Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi is the only person I've ever seen take the stage with David Bowie and make Bowie look a square by comparison.

Waxwork's release of "The Exorcist" (1973) is now on sale. I grabbed the "Exorcism Blue" variant. Both choices look stellar.

I wonder what's happening with their planned release of Schifrin's unused score? They were touting work on that for so long, I never even knew they planned to do the actual score.

Sacred Bones only had 60 of these to go around and they sold out fast.

Yea I could have ordered it, but it was $160 or something - so no way.

Oh wow -- I didn't even know how much it was. But no, would not have gotten it at that price.

Just finished listening to Belly - King. Great album, and I'll be at a listening party for the band next year before their next album is released.

Ordered this from Mondo yesterday:






https://mondotees.com/products/every...altz-originals

I’d like to hear some clips of those releases that came out the other day. I ended up able to snag Batman Returns 3LP and Goblin Suspiria.

I also ended up grabbing from a guy online Cat in the Brain (autographed), Krampus, and probably one of my highest wants: Drive soundtrack by Mondo! Stoked to finally get that!

I tried to pick up Batman Returns and Suspiria but my cart got stuck in the verifying stage like many others. I've said this before but I think I'm done with Mondo. I have dozens of their releases but I've been burned and screwed over more times than not. I fully understand how supply and demand works. This system however just rewards scalpers and flippers.

I thought about trying for the Batman Returns 3LP set but decided not to bother. I might try for the LP version instead though. Not the biggest fan of the film but I like the score.

I was online right at 10am PST and managed to score a Suspiria but, really, for those who don't care about Mondo packaging the current Italian release is the exact same master and can be had for around $20-25.

Good news, in an effort to battle static I got a humidifier! Two actually - thanks to my neighbor. But I’ve had it going a few days and haven’t really heard a difference. So big question. What’s a safe distance from my player and records to keep this thing!? And suggestions are appreciated.

Never heard of humidifiers doing anything to combat static.

Someone here recommended it. Can't remember who.

On a separate note, I went to a record store yesterday and...
I didn't buy anything.

The times, they are a'changin'.

Yeah, vinyl sales are declining.

In colder states, having the furnace on all winter creates very dry air, and it absolutely does make a huge difference to have a humidifier on to reduce static.

*New* vinyl sales are declining. It's no wonder when they are selling reissues of $3 records for $25.

http://www.smartfog.com/low-humidity...ould-know.html

Anyone know of any good sales happening on Black Friday? I know Best Buy is doing a Buy 1, Get 1 50% Off. Wonder if Deep Discount is going to have any good sales since I'm eyeing a few items from them, but not sure if I should pull the trigger yet or wait.

Nonesuch is 50% off right now but the website is fucked.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Yea i live in the Rocky Mountains and there is Nil humidity. I suffer from very bad static. To make it worse electricity is so expensive we stay warm with wood burning stoves. Actually thats pretty nice - but the dryness will cause nose bleeds and all that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/t...ers-vinyl.html

Eschewing High-Tech Hotel Amenities in Favor of Old-School Record Players

November 21, 2017

When Schafer Newman stayed at the Goodland, in Goleta, Calif., last year, it wasn’t the hotel’s proximity to the beach or downtown Santa Barbara that impressed him the most. Nor was it the extensive cocktail and spirits list at the property’s watering hole, the Good Bar. While these features were welcome, Mr. Newman, 28, from San Diego, said that he was blown away by the record player in his room, accompanied by a selection of rock ‘n’ roll records, including “Let It Bleed” by the Rolling Stones. “I had never used a record player, much less really seen one before, and I thought it was the coolest touch,” he said.

Mr. Newman isn’t the only guest at the Goodland to think so. According to Drew Parker, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, the record players in each of the 158 rooms are a big hit — as is the hotel lobby’s Vnyl Record Shop, stocked with another 250 vinyls which guests are welcome to borrow during their stay.

“Almost everyone who stays here comments on how much they love the players,” he said. “For our younger clients, they’re a new discovery and for our older ones, they’re a throwback to the past.”

While many properties today emphasize their technology-related innovations, at some hotels, old-school record players, with impressive vinyl collections to go with them, are taking center stage.

The Goodland (nightly rates from $179) is only one example of this trend.

The Shorebreak Hotel, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (nightly rates from $219), introduced a record player in its new library area earlier this year. A local artist, Dave Reynolds, designed and recreated the midcentury console-style player, and the hotel now has a collection of 50 records, a mix of surf and classic rock and spanning from the 1950s to today. Guests are encouraged to check out these vinyls and listen to them in the library; the hotel staff also rotates different ones on the player during wine hour, held daily at 5 p.m.

In Boston, the Verb Hotel (nightly rates from $125) has provided record players in its 93 rooms since last year. When guests first enter the property, they are greeted by a library of more than 500 albums, including jazz, blues and classic rock, such as the Clash and AC/DC. They can check out these vinyls to take to their rooms; almost all guests borrow at least a few, said Annie Brown, an assistant general manager.

The Asbury Hotel, in Asbury Park, N.J. (nightly rates from $125), has a collection of more than 3,000 records (including rock, pop and country), which are displayed in a wall unit in the lobby. There’s also a record player in the lobby, and guests are welcome to choose a record to play. The most popular selections? Anything by Bruce Springsteen, said David Bowd, the hotel’s owner.

Broadway musicals are the theme of the dozen records in each of the 14 specialty suites at the Chatwal, in New York (specialty suite nightly rates start at $1,950). The players are red, and the records are from popular Broadway shows like “Wicked,” “West Side Story” and “Fiddler on the Roof.”

International hotels are also showcasing their vinyl collections.

The Berkeley, in London (suite nightly rates from £650, about $870), has a library of records from famous British musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. Guests staying in a suite who want to listen to any of these records can request the hotel’s concierge to deliver a record player — which resembles a black vintage suitcase — to their rooms for the duration of their stay.

And in Ireland, the Dean Dublin (nightly rates from £170), has record players in most of its rooms, along with a selection of vinyls picked out by the local record store Tower Records Dublin. The choices emphasize Irish artists like U2 and James Vincent McMorrow.

Sean Park, a Chicago resident and product manager for a restaurant company, stays frequently at the Verb and said that listening to albums on his room’s player brings back fond childhood memories. “I blast ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson just like I did when I was in junior high and relive the fun of those days all over again,” he said.

So I have had my player for 6 months and it sounds like a need a new stylus! Problem is I can’t really find anything on what a failing stylus sounds like to signal, “time to change that needle!”

I have the ATN95E and the past two days everything is sounding static. Like the needle is being dragged through rocks. And this is after I even clean my records! It’s making me thing I either need a new needle or, I am screwing up my own records cleaning them (I just use water in new ones l and a drop of dawn for the dirty used ones).

Any suggestions?

What part of the country do you live in? As mentioned above, dryness in the air can really create a lot of static. I'm in Iowa, and I just finally bought a Milty Zerostat 3 to help with static. I also wet-clean my records with my Record Doctor V before playing, and the combination has taken care of almost all the static.