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Originally Posted by islandclaws
(Post 11952136)
It's a great place to browse when you've got 6 or 7 hours to kill.
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Originally Posted by Mikael79
(Post 11955042)
I went to Amoeba once, with about an hour to kill, and that proved to be a huge mistake. I was so overwhelmed, I didn't buy anything. An hour is about enough time to go through a few letters of vinyl, let alone the whole store.
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The trick with Amoeba is to look for a few items you know you want. If you browse with nothing in mind, you'll spend the rest of your life there, and most of your cash.
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My daughter has taken a liking to our vinyl collection. She keeps pulling out my "Thrice - Alchemy Index" set, and she keeps poking at "The Antlers - Hospice" because I left the plastic wrap on it, and she likes how it feels. That's the one she's touching with her pointer finger in this picture. :)
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^ Nice :) :up:
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A friend of mine from out of town wanted to go to Amoeba, so of course I had to pick up a few items for myself:
Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now (original issue) Joni Mitchell: Hejira (original issue) John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (reissue) Duke Ellington: An Explosion of Genius 1938-1940 Diana Ross/Marvin Gaye/Stevie Wonder/Smokey Robinson: Pops, We Love You (12" single) And then I went on discogs and ordered the 12" single of Let's Go Crazy backed by Erotic City (Prince, obviously). |
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
(Post 11958066)
And then I went on discogs and ordered the 12" single of Let's Go Crazy backed by Erotic City (Prince, obviously).
The extended version of "Let's Go Crazy", which was also the one featured in the movie, is still my preferred version of the song. Lot's of great b-sides from these singles, too. "Erotic City", of course, being one of his all time best, but "17 Days", "God" (particularly the instrumental version) and "Another Lonely Christmas" are all pretty ace, too. |
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I kind of avoided Prince's 12" singles up till now, because I knew I'd want all of them once I got one. :lol:
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I picked up a few items:
Television - Adventure Television - Foxhole 12" red vinyl Days of Heaven soundtrack $1 Dylan - Street Legal (this album is pretty brutal) Jenny and Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now (clear vinyl)
Originally Posted by Supermallet
(Post 11958066)
Joni Mitchell: Hejira (original issue)
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
(Post 11955074)
The trick with Amoeba is to look for a few items you know you want. If you browse with nothing in mind, you'll spend the rest of your life there, and most of your cash.
But when I go and just browse for a few hours? Goodbye, Ben Franklin and some of his twins. |
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What I usually do is I say, "I'll get two jazz records, two rock records, and two soul records" or something like that.
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Dropped into Factory Records in Costa Mesa today. Man, that place is seriously the size of a dressing room, but Dave has some very choice stuff at great prices.
Scored a first pressing of Type O Negative - Slow, Deep and Hard that had "WHBC 6/10/91" in marker all over the front, back, both sides of the label, and both sides of the insert. Obviously an old radio station copy. Luckily, was able to get it off the cover and back with alcohol, and they aren't so bad on the insert. Kinda sucks, but for $12 that's a fucking steal. Also nabbed The Three Amigos soundtrack, Butthole Surfers - Brown Reason to Live on red vinyl, and a live Samhain bootleg record sourced from a recording in 1986. |
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Bought a near mint copy of Revolver (stereo) with the black Capitol label to go with my mono copy. $20.
Also got: King Crimson - Beat $3 King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair $5 Blondie - Parallel Lines $1 |
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
(Post 11955074)
The trick with Amoeba is to look for a few items you know you want. If you browse with nothing in mind, you'll spend the rest of your life there, and most of your cash.
Egg - Civil Surface (for $12.00) East of Eden - Snafu (for $15) Colloseum - Daughter of Time (ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL) (for $5, this is easily a $100 album or so to prog collectors). I have gotten other stuff by chance at good prices, too, I just cannot think of what they are at the moment... |
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I bought a second pressing (1958) of Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet for $3 over the weekend.
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Has anyone heard of Self? Fat Possum released Subliminal Plastic Motives on vinyl for the first time for its 20th anniversary.
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Just scored on another Amoeba find tonight: Quatermass (early prog/hard rock) UK LP reissue from 1975 for $15. Usually goes for about $40-60 or so (the original UK release usually goes for about $300-400).
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I ordered some throwback dance Dead Or Alive from some 3rd market sellers:
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Picked up some old vinyl over the weekend:
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me, Tusk Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley To Live and Die in L.A. OST (Wang Chung) |
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Tusk. I love that album so much.
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To Live and Die in L.A. OST (Wang Chung) Love that soundtrack! |
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Originally Posted by Lone Wolf
(Post 11981638)
Has anyone heard of Self? Fat Possum released Subliminal Plastic Motives on vinyl for the first time for its 20th anniversary.
Subliminal Plastic Motives was a decent album, but very of it's time. It came out independently in '94, but got picked up and re-released by a major in '95, which is when it really took off, and was promoted through '96. Saw them on tour for this album, and they were pretty good live, too. I was actually thinking of picking up the vinyl, myself. Mixes alternative rock with elements such as power-pop, hip-hop beats, jazzy piano, dense, complex arrangements, and triggers/samples. Kind of a mixture of Weezer, Beck, Ben Folds Five and a little Beastie Boys. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xY_li1FopSY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/n_iRssjW4DQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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Quarterly record show went down this past weekend, and I got a decent haul:
Blondie - Plastic Letters XTC - White Music The Who - Tommy The Beat - S/T Peter Case - The Man With the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar Transvision Vamp - Pop Art The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen Only the Blondie and Buzzcocks records were over $5, they were $8 and $20 respectively. |
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
(Post 11983635)
Tusk. I love that album so much.
