Reviews and stuff

Let's start off with the easiest one, Goat's Head Soup. I like it enough to buy a better copy... bam done.

Help!, and yes the American one. Let's see how pissed off I am by it's butchering (ha ha...) Well "I've Just Seen A Face" isn't here. Am I pissed off? Not really, Rubber Soul really benefits from it's inclusion. I don't really care for Ringo so "Act Naturally" isn't a big loss either. "It's Only Love" is also on Rubber Soul so eh... I don't care for old school r&b covers so "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" isn't bad either. It does hit me in the gut to know that "Yesterday" was taken away as well as "You Like Me Too Much" (another harrison joint but I am partial). However, I don't mind the Indian interludes so it's all good.

Stevie Wonder's Talking Book is great. It's just a classic motown record. That's pretty much all there is to say about it.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie's pretty bitching too. It's usually compared to The Man That Sold the World (because Hunky Dory is not heavy metal) and Space Oddity (because it's similar). But it's great. It's got classic bowie moments and it seems he's trying to taking on music hall and velvet underground stuff.

Ok well those are four yo.

10/1/10 Half Price and Exchange

Ok so I got a bunch of records from my friend and I also got some from half price clearance. I won't go through all of them (or most of them) in this one sitting but I will go over all of them eventually.

Lauren Records--
Hunky Dory by David Bowie --10
Low by David Bowie -- 10
Kimono My House by Sparks --18
Red Apple Falls by Smog --13

1/2 Price
Help by the Beatles -- 8
Goat's Head Soup by the Rolling Stones -- 6
Talking Book by Stevie Wonder -- 4
Edgar Winter's White Trash --1
Second Contribution by Shawn Phillips--1
Live Peace in toronto 1969 by the plastic ono band --1
Shaved fish by the plastic ono band -- 1

So I'll go through these as I get time... yeah

6/15 Antones Records

I hadn't been to Antone's in a while, I had a coupon, and I was feeling down... so I went.

This time they had a lot of good stuff in new arrivals.

Records---
Let it Be by the Beatles -- 10
Mr. Tambourine Man by the Byrds -- 8
Goat Head Soup by the stones -- 8
Horses by Patti Smith -- 13

Yeah... I guess I'm really digging the beatles right now. I really want a copy of revolver though.

Mr. Tambourine Man was a pretty sweet find at that price. They have had a reissue for about a year for 20 bucks so I'm glad I got this one cheap.

Now I've been looking for Goat Head Soup for a while, it's pretty sweet that they had a copy in pretty good condition. I look forward to star star.

Horses was the real find though. I don't usually see punk records so it's cool. Turns out it's a original pressing on artista which is cool too. Lenny Kaye, the guitarist, made nuggets. Ah... just looking at the back makes me think of the whole scene, especially sonic youth. "kool system of destine wax sculpt" reminds me of them.

I guess I'm just looking for classics, which isn't a bad thing. I'm sure I'll need something to cancel out really obscure records like the verlaines... ah well...

5/30 Half Price 5555 North Lamar

Ok... so hopefully this will be my last post in a while. This blog has made me realize that I spend way too much money on records. But then I laugh and ask myself what else I'm going to spend it on... So EVERYBODY IS A FOOL! but I'm the biggest fool of them all so it's ok.

Anyways... This store has a ton of good stuff. I think they are a little pricey though. I mean is Whip Smart on record really worth 20 bucks? Is Rain Dogs really worth 25? Anyways... they were have a 20% off sale so I don't feel so bad.

Records---

Magical Mystery Tour -- 12 (with sale)
Between The Buttons by The Rolling Stones -- 7

Once again, there is nothing to say about the beatles.

This stones record looks pretty good. Although I find it hilarious that the drawing on the back references a song that was not on either release of the album (Have you seen your mother), if only to be released on flowers.

Well.... see you in two weeks, hopefully!

5/29 Breakaway Records

I know I've already talked about them, but they have a really good selection. I mean every time I go in they have kinks, beatles, and stones. And on their expensive rack there is usually something I want. I don't remember if I said this or not but... at Breakaway, you get what you pay for. Case in point, I was looking for the white album for a friend of mine. They had two, one was ten dollars, one was four. The ten dollar one was in much better shape than the four dollar one.

Ok... so the records:
Abbey Road -- 12
White album --10
Surf's Up by the Beach Boys--5
Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens -- 5
Darkhorse by George Harrison -- 3

There is nothing I can say about the Beatles that you don't already know. I'm most interested in about help onward. I don't know, out of the 3 big british groups (beatles, kinks, and stones), I don't find myself interested in any of their really early stuff. Sure there are some good singles but eh...

Surf's Up is a more interesting subject. It's sort of a forgotten album of the beach boys (let's admit it, everything before and after Pet Sounds and not a single has been pretty much forgotten.) But it's pretty sweet because after Brian Wilson's freak out, all of the beach boys have so much more character. I mean you get to see people like Carl stepping up to the plate more, which is really cool. Also, the one track from smile (the title track) is an excellent addition as well.

Tea for the Tillerman is the album Cat Stevens is most known for. In recent years it's gotten more press because the flaming lips got sued for Flight Test sounding so similar to Father and Son. Over all the album is a pretty solid folk affair. Did you know cat stevens drew the cover????

Lastly, Darkhorse. Remember when I said you get what you pay for? Well a bunch of the jacket is ripped off... it's really weird. But anyways. This album was after a couple albums-- Live in Bangladesh, Living in the Material World. It was mediocre.. Sure it has George's signature slide work, but he had laryngitis at the time of the recording. Still... I'll probably end up listening to it a couple of times, and three bucks was pretty good, I've seen it go for around 10.

If you go to breakaway go through their recent arrivals section, they get a lot in and I found most of the records there.

5/11 Breakaway Records

Yes... another post. Anyways... This store was pretty cool. It's vinyl only so if you're looking for cds you're out of luck. They had an ok selection (better than half price worse than waterloo or antones) but they did have a lot of good records and, more importantly, their prices were really good. They also have 2, count 'em, 2 turntables for listening. Seems sort of weird for such a small store but whatever. The are pretty balanced as far as music genres: the rock/pop section was as big as the jazz and soul sections. They also had a very small punk section which included a record by the Nervebreakers. When did they get so big? it seems that every store I go into has something by them (excluding hp). They were this small punk band from the Dallas area and I have a compilation (called "Are We Too Late For The Trend") with them and a couple of other punk bands of the day. Also they did open for the Sex Pistols when they came to Dallas. Anyways... it's strange that they're getting more popularity.

Anyways on to the purchases. The white album for 12 bucks. They had a lot of early beatles records but the white album is my favorite so there you go.

I think I have a serious problem. If I go into a record store, there is a handful of records I will buy no matter what the price. Such was the case with The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. Before I saw it I was going to get the white album, Let's Get It On, and Flowers by the stones, then I saw it. The sky parted and light doth shown down on it. Let me remind you that this is in NO WAY an exaggeration. I gladly handed over thirty dollars for said record and caressed it as I would my first born child as I left the store. A review shall come another day.