May 2020 Record Challenge Thread (PRIZE RAFFLE AT THE END!)
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Gavaxeman
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Nah , do two a day and you’ll be up to date by day 20
imtheocean
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Day 10: An Album that makes you YEARN
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
The heat I see in your eyes...
Peter Gabriel ~ So
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
The heat I see in your eyes...
Peter Gabriel ~ So
blissfullychaotic
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Gonna join in on this dance party
第九天： Dance the day away
Ratatat ~ Magnificent
Saw them preform in Shanghai and it was a full on dance party, can't wait to see them again some day soon
MikeH
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In an attempt to catch up...
DAY 1: first album you bought
I loved Nick Drake as a teenager and I wanted to get a turntable and his albums on vinyl when I was in high school. My parents bought me a cheap Sony TT for Christmas one year and I had their handmedown records for a bit until I saved up for this box set from the Acoustic Sounds catalogue. I think it was $60 or something total at the time which was a HUGE amount of money for me at the time but it went with me to college and beyond and still spin it today.
DAY 1: first album you bought
I loved Nick Drake as a teenager and I wanted to get a turntable and his albums on vinyl when I was in high school. My parents bought me a cheap Sony TT for Christmas one year and I had their handmedown records for a bit until I saved up for this box set from the Acoustic Sounds catalogue. I think it was $60 or something total at the time which was a HUGE amount of money for me at the time but it went with me to college and beyond and still spin it today.
MikeH
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Day 2: spooky album
probably one of my favorite album covers ever. Grabbed it on a whim at one of my local shops’ RSD sales 5 or so years ago. They only had used albums so in lieu of RSD, they would bust out lots of hard to find stuff for pretty decent prices. Such a cool album though and is pretty hard to find in good condition now!
probably one of my favorite album covers ever. Grabbed it on a whim at one of my local shops’ RSD sales 5 or so years ago. They only had used albums so in lieu of RSD, they would bust out lots of hard to find stuff for pretty decent prices. Such a cool album though and is pretty hard to find in good condition now!
blissfullychaotic
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第十天： yearning for you
Onra ~ Chinoiserie volume. 3
The beats on this album make me yearn to move back to China. I miss the people, the sights , sounds, smells, culture, I miss hot pot with friends, late night KTV binges, riding my ebike around the city late at night, the food, the high speed trains and so much more. Listening to this album brings back all those great memories and makes me want to speed up my countdown to moving back.
Onra ~ Chinoiserie volume. 3
The beats on this album make me yearn to move back to China. I miss the people, the sights , sounds, smells, culture, I miss hot pot with friends, late night KTV binges, riding my ebike around the city late at night, the food, the high speed trains and so much more. Listening to this album brings back all those great memories and makes me want to speed up my countdown to moving back.
Wicked Dreamer
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Day 10: Yearn
Tom Waits - Closing Time
I’m yearning for the days I could go out and buy records or just go outside period without having to worry about getting sick almost as bad as Tom is yearning for Martha on that song.
Tom Waits - Closing Time
I’m yearning for the days I could go out and buy records or just go outside period without having to worry about getting sick almost as bad as Tom is yearning for Martha on that song.
WhiteDahlias
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Day 10 - An Album That Makes You YEARN
I was supposed to go to this concert last Friday but the apocalypse delayed it until 2021. I'm yearning to be able to do stuff again. Also this is my first spin of the pretty Secretly Society pressing and I've been excited to listen:
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (Because it's me and I had to fit it in somewhere)
I was supposed to go to this concert last Friday but the apocalypse delayed it until 2021. I'm yearning to be able to do stuff again. Also this is my first spin of the pretty Secretly Society pressing and I've been excited to listen:
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (Because it's me and I had to fit it in somewhere)
MadLucas
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Day 10 - YEARN
This entire album is about yearning.
It's about yearning for things the way they were ("Pretty Good Year").
It's about yearning to be somewhere else ("The Wrong Band").
It's about yearning for revenge ("The Waitress").
It's about yearning for safety or forgiveness ("Yes, Anastasia").
It's about yearning to allowed to be accepted as yourself ("Cornflake Girl").
At least, these are my takeaways.
Nowhere else on the album is the yearning more palpable for me than the song "Baker Baker." Over three minutes, she lists every mistake and misstep she made to push someone away far enough that she will never be able to reach out and pull back again. It's such a stark, eviscerating self-indictment that the last words of the song ("I wonder if he's okay/if you see him, say 'hi'") when taken out of context don't mean much... but bearing the weight of the previous stanzas, the way she can barely choke out and exhale the word "hi" is enough to make this grown man have to tense his breathing and his chest to hold back the tears.
I am not ashamed to admit that.
Because I have yearned like that too.
This entire album is about yearning.
It's about yearning for things the way they were ("Pretty Good Year").
It's about yearning to be somewhere else ("The Wrong Band").
It's about yearning for revenge ("The Waitress").
It's about yearning for safety or forgiveness ("Yes, Anastasia").
It's about yearning to allowed to be accepted as yourself ("Cornflake Girl").
At least, these are my takeaways.
Nowhere else on the album is the yearning more palpable for me than the song "Baker Baker." Over three minutes, she lists every mistake and misstep she made to push someone away far enough that she will never be able to reach out and pull back again. It's such a stark, eviscerating self-indictment that the last words of the song ("I wonder if he's okay/if you see him, say 'hi'") when taken out of context don't mean much... but bearing the weight of the previous stanzas, the way she can barely choke out and exhale the word "hi" is enough to make this grown man have to tense his breathing and his chest to hold back the tears.
