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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2394 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kling Klang - The Esthetik Of Destruction (quite brilliant Krautrock from Liverpool) Mist & Sea - Unless Glan Campbell - Meet Glan Campbell Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now The Cult - Born Into This Steve Winwood - Chronicles Whiskeytown - Faithless Street The Clash - Sandanista The Clash - Super Black Market Clash Emmylou Harris - Heartaches & Highways (The Very Best Of) Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground Hamell On Trial - Tough Love The Mendoza Line - 30 Year Low Spain - She Haunts My Dreams The Bool Of Knots - Traineater Blood Meridian - Kick Up The Dust The Tyde - Three's Co. V/A (Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Joe Stummer etc) - Free The West Memphis 3 Field Music - Field Music Brakes - The Beatific Visions | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1795 Registered: 03-2005 |
Were those bought in one month, Padraig? I don't keep track of when I get something but it might be this: Bell Divers -- official release of June July Biff Bang Pow -- The Girl Who Runs the Beat Hotel Francoiz Bruet--s/t Amanda Brown--Incognita Chills--Brave Words Judy Collins--Who Knows Where the Time Goes Kiki Dee--Love Makes the World Go Round (and Loving and Free on the same occasion) Noel Harrison--s/t Magick Heads--Before We Go Under (and also Woody on the same occasion) McCarthy--Banking, Violence & the Inner Life Today (and possibly also The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth) Microdisney--Clock Comes Down the Stairs Modern Giant--Satellite Nights Nits--Doing the Dishes Songs of Otago's Past--Robert Scott Shack--Waterpistol P.F. Sloan--Best of the Dunhill Years Vic Godard & Subway Sect--What the Matter Boy? Triffids--Stockholm V/A-- Joe Meek Freak Beat | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2396 Registered: 05-2005 |
18 of them were bought over three days in Brisbane last week Randy! I was up there for a football match and of course visited Rocking Horse and the local branch of JB Hifi! The Glen Campbell and Mary Gauthier were bought before that. I actually got a few more in Brisbane that I haven't included above! A lot on my list came from the $4.98 indie bargain bin. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2675 Registered: 05-2005 |
Not many, personally bt I am looking forward to this... http://www.remhq.com/news_story.php?id=9 14 | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1437 Registered: 10-2004 |
I think this is more or less it, in the order in which they were purchased: Antena - Camino del Sol Monochrome Set - Lost Weekend Stooges - Stooges (Vinyl - replacing old f*cked up copy) Carlos Lyra - Bossa Nova John Cale - Caribbean Sunset Death Cult - some EP Delmontes - Carousel Suicide - 2nd Album Martha & the Muffins - Trance and Dance It's Immaterial - Life's Hard and Then You Die Jorge Ben - 1969 New Asia - Gates Monochrome Set - Love Zombies (on vinyl!) Dalek I Love You - Compass Kumpas Scars - Author! Author! Eric Random - Time Splice McCarthy - The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth Spherical Objects - Further Ellipses/No Man's Land Spherical Objects - Past & Parcel/Elliptical Optimism It's Immaterial - Song Slayer - Show No Mercy Blue Orchids - Greatest Hit Scars - All About You 12" | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 490 Registered: 01-2006 |
Vinyl: Spoon – Girls Can Tell Spoon – Gimme Fiction Spoon – Kill The Moonlight Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco – A Ghost Is Born The Silver Jews – American Water The Silver Jews – Bright Flight The Spring Reverbs – Debut 7” Dean and Britta (with Sonic Boom) – Old Toy Trains/He’s Coming Home 7” CD: Beck – Modern Guilt The Wedding Present – El Rey The Shins – Wincing The Night Away | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 39 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Loft - Magpie Eyes 1982-1985 Deerhunter - Microcastle Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle Associates - Singles the Story of the June Brides and Phil Wilson The Revenge of Jasmine Minks: Best of the Creation Years The Bats - At the National Grid The Clean - Anthology The Lucksmiths - First Frost + Spring A Leak Compi | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1441 Registered: 10-2004 |
Someone, please, tell me about the Loft. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 457 Registered: 02-2008 |
Calexico - Carried to Dust Josh Rouse - Rykodisc Years Lambchop - OH (Ohio) Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains Lindsey Buckingham - Gift of Screwing Randy Newman - Harps & Angels Ratatat - LP3 The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Party Intellectuals Phillip Glass - Glass Box Otis Redding - Live in London and Paris Juana Molina - Un Dia Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It Pretenders - Break Up the Concrete Little Richard - Best of Rodney Crowell - Sex & Gasoline B.B. King - One Kind Favor Fiesta - Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, conducted by Gustavo Duhamel Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2437 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yesterday I got Paul Kelly's Songs From The South. It's the updated volume of songs from 1998-2008, but it also included the earlier 1985-1997 disc too in a very nice package. I played the 1985-1997 disc yesterday afternoon and it sounded so great. I'd forgotten how many brilliant songs are on it. I also got a new Burt Bacharach triple disc comp with 75 songs on it. All the classics by Dionne Warwick etc are there, plus quite a few songs (and artists) I'd never even heard of. It was a bargain at $20.88 in JB Hifi. The Kelly double disc was $21 in the same shop. On the Bacharach comp there are sleevenotes by Elvis Costello, written a mere six weeks ago, which shows a very quick turnaround for the comp. But his notes are riddled with errors - bad grammar, missing words, missing commas - which really annoys me. It happens so often with box sets that it's the exception rather than the rule. Surely the record companies could spend an extra $100 to get someone like me to look at the sleevenotes and correct them? It just seems that Costello emailed his notes in and that's what they printed, no questions asked. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1819 Registered: 03-2005 |
Padraig, I've also noticed that some box sets are just hurled together with no real care or time put into them. It's a bit assbackward to cut corners on the expensive sets. I'd be interested in knowing what's on there and who's doing it. I never got the first "Songs from the South." Is this a "best of" type of package? Without ever looking at the program, I'd always assumed the first album of that name was simply an album. I'm still pretty hit-and-miss with Paul Kelly's stuff; I don't think I have even half of it. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1820 Registered: 03-2005 |
