went to Other Music for the first time in a long time and picked up some indie-ish stuff, mostly went to get the Kurt Vile record that came out yesterday but couldn't stop myself from leaving with a stack
Kurt Vile - Walkin on a Pretty Daze (I got the regular version on black vinyl ... there's a deluxe on blue vinyl with a different cover and some Espo stickers that you're supposed to use to customize the cover ... I decided that wasn't worth six bucks to me)
Wild Yaks - Million Years (really into these guys' drunk singalong vibe)
Merchandise - Children of Desire (guess they re-pressed this? I've had the free MP3s off their site for a while but the vinyl was sold out)
Maxmillion Dunbar - House of Woo (on RVNG, from half of Beautiful Swimmers, fresh sounding retro-house-music)
Moon Duo - Mazes (was in the used bin, probably my fave Wooden Shjips related record)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (already been listening to this a shitload on spotify)
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
Their used bin is growing considerably, which is good since I struggle with the idea of a record store sustaining itself merely with new product alone. Even if it is as popular as Other Music is.
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
i woulda given you a copy of that kurt vile album, dave! next time you want something on matador JUST ASK. especially since you are being gracious enough to host us for game of thrones.
last time i went to other music i got a sealed folk record out of the discount bin, i think i paid $5, and sold it for $40. i love their discount bin. it's always full of weird folk-rock obscurities. thanks klausman.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah I got that new Wedding Present record for $5 from there, too.
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
i woulda given you a copy of that kurt vile album, dave! next time you want something on matador JUST ASK.
thanks man! didn't even occur to me. if you've got extra copies of Smoke Ring for My Halo or Constant Hitmaker lying around, hook me up ;)
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
i think i have a spare of smoke ring i can bring you! i'll have to double check that i did not already sell it.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
or i can just ask helen to get one from work
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Their used bin is growing considerably
yeah seems like they've rearranged things a bit. I can't remember what used to be on the left side where all those used records (and new electronic records) are now. more CDs I guess.
they were playing that new Charles Bradley record on Daptone in the store and that was sounding good too. think they only had the CD on it though. or else I looked in the wrong place.
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Yes it used to be all CDs there! Smart of them to adapt. Much better margins than $2-$3 per $16.99 CD sale.
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
hanging and playing 45s with terry adams at the store made my day today. his knowledge is vast.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
weekend trip to the Oregon coast and thrift store hunting yielded ten mint classical LPs (mostly on the Angel label), three Egyptian 45's (not so great), and seven mint condition Brazilian tropicalia 45s from 1970 (Veloso, Jobim, others I don't know) which are obv awesome. today I scored a super nice copy of ALice Coltrane's A Monastic Trio, life is good.
― my mental killfile seems to be working (sleeve), Monday, 15 April 2013 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
stuff I got at my friend mike's store on marthas vineyard:
burton greene - presenting burton greene (columbia) (excited to find this. great copy.)
blues magoos - gulf coast bound (abc) (also never see this one.)
fraser & debolt - with pleasure (columbia)
jay bolotin - s/t (cur) (great stuff!)
bert jansch - rosemary lane (reprise)
eddie lang & lonnie johnson - blue guitars (parlophone) (60's u.k. comp of 20's stuff. sounds amazing.)
produkt der deutsch-amerikanischen freundschaft (warning records) (never seen this one.)
iron butterfly - scorching beauty (mca)
cochise - swallow tales (ua)
possum river - s/t (ovation)
lazarus - s/t (bearsville) (don't think i've ever seen it. nice record.)
redeye - one man's poison (pentagram) ( I love redeye.)
barefoot jerry - watchin' tv (monument) (thought I had all the records, but it turns out I didn't.)
uri geller - s/t (Columbia)
king pleasure sings/annie ross sings (prestige)
force of nature - s/t (tommy records)
heartsfield - the wonder of it all (mercury)
soul flutes - trust in me (a&m) (would pay double for a sealed copy, but this one sounds nice.)
eleventh hour - ollywood hot (20th century)
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 April 2013 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
got stuff for the store too. including 2 big boxes of latin records that I had priced for him about 5 years ago that were still there intact and seemingly untouched! not a big market for latin records on MVI I guess. mike gave me a great deal on both boxes. I can sell that stuff. eventually.
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 April 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
ive been re-interested in that burton greene after starting in on this new byard lancaster kick, scott -- lemme know how that one is!
