Help! I keep buying vinyl!!!

[nobody]

Anyone looking for some fun vinyl should check out Thai Funk Volumes 1 & 2 on the Light in the Attic label. Just p[icked them both up. Both are 2 LP sets and they each are very well pressed and come is special hand sewn cloth covers. The fidelity isn't anything special because of ewhat they contain but they are well done.

They are both collections of funk, soul and disco from Thailand in the 70s and 80s. A mix of covers and originals. All really fun stuff.

Here's a picture of Volume 1 and it's cover:

[02audionoob]

Another new/sealed re-issue picked up today for half of half at Half-Price Books...

[nobody]

Speaking of buying vinyl... if you are a reggae fan and have not visited Ernie B's reggae online, you need to check it out. Enormous selection of reggae vinyl, both new and used including a ton of great reissues of classic albums cheap (such as the more recent Studio One reissues for 6.99 & 8.99) as well as original rare Jamaican records priced quite a bit higher but fairly. Best selection and prices on reggae I have found by far. Saturday afternoon, the following arrived at my house:

Dennis Brown: No Man is an Island
The Best of Don Drummond
Treasure Island in Dub
Lee Perry: Return of the Super Ape (Been listening to Super Ape for years, about time to finally get around to the squeal)

4 Lee's Gold 10" 45s - which were all on sale for like 2 bucks each and feature people like Cornell Campbell, Johnny Clarke, Freddie McGregor, IRoy, and more with King Tubby, Tappa Zukie and others throwing on several dub versions. Each disk has 6 songs, three per side and it's a lot of great material

[Enochrome]

Ernie B use to come into the shop I worked at years ago and pick up the reggae 45's we sold. He was a cool guy for sure; chill and unpretentious. He's got the life with his reggae tunes over in Long Beach.

Funny thing about those 45's: 25% of them had pot-holes and the labels off center because the guys were most likely blunted We bought from small labels nothing from Island records or the like.

Nice score!!

[nobody]

Yeah, I've had some bad luck with exactly those issues when buying Jamaican pressings. I've seen a few documentaries on record making in Jamaica and more than a few of those shops pressing records look a bit less than as tidy as one would hope, including press operators grabbing records with one hand all over the grooves while toking on something held in the other.

[frenchmon]

Boss Tenor...

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Back in the day I loved listening to Jug and Dex together as dueling partners, and I always thought there was something special and nice about the way Taylor swings that ride cymbal. But even to this day, Jug is over looked as a giant by Jazz fans. This guy was looked up to by many who are more famous than he. If you wondered where some of the greats got their "soul Jazz style" of playing from, look no further than Jug....in Jazz fokelore Jug started it.

Ammons....Tenor
Tommy Flanagan....Piano
Doug Watkins........bass
Arthur Taylor........ Drums
Ray Barretto......... Conga

Prestige 1960

[frenchmon]

...Our Thing



Henderson.....Sax
Hill...............Piano
Khan............Bass
La Roca........Drums


Blue Note.....1963

Music Matters 45 RPM Reissue Series...2012

[nobody]

Nice.

I'm slipping up, the St. Louis Record Show was yesterday and I overslept and missed it.

[hifitommy]

what about ME? i returned an LP to Freak Beat Records for credit because both sides were pressed with side one.

THEN i spent an additional nine bucks (before tax) on dollar records. some good finds here too:

michael franks with crossfire-LIVE--this is pretty rare as i have NEVER seen one.

andreas vollenweider-caverna magica-promo

stravinsky-pulcinella ste/apollon musagete-dutout and english chamber orch-MHS

boulez conducts ravel's daphnis et chloe-sq quad.

chet atkins/fiedler/boston pops-pops goes country

bouulez conducts stravinsky's firebird and bartok's music for strings, percussion, and celeste

eddie gomez/john ambercrombie/jack dejohnette/lester bowie-new directions-ecm

lambert/hendricks/bavan-at newport '63

boulez conducts stravinsky's petrushka-this is the quinessential petrushka for me. the perormance is second to none.

solti/chicago orch-symmphonie fantastique

carmen mcrae and kenny clarke/francy boland big band-november girl

the way out voices of lambert/hedricks/ross with the ike isaacs trio

and the best (IMNSHO) nancy wilson album-this mother's daughter-mostly for ONE song-stay tuned. this song knocks me out with the lyrics: "do it to me slow"!!! good gravy, what great lyrics.

on second thought,,,,don't stop me.

