Recent CD Purchases

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:41 pm

It's been an early Xmas for me this week.....

Stuff my parents bought for me:

Johnny Cash - UnEarthed. Just staggering. So many highlights to choose from on this one. A very inspired cover of Pocahontas and The Caretaker is bone-chilling just for the chorus "Who's gonna cry when ol' John dies?"

Tom Waits - Strange Temptation. A damn good import of Mr. Waits doing his thing in front on an adoring audience of die-hards in Austin, TX.

Tom Russell - The Man From God Knows Where. Powerful and very weird song cycle about Tom Russell's family tree. Dave Von Ronk stops the show with The Outcast where he actually outdoes Tom Waits in the Demonic Carnival Barker sweepstakes.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:52 am

The other day, I went to my local independent store to try to buy the Unicorns' CD for a friend of mine (they were sold out, again), and I accidentally bought CD's by:

All-Girl Summer Fun Band
The Wrens
The Essex Green
The Sixth Great Lake
Arab Strap
Jeffrey Lewis
Olivia Tremor Control

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:55 am

Jesus and Mary Chain: Psycho Candy
Pixies: Surfer Rosa
De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising
Ted Leo/Pharmacists: Heart of Oak
Ray Charles: Best of
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St., Aftermath, Beggars Banquet

And these arent technically CDs, but there's no "recent vinyl purchases" so:

Rockpile: Seconds of Pleasure
Live Stiffs
Dr. Feelgood: Stupidity
Ian Dury: New Boots and Panties

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:18 pm

MBA, Accidents will happen.

Pip, dem's some great records! (I'm sure yours are 2, MBA, I am just not hip enough to know any of them! Though that reminds me, did I ever ask you about the Cucumbers, who I *think* were from Jersey City?? Maybe Hoboken. Talk about your fun obscure '80s bands...)

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:54 pm

I just picked up The Kings of Leon 'Youth and young manhood' and Elbow's (who I picked to be good before they were famous...ooh clever me) 'Cast of thousands' on a 'best of 2003' type deal....

both are excellent, especially the KOL...beat the stuffings out of Spinal Crap...I mean The Darkness.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:49 am

Let It Be...Naked.

liking this very much.

except: it's too bloody short. 30+ minutes???? grrrrr.
the title is stooopid.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:56 am

you think the rhino EC disc packaging is lousy?

the Let It Be Naked case just fell apart in my hands. the center piece, the one holding the discs, came right out. no clue how to get it back in w/o breaking it into pieces.

lord. what crap.

(at least i have good chocolate. it's that time of year, we roll in the choco and food gifts this time o' year.)

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 11:34 am

Poppet wrote:the Let It Be Naked case just fell apart in my hands. the center piece, the one holding the discs, came right out.

Women always get excited when they get something naked to play with

.

You have to be gentle Poppet

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:04 pm

Robert Plant's new solo anthology Sixty Six to Timbuktu..an underrated artist, good little set!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:16 pm

That's hilarious VG, I'd missed it. I'm laughing especially at "the one holding the discs".

Freight Train Heart - Jimmy Barnes. Replacing old vinyl.
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon. Adding to my vinyl.

Those are indeed some great choices Pip, especially the stones.

sulkygirl · Post by **sulkygirl** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:58 pm

Poppet wrote:(at least i have good chocolate. it's that time of year, we roll in the choco and food gifts this time o' year.)

Mmm, me, too!!

Gained 10 lbs. over the Holiday....

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:21 pm

Queen - Greatest Hits (the 12-year old who got the electric guitar for Christmas is listening for inspiration)

Let It Be . . .Naked (for DrS - ours hasn't fallen apart, Poppet!)

Def Leppard - Vault - Greatest Hits 1980 - 1995 (re-living some of my college years, and a few beyond)

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:23 am

For Xmas got:
Let it Be Naked
REM best of with bonus disc
Eels - Souljacker

With voucher bought:
Ramones - Road To Ruin reissue with bonus tracks
Dylan - Live 1966

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:47 am

Otis, I was in a Fopp yesterday! Covent Garden. So much better than our crappy Music Zone.

The new one from Outkast. Lordy, this is good! And a load of others - £66 worth. Not that I can afford it.

Mmmmm...cheapo cds......

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:31 pm

Hey PoP, I won't hear a word against that Music Zone, those 3 for 2 deals were constantly diminishing my funds...the only crap thing about it was the bouncers on the door.

Fopp rocks though, and is ultimately superior to Music Zone...there's 2 in Glasgow and 1 in Edinburgh....jealous? *cue insane laughter*

Verbal Kint · Post by **Verbal Kint** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:55 pm

Talking Heads 3 CD + DVD "Box" (Book) set. Perfectly arranged by artistic period, with Disc #2 the best era, in my opinion.

Passport: Infinity Machine
Passport: Iquacu
Graham Parker: Up Escalator
Van Morrison: Poetic Champions Compose
Dianna Krall: Live in Paris
Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin: Between Nothingness and Eternity
Earth, Wind, and Fire: Gratitude
Phantom Planet: The Guest

Another Miles Davis Box: the Columbia Years. Four CD's arranged roughly by style. A repackage of one that I purchased years ago, which fooled my wife into thinking it was one that I do not yet have in the collection.

All stock stuff. Can't seem to find anything new that is worth it.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:28 pm

I finally got the Trust reissue. Bring on the next three!

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:28 am

For Crimbo & from the Sales:

Prince Buster - Fabulous (top stuff)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (fine debut)
Steve earle & Del McCoury - Sessions @ West 54th (tremendous)
Jamie Cullum - Twenty Something (he sounds older)
Steely Dan - Evreything Must Go (no surprises contained within)

There's just not enough time to listen to EC just now !

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 6:08 pm

X-Mas gifts -

Bobbie Gentry - An American Quilt 1967-197
Zoot Sims - Warm Tenor
Bobby Huthcerson - Dialogue
Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:23 pm

Neil Young - Are You Passionate?
Miles Davis - Mellow Miles. It's a compilation.

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:43 pm

morphine- b-sides & otherwise
dionne worrick sings the bacharach/david songs

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:39 pm

Finally picked up Al Green's I Can't Stop

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:12 pm

Libertines - Up the Bracket

Good trashy fun.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 6:37 pm

Mose Allison...'Transfiguration of Hiram Brown', 'I love the life I live' and 'V-8 Ford blues' (hat's off to BWAP

)

And also Daft Punk 'Aerodynamic'...is this the new Tubular Bells?

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 6:51 pm

Today I got

The Creedence Clearwater Revival box set ( 2nd hand ; swapped discs for it -The Golliwogs on disc at last!)
With A Little Help From My Friends - Steve Cropper
Turning Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis
A Microphone And A Box Of Dirt - The Bricks
Brutal Youth - E.C. ( Rhino re-issue ; always had a burn of the extras - this was going for 13 euro in a sale)

From the library I got
Orchestral Works - Raymond Deane
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Jack Teagarden
Diva: The Essential Collection - Dinah Washington

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Recent CD Purchases

Christmas Gifts 2003