Wednesday, January 25, 2006
too late
It's past my bedtime, but i can't sleep.
i see that all my friends logged on to myspace and are busy there together. here, i keep thinking about digging in the cardboard boxes at the warehouse, that's what's keeping me up.
i would give up the real names, but i don't want to, even in the anonymity of this unwatched site. i love to dive in and dig for hidden stuff on cd, privately and quietly. there's records there too, but that's even harder to look through, and offers less profit. when we dug there last time, we pulled out some real nice treats, my favorite so far being The Majik, from NJ, a power pop gem.
Tonight, one of my collecting nemesis' tells me he has it. figures.
i see that all my friends logged on to myspace and are busy there together. here, i keep thinking about digging in the cardboard boxes at the warehouse, that's what's keeping me up.
i would give up the real names, but i don't want to, even in the anonymity of this unwatched site. i love to dive in and dig for hidden stuff on cd, privately and quietly. there's records there too, but that's even harder to look through, and offers less profit. when we dug there last time, we pulled out some real nice treats, my favorite so far being The Majik, from NJ, a power pop gem.
Tonight, one of my collecting nemesis' tells me he has it. figures.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Jumping Right In 2
hey.
harumi finished off nicely this evening, 3 more sides of good japanese pop/psych with the strangest lyrics to go with the 1st track of hypno-babble.
Tonight, i have finished working on a record by Them called "belfast gypsies" in which Van and the boys throw out some strong Irish garage rock. i liked it, but i wasn't inspired beyond that. It was a basic pressing on Grand Prix. seemed like a budget label, but the vinyl was nice, thick, and clean sounding. bonus.
Right now, i've got a good spin going from The Cowboys International, 1979 Virgin. called The Original Sin. nice loose late 70's psychedelic furs meets fischer-z type material. synthezisers, high toned guitars, not too heady, not too wimpy. not the strongest of its period by a longshot, but i'd listen again to see if the melodies stuck. this copy has the promo timing strip. got it from BT at the Philadelphia show. he's a good, easygoing dealer, sold it to me for 2 bucks i think. the band has 5 guys, but the one in the back has a big hairdo and a bit more eyeliner than the rest. the guy up closest must be the lead singer, he looks like Curt Smith from Tears for Fears. I'm a sucker for this type of record. never know if you're going to get a great one or a mediocre one.
on the back, they use Keith levine courtesy of Public Image Ltd. on one track's guitar parts.
i ditched a record tonight too, called Crazy Dancin' "The Bottom Line" on Greedy Records, Los Angeles. It pictures dance steps on the back cover, but doens't appear as an instructional type. it also looks like the labels first production, as its G1001., but altogether it was a wimpy disco cover band, so horrid that i don't recommend to anyone, not even fanatical deep disco dudes.
harumi finished off nicely this evening, 3 more sides of good japanese pop/psych with the strangest lyrics to go with the 1st track of hypno-babble.
Tonight, i have finished working on a record by Them called "belfast gypsies" in which Van and the boys throw out some strong Irish garage rock. i liked it, but i wasn't inspired beyond that. It was a basic pressing on Grand Prix. seemed like a budget label, but the vinyl was nice, thick, and clean sounding. bonus.
Right now, i've got a good spin going from The Cowboys International, 1979 Virgin. called The Original Sin. nice loose late 70's psychedelic furs meets fischer-z type material. synthezisers, high toned guitars, not too heady, not too wimpy. not the strongest of its period by a longshot, but i'd listen again to see if the melodies stuck. this copy has the promo timing strip. got it from BT at the Philadelphia show. he's a good, easygoing dealer, sold it to me for 2 bucks i think. the band has 5 guys, but the one in the back has a big hairdo and a bit more eyeliner than the rest. the guy up closest must be the lead singer, he looks like Curt Smith from Tears for Fears. I'm a sucker for this type of record. never know if you're going to get a great one or a mediocre one.
on the back, they use Keith levine courtesy of Public Image Ltd. on one track's guitar parts.
i ditched a record tonight too, called Crazy Dancin' "The Bottom Line" on Greedy Records, Los Angeles. It pictures dance steps on the back cover, but doens't appear as an instructional type. it also looks like the labels first production, as its G1001., but altogether it was a wimpy disco cover band, so horrid that i don't recommend to anyone, not even fanatical deep disco dudes.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Jumping Right In
hey. i'm not the best writer. but i could be a winner of jeopardy couch edition. sometimes, late at night, i pop on an occasional record to unwind. it's always something i've never heard before. the collection is just too big to worry about listening more than once.
