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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3818
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 05, 2011 - 11:35 pm:   

V/A - Welcome Back 1982 - 1985 (double CD comp of hits from those years)
The Strange Death Of Liberal England - Forward March!
Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me?
V/A - Deep In A Dream: An Evening With The Songs Of David McComb (featuring Blackeyed Susans, Diving Bell etc)
Viva Voce - Loves You
Thea Gilmore - Harpo's Ghost
Dramarama - The Best Of
Amandine -Solace In Sore Hands
Jesse Malin - The Fine Art Of Self Destruction (2 CD Australian version)
All India Radio - Fall
V/A - Touch My Heart: A Tribute To Johnny Paycheck (featuring Neko Case, Marshall Crenshaw etc)
A Girl Called Eddy - A Girl Called Eddy
V/A - Road Trippin' (double CD comp featuring the likes of Steppenwolf, Deep Purple and, er, Roger Miller)

I got all of the above yesterday in the bargain bin in JB Hi Fi. Total cost came to less than $49. Most were $4.99. One was 49 cents.
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Rob Brookman
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Post Number: 1560
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Posted on Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 03:14 pm:   

Holy cow, Padraig. My admiration for your musical voraciousness notwithstanding, I wonder where you keep all these CDs! I hope you have an annex.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3822
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Monday, March 07, 2011 - 06:52 am:   

Rob, space is definitely an issue. There are CDs everywhere, even after getting rid of hundreds of them. I throw away the hard plastic cases and put the discs into soft plastic sleeves. That saves a lot of space.
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Michael Bachman
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Post Number: 2111
Registered: 01-2005
Posted on Monday, March 07, 2011 - 03:50 pm:   

Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

On the jazzy side of the street...
Kenny Dorham - Trompeta Toccata
Kenny Burrell - Bluesy Burrell
Denise Donatelli - When Lights Are Low
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Hugh Nimmo
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Post Number: 295
Registered: 03-2007
Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 01:34 pm:   

Free Design - Kites Are Fun
Free Design - You Could Be Born Again
Free Design - Heaven/Earth
Don Lennon - Nick And Mary
Royal We - The Royal We
Slow Down Tallahassee - Curly Cuh
My First Tooth - Territories
Screaming Maldini - Restless Hearts And Silent Pioneers
Screaming Maldini - And The Kookaburra
Mystery Twin - Mystery Twin
Ancients - The Ancients 2
Admiral Fallow - Boots Met My Face
Understudies - Wanting vs. Getting
Moriarty - La Veritable Histoire du Chat Botte
Moriarty - The Lost Scenes of Puss 'N' Boots
Paradise Motel - I Still Hear Your Voice At Night
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3881
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Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 07:17 am:   

From my trip to NZ last week:

Various artists - Kiwi Rock (Flying Nun rarities CD that comes with the book of the same name)
Various artists - The Sound Is Out There (Flying Nun comp)
Various artists - Where In The World Is Wendy Broccoli? (Flying Nun 7"s comp)
Dribbling Darts - Present Perfect (very obscure Flying Nun band from early 90s)
Mint Chicks - Screens
JPS Experience - Breathe EP
Peter Broderick - Home (2 disc version)
Warren Zevon - The Wind
Warren Zevon - My Ride's Here
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya
Editors - In This Light And On This Evening (2 disc version)
The Ike Reilly Assassination - Junkie Faithful / Sparkle In The Finish (Ike is a friend of a friend)
Nick Kelly - Running Dog (Nick lectured me in law in college!)
Jeff Klein - The Hustler
Craig Elliott - You Smell Like The Devil And You Sound Like A War
The Clash - The Singles box set (it was one third the Aus price in NZ).
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 2651
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Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 02:35 am:   

Padraig, those Flying Nun comps sound great. Nice haul you took in. Did Nick Kelly run away to NZ and re-invent himself?
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3884
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Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 06:57 am:   

He still lives in Dublin Randy. I emailed him to say I'd bought the record. He said he'd recently been listening to it himself in preparation for some live shows! I think he has left law and academia well and truly behind.
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skulldisco
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Post Number: 1241
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 04:48 pm:   

wild beasts - smother
fleet foxes - helplessness blues
the feelies - here before
robert johnson - the centennial collection, the complete recordings

and on order

charlie parker - the essential collection

and 5 of these babies which are released next week https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ i_0_15?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keyw ords=trojan%20presents&sprefix=trojan%20 presents

(randy, you might be interested in some of these, i'm sure you said something recently about raiding trojans back catalogue)

i've went for rocksteady,dj,dub,roots and dancehall
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cosmo vitelli
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Post Number: 333
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Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 07:16 pm:   