Oh, and at last I found something that jazzed me in the used section at the Hollywood Amoeba: they had the Machine Translations 2002 album Happy. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 488 Registered: 02-2008 |
Pisses me off. I have the earlier "Songs of the South" comp. Now I have to get the new one. They got people staying awake nights thinking of ways to make me re-buy things. It's pretty craven. They should pass a law: once an album is released you can't go back and add little minor doo-dads to make collector geeks buy it. Also, Kelly's newest album never came out in the states. I've heard it, and though, it's not a masterpiece, it's still totally worth having | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 388 Registered: 01-2007 |
I don't know if it is 20 but what i can remember: CLash on Broadway and Shea Stadium Live Lounge vol 3 Weller at the BBC 4 disc set Dylan bootleg volume 8 Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue Ryan Adams-Cardinology Silver Jews ( the latest) Ron Sexsmith-Exit Strategy of the Soul VU-VU and Loaded Ben Folds -way to Normal New Order-Power, Corruption and lies ( the new remastered version Fairport Convention-Liege and Lief Others I can remember Vinyl: Go-Betweens 79-90 FLeet Foxes Bon Iver | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2438 Registered: 05-2005 |
Frank, is that Clash album as good as the reviews make out? Randy, yes it is a comp. And a very good one. ETM, I imagine there will be a single disc version of volume 2 available too. The price for the double disc here though was cheaper than most new single discs. It does piss me off though when a band gives away a previous album with a new release and I already have it. It happened to me just a few weeks ago with Jack Ladder (Aussie band/guy). I had only bought his debut record a few weeks earlier and then suddenly it's being given away free with his new one (and several bucks cheaper for both discs than I'd paid for the single disc. I bought it anyway and will now donate the first album to a Christmas charity box - along with a few more things). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2439 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, it's called Magic Moments: the Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection. Disc: 1 1. Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love 2. The Carpenters -(They Long To Be)Close To You 3. B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head 4. Nancy Wilson - Reach Out For Me 5. The Shirelles - Baby, It's You 6. Dionne Warwick - Walk on By 7. Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love 8. Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 9. Doris Day - Send Me No Flowers 10. Frankie Avalon - Gotta Get A Girl 11. Jack Jones - Wives and Lovers 12. Cilla Black - Alfie 13. Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You 14. Tom Jones - Promise Her Anything 15. Cliff Richard - It's Wonderful To Be Young (Alternate Take) 16. Gene Vincent - Crazy Times 17. Charlie Gracie - I Looked For You 18. The Five Blobs - The Blob 19. Jackie DeShannon - So Long Johnny 20. Shirley Bassey - A House Is Not A Home 21. Burt Bacharach - Nikki 22. Andy Williams - Don't You Believe It 23. Jimmy Radcliff - (There Goes) The Forgotten Man 24. Billy J Kramer - Trains and Boats and Planes 25. Herb Alpert - Casino Royal 26. Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart 27. Bobbie Gentry - The Windows of the World 28. Nat King Cole - Once In A Blue Moon (Instrumental) Disc: 2 1. Perry Como - Magic Moments 2. Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose 3. Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer 4. Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin' 5. Walker Brothers - Make It Easy on Yourself 6. Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me 7. Burt Bacharach - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 8. Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again 9. The Drifters - Please Stay 10. Gene McDaniels - Tower of Strength 11. Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life 12. Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat 13. Vi Velasco - That's Not The Answer 14. Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over 15. Chuck Jackson -Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) 16. Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance 17. The Drifters - Mexican Divorce 18. Dean Barlow - Third Window From The Right 19. Adam Wade - Rain From The Skies 20. Della Reese - How About 21. Helen Shapiro - Keep Away From Other Girls 22. Trini Lopez - Made in Paris 23. The Merseybeats - It's Love That Really Counts (In the Longrun) 24. Manfred Mann - My Little Red Book 25. The Searchers - This Empty Place 26. Burt Bacharach - Pacific Coast Highway Disc: 3 1. Dionne & Friends - That's What Friends Are For 2. Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strength 3. Will Young - What's In Goodbye 4. Christopher Cross- Arthur's Theme (The Best You Can Do) 5. Neil Diamond - Heartlight 6. Burt Baracharch & Rufus Wainwright - Go Ask Shakespeare 7. Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - Who Are These People 8. Burt Bacharach - South American Getaway 9. B.J. Thomas - Everybody's Out Of Town 10. Dionne Warwick - Odds and Ends 11. The Hammond Brothers - Thirty Miles of Railway Tracks 12. Irma Thomas - Long After Tonight Is All Over 13. The Drifters - Let The Music Play 14. Dionne Warwick - Paper Mache 15. Keely Smith - One Less Bell To Answer 16. Anita Harris - London Life 17. Richard Chamberlain - Blue Guitar 18. The Drifters - The Land Of Make Believe 19. The Stylistics - You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) 20. Carole Bayer Sager - Just Friends 21. Burt Bacharach - Hasbrook Heights | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 497 Registered: 01-2006 |
Spacemen 3 - DJ Tones Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1317 Registered: 01-2005 |
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (2 disc deluxe set) Herbie Hancock - River: the joni letters Peter Tosh - The Best Of Peter Tosh Kenny Burrell - A Night At The Vanguard | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 881 Registered: 08-2004 |
Padraig, that can't be definitive if there's no Jerry Orbach doing 'Promises, Promises'. Airhead - Boing Eric Burdon - I Used To Be An Animal British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? The Screaming Jets - Tear Of Thought Billy Idol - Charmed Life VA - 20 Hip House Hits The Saw Doctors = All The Way From Tuam Ryan Adams - Demolition Mull Historical Society - Us Tears For Fears - Songs For The Big Chair Tammy Wynette - Famous Country Music Makers Don Williams - I Believe In You Bran Van 3000 - Glee Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll Black Mountain - In The Future Idlewild - The Remote Part Lamb - What Sound The Charlatans - Between 10th & 11th That's 18 & there's 2 more paid for & in Transit. Nick Cave - Live At The Albert Hall Death Of The Neighbourhood - Death Of The Neighbourhood I'm going on another spending binge tomorrow. Blow the credit crumble. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 526 Registered: 02-2008 |
