Spinning on the Turntable now...

[Clement]

When students turned me on to Lamar, it was through mixtapes that preceded this album. By the time this one came out a decade ago, We were looking at his work as poetry. It was almost as if We knew a Pulitzer Prize was just a matter of time! Man, i miss those hip students turning me on to phenomenal flow . . .

https://www.allmusic.com/album/good-kid-maad-city-mw0002421248https://www.discogs.com/release/24901052-Kendrick-Lamar-Good-Kid-MAAd-City

 

[cbmmm3]

I’ll have to check that out. Who’s effing idea was it to bring back piss poor vinyl record production?

hence the reason to get a high quality CD spinner !!

 

[jefe1]

April is coming Clement. April is coming.

 

[Clement]

April is coming Clement. April is coming.

Nice. Your post made me piss myself. Ah, April showers, . . . I love getting old . . . and incontinent, . . . and, . . . what was i typing about . . . about what was i typing–phuquing re-covering Engl-ish teachers. Actually, since an Eliot connection started all of this, i'm reminded that i used to start every year with a quotation from "Little Gidding":

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

 

[jefe1]

ROFLMAO

 

[Clement]

Time and Tide seems an appropriate sentiment to ring in the new year . . . Spin On, Comrades!

https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-and-tide-mw0000740437https://www.discogs.com/release/10333818-Split-Enz-Time-And-Tide

 

[Clement]

Into the new year with Into the Music. One of my favorite Van Morrison albums. Glad to have pulled it up from the basement! I remember purchasing this at a record store in a strip mall near the Yorktown Shopping Center the summer after my senior year in high school. I remember looking at the cover and thinking, "Man, Van is losing his hair!" I remember my own missing hair . . . and i have considerably less now than Van did in 1979!

https://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-music-mw0000190976https://www.discogs.com/release/9239772-Van-Morrison-Into-The-Music

 

[barfle]

Wallachs Music City

Hollywood, Lakewood, Downtown. I went to the store in Buena Park.

 

[Quad Linda]

Wallach's, the real deal.

Which record store nr Yorktown? Flip Side or Fry's, perhaps...

 

[John Svensson]

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I have that one also.

 

[barfle]

Wallach's, the real deal.

Which record store nr Yorktown? Flip Side or Fry's, perhaps...

They had records you could play in-store to see if you actually liked the music. That’s the only place I’ve ever seen that.

There was a record store in Germany that would play records through headphones for you, but Wallach’s was the only place that had booths where you could play an album you hadn’t purchased.

 

[Clement]

Wallach's, the real deal.

Which record store nr Yorktown? Flip Side or Fry's, perhaps...

Flip Side! Yes! Thank you! I can't believe i forgot the name--i remember thinking "What a GREAT name for a record store" every time i walked in the door! My girlfriend (whom i eventually married) lived in Downers Grove, so i often stopped at Flip Side before visiting her! Do you also recollect the names of those record stores near the train depots in Hinsdale and LaGrange?

 

[Clement]

Another great excavation from the basement! Bought this eponymous LP for "Loan Me a Dime" (my theme song come April!) and was delighted at its excellence from beginning to end! I'm gonna get up and make my life shine! I've made up my mind . . . to make my life shine! Spin On, Comrades!

https://www.allmusic.com/album/boz-scaggs-mw0000652630https://www.discogs.com/release/6865850-Boz-Scaggs-Boz-Scaggs

 

[Quadmon]

Hoo boy! This one is really taking me back! I spent a LOT of time in high school with this one! A sonic sower mind blower bowl me over!
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https://www.allmusic.com/album/third-mw0000675031https://www.discogs.com/release/2828688-Soft-Machine-Third

Soft Machine was the first band to play at the first concert I went to on my own. Opening for Jimi. I see Robert Wyatt in the wheelchair and recall he was the first musician I saw “walk” onstage.

 

[Clement]

That must have been an AMAZING concert! Here i am "opening for Jimi"! Yup, this is THAT cover! I opened it up so as not to upset @jefe1 with my vinyl porn I do see that this one is worth some money, so maybe come April . . .

Interested parties can see the cover via this discogs link:
https://www.discogs.com/release/416562-The-Jimi-Hendrix-Experience-Electric-Ladyland

 

[Clement]

I thought my collection could use a little Dolly!

https://www.allmusic.com/album/jolene-mw0000266688https://www.discogs.com/release/25533511-Dolly-Parton-Jolene

 

[GOS]

I thought my collection could use a little Dolly!
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https://www.allmusic.com/album/jolene-mw0000266688https://www.discogs.com/release/25533511-Dolly-Parton-Jolene

Dolly probably could make use of a dolly. I'm guessing...lmao

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Dolly probably could make use of a dolly. I'm guessing...lmao

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

 

[jefe1]

Hollywood, Lakewood, Downtown. I went to the store in Buena Park.

Topanga canyon shopping plaza as I recall. Off Topanga Canyon in the San Fernando Valley.