The Feminine Complex - Livin Love (1968)
amazingly gorgeous and groovy 60s girl band for fans of Fifth Dimension, Free Design, Mr Bacharach, Dusty etc, cant believe I only just found them
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Michael Bachman
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Post Number: 2163
Registered: 01-2005
Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 09:53 pm:   

Robyn Hitchcock - TROMSŘ, KAPTEIN
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Radiohead - In Rainbows

Tommy Flanagan - Nights at the Vanguard
Charlie Parker - Complete Live at Birdland
Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk
Sonny Rollins - Sound of Sonny (Keepnews Collection)
Chet Baker - Chet (Keepnews Collection)
Cannonball Adderley - In San Franciso (Keepnews Collection)
Charles Mingus - Mingus At Antibes
Joe Henderson - Our Thing
Art Farmer & Bill Evans - Modern Art
Grant Green - Green Street
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3975
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 12:33 pm:   

This week, from the Red Eye moving sale (they can't afford the rent any more):

Frente - Lonely EP
Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Highway EP
Throwing Muses - Not Too Soon EP
The Blue Nile - Happiness
The Bon Scotts - Oddernity
V/A - Standing On The Outside Looking In: The Songs Of Cold Chisel
Seeker Lover Keeper - Seeker Lover Keeper
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
The Strands - All Years Leaving
The Sneetches - Think Again EP
Steve Earle & The V-Roys - Johnny Too Bad EP
Husker Du - Eight Miles High / Makes No Sense At All EP
Oh Mercy - Privileged Woes
Primal Scream - Kowalski EP (I bought this on 7" when it came out)
V/A - Bringing It All Back Home (2 CD comp of Irish and Irish-influenced music)
The Mission - Tower Of Strength
My Friend The Chocolate Cake - Throwing It Away
Blur - Song 2 EP
Blur - Beetlebum EP
The Geraldine Fibbers - Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home
Nirvana - Hormoaning EP (I bought this on cassette when it came out in 1992)
V/A from Hot Records - One Over The Eight
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost EP
The Who - Rarities EP that only came with the US edition of their Ultimate Collection comp
V/A from Flying Nun - Mushroom Music New Zealand
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 2685
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Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 04:02 pm:   

Can't afford the rent. I don't like the sound of that Padraig. Red Eye and Rocking Horse are the places I look to for just about all of my Aussie music purchases. Is foot traffic declining, or is the landlord just greedy?
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Post Number: 2228
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Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 07:28 pm:   

Randy, the Amoeba's owners said several months ago that if things don't pick up they might actually close their flagship store in Berkeley, and I think you're aware of the significance of that. It seems well-established record stores all over the globe are being affected in various ways by poor economy and an increasingly MP3 dominated market. And greedy landlords as well, but that is in many cases linked to the crappy economy.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3981
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Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 03:09 am:   

Randy, when I first went into Red Eye 19 years ago, most of the customers were the same age as me - early to mid 20s. Today, the customers are still the same age as me, early to mid 40s, but minus those who dropped out of buying new music. And that's the problem; there are so few younger people coming in to replace the older ones. Any time you see someone in their 20s in the shop you almost feel like giving them a hug and welcoming them to the wonderful world of record shops (sorry if that sounds condescending to the youth; it's not meant to).

Red Eye is reopening on Monday two blocks away, across from a major bus depot. I hope that visibility helps them. They might have to start stocking some chart pop to benefit from it though.

One of the guys in Red Eye told me the former premises will likely become some sort of fashion boutique, as that is the way King St is going. I don't know if the landlord is being greedy, but I do know that commercial rents in Australia are far higher than in the US. I can see that changing gradually over the next decade though, as so many bricks and mortar retail stores are closing because they can't compete with internet prices. Dozens of record and book shops have closed in Sydney (and Melbourne, Brisbane etc) in the last few years.
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 2688
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Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 05:50 am:   

Those are depressing reports from both of you. I guess I'd better get my butt down to the Hollywood Amoeba. I've been meaning to go there and look at vinyl anyway as I'm not too keen to buy vinyl online and risk it being warped on the journey to me. I guess we are dinosaurs.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Post Number: 321
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Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 04:38 pm:   

Sparky's Magic Piano - Feel The Beat And Do It Anyway!
The Scaremongers - Born In A Barn
The Felt Tips - Living And Growing
Hari And Aino - Hari And Aino
The Occasional Flickers - Scattered Songs
My Darling YOU! - 16 Major Problems
Nixon - November 1985
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Post Number: 2234
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Friday, July 01, 2011 - 08:14 pm:   

Has anyone picked up the new Sundazed reissues of the Left Banke's Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina and Too? I think I'm content with my There's Gonna Be a Storm CD, but if they put these out on vinyl, I might have to throw down some cash for 'em.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, July 01, 2011 - 08:25 pm:   