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Originally Posted by Rocketdog2000
(Post 11983683)
They had a couple of minor radio hits with "Cannon" and "So Low" off this album, which was also their debut. They released a handful of others over the years, but none sold as well, or did much of anything at radio.
Subliminal Plastic Motives was a decent album, but very of it's time. It came out independently in '94, but got picked up and re-released by a major in '95, which is when it really took off, and was promoted through '96. Saw them on tour for this album, and they were pretty good live, too. I was actually thinking of picking up the vinyl, myself. Mixes alternative rock with elements such as power-pop, hip-hop beats, jazzy piano, dense, complex arrangements, and triggers/samples. Kind of a mixture of Weezer, Beck, Ben Folds Five and a little Beastie Boys. From their facebook: "peeping out the sElf - Subliminal Plastic Motives test pressing today. FYI, the album was mastered by Bob Ludwig close to 10 times originally for the compact disc. the final result being, to my ears, very harsh, tinny, & compressed. this was no fault of Bob's, as he was under direct orders to make it sound like a smiley face rock EQ.....but I've always loathed the CD version. the vinyl, however, is cut from his VERY FIRST mastering, & it is phenomenal. i am hearing this record for the first time. you guys are in for a treat!" I would love to see Breakfast With Girls get a rerelease. I think its the better album and it sells for over $100 on vinyl now. If you like Self I'd recommend Break Out The Battle Tapes by Wired All Wrong. Its a side project between Matt Mahaffey of Self and Jeff Turzo from God Lives Underwater. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ADM6NtllZ1w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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Originally Posted by Lone Wolf
(Post 11986877)
Sorry, I guess I phrased that wrong. I've been listening to them since around 95 or so. I'm just happy that Subliminal Plastic Motives got a release. Definitely worth picking up.
From their facebook: "peeping out the sElf - Subliminal Plastic Motives test pressing today. FYI, the album was mastered by Bob Ludwig close to 10 times originally for the compact disc. the final result being, to my ears, very harsh, tinny, & compressed. this was no fault of Bob's, as he was under direct orders to make it sound like a smiley face rock EQ.....but I've always loathed the CD version. the vinyl, however, is cut from his VERY FIRST mastering, & it is phenomenal. i am hearing this record for the first time. you guys are in for a treat!" I would love to see Breakfast With Girls get a rerelease. I think its the better album and it sells for over $100 on vinyl now. If you like Self I'd recommend Break Out The Battle Tapes by Wired All Wrong. Its a side project between Matt Mahaffey of Self and Jeff Turzo from God Lives Underwater. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ADM6NtllZ1w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Definitely want to pick the Self album up on vinyl now, especially after reading that FB post. |
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Originally Posted by CRM114
(Post 11985975)
Ever check out Camper Van Beethoven's cover of the album?
http://hatedreality.homeunix.net/rad...0Beethoven.jpg I recently picked up The Terror 2xLP. |
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Spoiler:
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My copy of Waxwork's Rosemary's Baby arrived yesterday. Gorgeous, as usual. Managed to snag the black/crimson haze variant.
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I got a shitload of new (old) vinyl lately:
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn (1972 pressing) Wilco - A.M. (Original rare red vinyl release) God Help the Girl (out of print, $15, Belle and Sebastian) Camper Van Beethoven (3rd album) Sparks - Kimono My House Roxy Music - Country Life (original uncensored) Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room Beatles - White Album (Apple but later pressing) Beatles - Sgt Peppers (2nd pressing Scranton, PA) - I have three different versions Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (Claudia Cardinale cover, mono) Foxygen - We are the 21st Century… (I had the CD only) |
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Another record show this past weekend, this time held at The Casbah, the local indie rock club in town. Smaller than the show a few weeks ago, but more focused. As in, a lot fewer people unloading their common titles and more dedication to independent, hard rock, and punk, typical of the bands that play The Casbah. In fact, one guy had a lot of power pop records I hadn't heard of that I would have liked to take a chance on, but at $8 and more a record it adds up. My haul consisted of:
Blondie (first lp) Gang of Four - Solid Gold Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (hopefully in better shape than my current copy) Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Charlie Christian & Benny Goodman Cheap Trick - At Budokan Richard Pryor - Bicentennial N-word Suddenly looking at my list, I realize I only bought two records of the indie/punk variety, thus rendering my first paragraph of this post mostly moot. |
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http://exclaim.ca/News/twin_peaks_so...ia_death_waltz
Death Waltz records to release the soundtrack for Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me this year |
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Originally Posted by JayDerek
(Post 12010515)
http://exclaim.ca/News/twin_peaks_so...ia_death_waltz
Death Waltz records to release the soundtrack for Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me this year |
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While due dates have yet to be unveiled, the former will be served up on "cherry"-coloured vinyl, referencing agent Dale Cooper's (played by Kyle MacLachlan) favourite flavour of pie, and the latter will be pressed onto "coffee"-coloured vinyl, a nod to Cooper's damn fine drink of choice. |
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Yep, that's gonna be on my turntable, no exceptions.
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I think I have a Julee Cruise CD somewhere.
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I just bought a 5x5 on the weekend. I need at least 2 more of them. Not all for records, mind you... but still. Trying to clean up my media room and get rid of all the shitty $20 shelving units I bought.
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There are plenty of shelving units that you can get that are about the same quality as IKEA. Funny headline, though.
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