#rsd2018

[rock-and-romanticism]

Check out a great, smart new book about #davidbowie — #davidbowieandromanticism — link in bio for details or visit jamesrovira.com. #bowie’s #bowienow #1977 is a promo album featuring selections from #low and #heroes. Selections are the remastered versions produced for the #soundandvision boxset. This re-issue is on #coloredvinyl for #rsd2018 Noticeably absent is the title track from “Heroes,” which has become an indispensable part of the Bowie catalog today. #vinylcollector #vinyljunkie #vinylrecords #rocknroll #vinyladdict #rockandroll #vinyl #vinylcollection #rockmusic #vinylcommunity #vinyljunkie #music #classicrock #rock #rockmusic #rockandroll #rockandromanticism #70s #70srock #70smusic #experimentalmusic #artrock (at Manatee Cove) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkeO_8xuXFp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vinyljunkiesco]

Record Store Day 2019 Available This Saturday, at Independent Record Shops Everywhere

RSD Spin #2 The Grodeck Whipperjenny ‎– The Grodeck Whipperjenny (1970) RSD First (Ltd. 1800 Copies)

Another first time vinyl reissue, this obscure digger grail was the first-ever record to be released on James Brown’s People Records imprint.  It’s a strange choice, somehow akin to Elephant’s Memory being released on The Beatles’ Apple Records. Deep, fuzzy jazz combines with flower power Grace Slick worship and some weirdly unique, almost vaudeville elements.  After 3 spins, I can see why originals are so highly sought after by genre collectors.  Same deal here, this won’t stick around long.  Maybe a bit longer, given the obscurity of the title, but it’s one I’d recommend for deep collectors of 70s drug music.

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[metal-patches-vinyl]

Record Store Day - Black Friday 2018: Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses. I’ve wanted this for a long, long time. How cool is this 3LP set?

[vinylfromthevault]

The Cure “Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras” 2018 (Record Store Day 2018 exclusive, limited release). Yesterday, April 21st, was Robert Smith’s 60th birthday (b. 1959). I’ve been hanging onto this 2 LP colored vinyl/picture disc filled with 18 tracks culled from The Cure’s discography beginning at their first album - and remixed by Robert Smith himself - since last year in anticipation of his big day (which I missed because we were visiting family for Easter). 

Side A begins with the title track from Three Imaginary Boys (their debut, 1979), “Three Imaginary Boys (Help Me Mix),” which is sparse and alien as compared to the gothy original, followed by a much less urgent “M (Attack Mix)” off of Seventeen Seconds (1980), dreamy “The Drowning Man (Bright Birds Mix)” from Faith (1981) and the goth-goes-psychedelic “A Strange Day (Drowning Waves Mix)” pulled from Pornography (1982). Early Cure is my favorite Cure so the remixes are super-cool but also weird to my ears since I’m so used to the originals. 

Side B continues with The Cure’s earlier recordings and also more material I’m most familiar with: a barely brightened version of “Just One Kiss (Remember Mix)” from Japanese Whispers (a singles comp released in ‘83), a really heavy take on “Shake Dog Shake (New Blood Mix)” from The Top (1984, and in my opinion one of their more under-appreciated LP’s), “A Night Like This (Hello Goodbye Mix)” from The Head on the Door (1985) which is one of the more bizarre remixes (to me, anyway) -- it’s got this funky, pop beat with 80′s era saxaphone that’s jarring me a ton since this particular song (and album) was instrumental to teenage goth despondency (one reviewer I read said Smith, “turns it into a strange blend of yacht rock and acid jazz, with trademark levels of angst thrown in for good measure”) -- and an electronica goes carnival funhouse version of “Like Cockatoos (Lonely in the Rain Mix)” from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987, this was the first Cure release I bought on CD back in the day, when vinyl was on its way “out” hahaha). 

Side C kicks off with a track from Disintegration (1989, I think this was the last Cure LP I bought for many, many years): “Plainsong (Edge of the World Mix)” followed by “Never Enough (Time to Kill Mix)” from Mixed Up (1990, a remix album, which this 2018 release is the sequel to; “Never Enough” was the only new track on the LP), “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (Love in Vain Mix)” from Wish (1992) and “Want (Time Mix)” off of Wild Mood Swings (1996). 

Side D has “The Last Day of Summer (31st August Mix)” from Bloodflowers (2000), “Cut Here (If Only Mix)” from the 2001 compilation Greatest Hits (one of two new tracks among a bunch of their earlier singles), “Lost (Found Mix)” from The Cure (2004) and concludes with “It’s Over (Whisper Mix)” off of 4:13 Dream (2008). Since I’ve only half-heartedly listened to The Cure’s releases post-1989 I don’t have much to say about any of the remixes since I don’t really know the originals but some of the tracks on the final side remind me a lot of what David Bowie was doing in his later years.

