June 2020 Record Challenge Thread (The RAFFLE continues!)
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tvham
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Day 23: Wear your art on your sleeve
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Jellyfish is one of the most underrated bands of the 90’s, not only was their sound unique but they had a fantastic sense of style when it came down to their releases. Bellybutton has a cool cover that expands to show the full picture that’s teased on the front.
I also really dig the back sleeve and labels on the records themselves
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Jellyfish is one of the most underrated bands of the 90’s, not only was their sound unique but they had a fantastic sense of style when it came down to their releases. Bellybutton has a cool cover that expands to show the full picture that’s teased on the front.
I also really dig the back sleeve and labels on the records themselves
MadLucas
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DAY 22 - FAVORITE GENRE
I'm not 100% comfortable with this category.
Because of my research and experience through ethnomusicology, it is my firm belief that all music fits into exactly two categories, regardless of style:
1. Music that is familiar
2. Music that is unfamiliar
When I dug through my roughly 1700 or so records, I did notice that there were surpluses and dearths of certain styles. A lot of my classical music is on compact disc, so I don't have a ton to choose from there yet. However, I have a phenomenal collection of what many people would consider "indie rock" or "modern rock."
You know what's so frustrating about these terms? They tell you absolutely nothing about what the bands themselves sounds like. There is almost no continuity between bands like Ocean Blue, Morphine, Mooney Suzuki, Sonic Youth, Mountain Goats...
To say that is a style that I own the most of would more than likely be accurate. But it does discount my other interests.
For today's challenge, I picked an album that I believe to be all over the place musically. You hear George Martin, Esquivel, Cabaret, Duke Ellington, deep house, Gainsbourg, Isaac Hayes, Samba... Many songs are combinations of some of those things.
Some of their albums are heavier rock.
Some are techno.
Some are folkier.
This album is a compilation of songs previously released in Japan. A very fine mixtape showing the range and depth of this band as they were being introduced to the US in the mid-90's.
If you have never heard it, I hope you seek it out. My favorite tracks are "Happy Sad" and "Sweet Thursday."
Deeper listening for songs like "If I Were a Groupie," "Airplane," and the Saint Etienne remix of "Peace Music" are encouraged.
I'm not 100% comfortable with this category.
Because of my research and experience through ethnomusicology, it is my firm belief that all music fits into exactly two categories, regardless of style:
1. Music that is familiar
2. Music that is unfamiliar
When I dug through my roughly 1700 or so records, I did notice that there were surpluses and dearths of certain styles. A lot of my classical music is on compact disc, so I don't have a ton to choose from there yet. However, I have a phenomenal collection of what many people would consider "indie rock" or "modern rock."
You know what's so frustrating about these terms? They tell you absolutely nothing about what the bands themselves sounds like. There is almost no continuity between bands like Ocean Blue, Morphine, Mooney Suzuki, Sonic Youth, Mountain Goats...
To say that is a style that I own the most of would more than likely be accurate. But it does discount my other interests.
For today's challenge, I picked an album that I believe to be all over the place musically. You hear George Martin, Esquivel, Cabaret, Duke Ellington, deep house, Gainsbourg, Isaac Hayes, Samba... Many songs are combinations of some of those things.
Some of their albums are heavier rock.
Some are techno.
Some are folkier.
This album is a compilation of songs previously released in Japan. A very fine mixtape showing the range and depth of this band as they were being introduced to the US in the mid-90's.
If you have never heard it, I hope you seek it out. My favorite tracks are "Happy Sad" and "Sweet Thursday."
Deeper listening for songs like "If I Were a Groupie," "Airplane," and the Saint Etienne remix of "Peace Music" are encouraged.
BjorgenFjorgen
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I think I've only actually listened to this album once or twice, but it's gotta be the most beautiful art I've seen in ages.
