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so business is finally picking up (ha ha) which means i can start buying records again!

so i want to order some vinyl sweetness

the one i have been most addictively enjoying for the greatest part of the year has been this:




yes i play it almost every day. crazy. and i like it better every time.

but anyway--

what else would you guys recommend? i don't really feel like something weird/experimental, but something with a melody (ha) that i can play lots.

how about this one? you guys like?





^^^ oh what a dunce i just "discovered" there is a whole thread devoted to this album.

any other ideas?

My friend has been playing me this a lot over the past week or so.Loads of good tracks on it:
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Yeah, the YLT one is really good. If you like Cat Power and more folky stuff then I HIGHLY recommend Neko Case's newest album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, although Im not sure if its available on vinyl. Might be though.

actually i dont like folky stuff much but i do adore cat power for some reason-- is it her voice? her hypervulnerable persona? i don't know...

i heard some of those neko case songs on an npr thing when it came out & heard something about her sister one thing or another but wasn't really blown away.but thanks i might download mp3s & give it another listen.

the magnetic fields? thanks porkie. i'm checking that out.

get the new erase errata if you haven't already

new les georges leningrad should be out soon, was supposed to be out already but it seems they are having distribution difficulties

YLT's good.

Good melodic rock -- Black Sabbath - Paranoid. Cheap Trick first LP. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, Exile..., or Let It Bleed. How many do you want me to list?

gmku , thanks for answering, but no classic rock please, that is what these people in this town play all day on the radio.

i was thinking of something new to my ears since a year in the boonies has disconnected me from a lot that is going on right now. i hear that brightback morning light are my neighbors. it's that remote.

brother panto-- erase errata!! hm... i love angry women, so that's gotta be a candidate for immediate acquisition. les georges leningrad i unfortunately missed the eskimo lp... i will look around for them though.

Don't know why I never bought this. I had one track on a compilation and I really liked it...

Not new stuff but i have been listening to a lot of Cocteau Twins recently.Either that or Shakira,Anastacia,Aguilera and Timberlake in many bars and pubs.

Have any Lightning Bolt yet? Hypermagic Mountain is sweet thunder.

Royal Trux? Veterans of Disorder is on wax, and is to die for!

I haven't found much in the last two years or so that really knocks my socks off, though, sorry. Maybe some Fugazi, if you don't already? Argument is good, and so is Red Medicine, End Hits.

There's way too many songs on it but a lot of them are really good.

Get new Timberkins. Everyone needs Timberkins.

You should invest in some

Raekwon
Built for Cuban Linx II is coming out this month, and the beats are created by Dr.Dre and RZA, two of the best beatmakers ever.

Laibach
Kinda like Rammstein....only WAY better. German metal mixed with discohouseish beats

Dr.Dre
The Chronic, I reccomend this to everyone. Excellent G-funk album with tonnes of George Clinton/ Funkadelic/ Parliment Samples

Funkadelic
Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow is sweet if you like a real mixture of styles in albums. I like how Clinton doesn't focus on a single style, but has every song sounding completely different.

Gang Gang Dance
cool noisy african-sounding music. Difficult to describe how they sound like, but my brother played with them so you know they MUST be good

Yeah Timberlake is on the list of records to buy.He looks sexier than 3 big lorry drivers put together at the moment.

I know I harp on this endlessly, but I find TV on THE RADIO to be so great. they move me and rock me and send em to another place and they have beautiful melodies, very inventive.
their new one is out now, but not on vinyl. Return to Cookie Mountain

ha ha, you hilarious bastard. sure.

My favorite record of the year:



Charalambides - A Vintage Burden

A word of advice, too: If possible, don't listen to the radio, especially not "classic rock" radio. Then you'll be much more able to appreciate masterpieces like Sticky Fingers, Exile..., Black Sabbath, and all that other sweet boomer stuff.

very true gmku

same goes for oldies stations, they will play the same songs until you neverwant to hear a chuck berry tune again. it is a sacrilege!

charalambides! straight out of Houston!

no no, well, yes, i like pre-80s rolling stones, i'm not crazy about black sabbath, i like zeppelin in spite of the radio (ha), i'm just looking for tracks that my ears have never been exposed to before.

and thanks to everyone for your suggestions
tv on the radio!
charalambides!
and inhuman, a lot of that stuff i dont know, and doesn't sound like what i listen regularly but i will take a look, i'm no too extremely narrow-minded.

i guess what i'll end up doing is getting a list then going on an mp3 hunt befor i decide on the vinyl purchases. oh yes!

ps- and yes i have everything by lightning bolt and though i love them intensely i can't listen to them either on a daily basis nor on perpetual replay mode.

If you want to dig into the 70s/80s scene a bit, how about some Mars, or the No New York album? Got any Patti Smith, Television?

Oh, I did get the NNCK Qvaris album, which is fairly recent (2005?). It is a bit more on the experimental side, but it's really fine.

got nny on a vinyl reissue last year, and i even got an old cassette of the bush tetras; ive been in love w/ patti smith for over a decade now, and i like television.

i think i have sufficient schooling in rocknroll history to get me a passing grade, what i'm lacking is the current newspapers... i live way way out in the sticks and my internet connection has been nearly non-existent outside of working hours...

