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Spinning Monday or: The Listen 5/9/20

11 Monday May 2020

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Chicago, Dire Straits, Discogs, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, Iron Maiden, Jackson Browne, Kraftwerk, Laura Branigan, Love, Music, Pretenders, Prince, Records, Rush, Simply Red, Sufjan Stevens, The BCPF, The Cars, The Less Desirables, Timbuk3, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Underdog Records

Salutations™!!

Yep, I am a day behind on this because yesterday was Mother’s Day.

So, Underdog Records is still “closed” and Jonathan says that while he does see reopening in the near future, it will still be several weeks, and procedures within the store will be different. He’s doing a shload of deliveries right now, though. Head over to the Underdog Records website, or follow on Instagram (Jonathan’s preferred method) and Facebook to see what you can purchase.

And, per usual, this week’s streaming listens comes from Discogs’ shuffle feature and it has to be an album that I own on vinyl (outside of peripheral things like Beeswax Vinyl & More listens), that way it’s like listening to my vinyl but with headphones from my computer whilst The BCPF works 10 feet away. Here’s the list:

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  • The Cars – Heartbeat City
  • Prince And The Revolution – Parade
  • Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
  • Love – Forever Changes
  • George Harrison – Cloud Nine
  • Timbuk 3 – Greetings From Timbuk 3
  • Chicago – Chicago 16
  • The Honeydrippers – Volume One
  • Rush – Permanent Waves
  • Simply Red – Picture Book
  • Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
  • Laura Branigan – Self Control
  • Traffic – The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

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That’s a pretty good “listen” list, I think. Not my favorite Prince album and I’m not a huge Springsteen fan, but overall, it was enjoyable.

Then there were the ones that The BCPF and I listened to on Saturday on vinyl:

  • Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
  • The Pretenders – Learning To Crawl
  • Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Hard Promises
  • Fleetwood Mac – The Alternate Fleetwood Mac
  • Sufjan Stevens – Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State
  • Jackson Browne – Running On Empty
  • Dire Straits – Love Over Gold
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That was a really good listening session, other than I need to find a better copy of Running on Empty because that was clearly a $1 bin find and is in really bad shape. Almost unlistenable at times. So, it’s on my hunt list, I guess.

I cannot wait to flip through the used records again. I want to buy a lot of them! I have an impressive collection now but that’s not enough. I want more! Part of the experience is the ability to collect. We’ll work on it. Patience, old man… patience.

Again, check out Underdog Records’ social and web stuffs. Buy records. Use Discogs to keep track of your collection and use it’s groovy (see what I did there) shuffle feature.

Until tomorrow, keep spinnin’…
Scorp out!

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“You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill. I will choose a path that’s clear, I will choose freewill.” – “Freewill” (Peart/Lee/Lifeson)

Silent Sunday or: The Haul 9/30/17

01 Sunday Oct 2017

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Salutations™!!

Before we went to Hoots Beer Company‘s anniversary/Oktoberfest release, The BCPF and I still made our routine morning happen, including walking, farmers’ market, Mary’s Gourmet Diner and, yes! Underdog Records. We got some good stuff, too. Here’s what we picked up!

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  • The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding (been hearing a lot of good things about this album and had to have it, I dug it, The BCPF loved it, new)
  • Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (180g, mono, audiophile version of the greatest selling jazz album of all time, #12 on RS Top 500 of All Time, new)
  • Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um (I wanted something that was comparable to Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil because I really dug that, Jonathan recommended this, new)
  • Pink Floyd – The Final Cut (previously purchased but still sealed, so I can’t really say used, picked up by The BCPF, “new”)
  • Eurythmics – Touch (#492 on RS Top 500, VG++)
  • Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison (#88 on RS Top 500, VG)
  • Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
  • Gipsy Kings – Mosaïque
  • Rosemary Clooney – Come On-A My House
  • Van Halen – Diver Down
  • Ravel / d’Indy– Munch / Boston Symphony, Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer – Concerto In G / Symphony On A French Mountain Air 
  • Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands (VG+ in the $1 bin, previous owner took care of this)
  • Dan Fogelberg – Phoenix (VG+ in the $1 bin)
  • Dan Fogelberg – Captured Angel (VG in the $1 bin)
  • Orchestra And Chorus Of Henry Mancini, The – Dear Heart And Other Songs About Love (I have come to learn that I really, really, really dig me some Henry Mancini)
  • Henry Mancini, His Orchestra And Chorus – Big Screen – Little Screen (More Mancini)
  • Philip Bailey – Continuation
  • Tom Jones – Live In Las Vegas
  • Tom Jones – Tom
  • Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies (former WFDD copy, VG++ in $1 bin)
  • Laura Branigan – Self Control 
  • Jefferson Airplane – The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane
  • The Monkees – More Of The Monkees