Are you a fan of Lambchop, JC? They cover "I Believe In You" on their new one. It's really good, believe it or not, though that seems like a really odd juxtaposition. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1835 Registered: 03-2005 |
I'm in the middle of a heavy buying binge right now, kind of like the last days of Pompeii. Which it might be. Aerial Maps--In the Blinding Sunlight (w/bonus EP Australian Girls are the Coolest Girls) Luiz Bonfa--Solo in Rio 1959 Boys Next Door--Door, Door Amanda Brown--Incognita Chesterfields--Electric Guitars in their Hearts Bob Dylan--Nashville Skyline & John Wesley Harding Fire Engines--Hungry Beat June Brides--the Story of The Loft--Magpie Eyes Luna--Lunapark Machine Translations--Happy Doctor (Sean) Millar--Always Coming Home Modern Giant--This is Sydney (EP) Poets--Scotland's #1 Group Sara Storer--Chasing Buffalo Sal Valentino--Every Now and Then Weather Prophets--Judges, Juries & Horsemen V/A--CD86 And on the ships somewhere: Augie March--Watch Me Disappear John Cooper Clarke--Snap, Crackle & Bop Membranes--Kiss Ass Godhead Doctor Millar--The Bitter Lie Weather Prophets--Blue Skies & Free Rides Wild Swans--Bringing Home the Ashes & also Incandescent And I think that's it. I need an intervention, but wait just a bit because almost all of this stuff is really good. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1313 Registered: 08-2006 |
LOS ANGELES, CA, November 21 (AP) - Local attorney Randall Adams today unveiled what he described as a "one-man stimulus package" for the ailing used record business. "We've seen the Treasury throwing money at banks and auto makers. We're seeing banks hold off on foreclosures to help homeowners. Who's left out of the equation? It's pretty clear: Our nation's hard-working used CD merchants." Adams described the investment philosophy behind his initiative as "volume, volume, volume." But he insisted the program was not a "bailout," and instead contained a built-in incentive for retailer performance. "They sell me a CD I don't like, and it's going back - right away," Adams insisted. "That'll teach them not to peddle Jonas Brothers CDs to an unsuspecting consumer." Adams accountant could not be reached for comment and, as of press time, was reported as "missing." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1290 Registered: 09-2006 |
Brilliant writing, Rob...thanks for the laughs. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1479 Registered: 10-2004 |
Ha! that's hilarious, Rob! Randy, I see Luiz Bonfa in your list - I had no idea you were into Brazilian/bossa nova stuff. My personal favs are "Luiz Bonfa Plays and Sings Bossa Nova," and "O Violao E O Samba." | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1836 Registered: 03-2005 |
Rob, that's magnificent! I summon everybody on here to join in my program. Who are the Jonas Brothers? Jeff, I decided to see what I think of him. I have to put myself in a full mental shift though, sort of like when I like to Django Reinhardt, when I listen. I probably didn't make the best choice here because I'd prefer larger arrangements and this disc is strictly solo. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 883 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Jonas Brothers would be best avoided IMO. Strictly for the kids. PIL - Live In Tokyo Van Morrison - In Session Chava Alberstein - Voices Yardbirds - Five Live ++++ Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material The Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band Less Than Jake - The Pez Collection The Datsuns - The Datsuns Kitchens Of Distinction - Cowboys & Aliens 3 Doors Down - The Better Life Iggy Pop - Songs | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2462 Registered: 05-2005 |
Very funny Rob! Randy, the Jonas Brothers are a Christian country band I think. I've never knowingly heard a song, but their musical description frightens the bejesus out of me. Where did you order the Doctor Millar albums from? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1291 Registered: 09-2006 |
You might be possibly thinking of the Louvin Brothers there, Padraig...Jonas Brothers are a very popular Disney Channel boy band whose latest album has actually gotten some good reviews from critics with brains in their heads...they're saying it's pretty tasty power-pop bubblegum. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2463 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oops! Thanks Allen. I wasn't mixing them up with the Louvin Brothers though (c'mon, there's a 50 year time gap there!). Louvin Brothers were great, what little I've heard anyway. It never really occured to me that they were a Christian country band, but of course they were. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1292 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah, I thought it was probably some other one you were thinking of, but when you said "Christian" "country" and "scary" I thought there was a possibility it was them, as one of their specialities was murder ballads. They also cut an album called "Satan is Real," the cover of which showed them fleeing from a giant, wooden bucktoothed devil that one of them made himself. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 535 Registered: 02-2008 |
Of course, the Jonas Bros. murder ballads are REALLY something...they really get those teeny boppers going... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1293 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah, but EVERYbody does murder ballads these days... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2465 Registered: 05-2005 |
I knew that cover before I knew the band Allen. I was thrilled to find out it was real. I was sure it was faked. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2491 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Feelies - Only Life. How come no-one told me here it was re-released in July? I just found out the other day and got the only copy they had in JB Hifi. Hopefully the other three Feelies records will follow soon. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1320 Registered: 08-2006 |
I didn't hear about that, Padraig. For some reason, that one seems to pop into print more often than the others. I surely wish they'd bestow the favor on "The Good Earth" - it's the only Feelies album I don't have on CD. God knows I played it enough in '85 to last me for another decade, but I'd still like to own it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2493 Registered: 05-2005 |
