What music have you bought today?

[gushingblood]

I see there is no thread offering us a place to show off the records/CDs/instruments that we have bought. So here it is.

Today I bought:
+Talking Heads -Little Creatures
+David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
+Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
+Bob Dylan - Street Legal

Each cost £2 from a nearby record shop.
I always root around in the £1-3 vinyl box and buy anything that looks interesting.

I find it great that for a couple of pounds you can get a whole album buy an artist.
(These are my first ever Billy Bragg and Talking Heads records)

[lilhan]

i haven't bought anything today but i have bought lots of things this week:

- David Bowie - Let's Dance, Scary Monsters (because I don't have my own copies)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In
- The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia...
- Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (replaced because some evil person stole it!)
- PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
- Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
- Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
- Ottis Redding - Definitive Collection
- The Stooges - The Stooges, Fun House
- Neil Young - After The Goldrush (because I don't have my own copy)

man, i buy too much music.

[gushingblood]

Does anyone else buy all their vinyl second hand?
The shop I get it from only accepts records when they are in good condition, so you're safe with what you buy.

70% of my records are from that lovely shop, it's hidden away in an arcade on the top floor.
They have their best records hanging on the wall; Velvet Underground, Beatles, The Clash...
It's a shame they don't get more customers.

[stuckbetween]

I re-bought Sonic Youth's 'Daydream Nation' as I originally bought it in 1988 on cassette. It's a brilliant album.

[ct]

oh man.....peer pressure....now i am going to have to go out and buy something every day......thanks a lot......

[gushingblood]

Jan 10, 2009 11:19:54 GMT -5 ct said:

oh man.....peer pressure....now i am going to have to go out and buy something every day......thanks a lot......

Mwa ha ha, slowly draining your bank account!

The Billy Bragg album I bought is fantastic, I can't believe I didn't get into him earlier. Just really good songs.

[stevedave]

I went to the Vinyl exchange and raided the 1 Pound Rack


It was the yellow sleeve version though

[gushingblood]

Jan 10, 2009 14:05:19 GMT -5 stevedave said:

I went to the Vinyl exchange and raided the 1 Pound Rack

That was in my vinyl shop for £1 as well. Is it worth a pick up, cos I may get it next week.

[stevedave]

Jan 10, 2009 14:11:00 GMT -5 @gushingblood said:

Jan 10, 2009 14:05:19 GMT -5 stevedave said:

I went to the Vinyl exchange and raided the 1 Pound Rack

That was in my vinyl shop for £1 as well. Is it worth a pick up, cos I may get it next week.

Hell yeah. The Cult were Cock Rock supremos. I lost lots of vinyl in a fire years ago. This is my third copy, get Love and Sonic Temple if you see them too. (In fact if you see Sonic Temple get me a copy and I'll pay your costs.

[hoodrat]

i don't buy as much music as some of you lot, but the last week has been nuts. i spent the gift certificate i got for christmas on:
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids
The Gena Rowlands Band - Flesh and Spirits
also some books, which i'll put in another thread.
i ordered online; i'm really eager for these to arrive NOW.

at the franz show, i got my very own copy of Franz Nicolay - Major General. and i bought a copy of the Poor But Sexy EP. Their show was way better than the tracks on their myspace. i was pleasantly surprised. i've seen them all, i think, play in other bands i like. good stuff.

also, tourmaline - the swindle arrived on vinyl. awesome.

also, last weekend i was home and my pop was trying to get rid of a record player that bought at a garage sale. i have been thinking of getting rid of mine because it is part of a mini stereo where neither the tape decks nor the cd player work. so, now i have another vintage mini stereo system without a cd player, but everything it does have works.

so, while i was home, i happened past a flea market. i didn't have very long to spend fishing through the piles and piles of vinyl before my friend yanked me away, but before i left i picked up:
1. Joe "Fingers" O'Shay Plays Honky-Tonk Piano, solely because of this album cover:

2. Also, I got an LP called Banjo Bonanza without the album cover. It turns out that it is half of a very cool double LP with a lot of banjo greats on it. Very pleased.
3. On CD, volume 2 of a compilation record of soul music, again without a proper cover, but the CD is all Dion & the Belmonts , the Chiffons, the Drifters, and the like
4. also some hilarious books; i'll stick those in another thread.

also, i finally got around to purchasing those new westerberg tracks. good. i am completely smitten with this low-budget folk rock he's doing lately. it's got some real heart.

so, yeah, it's been a bonanza week for me and i discovered a record shop that i didn't know existed because i don't get out of the house enough. so, i'm visiting there tomorrow.

[red]

spent my day's tips on vegetarian porcupine sushi (and a few pints) and these:

ry cooder - the long riders ost (lp)
tad - jinx (7")
r.e.m. - fables of the reconstruction (cd)

[john k]

robert pollard - the crawling distance

[stuckbetween]

Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion.

[blackbeard]

Several days ago, I bought several records on vinyl:


Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion

Amy Millan: Honey From the Tombs

A.C. Newman: Get Guilty (pre-ordered them shits!) and The Slow Wonder

Radiohead: Kid A (took some convincing, as I've now bought this fucking record three times on two formats...ugh)

Asobi Seksu: Citrus

MBV: Loveless

Los Campesinos!: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

[ct]

Don Chambers and Goat - Zebulon (produced by Patterson Hood)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

[anniehall]

Dropped into several record stores in DC this week...
Vinyl: There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
CD: A Hawk and A Hacksaw

From shows: The Max Levine Ensemble "OK Smartypants" on vinyl; Franz Nicolay Major General CD

and late birthday presents: The World/Inferno Frienship Society "Me V. The Angry Mob EP" and "Chips Ahoy" single on vinyl

[kim]

From the downtown Reckless Records (both on CD):
-The Suburbs, "Viva! Suburbs! (live at First Avenue)" $3.99
-Sugar, "File Under Easy Listening" $1.99

[stevedave]

Jan 11, 2009 12:44:35 GMT -5 stuckbetween said:

Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion.

BYE BYE BUTTER- FLY!

*SCREAMS*

I'M SICK AND I WANNA GO HOME!!!

*ahem!*

[JonnyJay]

I realized that I had 5 leftover downloads on eMusic, so I got a few tracks from A Place To Bury Strangers, a band I'd heard alot about, but never get around to checking out.

I dig, I dig.

[gushingblood]

Resurrecting the thread!

Vinyl:
£2 Each(great deal!)






My Mum also bought 2 Elbow CD's. She's really loving, but unfortunatley I really can't get into them.

[meoskop]

My Major General arrived last wekk - I'm waiting on my Fake Problems pre-order - and my emo side really wants to click 'buy' on the Morrissey release.

Does last week give me enough street cred? Hm. Hm. Hm.

[missalabamanobody]

Holy shit, Matt, what a great bunch of scores!

I went on a little rampage yesterday and found the following used (resemblances to the uplifting music thread are purely intentional):

Against Me! - New Wave
American Music Club - Love Songs for Patriots
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
ALO - Fly Between Falls
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

And new: Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

[gushingblood]

Some noice purchases there^^^

I love the bargain bin at my local vinyl store. So much good stuff, but they are always dominated by a few shit artists.
This week there was a lot of Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand... :/

[Five Alive]

I had a nice little paycheck binge this weekend:

Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
Swervedriver - Best Of
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Belle & Sebastian - BBC
Spoon - Loveways EP

Also pre-ordered the new Jason Isbell...

[stevedave]

All on vinyl. For less than a tenner all in.