Jeff, I know that Parasol Records are selling them on cd and vinyl.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 04:39 am:   

Jeff, I've never bought any of Sundazed's vinyl releases so have no idea how well they're done. I too am satisfied with "There's Gonna Be a Storm." I gave away my Mercury vinyl copies of "Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina" and "Too" (finding "Too" in the first place was a major and expensive achievement) back when I unwisely decided that I didn't need to keep vinyl copies of things I had gotten on CD.
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Post Number: 2235
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Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 03:51 pm:   

Oh man, you got rid of "Too"? That is an awfully hard (and pricey) one to find! My vinyl copy of Love's Da Capo is a Sundazed reissue, and it's okay, although there is a bit of surface noise here and there (even though I bought it new). I have an old and somewhat noisy stereo pressing of Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, which I never play. It would be nice to have good, playable versions of both on vinyl, but since I'm moving in a few months (and won't be taking LPs with me, obviously) it seems kind of silly right now.
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 2693
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Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 04:04 pm:   

Jeff, I got rid of a number of fantastic '60s things. The other one that still tortures me is the United Artists pressing of the U.S. version of the Easybeats' second international album "Falling Off the Edge of the World." It's a significantly better collection than the British counterpart "Vigil" and it was another of those exotic hard-to-find albums. I hunted for it forever. The Hollies' 1965 U.S. album "Hear Here" is another one that makes me groan to remember. Oh yeah, and the U.S. pressing of "Scott 2." Ok, I'm done with this thread; I'm going to go shoot myself.

I figured that CDs liberated me forever from the hassles of vinyl and had cleaner sound so why bother? Brilliant.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 09:49 am:   

Jeff, you say you're "moving in a few months (and won't be taking LPs with me, obviously)". Why "obviously"? Are you moving to a hitherto unexplored exoplanet where the climate is either too hot or cold for vinyl?
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Post Number: 2236
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 07:27 pm:   

Padraig, I'm moving to Slovakia in a few months, and there's no way I can afford to take 1500 LPs with me. Luckily, I've found a place to store them, but it kind of feels silly to be buying LPs right now, especially of music that I already have in digital format! Maybe once there and settled I can think about finding a turntable and buying LPs again.
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skulldisco
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 10:20 pm:   

well, you nailed it with the climate padraig, depending on the time of year!
all the best with your move jeff.
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 11:33 pm:   

Thanks. Still a few months to go, but yes, we were in Slovakia and Czech Republic last winter for three weeks and it was freezing. Totally beautiful, but freezing!
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 11:35 pm:   

In honor of Jeff's move. I know, it's not exactly spelled the same or located nearby, but what the heck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LIO138Z -A
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skulldisco
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 02:16 am:   

Jeff, I have been to Prague in the Czech Republic and its a beautiful city. We went in mid may and the weather was beautiful, apparently the summers are great. The beer is fantastic which is always a bonus!
Where will you be living, Bratislava?
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 3987
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 11:01 am:   

Good luck with the move Jeff. Very exciting. You should check out shipping prices. I shipped several thousand records, CDs, cassettes, videos, books etc to Australia from Ireland nine years ago, and it was much cheaper than I had expected.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 12:03 pm:   

Praque would certainly be in my top 5 must see European cities to visit. The other four would be Budapest, Paris, Viennna, and either Florence or Barcelona as the fifth.
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skulldisco
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 02:21 pm:   

michael, barcelona and paris are wonderful cities, but you knew that anyway!! strangely enough budapest and vienna are also on my wishlist of european cities to visit, but she that must be obeyed is not keen! rejkavik and rome are apparently our future destinations :-)
you should also add berlin to your list, my favourite city behind barcelona.
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 04:05 pm:   

Yeah, Prague is a beautiful city, I'd live there in a heartbeat. It's a very liveable place, with great pivo, too! We'll most likely be living in Bratislava, but could end up moving around a bit. Bratislava has a lovely old section, and has been growing rapidly ever since it became a capital. My girlfriend is from Slovakia, which is partly why we're moving there in the first place. All her family is there.

Vienna is only 50 minutes from Bratislava by car or train. It's a nice city, but *very* clean and tidy. Almost a little too clean and tidy...