― 69, Monday, 22 April 2013 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
jay bolotin is sick. nice find.
i came across a pretty sweet batch of funk/soul/jazz today at the marysville flea (near my wife's hometown, i go at least 10 times a year and buy records maybe a quarter of the time. shit, there's actually records there maybe only 50% of the time.). if i hadn't bought these today - and suggested to the seller to get the rest of their LPs out of the sun - they would have been warped by the first sunday in may.
this was the sonic highlight:
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/3310/img1414w.jpg
and this was the monetary highlight:
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/4039/img1415jt.jpg
also got:the general - life in the big city 12"infinity - spread the word (doo doo oakland modern gospel that still fetches some bank, thankfully)buncha major label boogie stuff i can't remember now
― moe handy, Monday, 22 April 2013 08:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh, yeah, also:bobby hutcherson - san franciscomarion brown - duetssome sealed eddie palmieri lp
― moe handy, Monday, 22 April 2013 08:10 (eleven years ago) link
azar lawrence - summer solstice
the fact that i found all these in marysville is still kinda blowing my mind.
― moe handy, Monday, 22 April 2013 08:12 (eleven years ago) link
i am having kind of a similar thing happen. people ask me all the time why i still go to thrift stores, and if i ever find things etc, and the answer is for like days like today --
8 conlon nancarrow LPs, two david hykes, george crumb, elliott carter, some private new age piano things that rule, sealed CRI titles, two steve roach records, henry cowell shit, sealed windham hill stupidness. love it!
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
yes, EIGHT conlon nancarrow LPs. two complete sets of the complete recorded works. one for me, one for the internet/record fair.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
steve roach! shit, i would love to find some steve roach vinyl. the shit is r@re l@@k even at actual record stores ime.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, they were not super popular records... one of the ones i got sells for occasionally stupid money on discog, and most of this stuff is sealed.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
very cool! my in-town thrift stores usually suck, I need to get out to the coast to really score (like my post above).
― my mental killfile seems to be working (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
this place usually has NOTHING good for records. and usually less than 100 things total.they also had a bunch of hebrew records today, but i don't know if i can just wander into that shit blind.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
you never know.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
that's my motto.
wlp w/ both stickers, yo. kinda disproportionately psyched about this one. sadly has some repeating marks on it, otherwise it would be my copy for life (as it is i guess i'll just have to keep two copies of this thing).
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/2714/photo36b.jpg
― moe handy, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
I like that sticker, it's a thought bubble.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
bought half a dozen Kate wolf LPs for a buck apiece, all minty fresh. Also:John fahey - after the ballCalexico - spiritosoJulie Driscoll/Brian auger - jools (ridiculously good shape, like it arrived out of a time machine. Best condition record from that time I've ever seen. )
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
kate wolf's song "you're not standing like you used to" is probably the SADDEEST SONG EVER
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
fyi: this is a serious album. so good. never seen it before last Saturday.
http://www.popsike.eu/pix/20121223/310545843013.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 25 April 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
Calexico's Spiritoso is fantastic! I don't know whether people here generally perceive them to be kind of adult-contemporary as a band at this point or not but I love them and am very excited about this RSD release.
― Evan, Thursday, 25 April 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
hey guys got some more records
12"Planetary Assault Systems - Coad Warrior 1Rockers Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine '82
LPs
American Flyer - s/tJ. D. Jarvis - J. D. Jarvis Sings The Hyden Miners Tragedy and his most requested songsjohn & suzanne - Small TreasuresThe Christ Ebons Contemporary Singers - Relax in JesusNew Edition - Heart BreakDer Verkehrsamtes Stuttgart - Das alles ist Stuttgart...Keaggy - Private Collection Volume 1 : UndergroundMin. Harvey Lewis, Jr. and the Star of Bethlehem Youth Choir - By the Time I Get to HeavenJ. D. Sumar - The Heart Of A ManTones on Tail - The Album PopHyman Bookbinder - Image Of Freedom: 20 Years of the CIO [narrated by Melvyn Douglas, feat. Joe Glazer]The Department Of The Treasury - "Everyone's Got A Right To Dream (Savings Bonds Musical Theme)"The Stone Canyon Rock Group - Mac Arthur Park
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 27 April 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
i like the lazarus record. i don't think i ever bought it though. i came close. very sleepy iirc.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 27 April 2013 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
Got nice copies today of Randy Newman's 12 Songs ($5), Jefferson Airplane's Bark ($8), and the Byrds reunion album with the two Neil Young covers ($6). Which confirms something I've always maintained: put away your guide, sell LPs in good shape for a reasonable price, and I'll be buying.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 April 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
had fun with my friends at the flywheel record fair in Easthampton today. saw lots of people i like. i like being on the front steps of the building. outside. next to my pal andy. brought my boombox and played lots of 80's metal and miami bass and indian classical tapes. so glad i did that. nobody ever brings tunes. traded with people which was nice and which meant i didn't spend a ton of cash. spent about 150 bucks. after i paid for my table i made a nice profit. i sold records to 33 people which is almost the speed of a long-playing record. here's some stuff i brought home. keeping a bunch of it. got some stuff for the store, but mostly i shopped for me today.
