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Purchase log picks, October 2020

[Ned Doheny - Hard Candy]

Ned Doheny, Hard Candy

Tokyo Jihen introduced me to Ned Doheny with a blistering cover of “Give It Up for Love”. Doheny’s original is far mellower but epitomizes his blue-eyed soul. This album wasn’t a success at the time, but the collector’s market all but demanded a reissue.

Soundtrack, Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock

When I was a kid, I dug the Schoolhouse Rock shorts between cartoons because they were catchy. As an adult, I find the Schoolhouse Rock songs rather sophisticated. Strip the didacticism from the songs, and you get pop music every bit as durable as anything in the American songbook.

PJ Harvey, 4-Track Demos

I have a TASCAM four-track recorder from 1991 that still works, but I’ve never really perceived it as a very robust tool. Then I heard this album, and I wonder if I can push it’s capabilities. I’m nowhere near the performer of Polly Jean, though.

Mr. Bungle, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo

My interest in Mr. Bungle pretty much started and ended with the self-titled debut, although I did own California for a brief time. But I couldn’t pass up hearing the band’s earliest work re-recorded with Slayer’s Dave Lombardo and Anthrax’s Scott Ian.

Propellerheads, Decksandrumsandrockandroll

Propellerheads was one and done, but Decksandrumsandrockandroll was good enough to garner a Mercury Prize nomination. My introduction to the band happened in a gay bar in Chicago.

Fischerspooner, #1

I don’t really care for the album cover, but it doesn’t take away from the music.

Camouflage, Methods of Silence

For some reason, I had it in my head that this album was boring compared to Voices and Images, but I was mistaken.

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Purchase log, 2020-10-27

[Skid Row - Slave to the Grind]

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.

Catalog

CD
  • Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
  • Ned Doheny, Hard Candy
  • Outkast, Idlewild
  • The Beta Band, The Three E.P.’s
  • The Dead Betties, Summer of ’93
Vinyl
  • Elliott Sharp, Carbon

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um (Record Store Day)
  • Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball
  • Faith No More, The Real Thing
  • Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi (Record Store Day)
  • Skid Row, Slave to the Grind (Record Store Day)

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Purchase log, 2020-10-20

[My Very Own Familiar - Dear Listener: Lawnchairs for the Apocalypse]

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

Files
  • My Very Own Familiar, Dear Listeners: Lawnchairs for the Apocalypse

Catalog

CD
  • Camouflage, Methods of Silence
  • Mogwai, Come On Die Young
  • Mogwai, Young Team
  • Pointer Sisters, Break Out (Deluxe Edition)
  • Rilo Kiley, The Execution of Things
  • Screaming Trees, Sweet Oblivion
  • Simply Red, Picture Book
  • The House of Love, The House of Love
  • The Notwist, Shriek
Vinyl
  • Ned Doheny, Hard Candy
Files
  • Dylan Rice, Fits and Fevers

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Purchase log, 2020-10-13

[Schoolhouse Rock - Grammar Rock]

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
  • Kronos Quartet, Long Time Passing
  • Mikami Chisako, Emergence

Catalog

CD
  • Calexico, Feast of Wire
  • Fischerspooner, #1
  • M. Ward, Post War
  • Surfer Blood, Astro Coast
  • Soundtrack, A Single Man
  • Soundtrack, Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock
Vinyl
  • Alice In Chains, Facelift

Reissues

CD
  • Tears for Fears, The Seeds of Love (Deluxe Edition)

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