Schreyer (Wergo, WER 60033) LP

Mauricio Kagel/Dieter Schnebel, Hallelujah/”fur stimmen” (…missa est) (Deutsche Grammophon, 137 010) LP

Byard Lancaster, Exodus (Philly Jazz, 1) LP

Paul Lytton/David Toop/Max Eastley/Paul Burwell/Annabel Nicolson/Evan Parker/Hugh Davies/Paul Lovens, Circadian Rhythm (Incus, 33) LP

Jemeel Moondoc Quartet, Nostalgia in Times Square (Soul Note, SN 1141) LP

Butch Morris, Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (A Work in Progress) (Sound Aspects, 4010) LP

(Various Artists), Music of Afghanistan (Folkways, FE 4361) LP

Ohne, 1 (Mego, Ohne 1) CD

Parson Sound, s/t (Subliminal Sounds, TILCD02) 2CD

Pelt, Empty Bell Ringing in the Sky (VHF, #43) LP

Radian, Rec.Extern (Thrill Jockey, Thrill113) LP

Frank Wright Quartet, Uhuru Na Umoja (America, 30 AM 6104) LP

Zitro, s/t (ESP-Disk, 1052) LP

rjd2 - dead ringer (so far i am left very "eh".)

pavement - westing... (not so much bought as found at the bottom of a box after thinking it was lost for a couple years. nostalgic.)

luomo - "diskonize me" b/w "body speaking" (like it more with each play, but remain unconvinced.)

marz - love streams
greg davis - arbor

both are beautiful droopy nighttime fodder

tricky, maxinquaye.

scion, arrange and process basic channel tracks.

sonic youth, daydream nation.

bobby konders, a lost era in nyc something something.

1) my bloody valentine isn't anything
2) rimsky-korsakov, sherezad, russian easter overture, and capriccio espanol or something like that
3) tchaikovsky, swan lake
4) belle & sebastian, storytelling
5) trainspotting soundtrack 2

the best part of my day has been knowing that i'll fall asleep to it tonight

Pete Galub and the Annuals - Boy Gone Wrong

Cinerama - Torino

Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious

What?

Also, I forgot to mention this on the other thread, but my girlfriend and I each rescued a poor helpless copy of Babe Rainbow from the dollar bin, even though we both already own it. That's the kind of record where you need a copy in every room, and one for your car. ;-)

Bert Jansch & John Renbourn: Bert and John
The Blues Magoos: Psychedelic Lollipop/Electric Comic Book
Jeff Simmons: Lucill Has Messed My Up My Mind (vinyl - hello)
the Floyd: Ummagumma

v/a - can't stop it
- (ahead-of-it's-time ripping postpunk/new wave from oz)

sort vokter - folkloric necro metal
- (greatest title ever, wonderfully crude/sophisticated black metal)

bo hansson - lord of the rings
- (popul vuh-ish mystical instrumentals from sweden, 1972)

I would have bought the first album by the B-52s on vinyl if I hadn't run out of money...

*'...And His Mother Called Him Bill' - Duke Ellington

*'Carl And The Passions/Holland' - The Beach Boys

*Abstract' - The Joe Harriot Quintet

Great listen. Three discs of wig.

The record shop from which I bought ManMach has a great deal... every $100 you spend, you get a ten dollar gift certificate. I used that to pay for the album, plus a 10% off discount I get for working across the street, so don't hate me too much, and besides, it is not the best deal evah... I got the Enjoy the Silence CD Maxi-Single for 25 cents. No discounts, just pure luck that time!

(i traded in a stack of 7" singles)

Must thanks DeRaymi and jel who gave me arec by Om Kalsoum and Harry Pusssy recently. I shall give them some music in return.

Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces
Betty Boo - The Very Best Of Betty Boo
Various Artists - The Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-1982: The Birth Of Dancehall
Interpol - Turn Out The Bright Lights

The other CDs were by NWA, Busta Rhymes, Dr Dre, Various Artists, Various Artists and The Specials.

and some old man sold originals by kraftwerk (two first ones plus autobahn) neu!, faust, can magma and more for between 200-300 swedish kronor (about 10-20 dollars each)!!!
and original albums by this heat suicide etc for about 30-60kronor (3-6dollars)

"bo hansson - lord of the rings
- (popul vuh-ish mystical instrumentals from sweden, 1972) "

it´s a great record, tolkien hated it...

I bought El Gran Combo's recent "Nuevo Milenio/El Mismo Sabor" CD, which includes at least one song I was looking for thanks to hearing it played in clubs: "Me Libere." Great song for dancing.

I also picked up:

Tipica 73: "Rumba Caliente" [a 70's band I've wanted to hear for a while now]
Willie Rosario: "The Master of Rhythm and Swing Live in Puerto Rico"
Caravana Cubana: "Late Night Sessions" [strictly on the basis of the recommendation of the man I talked with in the store, which is probably a mistake since based on some other things he mentions liking--a little too pure or advanced for my taste probably]

Julio writes Must thanks DeRaymi and jel who gave me arec by Om Kalsoum and Harry Pusssy recently. I wonder if this is the first time these two artists have been mentioned in the same sentence.