usually, these records get taped onto minidisc for later transferral onto cd. but that would take some time. my modest collection nears 15,000 pieces of music. value is important, but not paramount. for information about my tastes, i have heavy interest in funk, acid jazz, post punk, new wave, psych (of all varieties), hard AOR rock, comedy, indie / modern rock, and groove soul/jazz. i collect in other categories like heavy metal, novelty, celebrity, cheesecake, industrial, and disco.
basically, if i haven't seen it, and its priced fair, i get it.
do you ever find yourself buying a spoken word record for some future sample that you know you will never get to cut? do you have possible gems through your collection that you bought on a record show bender but didn't play yet? do you buy more music on cd and/or vinyl than you can ever know what to do with? do you ever find yourself buying RCA Victor albums from 1955 just because you like the look of the gypsy on the cover and you know you're never going to listen. ever.
who has the time? who cares. that's the Infection.
i'm a crate digger, the Cajon Cavador. i can be found in the basements, back rooms, pawn shops, and thrifts. you can find me in any state at any time doing the 'scrape'.
i guess i am starting this blog to express my thoughts on various lp's as they come up. i have been taking notes for a long time on paper, but i figure it'd be good to share some stuff with readers who want to know.
Tonights first listen:
Argent - Argent (2nd side)
This was a nice smooth record, by rod argent from the Zombies. my descriptions will be amateur sometimes, but this record was a cross between pink floyd & moody blues without all the pomp and circumstance. the cd is out on two different versions of 2-on-1's. rod argent plays keyboards and it was better than i expected, as i only had previously ever heard the obvious (WZZO for me) classic radio hit 'hold your head up'. i would listen again on cd and i would deem this ipod / burner worthy.
Harumi - harumi (4 sided LP) Verve/Forecast 1968
I've still got this one churning. side 1 was a 24 minute double spoken word bit by Harumi and some English guy. Harumi mumbles along in lilted Japanese while the English guy intersperses super hypnotizing slow-talker mumbo-jumbo. it was hard to listen to each and every phrase, especially while trying to keep this blog typing up, but i heard a lot of strange stuff about pregnant dogs, rice cakes (for fatha!), bean curds, and Mt. Fuji looking like a big ice cream.
side 2 and 3 have some nice soft late 60's pop. it sounds like a sedated elvis costello on a late 60's string arrangement swank pop show.
the artwork on this is pretty cool, color double gatefold. harumi and his pals are on the back in blue robes.
usually, these records get taped onto minidisc for later transferral onto cd. but that would take some time. my modest collection nears 15,000 pieces of music. value is important, but not paramount. for information about my tastes, i have heavy interest in funk, acid jazz, post punk, new wave, psych (of all varieties), hard AOR rock, comedy, indie / modern rock, and groove soul/jazz. i collect in other categories like heavy metal, novelty, celebrity, cheesecake, industrial, and disco.
basically, if i haven't seen it, and its priced fair, i get it.
do you ever find yourself buying a spoken word record for some future sample that you know you will never get to cut? do you have possible gems through your collection that you bought on a record show bender but didn't play yet? do you buy more music on cd and/or vinyl than you can ever know what to do with? do you ever find yourself buying RCA Victor albums from 1955 just because you like the look of the gypsy on the cover and you know you're never going to listen. ever.
who has the time? who cares. that's the Infection.
i'm a crate digger, the Cajon Cavador. i can be found in the basements, back rooms, pawn shops, and thrifts. you can find me in any state at any time doing the 'scrape'.
i guess i am starting this blog to express my thoughts on various lp's as they come up. i have been taking notes for a long time on paper, but i figure it'd be good to share some stuff with readers who want to know.
Tonights first listen:
Argent - Argent (2nd side)
This was a nice smooth record, by rod argent from the Zombies. my descriptions will be amateur sometimes, but this record was a cross between pink floyd & moody blues without all the pomp and circumstance. the cd is out on two different versions of 2-on-1's. rod argent plays keyboards and it was better than i expected, as i only had previously ever heard the obvious (WZZO for me) classic radio hit 'hold your head up'. i would listen again on cd and i would deem this ipod / burner worthy.
Harumi - harumi (4 sided LP) Verve/Forecast 1968
I've still got this one churning. side 1 was a 24 minute double spoken word bit by Harumi and some English guy. Harumi mumbles along in lilted Japanese while the English guy intersperses super hypnotizing slow-talker mumbo-jumbo. it was hard to listen to each and every phrase, especially while trying to keep this blog typing up, but i heard a lot of strange stuff about pregnant dogs, rice cakes (for fatha!), bean curds, and Mt. Fuji looking like a big ice cream.
side 2 and 3 have some nice soft late 60's pop. it sounds like a sedated elvis costello on a late 60's string arrangement swank pop show.
the artwork on this is pretty cool, color double gatefold. harumi and his pals are on the back in blue robes.