Today: The Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon. I came across it by chance. It's years since I've seen it available and about time I replaced my old cassette copy. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon. Hey, I just realised there's a moon theme going on! I've never previously owned this record, but any time I heard it when I was a teenager I loved it. I decided for many years that I hated Pink Floyd. It's time to admit the truth and make amends. Abba: Arrival (deluxe remastered edition with extra tracks, DVD and booklet). My wee girl asked Santa for an Abba CD (she already has the the two Gold compilations). Santa will provide. Roy Orbison: Black & White / King Of Hearts. Both albums for a recession busting $10! Lou Reed: Berlin / Coney Island Baby. Again, both albums for a recession busting $10! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 40 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dont think either of the Louvin Brothers is fleeing on the cover of Satan is Real, both Charlie and Ira appear to be singing/exulting (get thee behind me?). It's an amazing record though with songs/sermons and an incredible reverb sound on their gorgeous vocals thoughout. | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 290 Registered: 11-2004 |
Vinyl: Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs Sparks - Propaganda Sparks - Indiscreet Electric Light Orchestra - s/t Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights Roy Wood - Boulders Ya Ho Wa 13 - Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony CD: Dr Strangely Strange - Heavy Petting Trader Horne - Morning Way Tudor Lodge - s/t Roy Wood - Wizzard! Guy Clark - Boats To Build | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 600 Registered: 07-2006 |
padraig...my ma taught me how to use the turntable when i was four years old just so i could hear arrival at whim. which i have done so continuously for the past 22 years. i hope she enjoys it as much as i still do. my guess is right now she loves agnetha, but as she grows up she'll end up leaning in favour of frida. i got that berlin/coney island baby thing tonight as well! alongside the deluxe edition of non-stop erotic cabaret....which i probably didn't need a third instalment of. i'm not kidding anyone am i? | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 124 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Hollowmen - So Long Sea Stories - Wide Eyed And Dreaming Machine Translations - Abstract Poverty Machine Translations - Holiday In Spain Gorodisch - Thurn & Taxis Steve Kilbey - Painkiller The Astronomer - The Astronomer Malinky - Flower & Iron Tex La Homa - Little Flashes Of Light On A Cold Dark Sea Breabach - The Big Spree Seassion A9 - Bottlenecks & Armbreakers Coming Soon - New Grids Je Suis Animal - Self-Taught Magic From A Book Songs Of Green Pheasant - Songs Of Green Pheasant The Memory Band - The Memory Band The Memory Band - Apron Strings The Accidental - There Were Wolves Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat Uncle Jelly Fish - Lucky Nerval Teeth Mike Noga - Folk Songs On route but still to arrive: Artisokka - Sea Bed Eyedrop - You And Me Vs The Machine Labrador - Caleidoscope Aeroplace Orphan Songs - Orphan Songs The Bats - The Guilty Office Donat, nice to see mention of the Jackie McAuley/Judy Dyble album. Still have the original vinyl which I purchased on its release ( 1969 or 1970? ) Shame they split after only one album. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2494 Registered: 05-2005 |
Did you order The Bats album from NZ Hugh? I just from their myspace last night that it's being released. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 125 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, I ordered the album directly from the label ( www.archhill.co.nz ) | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 291 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hugh, it's a great record which is now worth a good 100 pounds, mainly because no one really bought it at the time. I love Dyble's voice. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 205 Registered: 02-2007 |
Donat, just bought Boats To Build (Guy Clark) . as well. Great album! | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 292 Registered: 11-2004 |
David, aren't the acoustic guitars on that record simply sublime? I think it's his best late period album. Baton Rouge is a powerful opener. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 206 Registered: 02-2007 |
Wonderful palyful vibe with guitars. Spose thats Verlon Thompson or is it Guy himself? The voice too so very interesting and understated and honest. Love Madonna w/Child, Ramblin' Jack and Mahan, and opening track Baton Rouge as well Donat. Wish this guy would tour. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2500 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Hugh, I've just ordered it and a Chills album I only have on cassette from the Smoke CDs website. | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 294 Registered: 11-2004 |
nzcds.com is also a good resource for Kiwi titles, though their prices are in American dollars which really doesn't help. Just ordered Woody by the Magick Heads as that record vanished very quickly out of print when Festival went belly-up and like so many other FN titles you see around is outrageously expensive. I've also noticed that (at least in Australia) BYBO is out of print, as is the Lost Album. I'm not sure who plays what on Guy Clark albums, I imagine him to be the chap who plays the nice open chords. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1327 Registered: 01-2005 |
Augie March - Watch Me Disappear Paul Weller - 22 Dreams Freddy Hubbard - Rady For Fready Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (Collector's Edition) Steve Earle - Copperhead Road (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 103 Registered: 08-2005 |
Well, having bought very little for ages I've started the year with a bit of a splurge, courtesy of Amazon. Haven't listened to them yet, but I've just bought Portishead - Third Neil Young - Live at Canterbury House Stephen Stills - Just Roll Tape Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions Gram Parson - Grievous Angel/live show | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1344 Registered: 01-2005 |
Portishead - Third The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely Curve - Public Fruit Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - Raising Sand Mostly jazz though: Bud Powell - In Paris Bud Powell - Bouncing With Bud Bill Evans - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth Lester Young - The Lester Young Trio Karrin Allyson - Imagina: Songs of Brazil Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart Blue Mitchell - The Thing To Do Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery The George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson - The Swingin's Mutual Tina Brooks - Minor Move Freddie Redd - Shades of Redd Hank Mobley - Quintet Stanley Turrentine - Look Out! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2548 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fireman, a couple of Johnny Cash CDs, The Cardigans 2 disc best of, Garbage 2 disc best of, Jesus & Mary Chain's Speed Of Sound, Joe Henry's Civilians - all bought in JB Hifi's 20% off sale in the past few days. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 133 Registered: 03-2007 |
