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Purchase log, 2023-08-01

[Sinéad O'Connor - Gospel Oak 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.

Catalog

CD
  • Don Caballero, World Class Listening Problem
  • Lina, Stranger on Earth
  • Sinėad O’Connor, Gospel Oak EP
  • The Donnas, Gold Medal
  • Tiësto, In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza
  • Soundtrack, Star Trek Voyager: The Caretaker
  • Various Artists, Hal Wilner Presents Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Rufus Wainwright, Want One

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Purchase log, 2023-07-25

[Superman the Movie - Soundtrack]

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
  • Anohni and the Johnsons, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
  • Eugène Ysaÿe, Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, op. 27 (Hilary Hahn)

Catalog

CD
  • Pailhead, Trait
  • Skinny Puppy, VIVIsectVI
  • The Cult, Ceremony
  • The Pogues, Peace and Love
Vinyl
  • Janis Joplin, Pearl
  • Soundtrack, Superman The Movie

Reissues

CD
  • Janet Jackson, janet. (Deluxe Edition)
VInyl
  • … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Worlds Apart
  • Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism (20th Anniversary)

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Purchase log, 2022-12-20

[Soundtrack - TV Anime BLEACH]

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
  • Steve Reich, Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra

Catalog

CD
  • Davíd Garza, This Euphoria
  • Kenny Chesney, Lucky Old Sun
  • Madonna, MDNA (Deluxe Edition)
  • Natalie Merchant, Live in Concert
  • The Jets, Magic
  • The Beatles, Beatles for Sale
Vinyl
  • Billie Holiday, Lady in Satin
  • Don Caballero, Don Caballero 2
  • Explosions in the Sky, Big Bend
  • Fairport Convention, Liege and Leaf
  • John Coltrane, Crescent
  • The Human League, Dare
  • The League Unlimited Orchestra, Love and Dancing

Reissues

CD
  • Spice Girls, Spiceworld (Deluxe Edition)
  • Sigur Rós, () (Deluxe Edition)
Vinyl
  • Utada Hikaru, “First Love / Hatsukoi”
  • Soundtrack, TV Anime BLEACH

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Purchase log, 2022-11-15

[Meredith Monk - The Recordings]

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
  • Christine and the Queens, Redcar les adorable etoiles
Vinyl
  • Björk, Fossora
  • Hilary Hahn, Eclipse (Andres Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra)

Catalog

CD
  • Frederic Chopin, Nocturnes: Complete Recordings (Daniel Barenboim)
  • Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (Nigel Kennedy, Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic)
  • NSync, No Strings Attached
  • Pat Metheny Group, Still Life (Talking)
  • Rush, Signals
  • Sō Percussion, Amid the Noise
  • Stephen Wilson, Grace for Drowning
  • The Roots, The Roots Come Alive
  • The Style Council, Cafe Bleu
  • Soundtrack, BLEACH BEAT COLLECTION
Vinyl
  • Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion, Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

Reissues

CD
  • Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion I (Deluxe Edition)
  • Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion II (Deluxe Edition)
Boxed Set
  • Meredith Monk, The Recordings
Vinyl
  • Ride, Nowhere

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Purchase log, 2022-11-01

[Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger]

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
  • ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Planet Folks

Catalog

CD
  • Benny Andersson, Klinga Mina Klockor
  • Billy Joel, The Stranger
  • DJ Krush, Krush
  • Moby, Moby
  • Soundtrack, More Immortal Beloved
Vinyl
  • Barbara Lewis, Hello Stranger
  • Heaven 17, Penthouse and Pavement
  • INXS, The Swing
  • TLC, Crazysexycool
  • Yano Akiko, Iroha no Konpeitou

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Death Cab for Cutie, The Photo Album (Deluxe Edition)

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Looking ahead: November-December 2022

[Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess]

Spice Girls, Spiceworld (Deluxe Edition), Nov. 4

This album was definitely rushed to capitalize on the Spice Girls’ fame, so you wouldn’t be faulted for perceiving it as Spice the Sequel. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Deluxe Edition), Nov. 25

For a 2002 album, Yoshimi definitely deserved its spot on critics’ year-end lists, but next to The Soft Bulletin, it didn’t quite satisfy the same itch.

