3 LP’s of pure musical joy

If you like to dig through unorganized vinyl…

Not one, but two pretty expensive original Samhain records damaged horribly. I am the seller, shipped media mail with no insurance. Sucks to have lost the sale, the original cost of the records, but really, the thing that actually hurts more is there are now 2 less copies of Samhain vinyl which haven't been officially reissued since the 90s. Feels like a crime that I had to pay the shipping for this to happen.

Here is D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L by Panchiko.
Bought it mainly because it’s just a good album to put on and spin while you’re doing whatever.

I’m assuming probably everyone on Earth found out about them because of the whole 4chan thing, and somehow I didn’t lmao.

This is a real pretty pressing, and it sounds pretty awesome, and that’s all I can ask for. The only gripe I have is that some of the PVC wasn’t cut off the sides that well, but it doesn’t affect anything.
Bought it from the band’s Bandcamp like 3 weeks ago.

I absolutely love Nujabes.

Having finally acquired Modal Soul on vinyl feels super special.

My September record wall is up, this months theme is September’s Harvest Moon highlighting albums, bands and covers that showcase the moon… as always I know there are a lot more, but this is what I’ve got…

‘Bloom’ - pressed flower filled clear vinyl

NM copy scored at my local shop for a nice price and couldn't be happier, such an early press that it was pressed with the promo plate and matrix numbers scratched out before they added the main production ones. 🫶

My mother in law was a punk in the 1980s and picked up a bunch of records through her subpop subscription. When I started collecting she let me have a look through hers and very generously gifted me this beauty.

As far as I can tell Bleach had a 1,000 white vinyl run, followed by a 2,000 black vinyl run. This belongs to the latter.

Super slick condition for an almost 40 year old record. One of my favourites.

For those interested. These are the pressings that I own:

Studio Records:

• The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1969 UK Stereo)

• A Saucerful Of Secrets (1971 UK)

• More (1976 France)

• Ummagumma (1969 UK 3rd press & 1969 US first press)

• Atom Heart Mother (1970 US)

• Meddle (1973 NL)

• Obscured by Clouds (1972 UK 1st press & 1972 US)

• Dark Side of the Moon (1973 UK 5th press, 1973 New Zealand, 1973 Spain, 1981 US MFSL, 1992 Russia bootleg)

• Wish You Were Here (1975 NL, 2025 UK Quad-Liquid filled)

• Animals (1977 UK 1st press, 1977 NL)

• The Wall (1979 Germany 1st press, 1979 NL)

• The Final Cut (1983 EU)

• A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987 EU)

• The Division Bell (2025)

• The Endless River (2014 EU)

Live:

• Delicate Sounds of Thunder (1988 EU)

• PULSE (2018, EU)

• Dark Side of the Moon - live at Wembley 1974 (2023 EU)

Compilation:

• Masters of Rock (1974 NL)

• A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981 NL)

I found these two pink Floyd posters amongst some old records

Walls & Bridges.

John Lennon.

This is my favorite Lennon album and absolutely perfect for a Monday night spin.

It’s hard to even pick a favorite song from this album, they are all that good… must have been that “Lost Weeknd”

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT around the World

As in my previous post's comments people seemed to lean pretty unanimously on not leaving those remaining Waits records in the local flea market - not surprisingly - and I definitely felt that way too over the weekend, so I headed back there. Thankfully they were still there, so I snagged all three I didn't have already (so, Rain Dogs remained behind for someone else to pick up).

Also got the Stevie Ray Vaughan record from the same crate, and while looking around, I also spotted some Doors and Creedence that I just couldn't leave there.

All in excellent condition, save for the CCR that has some scuffs on both sides, but at least that was reflected in the price. Here's to hoping it's just superficial cosmetic wear and doesn't affect playback too much.

Columbia label is hit or miss. This one sounds very good.

Picked this up in Seoul, South Korea this past weekend, while vinyl digging. LP is VG++. sounds very good. minor surface noise. Never seen one with this "lyric cover" early 80's pirate copy.

12" gatefold 1965 Capitol. Standout tracks, Help!, Ticket To Ride, You're Gonna Lose That Girl. I've had this one for a long time.

I have a radio show at the college where I work, and I only play vinyl. I don’t necessarily think vinyl is superior to other formats, but it helps me build a setlist if I can only play music from my collection.

Here are the records I am taking with me this week.

This album was everywhere for the summers of 95/96! It's so good, with so many hits. This album is full of power, sadness and outlook.

Grabbed this reissue 2LP edition last year. This needs to be in my regular rotation now.

If you haven't heard of him, Klaus Nomi was a classically trained singer with a six-octave vocal range who associated himself with the East Village art scene in the 70s and made some delightfully weird synthpop/new-wave music. He unfortunately passed away only five or so years into his musical career at the age of 39 due to complications from AIDS, but his artistic output lives on and it's truly unique. I've been looking for a copy of this album off and on when I visit record stores for the past couple of years, but had never seen a copy until this past weekend!

I like spoken word, comedy albums, novelty records, sound effects, weird stuff in general. Anything that sounds odd or strange. Or has a weird cover. I've got shelves full, this is a few of them.

Back in the 80s I was part of a .... I don't know what you'd call it.... we weren't a band as such... we were a loose cabal of audio enthusiasts, inspired by Double Dee & Steinski, Negativland and ppl like Baby Ford, Bomb The Bass, Coldcut, The JAMMS and so on. We used to sample a lot of these type of records on our releases. That's ancient history now but I kept hold of the records and still buy stuff if I see it cheap.

I got that Wilma Flintstone Tells the Story of Bambi quite recently. - great crossover experiment. I didn't really want the Josef Goebbels but someone gave it to me as a joke and it is quite funny listening.... screaming nazi propaganda.

I found the LSD documentary album cheap... and then I found the promo version, that was a good day. Apart from that - poetry, sound fx (the air force one is good), Signor Rossi &c &c.