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Purchase log, 2023-06-20

[Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars]

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
  • millennium parade x Shiina Ringo, WORK / 2045
  • Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman
Vinyl
  • SYML, The Day My Father Died

Catalog

CD
  • Clan of Xymox, Clan of Xympx
  • Echo and the Bunnymen, Echo and the Bunnymen
  • fIREHOSE, Raging, Full-On
  • Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, The Swell Season
  • Guided By Voices, Under the Bushes Under the Stars
  • Minutemen, Post-Mersh, Vol. 2
  • Peter Gabriel, Us (Remastered)
  • Pixies, Bossanova
  • The Cure, Pornography
  • The Magnetic Fields, Holiday
  • The Mekons, I ❤ The Mekons

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Purchase log, 2021-05-25

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
  • Fishbone, The Essential Fishbone
  • Patti Smith Group, Wave
  • Peter Gabriel, Scratch My Back
  • Shivaree, I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Live in This Dump
  • Stereolab, Dots and Loops
  • The Hilliard Ensemble, Perotin
  • The Velvet Underground, Live MCMXCIII
  • Yes, Close to the Edge

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Purchase log, 2021-04-06

[mass extinction event - exigence (live @ roulette)

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
  • Captain & Tennille, Captain & Tennille’s Greatest Hits
  • Journey, Escape
  • Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (I: Car)
Vinyl
  • BADBADNOTGOOD, III
Files
  • Mass Extinction Event, exigence (live @ roulette)
File upgrades

These albums were purchased as MP3 downloads and upgraded to FLAC.

  • Deebs and Jarell Perry, Shift EP
  • Ivri Lider, Beketzev A’hid Batnu’ot Shell Haguf (The Steady Rhythm Of Body Movements)
  • L.A. Dream Team, Kings of the West Coast
  • Loretta Lynn, Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
  • Software Giant, We Are Overcome

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Purchase log, 2020-03-30

[Penzias and Wilson - Rescue the Fly]

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
  • MONO, Beyond the Past: Live with the Platinum Anniversary Orchestra
Files
  • Penzias and Wilson, “Rescue the Fly” / Empty Ensemble, “String Quartet Song No. 6 (Reiwa 3 Remix)”

Catalog

CD
  • ABC, Abracadabra
  • Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
  • Einojuhani Rautavarra, Angels and Visitations / Violin Concerto / Isle of Bliss
  • fIREHOSE, “if’n”
  • Guided By Voices, Hold on Hope EP
  • Hiroshima, Ongaku
  • Huey Lewis and the News, Huey Lewis and the News
  • Huey Lewis and the News, Small World
  • Jonathan Elias, Requiem for the Americas
  • Kelela, Take Me Apart
  • Milla, The Divine Comedy
  • Peter Gabriel, Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
  • Richard Wagner, Die Walküre (Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme By Paganini (Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Spice Girls, Forever
  • Wolfgang Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (James Levine, Metropolitan Opera)
  • Yo Majesty, Futuristically Speaking … Never Be Afraid
  • Soundtrack, The Saint

Reissues

CD
  • Robert Palmer, Collected

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Purchase log, 2020-11-10

[Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live]

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
  • Duran Duran featuring Andy Wickett , Dreaming of Your Cars: 1979 Demos, Part 2

Catalog

CD
  • SUPERCAR, OOKeah!!
  • SUPERCAR, OOYeah!!
Vinyl
  • Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw
  • Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue
  • Sheena Easton, Sheena Easton
  • Stephen Sondheim, Follies In Concert

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Peter Gabriel, Secret World Live

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Looking ahead, Sept.-Oct. 2020

[Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball]

Mikami Chisako, Emergence, Oct. 7

Mikami reset her post-fra-foa solo career in 2018 with a second debut album, confidently titled I AM Ready! This album looks like a continuation of its predecessor’s brighter sound.

Kronos Quartet, Long Time Passing, Oct. 9

Subtitled “Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger”, this album looks like a follow-up to 2017’s Folk Songs, with fewer Nonesuch label mates collaborating.

Tears for Fears, The Seeds of Love (Deluxe Edition), Oct. 9

This album didn’t take off in the same manner as Songs from the Big Chair, but I liked it nonetheless. The 4-disc super deluxe edition is tempting, but I’m fine with the 2-disc version. I don’t need the vinyl reissue because I bought it the first time around.

