the vinyl review

Well, my wife and I moved into our home in February. It’s now May, around the 15th! So I figure I should get back into posting to my own blog again. My last post featured a photo of my collection- boxed up and ready to go. Yeah. I never want to move a 600+ lp collection from a second floor apartment again. We have a house now, so I really hope we stay here. Our new town is nice. There is a record store here that has come a long way from selling mainly books and used LPs to now focusing on LPs, that while used, are a grade above the stuff one would find at a second hand store. Anyway, I am back.

Packed up and ready. Moving 600 lps wont be easy.

I’ve not updated in what seems like forever. Since black Friday record store day my purchases have been slim. I’ve gotten married and will be moving soon. I think my next post will probably be about the idea of moving a 600+ lp collection (pictured above) from a second story apartment into a house. I have no idea how I will do it.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/11/18-record-stores-weigh-in-on-vinyls-return.html

My experience with this years’ Black Friday Record Store Day was a pleasant one. This years’ selection didn’t scream out “must have!” Honestly, I just wanted the Miles Davis Quartet reissue on ten inch blue vinyl and I did manage to get it and for only 12.99! The other thing I saw, and wasn’t planning to get, was the Black Keys 12 inch reverse groove single for Lonely Boy from their forthcoming LP El Camino. So I picked that up as well. I think it was the novelty of owning a reverse groove single that played into the purchase.

Last year was the first time I participated in the Black Friday RSD event and it seemed a bit hectic and challenging. Mainly due to the very limited releaase of the U2 Wide Awake in Europe ep.. which I did acquire.

Well.. that’s all I can really write about.  I helped the economy and supported my local independent store today. Everyone wins!

He’s searching for a Rough Trade pressing of The Queen is Dead.

I picked up the new Tom Waits “Bad As Me” tonight. Avoided the week long streaming of it on his website.. tried to not listen to it but my friend left a burned copy of it wedged in my apartment door. Eventually I did give the burned copy a few spins in my crappy Ford Focus cd player.

But yes. I am now enjoying this fantastic lp in my apartment via my turntable. It sounds great. How can it not? Keith Richards, Flea and Les Claypool lend some instrumentation to the album.

In my opinion the album feels very concentrated & tight. On the song “Last Leaf” Tom sings “I’m the last leaf on the tree…” words couldn’t be so truer sang.

Pickwick, I think gets a bad rap. Well,  from what I read anyway. They were a cheap compilation label and churned out quite a bit of comps in the 60′s and 70′s. I scored this nice jazz compilation the other day which features some great tracks by the likes of Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray and even Dexter Gordon and Frank Motley.  It sounds great and is perfect for what is left of this Sunday morning.