2013 scores

I was here:

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and I got:
Shorty Rogers - The Fourth Dimension In Sound
Mohammed El-Sulieman and his Oriental Ensemble - The Music of Port Said
Silly Wizard - Live In America
The Sing-A-Long Gang - Naughty Sing-A-Long Songs
LaCroix - S/T
The Original Cajun Fiddle of Harry Choates - Jole Blon
Bruniferd - S/T
Vessel - Out From Among Them
John Doan - Departures
V/A - Jet Set Dance Discothèque (3x lps)
Paul Whiteman - The Greatest Stars In My Life
Gentle Giant - Interview
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Steven Wright - I Have A Pony
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - An Hour With The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Ralph Towner - Solo Concert
Luke Leilani and his Hawaiian Rhythm - Passport to Romance
Tommy Boyd and Johnny Martizia with Irv Shipiro - Ah So! Suite
Uriah Heep - Return to Fantasy

nice

i love this shorty rogers album cover

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Dang

Archie Shepp - Four For Trane
Einsturzende Neubauten - Kollaps (upgrade, could not resist, this copy was perfect)
V/A - I Am The Light
Edward Ka-Spel - The Patriot
Legendary Pink Dots - The Curse Of Marie Antoinette (two weeks late, still waiting, boooo)

<3 four for trane.

I had no idea I would like the Joan Baez albums as much as I do. She is so great.

patrick cowley - school daze
daphni - jiaolong
chromatics - kill for love

much love for that cowley compilation. hope to be able to get it for a reasonable price in europe soon..

wow my copy of I Am The Center (NOT "I Am The Light like I typed upthread) is on clear vinyl! I thought they were all like that, then I looked it up, now I am valiantly trying to resist the urge to flip it.

much love for that cowley compilation. hope to be able to get it for a reasonable price in europe soon..

it's really good. also on spotify fwiw (at least in the u.s.)

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^^^ this should have been in the listening thread, oops.

Digging in south west texas turned up these
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (Sire) Beautiful red vinyl!!
Dora Hall - Tramping (Cozy)
Dora Hall - One More Time (Cozy)
Elliott, Walter & Bennett - S/T (Jam)
Port Authority - S/T (No Label) Navy funky rock band
The Buddy Brock Band: The Houston Sound (Houtown) lounge big band does a awesome Long Train Runnin'!
Windstorm - Make That Move/Eye To Eye (MC Records) Private Boogie 12'
Songs of the Humpback Whale (Capitol)
Buzz Rice - I Believe In Music (No Label) Lounge crooner does country and 50's
Jerry Corbitt & Charlie Daniels - Live (Tiger Lilly) This Jams!!!!
The Summer Winds - 1st Souvenir Album (No Label) lounge band does Cream and MacArthur Park
The Mystery Trio - Painting The Clouds (No Label) Lounge band does great organ?guitar with a Friar singing.
and from my lounge dealer:
Sweet Seasons - at Hidden Harbor (No Label) Awesome Carpenters like group does funky Hijack!!
Lee Sohn - At The Place Pigalle Miami (Ridge Record Corporation) Korean Lounge crooner
The Berry’s: It’s Berry Time (No Label) sort square lounge act does great Scarborough Fair and Aquarius!
The Bill Bush Combo: At the Moulin Rouge( No Label) Lounge trio does great Velvet Touch and My Baby
The Turning Point: Live at Rusch's Restaurant (No Label) male/female group does Beatles, Raindrops, and Aquarius
The Abbey - Of South Texas (Echo) barband does hard rock versions of ZZ Top, Bad Company
The Chaps: Live at the Billy Munk (No Label) duo does Beatles
The Flavia Band: Good-bye Bambina (No Label), latin lounge band does Beatles, Bread, Chicago
The Fantastic Puzzle: S/T (Puzzle) great lounge band does Seals & Crofts, Love Train
Lori Longmire & The Crown Of Creation - A Day In The Sun (No Label) Awesome Feel Like Makin' Love!!

Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (Sire) Beautiful red vinyl!!

wow, nice

I remember hearing about that Port Authority record in my crate digging listserv days but have never heard it

Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again

sometimes I think this is the best record ever made, mine is red too, thought they all were!

When I used to Dj I had a copy that was black vinyl that I ended up selling in my big disco purge. I was so happy to find it again today for a dollar. Reminded me to never sell Arthur Russell records again!

A dollar, wow. I got a black one. It sounds huge.

that corbitt/daniels is $$$$ iirc.