So, yeah, a good haul. We didn’t get to listen to as much as we usually do on Saturday, but we didn’t have a lot to wash because most of the used stuff was in really good shape, and Jonathan had cleaned some to gauge his pricing. While we were there, a young lady came in and asked Jonathan about getting into vinyl. I get excited about that. She was probably early- to mid-twenties. Jonathan is great for that kind of guidance. And, when you get into the collecting aspect, use Discogs to archive, and chronicle your collection.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory. Falling on my head like a new emotion. I want to walk in the open wind. I want to talk like lovers do. I want to dive into your ocean, Is it raining with you?” – “Here Comes the Rain Again” (Lennox/Stewart)

Silent Sunday or: The Haul 9/16/17

17 Sunday Sep 2017

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.38 Special, ABBA, Art Garfunkel, Bangles, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Carly Simon, Carole King, Dan Fogleberg, Discogs, Duran Duran, Eddie Money, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, George Harrison, Haircut One Hundred, Haydn, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jim Croce, Joan Baez, Laura Branigan, Metallica, Miles Davis, Mozart, Nat King Cole, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Paul Simon, Pete Townshend, Peter Paul and Mary, Player, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Red Rider, Sting, Styx, The BCPF, The Kingston Trio, The Moody Blues, Underdog Records, Van Halen, Werner Müller

Salutations™!!

Underdog Records was jumping yesterday but The BCPF and I didn’t see most of our “regulars” friends that we usually get to hang with. That was sad, but it was a great day otherwise. We filled in some “collection” gaps, I added to my hard rock genre, The BCPF got one of her favorite albums of all time. It was a great day. Here it is:R-3555769-1481559753-1737.jpeg

  • Paul Simon – Graceland (Top 5 for The BCPF, had it special ordered for her, new)
  • Sting – …Nothing Like The Sun (The BCPF nearly squealed when I presented it to her)
  • Metallica – Kill ‘Em All (NM used copy)
  • Metallica – Master Of Puppets (on RS Top 500 of All Time, I never cared for it before now, it’s a fave, NM used)
  • Metallica – …And Justice For All (2xLP, NM used)
  • Quiet Riot – Metal Health (Dutch pressing, VG+)
  • Bangles – Different Light
  • George Harrison – Cloud Nine
  • Player – Player
  • Miles Davis – Decoy (VG+ clean copy)
  • Ratt – Ratt
  • Eddie Money – Can’t Hold Back
  • Elvis Costello And The Attractions* – The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (VG+)
  • Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality (1974 pressing, VG+)
  • Art Garfunkel – Fate For Breakfast (with what has to be the silliest back cover photo ever)
  • Art Garfunkel – Scissors Cut
  • The Moody Blues – The Other Side Of Life
  • Duran Duran – Notorious (still sealed, will change that soon)
  • Dan Fogelberg – The Innocent Age
  • Styx – Kilroy Was Here
  • Carly Simon – Anticipation
  • Van Halen – Fair Warning
  • Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
  • Red Rider – As Far As Siam
  • Jim Croce – Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
  • Pete Townshend – Empty Glass
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
  • Nat King Cole – When You’re Smiling
  • The Nat King Cole Trio – The Vintage Years
  • 38 Special – Strength In Numbers
  • 38 Special – Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
  • Carole King – Simple Things
  • Carole King – Touch The Sky
  • Carole King – One To One
  • Carole King – Rhymes & Reasons
  • Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – S.R.O.
  • Laura Branigan – Branigan 2
  • Peter, Paul And Mary – Album 1700
  • Kingston Trio – The Best Of The Kingston Trio Vol. 2
  • Werner Müller – O, Tannenbaum (Christmas On The Rhine)
  • Joan Baez – Joan Baez Vol. 2
  • Mozart*, Haydn*, N.W.D.R-Orchester, Hamburg*, Leopold Ludwig – Symphony No, 41 “Jupiter”, Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”
  • Ella Fitzgerald – Ella In Hollywood
  • Blondie – The Hunter
  • ABBA – Greatest Hits

In addition, there is another jazz album that is from the 1930s but it’s not in Discogs so I will have to put it in, I suppose. It should be in soon. Getting back into vinyl? Then Underdog Records is your place! Whether you’re getting new stereo/turntable equipment, looking for the best accessories for your equipment or to buy a shload of vinyl, this is it. And Discogs is where I do all my cataloging and archiving.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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