chrisp65 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Not a single filler track, absolutely bangs start to finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 6, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Not a single filler track, absolutely bangs start to finish. I need a copy of that methinks, I'm rather low on Sparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I think I’ve got 5 or 6 and most of them are fine with some obvious weaker padding thrown in. Kimono smashes it from first to last. That copy is 49 years old and plays perfect, not a click or a hiss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Not a single filler track, absolutely bangs start to finish. Their documentary is well worth a watch - fascinating guys really 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 pretty good on first few runs through! First new album of 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 6, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2023 Cluster - Cluster II. 50th Anniversry Edition. I often post my album covers from Discogs for ease but in this instance that is my copy and from Discogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 6, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2023 Miserable weather needs a mood reversal Sonido Gallo Negro - Mambo Cósmico Mexican tropicalia witha bunch of wild influences from all over the world chucked in for good measure Cha Cha Cha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted January 7, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2023 Strange things happen... I like Bobby Gentry's voice and I was in town and as I always do, I was in HMV because of the sale I bought this for £14.99. It's a 100th anniversary of HMV limited edition which they were punting out for £25 which was always a bit much for me but at £15, yeah OK I'll have that. You would imagine that as it is in the sale, there wasn't much demand for this I've come home and stuck it in my collection on Discogs - median price - £39. It's only once sold below £35 and that was this week - £22. Very bizarre! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 If I had 50p for every time I’ve had a Gentry album in my hand, but then put it down in favour of something else, I’d have upwards of £3.50 by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 7, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2023 Ticked off an item on the wantlist today Volume 1 of The Crepescule Collection. Samplers but out by Belgian label and friends of Factory Records Les Disques du Crépuscule. This is the Japanese (Promo) version and I've just realised the Discogs entry is wrong.... nah can't be arsed Contains a New Order rarity Theme by Be Music which is a New Order pseudonym, A Winston Tong track, one from Paul Haig and the final track from the recently deceased Alan Rankine I probably paid a couple of quid over its value but I'm ok with that as it was still under £15 EDIT: A closer inspection reveals that Alan Rankine is all over this album, produced quite a few of the tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 8, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2023 Right I'm listening to this. An early Angel Olsen album, Burn Your Fire For No Witness (I think it's her second album proper.) Why I'm listening to it is another story from yesterday. I was in Jacaranda Records, just having a mooch through the racks of interest. I'm in the 2nd hand alternative second and I quickly flick past this as it's instantly recognisable and I know I have it but I have a quick thought of oh thats odd, thats the exact same version as mine, a Rough Trade exclusive repress from a few years back, wait hold on, how much? £55 are they taking the piss with that price? So I get my Discogs app out and, no they really aren't taking the piss. It has been selling quite steadily above £35 since 2020 and recently has fetched above £50 twice (£66 in one case). The price sticker tells me I paid £18.99 for it in 2019. So the next question is, how much is a bog standard black first press worth? Median price is about £12 and there are f***tons of them out there. The first press coloured variants are in the same ball park as my copy. I'll never understand this. I buy records for the music and couldn't give a crap about the colour, in fact there is an argument that black is better anyway because black is the colour of the hardening agent. My only conclusion is the cool kid record collectors are idiots Anyway, thanks to all that, I'm revisiting this album and I think it is much better than my recollection of it, so it'll be being played a little more often from now on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 18 hours ago, bickster said: I like Bobby Gentry's voice The bulk of her recording was done over a half decade, mostly on Capitol. A strong set of albums, plus slightly dull earners with Glen Campbell. Had a couple of albums, but still bought 'The Girl From Chickasaw County' The Complete Capitol Masters box. Even the demos are knockout. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Xann said: The bulk of her recording was done over a half decade, mostly on Capitol. A strong set of albums, plus slightly dull earners with Glen Campbell. Had a couple of albums, but still bought 'The Girl From Chickasaw County' The Complete Capitol Masters box. Even the demos are knockout. I have the slightly dull earners with Glen Campbell. I think that’s probably the best description of them only lifted by their voices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 9, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 9, 2023 The under appreciated third album. 40 years old in less than a month. This would have been bought in the week of release Produced by a young Ian Broudie and also has Shanker (the one one that played with Zappa, John Mcgoughlin, Gabriel, Bill Laswell, David Byrne...) on sitar This always takes me back to a gig on the tour at the Brum Odeon, I can see the swirling dry ice and Mac's red and black shirt sleeved check shirt (no overcoat - a rarity in those days.) I can still feel the excitement. Some of the Bunnymen purists hated this album and thought the change of direction was awful. These people were wrong. The band rarely if ever play any of the non-single tracks these days which is a shame It's not Heaven Up Here or Crocodiles but that is the point, they moved on but were still good. The first 4 albums are all great in their own way. First 4 albums being great is a high bar but some of the big bands of this era managed it. Bunnymen, Cure, Siouxsie all did it Anyway Porcupine by Echo and the Bunnymen and time for bed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I know the 5th eponymous album isn't generally that well regarded by Bunnymen fans, @bickster, but I bloody love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, Risso said: I know the 5th eponymous album isn't generally that well regarded by Bunnymen fans, @bickster, but I bloody love it. I don’t hate it but it’s also not as good as anything before it. It was a strange time for the band wit PdF going completely off the rails and I think that had an effect. I used to have a copy of the early demos for the album and I genuinely preferred the demos, But it’s not bad, lips like sugar and bedbugs and ballyhoo are probably my favourite tracks from it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2023 Right I'm playing this because I got a bandcamp email telling me that Rocket have just released a brand new 10th anniversary remastered edition of the album and I thought, oh I haven't palyed it in ages.That got me thinking, hold on, didn't they release a new variant only last year, so I checked... Goat - World Music was originally released in 2012, it was then repressed in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, they actually had a year off in 2019, repressed again in 2020, 2021, 2022 and now at the strat of 2023,at least one more (probably not one at all.) Very few of the variants are bog standard black and even before the 2023 variants are added to the list there are already 34 different versions of this album in 10 years but the sillyness doesn't end there. The original release date was 20th Aug 2012 and the 4 variants released in 2022 were released on Aug 19th 2022 but those aren't the tenth anniversary releases FWIW my copy is a translucent yellow 2015 variant. I love the album, the band and even Rocket Recordings would go in my list of favourite labels but come on stop flogging it to death. Free up the space in the pressing plants for some other bands... please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2023 Right no big or story here, just a great album Nick Cave - The Good Son (First press with Free 7" single - maybe erm... maybe not) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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