I am not ashamed to admit that.
Because I have yearned like that too.
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Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
Day 10: An album that makes you feel the YEARN
This wasn’t going to be my original selection but as I was MoFi’ing(I’m only in the Bs) my records today, I decided that I’m probably going to get rid of this 2009 reissue because all of the lyrics for Time For Livin’ have vanished. I think that it was a pressing issue and I’m hoping that it wasn’t a remaster issue. I think it’s the former as a friend of mine posted his copy last week and the same issue was present. There’s also another issue and I have to double check which song, but there’s actual notes missing. So now I’m YEARNING for either an original press, the 1998 reissue or maybe take a chance on another 2009 copy. This one was from a Secret Santa a couple of years ago so I technically didn’t pay for it.
If anyone has the 2009 pressing and wouldn’t mind checking if your copy has the same problems and reporting back, that would be great.
This wasn’t going to be my original selection but as I was MoFi’ing(I’m only in the Bs) my records today, I decided that I’m probably going to get rid of this 2009 reissue because all of the lyrics for Time For Livin’ have vanished. I think that it was a pressing issue and I’m hoping that it wasn’t a remaster issue. I think it’s the former as a friend of mine posted his copy last week and the same issue was present. There’s also another issue and I have to double check which song, but there’s actual notes missing. So now I’m YEARNING for either an original press, the 1998 reissue or maybe take a chance on another 2009 copy. This one was from a Secret Santa a couple of years ago so I technically didn’t pay for it.
If anyone has the 2009 pressing and wouldn’t mind checking if your copy has the same problems and reporting back, that would be great.
Poly-Rythmo
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Day 11 - record club
Fugees - The Score
The record that got me into VMP, the forum etc. So while I'm rather sceptical of record clubs, I'm glad for this.
Fugees - The Score
The record that got me into VMP, the forum etc. So while I'm rather sceptical of record clubs, I'm glad for this.
Bluecloud777
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Day 5: Cinco de Mayo. Play an album by a Spanish speaking artist
Rosalia "El mal querer"
A wonderful record by a Spanish artist. I love it a lot.
Also I got nice memories of listening to it (on streaming) while driving through the beautiful Tuscany landscape and the traffic of Florence last September. 
Rosalia "El mal querer"
A wonderful record by a Spanish artist. I love it a lot.
Also I got nice memories of listening to it (on streaming) while driving through the beautiful Tuscany landscape and the traffic of Florence last September. 
gaporter
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DAY 11 - ALBUM YOU GOT FROM A RECORD CLUB
Jason Molina - Live at La Chapelle
Sure, I could have picked a VMP record but I decided to shout out someone who actually deserves it this was the record the Secretly Store chose as their record of the month earlier this year and, as a fan of Jason Molina, I wanted to get a copy but wasn't a member. Thankfully @girlnevergoesout was able to very kindly grab one for me and send it my way. Sincerest thanks again GNGO! 
I've only gotten to listen to it once, but I'm happy to have it in my collection. It always makes me a bit sad to listen to anything by Molina, beyond just the fact that much of his music by itself can be absolutely soul-crushing, but knowing that we lost him at such a young age just makes his work even more of a gut punch. His voice already has a haunting presence to it, but to listen to him now almost does feel like hearing a ghost, or the closest thing I can imagine at least. I wish we could have gotten so much more music from him, but he left behind a stellar body of work and I know his art meant a lot to many people, including myself. RIP
Jason Molina - Live at La Chapelle
Sure, I could have picked a VMP record but I decided to shout out someone who actually deserves it
this was the record the Secretly Store chose as their record of the month earlier this year and, as a fan of Jason Molina, I wanted to get a copy but wasn't a member. Thankfully @girlnevergoesout was able to very kindly grab one for me and send it my way. Sincerest thanks again GNGO! I've only gotten to listen to it once, but I'm happy to have it in my collection. It always makes me a bit sad to listen to anything by Molina, beyond just the fact that much of his music by itself can be absolutely soul-crushing, but knowing that we lost him at such a young age just makes his work even more of a gut punch. His voice already has a haunting presence to it, but to listen to him now almost does feel like hearing a ghost, or the closest thing I can imagine at least. I wish we could have gotten so much more music from him, but he left behind a stellar body of work and I know his art meant a lot to many people, including myself. RIP
ThePakoBuelna
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Catching up!
Day 8: An Album that makes you think of flowers
Day 9: Something to dance to
Channel Tres gets me dancing
Day 10: An album that makes you YEARN
Cross post with the what's spinning thread because I posted it there instead of here lol.
Day 8: An Album that makes you think of flowers
Day 9: Something to dance to
Channel Tres gets me dancing
Day 10: An album that makes you YEARN
Cross post with the what's spinning thread because I posted it there instead of here lol.
Bluecloud777
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Day 6: Play a budget bin album
The Doors "Greatest Hits Volume 3"
Picked this up at some second hand store a long time ago. Beautiful songs
The Doors "Greatest Hits Volume 3"
Picked this up at some second hand store a long time ago. Beautiful songs
ThePakoBuelna
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Well, now that I'm here...
Day 11: Album you’ve gotten from a record club
Happy I got this when I did. Wouldn't pay those discogs prices now lol.