If I could live anywhere in the world, it'd be a toss up between Florence and Paris.
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 04:08 pm:   

Thanks Padraig. Part of the reason for leaving LPs behind is that we really don't know how long we're going to be there. Could be a year or two, or could be much, much longer. If it looks like we'll be there for the long haul, I could then see myself starting to ship some things over.
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 04:32 pm:   

Jeff, I'm really jealous. I've always dreamed of living abroad (in Paris, mainly, but I'd be happy pretty much anywhere that's not in the middle of a civil war). I hope you'll keep us updated about the experience.
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skulldisco
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 04:49 pm:   

rob, forgive me for lowering the standard of this thread temporarily, but you'd be even more jealous when you factor in that czech women are amongst the most beautiful to be found anywhere on this planet ;-)
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2011 - 05:42 pm:   

On the contrary, Kev, it only raises my hopes that Jeff will have a spare bedroom for visitors : )
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 06:39 pm:   

Man, I hope we can find some place with a spare bedroom - I've told a lot of people that they'll have to come and visit us once we're settled.

Kevin, both Czech and Slovakian women share that reputation. Funny anecdote: there are daily boat rides between Vienna and Bratislava, that go back and forth on the Danube. The place where you can pick up the boat in Bratislava has numerous tourist brochures that detail all the art, palatial museums, and classical music concerts available in Vienna. The dock in Vienna has a similar assortment of brochures for Bratislava, *except* that instead of cultural/historical stuff, it's photos of tall, hot, scantily clad women dancing in nightclubs with info about the nightlife. Vienna - come for the culture; Bratislava - come for our women!

Oh well... whatever it takes to attract the tourists, I suppose...

The real challenge is going to be finding some halfway decent record stores. Vienna is so close to Bratislava, and there's got to be something there. I hope...
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2011 - 12:07 am:   

I wonder if the record store from Before Sunrise is still open in Vienna?
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skulldisco
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Posted on Friday, July 08, 2011 - 08:39 pm:   

cleared out some excess cd's today (things like 8 bad seeds albums that have been replaced over the last month or so by the remasters) and took them along to the local record store. Ł51 exchange was what i got, so i picked up the following cd's - average of Ł4 each.

violent femmes - violent femmes (i have no idea why i never bought this before, i have been close several times but never took the plunge)
tom waits - small change
john foxx - modern art, the best of john foxx
wire - the ideal copy(finally replacing old vinyl)
david sylvian - brilliant trees(finally replacing old vinyl)

as part of the exchange i also got this t shirt for my daughter
http://tinyurl.com/5r9k3gy
and these three cds for her too
arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am, that is what i am not
the futureheads - the futureheads
the jam - the sound of the jam(i picked this but could have chosen any one of about 5 jam compilations, all with different titles but nearly identical tracklists!!)

not a bad days work all round

and still to come in the post, probably tomorrow

junior boys - its all true
rem - lifes rich pageant deluxe box
zomby - dedication
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2011 - 01:41 pm:   

The Femmes debut is a great album Kevin. Have you ever seen them live? They are superb in concert.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2011 - 01:52 pm:   

Therapy - Short Sharp Shock EP (thrilled to find this for $1, replacing the cassette version I bought when it came out 18 years ago)
John Cougar Mellancamp - Radio Promo with six of the best from his first decade (1978-1988)
Madder Rose - Swim EP
PIL - Cruel EP
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2011 - 04:42 pm:   

Didn't one of the Femmes' members emigrate to Hobart?
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 12:24 am:   

Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
Amos Lee - Mission Bell
Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music
Sonny Rollins - Worktime
Coleman Hawkins - At Ease w/Coleman Hawkins: Rudy Van Gelder Remasters
Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 01:58 am:   

Yeah, the bass player did Randy. He released a surf album with some ex-members of Midnight Oil last year, including the drummer who lives on just up the street from me.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 12:03 pm:   

>Didn't one of the Femmes' members emigrate to Hobart?

Tasmania is sure a long way from Milwaukee!

Interesting tidbit: I just read where James Honeyman-Scott discoverd the VF's busking outside the Milwaukee theater that they (Pretenders) were scheduled to play later that night. Chrissie invited them to play a short set after the opening act went on. How cool is that?
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Geoff Holmes
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Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 12:11 am:   

The second album by the Femmes is not bad either but it went drastically downhill from there.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 01:39 am:   

REM - Life's Rich Pagent (25th Anniversary Edition)
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief [Deluxe Edition, Remasterd]
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister
Wilco - Summerteeth
Karrin Allyson - Round Midnight
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Relaxes
Tommy Flanagan - Sunset & Mockingbird -Birthday Concert
Nat Adderly - Work Song (The Keepnews Collection)
Gretchen Parlato - The Lost and Found
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, August 06, 2011 - 12:43 am:   