Overall this is a really beautiful release - the vinyl is particularly mesmerizing as it spins on the turntable - and while I might not agree with all of the remixing (it’s not my place, really, to agree or disagree), it is certainly interesting to hear how Robert Smith reimagines his compositions from the past 40 years.

[egglestonworks]

Ltd edition vinyl! #records #rsd2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqjMEEQHJHM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z2gwlnwcsbjd

[florencewelchislife]

Sky Full of Song

Hold me down i’m so tired now

[fuckyeahthenotoriousbig]

Juicy was released 25 years ago today

August 9, 1994

[vinyldaily]

Daughter - Music From Before The Storm

Released on Record Store Day 2018.

Limited pressing of only 2000.

2 x 12” LP pressed on clear vinyl.

Housed in a gatefold sleeve, containing printed inner sleeves with lyrics and credits.

[birdpatterson]

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Friday jam! #SheenaIsAPunkRocker #Ramones #LiveAtGlasgow #vinyl #RSD #RSD2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsgx-JtAeKF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6e0a2kgnhbdn

[factoryoffear]

You KNOW I had to do it to ‘em! Didn’t have to get there at the crack of dawn, either! I rolled into @horizonrecords around 12 and they STILL had 3 copies left! Woo! #typeonegative #petersteele #music #metal #bloodykisses #recordstoreday #rsd2018 #rsd #blackfriday #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #vinyljunkies #vinyllover #vinyladdict #vinyligclub (at Horizon Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiU3kdnc5P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=258s1risedo7

[rock-and-romanticism]

#fidlar #10thanniversary #picturedisc picked up from the glorious Michelle @savvy_vinyl_records #melbournefl savvyvinylrecords.com I first learned about this band when Grace and I were in Michelle’s store one day and a guy there started talking to Grace. They were asking each other about different bands, and he mentioned Fidlar, so we listened on the way home. Pretty cool music. When I saw this and remembered I had some store credit, I couldn’t pass it up. It’s an #rsd #recordstoreday #2018 release #rsd2018 with a poster, download card and, ha, one of those temporary tattoos :). All intact. #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #music #rock #alternativemusic #2000smusic #2000srock #alternative #punk #rocknroll #rockandroll #rockandromanticism #rockmusic #2000s (at Vinyl Request Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHJXSeMHt0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[vinyljunkiesco]

NEW RELEASE (RSD Black Friday 2018) (Ltd. 5000 Copies)

The B-52's ‎– Cosmic Thing Reprise Records ‎– RCV1 25854 Vinyl LP, Rainbow Vinyl Released: 1989 (23 Nov 2018 Reissue)

Beautiful slab.  I made sure to turn the volume up before I dropped the needle on this one, wanna see if I get any reaction from the family once "Love Shack" comes on.

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[metal-patches-vinyl]

A Perfect Circle - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish (7”). My other RSD purchase today. There’s a cover of AC/DC’s “Dog Eat Dog” on the B-side that’s worth a listen.

[vinylfromthevault]

David Bowie “Bowie Now” 1978/2018. Today, January 8th, is David Bowie’s birthday (b. 1947, d. 2016). Bowie Now is a Record Store Day 2018 exclusive release on white vinyl and a reissue of a rare Bowie promo-only comp of tracks from Heroes and Low, recorded in Berlin. From Low, recorded in ‘76 and released in ‘77, are the tracks “Breaking Glass,” “Speed of Life,” “What in the World” (love that one!) and “Weeping Wall.” The remainder of the songs come from 1977′s Heroes, a couple of which are co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno including the deeply ambient and experimental “Neuköln” (the liner notes describe it as “an area in Berlin where Turks live in very bad ghetto conditions...an isolated community unnervingly and vividly surreal...instrumental impression...Eastern sounds...Bowie blows outrageous sax, jazz riffs above [Robert] Fripp and Eno’s glacial overture of rising chords) and “The Secret Life of Arabia.” I especially like two other tracks from Heroes: the complicated, densely rocking “Joe the Lion” and “Blackout,” which is ambient and dissonant yet funky with get-down beats and pop-hook guitars.

[undermythumblr]

V/A – Singapore A-Go-Go 2LP . #variousartists #singaporeagogo #sublimefrequencies #pop #singapore #gogo #60s #beat #beatmusic #chacha #rsd2018 #ilovediscogs #records #lp #vinyl #recordcollection #vinylgram #vinylcover #vinylcommunity #vinyligclub #vinylcollection #vinylcollectionpost #nowspinning #nowplaying #instavinyl #vinyloftheday #recordcollector #albumcoverart #albumcover https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs6DKodgqgj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9mx77wtel286

[paulmee]

Trojan - Record Store Day