I got nicky siano to autograph my red vinyl copy

Recent accumulation:

Knife - Silent Shout
Neu - Neu!
Radio Dept - Clinging To A Scheme
Radio Dept - Pet Grief
Radio Dept - Singles Collection
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
Julian Lynch - Mare
Polvo - Siberia
Shoes - One In Versailles
Sea And Cake - Sea And Cake
Guided By Voices - For All Good Kids
Guided By Voices - Vampire On Titus
Tobin Sprout - Demos And Outtakes
V/A - Lonesome Road Blues
V/A - East Coast Blues
V/A - Georgia Blues
V/A - Favorite Country Duets For Guitar And Piano

Also of course:

Lilys - In The Presence Of Nothing (original Slumberland release)

^paid my friend $40 for this, which is super fair as far as I'm concerned. What's not fair was that he was the person that found it in a thrift shop bin for $3.
That was meant to be my moment!

driving across Texas on the way to Louisiana I found these
Testing 1....2....3 (No Label) I dunno, instrumentals to test your speakers? Looks promising
I Quattro Quinti - S/T (No Label) Caribbean cruise souvenir record
Blossom Dearie - Sings (Daffodil) couldn't pass up a dollar for my favorite of hers
U.S. Air Force Jazz Ensemble - Two SIdes Of the Airmen of Note (No Label)
Larry Keys - Keys Carries On (Ultra-Sonic) Organ, Guitar and Drums trio doing a jazz side and a rock side
Len Ryder - Way Out West In Waikiki (No Label) Exciting lap steel exotica!!!
Francis Lai - Bilitis OST (Gamma)
Elliott, Walter, and Bennett - I Know How You Feel (Jam)
The Elliot Walter Band S/T (Ram) All of a sudden I'm finding all of this local Texas bar band's records
Keni C. Serious Lover/Find Someone (Space City) Houston private boogie/Disco
Titano Trio - Accordions (No Label) three ladies play accordions
Troy Cory - The Closest I Ever Came (Cinema Prize)
Hermilo Ortiz - The Many Moods of Milo (Penthouse) Blind organist does twilight zone lounge!!!

used
John Cale - Animal Justice EP (Illegal)
The B-52's - s/t (Island)
Philip Glass - Songs from Liquid Days (CBS)

new
Suicide - 1/2 Alive (ROIR)
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu (Ribbon)

Got a few records I've been looking for for AGES for pretty cheap...

ebay/discogs:

45 grave - autopsy LP (this is normally a bit expensive (especially on CD for some reason) but nobody else bid on it)
television personalities - mummy your not watching me LP (this is another I've wanted for years, found a cheap reissue)
nixon - this town 7"
poison girls - hex 12"
delta 5 - anticipation 7"
teenage jesus & the jerks - orphans 7" (psyched about this one! sleeve is slightly tatty but the record plays perfect)
helen & the horns - surrey with the fringe on top 7"

gigs:

jimi ben band - royal baboon 7"
J.C. satan - hell death samba LP
J.C. satan - faraway land LP
va - pebbles box 5xLP
(split) mind eraser + slang - 7"
rival mob - mob justice LP
die - s/t 7"
D.O.A. - human bomb 7"
virginia wing - red sails 7"
voorhees - spilling blood without reason LP
voorhees - 13 LP
gertrude - love axe wish list LP
pastels - check my heart 7"
pastels - slow summits LP
steve ignorant & paranoid visions - when? LP
zounds - ancient briton 7"

charity shops:

joe jackson - look sharp LP
pigbag - dr heckle & mr jive LP
shriekback - oil and gold LP

kate & anna mcgarrigle - dancer with bruised knees
801 - live
bob seger - back in 72
john martin - solid air
roy harper - lifemask
antonio carlos jobim - stone flower
bow wow wow - see jungle! see jungle! etc

San Antonio finds
Ed Gerlach - Big Band From Texas (Dor-Ed)
Les Moore Band - Live At Katy Station (Katy Tracks) Bar band boogie!
North Texas State University Lab Band '69 (Century) Band does beatles and Jimmy Webb
Allen Wayne Damron - The Old Campaigner (BF Deal)
Harold Murphy - Murphy's Sea Bay Inn (No Label) excellent cocktail lounge group!!!
Johnny Russ - Memories (Ramblin') Country crooner does all originals!
Buddy Brock - Big Band '82 (Universe) lounge ensemble does Stones
The Dancing Tolmans and Johnny Brogans Anniversary Album (No Label) Lounge group showcase varying dances?
Bob Harrington - The Chaplain of Bourbon Street (Mark)
Bob Harrington - Laughter, Truth Music (World)
Martin Denny - Exotica (Liberty) Mono pressing with Arthur Lyman!
Levitt & McClure - Living In The Country (Warner)
Tommy Morgan - Tropicale (Warner) Long time exotica want!!
3 & Company - Wave (Century) Long time lounge want!!
Mel Torme - At The Crescendo (Bethlehem)
Mel Torme - Songs For Any Taste (Bethlehem)

grace jones - portfolio (dollar bin at an antique shop)

from Record Exchange in Frederick MD (pretty decent store in downtown Frederick, I didn't have much time to look around)

Roy Orbison - The All-Time Greatest Hits (two bucks, 2xLP on Monument)
Masta Ace - Slaughtahouse

lindsey buckingham - law and order
10cc - bloody tourists
sigue sigue sputnik - love missile f1-11 (12")

as a sidebar to calling Record Exchange a pretty decent store I will note that this Record Store Day nonsense is totally outta hand. (I know this has been griped about on other threads but I can't help myself.) they had racks and racks of ridiculous shit like a new pressing (or maybe it's the first time on vinyl, whatever) of Billy Bragg and Wilco's Mermaid Avenue for $39.99. Black Friday RSD Special Price!!