Firekites - Bowery Grand Salvo - Death Grand Salvo - River Road Grand Salvo - Temporal Wheel Holly Throsby - A Loud Call Jack Ladder - Not Worth Waiting For Jack Ladder - Love Is Gone Luluc - Dear Hamlyn Oliver Mann - Sings Oliver Mann - Possum Wakes At Night They are all Australian artists/bands and most of them have still to arrive. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1895 Registered: 03-2005 |
Care -- Diamonds & Emeralds Kev Carmody -- Pillars of Society Chords -- So Far Away Comsat Angels -- Waiting for a Miracle The Dentists -- Some People are on the Pitch Marianne Faithfull -- The Collection & Live on the BBC John Lennon -- Plastic Ono Band Saltwater Band -- Gapu Damurrunj Servants -- Reserved The Sound -- Propaganda Teardrop Explodes -- Kilimanjaro & Wilder Caroline Trettine -- Be a Devil Wolfhounds -- Bright and Guilty And hopefully on the ships: Pigram Brothers -- Jiir Caroline Trettine -- Ten Light Years | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2643 Registered: 05-2005 |
Straitened times have caused a drastic reduction in the amount of CDs I buy. I went through February without buying a single disc - first time in at least a decade I've gone so long without buying anything. But yesterday I cut loose a little and bought three albums for $10 each in a bargain bin. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season. It was released to great reviews in 2002 but I didn't get it at the time. It is stunning and worthy of all the praise heaped on it. The Stands - Horse Fabulous. From 2005 and, again, well reviewed at the time. OK, they've just got one trick (channel The Beatles), but they do it with a charm and grace (and talent) very few others manage. The Duke Spirit - Neptune. This is only a few months old. I got the version with the Aus/NZ bonus disc with eight extra tracks, including two Love covers. I really enjoyked playing this last night. It's much more poppy than their debut from a few years back, but only one song sounds like it was written entirely to be a hit (it's still good and I'm pretty sure it wasn't a hit). | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 120 Registered: 08-2005 |
If you're going to channel anyone anyone it might as well be The Beatles... My last purchase was Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo's "Despite The Snow" bought last night after a show by the band. Pádraig, hope the straitened circumstances don't last. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2645 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Simon. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1393 Registered: 01-2005 |
Buddy Holly - The Definitive Collection Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo Augie March - Strange Bird Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol 6: Live 1964 Charlie Haden Family and Friends - Rambling Boy Glenn Campbell - Meet Glenn Campbell Gregg Allman - Laid Back Jenny Lewis - Acid Toungue Neko Case - Middle Cyclone Nina Simone - at the Village Gate Smokey Robinson - My World: The Definitive Collection Andrew Hill - Point of Departure Ben Webster - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue Bud Powell Trio - Blues In The Closet Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet - Study in Brown J. J. Johnson - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol 2. Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe Kenny Dorham - Whistle Stop Lester Young/Teddy Wilson Quartet - Pres and Teddy | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 893 Registered: 08-2004 |
Moloko - Statues Chris Farlowe - Immediate Anthology Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook Johnny Marlin & Little Town - Between Two Worlds Les Negresse Vertes - Zig Zague Simply Red - Picture Book Ash - Meltdown + 1977 Cliff & The Shads - Est. 1958 Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light 'Til Dawn Dave Matthews Band - Everyday Roy Orbison - The Sun Years Chuck Berry - Decade Duran Duran - Wedding Album Hoobastank - The Reason Lab 4 - Virus Jam & Spoon - Tripomatic Fairytales Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World Psyched Up Janis - Swell Santana - Greatest Hits Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want... Six By Seven - 04 Springbok Nude Girls - The Fta Lady Sings/Rare... Story Ove The Year - Page Avenue Young Heart Attack - Mouthful Of Love Phew !!! It looks as though we're keeping the industry going | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1940 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kudos to you for the Chris Farlowe, Jerry. The best of his material from that period is fantastically overblown symphonic British soul. I don't know if that particular anthology has Farlowe's cover of "Ride On Baby," but if it does that says it all for me. Andrew Oldham really knew how to throw around the production money! He gave Jagger carte-blanche as producer and Jagger took it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2656 Registered: 05-2005 |
Don't think I didn't notice the Simply Red album you tried to sneak in there Jerry. You've got some cojones admitting that here. I fear Mr Disco may have at you later on... | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 115 Registered: 10-2008 |
saw it padraig. words failed me then and fail me now. thats not even a guilty pleasure ;-) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1397 Registered: 01-2005 |
For a minute there I was thinking I bought a Simply Red album on vinyl back in 1985, turns out it was Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain. I've got nothing by either band on cd though, although if I remember correctly Sparkle In The Rain was a pretty good album. "Up On The Catwalk" from SITR was a great song. Maybe it's time for another run at Guilty Pleasures. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 896 Registered: 08-2004 |
Guilty pleasures are there for a reason. The late 80's were my mid-teen years & chart music was a big part of it so it's lent a romantic twinge to a lot of tunes even if there's no substance in there. I actually bought their Men & Women CD but forgot to add it. I didn't know they'd covered Talking Heads 'Heaven' & that there was such a lefty streak in their songs on record's that are quite polished. It's a shame when Communist idealists get rich & forget where they're from. It's surprising you don't like them Kev when you rate Scritti's 'Sweetest Girl' so highly. Surely, you can see the link. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 904 Registered: 08-2004 |
