When I bought a lot of Music at Cheapo (and Ernie November's before that), I used to love buying used tapes. They cost about half of a used CD, so you could gamble even more on things you may not have been willing to drop even $8 on. I also picked up a few cutout tapes for even less at Sam Goody. One of those tapes was Yello Zebra. I don't even know if I connected them with "Oh Yeah" at the time, but I think I did know that they were someone the Orb had remixed. I might have confused them with Yellow Magic Orchestra.
I listened to the album in my car driving home from Rosedale that day and wow, Zebra was really good. Like what if Carl Craig had a Latin Swing jones and some weird dude vocalist and wrote songs instead of tracks? It's not all great, I'm less fond of the songs that were singles "How How" and "Do It", with all the vocals. But "I... I'm in Love" and "Night Train" and some of the others were definitely worth the risk of the five $2.99 tapes I picked up that day.
I write this because I just saw the tape last weekend and decided to find a download of it. It's most of what I've listened to this week.
You got any unexpected little gems you've found because they were cheap enough to make a gamble on?
1. The Shins - "Sleeping Lessons" - Wincing the Night Away
2. Guster - "Center of Attention" - Lost and Gone Forever
3. Tapes 'n Tapes - "Buckle" - The Loon
4. Trampled By Turtles - "Risk" - Stars and Satellites
5. The White Stripes - "The Air Near My Fingers" - Elephant
6. Neko Case - "The Needle Has Landed" - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
7. Wolfmother - "Joker & the Thief" - Wolfmother
8. Wilco - "Wilco (The Song)" - Wilco (The Album)
9. Radiohead - "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box" - Amnesiac
10. Spinal Tap - "Clam Caravan" - Break Like the Wind
B. Cloud Cult - "There's So Much Energy In Us" - Light Chasers
This is a pretty terrific list (#1 excepted).
Risk is good - might have to add that to my 5K playlist.
1. Everything Flows - Teenage Fanclub - A Catholic Education
2. Canceled Check - Beck - Mutations
3. Blunderbuss - Jack White - Blunderbuss
4. How Great Thou Art - Elvis Presley - Ultimate Gospel
5. Summersong - The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
6. Hangman - Beat Happening - Jamboree
7. Waitress In The Sky - The Replacements - Tim
8. Doughnut for a Snowman - Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat The Factory
9. Rape Me - Nirvana - In Utero
10. I Am A Tree - Guided By Voices - Human Amusements At Hourly Rates
B1. Pencil Test - Yo La Tengo - A Smattering Of Outtakes And Rarities: 1986-2002
B2. Death or Glory - The Clash - London Calling
I got "Ain't No Shame in My Game" by Candyman at Disc-Go-Round in the 90's because I wanted "Knockin' Boots'" and hoped the rest of the album held at least another gem. I can't say it did, but there's a few decent songs, including one hilarious one where he raps about the benefits of condoms and manages to fit trichomoniasis, herpes, and gonorrhea into his rhymes.
Can't say that I remember that single.
All I remember is his movie.
Unless that wasn't the same guy.
From pandora.com:
1. "Sh-Boom"--The Chords--Vocal Groups: Classic Doo-Wop
2. "Homeward Bound"--Simon & Garfunkel--Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
3. "Baby Come Back"--Player--The Best of Player
4. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"--The Temptations--The Temptations: The Ultimate Collection
5. "Black Water"--The Doobie Brothers--What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
6. "Londonderry Air"--Brother Seamus--The Celtic Spirit
7. "The Ballad of the Green Berets"--Sgt. Barry Sadler--Best of 60s Rock
8. "Cheek to Cheek"--Fred Astaire--The Great American Songbook
9. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"--Ken Mackintosh--A Tribute
10. "The Weight"--The Band--Music From Big Pink
I like The Ballad of the Green Beret but for the life of me not sure why it would be included on a Best of 60s Rock collection.
Because corrective therapy for the long-haired hippies.
That amused me, too. At least they got the "60s" part right.
1. Irish Heartbeat - Chieftains & Van Morrison - Irish Heartbeat
2. Last Time I Was Fooled - Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender to the Rhythm
3. When Sunny Gets Blue - Mel Torme - The Velvet Fog
4. What Are We Waiting For - the Yayhoos - Fear Not the Obvious
5. Your Mother Should Know - Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
6. I'm So Free - Lou Reed - Transformer
7. Fact of Life - Poi Dog Pondering - Poi Dog Pondering
8. That's Enough of That Stuff - Marcia Ball - Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens
9. And a Bang on the Ear - Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
10. Little Ways - Dwight Yoakam - Hillbilly Deluxe
B. Sweet Revenge - John Prine - Sweet Revenge
I think it would be possible to write a story just rearranging those song titles.
