Fresh Grabs

[Russ I]

Your Record Store or Goodwill? I think people will sell off chunks of their collection for cash or credit to their local record store as VMP albums tend to do pretty good in the secondary market. Goodwill is strictly donation based. Most folks donate things to Goodwill don’t have much resale value. A stack of Jim Nabors record to Goodwill makes sense but someone donating over $100 worth of VMP albums is usually someone doesn’t understand what they have and what to do with it.

Or some disgusted partner (or ex-partner!) of a record collector has taken the low road!

 

[MikeH]

Stopped in a random record shop in the Catskills area today after a pub lunch. Prices were all over the place. They had a solid selection of jazz albums but some were WAY too pricey. Others were surprisingly cheap. This is what I walked out with:

OG mono deep groove pressing:


love me some of the later Chet albums @zdkaiser is kindly sending me one. Been on the hunt for this one too and finally found a copy:



This was a pleasant $5 grab. Van Gelder stamped:



And finally a Bobby Timmons OG pressing:

 

[djdavedk]

Set up to vend at a “punk rock flea market“ and lightened my crates a bit. But I did grab some deals and a shirt.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Acquisitions from the last few days:

I traded some records at my local, for things I didn’t listen to, I got the following:

ELO - Time
Bruce Springsteen / The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces
Wilco - Being There Deluxe (box went in the closet)

The original reason for going to the local was to pick up this haul:

Superchunk - Wild Lonliness
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Moon
Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

A bday present from my eldest and a stoop scoop:

McCartney III Imagined
Hurray For The Riff Raff - Life on Earth

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

 

[hamicle]

Set up to vend at a “punk rock flea market“ and lightened my crates a bit. But I did grab some deals and a shirt. View attachment 130558View attachment 130559View attachment 130560

The Sound were brilliant.

 

[djdavedk]

The Sound were brilliant.

I've been sort of looking for their records. From the Lions Mouth is supposed to be great. From what I can see, their vinyl tends to be on the expensive side, so I was pretty surprised to find this in a cheap bin.

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

Pretty excited to finally get that Moldy Peaches as it was a preorder from September.

 

[hamicle]

I've been sort of looking for their records. From the Lions Mouth is supposed to be great. From what I can see, their vinyl tends to be on the expensive side, so I was pretty surprised to find this in a cheap bin.

Definitely a good find!

I only have ‘All Fall Down’ on vinyl. Had some earlier (mid-2000s) CD reissues but sold them when I got the two CD boxsets that Demon did that collect everything up.

‘From the Lions Mouth’ is very good.

 

[AnthonyI]

It was a good day

1st, not that I'm a KISS fan by any stretch, I do like a few songs, but was never part of the army. I have always liked Beth, probably more so because of how much they hated it and it turned out to be their biggest commercial success, lol. An OG Casablanca Detroit Rock City with the Beth B Side.


And the real "shocker".........Electro-Shock Blues has been added to the collection

 

[AnthonyI]

I am a bit morbid but any time I find something like this at Goodwill my assumption is someone died and whomever was tidying up their estate didn’t know what to do with em so they ended up at Goodwill.

My ultimate nightmare, which is why I have lots of instructions and details, lol

 

[Rip_City]

February Acquisitions

PIF Claims

Irreversible Entanglements - Open the Gates
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues


A big thank you to @nolalady and @LeSamourai for the Irreversible Entanglements and Talking Heads records, respectively. Both arrived promptly and in great shape.


Ambient pickups

Harold Budd - The Pavilion of Dreams
Patricia Wolf - I'll Look for You in Others (signed)


Went to a record store for the first time in 2022 on Sunday and was shocked to see the Harold Budd reissue from Superior Viaduct on the shelves a week before its official release date. A bit pricy for a 1xLP, but upon trading in two junk records that would never have gotten play from me, I knocked the total price down to $12. Can't wait to give this majestic record a spin later down the line in the collection playthrough...this was amazing to listen to at work.
Bought the Patricia Wolf LP as part of my Bandcamp Friday purchases for February. Like the Budd record above, I also haven spun this one yet. Happy that she signed the LP at my request. Excited to see her w/KMRU + Fennesz later in March, should be a stellar set.