Cut Off Your Hands - Hollow
Cut Off Your Hands - You & I
The Panics - Rain On The Humming Wire (two disc edition)
Boy & Bear - Moonfire
Sons And Daughters - Mirror Mirror
R.E.M. - Songs For A Green World
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant (deluxe edition)
The Who - It's Hard
Pete Townshend - Another Scoop
Gene Clark - No Other
Los Lobos - ... And A Time To Dance
Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?
Los Lobos - By The Light Of The Moon
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood
Los Lobos - Kiko
Spirit - Spirit
Spirit - The Family That Plays Together
Spirit - Clear
Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit - Feedback
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
Yes - Fly From Here
Yes - Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (three disc version)
Yes - Ladder
Sugar - Besides
Big Country - Steel Town
Bob Dylan - Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)
The Waterboys - In A Special Place
Young Fresh Fellows - I Think This Is
Sloan - Parallel Play
Nick Lowe - At My Age
Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard
Grant-Lee Phillips - Little Moon
The Baseball Project - Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Dave Alvin - West Of The West
The Autumn Defense - Once Around
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Saturday, August 06, 2011 - 04:19 pm:   

Sloan was named after the bathroom fixture manufacturer of the same name. I guess I did retain some of that Canadian CBS Radio 2 disc jockey banter (from David Wisdom of Nightlines fame), staying awake long into many sleepless weekend night/early morning listening sessions.
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Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 11:54 am:   

Waterboys - Mr. Yeats incl. a signed Manuscript!

only available on townsend records until monday...

http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/sites/ waterboys/index.php?productId=10005303&p TypeId=1

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As some fans in different time zones had not even had chance to open their emails to read about the offer before it had sold out, Mike and Steve have kindly offered to sign some more copies.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 02:10 pm:   

Possum Moods - Possum Moods
Possum Moods - Possum And The Moods
Grey Tapes - Grey Tapes
Fog And Ocean - Fog And Ocean
Long Weekend - All Roads Lead To Roam
Steward - Electronic Music Is Boring
Various Artists - Soft Love : A Tribute To Soft Cell
Various Artists - You Gotta Get More Alive ( A 555 Recordings Compilation )
Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy ( Box Set )
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 01:04 pm:   

Bob Dylan - Desire
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (CD/DVD) [Deluxe Edition]
Chet Baker - The Last Great Concert 1 & 2
Paul Desmond - Paul Desmond Quartet Live
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out
Blue Mitchell - Blue Soul (Keepnews Collection)
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 01:13 pm:   

Shoot Charlie - Junior & Senior
The Occasional Flickers - Scattered Songs
My Darlin YOU! - 16 Major Problems
Hari & Aino - Hari & Aino
The Felt Tips - Living And Growing
The Soft City - The Soft City
The Hi-Life Companion - Say Yes!
Various Artists - Series Two Records Compilations ( Volumes 6 - 9 : 4 CDR Set )
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 01:57 pm:   

St. Christopher - Lost At Sea ( The Sarah Recordings )
St. Christopher - The Stars Belong To Me ( 1992 - 2001 )
Bart & Friends - Stories With The Endings Changed
Vermont Sugar House - The Carlton Gardens
Boyracer - Happenstance

Typo in my previous entry. My Darling YOU! not My Darlin YOU!
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 09:27 pm:   

I haven't kept very good track of the last 20 but here are what are due to be put away on the shelves:

Apartments--Life
All India Radio--Fall
Francoiz Breut--Vingt a trente mille jours
Francoiz Breut--A l'aveuglette
Dominique a--La memoire neuve
First Aid Kit--The Big Black and the Blue
La Grande Sophie--La suite
Keren Ann--La biographie de Luka Philipsen
Keren Ann--101
Mademoiselle K--Jouer dehors
Mickey 3d--La grande evasion
Panics--Rain on the Humming Wire
Helen Shapiro--The Ultimate
The Smiths--Meat is Murder
Phil Wilson--God Bless Jim Kennedy

I also have a big package of Hugh Nimmo-esque low-production Aussie discs coming in from Arizona(!) any day now.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 05:46 pm:   

The Connells - Boylan Heights
R.E.M. - Murmur (Deluxe Edition)
McDonald & Giles - McDonald & Giles
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Friday, September 09, 2011 - 11:53 am:   

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
Bob's Yur Uncle - Slow Train Coming
King Crimson - In The Court Of the Crimson King (2CD)
John Coltrane - Kula Se Mama
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 - 12:30 pm:   

V/A - Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams
V/A - We / Know / Where / The / Winter / Goes
Ryan Meeking - Night Owls EP
BPA - I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
Gumball - Wisconsin Hayride EP
V/A - Audraglint Silverware
Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time
Benjy Ferree - Come Back To The Five & Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
The Hired Guns - Flyin' EP
Celadore - Make Sure

Used CD store haul. The first cost $5. The rest were part of shrink-wrapped lucky dip of 20 discs for $2.
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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 12:24 am:   