Bada-bing got some more. /Passenger - Wicked Man's Rest Everything But The Girl - Love Not Money + Walking Wounded Van Tramp - Wheels Of Fortune Hank Marvin & The Shadows - The 1st 40 Years Neil Finn - Try Whistling This Bright Eyes - Cassadaga Roni Size Reprazent - New Forms Terry Callier - Speak Your Peace Fionn Regan - The End Of History | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2695 Registered: 05-2005 |
Various artists - Dark Was The Night Pete Townshend - Gold Radiohead - The Bends double CD version | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3017 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pad what's extra on the bends? | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 533 Registered: 01-2006 |
I've pre-ordered AM, Being There and Summerteeth by Wilco all on vinyl, they come with a bonus CD of the album, good to see this is becoming standard with new vinyl (re-) releases. I'll have all the Wilco releases on vinyl now, except Sky Blue Sky which I ain't too bothered about. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 726 Registered: 04-2006 |
jerry, how do you like fionn regan. i was really fascinated as i saw him playing at the bella union tour in 2007 ( i think it was 2007). great guitar player, very kind young man (talked with him before midlake began to play) and great songs, too. strange, that it is a bit quiet about the guy since then. no new songs and the website seems to be gone, too. btw: i think about selling my roni size album :-) (together with a lot of other stuff). | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 727 Registered: 04-2006 |
waiting for mono - hymn to the immortal wind the decemberists - the hazards of love pj harvey/john parrish - a woman a man walked by | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2700 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence, it's an EP, b-sides and BBC tracks. 1. The Trickster 2. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong 3. Lozenge Of Love 4. Lewis (Mistreated) 5. Permanent Daylight 6. You Never Wash Up After Yourself (Live) 7. Maquiladora 8. Killer Cars 9. India Rubber 10. How Can You Be Sure 11. Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic Version) 12. Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was (Acoustic) 13. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Acoustic) 14. Talk Show Host 15. Bishop's Robes 16. Banana Co 17. Molasses 18. Just (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session) 19. Maquiladora (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session) 20. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session) 21. Bones (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2740 Registered: 05-2005 |
From the bargain bin in JB Hifi... Anthony Reynolds - British Ballads Ken Stringfellow - This Sounds Like Goodbye Marah - Float Away With The Friday Night Gods The Anthony Reynolds album is terrific. Most of it is Scott Walkeresque, but the last track, Song Of Leaving, is a power pop monster! The Ken Stringfellow album is very undercooked, but it has its moments. The acoustic Too True is the standout. Marah's record was produced by Owen Morris (Oasis et al) and it shows. They were obviously looking for him to sprinkle some of that million seller fairy dust magic over their recordings too. It didn't work for the most part, but there are a few great songs; Leaving being the best of them. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3070 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pad, ta, wasn't Anthony reynolds Jaques (Jack) many moons ao. I think he colaborated with Momus way back too. I remember hearing his stuff some time ago and liking it very much. Glad you like it, must see if I can pick it up. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2743 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's him Spence. I liked both Jack and Jaques back in the day too. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 219 Registered: 05-2005 |
Also from the JB Hi-Fi bargain bin (some great stuff there at the moment eh Padraig!): Black Rebel Motorcyle Club - Howl Neko Case - Fox Confessor | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2751 Registered: 05-2005 |
I picked up Howl in their bagain bin last year I think Mark! They must have quite a few spare copies of that one. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2753 Registered: 05-2005 |
From the 3-for-$20 bin in Mall Music today... The Dudley Corporation - In Love With The Dudley Corporation Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me Glenn Tilbrook - Transatlantic Ping Pong | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2822 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wagons - The Rise And Fall Of Goodtown (new to me Aussie band - it's actually their fourth album I think - think Johnny Cash fronting the Bad Seeds) The Answer - Everyday Demons (brilliant Irish hard rock band - I'm sure no-one else here would like them!) Radiohead - OK Computer, two CD version (aparently this was quite popular in the 90s) The Velvet Underground - Playlist Plus (3 CD best of, possibly an Aus only release) Living Things - Habeas Corpus (I love their debut and hopefully this is a good follow up) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle Volume Two (between this and Vol One that's 60% of the band's output) The Drones - Havilah (I hope this lives up to their previous records - I'm sure it will). ps For those of you in Aus, JB Hifi have 20% of all CDs and music DVDs at the moment. All of the above came from there, though the first two were bought before the sale started unfortunately. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 218 Registered: 10-2008 |
In the last fortnight Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist Tectonic Plates Vol2 Tommy McCook - Pleasure Dub The Rolling Stones reissues - Sticky Fingers through to Black and Blue John Martyn - Solid Air, One World, Grace And Danger, Sundays Child, Blessed Weather The Low Anthem - O.M.G.C.D The First 3 Orbital albums Sonic Youth - The Eternal The Evolution of Dub vol 3 box set The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2837 Registered: 05-2005 |
Josh Pyke - Chimney's Afire Regular John - The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing First bought because I love his previous work. Latter two bought based on rave reviews. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 507 Registered: 05-2005 |
Are you going to see Josh Pyke etc take on the White Album at the Opera House Padraig? I think he'll be Paul! I find him annoying sometimes though because he's always throwing in a REALLY obvious "let's get up their noses" by saying an expletive at the most inopportune time in a song. F'n gives me the shits! Especially after his sublime duet with the New Pornographers chick on Rockquiz. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2846 Registered: 05-2005 |
Probably not Geoff. I must have a look on YouTube for that Rockwiz duet. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2850 Registered: 05-2005 |