Current year pickups

Black Country, New Road - Ants From up There
Bonobo - Fragments
Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
yeule - Glitch Princess


Black Country, New Road's follow up is extravagant and amazing. Love this album oh so much, currently 2022 AotY.
New record from Bonobo is a jam and the red marbled pressing came out well. He's coming to Portland in March...might get a ticket before long.
LOVE the Amber Mark debut. Beyond excited to see her in an intimate venue a week before my birthday!!!
Newest one from yeule is also wonderful. Fascinating hybrid of ambient pop/glitch pop/industrial pop, which is a leap of change from Serotonin II's consistent ambient pop style. Will be seeing them in a month.


Miscellaneous pickups

Circuit Des Yeux - In Plain Speech (signed)
Circuit Des Yeux - Reaching For Indigo (signed)
Brandee Younger - Somewhere Different (signed)


All of these above are conveniently signed from having seen both in concert, also at the same venue! I'll have to post Circuit Des Yeux concert details tomorrow or in the coming days, very riveting show despite a few hiccups. In Plain Speech was purchased for Bandcamp Friday, and Reaching for Indigo was bought after CDY's show. It isn't pictured, but I also had Haley Fohr (Circuit Des Yeux) sign my copy of her album from last year, -io, but that one was acquired last year.
Brandee Younger (w/Dezron Douglas) concert was also fantastic, as I had won a drawing for a pair of tickets!

 

[Matt M]

Went on a little retail therapy trip to a couple locals, and a couple preorders showed up. Just what I needed.

Joe Henderson - Inner Urge
Lee Morgan - Caramba!
Fela Ransome-Kuti and Ginger Baker - Live!
The Red Garland Trio - Groovy
Neil Young - Harvest
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (ROG)
Elliott Smith - s/t
Laura Mauling - A Creature I Don't Know
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Brad Barr - The Winter Mission
Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse
Vincent Neil Emerson - Fried Chicken and Evil Women
Crooked Fingers - Red Devil Dawn

 

[OMC]

Who reissued the Kuti/Baker album? Want to get hot ‘n sweaty? Listen to this album!!

 

[JonnyH]

I've been looking for a good AAA copy of this one for a minute. When @OMC had the mofi in their sale thread, i decided that the price and time were both definitely right.

 

[avecigrec]

Who reissued the Kuti/Baker album? Want to get hot ‘n sweaty? Listen to this album!!

Knitting Factory

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

February 2022 Fresh Grabs

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes [Lilith]
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes [Polydore]
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey / 20/20
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel
The Damned - The Damned
Operation Ivy - Energy
Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Tripping Daisy - I Am An Elastic Firecracker
Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography by Jimmy McDonough
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

I picked up some good stuff this month. Some nice Alternative and Punk reissues. Some nice OGs; Steely Dan, Tom Petty, and The Beach Boys we’re all super clean. The Beach Boys is a twofer but I purchased more for 20/20. I already own a nice Mono reissue of Wild Honey but 20/20 standalone copies are getting a bit pricey and I was able to pick this up for $10. I have two Os Mutantes because I have been looking for a good Brazilian copy for years and finally gave up and purchased a copy that was put out by Russian label, Lilith. Of course not more than a week later my local got in a clean 2015 Brazilian reissue, so I picked up that one also. So now I have two. The two 2022 releases by Black Country, New Road and Big Thief will likely be on my AOTY short list. The Neil Young Biography was a Valentines gift from my SO (she’s the best!) and lastly I couldn’t resist picking up Bee Thousand on cassette tape it seems like the format it was meant for.

 

[OMC]

Knitting Factory

Hope it doesn’t sound too clean. It wouldn’t fit the gritty of the gig!

 

[MikeH]

Acquisitions from the last few days:

I traded some records at my local, for things I didn’t listen to, I got the following:
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ELO - Time
Bruce Springsteen / The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces
Wilco - Being There Deluxe (box went in the closet)

The original reason for going to the local was to pick up this haul:
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Superchunk - Wild Lonliness
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Moon
Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

A bday present from my eldest and a stoop scoop:
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McCartney III Imagined
Hurray For The Riff Raff - Life on Earth

Time is such an amazing album.

 

[MikeH]

Popped down to my local today since work was slow. Don’t come across this one too often but found it in the back of their stacks today!