[02audionoob]

[02audionoob]

[frenchmon]

Nice!

[02audionoob]

It was kind of a cool theme, this weekend.

[frenchmon]

Two very good albums...nice as well!

[hifitommy]

one of the very best tunes ever recorded would be 'peace piece' by bill evans on that-everybody loves bill evans.

[02audionoob]

one of the very best tunes ever recorded would be 'peace piece' by bill evans on that-everybody loves bill evans.

It is indeed greatness. Tonight's final selection will be...

[hifitommy]

have you seen the biographical film-let's get lost'? i bought it at a yard sale for $2 on vhs and i see it for like-$80 at times. its a great insight into chet's life.

[02audionoob]

Too bad it's not on Netflix. I haven't seen it.

[hifitommy]

on amzon:

http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Get-Lost-.../dp/B0000004XM

[dean_martin]

Birthday coming up so I splurged by placing a vinyl order with musicdirect - 10% off music with coupon code USA10 and free shipping at $99+. Had some room on the credit card for the first time in a long time - couldn't stand it. Had to perform my patriotic duty and stimulate the economy in celebration of the 4th.

Jack White-Blunderbuss
Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
Bon Iver-s/t
Bob Dylan-Nashville Skyline
Tom Waits-Mule Variations
Les Savy Fav-Root for Ruin

Now I wait for FedEx.

[nobody]

Couldn't resist a little bargain shopping at the record show. For about $20 total (most were two bucks with a couple for 3 and a couple for 1), picked up the following:

James Brown: It's A Man's Man's Man's World - The only one where the vinyl is a bit scratchy, but after cleaning up plays a heck of a lot better than it looks with just an occasional pop or click.

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: Tears of a Clown - Just a great album, that it seems was originally released under a different title then re-released once the title track became a big hit 3 years after the original release.

Black Sabbath: Paranoid - I've never been pleased with the muted sound of the fancy 180 gram re-issue of this I've been making due with for a few years now and had to grab an original to replace the long gone copy I remember fondly.

Cheap Trick: In Color - I really like the first few Cheap Trick albums, this is one of my favorites of theirs.

Simple Minds: Real to Real Cacophony - Hadn't hearsd this one before and it's actually really good, way more post-punk and angular than their later more pop sounding releases, interesting indeed.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Journey of Dreams - Still sealed. Pretty great voices, but I"m not familiar enough with their entire catalog to know how this particular release sticks up. It is beautiful though.

Wilson Pickett: Wicked Pickett - One of his best albums, includes Mustang Salley and a smattering of his bigger hits.

Cannonball Adderly with Sergio Mendes : Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars - Had never heard of this one but grabbed it on a whim, if you like the Getz/Gilberto combination and that 60 Bosa Nova style jazz stuff this is really good.

Duke Ellington Presents - I've never heard a bad Duke Ellington album, really.

Meet the Searchers: Needles & Pins - British invasion band, featuring their biggest hit and a lot of other solid, consistiently strong material.

The Suicide Commandos: Make a Record - I've had a mint copy of this one for yeas and it's an all time favorite, but I couldn't resist a second copy for $3. I was fairly shocked to see this one in the box.

So yup, a good day at the show and a lovely Sunday spent cleaning them up and listening.

[frenchmon]

I love this album!

[frenchmon]

And here is my girl Elaine Elias in tribute to Mr. Evans...
...

[hifitommy]

frenchie,

if you like eliane, one of her best is 'kissed by nature' on which is what i like best about brazilian music, the words have their own rhythm.

a later one by her isnt nearly as good-'dreamer'. i will keep my eye out for the bill evans tribute.

[frenchmon]

frenchie,

if you like eliane, one of her best is 'kissed by nature' on which is what i like best about brazilian music, the words have their own rhythm.

a later one by her isnt nearly as good-'dreamer'. i will keep my eye out for the bill evans tribute.

I also have Dreamer...I like it as well, but yeah its a departure from her what she normally does. I've listened to Kissed by Nature but dont own it.....I have about 5 of her works.