August 2021 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread: Summer Loving

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 26: Sounds As Good As It Looks
Share an album with great artwork

I chose this one because I basically repurchased it explicitly for the artwork. I had an older pressing that didn’t sound all that great and so when they released a deluxe remastered version I pounced but sadly the deluxe version had alternate (and IMO inferior) cover art. So when they repressed the remastered album as a standard edition I ended up purchasing It Still Moves a third (and hopefully final) time.

A point of reference for the uninitiated…


You can see why I preferred the original.

 

[LeeVing]

23rd August - Memorabilia Monday.

I'm not huge into memorabilia...and I think I've already used what I have for other similar themes...so I'm just going with a limited signed insert.

Alexander Taylor – Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street - The Soundtrack
1984 Publishing – 1984-004, 2019

Limited to 100 signed inserts / 350 unsigned
Signed by actor Mark Patton

Cut by Dave Polster at Well Made Music

It's a pretty good doc, too.

 

[LeeVing]

24th August - That's Random.
Randomly select a record without looking and tell us a story about it.

The Discogs Enhancer Chrome extension adds a random button to all pages...not just on the dashboard. (it also has a fix for the main logo going to your dashboard and not the useless homepage)




The Offspring – Ignition
Epitaph – 86867-1, 1992/2008

Cut by Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering
Pressed at Rainbo (plated at RTI)

 

[jamieanderson1968]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.

Share an album with great artwork.

Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Numero Comp)

For those that remember velvet black light posters and doodle art, this album cover will definitely bring back memories/nightmares of them

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.

Share an album with great artwork.

Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Numero Comp)

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I am not big on comps and I’ve never listened to the music on this Numero group collection but I’ve almost purchased this album several times solely based on the cover art. If I was about $10 cheaper, I am sure it would be in my collection.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Same boat. I got it as part of the old Numero subscription program. The good songs are really great but there is an equal amount of boring tracks. Would have made a great single album release

 

[D Jilla]

Day 26 - Sounds As Good As It Looks

Not that the artwork here is that cool (not even sure what I’m looking at here), but I always appreciate when they restore original cover art on reissues and generally seek those versions out. Except for Donuts - I definitely prefer the smile cover

 

[LeSamourai]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.
Share an album with great artwork.

Blockhead - Uncle Tony's Coloring Book

Fun and thematically relevant cover that nails the album's vibe.

 

[Angsty]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.

Share an album with great artwork.
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Santana - “Abraxas”

 

[Turbo]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.

Share an album with great artwork.

Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Numero Comp)

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The art reminds me a bit of Charles Burns, but trippier, which is apparently possible.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.
Share an album with great artwork.

A supremely trippy jacket that uses matte/glossy color to create a sweet 3D effect (it does not translate accurately via camera) and a supremely trippy 20 minute title track to kick off the record...




The Dream Syndicate - The Regulator

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

27th August - Pay Day!
Show us your latest record purchase.

Fresh off the porch...




Trey Anastasio Band - Burn It Down

 

[avecigrec]

26th August - Sounds As Good As It Looks.

Nubya Garcia - Source


The lighting in the photo doesn't do the colours justice and a photo doesn't do the texture justice, but I just love this album inside and out!

 

[avecigrec]

27th August - Pay Day!

Web Web x Max Herre - WEB MAX


I guess not technically my most recent purchase, as I pre-ordered it a while back, but most certainly most recent arrival, or one of. Street date: today.

As I've mentioned in a couple of other posts, I'm very seriously digging this album right now! It's currently one of my top 2 for August.

 

[cul8er]

24th August - That's Random.
Randomly select a record without looking and tell us a story about it.





Here's my random story (according to the predictive text on my phone...) I really miss live shows you how to tape your own mind and I think it is the same one.

 

[cul8er]

25th August - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
The album was released on this day in 1998 and become the first hip-hop album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. Play an album from an award-winning female musician.

"Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, the award was first presented to Donna Summer in 1980."

Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - Wikipedia

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Donna Summer - Bad Girls

 

[jfitzy]

27th August - Pay Day!
Show us your latest record purchase.

The O’Jays - Back Stabbers

Stopped by my local earlier this week and found a used copy of this in excellent condition. Fantastic album.

 

[Selaws]

27th August - Pay Day!

Bill Withers – +'Justments (Sussex, 2021 Vinyl Me Please Classics Pressing)

Well seeing as this just turned up it seems to be the right time to post here!

 

[Rip_City]

27th August - Pay Day!
Show us your latest record purchase.

Dirty Three - Ocean Songs

Went record shopping yesterday, picked up two new and two used. This is the last item I grabbed to pay for at the owner's table.
This month's update for Fresh Grabs is going to be large again...

 

[jamieanderson1968]

27th August - Pay Day!

Show us your latest record purchase.

Lou Donaldson - Sunny Side Up (Blue Note Connoisseur Series)