What are you listening to and what do you have to say about it?

[howlin' hoosier]

OK, I recently got a box of (5) LP's from Norton mailorder. Here are some comments while I listen:

5. The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators (Sundazed Music): I will apologize up-front, as some of my comments may not only shock, but even horrify some of you. Here goes. I "like" the 13th Floor Elevators. But I've never understood why they are worshipped by so many people who like alot of the same music as me. I mean - they're not The Sonics! And "You're Gonna Miss Me" is a GREAT song. But an electric jug - come on, man - throughout an entire LP?

I've never owned a copy of this LP until now. I think the copies I've heard through-out the years were all bootlegs from the 80's. The CD reissue which I dubbed from the library a couple years ago made me appreciate it a little bit more, but still...

Now I am listening to Sundazed's 180 gram MONO edition. And you know what - I WAS WRONG! This is a GREAT LP! I don't know if an original MONO copy in Mint condition sounds this good or not, but WOW! I'm not gonna go out and buy any of those box sets or anything, but this LP (in the proper format) is a MUST-OWN!

I always wished that The Elevators had managed to come up with a few more tunes in the garage vein like YGMM.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

The Gaunga Dyns' "Clouds Don't Shine". I love everything about this song except for the ending, which feels out of place, and the vapid lyrics.

Anyone know how much a copy of this 45 would set me back?

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Sonics - He's Waitin' - 'nuff said...

 

[nadorozny2001]

an Lp on the "sears " label called "the new you" which has some advice columnist talking about bra sizes while there's some cool music in the background.
there's a funny one about a hippy but not the hair & beads type asking about what girdles to wear for big hip types

 

[nadorozny2001]

here's a few files for "The New You" Sears Consumer Information Service dept 702
Intro
http://www.box.com/s/9gkp5ihdpoklle48buxb
Hippy Helga
http://www.box.com/s/770sxp90gqe9p3litd3r
Clean
http://www.box.com/s/co6z03yb3eij586dia2n
Cheerleader
http://www.box.com/s/2tjsadthe82m706hoqo7
Laura Lean
http://www.box.com/s/3olz1reby78942j3c5p7
Pity the 16 mm movie was gone
Pity nobody makes these goofy lps anymore

 

[Dave Baldwin]

Listening to The-Merry-Go-Round on original A & M stereo vinyl.
Keep putting the stylus back on "Had To Run Around".
I am a sucker for heartbroken catch-in-the-throat plaintative ballads ya know.

That song reminds me of some songs on the Big Star's #1 Record...or should I say that Chris Bell
probably owned a well-enjoyed copy of of the original A&M Merry-Go-Round LP.

 

[howlin' hoosier]

While you're listening to the ultra-groovy Sears lp, why not peruse this splendid JC Penney catalog from 1977: http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2007/10/strap-in-shut-up-and-hold-on-were-going.html

 

[guy_alcindor]

Haunted "1-2-5", classic montreal garage.

 

[The Swyne]

Currently listening to this. I still remember going to Hollywood and buying this CD. Got me a Hank Williams Sr. box set that day too



Gotta love the moody stuff!

 

[AZ54]

One of the best!
AZ54

 

[Westex]

Listed to side 2 of The Beach Boys Today and all of the Teddy Neeley debut lp on Capitol (among other things) last night while folding laundry and grading 7th grade exams and writing an exam for my 8th graders.

You know... real primitive kinda stuff.

 

[soundog III]

4. The Sevens: The main thing I knew about The Sevens is that The Lyres covered a song of theirs called "Seven". Unfortunately, that song is not on here. I believe this is a reissue of their LP, and that "Seven" was on a 7".

With respect to packaging, instead of a standard LP cover, this comes in a foldover sleeve (like the original pressing of the 1st Motions LP). I don't know whether or not that is how this was originally released.

Yes, 45 only.

Yes, the original LP sleeve is a foldover. And to my mind Feathered Apple did a very nice job reproducing the sleeve.

 

[axel]

You know... real primitive kinda stuff.

Yeah, me too:
* Bobbie Gentry: "Patchwork"
* Mark James (on Bell)
* Del Shannon: "...and the music plays on"
* Arthur Verocai
* Beatles: "Magical Mystery Tour" (about 20 times in a row; found out it follows the chronology of a trip; maybe the most perfect pop album of all times)

But right now on the turntable are the usual "Bad Vibrations" (Vol.3)

Hey, how's the weather out there? Here it's deep snow and it's still snowing heavily...

 

[Mr.Segment]

Hey, how's the weather out there? Here it's deep snow and it's still snowing heavily...

Cold, but would like some of that snow. Haven't snowed this little in Oslo for a good few years now. I want to go skiing!

Just been listening to this because I just won it:

Also bought the Black Keys El Camino and listened to it yesterday. I'm sure I would've dug this heavily maybe ten years ago. Now I start skipping songs after the first 3 or 4. There is something about the sound on new records, it is not very exciting. Or maybe I've listened to too much 60s and 70s to be able to "go back" to new stuff. I can live with that.

 

[Westex]

Been away from the modern rockabilly scene for a bit, but this J.D. McPherson cat has flat out knocked me on my ass the past couple of days...

I do believe it to be one of the heppest things I've heard in a minute or two...

That beat, man... so good.

"Burn 'em up, burn 'em down..."

 

[pfft]

Cold, but would like some of that snow. Haven't snowed this little in Oslo for a good few years now. I want to go skiing!

Just been listening to this because I just won it:

Also bought the Black Keys El Camino and listened to it yesterday. I'm sure I would've dug this heavily maybe ten years ago. Now I start skipping songs after the first 3 or 4. There is something about the sound on new records, it is not very exciting. Or maybe I've listened to too much 60s and 70s to be able to "go back" to new stuff. I can live with that.

This is exactly how I feel whenever (not often) I play modern stuff. I wonder if stuff from the '80s onward sounds better when I'm 80? :)
This is why I never sell any of my records - maybe one day I get the urge to play my Monomen LP's again, although now it seems pretty unlikely...

 

[mansson66]

Shameless promotion for my girlfriend's band hehe... right now I'm playing the test press of the Voladoras debut album. They've been around for years but only released 45s. This is great trashy girl garage with damn great fuzz sound and a foot in every genre from 60's garage, girlgroup, New York Dolls, Cramps... Seriously, this record actually sounds exciting in a way not many new bands manage. NOT compressed to death but a real live-in-the-room sound.
Right now: the raving cover of Los Yorks - Justo a Mi Gusto... otherwise mostly originals - a couple of them written by Peter Maniette from The Wylde Mammoths - and a cover of The Talismen - She Was Mine (He Was Mine) and Swedish early 80's garage/pop band The Vertex(who are local boys from where my girlfriend grew up) also gets covered.

 

[eleelandc]

Been spending a lot of time with the JC&Co record.... LOVE IT!
A video of one of the songs can be checked out here:






http://vimeo.com/30208195

 

[Westex]

Been spending a lot of time with the JC&Co record.... LOVE IT!
A video of one of the songs can be checked out here:

http://vimeo.com/30208195

FWIW... this is J. Chronis who is responsible for the great On the Road South blog and has popped up here a time or two.

He got cool 45s today.

And though I haven't heard the lp, this song was on the ep he put out a few years back and the ep is great.

Which he sent to me with a gratis copy of the Clue's "Bad Times" on Byron. The flip side of "Bad Times" would fit nicely in a set of JC &Co music.

 

[axel]

Been spending a lot of time with the JC&Co record.... LOVE IT!
A video of one of the songs can be checked out here

Nice!