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
50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ Anton Bruckner, Messe in mi mineur / Motets Blur, 13 Iggy Azalea, The New Classic Meredith Monk, Atlas Nas, God’s Son Nick Lachey, SoulO Patton Oswalt, Finest Hour Run D.M.C., King of Rock Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures (Original Cast Recording) Sugar, Beaster Soundtrack, Death Note, Vol. 2 Reissues
Boxed Set
Vinyl
TOUMING MAGAZINE, Our Soul Music (我們的靈魂樂)
Tags: 50 cent , anton bruckner , blur , gang of four , iggy azalea , meredith monk , nas , nick lachey , patton oswalt , purchase log , run dmc , soundtrack , stephen sondheim , sugar , touming magazine
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
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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
Tags: duran duran , marshall crenshaw , peter gabriel , purchase log , rolling stones , sheena easton , stephen sondheim , supercar
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
Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy! Kim Gordon, No Home Record Catalog
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Buffalo Daughter, WXBD Conlon Nancarrow, Studies for Player Piano Freedy Johnston, Never Home J. Cole, Born Sinner Public Image Ltd., Compact Disc Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along The Ordinaires, One Trio, Da Da Da Unofficial
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Frank Ocean, channel ORANGE
Tags: buffalo daughter , conlon nancarrow , frank ocean , freedy johnston , j cole , jamila woods , kim gordon , public image ltd , purchase log , stephen sondheim , the ordinaires , trio
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
Blu Ray
Shiina Ringo, Seiteki Healing Sono Go~Nana Catalog
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Bob Mould, The Last Dog and Pony Show Digital Underground, Sex Packets Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell! Midnight Oil, Earth and Sun and Moon Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz) Old 97s, Satellite Rides Philip Glass, Low Symphony (Brooklyn Philharmonic, Dennis Russell Davies) Roxette, Look Sharp! Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Cast) Sting, If On a Winter’s Night … Tag Team, Whoomp! (There It Is) Taylor Swift, Speak Now Technotronic, Trip on This: The Remixes Various Artists, Living In Oblivion, Vol. 2 Various Artists, Rubáiyát: The Originals Vinyl
Chic, Risqué Conlon Nancarrow, Complete Studies for Player Piano, Vol. 2 Conlon Nancarrow, Complete Studies for Player Piano, Vol. 4 Foreigner, Agent Provocateur Hüsker Dü, Land Speed Record Sonic Youth, Confusion Is Sex Soundtrack, This Is Spinal Tap
Tags: bob mould , chic , conlon nancarrow , digital underground , foreigner , husker du , lana del rey , midnight oil , mumford and sons , nadja salerno-sonnenberg , philip glass , purchase log , roxette , shiina ringo , sonic youth , soundtrack , stephen sondheim , sting , tag team , taylor swift , technotronic , the old 97s , various artists
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
Catalog
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Alabama Shakes, Boys & Girls Bangles, A Different Light Clannad, Atlantic Realm Elliott Smith, Figure 8 Fleetwood Mac, Behind the Mask Front 242, Tyranny for You Gabby Pahinui and Atta Isaacs, Two Slack Key Guitars Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump Hapa, In the Name of Love John Zorn, The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volumes One and Two Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around Lorde, Pure Heroine Morrissey, You Are the Quarry Mumford and Sons, Babel R.E.O. Speedwagon, Hi Infidelity SING LIKE TALKING, DISCOVERY Skrillex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites The Style Council, Confessions of a Pop Group Tricky, Maxinquaye Various Artists, Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them Vinyl
ABBA, The Singles: The First 10 Years Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual Krzysztof Penderecki, Violin Concerto (Isaac Stern, Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewki) Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein Conducts His Symphonies (New York Philharmonic) New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Music Stephen Sondheim, Company (Original Cast Recording) The Alarm, Strength
Tags: abba , alabama shakes , atta isaacs , bangles , clannad , cyndi lauper , elliott smith , fleetwood mac , front 242 , gabby pahinui , grandaddy , hapa , john zorn , johnny cash , krzysztof penderecki , leonard bernstein , lorde , morrissey , mumford and sons , new jersey percussion ensemble , purchase log , reo speedwagon , sing like talking , skrillex , stephen sondheim , the alarm , the style council , torche , tricky , various artists
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
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John Luther Adams, Become Desert Madonna, Madame X Vinyl
James Blake, Assume Form Midnight Oil, Armistice Day: Live at the Domain Sydney Catalog
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Bruce Springsteen, Tracks Chuck Prophet, No Other Love Hank III, Risin’ Outlaw InfoMatik, Identify John Coltrane, Live in Seattle Kid Koala, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Lounge Lizards, Voice of Chunk Shiina Ringo, MoRA Stephen Sondheim, Follies Whitney Houston, I’m Your Baby Tonight Soundtrack, Captive Vinyl
Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger Reissues
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Marvin Gaye, You’re the Man MONO, Hymn to the Immortal Wind (Anniversary Edition) Vinyl
Art of Noise, In No Sense? Nonsense!
