October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition
- Thread starter Wicked Dreamer
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TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 21: “Unchained Melody”
play a record you have more than one copy of
George Benson - Breezin’
Typically I don’t like to keep doubles of albums mainly because I don’t have the space. I do frequently upgrade when I can and this is a primary recent example. Over the summer I spent way too much time listening to Yacht Rock while sipping white wine spritzers and perfectly knotting the arms of my cable knit sweater over my Izod Polo (with a popped collar, of course). This meant, along with partaking in some of the finest cocaine Colombia had to offer; that I also listened to copious amounts of George Benson’s Breezin’. Thankfully I was able to find a decent copy for a single dollar at my local record store. This peasant copy was able to tide me over until I lucked into a PIF of the far superior MoFi pressing. I will likely be moving on from the Standard pressing but in the meantime here I am with two copies.
play a record you have more than one copy of
George Benson - Breezin’
Typically I don’t like to keep doubles of albums mainly because I don’t have the space. I do frequently upgrade when I can and this is a primary recent example. Over the summer I spent way too much time listening to Yacht Rock while sipping white wine spritzers and perfectly knotting the arms of my cable knit sweater over my Izod Polo (with a popped collar, of course). This meant, along with partaking in some of the finest cocaine Colombia had to offer; that I also listened to copious amounts of George Benson’s Breezin’. Thankfully I was able to find a decent copy for a single dollar at my local record store. This peasant copy was able to tide me over until I lucked into a PIF of the far superior MoFi pressing. I will likely be moving on from the Standard pressing but in the meantime here I am with two copies.
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avecigrec
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Day 21: “Unchained Melody”
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra – The Magic City
I usually pass along duplicates but in this instance I won't...
I was very thrilled to pick up an impulse! pressing of this one for a good price from a local cat a little over a year ago - he actually saw Sun Ra here way back when and it was cool to hear him tell of the experience. A few months ago I picked up the Cosmic Myth Records "Definitive Remastered and Expanded Stereo Version" as well since I have every other one of their reissues and this one comes with some bonus material. I haven't actually spun it until now, though - so this is a great excuse!
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra – The Magic City
I usually pass along duplicates but in this instance I won't...
I was very thrilled to pick up an impulse! pressing of this one for a good price from a local cat a little over a year ago - he actually saw Sun Ra here way back when and it was cool to hear him tell of the experience. A few months ago I picked up the Cosmic Myth Records "Definitive Remastered and Expanded Stereo Version" as well since I have every other one of their reissues and this one comes with some bonus material. I haven't actually spun it until now, though - so this is a great excuse!
Wicked Dreamer
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Day 22: Me Against the World
The first artist to have a #1 album while serving a prison sentence, a fun fact I brought up in another vinyl challenge earlier this year:
The first artist to have a #1 album while serving a prison sentence, a fun fact I brought up in another vinyl challenge earlier this year:
avecigrec
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Also his best album.
Wes C. Attle
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Day 18: Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814
play a record of all killer, no filler
Crowded House - Woodface
play a record of all killer, no filler
Crowded House - Woodface
Turbo
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Day 21: “Unchained Melody”
play a record you have more than one copy of
New Order "Power Corruption & Lies" (1983 Factory, Canadian pressing)
I have a few copies of this one. Pulled one out of the box I'm eventually bringing to my local, but the other two are staying for now. Two of these are original Canadian pressings. I ended up getting a second copy because I wanted a clean one and I love the mastering so much. The one I'm spinning is the keeper. The third is the deluxe box reissue. Mastering pales in comparison, but the set itself is pretty cool.
play a record you have more than one copy of
New Order "Power Corruption & Lies" (1983 Factory, Canadian pressing)
I have a few copies of this one. Pulled one out of the box I'm eventually bringing to my local, but the other two are staying for now. Two of these are original Canadian pressings. I ended up getting a second copy because I wanted a clean one and I love the mastering so much. The one I'm spinning is the keeper. The third is the deluxe box reissue. Mastering pales in comparison, but the set itself is pretty cool.
Wes C. Attle
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Day 19: Thank God I Found a Vision of Love
play an artist with a hot streak of multiple albums or singles
Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!
Hard to say that there’s a “bad” GBV album per se, but they were certainly more consistent and deliberate in the 90s
play an artist with a hot streak of multiple albums or singles
Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!
Hard to say that there’s a “bad” GBV album per se, but they were certainly more consistent and deliberate in the 90s
ranbalam
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Day 22: Me Against the World
play a record by a convicted criminal
...and if he does end up burning the Walmart down, he's going back.
play a record by a convicted criminal
...and if he does end up burning the Walmart down, he's going back.
Wes C. Attle
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Day 20: Ice Ice Baby
play a rap record
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
play a rap record
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Wes C. Attle
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Day 21: “Unchained Melody”
play a record you have more than one copy of
Melvins - (A) Senile Animal
They messed up on last year’s press (some songs missing and other songs appearing twice), so I have the misprint and this year’s corrected pressing.
play a record you have more than one copy of
Melvins - (A) Senile Animal
They messed up on last year’s press (some songs missing and other songs appearing twice), so I have the misprint and this year’s corrected pressing.
tvham
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Day 22: Me Against the World
play a record by a convicted criminal
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
While not convicted, I'm sure it shocked millions of people when Paul (the cute one!) was arrested at an airport in Japan carrying 219 grams of cannabis in 1980.
play a record by a convicted criminal
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
While not convicted, I'm sure it shocked millions of people when Paul (the cute one!) was arrested at an airport in Japan carrying 219 grams of cannabis in 1980.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 22: Me Against the World
play a record by a convicted criminal
David Allan Coe - For The Record: The First 10 Years
Coe put the “Outlaw” in Outlaw Country.
play a record by a convicted criminal
David Allan Coe - For The Record: The First 10 Years
Coe put the “Outlaw” in Outlaw Country.
gafacaode
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Day 21: “Unchained Melody”
play a record you have more than one copy of
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World
play a record you have more than one copy of
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World
gafacaode
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Day 22: Me Against the World
play a record by a convicted criminal
From Wikipedia: "He became a heroin addict in the 1940s, and his career was interrupted by drug-related prison sentences in 1954–56, 1960–61, 1961–64, and 1964–65; the final two sentences were served in San Quentin."
Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section
play a record by a convicted criminal
From Wikipedia: "He became a heroin addict in the 1940s, and his career was interrupted by drug-related prison sentences in 1954–56, 1960–61, 1961–64, and 1964–65; the final two sentences were served in San Quentin."
Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section
Wes C. Attle
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Day 22: Me Against the World
play a record by a convicted criminal
Ronald Isley did 37 months for tax evasion
play a record by a convicted criminal
Ronald Isley did 37 months for tax evasion
Wicked Dreamer
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Day 22: Me Against the World
Rick James - Street Songs
He served five months in the 60s for deserting the Navy and, on a much more serious note, just over two years in the mid-90s for two separate instances of assaulting & kidnapping two different women while on crack.
Rick James - Street Songs
He served five months in the 60s for deserting the Navy and, on a much more serious note, just over two years in the mid-90s for two separate instances of assaulting & kidnapping two different women while on crack.
Turbo
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How does it compare to the original?
gafacaode
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My old copy is a Brazilian pressing from when the album originally came out.
The new one is definitely better, way better.
tvham
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I didn't want to speak for you but will confirm that the new pressing sounds amazing. Can't wait to get my hands on San Francisco Days!