Anybody been Record Shopping today?

[Waxy]

Temples - Sun Restructured

FSOL - Environments 4

FSOL - Far Out Son Of Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman

Various - Rap It Up

 

[Jim-W]

Hi BBB. You're right, I've never been a fan of electronic stuff

Thanks for your recommendation: I'll report back in the not too distant future.

What did you think of it JIm?

I'm no electronica expert so it's hard to know what to listen out for; I thought it was often pretty, beautiful even, with the creation of nice soundscapes. I'm sure it would sound lovely on a decent system. BUT and I have a big but (!), although it sounds nice, that's it: it exists within a sort of bubble of 'niceness' and prettiness but it doen't move me like, as a deliberate contrast, Son House with just his voice and a guitar singing 'Death Letter Blues' or Keith Jarrett's lyrical solo piano improvisations. My point? It lacks humanity and soul and it doesn't offer me anything emotionally. Beauty for the sake of beauty. Well, that's ok, lovely even, but one listen is enough. I hate to disappoint people so I'm sorry, BBB. I enjoyed listening to it anyway. I hope we can still be friends!

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Fair enough Jim

I think what I like about it IS it's lack of emotion, lack of warmth, lack of soul, I just love how totally electronic it sounds. I have albums by Chemical Brothers, Kraftwerk, even Boards Of Canada, but none of them sound so alien as that Autechre album.

I guess it's just a phase I'm going through. *smile*

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

A little afterthought. Try 'Roygbiv' by Boards Of Canada, I could listen to that forever, and as alien and electronic as it sounds, it's a very emotive piece of music.

 

[stevebrock]

Went to a local auction this morning and bought a lot of over 200 Classical records for £4.

bet neighbours love you

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Went to a local auction this morning and bought a lot of over 200 Classical records for £4.

bet neighbours love you

She's old, so I think she apprecates classical more than Sonic Youth and Discharge. *smile*

 

[Waxy]

FSOL - Environments 2

Keith Hudson - Rasta Communication

 

[Freddy58]

She's old, so I think she apprecates classical more than Sonic Youth and Discharge. *smile*

Yep, no-one wants Discharge *biggrin*

 

[jimdonnelly]

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

Melody Gardot - The Absence

 

[Waxy]

 

[Frank Harvey]

A little afterthought. Try 'Roygbiv' by Boards Of Canada, I could listen to that forever, and as alien and electronic as it sounds, it's a very emotive piece of music.

Listening to it now. It has to be my most favourite album of the 90s, and that's up against some stiff competition.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Bought a few records the other day from a Charity Shop.

Bad Manners - Ska n' B (to replace a poor copy I already had)

Bhundu Boys - True Jit (to replace a copy I had, but stupidly sold)

Suzanne Vega - Solitide Standing (because I forgot I already had it)

 

[thescarletpronster]

Bhundu Boys - True Jit

I love the Bhundu Boys, but I must admit that album really disappointed me. It seemed they lost all their jit after they moved to England, although their early Peel sessions were wonderful.

Must stick one of their first two albums on tomorrow.

I read a blog by their only surviving member a few years ago, and it was really disillusioning - utterly bitter about everything that happened (manager ripped them off, record company ripped them off, etc). Definitely tainted their music slightly for me.

ps: do you know the Four Brothers? Their first two albums, Makorokoto (a compilation of their early Zim releases) and Bros, are every bit as good as the Bhundus.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I love the Bhundu Boys, but I must admit that album really disappointed me. It seemed they lost all their jit after they moved to England, although their early Peel sessions were wonderful.

Must stick one of their first two albums on tomorrow.

I read a blog by their only surviving member a few years ago, and it was really disillusioning - utterly bitter about everything that happened (manager ripped them off, record company ripped them off, etc). Definitely tainted their music slightly for me.

ps: do you know the Four Brothers? Their first two albums, Makorokoto (a compilation of their early Zim releases) and Bros, are every bit as good as the Bhundus.

That could be the reason why I originally sold it, though I remember 'Jit Jive' being a decent track.

No surprise that a band would get ripped off, it's always happened, and will continue to while you've got total utter c***s like Simon Cowell anywhere near the music business.

I've heard of the Four Brothers, but never actually heard them. I'll keep my eye out for them.

 

[Frank Harvey]

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Primal Scream - Screamadelica (Record Store Day 2011 - red vinyl)

Prodigy - Experience

Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Marvin Gaye - Troubleman

Coldplay - Parachutes

Green Day - Dookie

Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone

Ed Sheeran - X

Police - Outlandos D'Amour

The Beatles - 1958-1962 Box

 

[Frank Harvey]

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

A couple of Charity Shop purchases for 25p each.

Ray Charles - The Golden Years (to replace a badly scratched copy)

Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - Blue Saxophones (a bit scruffy looking, but worth a punt at 25p)

 

[Frank Harvey]

The Black Album - Metallica (Deluxe Half Speed Master 45rpm)
Lost Themes - John Carpenter

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

But some records today from a local Charity Shop for 50p each, some for me, some for my Dad.

Les Paul/Mary Ford - Bye Bye Blues

Count Basie - Basie's Beatle Bag

Eartha Kitt - The Fabulous Eartha Kitt

New Order - Blue Monday 12"

Nancy Wilson - Today, Tomorrow, Forever

More Winnie The Pooh - Read By Maurice Evans

Chris Barber - Bandbox Vol.2 Elite Syncopations

Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - The Special Magic Of

Mundell Lowe & His All Stars - TV Action Jazz

Various - Jazz O Two Decades

And a couple I bought the other day for my Dad for 25p each.

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - A Historic Recording Made In 1919/20

Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Golden Hits

 

[Frank Harvey]

The Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

The Beastie Boys - The Mix Up

Kraftwerk - Computer World

Kraftwerk - Techno Pop

Kraftwerk - The Man Machine

Kraftwerk - Radioactivity

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk - Tour De France

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Kraftwerk - The Mix

 

[Marvindodgers]

I've just ordered an album by Lonely Robot called Please Come Home, but will have to wait for delivery as it's not released until Monday 23rd.

Lonely Robot is a new project by the highly prolific guitarist/singer John Mitchell, who has been involved in many bands that I like such as It Bites and Arena and features a large number of guest singers and musicians from the British music scene of the last 30 years or so. I've only listened to the soundclips on iTunes, but I'm liking what I've heard so far.

 

[Frank Harvey]

Alien OST - Jerry Goldsmith

Guardians Of The Galaxy OST Deluxe - Tyler Bates

The Iron Giant OST (Mondo) - Michael Kamen

For A Few Dollars More (purple vinyl) - Ennio Morricone

 

[Waxy]

Alien OST - Jerry Goldsmith

Love this soundtrack. I have a copy of the original UK issue. *dirol*

 

[Waxy]

Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. (pre-order)

 

[bigfish786]

Got 3 thin lizzy albums and one iron maiden for £22 on vinyl from the local record store (used)

then went to another place and bought 7 CDs, for £22 including 2 opeth albums, korn, ministry, tool, il Nino and the darkness.

Excellent days shopping.