should i buy [x] for $[y]?

i thought perhaps we could have a dedicated thread to ask other vinyl nerds whether she should buy stuff and for how much.

so i spotted a copy of the rare marie little 1st lp, "factory girl," for $100. in vg++ condition. usually goes for 150 pounds or more. should i grab it? or not bother. what say you, vinyl nerds?

Well, if you haven't spent your tax return or have it obligated elsewhere, I'd go for it. (assuming you're getting a tax return. If not, i'd be more cautious. But as of this date i am myself planning to splurge a bit on records in the near future.)

how about blues creation "demon and eleven children" reissue on blowup for $16?

xhol caravan "electrip" on tripkick for $17?

lots more showed up at local record shop, but i'll check back later.

help a brother, ian.

van der graaf generator - godbluff on charisma $20

neu! on billingsgate $27

van dyke parks - song cycle original near mint $18

Price Check In Aisle 3

i thought that was like, for people selling stuff, not buying?

it is for all things price. but its cool. i don't care how many threads there are here. there are only, like, ten of us.

neu! on billingsgate $27

― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:51 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

i say wait for the reissue box tbh

unless u r a NEU! freak

$27 for that pressing of the Neu! seems a tad high. same for the VdGG. I would think that was around a $10 record. $18 for an original Song Cycle in that condition sounds pretty cool though, I'd probably do it.

what about $20 for a VG+/VG+ Wilbert Harrison 'Let's Work Together' on Sue? that's what I paid at the CHIRP fair, because I was psyched to see it, but I bet I could have held out for a cheaper copy (.. but for HOW LONG??)

i wouldn't regret that purchase if i were you. sounds like a decent price. but--how is it?

buy-it-now recommendation: http://cgi.ebay.com/scrapper-blackwell-virtuoso-guitar-yazoo-blues-LP-/250615088933?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3a59d2c725

yikes. i think i bought my copy in the mid-90s for about a third of that. inflation!

btw, anyone that loves Scrapper as I do should totally seek out his post-"rediscovery" record (yep, he had one, just like Son House, John Hurt, Bukka, and the rest of 'em), called "Mr. Scrapper's Blues". edition I have is on the ACE label and looks like this:

http://sundayblues.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/scrapperrbl.jpg

bah, try that again

http://sundayblues.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/scrapperrbl.jpg

Leroy Carr/Scrapper Blackwell was basically my gateway drug into pre-war blues, thanks to Steve Cushing's amazing, unbelievably informative ongoing radio show, Blues Before Sunrise

first started listening to Steve in 1988 or so on the Eastern Michigan University radio station, WEMU, which syndicated Steve's show from Chicago. Been a loyal devotee of Steve for 20+ years (he is still going strong -- check that link!), but it was one of those early shows I listened to where he had an expert come in and talk about Scrapper, play stuff throughout his whole career, and break it all down musicologically that just made me fall in love w/ the whole genre

piano/gtr duets in general are ALWAYS the bomb, but Leroy/Scrapper were the kings. they were huge stars in Naptown

Amateurist, I haven't yet listened to the Leroy Harrison. It is going on now, now that the hockey is over .. I will report back!

gah, *Wilbert* Harrison, that is...

okay, the Wilbert Harrison album is really weird -- starts off with a cover of 'Louie Louie' that almost starts off like punk rock (bass player is doing this rapid-fire half-step thing for the intro) then just settles into Wilbert languidly reciting the lyrics against harp and swamp-style backing. some nicely stabbing guitar from the lead guy. and then it just sorta seems to ramble on, very stoned-sounding...

'let's work together' -- very spirited. never heard the original of this oft-covered song, but it definitely grabs you. Hand-claps are mixed-in, which ups the vibrancy, but yet, this track even is so languid .. it's like slow New Orleans stuff without any New Orleans rhythms really weird. It's NOT Swamp music, but alludes to to it, weirdly ... like, I dunno if the producers were trying to intimate that sound or they just legitimately did not have enough money to get musicians in to make a real New Orleans/swamp record

anyway there is enough reverb that I think Memphis might have been the idea? actually *what* is this, exactly? I pride myself on breaking down blues genres, but this record is starting to confound me

the album is basically Wilbert's voice way up-front, the tambourine and lead guitar seem about concomitant, then there is a bass guitar, a bass drum (no other parts of the basic kit that I can discern), and occasionally a rhythm guitarist who is lying back there playing with the same kind of tremolo effect that Pops used.

anyway, it's fantastic. probably could find it for less than $20 if the search extended out years. but yeah, it is also nominally *worth* twenty bucks -- in terms of pure pleasure -- right now. I *almost* went to the bar to watch the Red Wings vanquish the Coyotes in teh NHL tonite. that would have cost me more than 20 bucks. Instead, I listened to my beautiful Wilbert Harrison record, and watched the Wings victory on www.channelsurfing.net ...

Sounds great.

I had a "Sue" compilation tape that had "Let's work together pts 1 and 2" re-edited together for a 7 minute whole.

It's great.

i would like to hear that. that song's got a great groove.