Also a way better selection than what's at Tower, plus a Latino Latin music fan on hand to dismiss my particular preferences. (Although I definitely agree with him about this Willie Rosario CD. Good stuff. I think I like the sound of Willie Rosario's orchestra in general.)

1. Velvet Underground Reloaded
2. Futurism
3. Jilted John True Love Stories
4. Babe Ruth First Base/Amar Caballero

and I am very happy with all of them.

1. Anthony Braxton- Solo (Koln) 1978 (2nd hand too, 6 quid!, good journos sell their promo copies if they get things thye already have, you know).

2. Che-Shizu- Nazareth (on sale at tower)

3. Karou Abe (solo rec on PSF, can't remember title).

4. White heaven- Out

5. Zorn/Leiws/Bailey- Yankees (2nd hand)

6. toyozumi/brotzmann/bailey- on sale for 6 quid.

'Kaleidoscope' - Kelis

'Da Real World' - Missy Elliot

'Wish You Were Here' - Pink Floyd

And I also picked up a S/H copy of 'Mummy and Daddy' by Whitehouse

After at least 40 years, they still have a genuine, not nostalgia-based, club hit. I think that's pretty impressive. Give it up for El Gran Combo. (I have a good thing going here, responding to my own thread.)

Received: David S. Ware, Freedom Suite; Maneri Ensemble, Going to Church, Michael Marcus, Speakin' Out.

Fish - Shoji Hano/Derek Bailey
Free Fall - Jimmy Giuffre
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda - Angus Maclise
The Departing of a Dream - Loren Connors
Knack On - Moslang & Guhl
G2,44+/x2 - Phil Niblock
From Next to Last - John Russell
The Return of... - Fenno'berg

(all for v. v. cheap!)

Cecil taylor (new world label): quintet includes Ronald shannon jackson and jimmy lyons, from '78.

anthony braxton: For trio

Iannis xenakis: Four compositions

SJ: Lick my pussy will montgomery 10''
Descension: my middle name is funk 7'' (2 singles= one rec).

Ils-Soul Trader

I can't think of any others though I know I bought some.

the X-Press 2 one

They need to re-release it with all their remixes on it, Answering Machine, Rippin Kittin, and the new David Byrne one.

(*excellent latin-jazz/exotica comp. on EMI France. The rest I've not listened to fully yet)

can you tell me abt this...is it an actual release?

You can do it on the rallizes thread. if you do a search you should find it. thanks.

- "Monsoon Wedding" soundtrack

- Secret Machines - SEPTEMBER 000

- Vini Reilly - FACTORY ONCE:THE DURUTTI COLUMN

Farben -- Textstar
New Buffalo -- About Last Night EP
Ambient 4: Isolationism compilation -- at long last...
Pacific State compilation
Lanterna -- Elm Street
Sorrow -- Sleep Now Forever
Paradise Motel -- Flight Paths
Sub Sub -- Full Fathom Five
Techno Animal -- Vs. Reality
Suicide -- Ghost Riders
Towa Tei -- Last Century Modern
Stina Nordenstam -- And She Closed Her Eyes
Mary Lorson -- Tricks for Dawn
The Wonder Stuff -- If the Beatles Had Read Hunter
Biffy Clyro -- Blackened Sky
Look Blue Go Purple -- Compilation
Mark Kozelek -- Rock 'N' Roll Singer
Tall Dwarfs -- 3 EPs
Human League -- Secrets
Suede -- Sci Fi Lullabies (never needed it because I had all the singles, but it was really cheap so hey)
The All Seeing I -- Pickled Eggs and Sherbert
Gist -- Embrace the Herd
Ed Kuepper -- Today Wonder, I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom, Frontierland, A King in the Kindness Room
Primordial Undermind -- You and Me and the Countdown
Mecca Normal -- Who Shot Elvis?

...plus the Boom Selection set in the mail and a couple of promo goodies and burns from friends, yay!

I'm sure my Metonymic purchases will redress the balance.

Disco Inferno - In Debt
Dead Can Dance - A Passage in Time
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year

What a good man you are.