In the 3-for-$20 bin in Mall Music: Small World - Big Star covers by Matthew Sweet, The Posies, Afghan Whigs etc The Weepies - Hideaway CocoRosie - La Maison de Mon Reve | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 508 Registered: 05-2005 |
The "wonderful" town in the bellybutton of Ireland where I've been holed up for the past 18 months is a dismal spot since the death of Zavvi, so I was a happy bunny last Saturday, when the travelling roadshow that is a Record and CD Fair hit town for the day. I spent a chunk of money I could ill afford, but it was worth it: On CD: The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic The Replacements - Let it Be Gang Of Four - Entertainment! Sonic Youth - Washing Machine The Wedding Present - Interstate 5 EP Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Bros - Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 Josef K - Entymology On Vinyl: Husker Du - New Day Rising (where the hell is the umlaut on my bloody keyboard) The Monochrome Set - Jacobs Ladder (With a VERY dodgy looking "free" poster of Bid) Flipper - Sex Bomb Baby! (It's been re-released, all you Flipper fans!) | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 509 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh. There was one more. The Go Betweens - Very Quick on the Eye - Brisbane 1981. I'm not sure if the guy had ever seen someone hug a record before... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1390 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, Catherine: Nice to see your name pop up around these parts. Your CD/vinyl haul is impressive. And, as you know, I'm one of those "all you Flipper fans." Been waiting for a "Sex Bomb Baby!" re-release since I missed out on the first one several years back. Hope you're doing great. Given your purchases, I assume you are! | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 511 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hey, Rob. Yep, I'm doing fine, in spite of the "R word" and all that. All four of the studio albums have been re-released apparently. I reluctantly left Generic Flipper behind me, as the damage to my wallet was mounting up, and something had to give. And considering I'd blown over €40 on the CD version last year, I really couldn't justify shelling out again! I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, as I currently don't have a turntable. I'll be rectifying that, next payday or the one after. When I do purchase, I think I should also get some Cat-Valium, as Flipper has the amazing ability to freak the bejeezus out of my poor little moggy!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2856 Registered: 05-2005 |
Loney, Dear: Loney, Noir. Radiohead: Pablo Honey. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 230 Registered: 10-2008 |
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland, Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Subway - Subway II ) The Wipers - Box Set) awaiting delivery for all 3 White Denim - Fits ) The Boats - Words Are Something Else Charles Mingus - Ah Um, Mingus Dynasty Robert Hood - Minimal Nation Big Youth - Natty Cultural Dread/Hit The Road Jack Orbital - Insides | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 938 Registered: 08-2004 |
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children Dennis Brown - The Promised Land The Thrills - So Much For The City NIN - The Downward Spiral Deluxe Soundgarden - Superunknown & Badmotorfinger Barzin - My Life In Rooms Bonobo - One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance Yamato - The Waidiko Drummers Of Japan Mack 10 - The Recipe Inner City - Praise Les Paul Trio - The Jazz Collectors Edition | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2042 Registered: 03-2005 |
I've gotten into the bad habit of shelving things a little too soon after I get them so I don't really know what I've bought going back as far as 20 releases. Worse yet, some of those prematurely-shelved items end up overlooked as I famously did with Nick Cave's "Boatman's Call" for a couple years. Unshelved, and therefore still recently purchased are: 1. The Associates--The Affectionate Punch. Love the music; will get used to the singer. 2. Pete Astor--Injury Time. This is an anthology of Mr. Loft/Weather Prophets' solo material from the early 90s. Much of it is very nice. None of the original releases seem to be available. 3. Neil Diamond--12 Songs. So many people raved about this when it came out and Rick Rubin usually does nice work. I just haven't had the bottle yet to actually listen to it. 4. Frumious Bandersnatch--A Young Man's Song. This was cheap and I've enjoyed other Big Beat anthos of mid-60s American rock. This one is laughably bad, almost so bad it's good. Maybe if I liked Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Grateful Dead I'd have a different reaction. 5. Joe Meek (producer)--Diamond Joe. Just a completist purchase loaded up with things I already have but 2 or 3 tracks I didn't. 6. Doctor (Sean) Millar--the Deal. This will need further listening but on one listen it's not as strong as the other two Doctor Millar albums I have. 7. Helen Shapiro--Tops with Me/Helen Hits Out! This is a twofer. I didn't expect much from the 1962 album but it's significantly better than the very disappointing cover parade of the 1964 album, notwithstanding the participation of the normally excellent Ivor Raymonde on the latter set. 8. The Wipers box--all credit to Kevin for bringing the Wipers up and mentioning this box. I hadn't listened to them in years and the three albums on this box--their first 3--are entirely new to me. The 2d and 3d are excellent as are some of the contemporaneous extras. On order right now I have another Joe Meek antho (called "They Were Wrong") that looks like it will have about a dozen songs I don't have; two Wedding Present releases: the consolidated "Hit Parade" (2 CDs) and a reissue of "Bizarro" including some extras. I've never heard anything of theirs except "This Boy Can Wait" which is on the CD86 set; a Shop Assistants antho and that's it--I think. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 591 Registered: 01-2006 |
Randy, Bizarro is good. First album Steve Albini worked with The Wedding Present. Brassneck, Kennedy, Granadaland, Take Me, etc are great. I have a good few 12"s from that era, they do a good version of Pavement's Box Elder from the Brassneck 12", the start of Gedge's Pavement obsession. In fact I think the 12" version of Brassneck is better than the album one. Hit Parade is good too, if the version you have has the B-Sides you'll find a cover of Cattle And Cane in there. Also a good version of Neil Young's Don't Cry No Tears. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 289 Registered: 10-2008 |
never got the wedding present to be honest, the singers voices just grates. one of the many bands that without peel would never have got out the toilet circle. that man had a lot to answer for sometimes!! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3233 Registered: 05-2005 |
