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What Records Have You Bought Most Recently ?

hellhound94 said:
My most recent purchase was the new Lucinda Williams release: Good Souls Better Angels. It turned out to be surprisingly good!
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Thanks, through your post I came to know a new artist (to me), and, what an excellent one! My excitement is similar to when I first discovered k.d. lang in a record shop many years ago...

 
Think the latest is probably Lilies On Mars and their great Dot To Dot from 2014. Always liked it, but since getting the vinyl a couple weeks ago, been playing it over and over... put it away for a little while, but have to keep getting it back out, kind of addicting ...


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Dot To Dot
If having to pigeonhole their music, one might define it as dreampop. But in reality the sound created by Lisa Masia and Marina Cristofalo, who produce all their records, touches with its various branches almost forty years of music and psychedelia. There is Syd Barrett, if he was put to tinker with electronics. There’s Brian Eno pop, when pop strayed more courageously towards ambient soundscapes. Elements of Cranes, Pram, Broadcast and the latest Blonde Redhead in their child like voices. But there are also hints of industrial rhythms and shoegaze guitar, as with Slowdive. So there is a whole world of sound giving life to an imaginary sidereal, both playful and psychedelic...
 
Thats the problem with my favorite record store being unavailable in Jan Feb and March while they changed locations and the past 5 weeks going on 6 because of the virus. I haven't bought an LP since my Birthday in December. I bought a new TT in the middle of April. The record store should be be opening in 10 days now that the Gov. Abbot is loosening the reins. But we haven't reached our peak yet on the virus, so I bet it will be later than planned. The Mayor and County Judge have been in meetings this week about what we will do here in El Paso, Texas.
 
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twiiii said:
Thats the problem with my favorite record store being unavailable in Jan Feb and March while they changed locations and the past 5 weeks giong on 6 because of the virus. I haven't bought an LP since my Birthday in December. I bought a new TT in the middle of April. The record store should be be opening in 10 days now that the Gov. Abbot is loosening the reins. But we haven't reached our peak yet on the virus, so I bet it will be later than planned. The Mayor and County Judge have been in meetings this week about what we do here in El Paso, Texas.
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A lot of small shops put their inventories on Discogs or their website. That is how I have been buying From one here. Do the deed on the interweb, drive to the curb and they bring it out.
 
I think my last purchase was this one:


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Supertramp ‎– Crime Of The Century
Label:
A&M Records ‎– SPJ-3647
Series:
Audiophile Series –
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Half Speed Mastered
Country:
Canada
Released:
1978
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Pop Rock, Prog Rock

I don't buy from any Record dealers in my area, as they don't offer anything worth purchasing. I only order off Discogs, and new stuff off the internet, and sometimes from my local book store.

Since it has gotten pretty warm here I don't order anything as I worry that they might get damaged due to heat in the mail truck. Nothing to do with the virus as I am a critical infustructer employee so I am working out there anyway.
 
There are no employees on the premisses so no store pickup. They are all to busy at another location setting up their large discount entertainment store.

The first store is basically all top of the line LP's. This one will have about 20 times the records plus CD's and DVD's of all persusasions. All Pre-owned of course. They may even have a few cassettes. This is where the single track 12 inch LP's will reside and the hard to find stuff. Plus the $2.99 specials. You buy them and decide whether to keep them or trash them. Absolutely no returns.

The saveable ones I float to save the sound and dub to CD and then toss. The raunchy ones I just toss. I figure the ones I can save by dubbing along with the others while tossing the rest raises the average price to about $5.50 a record, which is still a great deal. And the resulting sound is still better than what I hear off the streaming services which use Digital manipulation to try and save the recordings they are offering and failing to restore. An occasional click or small pop is better than digital manipulation any time in my book.

You have to realize I am use to paying $3.84 for premium classical records and 2.99 for pop records directly from one of the distributors back in the 60's and early. 70's when new. So the idea of paying $30.00 for a new LP just twists my being the wrong way. Its also why I refuse pay more than $10.00 for a new Blu-ray. I just wait a few months. But I broke the rule and bought the Latest Star Wars for $12.49, so there are exceptions. My son gave me his DVD copy when he bought his Blu-ray/DVD Star Wars copy to tide me over. He paid 24.95 as I remember.
 
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Latest buy that came in today:
Bo Kaspers Orkester - 23 55
(It's a Swedish pop/funk group's latest release)
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twiiii said:
There are no employees on the premisses so no store pickup. They are all to busy at another location setting up their large discount entertainment store.

