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.
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CD
Aretha Franklin, Aretha (1986) Ice Cube, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted Madonna, I’m Going to Tell You a Secret Philip Glass, Music in Fifths / Two Pages (Bang on a Can All-Stars) Starship, Knee Deep in the Hoopla The Cars, The Cars Soundtrack, My Neighbor Totoro
Vinyl
Everything But the Girl, The Language of Life Paul Young, The Secret of Association Torche, Harmonicraft
Reissues
CD
Spice Girls, Spice (Deluxe Edition)
Tags: aretha franklin , everything but the girl , ice cube , madonna , paul young , philip glass , purchase log , soundtrack , spice girls , starship , the cars , torche
sungazer, PERIHELION , Oct. 11
YouTube musicians Adam Neely and Shawn Crowder finally unveil their debut album after a pair of EPs.
Olivia Newton-John, Physical (Deluxe Edition), Oct. 22
This album was wildly successful at the time, buoyed by a nascent promotional tool called the “music video.” The deluxe edition of Physical includes one of the first video albums produced by a pop artist. Sorry, Beyoncé fans.
Spice Girls, Spice (Deluxe Edition), Oct. 29
In the UK, this deluxe edition of the Girls’ debut album is accompanied by five color vinyl reissues, each featuring a member the group. I’d probably opt for the Mel C one, but I already have this album on LP.
Jason Isbell and 400 Unit, Georgia Blue , Nov. 26
Jason Isbell makes good on his promise to record a cover album of Georgia artists if the run-off election in January 2020 sent a pair of Democrats to the Senate.
Vinyl
Kylie Minogue, Fever , Oct, 15 Sinéad O’Connor, So Far … The Best of Sinéad O’Connor , Oct. 15
National Album Day in the UK looks like Record Store Day Lite from a distance, but this year’s focus on women artists has some nice reissues in the pipeline. Honestly, Fever should just be perpetually available on vinyl. Every special pressing sells out fast and fetches exorbitant prices on Discogs. I have So Far on CD from when it was first released, and it’s an excellent compilation.
Old 97s, Fight Songs , Oct. 29
I would have preferred a vinyl reissue of Satellite Rides , to be honest.
Tags: jason isbell , kylie minogue , looking ahead , olivia newton-john , sinead o'connor , spice girls , sungazer , the old 97s
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)”
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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
Tags: abc , bob dylan , einojuhani rautvaara , empty ensemble , firehose , guided by voices , hiroshima , huey lewis , jonathan elias , kelela , milla jovovitch , mono , penzias and wilson , peter gabriel , purchase log , richard wagner , robert palmer , sergei rachmaninoff , soundtrack , spice girls , wolfgang amadeus mozart , yo majesty
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.
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CD
Alvin Singleton, Somehow We Can Berlin, Pleasure Victim INXS, Shabooh Shoobah Pizzicato Five, Great White Wonder Pizzicato Five, Remix Album: Happy End of You Pizzicato Five, Sister Freedom Tapes The Fixx, Reach the Beach The Knack, Get the Knack Virgil Thomsom, Complete Film Scores: The River / The Plow That Broke the Plains (Philharmonia Virtuosi, Richard Knapp)
Vinyl
Mandy Barnett, A Nashville Songbook Sampha, Process
Reissues
Vinyl
Spice Girls, Forever Soundtrack, Batman (Original Score)
Tags: alvin singleton , berlin , inxs , mandy barnett , pizzicato five , purchase log , sampha , soundtrack , spice girls , the fixx , the knack , virgil thomson
Onitsuka Chihiro, HYSTERIA , Nov. 25
Syndrome was a return to form for Onitsuka Chihiro, and the pre-release singles seem to indicate she’s retracing those steps.
Sigur Rós, Odin Raven Magic , Dec. 4
It’s not so much a “new” album as a “new-ish” album. This orchestral collaboration premiered in 2002 and finally sees a release 18 years later.
Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin’ Grass, Dec. 11
Simpson returns to his indie roots with a survey of his early works filtered through a bluegrass lens.
Vinyl
Alice in Chains, Facelift , Nov. 13
Nirvana may have ushered in alternative rock in 1991, but Alice in Chains had softened the ground a year before with their major label debut, which turns 30 years old in 2020.
Soundtrack, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away), Nov. 20
A big vinyl reissue campaign of Joe Hisaishi scores for Miyazaki Hayao films finally reaches Spirited Away .
Spice Girls, Forever , Jan. 22
I don’t even have this album on CD, but I already have the other albums on vinyl. Might as well be consistent. I’m sure the thrift store will have a CD copy at some point.