jimmy ponder - all things beautiful (t.k. - 1978)
buckwheat - hot tracks (london - 1973) (great southern rock!)
stardrive with robert mason - intergalactic trot (elektra - 1973) (excited to get this!)
instant funk - witch doctor (salsoul - 1979)
the new birth - comin' from all ends (rca - 1974)
liquid gold - s/t (parachute - 1979)
colosseum II - wardance (mca - 1977)
chicken shack - unlucky boy (london - 1973)
bert jansch - lucky thirteen (vanguard - 1966)
lazarus - s/t (amazon) (the OTHER lazarus. not the Xian band on bearsville whose album i got last week.)
maneige - les porches (harvest - 1975)
dada - s/t (atco - 1970)
bullseye - on target (cbs - 1979)
south bronx - the big throwdown 12 inch (brunswick - 1981)
santana - lotus (cbs - 1975) (sold my copy 4 years ago and I've regretted it ever since. thanks, willie lane!)
baby washington & don gardner - lay a little lovin' on me (master five - 1973)
hamiett bluiett - the clarinet family (black saint - 1987)
walt dickerson - peace (inner city - 1976)
rufus thomas - crown prince of dance (stax - 1973)
bautista - s/t (abc - 1977)
creative source - migration (sussex - 1974)
wah wah watson - elementary (columbia - 1976)
grant green - the main attraction (kudu - 1976)
larry carlton - singing/playing (blue thumb - 1973) (love love love!!)
frank wess - flute of the loom (enterprise - 1973)
black swan quartet - s/t (minor music - 1986)
dewey redman - the ear of the behearer (impulse - 1973)
mick greenwood - ...to friends (mca - 1973)
henry schifter - out of nowhere (Barclay - 1971) (love!)
peter bardens - the answer (transatlantic) (more love!!)
hank mobley - soul station (blue note)
chris mcGregor's brotherhood of breath - s/t (rca/neon - 1971)
krystall klear and the buells - ready for the 90's (k2b2 - 1980)
acting trio - s/t (actuel)
ivan "boogaloo joe" jones - black whip (prestige - 1973)
paul motian - tribute (ecm - 1975)
open sky - s/t (p.m. - 1973)
peter sprague - the path (xanadu - 1980)
thirty days out - miracle lick (reprise - 1972)
marian segal with silver jade - fly on strangewings (djm)
― scott seward, Monday, 29 April 2013 03:06 (eleven years ago) link
i am SO in love with the larry carlton album. its awesome. his singing even reminds me a little of my beloved michael franks. if you ever see it, buy it! on this one larry channels herb ellis and eddie hazel. so cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTb_KO5oSBQ
― scott seward, Monday, 29 April 2013 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
YESSSS
― 69, Monday, 29 April 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
Willie Alexander - Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Bandv/a - Non-Stop MerengueBoyfriends - Dahil Mahal KitaBird Songs with Narration by James Baird - The Edge Of The MeadowFleetwood Mac - Bare TreesThe Litter - EmergeCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Month (w/ Art Roberts, WCFL sticker)Laura Nyro - The First SongsClint Eastwood - Sings Cowboy FavoritesEnvironments - disc 3: Be-In b/w Dusk At New Hope, PennEnvironments - disc 7: Intonation b/w Summer Cornfield
and I even got a CD: v/a - Sound Boy Killing: More Reggae Dance Hall Killers
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 4 May 2013 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't done this for a while.
