December 2020 Challenge Thread: Let's Go Out With A Bang (The return of the raffle!)

Day 7: Cool Story, Bro
Whether it's the story behind the album or music itself, or you getting the record or into the musician. Just give us a cool story!

Setting - The Myrtle Beach Martinique pool.
Time - 2PMish.
Date - 9/21/1995.

We're lounging around the pool. The wife and kids decide they're hungry and go up to the room. I stay behind.

I notice a gentleman straight across from me on the other side. Hmmm. Something about this guy is really familiar. He's got on aviator sunglasses, has really long hair and is skinny. I mean, he looks like he's ill kinda skinny. Who is this guy? I know him but something's different, something's changed. It's the hair. Is it? No, it couldn't be. Why would it be? Especially here?

He gets up, grabs his towel and heads into the lobby. I follow. He goes to the front desk and asks where he should drop off his towel. I hear the voice. Holy hell - it is him. Again, why here?

He heads toward the elevator. Again, I follow. The door opens and he and I get on.

Me: Is that you Iggy?
Iggy Pop: Yeah, it's me, man.
Me: What the hell are you doing here?

And so began my conversation with Iggy Pop between the 1st and 14th floor. Why he was there - his folks had retired from Detroit to Myrtle Beach and he came to see them. For a fleeting moment, I wondered why Iggy wouldn't stay with his parents while visiting, but then I remembered - IT'S IGGY POP! HE"S GOT ROCK DEBAUCHERY STUFF TO DO! I told him about the last time I'd seen him live (1988) and asked why he played the SE so rarely. In his words, "The South doesn't quite know how to take me." I thanked him for all the music and he thanked me for loving it. The doors opened, Iggy said, "Good talking, man. I'll see you around." and was gone.

That was a good day.

Here's the record Iggy was supporting on that show in 1988. Side note - the opener was some ragtag outfit named Jane's Addiction that had just released a record called Nothing's Shocking.

Iggy Pop - Instinct

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Day 8: Strangs
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? A fiddle has straaanngs. Play something with a string section.

The first string band that captured my imagination way back in the 70's.

If you don't like psychedelic Baroque chamber music, well, we may have issues.



The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer

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Day 9: Most Valuable
Play your most valuable record, cost-wise or valuable to you personally

Old story. Told it before. Don't have a better one at the moment.

The most valuable record in my collection is probably the one I paid the least amount of money to obtain.

Reader's Digest version - Out with the wife and mother in law on a Saturday morning. They see a yard sale. They want to stop. I oblige. It's your usual yard sale trash. I spy a box of records under a table. They are utter and complete garbage. Except for the last one.

I pay my 50¢ and head home with my white label promo copy of The Doors first album in mono.

On Discogs, 23 have, 878 want. A G+ copy sold for $450. I saw a VG- copy listed for $1200 on eBay a few years back. Mine's better.

Just another item in the music bunker that I tell my wife is part of the insurance policy.

The Doors - S/T Mono White Label Promo

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Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
Day 7: Cool Story, Bro
Whether it's the story behind the album or music itself, or you getting the record or into the musician. Just give us a cool story!

Setting - The Myrtle Beach Matinique pool.
Time - 2PMish.
Date - 9/21/1995.

We're lounging around the pool. The wife and kids decide they're hungry and go up to the room. I stay behind.

I notice a gentleman straight across from me on the other side. Hmmm. Something about this guy is really familiar. He's got on aviator sunglasses, has really long hair and is skinny. I mean, he looks like he's ill kinda skinny. Who is this guy? I know him but something's different, something's changed. It's the hair. Is it? No, it couldn't be. Why would it be? Especially here?

He gets up, grabs his towel and heads into the lobby. I follow. He goes to the front desk and asks where he should drop off his towel. I hear the voice. Holy hell - it is him. Again, why here?

He heads toward the elevator. Again, I follow. The door opens and he and I get on.

Me: Is that you Iggy?
Iggy Pop: Yeah, it's me, man.
Me: What the hell are you doing here?

And so began my conversation with Iggy Pop between the 1st and 14th floor. Why he was there - his folks had retired from Detroit to Myrtle Beach and he came to see them. For a fleeting moment, I wondered why Iggy wouldn't stay with his parents while visiting, but then I remembered - IT'S IGGY POP! HE"S GOT ROCK DEBAUCHERY STUFF TO DO! I told him about the last time I'd seen him live (1988) and asked why he played the SE so rarely. In his words, "The South doesn't quite know how to take me." I thanked him for all the music and he thanked me for loving it. The doors opened, Iggy said, "Good talking, man. I'll see you around." and was gone.