Sigur Rós, () (Deluxe Edition), Nov. 25

I’m getting this deluxe edition because I’m a fan of the band, but I don’t really like this album.

Shiina Ringo, Hyakuyaku no Cho, Nov. 30

We’ve already had a tribute album, so let’s see what a remix album yields.

Vinyl

Kylie Minogue, Impossible Princess (Anniversary Edition), Oct. 21

Impossible Princess was never released in the US, but at least you can stream it now. For its 25th anniversary, the album gets a vinyl reissue. I’m hoping it’s not going to be as difficult to acquire as Fever vinyl reissues.

Death Cab for Cutie, The Photo Album (Deluxe Edition), Oct. 28

Death Cab for Cutie already released this deluxe edition digitally, and the vinyl edition is essentially the only physical version of this reissue. As a compact disc devotee, I’m disappointed, but if the enclosed download code gives me access to the Bandcamp FLAC files, I can get over it.

Duran Duran, Hammersmith Live ’82, Nov. 25
Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw (Deluxe Edition), Nov. 25
The Dead Milkmen, Metaphysical Graffiti, Nov. 25

For the past few years, Record Store Day Black Friday hasn’t been as financially ruinous as the main spring event, but this year, I’ll be braving the crowds for Duran Duran, Marshall Crenshaw and the Dead Milkmen.

Information Society, Peace and Love (Anniversary Edition), Dec. 2

I remember learning about the release date of this album back in 1992 and thought there would be a big push to promote it. Then I forgot about it. Evidently, so did Tommy Boy. It’s a rather underrated album.

Soundtrack, BLEACH, Dec. 14

Yes, I subscribed to Hulu just to catch BLEACH: Thousand Year Blood War. And yeah, the moment this title was announced, I put in a pre-order.

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Purchase log, 2022-08-02

[Perfume - PLASMA]

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
  • Perfume, PLASMA

Catalog

CD
  • Depeche Mode, People Are People
  • Foreigner, Agent Provocateur
  • John Mayer, Continuum
  • Matt Bianco, The Best of Matt Bianco
  • Styx, Cornerstone
  • The Adventures, Theodore and Friends

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 2: Blow Up
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 3: Born to Kill
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 4: Revenge Road
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 5: Moonlight Rambler
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 6: Red Eyes
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 7: Double Vision
  • Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis 8: Scoop Chase

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Purchase log, 2022-05-24

[Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee]

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
  • Circle Jerks, Group Sex / Wild in the Streets
  • Faith No More, Songs to Make Love to
  • Jascha Heifetz, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: Violin Concertos
  • Lyle Lovett, Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
  • Lyle Lovett, Pontiac
  • Oleta Adams, Circle of One
  • Scritti Politti, Provision
  • Soundtrack, The Gospel at Colonus
Vinyl
  • The Cars, The Cars

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Toy Matinee, Toy Matinee

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Looking ahead, May-June 2022

[Soundtrack - Bubblegum Crisis]

MONO, My Story, Buraku Story, May 27

No doubt this documentary soundtrack is not going to depart greatly from MONO’s already cinematic sound.

Prince and the Revolution, Live, June 28

Is it awful for me to be more interested in the Revolution than Prince himself?

Steve Reich, Reich/Richter, June 10

Will we get a full effect of this score without the visual component that goes along with it?

John Adams, Collected Works, July 1

I already have Earbox. I shouldn’t need this boxed set, and yet …

Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Sept. 16

Who would have though an album rejected by one Warner label, then streamed on the Internet before being picked up by another Warner label, would necessitate a lavish boxed set 20 years later?

Vinyl

Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis, Vols. 1-8, June 29

Bubblegum Crisis was a pretty awesome cyberpunk series that set the bar for awesome anime theme songs, but the scores for these eight episodes were no slouch.

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