The larger label stuff for RSD are always catering to a crowd that probably isn't very interested in vinyl at all and for such silly prices.
For example I'm expecting to see a Hootie & The Blowfish 180 gram reissue for $42.99 at this point.

I don't remember seeing anything even slightly interesting personally on the Black Friday list this year. To be be fair to the whole concept there are usually at least a few neat items.

oh so that's why I saw new copies of that lame album everywhere I went this weekend (xp)

in the mail:

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra LP/7", Seligpreisung, Einsjager & Siebenjager
Edward Ka-Spel - The Patriot 7" EP

in Humboldt CA (Arcata/Eureka):

Athletico Spizz 80 - Hot Deserts 7", Central Pk 7" (I NEVER see these)
Patrik Fitzgerald - Backstreet Boys 7" EP (ditto)
Gate - Sunshine/Ives 7"
Paavoharju - 7" on Type (did not know this existed)
Robert Wyatt - Grass 7"
Weirdos - Action Design EP
Tragic Mulatto - Judo For The Blind (never see this band's recs either)
The Fall - I'm Frank 12" EP
Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice re-edit 12"
Matthews Southern Comfort - 2nd LP
PJ Harvey - White Chalk (was holding out for a used copy, score)

local:

Michael Hurley - Land Of Lo-Fi
V/A - The Deep City Label on Numero

Colonel Poo, 45 Grave's Autopsy totally kicks ass, love it way more than Sleep In Safety (which I do still wish I had a copy of).

i kinda wanted one of the black friday RSD things this year --
michael hurley 78rpm covering E.C. Ball's "Early Bird Always Gets The Worm."

oh, i guess that cover is not on the 78... just on the new tribute comp.
still want the 78.

last time i checked, the store where moe works has a copy. ill grab it for you if so!

yup, we still got one at $19.98 (UGH) but i would imagine you should be able to find this locally.

as for the billy bragg and wilco:
a. it is a great record, you're crazy
b. yes, the price is insane but the lacquers were cut by the best in the business and the vinyl was pressed at a plant in germany that is supposed to be #1 in the world. with that in mind it's not actually as outrageously priced as some of the other stuff that came out friday (like the grateful dead acoustic set that i really want but is also $40+ for a double lp)

anyway fuck a RSD release. the only other things i wanted (townes and gene clark) were just limited color pressings and will come out on black vinyl (hopefully at a more reasonable price) so i'll hold off...

what were the guy & townes records? i'm so outta da record store loop. didn't even know the hurley was coming out til tompkins square posted abt it on facebook.

i traded a bunch of old cds to amoeba for that billy bragg/wilco reish, it was worth it. sounds great.

gene is white light demos. townes is unreleased studio and demos, early 70s. both on omnivore.

oh lol i misread gene clark for guy clark. jeeze.

fwiw I like the Wilco record and have had it on CD since it came out but I'm never gonna pay 40 bucks for something like that. "pressed at the world's top pressing plant" just doesn't mean anything to me ... maybe one day I'll be an audiophile like that but up to this point I'm just not.

really I guess my beef is somewhat with the price of new records in general, regular old double LPs are routinely 25 bucks now.

Hey Ian, there's an old warehouse here filled with junk and they have a crate of 78's, mostly still in sleeves. I almost just want the sleeves, labels like King, Coral, Vocalion, 4Star, and Columbia. Artist like Eddie Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Locklin, but there are a few odd ones, like artist with bagpipe accompaniment and whistling with string band. Some look unplayed, some are scuffed, and I don't know how much scuffing affects playback on 78's? They are a dollar each, are they worth buying? Or, would you want me to buy them for you? The guy said he would make a deal on the whole lot, probably $20?

@dmr. yeah, man, i'm right there with you re: not being an audiophile and not giving a shit about the plant but my point is that at least those wilco records legitimately cost more to manufacture than the other shit that's going for $30 single lps and $45 double lps or whatever.

i'd buy em all for $20. it's hard to tell w/o knowing the names of the artists, but lefty is great, early hank locklin can be good etc. scuffing is not a big deal on 78s tbh.

at least those wilco records legitimately cost more to manufacture than the other shit that's going for $30 single lps and $45 double lps or whatever

yeah I hear you. and I did not know about the particularities of the pressing so that was news to me.

I'll take photos of the labels with Tera's iphone next time I'm there.

Colonel Poo, 45 Grave's Autopsy totally kicks ass, love it way more than Sleep In Safety (which I do still wish I had a copy of).

Yep, I didn't know until I received the record that Pat Smear was on it, I've had mp3s of it for about 10 years, that's how long it's taken me to find a cheap copy of it.