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (2011 reissue)
Aphex Twin - Classics (2011 reissue)
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock.
Wilco - The Whole Love (vinyl)
Rustie - Glass Swords
Martyn - Ghost People
The Field - Looping State Of Mind
Magazine - No Thyself
The Smiths - Complete
Sonic Youth - Hits are For Squares
Gregory Isaacs - The Sensational Gregory Isaacs
Muddy Waters - Sings Big Bill Broonzy
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
John Lee Hooker - More Real Folk Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Herald Recordings
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins

All bought since the start of October, quite an expensive month so far. I had both Aphex Twin albums already but its widely acknowledged that they were poorly mastered, and Selected Ambient Works 85-92 especially benefits from the remaster. As I said before I just had CD-R's of the Talk Talk albums but decided to take the plunge and got them both for a combined total of Ł7. The blues albums were just plugging gaps in my collection for three of my favourite artists. Lightnin' Hopkins has accounted for a lot of my playing time this year and for me he is the greatest of the three.
Ryan Adams was a contender for this list but so far haven't bitten. His latest is apparently similar to Heartbreaker (which imo is his only great album), but I must admit I find that his overall attitude and his baffling decisions to put out obviously substandard work since Heartbreaker has kinda pissed me off, but listening to the stream of this new album has got me curious again.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 11:37 am:   

The Books - Thought For Food
The Books - The Lemon Of Pink
The Books - Lost And Safe
The Books - The Way Out
Richard Reagh - Outlaw ( EP )
Richard Reagh - Extended Play ( EP )
Richard Reagh - Is This The Blues I'm Singing?
Richard Reagh - I'm Younger Than That Now
Mek Obaam - You And I
Iowa Super Soccer - Lullabies To Keep Your Eyes Closed
Iowa Super Soccer - Stories Without Happy Ending
The Desert Wolves - Pontification Plus Four
Since Our First Guitar - Inertia ( EP )
Since Our First Guitar - Sound Of Trees
The Pearly Gatecrashers - But Wait There's More
Stars In Coma - You're Still Frozen In Time
Stars In Coma - And The Cloud Withdrew From The Sky ( CDR )
Stars In Coma - Midnight Puzzle ( CDR )
MSG ( Mia Schoen Group ) - MSG ( EP )
Various Artists - Series Two Records Compilation ( Volumes 10 - 14 : 5 CDR Set )
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 01:26 pm:   

Bob's Yur Uncle - Oh Mercy
Uncle Bob - Shot Of Love
Robert Johnson - The Centennial Collection
Kasey Chambers - Little Bird
King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseiden
Free - Fire & Water (Deluxe Edition)
Yes - Relayer
Tierney Sutton Band - American Road
Hank Mobley - Another Workout
Bud Powell - Birdland 1953/Complete Trio
Bud Powell - Bud In Paris (Original 1959-60 Recordings)
Coleman Hawkins - Genuis of Coleman Hawkins
Charlie Parker -Complete Jazz at Massey Hall
Hilary Kole - You Are There
Sophie Milman - In The Moonlight
Denise Donatelli - In The Company of Friends
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 03:10 pm:   

My day will be complete when I've heard of just ONE band on one of Hugh's lists...
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 09:30 pm:   

A lot of hard work goes in to finding these artists/bands. :-)
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David Gagen
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Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 04:27 am:   

Bert Jansch - LA Turnaround
Bert Jansch - Santa Barbara Honeymoon
Bert Jansch - A Rare Conundrum
Davy Graham - Folk, Blues & Beyond
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Wilco - The Whole Love
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Eels - Tomorrow Morning
Mountain Goats - The Life Of Thw World To Come
Paul Kantner/Grace Slick- Baron Von Tollbooth
Kantner & Slick - Sunfighter
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Jefferson Airplane - Bark
Jefferson Airplane - Long John Silver
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs

Just spent an hour in Red Eye Records in Sydney.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 12:31 pm:   

David,

I take it you bought the 2004 remastered edition of Another Green World? How is the sound quality? I've only have orginal released CD, but never bought the remastered edition.