Sam Amidon, Sam Amidon, Oct. 23

Amidon returns to mostly traditional material on this self-titled album, described as “the fullest realization to date of his artistic vision.”

Mr. Bungle, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo, Oct. 30

Mr. Bungle goes back in time to re-record their first demo tape.

U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind (Deluxe Edition), Oct, 30

I really liked this album when it came out, mostly because Pop was insufferable. I revisited it with the vinyl reissue and found it doesn’t age well. I will probably still get some version of this deluxe edition.

Duran Duran featuring Andy Wicket, Dreaming of Your Cars: 1979 Demos Pt. 2, Oct. 30

The first set of demos with Andy Wickett on vocals featured embryonic versions of what would become Duran Duran canon. On this follow-up, “Tel Aviv” is the only recognizable title, which doesn’t mean it sounds remotely familiar. Colored vinyl is already available for order, but a CD release is slated for October.

Vinyl

Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball, Oct. 16

The deluxe edition of Wrecking Ball was released during Record Store Day. This reissue serves up just the album and is available as part of Rhino’s Rocktober series.

Peter Gabriel, Secret World Live, Nov. 6

I couldn’t make the leap of following Paula Cole’s solo career, but her backing vocals on this live album is the real highlight

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Purchase log, 2020-08-04

[Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters]

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
  • Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Catalog

CD
  • Guided By Voices, Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
  • Peter Gabriel, Passion (Remastered)
  • The Replacements, Hootenanny! (Remastered)
  • The Roots, How I Got Over

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Purchase log, 2020-01-07

[Sam Amidon - Fatal Flower Garden EP]

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

Vinyl
  • Sam Amidon, Fatal Flower Garden EP

Catalog

CD
  • ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Surf Bungaku Kamakura
  • Fantastic Plastic Machine, beautiful.
  • Old 97s, Fight Songs
  • Peter Gabriel, Us
Vinyl
  • … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  • Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees, Superstition

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Purchase log, 2019-04-16

[Duran Duran - As the Lights Go Down]

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.

Another Record Store Day is in the books, and this year, I found everything I wanted and a few things I didn’t know I wanted.

New releases

Vinyl
  • a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Takes
  • Bingo Hand Job (i.e. R.E.M.), Live at the Borderline 1991
  • Fleetwood Mac, The Alternate Fleetwood Mac
  • Leann Rimes, Live at Gruene Hall
  • Prince, His Majesty’s Pop Life: The Purple Mix Club
  • Sly and the Family Stone, Woodstock Sunday, August 17, 1969
  • Townes Van Zandt, The Best of Townes Van Zandt
  • U2, The Europa EP

Catalog

CD
  • Boris, Smile
  • Boris with Michio Kurihara, Rainbow
  • Hapa, Hapa
  • Hiroshima, Hiroshima
  • Huey Lewis and the News, Time Flies … The Best of Huey Lewis and the News
  • Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (Security)
  • Sly and the Family Stone, There’s a Riot Goin’ On
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Further Out
  • The Who, Quadrophenia
Vinyl
  • Lou Reed, Transformer

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Bruce Robison, Wrapped
  • Duran Duran, As the Lights Go Down
  • Santigold, I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions
  • Weezer, Weezer (Teal Album)
  • Yaz, Reconnected Live
  • Soundtrack, Hidden Figures
  • Soundtrack, Multiplication Rock
  • Soundtrack, Office Space

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Purchase log, 2018-12-04

[Mikami Chisako - I AM Ready!]

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
  • Mikami Chisako, I AM Ready!

Catalog

CD
  • 808 State, Utd. State 90
  • Anthrax, Sound of White Noise
  • Death from Above 1979, You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
  • Giovanni Palestrina, Missa pro defunctis / Motets (Chanticleer)
  • Helmet, Strap It On
  • Jean Grae, This Week
  • Jesu, Jesu
  • M.I.A., /\/\ /\ Y /\
  • mclusky, The Difference Between Me and You Is I’m Not on Fire
  • Peter Gabriel, Secret World Live
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain, 21 Singles
Vinyl
  • Kate Bush, Before the Dawn
  • Simon and Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence
  • Sinéad O’Connor, Am I Not Your Girl?
  • Soundtrack, Star Wars
  • Soundtrack, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Talking Heads, Little Creatures
  • Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense

Reissues

CD
  • Kate Bush, Remastered Part II
Vinyl
  • Kate Bush, Remastered in Vinyl III

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