Stuff from gigs:conflict (UK) - now you've put your foot in it 7"antisect - out from the void 7"conflict (UK) - there's no power without control LPhealth hazard - discography LPanthrax (UK) - all for the cause LPlowest form - infinity 7"repulsion - horrified LPseptic tank - fatal eclipse 7"
Stuff from ebay/mailorder:veronica falls - bad feeling 7"(split) lilys + big troubles - 7"le pecheur - medieval dreams LPstrange hands - dead flowers LPbaggy attitude - don't ask me 7" flexibitters - have a nap hotel 12"basement 5 - 1965-1980 LP
Stuff from charity shops I got today:new order - confusion 12"everything but the girl - night and day 7"lotus eaters (UK) - you don't need someone new 7"lotus eaters (UK) - the first picture of you 7"nine inch nails - sin 7"va - the best of chess rock'n'roll 2xLPband of holy joy - had a mother who was proud: and look at me now 12"moonshake - first 12"(split) alberts + bonzo dog doo dah band + temperance seven - s/t LPasia - asia LPABC - lexicon of love LP
Stuff I got from my trip to LA:bitters - east general LPdog faced hermans - mental blocks for all ages LPparliament - chocolate city LPomegas - blasts of lunacy LPblack flag - loose nut LPcircle jerks - group sex LP (upgrading my CD!)gits - frenching the bully LPnomos - notes from the acheron 12"husker du - flip your wig LPgirls at dawn - call the doctor LPshoes - one in versailles LPchin chin - sound of the westway LPhypnolovewheel - wow 7"white fence - green balloon 7"seaweed - deertrap 7"voorhees - fireproof 7"feelers - zombie breakdown 7"god is my co-pilot - how I got over 7"crayon - the snap-tight wars 7"human mess - anger problems 7"white load - pig eyes 7"bongos - the bulrushes 7"catheters - the kids know how to rock 7"va - I am the fly - chemical imbalance #3 7"missing persons - destination unknown 7"logic problem - no center 7"orca team - take my hand 7"slavescene - fuck off away from me 7"knife fight - isolation 7"nasal boys - hot love 7"negative approach - friends of no-one 7"seapony - sailing 7"kids on a crime spree - creep the creeps 7"cosmonauts - pure posture 7"sweet tooth - blister music 7" flexifucked up - year of the pig 7"bats (US) - popgun 7"high llamas - cookie bay 7"grenadine - christiansen 7"air miami - airplane rider 7"mekons - untitled 7"chronic disorder - can't shut up 7"schoolyard heroes - they live 7"wildmen - $20,000 7"rizzo - shymaster 7"all natural lemon & lime flavors - that familiar look to you 7"godstar - the brightest star 7"(split) six cents & natalie + allen clapp - in a lonely place 7"busy signals - headphoneworld 7" (this is a different Busy Signals to the one I thought it was...)tsunami - in a name 7"feminine complex - hide and seek 7"duck hunt - holiday vacation 7"fixx - one thing leads to another 7"orphans - chinatown 7"(split) meatfly + can't decide - 7"isley brothers - this old heart of mine LPoffenders - we must rebel LProches - nurds LPva - give me back LPclaude coma & the I.V's - manslaughter 12"tommy tutone - 2 LPgruppo sportivo - mistakes LPband of susans - blessing and curse 12"cosmonauts - s/t LPdicks - these people LP (but nowhere had Kill From The Heart or Hate The Police :'( I have the crappy boot of Hate The Police but it sounds like shit)
and these freebies from Fingerprints:va - record store day 2013 LPcamper van beethoven - northern california girls 7"teena marie - I need your lovin' 7" flexisuperhuman happiness - needles and pins 7"
and I got the new MBV LP from Rough Trade.
Phew! Now I have to find the time to listen to it all.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 4 May 2013 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Blues Jazz Folk
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For the Mind and Bodyv/a - Kings of the Twelve String (Piedmont)Koerner, Ray & Glover - The Return of Koerner, Ray & GloverKoerner, Ray & Glover - Lots More Blues, Rags and HollersTraffic - When The Eagle FliesTraffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (I know I already have this but I don't think it's the gatefold)Traffic, etc. - Welcome to the Canteenv/a - The Blues ProjectMcGuinness Flint - s/tThe Mets - The Amazing MetsJosh White - Josh at MidnightUstad Ahmedjan Thirakhwa - Great Percussion MastersRamsey Lewis Trio - Barefoot Sunday Blues
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 5 May 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
I own 7 of these but most were 2 bucks and I couldn't resist buying stuff I already had...
http://skotrok.blogspot.com/2013/05/records-i-bought-today-at-mystery-train.html
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
scott, i dig that brush arbor LP. they also have an earlier private record under a different name that is reallllly good. the group is fool's gold and the LP is called kentucky faith. highly recommended.http://www.theancientstar-song.com/2010/03/kentucky-faith/
coincidentally i just picked up a marj snyder LP i'd never seen before (that lady has a shitload of LPs) and brush arbor is the backing band. haven't spun it yet, though.
― moe handy, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
which marj?
― 69, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbJWEQRDF8k
― moe handy, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
ahhhh never seen it!
― 69, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
i got this today for a buck --http://www.ebay.com/itm/DAN-BARBER-WENDY-ANN-CAHOON-Embers-LP-Rare-Progressive-Xian-Rock-Folk-Psych-/360551768901?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item53f28f6345
no complete listings i can see, so i have no idea how accurate that price is. it's probably not very accurate.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 10 May 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah it looks like it's straight out that guy's ass.
― Evan, Saturday, 11 May 2013 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
i actually saw a SECOND copy of that record today when i was looking for stuff a few towns over.
(didnt buy it.)did buy:godz 2max roach & archie shepp on hat-huttwo jade warrior recordsprivate country record3 old pulps2 old conan magazinesblue sky boys live 1960-something LPthis mortal coil LPministry LP
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link