I lost interest in Jefferson Airplance after Marty and Spencer left, so I would be curious to here you comments regarding Bark and Long John Silver.
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David Gagen
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Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 02:07 pm:   

Yeh Michael, remastered edition. Listened to it this afternoon, sounded great. I only ever had it on vinyl so not sure how much better than original cd. The Kantner/Slick stuff is not everybody's cup of tea. They remind me of a time when I was young and naive, and knew all the words of Blows Against The Empire, before I had a mortgage, a stressful job, and middle age cynicism. So I'm actually enjoying listening to them now.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 10:47 pm:   

David,

I know where you are coming from. I've been buying King Crimson albums lately from the same era!
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 12:05 am:   

Stuart, I can vouch for the Books as well...you might want to look up a few descriptions of their music to see if it might be your cup of tea, but I like both Lost and Safe and The Way Out a lot.
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skulldisco
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Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 05:19 pm:   

The Books are a "Pitchfork" band are they not? Seem to remember one of their albums was their album of the year in 2003 or thereabouts. I think it might have been called something like "The Lemon Of Pink", which is a great name for an album if nothing else.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 11:13 am:   

Kevin, I know very little about them other than that they are an American duo who have released four albums. I heard them for the first time just over a week ago on a film soundtrack. Recognised the song immediately but not the artist(s.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vxVT8h5a EE

Here is one of their own songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNArEfBK dc
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 03:24 am:   

All the Jesus & Mary Chain remastered, repackaged rereleases. That's how to do a rerelease package. Treat the music with the reverence it deserves and don't take the punters for mugs.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 03:48 am:   

All the Jesus & Mary Chain remastered, repackaged rereleases. That's how to do a rerelease package. Treat the music with the reverence it deserves and don't take the punters for mugs.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 03:35 pm:   

The Kinks - Something Else (Deluxe Edition)
Glen Campbell - Ghost On The Canvas
Bangles - Sweetheart of the Sun
Madeline Peyroux - Dreamland
Jackie Ryan - Passion Flower
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Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2011 - 09:12 am:   

The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
Lee Scratch Perry - The Return Of Pipecock Jackson
Aphex Twin - Polygon Window
Aphex Twin - Caustic Window
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Tom Waits - Heart Attack and Vine
DNTEL - Life Is Full Of Possibilities
Robert Wyatt - Schleep
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2011 - 04:00 pm:   

Fredrik - Na Na Ni
Fredrik - Flora
Fredrik - Trilogi
Billie The Vision & The Dancers - From Burning Hell To Smile And Laughter
Solander - Since We Are Pigeons
Solander - Passing Mt. Satu
Hell On Wheels - One Ros
Santa Dog - Kittyhawk
Santa Dog - Belle de Jour ( EP )
Santa Dog - The Delicate ( EP )
Santa Dog - The Chemical ( EP )
Hedningarna - Karelia
The Pearly Gatecrashers - Spectacular
The Pearly Gatecrashers - New! Fluffy! Delicious!
Blandfield - Good Dreams
Tiny Tide - Moontalking ( Homemade CDR released on Kingem Records )
Tiny Tide - Febrero ( Homemade CDR released on Kingem Records )
Tiny Tide - There's A Girl That Never Goes Out ( Homemade CDR released on Kingem Records )
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Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 - 08:22 am:   

The Books :
love the Nick Drake cover, the other track sounds like Godley and Creme
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 02:09 am:   

Bluejuice - Company
The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy
Drive-By Truckers - Ugly Building, Whores & Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009
Dom Mariani - Popsided Guitar: Anthology 1984-2004
Powderfinger - Footprints: The Best Of 2001-2011
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 12:26 am:   

Padraig, how's that new Waits? I'm waiting until my wife gets home today from a trip so we can listen to it together.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 07:04 am:   

The complete album box sets of Leonard Cohen and The Byrds. Plus much else, including Adam Cohen's new record. Some of his stuff is up there with his dad's best. Truly.
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Geoff Holmes
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Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 07:54 am:   

Box of Byrds????????
Tell me more...
Anything new???
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2011 - 03:12 am:   

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic 30th Anniversary Edition
Jethro Tull - Aqualung 40th Anniversary Special Edition
Dexter Gordon - The Panther
Carmen McRae - Bittersweet
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2011 - 06:55 am:   

Geoff: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Album-C ollection-Byrds/dp/B005APT8A8/ref=sr_1_1 ?ie=UTF8&qid=1322722496&sr=8-1
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2011 - 11:33 pm:   

Geoff, by the way, all the albums are remastered with bonus tracks and there are extensive sleeve notes from Johnny Rogan's book on The Byrds. Eleven albums, 13 discs in all. More than 200 tracks. Bargain.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, December 02, 2011 - 04:35 am:   

Hmmm. I might pick that up too. I don't have most of the post-"Sweetheart" albums though I heard them enough times in my youth because of my brothers. The rarities might be interesting. It does look mighty cheap for what it is.
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Geoff Holmes
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Posted on Friday, December 02, 2011 - 08:25 am:   