I suppose kev is right to a degree. The Wedding present, relied on Peel and George Best, as an icon to help them succeed, the amount of George Best tee shirts sales must have eclipsed the sales of their first album of the same name, you saw them on every street, on every campus, at every gig or pub, you name it, it was scary! But hey, they had guitars, and in Indiedom around that time, '85-'90 everybody wanted guitars, I guess, so what if they had a little bit of help, they were innocent enough, and in later days became quite creative, what was the alternative?!? The one thing I didn't like em, was the slightly distorted guitar sounds, it had a funny fuzzy edg to it, the playing was fantastic, but in my world, unless the treble and bass was up to 11, and p;ayed on a Jag, i was having none of it! They did a good version of Cattle and Cane. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2045 Registered: 03-2005 |
There's a definite difference of opinion being expressed here regarding Wedding Present. XY, I ordered the Hit Parade that has all the A sides and the B side covers too, one disc for each. I decided to buy because I like the song on the CD86 set and the writers in my All Music Guide claim that what'shisname--Mr. Wedding Present--actually writes songs. I can deal with the fuzzy guitars if there're songs underneath them. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 596 Registered: 01-2006 |
I think they woulda done just fine without Mr Peel's help. Their guitar sound was always great imo. While I think Gedge was great, he does focus on just a few areas, mainly relationships and um, relationships. My favourites of theirs are George Best and Seamonsters, another Albini produced album and the one that really hits the nail on the head. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1661 Registered: 10-2004 |
Could never get into the Wedding Present. Overrated. Generic. The kind of band that is supposed to be good in theory but actually isn't, at least to these ears. I file them under "one of those bands I don't get but that everyone else loves." | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 597 Registered: 01-2006 |
Jeff, I file Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in that "one of those bands I don't get but that everyone else loves" file. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 294 Registered: 10-2008 |
i feel a thread coming on.. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1668 Registered: 10-2004 |
XY - I file Nick Cave's post-"Do You Love Me" work in that category, although I really don't find myself wanting to listen to any of his music anymore. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2930 Registered: 05-2005 |
Neil Young - Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 Dinosaur Jr - 2CD version of Farm Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead (version with DVD) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2959 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yesterday, for a dollar each at the Manly markets: John Mellencamp - Wild Night EP Five - Keep On Movin' single (as I was flicking through I thought "It would be great if Keep On Movin' was here". And there it was!) Passengers - Miss Sarajevo EP V/A (including five Robbie Robertson songs) - Jimmy Hollywood soundtrack Elbow - The Any Day Now EP | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 212 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bought or rented, half of them I still haven't heard. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest Wilco - Album Andrew Bird- Noble Beast Marie Sioux - Face on the road Loney Dear - Dear John Joseph k - Young and stupid Decemberist - Hazard of love Antony + Johnson - Crying Light Morrissey - new Maladjusted Teardrop Explodes - Wilder The The - Hanky Panky The Ruts- The Crack Low Anthem - Darwin Madness - Best of Leonard Cohen - Live in London Department of Eagle - In ear Park Bat for Lashes -Two suns and Fur gold | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3276 Registered: 05-2005 |
"The Proustian power of a piece of black vinyl, a beautiful sleeve, even a label name - Studio 1, Verve, Transatlantic, Imperial, Regal Zonophone, Postcard ('the sound of young Scotland') - can be intense and, at times, almost overwhelming. ... Can a downloaded album, floating free of its artwork, its context, its paraphernalia, ever contain that sort of mystery? Can a song bought from iTunes, and nestling somehow intangibly on your iPod, condemned by a whim to the cosmic meaninglessness of the 'Shuffle', ever carry the full weight of its own history? I think not. People need things." | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 336 Registered: 10-2008 |
Spence, for us, the above is a thing of beauty, we grew up with vinyl, sleeves, artwork - the whole collector vibe and it was great. However, time marches on and todays kids will find all that stuff as outdated as we find gramaphones and 78's and they just need the sounds alone. Its a different outlook on life, they probably dont need all the clutter for one thing | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 92 Registered: 11-2007 |
@spence & kevin: without cd and especially without vinyl there is a loss in quality in our life and even the young ones will find out sooner or later. in the 90s it was hardly possible to buy vinyl anywhere and now vinyl has returned!!! we have to show our children and the next generation which difference it makes. two weeks ago I ordered Richard Hell's Destiny Street Revisted Vinyl limited edition of 1000 newly remixed, signed buy himself and including a cd version of it with two songs not originally on the album for just 30 bucks. Value that you can show anybody  But you have to play the music to the kids as well ) have a nice sunday, andreas. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 337 Registered: 10-2008 |
andreas, regarding getting the CD along with the vinyl I have noticed this type of thing becoming more common with some record labels. some record labels are also starting to offer a link to mp3 files of the album when you buy it on vinyl. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2068 Registered: 03-2005 |
We touched on something near this subject when the "are albums dead?" thread occurred. If music is downloaded individually as single songs I doubt that the people downloading them will ever have the same or a similar relationship to the artists that those of use getting CDs or vinyl--or just whole albums however delivered--will have. But I don't think that's much different than it has been all along. A lot of people always did buy music on a totally casual basis with no real passionate attachment. They didn't care about the label or the cover art at any time. (They also seldom bought anything I'd be interested in.) | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 436 Registered: 01-2007 |
All the vinyl I've bought in the last year have had a link to an MP3 download. His is the way forward for a minority ofusic lovers |