So far this year I've only gotten around to purchasing 2 new releases. Everything has been Spotify recently, just not enough disposable income right now to justify purchases.
I did however get ticket for Steven Wilson in June and Opeth in October, so at least some big live gigs are coming up.
Akeldama Cagey Cretin
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Picked up John Denver's Greatest Hits because it's one of the first musical experiences I can recall (from when I was around 2 or 3). I found it in the 5 dollar bin at Wal-Mart, and strangely enough, listening to it was like reuniting with an old friend. I almost felt like the CD was calling to me, haha, and I felt obligated to pick it up. I'm glad I did.
Fat Freddy Stormtrooper Of Pabst
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I've been on a tear recently. I have already bought more CDs in the first half of 2015 than I did in all of 2014. Please don't tell my wife.
Raven - ExtermiNation Krokus - Original Album Classics set (3 albums - Metal Rendez-vous, Hardware, and One Vice at a Time, in LP replica cardboard sleeves housed in a neat little box) Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tides and Green Grass) Shotgun Messiah - s/t and Second Coming (Divebomb Recs. reissues) The Cars - s/t American Angel - EP '92
corplhicks
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun May 31, 2015 12:34 am
MoM, I happen to be a closet Denver fan to the point of knowing must of the hits for guitar and vocal and even going as far as modeling my voice off of his. In fact I usually sing Annie's Song, For Bobby, Jet Plane, Sad Song, This Old Guitar, Poems Prayers Promises, Back Home Again, Country Roads, or Lady for my youngest for bedtime (I sing "baby" instead of "lady" for obvious reasons). He's the reason I switched focus to acoustic guitar in my teens, the reason I started singing, and people may laugh but fuck em. Dude had talent.
In other news that Steven Wilson is album of the year. No contest.
Metal-On-Metal
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun May 31, 2015 1:21 pm
I'd been getting into singer/songwriter and folk music for the past couple of years pretty heavily, so it only made sense for me to finally delve into John Denver seeing as his music was some of the first music to move me as a kid. And you're right, he's definitely a talented dude and a fantastic songwriter.
Akeldama Cagey Cretin
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun May 31, 2015 3:51 pm
I could never get into John Denver for some reason but I do like singer/songwriter stuff. I had been singing Simon & Garfunkel tunes at work all last week.
corplhicks
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:14 am
A person's dislike of Denver is really understandable by myself; like James Taylor (surprisingly I'm not a fan) he can get pretty fluffy-saccharine and new age. He's also hit and miss with a tendency to repeat simple phrases and/or grab cheap rhymes--as much as I love Sad Song for its melodic and chordal strengths, the lyrics aren't very impressive, but it still boasts a melancholy vibe that catches on. Anyway, he's no Neil Young or Nick Drake. But at times he hits some strong dynamics and evokes a thematic mood--Back Home Again is a road standard for my job, Leaving on a Jet Plane as well, Country Roads has some wide-eyed imagery, Fly Away puts you right in a 70's-era L.A. condo, Matthew is a rich little biography, and Poems and Prayers and Promises is probably his best--it still leaves me in total reflection of my life. Some songs I absolutely hate--Looking for Space (blegh!), Calypso (too busy), and Dancing with the Mountains (poor ass attempt at disco)--but for the most part it's pleasant indulgence until Autograph. Everything after that album was pretty awful.
My favorite album of his, of course, has always been An Evening with John Denver.
Akeldama Cagey Cretin
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:18 am
I'll have to check that album out and one thing I like about singer/songwriters is their ability to evoke darkness. I love dark and melancholy stuff and yes it's that fluffy, saccharine vibe John Denver evokes that doesn't do it for me and I really tried liking him due to being a Colorado boy. I thought he'd reach me with songs about a place I know so well but reading your post has compelled me to at least listen to "An Evening With John Denver".
Fat Freddy Stormtrooper Of Pabst
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:29 am
My Mom had a shit ton of John Denver's records when I was growing up...even the Christmas album he did with the Muppets!
Fat Freddy Stormtrooper Of Pabst
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Riot - Fire Down Under (2014 Varese Sarabande reissue) Prong - Ruining Lives Sweet & Lynch - Only To Rise
Fat Freddy Stormtrooper Of Pabst
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:52 pm
Whitesnake - The Purple Album
AC/DC - The Razors Edge
Thus ends my Post Birthday CD buying frenzy, cuz I used the last of the gift cards I received to buy these two.