That was a good day.

Here's the record Iggy was supporting on that show in 1988. Side note - the opener was some ragtag outfit named Jane's Addiction that had just released a record called Nothing's Shocking.

Iggy Pop - Instinct

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That's an awesome story! and it was on my birthday (my 7th birthday...haha sorry, had to point that out)
 
Day 9: Most Valuable - Play your most valuable record, cost-wise or valuable to you personally

Saba - Care For Me

Whether I sort by Min ($100), Median ($205), or Max ($337), this album (that I bought second-hand for $16) is the most valuable in my collection. When it first came out I never would have guessed that would be the case. Just crazy!haha

 
Day 9 - Most Valuable
billy woods / Kenny Segal - Hiding Places

All of my billy woods and Armand Hammer albums are up there in my most valuable because they go out of print, even though they are seeing reissues, those sell out too. This one is a little lower on my median but I haven't played it in a while so I went for it. Supposedly someone paid £300 for it recently, which is my highest max at the moment, with the deluxe Terror Management, from the same year at my highest median.

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A wink at @RowBearToe's Strangs pick in that song.
 
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Catch up post
Day 7: Cool Story, Bro
Whether it's the story behind the album or music itself, or you getting the record or into the musician. Just give us a cool story!
so we all had a friend at school who’s older brother gave them access to cool records , so as a 10 year old I was introduced to the joys of Zep,Sabbath,Purple and this lot, the mighty Rush - thank you Mr Mark Shilvocks brother wherever you may be

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Day 9: Most valuable

Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade

The green one is my actual most valuable record, but it doesn't get played and has been framed almost since I got it. The white one is my player copy. This was one of the first records I ever fell in love with and had a huge role in me learning how to play guitar, so the pair are probably my most valuable records sentimentally, too. (And #43 on my all-time list.)

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dhodo said:
Day 9 - Most Valuable
billy woods / Kenny Segal - Hiding Places

All of my billy woods and Armand Hammer albums are up there in my most valuable because they go out of print, even though they are seeing reissues, those sell out too. This one is a little lower on my median but I haven't played it in a while so I went for it. Supposedly someone paid £300 for it recently, which is my highest max at the moment, with the deluxe Terror Management, from the same year at my highest median.

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A wink at @RowBearToe's Strangs pick in that song.
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At first I couldn't figure out what you were referring to with my Strangs pick, then I heard the "I don't wanna go see Nas with an orchestra at Carnegie Hall" line. Awesome correlation there! Funny thing is it wasn't at Carnegie Hall, it was at the Kennedy Center. But Kennedy Center doesn't rhyme so we'll give him a pass haha
 
RowBearToe said:
At first I couldn't figure out what you were referring to with my Strangs pick, then I heard the "I don't wanna go see Nas with an orchestra at Carnegie Hall" line. Awesome correlation there! Funny thing is it wasn't at Carnegie Hall, it was at the Kennedy Center. But Kennedy Center doesn't rhyme so we'll give him a pass haha
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You're right, not the same concert, just the same idea. He did perform at Carnegie Hall with an orchestra in 2012 along with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, that might be what he was referring to.

Not trying to knock your pick, just thought that was funny when it came on as I was listening!
 
Day 9: Most Valuable
Play your most valuable record, cost-wise or valuable to you personally

I'm leaving it sealed today. It's one of my all time favorite records (definitely made my Top 50) and would quite possibly make the "20" of my hypothetical 5-10-15-20. It's also the only record I've ever paid three digits for (and there's only two or three on my want list I'd actually go over $100 for at this point). It's at a 61 have / 416 want ratio and it seems the last ten copies to be sold on Discogs occurred over a four year span - none of which went for less than $200. It's a truly difficult record to find, which given when the music was recorded and its target audience at the time makes a lot of sense.

I'm saving the shrink wrap breaking for some undetermined day in the future when I really, truly need it. However, I'll be thrilled to stream it today or any time. It, in combination with Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, really changed my approach to music in general and in many ways how I approach the world. It's financially my most valuable but also personally, and if finances and circumstances allow I'd love to get an open player copy to add to the collection too.