Tags: bruce springsteen , chuck prophet , hank iii , infomatik , james blake , john coltrane , john luther adams , kid koala , lounge lizards , madonna , marvin gaye , midnight oil , mono , purchase log , shiina ringo , sonny rollins , soundgarden , soundtrack , stephen sondheim , the art of noise , whitney houston
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
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
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Weezer, Weezer (Teal Album) Vinyl
Mikami Chisako, I AM Ready! Utada Hikaru, “Face My Fears” Catalog
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Aphex Twin, … I Care Because You Do Arvo Pärt, Piano Music Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans Einstürzende Neubauten, Strategies Against Architecture III Elliott Smith, XO Jack Ingram, Midnight Motel M83, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts Marc Ribot, Shoe String Symphonettes MGMT, Oracular Spectacular Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here Robert Palmer, Pressure Drop Stephen Sondheim, Company (Original Cast Recording Remastered) Steve Earle, Guitar Town The Books, Lost and Safe The Pogues, Hell’s Ditch The Wooden Birds, Magnolia Vinyl
Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac Sly and the Family Stone, Greatest Hits
Tags: aphex twin , arvo part , bruno mars , einsturzende neubauten , elliott smith , fleetwood mac , jack ingram , m83 , marc ribot , mgmt , pink floyd , purchase log , robert palmer , stephen sondheim , steve earle , the books , the pogues , the wooden birds , utada hikaru , weezer
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
1979 is officially the year I started collecting music. And it’s all because of a post-disco hit about the Twilight Zone theme song. This list, though, couldn’t have been compiled till 2006.
Gang of Four, Entertainment!
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Evita
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach
Midnight Oil, Head Injuries
Talking Heads, Fear of Music
The Clash, London Calling
Michael Jackson, Off the Wall
The Police, Reggatta de Blanc
Emmylou Harris, Blue Kentucky Girl
Other favorites from the year:
The Manhattan Transfer, Extensions
The B-52’s, The B-52’s
The hit in question is “Twilight Tone” by the Manhattan Transfer.
Though more renowned as a jazz vocal quartet, the group wouldn’t get on my radar till “Twilight Tone” invaded the airwaves. Search YouTube for a performance of the song on a variety show — it’s amazing what people will endure for art. Or gimmickry.
My parents relented and bought the Extensions album for me. Of course, I played “Twilight Tone” to death, but I also dug the other songs on the album. Unlike “Twilight Tone”, they ranged from doo-wop to a capella. One song was a bizarre novelty with the singers voices rendered at chipmunk speed. You could say this was Manhattan Transfer’s disco album.
I’ve included it in the extended list. As fond as I am of the album, I have a better sense of what 1979 really offered as a year in music.
Tags: andrew lloyd webber , emmylou harris , favorite edition , gang of four , michael jackson , midnight oil , philip glass , rewind , stephen sondheim , talking heads , the b-52's , the clash , the manhattan transfer , the police
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
And now we enter some new territory. I didn’t start collecting music in earnest till 1985, and I wouldn’t start exploring catalog music till 2005. Raiding thrift shops has allowed me to fill in a lot of history, which is why were expanding the range of this retrospective to as far back as 1978. Today, we start with 1984.
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
The Replacements, Let It Be
Soundtrack, Amadeus
Andersson / Rice / Ulvaeus, Chess
Art of Noise, Who’s Afraid of? … the Art of Noise!
Madonna, Like a Virgin
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
Arvo Pärt, Tabula Rasa
Thompson Twins, Into the Gap
Other favorites from the year:
Guadalcanal Diary, Walking in the Shadows of the Big Man
Nena, 99 Luftballons
Eurythmics, 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Sade, Diamond Life
I was much more into arcade video games — the classic era of Pac-Man and Galaga — than music in 1984. The only album I owned from that time is 99 Luftballons . Everything else I would discover later.
My 12-year-old self would not have known what to make of the Replacements or Arvo Pärt. He would have scoffed and wretched over the idea that Madonna or Prince could rank on such a list. They were his brother’s albums , after all.
He certainly did not have the sophistication or patience for two LPs of Mozart, although he might have really liked watching Amadeus .
And he would have definitely protested the inclusion of Bruce Springsteen on the list, all the while gazing lustily after the cover of Born in the USA .
He would have totally understood the Thompson Twins, though.
Tags: arvo part , benny andersson , bjorn ulvaeus , bruce springsteen , eurythmics , favorite edition , guadalcanal diary , madonna , nena , prince , rewind , sade , soundtrack , stephen sondheim , the art of noise , the replacements , thompson twins , tim rice
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