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Purchase log, 2019-05-07

[Easterhouse - Waiting for the Redbird]

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

My London trip two weeks ago kept away from the neighborhood thrift shops.

New releases

Vinyl
  • eX-Girl, “The Crown of Dr. Keroninstein”

Catalog

CD
  • Alison Moyet, Alf
  • Alison Moyet, Hoodoo
  • Bleachers, Strange Desire
  • Bob Mould, Modulate.
  • Calexico, The Black Light
  • Drivin’ n Cryin’, Mystery Road
  • Gabby Pahinui, Pure Gabby
  • Iron and Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days
  • Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
  • Massive Attack, Heligoland
  • Mr. Mister, Welcome to the Real World
  • Nightnoise, Shadows of Time
  • Paul Motian, Bill Evans
  • Rodney Crowell, The Houston Kid
  • Shakespeare’s Sister, Hormonally Yours
  • The Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane
  • The Xx, The Xx
  • XTC, Upsy Daisy Assortment
  • Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
  • Soundtrack, The Descendants
  • Soundtrack, The Remains of the Day
Vinyl
  • Easterhouse, Waiting for the Redbird
  • Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  • Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
  • Willie Nelson, Stardust

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Purchase log picks, February 2019

[James Blake - Assume Form]

Boston, Boston

Sometimes, you just can’t argue with conventional wisdom.

Del tha Funky Homosapien, No Need for Alarm

There’s something about beats made around 1993 that I really dig.

James Blake, Assume Form

The Colour in Anything made me approach Assume Form with caution. It turns out this album is vying for a spot on the year-end Favorite Edition list.

James Tenney, Postal Pieces

It’s amazing how much music can be generated by scores that fit on postcards.

Jeremy Denk, c.1300-c.2000

This survey of Western classical music spanning seven centuries is another album vying for a spot on the year-end Favorite Edition list.

Lou Reed, Transformer

“Satellite of Love” and “Walk on the Wild Side” are obvious choices for why this album should be in my collection, but really, it’s because it has “Perfect Day”, which Duran Duran covered on Thank You.

Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

I dismissed Phoenix back in 2009 as that band in the car commercial. Thing is, “Listzomania” is damn catchy, as is the rest of the album.

Sly and the Family Stone, Greatest Hits

Most of this collection consists of tracks from Stand! It also includes “I Wanna Take You Higher”, which Duran Duran also covered on Thank You.

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Purchase log, 2019-02-26

[James Blake - Assume Form]

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New Releases

CD
  • James Blake, Assume Form

Catalog

CD
  • Beck, Sea Change
  • Boston, Boston
  • Buffalo Daughter, Captain Vapour Athlete
  • Gidon Kremer, Glass: Violin Concerto / Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 5
  • MC 900Ft Jesus, Welcome to My Dream
  • Nitzer Ebb, Belief
  • Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  • Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad
  • William S. Burroughs, Dead City Radio
  • Yo La Tengo, And Nothing Turned Itself Inisde-Out
  • Soundtrack, Bugs Bunny on Broadway
Vinyl
  • Christine and the Queens, Chris
  • Object Collection, It’s All True

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