Stiff Competition

24 minutes ago, Powerage5 said:

Took me so long to “get” Twisted Sister. After I saw them live for the first time, I was totally blown away. So much energy, one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. 

Seriously man, they are so good live. One of the shows I went to was the Xmas ones in Vegas and we had these seats that were actually on the stage and at one point the animal comes over and grabs me by the shoulders and shakes me and almost knocked me off the stage. It was so awesome.

41 minutes ago, Powerage5 said:

Came across a sealed copy of Twisted Sister Live At Hammersmith at a local shop for the original price of $34.95. The average sold price on Discogs is $65, with two copies so far this year going for $150. That was a good find I suppose  

That’s a great fucking album. Shows how they can hang with so many of the metal bands.

Picked up the target exclusive of Pearl Jam’s ten. I’m not a huge PJ fan and think the bands that led to their formation (especially mother love bone) are generally better but it’s pretty enjoyable.

I’m currently listening to sgt. pepper in mono.  If you’ve never heard it in mono, it’s a very different record and simply incredible.

Off the top of my head, the bands I've seen the most are something like this:

Cheap Trick - 41 or 42

Velvet Revolver - 14

KISS - 12

Alice Cooper - 11

Guns N' Roses (all incarnations) - 10

Ace Frehley - 10

The Kills - 9

Stone Temple Pilots - 8

Slash solo - 8 or 9 or something

Aerosmith - 7

Motley Crue - 6

Paul McCartney - 5

Jane's Addiction - 5  (twice with Duff!)

The Raconteurs - 5

after that, there are tons of bands in the 2/3/4 range.

I'm 4 days in from getting the J/J Clot shot. Hopefully I'm not one in a million!

I'm not very concerned but I have to say it was not fun to read the news of it being halted 3 days after getting it.

Went to amoeba yesterday for the first time since the new location opened. I’m not as in to the new building. It’s a little smaller and more cramped and the collectible vinyl is scattered throughout the store rather than all being on the back wall.

nice to have them back though, I will visit again when they have normal hours and I can go during a slower time.

Got the j/j shot yesterday so I’m done.

things are going pretty well in California right now too, so hopefully it continues this way.

8 minutes ago, hudsonsaul said:

Yeah nothing on there that gets me excited at all. St Vincent is cool though, fantastic guitarist.

I'd be interested in RATM The Battle of Mexico City (but tbh I'm always wary of live albums), and then the Beastie Boys Aglio E Olio. But those two are scrapping at the bottom of the barrel for me.

Slightly off topic - how do y'all store your boxsets? Not a fan of the format (big old cardboard boxes with loads of stuff inside), but I do have a number of them through subscriptions as well as bands that have released entire catalogs etc. Made the decision to just ditch the boxes recently (including any token gestures within them, posters, pins, badges, bandanas, whatever) and just store the vinyl as per normal as if not part of a box set. 

Have all that stuff tucked into a fancy box makes it a pain in the ass for me to get the records out, and noticed I just can't be fucked listening to the stuff because of this. Removing everything from the boxset has worked out well so far. Probably annoys purists though.

I just keep them on the shelf with everything else.

Sometimes with boxes like some of the older TMR vaults that have like dvd, patches, etc...i've just sold all the novelty shit and have the records in the box.

Mostly all boxsets I buy are really just albums in a box though...maybe a poster or booklet here or there, like the recent John Lennon Gimme Some Truth box.

2 hours ago, RussTCB said:

Super disappointing list for me

https://recordstoreday.com/PromotionalEvent/580

Same here!

Only things I'll get are the Joe Perry album (finally) and the St. Vincent 7" and those are both in the July drop.

22 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

The Beatles Love is such a great album to own. I'm surprised it not a bigger deal in the vinyl community as it sounds wonderful. 

yeah I always had the opinion of "I don't need that, the original songs are perfect." I guess I finally just got to the point where I thought it'd be fun to mix things up a bit. I listen to the beatles station on sirius xm a lot and they'll play tracks from it here and there and that's what finally did me in.

picked up the HER soundtrack and the Beatles Love LP this weekend.

As for shitty discogs sellers, I've had a couple over time. The fact that seeing images of the item isn't easier and that all the sellers just make up their own grading, which is what their listings are based upon, is shitty. I feel there are some dumb people on there that just list stuff they have and have NO clue how to ship records. 

1 hour ago, RussTCB said:

I've been *slowly* scanning all of my records into Discogs over time. It's taken a while, but as of now I've finally completed 2Pac through Pearl Jam. 

