Went to an obscure store pretty far away from me today because I was in the area. It was a warehouse run by an old couple who have been in the business for around forty years. Boxes upon boxes of old stock/sealed vinyl from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Grabbed a few things but the highlights were:
Ric Ocasek - Beatitude (sealed)
The Beatles - Hear The Beatles Tell All (sealed)
Patrick O’Hearn - Between Two Worlds (sealed)
Bill Bruford - One Of A Kind (thanks to @RattleRattleRattle for bringing this up in the listening thread a bit ago, cool album)
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Recent far-out and groovy action:
Les Crane - Desiderata (dollar bin madness–this one is a trip!)
Eric Dolphy - Other Aspects
Elvin Jones - Poly-Currents (Tone Poet reissue)
Peter Kaukonen - Black Kangaroo
King Crimson - Red (Steve Wilson remix–not in love with it)
Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean (finally!)
Steve Reid - Odyssey Of The Oblong Square (‘22 reissue)
Michael Stanley - Friends & Legends
Sumbisori - Temporary Blessings (great Aussie soul/jazz/funk but my copy was badly marred)
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Just received a copy of Nozomi Aoki’s soundtrack for Galaxy Express 999 today. Started watching the show after saying I’d jump into the Leijiverse on the What album are you listening to right now? thread and instantly liked it. Had to buy it on Discogs and have it sent from Japan but it was worth it. Has the obi and insert! I’m always shocked how thick the sleeves are for these Japanese pressings. I wish we had sleeves like that here.
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A few pick-ups from this week…
Marshall Crenshaw (eponymous)
Jerry Goodman / Jan Hammer - Like Children
Kashmere Stage Band - Zero Point (reissue)
Phil Manzanera / 801 - Listen Now
Nas - Illmatic (an overdue addition)
Seiche - Demo Press (reissue)
Sun Arkestra (under the direction of Marshall Allen) - Live at Babylon
The Waitresses - Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?
Denny Zeitlin (with George Marsh and Mel Graves) - The Name of This Terrain
Also rescued two albums of Bulgarian folk music from the dollar bin. Beautiful stuff!
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Hadn’t heard of Seiche before – was intrigued by the name and looked them up. They’ve got quite the obscure backstory! Gave it a listen as well and enjoyed it. Thanks!
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Yeah, it’s a nutty tale. Something like only 50 copies of the album originally pressed. Super obscure. Found my copy of the reissue used and took a chance on it. Not disappointed at all! Some downright evil playing.
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RSD ‘26, the list is out! https://recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/11535
I need to sift back through it all, but one that really stuck out to me is Sonic Youth - Diamond Seas. It’s a disc of John Oswald applying his pluderphonics technique to live versions of “Diamond Sea.” Sounds very much up my alley.
Cool little Gizz boot in there as well. Probably not on my buy list, but cool to see nonetheless.
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This might be my favorite RSD list yet. So much to go over.
- Pink Floyd’s 1975 Los Angeles show has me the most excited. I wasn’t going to buy the WYWH box set to get it but I will absolutely grab either the vinyl or CD.
- The XTC live album sounds awesome. Same with the John Prine BBC Sessions.
- Billy Strings Tiny Desk show!
- Wonder what the sound quality of the King Crimson 1974 show is. I’ve heard some recordings up on DGM and they’re brutal. That’s an RSD First release too so I’m not too concerned about missing it.
- Shocked that the Gil-Scott Heron and Masayoshi Takanaka reissues are exclusives and not RSD First releases.
Half speed master of Gong’s Flying Teapot is brilliant but its regional so I have no clue if I’m ever going to find it.
- I’m getting a little tired of the early Talking Heads archival material. Might go for it but I don’t know.
- I never ended up seeing the King Gizz release last year but I might grab this new one it if I see it in April.
Aw man, didn’t realize that Gong album is “regional.” Definitely on my list. Here’s hoping they mean the Midwest!
The remastered and expanded Cream Live looks tempting. Of course the Grateful Dead and Jazz Dispensary comp look good too but I’ll have to dive into this massive list later before I make my Want List.
Had one of those “pinch-me-I’m-dreaming” experiences yesterday. Went to a local thrift store that does dollar records. I’ve found good stuff there in the past but it’s always one or two at a time, with weeks or months of finding nothing decent in between.
