May 2020 Record Challenge Thread (PRIZE RAFFLE AT THE END!)

Day 26: Discogs Random.

First roll of the dice brought up an album I posted earlier this month (Sting ~ Bring on the Night), so I figured I'd try again.

Second roll brought up this release which I just picked up on Friday when one of our local shops opened up for in-store purchases.

Thundercat ~ It Is What It Is

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Day 26: Discogs randomizer

Elder - Reflections of a Floating World

The first one that came up I had already done this month, but I was very happy that my second shake of the phone gave me this one. I just got their last three albums in the mail last week, and this is the one I haven't spun yet, so it was the ideal random pick for today!

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I am currently on the road. Just outside of Nashville heading to Michigan. I rolled the randomizer and will listen to the record it came up with when I get home. Not sure if we’re gonna stay the night in Nashville or power through for another 8 hrs.

Either way, I’m excited to spin the record that Discogs chose for me. It would be a good one if I were in Memphis today, as the band seems pretty southern-fried and has an album with a Memphis landmark in the title.
 
Day 23: An underrated gem

Timber Timbre - Medicinals

I don't know if this album is so much underrated as it is unknown. I guess it was a small run before the band got big, and then was self-re-released again in 2011 after the success of the self-titled and Creep on Creepin' On. Like the debut it's really sparse but you can see the seeds of the Northern Gothic vibes to come. "Oh Messiah" is especially great.

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Day 25: An artist you haven’t seen live but would love to be able to

I have been fortunate enough to see quite a few of the bands in my collection. Here is one that I almost bought tickets to see this summer, but at the time they were $$$ and at least a 6 hour drive away in Chicago. Now it's all moot, of course. Hopefully they will roll through Louisville one day!

Green Day - Dookie

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Day 26

Guys!!!

this is amazing!

so I just ordered an actually kind of random record off cogs because it had a FIONA APPLE with PUNCH BROTHERS song on it.

Anyhow, it came today and there were literally random records in the box. How more random can a spin get from cogs....

thus having no idea what’s getting ready to happen, I present to you:
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Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America
(It appears to be a Bob Hope style special on record)
 
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Day 25: Artist you wish you could see live
Prince - Prince

I know I can't see him live, but he is one of the biggest live music regrets I have. I was in Chicago for a weekend probably 5 or 6 years ago for a last minute work trip. I had a free night and decided to look up what live music was going on. Prince turned out to be playing with Janelle Monae opening the night I was meant to fly back to NYC. I went so far as to look up how much it would cost to move my flight and get a hotel room for another night, and on top of buying a ticket, it would have cost me about $400. I told myself I would just go see him the next time he was in NY. And I sadly never had the chance to after that.

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Day 26: Discogs Randomizer

Plain White T's ‎– Hey There Delilah (Fearless Records, 2019 First Limited 7" Pressing)

The randomizer certainly picked a good one today, as I haven't listened to this since I first got it last year. For their 25th anniversary, Fearless Records pressed 500 copies of a special 7" release on the 25th of each month throughout 2019. 'Hey There Delilah' holds a special memory for me, and when I first saw this I knew I had to get a copy. Its a killer release and one which is particularly rare as its the only reissue since its original release in 2007.

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Day 26 : Discogs Randomizer
John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads
Love this one but haven't spun it in a bit. Coltrane might be the most represented artist in my library. I hit random three more times after this and 2/3 were Coltrane albums despite having 1300+ LPs and about 700 7" ...


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Day 26: Roll of the Dice

Today’s challenge forced me to download the Discogs app once again (I’ve had it on my phone multiple times but always end up deleting it because I don’t find it user friendly). At least the app had the decency to randomly pick some soli dinner-cooking music:

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And here are half of the morels I’m cooking tonight:

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bettim84 said:
Day 26: Roll of the Dice

Today’s challenge forced me to download the Discogs app once again (I’ve had it on my phone multiple times but always end up deleting it because I don’t find it user friendly). At least the app had the decency to randomly pick some soli dinner-cooking music:

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And here are half of the morels I’m cooking tonight:

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If you ever delete it again and need to do this in the future, you can do it in browser if you are in desktop mode.
 
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