I love vinyl records, especially when I get them cheap as free at thrift stores. Heh heh. This blog will showcase some of the funny and bizarre stuff I've found. (and the occasional just plain cool ones) It also highlights the fashions of the time. Hope you get a kick out of them!
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
A question for my "followers"
Just thought I'd ask you guys a couple of questions:
1. Do you have a record player and/or records?
2. What would you consider some of the gems of your collection?
1a.) Yes I have one that came w/my KENWOOD system but never used it so its sitting in a box downstairs. 1b.) I own about 10 records some never played..(Ace F.,Paul S.,F.Zappa J. Garage,) 2)the Osmond's CRAZY HORSES,F.ZAPPA sealed,Ace F. singles/sealed,Paul S. singles/sealed,ANVIL BITCH self titled/clear disc,T.Amos Under the Pink/PINK disc, K.Bush the Kick Inside/marble disc.
"Crazy Horses" is a great album! I especially love their song "Hold Her Tight", which is the opener on that one. Paul Gilbert, one of my favorite guitarists, does a nice cover of it, but it isn't as good as the original.
1) Yes I have about 300+ records and a sweet vintage system
2) Oh man were do I start......... Manmade (a prog band from Montreal, Heavy Horses (Tull) that I bought back in the 70"s, How to Develop Your ESP by Alan Spragert, the first Rolling Stones record to be released in Canada. mint with poster, scored from a garage sale, I could go on and on
I know what you mean. :) I don't think I could ever pick one favorite myself. Some mean way more than others, but...?
I would say some definite 'top of the heap' albums for me are my two Emo Philips LPs and all my Huevos Rancheros stuff. They're a surf band from Calgary that always had outstanding album art to go with the great music.
I've recently sold off a bunch, so maybe I should make that 500. A gem I still have is Roky Erickson and the Aliens in VG+ condition. I also have a couple LP sized EPs of U2 that are songs not used on The Joshua Tree. I bought them while in Germany, have never seen them here in the States.
I love finding stuff not available locally. A lot of my Huevos Rancheros vinyl (mentioned above) was printed in Britain and some of it seems to be sold exclusively there, from what I can tell. Seems odd considering they're from Alberta, Canada and recorded in Seattle.
1a.) Yes I have one that came w/my KENWOOD system but never used it so its sitting in a box downstairs. 1b.) I own about 10 records some never played..(Ace F.,Paul S.,F.Zappa J. Garage,)
ReplyDelete2)the Osmond's CRAZY HORSES,F.ZAPPA sealed,Ace F. singles/sealed,Paul S. singles/sealed,ANVIL BITCH self titled/clear disc,T.Amos Under the Pink/PINK disc, K.Bush the Kick Inside/marble disc.
"Crazy Horses" is a great album! I especially love their song "Hold Her Tight", which is the opener on that one. Paul Gilbert, one of my favorite guitarists, does a nice cover of it, but it isn't as good as the original.
ReplyDeleteHere's Paul's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJUxJdabm4
1) Yes I have about 300+ records and a sweet vintage system
ReplyDelete2) Oh man were do I start......... Manmade (a prog band from Montreal, Heavy Horses (Tull) that I bought back in the 70"s, How to Develop Your ESP by Alan Spragert, the first Rolling Stones record to be released in Canada. mint with poster, scored from a garage sale, I could go on and on
"I could go on and on"
DeleteI know what you mean. :) I don't think I could ever pick one favorite myself. Some mean way more than others, but...?
I would say some definite 'top of the heap' albums for me are my two Emo Philips LPs and all my Huevos Rancheros stuff. They're a surf band from Calgary that always had outstanding album art to go with the great music.
I've got about 700 albums.
ReplyDeleteI've recently sold off a bunch, so maybe I should make that 500. A gem I still have is Roky Erickson and the Aliens in VG+ condition. I also have a couple LP sized EPs of U2 that are songs not used on The Joshua Tree. I bought them while in Germany, have never seen them here in the States.
I love finding stuff not available locally. A lot of my Huevos Rancheros vinyl (mentioned above) was printed in Britain and some of it seems to be sold exclusively there, from what I can tell. Seems odd considering they're from Alberta, Canada and recorded in Seattle.
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