This time I guess I lined it up just right because I walked away with 27 VG/VG+ titles by Kingfish (yep, with Bob Weir!), John Hartford, John Prine, The Crusaders, John Hiatt, Mississippi John Hurt, Pat Metheny, James Taylor, Carole King, Chick Corea / Return to Forever, Joe Farrell, Lou Reed, Jimmy Reed, McCoy Tyner, John Mayall, and some other things that I grabbed just to check out. 27 records for just under $27 with tax (the clerk got frustrated counting and said “let’s call it 25” lol). A score to remember!
Anyone else hitting the bins this weekend?
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February pick-ups:
Louis Armstrong - The Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Vol. 2
Chase - Pure Music
Guy Clark - eponymous (promo)
Sandy Denny - Sandy
Toulouse Engelhardt - Toullusions
Roky Erickson - Don’t Slander Me (reissue)
Giant Sand - Beyond the Valley of Rain
Goose Creek Symphony - Words of Earnest
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Guided By Voices - Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (reissue)
Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars (reissue)
Dave Holland - Emerald Tears (promo)
Phil Keaggy - What a Day
Neil Merryweather and the Space Rangers - Kryptonite
Flora Purim - That’s What She Said
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (‘64 reissue)
Spacemen 3 - 1/11/88 Rose Club, Koln, Germany (bootleg)
Zao - Typhareth
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It seems I am irredeemably addicted to physical media. Been a good month so far.
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (‘21 reissue/remaster)
Marion Brown - VIsta (reissue, Third Man ltd ed)
Luther Dickinson - Mississippi Murals (w/ Medeski!)
Duke Ellington - The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (OG promo)
Muriel Grossman - Devotion
The J Ann C Trio - At Tan-Tar-A (reissue–wild lounge music from the Ozarks!)
Kraftwerk - Computer World (OG!)
Michael Mantler - Live (with Jack Bruce, Nick Mason, and Don Preston)
John Prine - Aimless Love (reissue on gray marble)
Ramones - eponymous (‘18 Rhino reissue)
Sonic Youth - Dirty (‘15 reissue)
Swamp Dogg - Gag a Maggot (reissue on splatter)
Charles Tolliver - The Ringer (‘75 reissue on Arista/Freedom)
Caetano Veloso - eponymous (reissue)
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You really need to broaden your taste in music. 
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Most recent pickup was a half speed master of The Band’s Cahoots. Found it at a Barnes and Noble for half off the other day. Haven’t spun it yet but I will eventually.
Fuzz Club’s Mind Fuzz Live arrived today. Loved it. Bit of a startling jump from the 2014 stuff to the 2024 stuff, but I think that was the point. They picked some great versions of the songs.
RSD coming soon. Is it me, or are the lists getting “thinner” with each passing year? Regardless, I’ll be on the hunt for the following:
Coltrane - France 1965 Complete (box, will depend on $)
Gong - Flying Teapot
Ngozi Family - Gate Crash ’78
Panda Bear/Sonic Boom, ltmd ed. 7-inch
Sonic Youth - Diamond Seas
Charles Tolliver - All Stars
MAYBE the live 13th Floor Elevators release. Cool that they edited out the canned crowd noise.
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Ya, when the Bluey Zoetrope Record is the most exciting thing on the list for me, I know it’s a year to skip.
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Whittled down my list. Initially had a lot this year but I can’t do everything.
- Pink Floyd - Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975 (initially thought about buying the vinyl but I might go for the CD instead, less money and more practical, especially given the low quality of the recording)
- XTC - Live Boots - Live At Emerald City 1981
- Gong - Flying Teapot (if I can find it)
- Talking Heads - CBS/Columbia Demos
Somehow I overlooked that 13th Floor Elevators release. Might have to go for that too.
How’d everyone do?
Was able to get Gong, Pink Floyd and XTC’s releases. The store I went to had a lot of everything (including the Gong release which was shocking considering it was very limited). Went against the Talking Heads one but maybe I’ll get it some other day.
Flying Teapot sounds beautiful. Put on side one and it really popped. Hope they keep reissuing their stuff because I can never find any of it. I didn’t see the CD for Pink Floyd so I bit the bullet and got the vinyl box set, and it’s a pretty nice package. Sound quality is fine, the music makes up for it. The XTC one was somewhat disappointing. Sound quality is meh though it’s a bootleg re-release so it’s to be expected. I know some are having skips on there’s but I didn’t have any based on the bit I played of it. Not worth the $58 imo. Good show though (listened to it the other day).
If you missed something, remember you can check Discogs tomorrow morning. Stores are allowed to post their leftover stock at face value then. No need for scalpers!
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