I Don't Know Them: The June 2024 Vinyl Challenge Thread

TenderLovingKiller® said:
If you have an updated Discogs you can download this
apps.apple.com

‎Discographic for Discogs

‎Discographic is the best and most complete vinyl collector app currently available with Apple Music, Spotify integration & Last.fm scrobbling. Wether it’s adding a disc to an existing collection, starting a new discography or checking out album details in-store, Discographic does it all...
apps.apple.com
And they have a charts section where you can see a charts & Graphs breakdown of your collection. It’s kinda fun.
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How did you get to the chart? On my Mac if I use the app it just does charts for collection value which is useless, but doesn't let me choose to do it by artist. I haven't tried on my phone yet, so maybe that's more updated than the desktop app.
 
Wicked Dreamer said:
Day 21: Heartbreaker


Day 22: Thank God I Found You


Day 23: Loverboy


Day 24: I Know What You Want


Day 25: We Belong Together
her big comeback hit & the biggest (non-holiday) hit of her career on the Hot 100! play a comeback record

Day 26: Shake It Off


Day 27: Don’t Forget About Us


Day 28: Touch My Body


Day 29: Obsessed
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Just want to give @Wicked Dreamer a kick in the butt so I can plan what I'm spinning the next couple days.
 
Day 20: I Still Believe

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One of four new songs on Mariah’s #1’s CD, the other 3 being a cover of Rainy Davis’ “Sweetheart” with Jermaine Dupri (that was nearly a single but its release was cancelled at the last minute), “When You Believe (from The Prince of Egypt)” with Whitney Houston (which only peaked at #15, believe it or not) & a duet version of the Butterfly album track “Whenever You Call” with Brian McKnight (the weakest track on both albums imo).

Bonus: here’s the “Pure Imagination” remix ft. Krayzie Bone & Da Brat that was played on R&B radio. Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is.

Anyway, here’s my pick for today…

Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits

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Day 16: Always Be My Baby
a song that's often been acclaimed as one of her best but doesn't really do anything for me. on the flip side, play a record you love that not many other people seem to like (from your pov)


Grey Boy Allstars - A Town Called Earth

One of my all time favorite albums....it just hits the spot every time.
I bought it randomly at an antique store in remote northern Michigan in the late 90s. They had a small bin of CDs, and this had a sticker that said 'acid jazz' on it. I didn't know that genre at the time, but bought it based on the fact that I liked both words.
At first listen, it reminded me of Deodato. Prelude was an album that my parents played a lot back in the 70s. (The cover always freaked me out, that color of green on a brick wall with the harsh tree shadows.) Anyway, that was my path to all the funky keyboard jazz that I love to this day.

It finally got pressed in 2022, to my sheer joy. I always figured if I ever did a N&G ROTM it would be this album. So, that means now it can't be.
Anyway...I'm buzzed for the first time all week and probably a bit garrulous rn.

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Day 17: Forever
this song made #9 on Billboard’s airplay chart, but didn’t chart on the Hot 100 thanks to Billboard’s idiotic rules on radio-only hits then. play a record or artist you first heard through the radio

I definitely remember when they hit the radio. It was seemingly overnight, when 101.1 WRIF started playing these guys, and REM and a couple other bands that weren't all that similar to the other music being played on the station. I rejected it at first, but all these years later it's just fantastic songwriting and music making.

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Day 16: Always Be My Baby
a song that's often been acclaimed as one of her best but doesn't really do anything for me. on the flip side, play a record you love that not many other people seem to like (from your pov)

Lusine - A Certain Distance

According to a quick search, I'm the only person on this forum ever to post anything about Lusine.

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Day 17: Forever
this song made #9 on Billboard’s airplay chart, but didn’t chart on the Hot 100 thanks to Billboard’s idiotic rules on radio-only hits then. play a record or artist you first heard through the radio

Beck - Midnite Vultures

During my time as a Mormon high schooler, I had to sneak radio (getting caught usually meant a few weeks of total grounding- no friends, no tv, no music, no books). The first single from this album having "sex" in the chorus made it feel particularly rebellious...

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Day 20: I Still Believe
from her first… “greatest hits” album, this song was originally a top 20 hit in 1988 for Brenda K. Starr who Mariah sang backing vocals for around that time and was added onto that comp as a homage. play a greatest hits record (or some great hits if you’re anti-greatest hits)



Commodores - Greatest Hits

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Day 21: Heartbreaker
the most expensive music video Mariah's ever made (and imagine how much more expensive it would've been had Jay-Z been allowed to appear). play a record that either broke the bank for you or could break someone else's bank if you decided to sell it (something expensive, basically)

Bought this at a yard sale for .50¢...

The Doors - S/T Mono White Label Promo
  • Have: 307
  • Want: 1489
  • Low: $300.00
  • Median: $375.00
  • High: $450.00
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Day 21: Heartbreaker
Play a record that either broke the bank for you or could break someone else's bank if you decided to sell it (something expensive, basically)

I usually try not to spend much on a record - $80 seems to be my max, occasionally going over. So I know I wouldn't be buying this off me if I would ever sell it.

I'm not playing this because it happens to have the song "Heartbreaker" - but because I would totally price gouge if I had to sell it. The $$ value on Discogs is a bit of a mess, I think people can't really grade records properly and sell a lot of Good records as VG or VG+, so finding the real value of this specific release is a bit of a pain.

My copy isn't close to 2 Grand, but it's easily more than $100

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Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
Atlantic – SD 8236. 1969

Cut by Robert Ludwig at Sterling Sound
Pressed at Monarch Record Mfg. Co.

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Day 20: I Still Believe
from her first… “greatest hits” album, this song was originally a top 20 hit in 1988 for Brenda K. Starr who Mariah sang backing vocals for around that time and was added onto that comp as a homage. play a greatest hits record (or some great hits if you’re anti-greatest hits)

Franz Ferdinand "Hits To The Head" (2021 Domino)

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TenderLovingKiller® said:
If you have an updated Discogs you can download this
apps.apple.com

‎Discographic for Discogs

‎Discographic is the best and most complete vinyl collector app currently available with Apple Music, Spotify integration & Last.fm scrobbling. Wether it’s adding a disc to an existing collection, starting a new discography or checking out album details in-store, Discographic does it all...
apps.apple.com
And they have a charts section where you can see a charts & Graphs breakdown of your collection. It’s kinda fun.
Click to expand...

oooh, nice
 
Day 20: I Still Believe
from her first… “greatest hits” album, this song was originally a top 20 hit in 1988 for Brenda K. Starr who Mariah sang backing vocals for around that time and was added onto that comp as a homage. play a greatest hits record (or some great hits if you’re anti-greatest hits)

Mariah Carey - #1 to Infinity

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