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dhodo said:
You're right, not the same concert, just the same idea. He did perform at Carnegie Hall with an orchestra in 2012 along with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, that might be what he was referring to.

Not trying to knock your pick, just thought that was funny when it came on as I was listening!
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Oh cool, I didn't realize he did a show at Carnegie too, I thought the Kennedy Center show was the only one. I knew you weren't knocking it, definitely funny that it was mentioned and I had just posted it yesterday haha
 
waruv said:
Day 9: Most Valuable
Play your most valuable record, cost-wise or valuable to you personally

I'm leaving it sealed today. It's one of my all time favorite records (definitely made my Top 50) and would quite possibly make the "20" of my hypothetical 5-10-15-20. It's also the only record I've ever paid three digits for (and there's only two or three on my want list I'd actually go over $100 for at this point). It's at a 61 have / 416 want ratio and it seems the last ten copies to be sold on Discogs occurred over a four year span - none of which went for less than $200. It's a truly difficult record to find, which given when the music was recorded and its target audience at the time makes a lot of sense.

I'm saving the shrink wrap breaking for some undetermined day in the future when I really, truly need it. However, I'll be thrilled to stream it today or any time. It, in combination with Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, really changed my approach to music in general and in many ways how I approach the world. It's financially my most valuable but also personally, and if finances and circumstances allow I'd love to get an open player copy to add to the collection too.

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If you're mentioning this in the same breath as Back to Black I need to check it out!
 
RowBearToe said:
If you're mentioning this in the same breath as Back to Black I need to check it out!
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They're very different albums, and Back to Black is in all measures the better album - higher emotional content, a lot more going on musically, and Amy was transcendent as a vocalist (AFF is exceptional too but not Amy), but OCITS is an absolutely beautiful piano+vocal album. I think it's in my two or three most played albums ever and it's got what I consider a very timeless element. There's a lot of ties into my personal life and musical journey as well in terms of what I appreciate in music and, honestly, discovering and listening to more female musicians in her work and the viewpoints they bring.

If you want to sample the album, I'd give the trio of The Minnow and the Trout, Rangers, and Almost Lover (the "hit" of the bunch) a shot. I really liked her follow up album too, and then I think her interests changed which was fine.
 
Catch up Day 8: Strangs
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? A fiddle has straaanngs. Play something with a string section.
lotta strings on this album - but still can’t disguise the loss of a good guitar player - not a bad album tbh but his solo career is incredibly dull in the main

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Day 9: Most Valuable

One of the great things about Pearl Jam shows is the fundraisers that happen before them. The Wishlist Foundation is a fan-run group that runs preparties before each show and donates proceeds to causes that the band supports. The proceeds come from fans who donate a raffle items, I've donated a few posters over the years.

Back in 2009 before the San Diego show here, I went to the fundraiser and picked this up in the raffle. Pretty good for a $5 ticket, and it also sparked my resurgence in vinyl collecting. For more info on wishlist, you can check them out here: Wishlist Foundation – a Pearl Jam fan-run nonprofit

Pearl Jam ~ Ten "Super Deluxe" box set.

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Day 07: Cool Story, Bro
Whether it's the story behind the album or music itself, or you getting the record or into the musician. Just give us a cool story!
We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs

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this site sums up the story behind this album better than I could...
Losing someone you love or care about is a moment that every human being endures at some time of their life; it is often described as a period of grief that takes enough time to overcome and it is represented in many ways depending on the people it affects. For Australian post-metal band We Lost The Sea, tragedy struck hard when their singer and friend, Chris Torpy, took his own life in early 2013. The band decided to move on and carry the legacy of their fallen brother; reinventing themselves with their 2015 release Departure Songs, creating a powerful and emotional album dedicated to real people whose lives ended in tragic events, telling the story of 4 events without a single word to be spoken. This is a tribute to human achievements, failures and losses; with glimpses of hope to be found on its devastating, yet beautiful sound.

You can read about the amazing stories behind each of the individual tracks here.

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We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs, an Analysis Of - CTEBCM: Can This Even Be Called Music?

Losing someone you love or care about is a moment that every human being endures at some time of their life; it is often described as a period of grief that takes enough time to overcome and it is represented in many ways depending on the people it affects. For Australian post-metal band We Lost …
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