The April 2023 Record Spin Challenge: "Want to go around again? I do."

April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album or an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album.

I'm cheating a little bit on my own prompt, but this one feels more in the spirit of it than the stoner metal pandemic album I was eyeing for today. I really love these David Grisman mandolin albums. You can find the Japanese pressings for cheap and they sound incredible.

Statman/Grisman - Mandolin Abstractions
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Day 07: April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album or an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album.

John Prine - September 78
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If @Hemotep can bend the rules a bit I am gonna too. Obviously a Prine record on John Prine day seems like a pretty obvious choice but this live album was recorded in the late 1970s when John was making more straight ahead Rock & Roll than the the quieter singer/songwriter stuff he was more known for. It’s a fun slice of his career that is probably a bit overlooked.
 
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Day 07: April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album or an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album.

John Prine - September 78
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If @Hemotep can bend the rules a bit I am gonna too. Obviously a Prine record on John Prine day seems like a pretty obvious choice but this live album was recorded in the late 1970s when John was making more straight ahead Rock & Roll than the the quieter singer/songwriter stuff he was more known for. It’s a fun slice of his career that is probably a bit overlooked.
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Was going to spin this or possibly another Prine record. (But, I'm enjoying my Alice in Chains Dirt 30 box set at the moment)

Still thinking about what to spin for the challenge.
 
April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album or an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album.

Maybe a bit of a cheat, not quite a pandemic album, but released in memory of John. (Produced during the pandemic, and I recall its release kept getting delayed)

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Day 07: April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album AND an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album.

Two-fer

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TO OUR FRIENDS AND FANS,

For reasons better discussed in the history books, in the Spring of 2020 Gillian and I dusted off an old tape machine and did some home recording. Sometimes we bumped the microphone, sometimes the tape ran out, but in the end we captured performances of some songs we love. Five are first takes and five took a little more doing, but they all helped pass the time and held our interest in playback enough that we wanted to share them with you. We sincerely hope that you enjoy

ALL THE GOOD TIMES

– David & Gillian
 
April 8 - Buddha's Birthday. Play an album by a musician who is/was Buddhist/influenced by Buddhism, or played at one of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts

Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out

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They played at two of the concerts and were on the Beastie Boys’ label. Vivian Trimble from the band sadly passed away from cancer this week
 
April 8 - Buddha's Birthday. Play an album by a musician who is/was Buddhist/influenced by Buddhism, or played at one of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts.

Bran Van 3000 "Glee" (1997 Audiogram; 2018 reissue)
Played Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington DC 1998.

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April 9 - Rebirth. Play the album you would want to be playing during your birth in the soundtrack to your life, if you got to go around again.

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers "Modern Lovers 88" (1987 Rounder Records; 2022 reissue)
Are you ready? Because, "I Have Come Out To Play"!

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April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album or an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album
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William Tyler "Impossible Truth" - doesn't fit any of the parameters but feels like the perfect soundtrack to survive a pandemic so I'm going with it!
 
April 8 - Buddha's Birthday. Play an album by a musician who is/was Buddhist/influenced by Buddhism, or played at one of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts
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Biz Markie "I Need a Haircut" and "The Biz Never Sleeps" - Biz played at the Tibetan Freedom Concert so I'm back on track!
 
April 9 - Rebirth. Play the album you would want to be playing during your birth in the soundtrack to your life, if you got to go around again.

I thought too long about this one, but ended up on something cinematic by focusing on the soundtrack "life as a movie" idea.

Sigur Ros - Valtari
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