I find it hard to keep up with current stuff beyond the obvious (YLT, SY, and the like). And I'm not that much interested in doing so, either, unless I stumble upon a band I really like and start to follow them.

Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone.
I heard it in a club the other day and it was ace on toast.

Since you specifically requested "something with melody" & considering that you've been diggin' the soulful stylins of Miss Marshall's latest, I suggest...





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Notes (from cd universe)
Originally released on Hi (32074) Personnel: Al Green (vocals); Tennie Hodges (guitar); Andrew Love, Ed Logan (tenor saxophone); James Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Charles Hodges (piano, organ); Leroy Hodges (bass instrument); Howard Grimes (drums); Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. Recording information: Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. There are few perfect records in the world, but Al Green's I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU may be one of them. Backed by producer Willie Mitchell's phenomenal stable of musicians, including drummer Al Jackson and the three Hodges brothers, Green reached deep into his soul to pull out one of the finest recordings of his (and, arguably, anyone else's) career. The opening title track is classic Green, with staccato punctuation from the Memphis Horns and Jackson's relaxed, syncopated drum pattern setting the stage for the singer's luxurious, silk-voiced expressions of devotion. The drums and slinky organ riff that kick off "So Glad You're Mine" are irresistible, while the inventive chord progression and infectious call and response section help make "Love And Happiness" one of the singer's finest moments. Continuing his tradition of turning unlikely outside material into gorgeous R&B, Green works his soulful magic on Kris Kristofferson's ballad "For The Good Times" and Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman." The high point comes with "Simply Beautiful," an aptly titled tune that finds Green weaving his ethereal falsetto in and around a hypnotic groove with a grace that justifies his reputation as the king of R&B crooners. In truth, I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU is almost too good to believe. Not incidentally, it set the standard for the next 20-plus years of R&B music.

Rolling Stone (3/6/03, p.72) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...All you need is right here..."
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Timeless classic love ballads for any occassion
There can't be another one of its kind anywhere. This is my 3rd time ordering this album and everytime it is mnore than worth it! The best of his albums by far!
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Number 626 in my All Time Top 1000 Pop Albums
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Da Panty Dropper
Al G is the man this is a classic cd every real man should have
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Simply Outstanding
I grew up listening to Al Green. Through all my days of confusion in my teens, I could always listen to this album and know there was a God above. How else could you explain this man's vocal style? Awesome!



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Call Me & Explores Your Mind are also especially great and he has other good ones as well.

Shit on my tits. That is a good 'un. My artist mate who you met at the Foundry has that 'un.

how about animal collective? it's melodic but you don't get easily bored. "sung tongs" is my favourite.

nuggets vol 1.

The new Six Organs of Admittance.

Comets on Fire - Avatar

How about a nice bit o' Bardo Pond.

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like Inhuman already said: Gang Gang Dance ---- they are amazing.
you can´t go wrong with Bardo Pond (although i haven´t heard ticket crystal yet)
Check out the first Comus lp if you haven´t already
Bruce Haack - some very cool electronic stuff
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uugghhh I was such an idiot this summer. I was at a sonic youth concert and bush tetras played at a different stage, and Sonic Youth were there the whole day, and unfortunately I didn't know the Bush Tetras at the time, so I missed out in meeting the youth. Can you reccommend me a tetras album?


Hmm, I've never even heard of Ticket Crystal! But Gang Gang dance are so worth the listen

Ticket Crystals is the new album by Bardo Pond

ummmm

inhuman- from bush tetras i got "better late than never" which is a 1989 cassette that gathers their1980-83 recordings. i got it for $1 in a leftover bin in a record store (they were getting rid of their cassette selection). oh yes, that was sweet.

since they recently reformed, some other stuff might be in the works.

porkie- i went to the amazon site & listen to some magnetic fields samples, i don't remember what else it was but the singer's voice vaguely reminded me of syd barrett.

bardo pond might be nice but i was looking for something a little less "weird"-- not that i mind weird, but i'm looking for something more rocking or even conventional this time around. i'm still working my way through these albert ayler records. same reason why i'll pass over nnck this time around.

so far i'm thinking yo la tengo is candidate #1 and then tv on the radio or erase errata... hm...

atari, when i first read your post i thought "is he joking?" but hm no, maybe no, and maybe i could find something like that in the bargain bin, i figure, so i'll check it out, but i hope you're not pulling my leg.

about animal collective - last year (or was it this year? so much has happened since) i went to their show & got ALL their records, so many the guy gave us a free bag. i think i got all their records yes, and listen to them on a regular basis. sung tongs i also my favorite but that strange ep with vashti bunyan is also very pleasing.

thanks to everyone for your time & contributions! i won't pester you any more for a bit...

just as an update & to show i read all the stuff you wrote & thank you i'll say i'm ordering the ylt lp (that first track alone is worth the price of the record) & erase errata's nightlife.

thank you all.

The Evens LP
http://www.dischord.com/store?action...&relNumber=150
Good music, good price and vinyl!

... and I think sound-wise it is exactly what you are looking for.