The February Record Spin Challenge - It's All Connected, Maaaannnnn

[avecigrec]

18. Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick.

Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange


They were different labels, but this and Sunny War were both pre-ordered direct from their labels which is something I don't do very often at all - particularly for contemporary releases. In a perfect world, both LPs would also have been signed as well, but past me made a poor decision!

 

[avecigrec]

18. Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick.
Destroyer "Streethawk: A Seduction" (2001 Misra; 2010 Merge reissue)
I ordered Wire's Pink Flag from Audiopile in BC via Discogs. In the same order was this record. Massive Attack's Blue Lines was in that box too. In retrospect a pretty great order because each is a fabulous pressing on top of being excellent yet quite distinct musically.

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Audiopile is awesome! Whenever I'm referencing my semi-local around here, they are the ones I'm talking about. Their weekly new release email is one of my favourite mailing list things I receive from any source with any regularity - great write-ups and exciting music - often new discoveries I've missed along the way. Their free shipping thresholds are pretty high, because Canada, but they also let you build up towards them if you want - they'll just hold it until you've ordered enough to reach the threshold. They introduced a blowout bin to their site last year and between their Black Friday and Boxing Day sales I definitely went a bit mad, but got some absolutely killer deals!

 

[LeSamourai]

16. Play an album that someone involved in yesterday’s pick worked on (a musician, producer, artist, mastering, whatever!).

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Ariel Rechtshaid produced a song on Caroline Polachek's new album, and he produced and engineered this VW album.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 16. Play an album that someone involved in yesterday’s pick worked on (a musician, producer, artist, mastering, whatever!).

Mac DeMarco - 2
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Mac DeMarco received an engineering credit for a track that Drugdealers recorded at Mac’s home studio.

Day 17. Play an album that uses the same color as yesterday’s pick somehow (cover, vinyl, lyrics).

David Bromberg - Demon In Disguise

Both covers are shot in black and white and feature the artists showing off a big goofy grin.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

18. Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick.

Eels - Electro-shock Blues



I got the Notwist record from a store overseas who ships worldwide much cheaper than a lot of domestic sellers. More recently, I bought this from a similar overseas store, also with cheaper shipping. This was one I had regretted not buying many years ago when it was available, so I jumped at it once it was repressed. It’s a devastating but beautiful listen

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 17. Play an album that uses the same color as yesterday’s pick somehow (cover, vinyl, lyrics).

David Bromberg - Demon In Disguise
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Both covers are shot in black and white and feature the artists showing off a big goofy grin.

Day 18. Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick.
The Amazing Rhythm Aces - Stacked Deck

While back in Springfield, IL in September visiting the In-Laws I swung by some of the local record stores and picked up a few things besides the excellent David Bromberg record, I also grab this wonderful Mid 70s Southern Rock album.

 

[ranbalam]

Day 18. Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick.
The Amazing Rhythm Aces - Stacked Deck
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While back in Springfield, IL in September visiting the In-Laws I swung by some of the local record stores and picked up a few things besides the excellent David Bromberg record, I also grab this wonderful Mid 70s Southern Rock album.

Nice! I thought maybe I was the only ARA fan around these parts.

 

[ranbalam]

18. Play an album you acquired from the same store as yesterday’s pick.


My closest local store is a place called Finders Keepers. It's a vintage clothing and used vinyl store. So while they don't have any new stock, there is always a nice rotation of new arrivals. They have a great balance of fairly priced used classic rock stuff and highly priced hard to find items. It's where I got my copy of Rain Dogs, and they current have a Beatles butcher cover, second state.

Both of these were under ten bucks and VG.
Day 17 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Day 18 - The Cars - S/T

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Nice! I thought maybe I was the only ARA fan around these parts.

Over the last year or so I have been exploring a lot of that great mid to late 70s Southern Rock and really enjoy this when I came across it. The best part is you can pick up nice copies of a lot of these type of albums for less than $5.

 

[LeSamourai]

17. Play an album that uses the same color as yesterday’s pick somehow (cover, vinyl, lyrics).

Calexico - Garden Ruin

The cover of the Vampire Weekend album is mostly white with some grey and black, as is the vinyl of this record.

 

[LeSamourai]

18. Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick.

Low - Double Negative

The Calexico I just played was an excellent PIF from @zdkaiser, so now I am playing another album I got via the PIF thread, this one from @yukbon.

 

[4080]

Day 18 Play an album you acquired from the same source, store, or method as yesterday’s pick

Juvenile "400 Degreez" - same company as yesterday not exactly the same style of music! I haven't spun this fine motherfucker in a while, kind of forgot I had it, that happens a lot so I'm not surprised anymore!

 

[Wes C. Attle]

19. Play an album with similar themes to yesterday’s album.

Neil Young - Tonight’s The Night



Just as Eels’ Electro-shock Blues was about the process of grief, Tonight’s The Night was created after the deaths of two very close friends.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 18: Same Source/Store/Method

V/A - Woodstock Four



I got all four Woodstock compilations at the same time, all from the same store (Blackbyrd Myoozik here in Edmonton)

 

[Turbo]

19. Play an album with similar themes to yesterday’s album.

Tom Waits "Nighthawks At The Diner" (1975 Asylum; 2018 reissue)
I first thought of this record because it shares the "hawk" name with "Streethawk: A Seduction", which I played yesterday. But I realized the themes are also similar. Both are introspective and touch on themes of trying to find oneself in the rough world of the city.

 

[4080]

Day 19 Play an album with similar themes to yesterday’s album

Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon and Cappadonna IRONMAN - bragging and boasting and also putting your struggle into words, different parts of the country, different times, different lives and somehow everyone has a story that seems familiar. This is also just a banger and I wanted to listen to it today!

 

[ranbalam]

19. Play an album with similar themes to yesterday’s album

Day 18 - The Cars - S/T
Day 19 - Fleetwood mac - Rumors

The themes being reakups and/or bad matches.

 

[ranbalam]

20. Play anything from a different continent than yesterday’s spin

 

[Wes C. Attle]

20. Play anything from a different continent than yesterday’s spin

Finn Brothers - Finn Brothers (New Zealand)

 

[4080]

Day 20 Play anything from a different continent than yesterday’s spin

Fireballs "Dots" - So I took me a trip to Africa! A friend introduced me to Zamrock a few years back and I've been on the lookout for more ever since! Had to pull the trigger on the Anthology even if there was a good chance the titles would eventually appear separately down the road, or they'd reissue the boxset! Haven't spun this one in a while so this was a good excuse!