BEST VINYL-ONLY RELEASES OF 2010

or at least stuff worth talking about. give a shout-out to people willing to put their money where their mouth is and offer no digital option.

brought it up on ilm, but my pal ted lee and his feeding tube records have put out a ton of cool new vinyl-only albums and singles including the AWESOME pimania comp of insane early 80's british computer game music:

http://feedingtuberecords.com/

and speaking of my western mass pals, josh at mystery train has put out a limited to 500 pressing of the truly amazing home tapes of nrbq drummer Tom Ardolino entitled UNKNOWN BRAIN. these are tracks that Tom made at home when he was 17 in 1972 using the "sound on sound" function of his Kenwood reel to reel tape recorder. so, he layers mono tracks of himself singing or playing bass, keyboards, guitar, etc. this is my archival release of the year. so great and so demented. some of it is total arty weirdness coming from a weird high school kid and some sounds like the residents and then there is just overblown feedback drenched stuff like his cover of the great airplane strike by the raiders. the whole thing is so much fun and you will want to play it for everyone you know. i don't know how to get copies other than to email mystery train at their myspace. i have to get a copy for my brother. he will love it. (there WAS a japanese cd release of this stuff in 2004 with extra stuff on it. and i don't know how hard that is to find. and technically this vinyl release came out last year, but its new to me!)

okay it looks like you can get the unknown brain vinyl from forced exposure, volcanic tongue, etc. HIGHLY recommended by me your pal scott. you need a copy.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OtxzvijYu5s/S3i6yPwF6zI/AAAAAAAAAKc/ySVT3IViAP4/s400/OESB-48-FOREST-SWORDS-350x350.jpg
Forest Swords- Dagger Paths on Olde English Spelling Bee

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U.S. Girl's "Go Grey" came with a download ccoupon but no CD--does that count? cuz i wuv that wekkid.

yeah that was my question! I just bought a Black Moth Super Rainbow 12" with the same deal.

knowing scott I think he means no MP3s either tho.

Record store day in the UK has a new single by The Fall ("Bury", killer new LP track) with unavailable B-side. Also Wooden Shjips 7".

record store day fela ten-inch looks cool.

give a shout-out to people willing to put their money where their mouth is and offer no digital option.

kinda pretty keen on accompanying freebie digital option right here?, don't see why there's any cred in holding back on that. limited vinyl is the bain of my life anyhow; it pushes me closer to buying ... digital options frequently.

rant over!, howling hex rogue moon is a contender, assuming it was this year?, the smog live record too.

okay fine free download with vinyl is fine. i don't use them but i'm sure its handy for you kids to listen to stuff on your ibuds and ipads and the like.

loved when i bought that shellac vinyl box years ago and they just kinda threw a cd into the box with no cover or sleeve or anything. like, ugh, here...

Great thread. The same could be said for cassettes too. There are some killer cassette only releases as well. But this isn't the thread for that. Anyway, I really like that Guinea Worms. It's a huge listen, but very good.

rogue moon was 2009, schlump. but it was super-cool.

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^^ been seein those vibracathedral 12"s everywhere -- any good? i have a vague idea that i might like that band, but i think ive only heard a little, and cant remember anything about what it sounds like

'the secret base' is 1st one of recents to catch my ear.
but for an intro try 'hex hostess', 'versatile arab chord chart', or 'my gate's open'

i really like the vibracathedral orchestra, but i can't say i have a favorite. the vinyl only live on WFMU lp on eclipse was my introducitonh to the band and remains a favorite.

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rogue moon was 2009, schlump. but it was super-cool.

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ah okay, it took me a while to pick it up. stable kills me.

had a change of heart & can appreciate the worth of people dictating audiences to pick up vinyl. just the limited runs that are bugging me.

the limited thing only bugs me when its something you know people will want. like, they could have pressed a thousand and only put out 300. seems kinda mean.

in a lot of cases though people are lucky if they can sell 300 of something. if after the fact it becomes sought after well that's another story.

sure.

if after the fact it becomes sought after well that's another story.

yeah, i just don't get why represses aren't some automatic thing?, in response to some kind of gauge for demand. i pretty often sleep on getting things that i really like, justifying getting something that might be rarer first, so this comes back to bite me frequently.

represses aren't some automatic thing a lot of the time because the money made (if any) on a small pressing of records likely went to beer, gasoline or food, especially in the cases of self-released records.
or that's one scenario anyway

the limited thing only bugs me when its something you know people will want. like, they could have pressed a thousand and only put out 300. seems kinda mean.

see: Midlake pressing TWO HUNDRED vinyl copies of Van Occupanther

messenger girls trio LP!

men-an-tol 'through the quoit'

A head's up for a great recording which will be released on vinyl for the first time in 2010:

Orange Twin Field Works expanded LP (co-release w/ Mississippi Records -- first time on vinyl)
Field recordings of Bulgarian folk songs, totally awesome.

http://socialmusicrecords.com/

whoa damn thanks for that link