What's everyone spinning?
ludwigvan968 -- Fri, 05/26/2006 - 23:26
Hey Gals/Guys,
Just thought I would toss this general question out there. I have been listening to the Led Zepplin BBC sessions re-release on Classic Records ( I can't wait to hear the 45rpm box set they are coming out with). I have also been listening to the new Mogwai, as well as some Sugar Hill gang. Anyway, what is everyone else spinning? Hope you all are having a good one!
Donald Fagen's Morph the Cat and David Gilmour's On An Island.
I'm discovering (quite late!) Nirvana's In Utero, Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream and Natalie Merchant's first solo album, Tigerlily.
Ari Koinuma
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yeah I have the first two albums you mention on LP, they are awesome, I am looking for Mellon Colley and the Infinite Sadness on LP, it is almost hopeless. Have you heard the Nirvana Greatest hits album? It is pretty sweet, I got it on LP as well, it is a fun listen, the MTV sessions are good too.
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I own a copy of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on vinyl, #1916 of the original 20,000 pressed. I've never heard it, though. I've been holding onto it for several years waiting to put together a decent hi-fi so I can hear it the way it should be heard, but haven't yet. If I could hear it just once on a good system, I might be willing to let it go...for the right price.
Mellon Collie is long out-of-print on LP, but locating all of Nirvana's studio LPs--all worth having, Greatest Hits was a cash-in on the then-unreleased "You Know You're Right" song--isn't difficult.
A few recommended sites that sell new rock LPs and often carry tasty offbeat titles:
www.insound.com
www.importantrecords.com
www.sonicboomrecords.com [Seattle brick-and-mortar record store with vinyl-only shop]
Bob Gendron
Music Editor, TAS and Playback
I'm spinning the hell out of the Wilson Pickett Definitive Dollection (which I finally picked up yesterday). I'm also giving a fair amount of time to the new Rhymefest and to a pair or must-own Pulp albums: Different Class and This Is Hardcore. I could argue that "Seductive Barry" is the sexiest song ever written (I'm not saying it is, but I could argue it).
That Wicked Pickett collection is essential. He owns "Hey Jude." No apologies, Paul.
Hmmm..sexiest song EVER. Man, using those kind of adjectives could get you in trouble. I think there must be a personal story behind that song that resulted in a pleasurable experience. Don't get me wrong; Pulp was great. But that's quite the statement.
Bob Gendron
Music Editor, TAS and Playback
Plus I think the guy in the bathrobe in the liner notes is actually Seductive Barry.
It's possible. Or, maybe it's just a guy dressed up like Seductive Barry to make you believe that's what he looks like...
Bob Gendron
Music Editor, TAS and Playback
I just finished "Kiko", Los Lobos.
I like it.
Jack
"Kiko" is great. That, and "How Will the Wolf Survive?" are the band's finest. I never thought they achieved those heights again, and while the later-period stuff isn't anything bad, that magic and spirit seem gone as the band's aging has seemingly showed up in the music.
Bob Gendron
Music Editor, TAS and Playback
I listened to Kiko twice today. There is a great deal going on, on that CD. I was truly impressed. Loved the overall feel of it.
I will order How "Will the Wolf Survive" based upon what I heard today and your recomendation for which I am thankful.
Tomorrow is an old favorite of mine, Nils Lofgren, "Nils". Recently arrived in the mail. He is a gent from my hometown and for what it is worth "No Mercy" is a song I cannot get out of my mind. I had to order an import version, could not find it in the stores here. Life is good.
Jack
Was listening to Eagles, Vic Chestnut and Jula Fordham earlier. All on vinyl.
Not Embrace on err download :)
Richard
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A couple of days ago I was browsing through my collection, and just south of Bruckner I ran into Jimmy Buffet's first album "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean". Recorded in Nashville, it was fun to listen to. Hadn't heard it in years. Brought back memories of my younger days in Boston and Coconut Grove.
While it’s not quite as great as some critics are claiming, Dylan’s Modern Times is available in an affordable and good sounding two-LP set. Also, check out William Elliott Whitmore’s Song of the Blackbird. This guy is the real deal.
M. Ward "Post-War"
Mountain Goats "Get Lonely"
Califone "Roots & Crowns"
All above reviewed in Issue 165.
Also digging:
Intronaut "Void"
TV on the Radio "Return to Cookie Mountain"
The Delgados "The Complete BBC Sessions"
Catfish Haven "Tell Me"
Electric Wizard "Electric Wizard" reissue/remaster
Bob Gendron
Music Editor, TAS and Playback
More fun from a few records released earlier in the year:
The Coral "The Invisible Invasion" (great 60s, sea chantey-minded UK outfit ignored in America)
Orcilim "Anoint" (insanely deft, barbed guitar needlepointing)
"Voice of the Spirit: Gospel of the South" (nice compilation from Dualtone)
Current 93 "Black Ships Ate the Sky" (ambitious theatrical avante-ensemble work)
Celtic Frost "Monotheist" (legendary Swiss trio returns after 13-year wait)
Bob Gendron
Music Editor, TAS and Playback
The Stills, Young band, long may you run
John Fogerty and the blue ridge rangers, ride again
Peter Tosh, Mama Africa
Merle Haggard, A Friend in California
Asleep at the wheel/ Willie Nelson, Willie and the Wheel
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