The rest of alphabet is pretty daunting but I'm happy I finally got as far as I have. I never have any intention of re-selling anything but I'd be lying if the value of some things hasn't been very surprising. 

yeah I remember when i finally went through and did mine, it was quite a project, especially when you get in to bands like the beatles, stones etc where there are SO many pressings of everything and you have to sit there and squint your eyes to read matrix numbers to figure out what is what.

pre-ordered St. Vincent's new album today on vinyl from good records and on 8-track through her store.

also ordered Alice Cooper's new album from good records because they have a cool exclusive print that comes with it and I was going to buy the album anyway.

I have a couple copies of the Only Lover's Left Alive OST coming, I think in May as well.

The only thing I have bought in a store recently is a 12" single of been caught stealing, which I already had but this version comes in a cool little box.

On 2/16/2021 at 3:49 PM, Live Like a Suicide said:

Who titles their album 'The Ides of March' and doesn't release it on the ides of March? Missed opportunity.

that was my first thought as well.

2 hours ago, ToonGuns said:

My mum was clearing out her attic so she's donated a load of old vinyls to me. No lost masterpieces or first editions worth thousands unfortunately, but not a bad haul. The highlights are:

- Best of the Mamas and Papas

- Rolled Gold - the best of the Rolling Stones

- Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

- Paul Simon - Graceland

- Arlo Guthrie - Running Down The Road

- The Who - Sell Out

- The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord

- Wings - At The Speed of Sound

- Wings - Venus and Mars

Plus some classical stuff, Nat King Cole, Diana Ross, and that kind of stuff. All 60's / 70's original pressings. They're a bit musty!, but the ones I've played so far play well and aren't warped.

Venus and Mars is great!

1 hour ago, RussTCB said:

I'm excited by how much posting is going on in the thread too! There were whole years there where the thread was basically you and I telling each other what we bought lol. 

That's gotta be a bummer with Amoeba gone. I am very thankful to still have my main local store still going strong. There's a couple of stores I want to get to down in Ohio, but I never actually follow through. 

Once this whole pandemic BS is over, I'd love fot you to make it out to Detroit some time.

I almost said the exact same thing about us just telling each other what we got 

Amoeba will open again once Covid chills. They were moving, then the pandemic hit and it juts fucked their plans up. The new store is done, just waiting to open.

Dude, I would love to go back out to Detroit. I'm a huge Wings fan (even though they suck now) and haven't been to the new arena. Last time I was there, I really dug UHF in Royal Oak.

I love how lively this section has become in recent times.

I haven't been buying as much lately, mostly because Amoeba has been closed for about a year now so the smaller shops around don't have such a huge rotation of records so there is no need to go as often.

I really miss traveling to other states and countries and checking out all the local shops wherever I may be. Hopefully I can get back to that by the end of the year or so.

9 minutes ago, Chester 524 said:

lol. 

 

we are playing in the Philly area if you are somewhat local.  I just played today. have to wear masks though which basically makes it feel like you are being smothered by a pillow the whole time you are skating.  

I'm in California...so not too local 

yikes, wearing a mask while skating can't be fun. I did one pickup back in like may or june and we had to get dressed in the parking lot and shit. It was pretty irritating. I miss it though.

28 minutes ago, k12 said:

Yea I just do not trust pharmaceutical companies and a vaccine they are rushing to give everyone, probably due to past experiences with medicine I was on that they now say can lead to cancer, the only way I will get a vaccine if it is required to play in my adult hockey league otherwise I am going to pass, concerts are not that big of a deal 

I appreciate this. I've played hockey since I was 8 and I'm seriously bummed that it's been just about a year since the last time I was able to play.

I'm not in a rush to get it. I may get it at some point but by the time I can get it being 34 in California, we'll see how bad things are at that point anyway.

The way things are now, it doesn't look like I'd be able to get it until way late in the year, if even. I don't plan on seeing any shows again this year. If I'm pleasantly surprised and we get some smaller shows in the fall or something, that'd be cool but I'm not counting on it.

Yeah I’ve seen how the value has gone up...love when that happens.

I feel like I remember the church single being at one of the shows I saw when they opened for the darkness but I didn’t buy it unfortunately.

i got the black/white with red splatter split...which is maybe the same one you’re talking about.

On 1/26/2021 at 9:07 AM, Gordon Comstock said:

I managed to cross a 'grail' record off my list yesterday - scored a copy of Foxy Shazam's Introducing for $150. It's one of the most expensive records I've bought, but since I haven't seen one sell for less than $200 in years, I'm pretty happy about it.

nice!

I only have church of rock n' roll and a cool variant of the self titled that enjoy the ride records released.

I used to have a huge collection in which I had a big shelf just for them. I recently (the past 6 months or so) sold most of it off and now, my collection fits in the stand that my TV is on. I cut the collection down to my absolute favorite directors (tarantino, polanski, refn, cornenberg, lynch, etc) some standout singular films as well as some cool criterion releases that may fit in either of the previous categories.

got the red and stimpy record "little eediot" in the mail from enjoy the ride records a couple days ago. That's been a fun listen.