Fleetwood-Matt
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Day 23 - Sleeves
Psychonauts Soundtrack
I know I played this just last month for the Challenge thread but it's the coolest sleeve I have! The brain section of it is a wheel you can turn and it has different references to the game on them
Psychonauts Soundtrack
I know I played this just last month for the Challenge thread but it's the coolest sleeve I have! The brain section of it is a wheel you can turn and it has different references to the game on them
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 20: COVID RSD
Kevin Morby - Beautiful Strangers b/w No Place to Fall
I'm not a huge RSD fan -- getting up early, people elbowing you out of the way, general overindulgence in consumerist culture -- but I do attend sometimes to try to help out my local shops when I can. In spring 2017, I had just heard Kevin Morby's record from the previous year, Singing Saw, and it was the first new album in a pretty long time with which I got really obsessed. My girlfriend bought me it and his debut for my birthday about a month earlier, and on RSD I went to pick up this 7" as well as an Iron & Wine single. Those were the first records I'd bought in several years, as I'd moved around a lot in the previous decade and hadn't had a good spot to set up my stereo for a while, but I'd recently gotten my own place and thought it would be nice to get back into it a bit. Then he put out City Music, I eventually found the VMP version, which led me to all you fine folks! And I got way more back into collecting than I thought I would. Thanks a great deal to this charity 7"!
Kevin Morby - Beautiful Strangers b/w No Place to Fall
I'm not a huge RSD fan -- getting up early, people elbowing you out of the way, general overindulgence in consumerist culture -- but I do attend sometimes to try to help out my local shops when I can. In spring 2017, I had just heard Kevin Morby's record from the previous year, Singing Saw, and it was the first new album in a pretty long time with which I got really obsessed. My girlfriend bought me it and his debut for my birthday about a month earlier, and on RSD I went to pick up this 7" as well as an Iron & Wine single. Those were the first records I'd bought in several years, as I'd moved around a lot in the previous decade and hadn't had a good spot to set up my stereo for a while, but I'd recently gotten my own place and thought it would be nice to get back into it a bit. Then he put out City Music, I eventually found the VMP version, which led me to all you fine folks! And I got way more back into collecting than I thought I would. Thanks a great deal to this charity 7"!
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 21: Asia
Shin Joong Hyun - Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: the Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974
I've had a huge soft spot for Korean music since I lived there to teach in my mid twenties. I had never heard of this guy until last fall, though, browsing the Light in the Attic back catalogue. Psych and folk rock, the worlds he mainly lived in, are two of my favourite genres so I had to check it out. Apparently this guy got his start playing for American GI's after the war and became a guitarist/songwriter/producer extraordinaire for the next twenty years, including some embattled ones with the government. At one point they told him to write a song in praise of the dictatorial leader at the time and he responded with this title track, instead a soaring epic about the natural wonders of the country.
Another record he produced and played on, Kim Jung Mi's Now, was also reissued by LITA in the early part of the last decade, though it's long sold out. Her song "The Sun (Haenim)" is on this comp, and it's also a truly incredible record. Highly recommended.
Shin Joong Hyun - Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: the Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974
I've had a huge soft spot for Korean music since I lived there to teach in my mid twenties. I had never heard of this guy until last fall, though, browsing the Light in the Attic back catalogue. Psych and folk rock, the worlds he mainly lived in, are two of my favourite genres so I had to check it out. Apparently this guy got his start playing for American GI's after the war and became a guitarist/songwriter/producer extraordinaire for the next twenty years, including some embattled ones with the government. At one point they told him to write a song in praise of the dictatorial leader at the time and he responded with this title track, instead a soaring epic about the natural wonders of the country.
Another record he produced and played on, Kim Jung Mi's Now, was also reissued by LITA in the early part of the last decade, though it's long sold out. Her song "The Sun (Haenim)" is on this comp, and it's also a truly incredible record. Highly recommended.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Wednesday (24) – Adulthood: Tastes are refined, do you still listen to the same things or have they changed, play something you currently are enjoying
I listened to the best music when I was a kid. I listen to the best music as an old man. Ain't never gonna change...
