I’ll post my thoughts on the show in the next couple days after the show.

• A.A. Bondy – When the Devil’s Loose
• Yo Yo Ma – Bach Cello Suites unaccompanied
• Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne
• David Bowie – Blackstar
• Elliott Smith – either/or

@girlieaction and Miss Angst texted me today that they were all compiling their “Desert Island Albums”.  Here’s my rational for my picks…

Ever since I bought “When the Devil’s Loose” on vinyl I can’t stop listening to it.  A.A. Bondy makes me think of so many other artists; Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle and many more.  I get to sing all their songs in my head just from this one masterpiece.

The Bach Cello Suites Unaccompanied by Yo-Yo Ma is spectacular.  It is three albums worth of Back Masterpieces play unaccompanied by a legend.  It brings out so many different emotions through the cello which is one of my favorite instruments.  Right up there with the accordion.  You just found out one of my guilty little pleasures, I love the accordion and one day I will buy one and learn how to play it.

Uncle Tupelo’s Anodyne defines Alt Country/Garage Country (or whatever you want to call it).  From Acuff-Rose to Anodyne there’s not a weak song on this album.  It goes down on my list as one of those almost “perfect” recordings.

David Bowie’s final album, Black Star is mesmerizing.  Bowie throws all convention away with this epic album.  Intertwining so many different melodies, beats and genre’s Bowie completely makes my brain explode with each and every song.  I really would have loved to see him perform this music live.

I simply can’t get enough of Elliot Smith’s either/or.  It is melancholy.  It is insightful.  It is my favorite album right now.  I listen to it and listen to it and listen to it.  I still find different sounds or chord progressions or thoughts each time.  What more could you ask for out of a recording?

I have three honorable mentions or backups….  New Order – Power Corruption and Lies, Radiohead – OK Computer, Depeche Mode – Violator.  They speak for themselves.

This is an original pressing from 1972 Buddah Records in great shape.  I can’t stop listening to this, what a great soundtrack.  Curtis Mayfield is the man.  Pusherman is a funk masterpiece.  I’m gonna have to watch the movie, don’t think I’ve even seen the entire picture.  Rainy day in Boulder must mean I’m gonna listen to a bunch of ’70’s funk and soul.

There’s something special about Wax Trax Records in Denver.  It’s a music geek mecca.  Always something cool to find if you look hard enough.  Choose from the more expensive limited edition 45s or go and search through the $0.50 bins and just see what you can find.

1. Elliott Smith Needle in the hay
2. Elliott Smith; alternate versions from either/or, Angeles, Alameda, Ballad of Big Nothing, Punch and Judy
3. Beastie Boys; Futterman’s Rule (clean version), Get it Together (clear version) on white vinyl
4. The Beat Farmers; Make it Last on blue vinyl
5. Steve Earle; Someday on red vinyl
6. The White Stripes: Hotel Yorba, rated X
7. Jack White; Fly Farm Blues, b side laser etching of 3rd Man Records logo
8. Ben Kweller; Sawdust Man limited edition

I can’t help but purchase anything that has the name Elliott Smith on it especially when it’s a 45.  The alternate versions are always cool because you can’t get them on the albums.  Take a listen.

When I saw the Beastie Boys 7″ white vinyl I didn’t care what songs where on it I just wanted it.   Futterman’s Rule and Get it Together.  You have to listen to these songs, they’re gonna be on heavy rotation in my house.

The Beat Farmers, not a lot of people really listen to these guys.  Country Dick Montana is a legend.  Their live shows were unmatched.  I put them in the same hallowed musical space as Uncle Tupelo and that’s saying a lot!

You see a Steve Earle recording on 7″ you buy it.  You see Someday on red vinyl you get giddy 🙂

Hotel Yorba Well it’s 1, 2, 3, 4,Take the elevator, At the hotel yorba, I’ll be glad to see you later, All they got inside is vacancy.   Rated X by Loretta Lynn performed by the White Stripes, drop the microphone!

Jack White, Fly Farm Blues with the 3rd Man Records logo laser etched on the B side.  If you don’t think that’s cool there’s something wrong with you.

Ben Kweller is an amazing song writer that just doesn’t get enough (or any credit).  Sawdust Man on7″ limited edition with only 2500 copies pressed.

 

Well and get some more music…

Couldn’t pass up the picture 45’s.

1. I love Joe Jackson Joe Jackson and these two songs are some of Joe’s best work; Stepin’ Out and Chinatown.
2. More Jam, how could I pass it up?
3. Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds singing the Everly Brothers.  It doesn’t get much better that that!
4. Now the classics….  Patsy Cline on Decca, Fall to Pieces and Crazy.
5. Bobbie Gentry, Ode to Billy Joe I fucking love this song.

Had a great night on Tuesday hanging with my neighbor, Morgan Young.  We played some music on his new Gretsch Brian Setzer Nashville and listened to even more.  Morgan has one the most complete collections of 45s around.  Listened to old Honky Tonk 45s from the early 1950’s, some Baby Washington, some Elvis Costello and some of the band “The Long Ryder’s”.  The Long Ryder’s were Alt Country before Alt Country, reminded me a little of “Jason and the Scorchers” or even some “Gear Daddies“.

From Top Left:  Nirvana (3 songs, Drain You, Dumb, The End of Music) on orange vinyl, X (From the movie Breathless, Breathless & Riding with Mary), Stewart Copeland & Stanard Ridgway (From the movie Rumble Fish) Don’t Box Me In, Drama At Home), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki Mi O, The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane on translucent blue vinyl), Prince and the Revolution (Purple Rain, GOD on purple vinyl), Dead Kennedys (Nazi punks fuck off, Moral Majority), The Feelies (Fa Ce La, Raised Eyebrows), The Jam (Absolute Beginners, Tales From The Riverbank), The Jam (Move on Up, Get Yourself Together, The Great Depression, But I’m Different Now)

1. Nirvana on orange vinyl, that’s cool, enough said.
2. X from the movie Breathless with two great songs and a picture 45…  I know you want it but you can’t have it.
3. Copeland and Ridway from Rumble Fish with a spectacular song, “Don’t Box Me In”.  Really if you haven’t heard the song well … Don’t Box Me In.
4. Nick Cave on translucent blue vinyl, as if Nick Cave is cool enough, REALLY?
5. Prince, Purple Rain on purple vinyl, this should be on everyone’s seduction mix tape but I have it on purple vinyl.
6. The DK’s, Nazi Punk Fuck Off… Wish I had the original clear cover.  USA Punk 45’s, making America Great Again.
7. The Feelies.  Who remembers the Feelies?  Damn I loved this band.  The band was featured in the 1986 Jonathan Demme movie, Something Wild playing a band at a high school reunion.
8. The last two from The Jam.  Classic English Punk on 45.

All the cool kids still collect 45’s.  More to come in future blogs.

 

Had to buy it on Amazon, non of my local record stores had it and I need immediate satisfaction.  This will be accompanied by wine.

I think I’ve found a new favorite site for my vinyl addiction 🙂  The Vinyl Factory.  They just tweeted that the Gorillaz’ Demon Days is being reissued on vinyl for the 1st time.  Get the full story here  I will be buying my copy ASAP!

I want this on Vinyl but I’ll have to settle for download for now.  If you click on the link please be aware this is NSFW.  A beautiful song with an amazing video.

Frank Ocean – Blonded