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Purchase log, 2022-05-17

[Ryuichi Saksmoto - Discord]

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
  • Bell Biv Devoe, Poison
  • De La Soul, Timeless: The Singles Collection
  • Fatboy Slim, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
  • George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F / American in Paris (Andre Previn; London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Laibach, Let It Be
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Jascha Heifetz)
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Jascha Heifetz)
  • Manu Chao, Clandestino
  • Randy Travis, Old 8×10
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, Discord (Untitled 01)
  • Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
  • Takács Quartet, Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 / Smetana: String Quartet No. 1
  • VAST, Visual Audio Sensory Theater
  • Yo-Yo Ma, Cello Concertos from the New World
Vinyl
  • Isaac Stern, Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso / Ravel: Tzigane

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Purchase log, 2021-04-13

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
  • Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Session

Catalog

CD
  • 98 Degrees, 98 Degrees
  • Carlo Gesualdo, Quarto libro di Madrigali a cinque voci 1596 (Ensemble Music D’Arte)
  • En Vogue, The Best of En Vogue
  • Franz Schubert, 21 Lieder (Dietrich Fischer-Deskau)
  • Giya Kancheli, Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (State Symphony of Georgia, Djansug Kakhidze)
  • Glass Tiger, The Thin Red Line
  • Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 (San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt)
  • Joe Satriani, Surfing with the Alien
  • John Legend and The Roots, Wake Up!
  • Kylie Minogue, Hits+
  • Kylie Minogue, Kylie Minogue
  • Mike Mills, Concerto for Violin, String Orchestra and Rock Band (Robert McDuffie, MCS Ensemble, Wade Stare)
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, Violin Concerto / Sonata No. 10 (Pinchas Zukerman, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  • Soundtrack, The Hunt for Red October

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop

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Purchase log picks, December 2020

[Animotion - Animotion]

Animotion, Animotion

I owned this album on vinyl, but I never played Side B all that much because the two hit singles were the two first tracks of the album (“Obsession”, “Let Him Go”). This album also had to compete with Duran Duran, Tears for Fears and ABC for my attention, and it didn’t fare well. Eventually, I would sell the record for cash.

I picked it up again at the thrift store and actually gave Side B a few spins. As a whole, the album holds together incredibly well. I went so far as to find the expanded edition reissued by Cherry Red on CD.

Big Black, Songs About Fucking

The arm of Big Black stretches long.

Richard Goode, Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas

Nonesuch offered a priced-down reissue of this boxed set for $25 to celebrate Beethoven’s birthday. That same week, I spotted a used copy of the original boxed set selling for that exact amount.

Sam Hunt, SOUTHSIDE

On Twitter, I said, “I find Sam Hunt simultaneously fascinating and disappointing.” The disappointing part are the bro country lyrics. The fascinating part is the use of hip-hop beats in country, which I hear is actually a thing.

Bruce Springsteen, Letter to You

Spike Lee has been described as someone who doesn’t know how to end his films. I sometimes feel the same about Bruce Springsteen. This album does drag after a while, but the stronger moments rank up there with his most renowned works.

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Purchase log, 2020-12-22

[Big Black - Songs About Fucking]

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
  • Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

Catalog

CD
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard (Premiere American Recording)
  • Animotion, Animotion
  • Aretha Franklin, Aretha Sings the Blues
  • Big Black, Songs About Fucking
  • Justin Townes Earle, Harlem River Blues
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas (Richard Goode)
  • Sonic Youth, Bad Moon Rising
  • Sonic Youth, Sonic Death
  • Suzanne Ciani, Seven Waves
  • The Sisters of Mercy, First and Last and Always
  • The Sisters of Mercy, Floodland
  • Various Artists, Tom’s Album
Vinyl
  • A Taste of Honey, Twice as Sweet
  • Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand
  • The Knack, Get the Knack
  • Yes, 90125

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Purchase log, 2019-08-05

[My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything]

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
  • Adiemus, Songs of Sanctuary
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, The Five Piano Concertos (Rudolf Serkin; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa)
  • My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything
  • Yello, One Second
Vinyl
  • John Coltrane, Ascension
  • Martha Argerich, Chopin: The Legendary 1965 Recordings

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Janet Jackson, Control: The Remixes

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Purchase log, 2019-07-09

[Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart]

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
  • Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes
  • Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, 101 Damnations
  • Dawn Upshaw, Angels Hide Their Faces
  • Duffy, Rockferry
  • Easterhouse, Waiting for the Redbird
  • Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley, Olympia’s Lament
  • Frank Zappa, Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa
  • Hans Abrahamsen, Schnee
  • Jay-Z, The Blueprint
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, Beethoven Sonatas: Opp. 53, 54, 57 (Richard Goode)
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 / Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (Fitzwilliam Quartet)
  • Natalie Merchant, The House Carpenter’s Daughter
  • Olivier Messiaen, Par lui-même
  • Various Artists, Living in Oblivion: The ’80s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Vinyl
  • Falco, Falco 3
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Liverpool
  • Harry Partch, The Bewitched
  • Taylor Swift, 1989
  • The Beatles, Abbey Road
  • Was (Not Was), What Up Dog?
  • World Saxophone Quartet, Plays Duke Ellington

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Everything But the Girl, Amplified Heart

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