The first store is basically all top of the line LP's. This one will have about 20 times the records plus CD's and DVD's of all persusasions. All Pre-owned of course. They may even have a few cassettes. This is where the single track 12 inch LP's will reside and the hard to find stuff. Plus the $2.99 specials. You buy them and decide whether to keep them or trash them. Absolutely no returns.

The saveable ones I float to save the sound and dub to CD and then toss. The raunchy ones I just toss. I figure the ones I can save by dubbing along with the others while tossing the rest raises the average price to about $5.50 a record, which is still a great deal. And the resulting sound is still better than what I hear off the streaming services which use Digital manipulation to try and save the recordings they are offering and failing to restore. An occasional click or small pop is better than digital manipulation any time in my book.

You have to realize I am use to paying $3.84 for premium classical records and 2.99 for pop records directly from one of the distributors back in the 60's and early. 70's when new. So the idea of paying $30.00 for a new LP just twists my being the wrong way. Its also why I refuse pay more than $10.00 for a new Blu-ray. I just wait a few months. But I broke the rule and bought the Latest Star Wars for $12.49, so there are exceptions. My son gave me his DVD copy when he bought his Blu-ray/DVD Star Wars copy to tide me over. He paid 24.95 as I remember.
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On Discogs you can usually buy the new releases a bit later for less than the new price, that is on some releases. And many times they are still new still sealed.
 
In the last month, locked in isolation and nearly going insane...

Anoushka Shankar, Land of Gold

Pink Floyd - Meddle, Ummagumma, Dark Side of the Moon (3 different pressings), Wish You Were Here, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by Clouds (yeah, it was a time to revisit these, all in 180 or 200 gram)

Nina Simone - Pastel Blues, At the Village Gate, Little Girl Blue, Nina Simone in Concert, Nina Simone Sings the Blues

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman, Analogue Productions

Rickie Lee Jones, Traffic From Paradise, Analogue Productions

Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions, Analogue Productions

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

I think there were a few more, but those are the ones I can think of.
 
Dmartn149 said:
I bought a tub of LP at a local auction about 2mo. ago. Most of them were crap, but one was Asleep at The Wheel, Framed. I was only familiar with them through their rendition of Hot Rod Lincoln and thought they mostly played western swing style. There is some of that on Framed, but also funk and whatever you want to call this beautiful song.
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Thanks for introducing them. Beautiful indeed!
 
I just bought a bunch of Beatles LPs, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and The White Album. I already had Sgt. Peppers and Abbey Road, so its as far as I want to go. I do not like the Let It Be LP.

I also bought Van Morrison's new LP, 3 Chords and the Truth, Peter Gabreil Melt and Peter Gabriel, Scratch.

And tomorrow, I will be getting Gerry Beckley (America) new solo LP, Five Mile Road and Jimi Hendrix's LP Are You Experienced.

About a month ago, I got some Led Zeppelin LPs, I, II, III, IV and Houses of the Holy. That is as far as I want to go with them.

Just tryin' to keep Music Direct alive, however, they have damn near run out of records. Thankfully, I have run out of ideas for new records.
 
mozcho said:
Thanks! Reminds me of his Centerfield days.
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We heard Fogerty in concert last summer with ZZ Top. He hadn't lost a step at 73 years old....sounded the same as ever....impressive! He even got his sons into the act. Great show.

Billy Gibbons sounded good when he played with Fogerty, but I thought ZZ Top as a band sounded their age.
 
mistermax said:
In the last month, locked in isolation and nearly going insane...

Anoushka Shankar, Land of Gold

Pink Floyd - Meddle, Ummagumma, Dark Side of the Moon (3 different pressings), Wish You Were Here, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by Clouds (yeah, it was a time to revisit these, all in 180 or 200 gram)

Nina Simone - Pastel Blues, At the Village Gate, Little Girl Blue, Nina Simone in Concert, Nina Simone Sings the Blues

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman, Analogue Productions

Rickie Lee Jones, Traffic From Paradise, Analogue Productions

Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions, Analogue Productions

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

I think there were a few more, but those are the ones I can think of.
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What a great collection! Anoushka Shankar especially, reminds me about her father maestro Ravi Shankar!
 
knotscott said:
We heard Fogerty in concert last summer with ZZ Top. He hadn't lost a step at 73 years old....sounded the same as ever....impressive! He even got his sons into the act. Great show.

Billy Gibbons sounded good when he played with Fogerty, but I thought ZZ Top as a band sounded their age.
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It's fantastic to hear them still active!
 
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