Madness, The Collection
David Sylvian, Approaching Silence
Air, Premiers Symptomes
Martha and the Muffins, Far Away In Time
Sleep, Ghostwriting
v/a, Waiting to be Old Opprobium comp
Sleep, Enfolded in Luxury
Bluebells, The Singles Collection
Michael Morley, The Pavilion of Fools
Sola Monday, The Swing Festival
Gate, The Lavender Head v.3, The Wisher Table
Gate/Michael Morley, The Lavender Head/My Dear Sweet Reluctant Sweetheart
Dead C, DR503C, self-titled double CD
Nova Scotia, Tangiwai
Flies Inside the Sun, Le Mal D'Archive, Cactus Sky
v/a, ArcBeats comp
Sandie Shaw, Best of
Skullflower, Ruins
Carter USM, Starry Eyed and Bollock Naked
v/a, AK79
T. Rex, Electric Warrior 30th anniversary remaster
David Kilgour, Cracks in the Sidewalk, A Feather in the Engine
Suka, Dancing in Tibet
CM Ensemble, Love Control
Pieters/Russell/Stapleton, Sex/Machine
Andrew Weatherall, Nine o'Clock Drop compilation
Jay Clarkson, Kindle
v/a, Flying Way Too High
Clean, Compilation
Steven R. Smith, Tableland
Cloudboy, Down at the End of the Garden
Poison Girls, Real Woman
Delicatessan, Skin Touching Water
Kukl, The Eye
Ray Charles, The Complete Country and Western Recordings

Yay, and all. ;-)

**Sandie Shaw, Best of**

Just chuck the rest and keep these two, Ned!

This turned out to be quite good. Not anything particularly novel, but good straight ahead salsa, if there is such a term. This is a live recording, so the songs tend to stretch out to around seven minutes each. Rosario includes a baritone saxophone in his orchestra, which gives it an almost instantly recognized sound.

(went to Real Groovy in AK for the first time, picked up) :
Skeptics - Box Set (!!!)
(& some cdsingles/EPs) :
Headless Chickens - Juice; Secondtime Virgin
Young Gods - Gasoline Man
Sonic Youth - 100%
Tricky - Mission Accomplished
Bailter Space - The Aim
(& the previous day at Borders) :
Wire - Chairs Missing
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol 1
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

I know, but I couldn't get everything. ;-)

Ess Kay, if it'll make you happier, I actually found it used in Melbourne.

I didn't even have to use my A.K.
I gotta say it was a good day.

and on order:
Books - Thought for Food
Kaito - Special Life

summerslastound

Martha and the Muffins, Far Away In Time
Lets hear it for Thornhill!

the specials - more specials
stephen stills - manassas
the beatnuts - stone crazy (ethan was right about this)
raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx...
bLevin blectum - talon slalom
marumari - the remixes
v/a - bip hop generation [v.1]

I'm also gonna have to get my own copy of "the very best of meat loaf".

Chino says that Tito Gomez is bubble-gum salsa. :( But I don't care.

Also, Julio sent me Cecil Taylor's Silent Tongues, but I haven't listened to it in its entirety yet. I'm not sure I'm destined to be a Cecil Taylor after all, but it's not so bad. It will take many listens for me to make any sense of it, I suspect.

tarot bolero - vaudeville rising

vss - nervous circuits

bright eyes - lifted

I know just what you mean. I think I'm going to have to pick this one up as well.

anyway: picked some cheap crap today

chris and cosey: obessesion 12''
the who: live at leeds
spaceman 3: revolution single
scritti politti: cupid and psyche 85

(all items for 2 quid each)

I only heard the first side of it yesterday evening but it's a good synth pop/soul rec but I have to listen more to it to say any more. I like his voice too. i'm definetely interested in what their rough trade era stuff sounded like for sure.

Ghost Face Killah - Bulletproof Wallets
V/A - Ice T Presents Westside Part 1
Beenie Man - Tropical Storm
V/A - Greensleeves Rhythm Album #26: Hard Drive

AND the mighty "Rockizm Da EP" which I gave to Mark S to help w/his 96 theses.

darla's having a sale on their releases, i don't much like their label but at 3.99 or less i could love the records they distribute.

When I look at this list, I am worried that I have no identity for some reason!

the alternative is a 4 CD box set (material on 5 Lps) with a booklet (this didn't come with the LPs).

On the other hand there is a Henri chopin LP (an extra) with the 5. That doesn't come with the CDs.

I chose more music instaed of more info.

so that's the last 6 i bought.

Nice and eclectic!

Anyway, this week:
The Best of Peanut Butter Wolf
Soma 10 Anthology (the double CD)
Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology (a double)
21st Century Drum & Bass 02 (three CDs)

Cabaret Voltaire - Original Sound of Sheffield '83 / '87. Best of;
("Kino" rulez - electroclashers can ape styles and instrumentation, but they're nowhere near this level of evil funk - some of the best snares evah)

Dntel - Dream of Evan and Chan remixes
(this is one of my top 3 songs of 2001 - finally someone gets inspired by MBV and doesn't just make a pretty dirge - and now it gets an awesome Superpitcher remix! - and Lali Puna! - and Safety Scissors!)

VA - Bingo Beats 2 - mixed by DJ Zinc
(the best rave music I've ever heard - nu-rave? - an utter indulgence and somewhat uncool in it's beat reductivism - big beat 2-step?)

I'm very happy with these.