December 2021 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread: ‘Tis The Season Of Giving

Day 26 - Charity
Play something that engenders goodwill in you

Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness

Not really sure, but the milk of human kindness sounds like goodwill and charity to me.

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Day 26 - Charity
Play something that engenders goodwill in you

Juliana Hatfield "Weird" (2019 American Laundromat Records)
I purchased this record directly from the artist. It came with a personalized thank you note from Juliana, which made me feel great about buying the records this way and knowing that the proceeds went to her as much as possible.

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Day 27 - Unique
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument

A man playing a Diddly Bo on a song he wrote about the Diddly Bo entitled "Diddly Bo"...




Bonus clip of Steve playing another minimal string monstrosity and absolutely smokin' it...




Seasick Steve - Man From Another Time

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Day 27 - Unique
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument:
New musical instruments were specially developed for the album, and specially for the shows at the Manchester International Festival that took place in mid-2011 to introduce the album. The Tesla coil was used as a musical instrument on the song "Thunderbolt". A "gameleste", a mixture between a gamelan and a celesta which was programmed in order to be played remotely by a tablet computer, was also used in "Crystalline" and "Virus". A group of pendulums were put together, creating patterns with their moves, transmitting the movements of the Earth to the sound of a harp, making the song "Solstice".9A38131A-443F-4E60-83BA-F17FA0A388E5.jpeg
 
Day 27 - Unique
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument

I'm going to quote the lead singer band's description here:
"Lead singer Fred 04, described the idea for the band as "a fusion, a bridge between Johnny Rotten [of the punk band. the Sex Pistols] and Jorge Ben [a pioneering Brazilian pop musician who fuses funk. soul. and samba] and Moreira da Silva [a samba musician from the 1930s and '40s]"
The album features various unique instruments as
cuíca (percussion) and even an electrified cavaquinho (string instrument that's related to the ukelele).
It's a shame the vinyl pressing loped off 3 tracks from the original release on CD (from 13 tracks to 10).

Mundo Livre S/A - Samba Esquema Noise


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Day 27 - Unique
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana 🍌
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Almost all the instruments are unique since they are microtonal, but Stu also plays the zurna on several tracks. Might need to play the whole microtonal trilogy this morning!
 
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