Akeldama Cagey Cretin
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun Jun 21, 2015 3:14 pm
Just got this gem and will listen to it later on:
James Gang-Live At Carnegie Hall (5/15/71)
Disc One - 46:37 1. Funk #49 2. Ashtonpark 3. Stop 4. You're Gonna Need Me 5. Take A Look Around 6. Tend My Garden 7. White Man, Black Man 8. Thanks 9. Garden Gate 10. Again Disc Two - 46:30 1. The Ashes, The Rain, And I 2. Walk Away 3. Woman 4. Lost Woman 5. Johnny B. Goode 6. The Bomber NOTE: *There is a slight glitch in Ashes, which is on the tape itself.
It's the FULL "Live In Concert" album.
Metal-On-Metal
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:21 am
I bought some random mid 90s alternative rock album at Goodwill; Veruca Salt - American Thighs. It's actually pretty solid.
Metal-On-Metal
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I bought Nickel Creek's album Why Should the Fire Die? today on amazon for a penny. Their mandolin player, Chris Thile, is a fucking prodigy. He also plays in the Punch Brothers, who are worth listening to as well if you like progressive bluegrass.
Metal-On-Metal
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I'm visiting family in Paducah, KY and the FYE down here had surprisingly nice selection. I picked up the new Alabama Shakes album for my girlfriend, and got myself Van Morrison's Astral Weeks for 5 bucks, and a Classic Albums blu-ray of Peter Gabriel's So and a copy of Gabriel's Live Blood on blu-ray as well.
Metal-On-Metal
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Oh, and I ordered Secret World: Live by Peter Gabriel on amazon, too.
Metal-On-Metal
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:46 pm
Not purchased, but I stopped by Ramsey Library on campus at UNCA today and checked out ten CDs. I got:
Moondog - Moondog (1956) Charles Mingus - The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric Jimmy Smith - The Sermon Herbie Hancock - Headhunters Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Stephen Sondheim - Into the Woods Wagner's Tristan und Isolde performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra
I'm stoked to listen to them all.
chewie
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:13 pm
COOL!
Metal-On-Metal
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:37 pm
Yeah chew. I was like a kid in a candy store, haha. They've got a bunch of "world music" like afrojazz, classical, dustbowl blues, really old appalachian bluegrass recordings, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I'm gonna be in and out of there a lot.
S.D. The Subhuman
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Not purchased, but I stopped by Ramsey Library on campus at UNCA today and checked out ten CDs. I got:
Moondog - Moondog (1956) Charles Mingus - The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric Jimmy Smith - The Sermon Herbie Hancock - Headhunters Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Stephen Sondheim - Into the Woods Wagner's Tristan und Isolde performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra
I'm stoked to listen to them all.
Lots of good stuff in that batch.
Metal-On-Metal
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I'd only heard a couple of the albums beforehand (Head Hunters, Moondog, and a few of the Mingus albums), and I've really been digging the Wayne Shorter ones. While looking up information about him, I also discovered he did the sax solo on Aja by Steely Dan. Never would've guessed that was him, but I can totally hear it now.
On LP: Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy Ronnie Montrose - Territory (I thought that this was a very cool find on vinyl) Grant Green - The Main Attraction Michael Shrieve & David Beal - The Big Picture
Stuff on the way on CD: OPETH 2CD - Ghost Reveries ( CD + DVD ) EDITION ON DIJIPACK Quist, Bill - Piano Solos of Erik Satie CD Billy Oskay And Micheal O Domhnaill - Nightnoise CD
Akeldama Cagey Cretin
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:00 pm
chewie wrote:
Ronnie Montrose - Territory (I thought that this was a very cool find on vinyl)
I dig Montrose's stuff but never heard that one, is it one of his instrumental albums?
chewie
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Subject: Re: "Recently Purchased" Thread Sun Feb 14, 2016 6:16 pm
Akeldama wrote:
chewie wrote:
Ronnie Montrose - Territory (I thought that this was a very cool find on vinyl)
I dig Montrose's stuff but never heard that one, is it one of his instrumental albums?
For the most part, but there are vocals on two songs.