I briefly had a scan of Amazon after I read you report Padraig. Is there anything that isn't on the remasters as I've got all but Byrdmaniax as a remaster. I've also got the Rogan book - haven't read it in a while and it was the version before the revision. I don't have the Deluxe Sweetheart as I would not consider Country my favourite genre by them and a million takes of Gram isn't really my cup of tea.
i.e. as a mad Byrds fan is it just going to help Jim afford a better pressie for his missus this Xmas or is it really worth it?
Randy, you MUST get The Ballad of Easy Rider pronto. Stone cold classic!
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, December 02, 2011 - 03:22 pm:   

Geoff, "Easy Rider" is the only post-"Sweetheart" Byrds album that I currently have. I agree with your opinion. Weirdly, the people making comments on the Amazon site all finger "Untitled" as the best of the era. I also have the old 4-CD anthology which includes a reasonable selection of the other Clarence White-era Byrds. But, remember, I grew up hearing ALL of these records because both of my older brothers were big Byrds freaks. If I buy it, it will be a completist act since I don't have everything right now. And for the price I will probably buy it. From the product description it sounds like you don't need it. Just get "Byrdmaniax" if you want to complete your set and consider it done. I see used copies of that album on the U.S. Amazon site starting at $10.57 USD. Probably less than that for you now, dammit!
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Posted on Friday, December 02, 2011 - 10:44 pm:   

I like the extras on the expanded Byrds albums. Nice touch with the radio ads & the recording argument with the drummer fella.
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Geoff Holmes
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Posted on Saturday, December 03, 2011 - 10:56 pm:   

There's (of course) Chesnut Mare on "Untitled" but the 2nd cd of the remaster has a nice, janglified version of "All the Things" which makes buying the remaster really worth it. ("Untitled" is my second fave after "Ballad...".) I agree with you about the last ones though. It's a bit of picking out the eyeballs of a dying corpse! That last one especially has some real SHOCKERS on it(e.g. B.B. Class Road).

Jerry, that "drummer fella" has the last surname as you except with an extra "e" at the end!
I love especially the interview at the end of 5D that has Crosby saying very quickly "It's very good to be one your show man".
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - 12:00 pm:   

Chesnut Mare is a very odd song. At best Roger wants to marry the horse - "we’ll be friends for life, she’ll be just like a wife". At worst - "I take this chance and I jump up on her, damned if I don’t land right on top of her" ... well, it just doesn't bear thinking about really.
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Andrew Kerr
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Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - 12:51 pm:   

Pádraig,

Re: Chestnut Mare. Too much thinking is never go. Just drown in the sheer gloriousness of that 12 string Rickenbacker sound...
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Andrew Kerr
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Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - 12:52 pm:   

Too much thinking is never goOD.
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andreas
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Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - 08:27 pm:   

btw: johnny rogan has issued a new book on the byrds ober 1200 pages. called byrds: requiem for the timeless volume 1. but i don't know if it a further sequel to his landmark book timeless flight or if he really wrote new, interesting things about the band and their members and if it is worth to buy (especially for those who owns timeless flight).
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Mark Leydon
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Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - 10:21 pm:   

Always loved Chestnut Mare. But you're right about the lyrics Pádraig. Does put me in mind of Father Ted's 'My Lovely Horse':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsISf1HW_ nU
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2011 - 01:09 am:   

Nice spot Mark! Having spent a memorable night in 1990 with the future Fr Ted writers I wouldn't be surprised if they were Byrds fans (they were both writing for an Irish music magazine at the time and about to up sticks to London to write for soon-to-be-launched Select).
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Mark Leydon
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Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2011 - 02:32 am:   

That would have been a fun night Pádraig. Those guys are comic geniuses to me!
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 01:40 pm:   

Cathching up on some 2011 albums that I missed ordering:

Wild Beasts - Smother
Josh T Pearson - Last Of the Country Gentlemen
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 03:22 pm:   

More catching up:
Destroyer - Kaputt
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo

And a slice of jazz from 1960:
Kenny Drew - Undercurrent
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 05:36 pm:   

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Heidi Berry - Love
Wilco - Being There
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme ŕ Tęte De Chou
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Bavarian Fruit Bread
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Monday, January 02, 2012 - 03:40 pm:   

How's the Gainsbourg, Michael? Often seems to attract the word "masterpiece" in French reviews, though a rather brief one, from its track times. Interestingly, there has been the posthumous release of a version by Alain Bashung of the same album; from what I've heard so far though, I think I prefer the original.
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Michael Bachman
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Posted on Monday, January 02, 2012 - 11:32 pm:   

Stuart,

The shipment is on it's way and I'll let you know over the coming weekend. It's only my second Gainsbourg, and I've always wanted something besides Melody Nelson.

I've never owned any Robert Wyatt or Soft Machine, so I fiqured it's about time I dived in and bought Rock Bottom.

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