Bought this copy my junior year of high school when it was released...
Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Live Rust
I listened to the best music when I was a kid. I listen to the best music as an old man. Ain't never gonna change...
Bought this copy my junior year of high school when it was released...
Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Live Rust
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Poly-Rythmo
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Day 24 - adulthood
The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
Not sure if it's a midlife crisis but the past few years have all been about jazz for me. I liked it in the past but nowadays it hoovers up about a third of my purchases. This is an album I love but couldn't imagine listening to as a teenager. This was a cracking PIF from @BazookaTooth
The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
Not sure if it's a midlife crisis but the past few years have all been about jazz for me. I liked it in the past but nowadays it hoovers up about a third of my purchases. This is an album I love but couldn't imagine listening to as a teenager. This was a cracking PIF from @BazookaTooth
RowBearToe
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Day 24 - Adulthood: Tastes are refined, do you still listen to the same things or have they changed, play something you currently are enjoying
Durand Jones & The Indications - Durand Jones & The Indications
As I mentioned on favorite genre day, after college and into my late 20's my tastes really changed, or I guess more so expanded to include a lot of music I enjoyed, but didn't really focus on before. Soul/Funk/Blues is the biggest area that I dove headfirst into, whether that be classic music from the 60's and 70's or new stuff like this one. This album is in my top 10 all time, I just can't get enough of it!
Durand Jones & The Indications - Durand Jones & The Indications
As I mentioned on favorite genre day, after college and into my late 20's my tastes really changed, or I guess more so expanded to include a lot of music I enjoyed, but didn't really focus on before. Soul/Funk/Blues is the biggest area that I dove headfirst into, whether that be classic music from the 60's and 70's or new stuff like this one. This album is in my top 10 all time, I just can't get enough of it!
dhodo
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Day 23 - Cool Cover
Dr. John - In The Right Place
This is just a unique cover layout. Never seen another one like this. The opening for the record is on the left side and the name is on the right side. Then, there is an unconventional trifold that folds out from behind. Not sure why the double sawcut was necessary at whatever record store did that either. The artist is the same as Eat A Peach, James Flournoy Holmes.
Also, Dr. John + The Meters is amazing and I don't understand why this album is underrated.
Dr. John - In The Right Place
This is just a unique cover layout. Never seen another one like this. The opening for the record is on the left side and the name is on the right side. Then, there is an unconventional trifold that folds out from behind. Not sure why the double sawcut was necessary at whatever record store did that either. The artist is the same as Eat A Peach, James Flournoy Holmes.
Also, Dr. John + The Meters is amazing and I don't understand why this album is underrated.
dhodo
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Day 24 - Old
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
I try to keep broadening my musical tastes, but still enjoy plenty from when I was younger. Although I enjoyed and appreciated jazz, I never really used to search for specific albums that I like or listen to it in my personal time until around 7 years ago.
I'm surprised nobody picked any of these for gatefold day.
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
I try to keep broadening my musical tastes, but still enjoy plenty from when I was younger. Although I enjoyed and appreciated jazz, I never really used to search for specific albums that I like or listen to it in my personal time until around 7 years ago.
I'm surprised nobody picked any of these for gatefold day.
sahomerrocks
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Monday (22) – Your Personal Favorite Genre day
Dogleg - Melee
I wouldn't say emo is my favorite genre, but it's been with me as long as I've been a music obsessive. There are great emo albums released every year, but this year seems especially strong for the genre.
Dogleg - Melee
I wouldn't say emo is my favorite genre, but it's been with me as long as I've been a music obsessive. There are great emo albums released every year, but this year seems especially strong for the genre.
sahomerrocks
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Tuesday (23) – Wear your art on your sleeve, some records come with some cool record sleeves, let’s see your most unique one
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Inner sleeve is a fan club enrollment form on the front and a merch order form on the back.
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Inner sleeve is a fan club enrollment form on the front and a merch order form on the back.