Yeah by all accounts it seems like the same reissue you could find everywhere ~10 years ago. Same story with Zen Arcade. I can't find any rhyme or reason to it. They're just leaving money on the table (not to mention exposing more people to these classics).
Zen Arcade is on my list as well.
That one I did get back in the day. Good stuff, same quality as the Minutemen it seems.
Nice haul! What do you think of the new War on Drugs album?
Thanks! Yeah, I have only listened to it a few times thus far but I am really enjoying it. I feel like with each record they’ve slightly refined their sound a bit more. The recording is impeccable and the record spunds fantastic. I feel like this album is similar to their last in that Atlantic gives them whatever they want from a support standpoint and Adam takes full advantage it. Making big sweeping epic music. It feels like if they were around in the 1980s they would have filled stadiums. I appreciate their willingness to go big while still seeming like a band of low key session musicians. I probably prefer their earlier Lower-fi albums a bit more overall (I am a lo-fI kinda guy) but I feel like if they had the ability to make their first 3 albums sound like their last 2 they would have in a heart beat.
That Jeremy James Meyer album is really good.
That signed Boldy !! Im closing in on dropping $100 for one ( not signed)... I keep talking myself out of it though.
but I might have saved the best for last, at least one of the holiest of holy grails. This album (well, the b side, Saf Mounadem) is Orchestre Baobab before they were called that. Got it for a v reasonable price from the always excellent Superfly Records. Happy days... 
I was literally going to message you to see if you have had any movement with the Muriel's. Mines still in delivery limbo....Muriel Grossmann - Union / Natural Time
This is becoming a nice end of year ritual with new releases from Muriel, possibly my favourite current jazz musician (although competition is v fierce). These are typically brilliant sounding, well packaged etc. Only 10 days to get through Norwegian customs too, which seems to be fast these days. Well worth getting.
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / Wish You Were Here
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead
Saw some love for these Pink Floyd reissues, and they were both cheap and available at a local so thought I'd get to upgrade my crackly 70s copies. Plus, a fabulous local artist who I've seen described as Jazz Sabbath - heavy metal-ish guitar in a kind of jazz trio. Off to see her later this month too.
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Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Manzanita y su Conjunto
Richard & Linda Thompson - Sunnyvista
The Little Simz is vying with Dave to be my AOTY so far - absolutely adore it. Plus an Analog Africa pick up, and the last of the Richard & Linda Thompsons I wanted.
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The Beatles - Paperback Writer b/w Rain
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Trois Orchestres de Dahomey
The Thompsons album and the Beatles single are both from the record shop in my home town (almost village), which I wish had been there when I grew up. Still a nice place to return to a couple of times a year. Plus one of the rarest Poly-Rythmo's out there.
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Orchestre Laye Thiam / Saf Mounadem
So much
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F'in slide shows! awesome sauce!
Glad you enjoy it. I kind of had the opposite reaction. The new album is kinda boring, though I've only listened through twice. Only the second track really stood out for me, and the rest sort of all just blended together. For me, it's also missing those long, fuzzed out guitar solos. And the pace of the songs is all just too similar. It seems like their uptempo songs all have the same BPM, drum beat, and rythym section.
Yeah, I guess I don’t really mind the whole album blending together when it comes to The War On Drugs. I kinda throw The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile, and Steve Gunn all in the same lane I enjoy the almost hypnotic nature of their music packed with guitar and reverb. I agree it’s lacking a bit in the fuzzy guitars solos. Their are a few spots that it feels like one will hit and instead they choose to beg off. I still really enjoy I Don’t Live Here Anymore it might be a step or two below Gunn’s Other You ( which is an AOTY contender for me). I don’t know where it will end up in comparison to other WOD releases but even if it ends up my least favorite, it’s still feels like a fine album.
Exactly, left me wanting more guitar, less vocals. I still need to give it a few more dedicated listens. Maybe it'll be a slow burner for me.
Have you checked out William Tyler? Kinda fits right in with those three. I love throwing that on and getting that laid back guitar.
I am aware of him but haven’t really given him too close of a listen. I assumed he was more of a John Fahey-esque primitive acoustic virtuoso type. Not that that would be a turn off, I enjoy Jim O’Rourke and Ryley Walker so I feel like I would dig Tyler’s music also but I have never given it a go.