1. Drive By Truckers - "Rebels" - The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities)
2. Wilco - "Solitaire" - Wilco (The Album)
3. Soul Coughing - "How Many Cans" - Irresistible Bliss
4. Ha Ha Tonka - "Up Nights" - Buckle in the Bible Belt
5. Muse - "Animals" - The 2nd Law
6. Radiohead - "Sulk" - The Bends
7. Nirvana - "Love Buzz" - Bleach
8. The Strokes - "Call it Fate, Call it Karma" - Comedown Machine
9. The White Stripes - "Icky Thump" - Icky Thump
10. Del Amitri - "Never Enough" - Twisted
B. The 1975 - "Chocolate" - The 1975
Sometimes I think The Bends is the best Radiohead album, other days lean toward OK Computer. Can't go wrong with either (plus Amnesiac, which also showed up today, is pretty damn good.)
That's pretty much what I use bandcamp for now. Usually pretty low prices (lots of free stuff) on bands that I've maybe heard of in passing, or that I just read a review about or something.
Budge - Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Killing the Water Bed - Vladislav Delay Quartet - (self-titled)
Seeds of Deception - Hummingbird - Our Fearful Symmetry
Another Version of the Truth - Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Simple Mix (David Lang Remix) - Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble - In C Remixed (T. Riley)
Opus - ASC - Nothing is Certain
Rift - Hilary Hahn & Hauschka - Silfra (H. Hahn & V. Bertelmann)
Soft Cover People - Walls - (self-titled)
Abatis - Ryan Elliot - Funf
The Hives Declare Guerre Nucleaire - The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
Yeah, I've gotten some good stuff from Bandcamp (and Soundcloud) downloads.
But somehow physical copies are different because they take up space and then you pick one up and really look at it.
I dunno, maybe I'm just a luddite.
'Man on the Moon' - REM Automatic For the People
'Juniors Farm' - Paul McCartney All the Best
'Swingin Party' - The Replacements Tim
'At Least it Was Here' - The 88 Community OST
'Everythings Coming Our Way' - Santana Santana III
'Get Lucky' - Daft Punk Random Access Memory
'Catch Hell Blues' - White Stripes Icky Thump
'Drive' - Incubus Make Yourself
'Midnight Confessions' - The Grass Roots
'Skyfall' - Adele Skyfall OST
"Skyfall" is the Bondiest sounding Bond song in a long time.
1. Aphex Twin “Corn Mouth” Richard D. James Album
2. Barry Adamson “Whispering Streets” The King of Nothing Hill
3. Pan Sonic “Rahina III” Kesto (Disc 1)
4. Coil “Bee Stings” Summer Solstice
5. Bobby Bare* “”
6. Pan Sonic “Sykkiva” Kesto (Disc 2)
7. Neotropic “Slink” La Prochaine Fois
8. Fila Brazillia “Hairy Insides” Mess
9. Barry Adamson “The Man With the Golden Arm”* Moss Side Story
T. Yello “Do It (Blessed & Beaten Mix)” Do It 12"
*Notes:
5. To me, he's "Bobby Bare Sr.", as I knew of his son first. This song is a cover of the song made famous by The Animals.
9. Cover of the movie theme by Elmer Bernstein. (I had to look that up.)
St. Vincent has a new album coming out at the end of February.
St. Vincent + "naked desert walks" = E-6 bait.
well, i suppose that covers me, too
1. "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
2. "Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
3. "Orange Crush" - R.E.M. - Green
4. "Zombie" - The Cranberries - No Need To Argue
5. "You've Got The Love" - Florence + The Machine - Lungs
6. "Another First Kiss" - TMBG - Mink Car
7. "Where Is My Mind" - The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
8. "My Moon My Man" - Feist - The Reminder
9. "Undone (The Sweater Song)" - Weezer - Weezer
10. "Always On My Mind" - Elvis Presley - Love, Elvis
B: "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster The People - Torches
Wow, two Elvis listings today, that's rare.
No time for a list today, but to answer your question: Adam Ant, Wonderful. Didn't love the whole thing, but that title track is pretty fun.
01. Michael Romero - "Premature Burial", Dark Chapter
02. Volbeat - "Devil or the Blue Cat's Song", Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil
03. Arch Enemy - "End of the Line", Anthems of Rebellion
04. Vader - "Out of the Deep", The Beast
05. October 31 - "Rivet Rat", No Survivors
06. Entombed - "Retaliation", Inferno
07. Jotenheim - "The Dog of Ulster", Jotenheim
08. Hawkwind - "Lords of Chaos", Live Chronicle
09. Metal Church - "Cannot Tell a Lie", Blessing in Disguise
10. Iced Earth - "Stand Alone", Something Wicked This Way Comes