Tags: alice in chains , childish gambino , looking ahead , onitsuka chihiro , soundtrack , spice girls , sturgill simpson
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.
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CD
Andy Gibb, Shadow Dancing Bauhaus, Burning from the Inside Caifanes, La Historia Camouflage, Greyscale Camper Van Beethoven, II & III Camper Van Beethoven, Camper Vantiquities Henry Kaiser, Those Who Learn History Are Doomed to Repeat It Hercules and Love Affair, Hercules and Love Affair Jay Som, Anak Ko Meat Puppets, Meat Puppets II Melveen Leed, Melveen’s Hawaiian Country Hits Mindy Smith, Long Island Shores Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding Shakira, Pies Descalzo Talking Heads, True Stories The B-52’s, Party Mix / Mesopotamia The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette The Dismemberment Plan, A People’s History of the Dismemberment Plan
Reissues
Vinyl
Tags: andy gibb , bauhaus , caifanes , camouflage , camper van beethoven , clannad , henry kaiser , hercules and love affair , jay som , meat puppets , melveen leed , mindy smith , post malone , purchase log , shakira , spice girls , talking heads , the b-52's , the damned , the dismemberment plan
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.
This past weekend was the Friends of the Seattle Library Book Sale, which usually provides a few weeks’ worth of listening.
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Aretha Franklin, Aretha’s Best Atmosphere, Overcast! Beck, Mutations Billy Idol, Idolize Yourself: The Very Best of Billy Idol bis, The New Transistor Heroes Björk, Drawing Restraint 9 Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet Branford Marsalis Quartet, Crazy People Music Daniel Lanois, Acadie David Bowie, Pin Ups Dawn Upshaw, Voices of Light Einstürzende Neubauten, 80-83 Strategies Against Architecture György Ligeti, Ligeti Edition 5: Mechanical Music Jane’s Addiction, Nothing’s Shocking Joanna Newsom, Ys John Zorn, The Gift Johnny Cash, American Recordings Josquin des Prez / Giovanni Palestrina, Motets / Masses Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II Lizz Wright, The Orchard Lovage, Nathaniel Merriweather Presents … Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See Mike Patton, Adult Themes for Voice Oingo Boingo, Dead Man’s Party Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar PJ Harvey, Let England Shake PJ Harvey, Rid of Me Pop Will Eat Itself, This Is the Day … This Is the Hour … This Is This! Queen Latifah, Nature of a Sista Robert Palmer, Addictions Volume 2 Roberta Flack, First Take Sonic Youth, Washing Machine Soundgarden, Louder Than Love Spice Girls, Spiceworld Stephen Sondheim, Putting it Together (Original Cast Recording) The Beatles, Yellow Submarine The Mars Volta, De-Loused at the Comatorium The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall Tom Tom Club, Tom Tom Club William Grant Still, Africa XTC, Nonsuch Yaz, You and Me Both Various Artists, Stay Awake Soundtrack, Pride and Prejudice (BBC Television serial) Soundtrack, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) Soundtrack, Sense and Sensibility
Vinyl
Dead Or Alive, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know Eleanor Steber, Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915 / LaMontaine: Songs of the Rose of Sharon Millions Like Us, Millions Like Us Olivier Messiaen, Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum / Couleurs de la Cité Celeste Olivier Messiaen, Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine Olivier Messiaen, Tashi Plays Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time Robert Palmer, Clues Robert Palmer, Double Fun Robert Palmer, Maybe It’s Live Robert Palmer, Pride Robert Palmer, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast) William Schuman, Symphony No. 3 / Symphony for Strings Yvonne Elliman, Yvonne Soundtrack, A Room with a View
Tags: aretha franklin , atmosphere , beck , billy idol , bis , bjork , bon jovi , branford marsalis , daniel lanois , david bowie , dawn upshaw , dead or alive , eleanor steber , gyorgi ligeti , jane's addiction , joanna newsom , john coltrane , john zorn , johnny cash , josquin de pres , led zeppelin , lizz wright , lovage , mazzy star , mike patton , millions like us , oingo boingo , olivier messiaen , osvaldo golijov , pj harvey , pop will eat itself , purchase log , queen latifah , robert palmer , roberta flack , sonic youth , soundgarden , soundtrack , spice girls , stephen sondheim , the beatles , the mars volta , the white stripes , thelonious monk , tom tom club , various artists , william grant still , william schuman , xtc , yaz , yvonne elliman