Just a quick one. Making a comment on Boppins blog the other day, after he bullied me into buying my first CD of the year, I counted up the number of records I’d bought in 2015 so far. Oh dear.
104.
Oh dear. Okay so a bit of messing about on my Collectorz database* shows that 14 of those are 7″ singles – mostly thanks to the brilliant God Unknown Records, singles club, but even so, 90 LPs is a heck of a lot. I’m half very proud, half a bit scared of how obsessive I really am and the third half worried about running out of space; do we really need that cooker? it takes up loads of potentially valuable shelf space and as for that washer? I could fit the K – L section in there, if we got the right shelves.
Just think if I didn’t have the vinyl itch I’d be able to spend all my time swanking around in designer pastel suits (worn with loafers, no socks) and driving some wedge-shaped totally impractical car. Oh dear. And I’ve got Opeth Damnation, arriving next week …
Ah well, I’ll slow down next year. Honest.
616 Down.
*ever the wild one, me.
Am I the only one here not high?
Don’t bogart that vinyl my friend. Pass it over to me.
Yup, I’ve been up snorting vinyl for three days straight.
I just got finished snorting JJ Cale- Trabadour followed by Eric Clapton- Slowhand. I am sure I got some kind of contact high.
Don’t forget this fact, you can’t get it back.
I thought spying on your shame would be more titillating… never mind. What’s this collectorz thing? I want!
No you’re confusing that with spying on my naked shame – that’s a different thing entirely.
The database is by Collectorz – it’s pretty good, with a couple of irritating things about the way it looks. I would recommend it, unless you know of a perfect one.
All this talk of Bryan Adams has me feeling self conscious. Cuts like a knife, really.
104 so far this year? Man, I’m afraid to even try and tally mine up.
No shame in those investments – nor is there in being a database enthusiast!
You could make your wife a deal. For every 1000 records in the Kallax shelf, she can out in 1 knick knack. I think that is a fair cimpromise. You could get more moneynfor records by selling those useless table thingys too.
I think you’re glitching, dude!
Sorry. Typing on phone. Fat thumbs and all.
Bryan Adams in the same picture as Dio.
I will send a priest over to exorcise the evil spirits.
Perhaps a Judas Priest.
(Does air guitar Bill & Ted-style)
Also: Opeth’s Damnation = TOTAL SCORE. Nice one!
£13 for a reissue, had to be done. Originals were starting to go for a packet.
Hurrah! Records! Lots of records!
Shhh! Wife may hear.
Isn’t she used to you and your collection, by now? I mean, you’re talking about ditching the cooker for it, so surely she has some inkling…
I downplay it a little bit.
But it’s not like an MP3 collection or something easy to hide. I mean, a burgeoning LP collection is noticeable, ya know?
I stash the boxes of MP3s in the attic when no-one’s looking. Am thinking of secretly tunnelling myself a basement Shawshank style, to stash LPs in.
Don’t forget the damp climate (see: couch on the porch). Tunneling underground is generally a bad idea for things that can’t get damp.
(Rolls over, shouts, empties gun in air – like Keanu in ‘Point Break’)
Damn, man. I heard that from here!
Are there Wales catacombs? Could you tunnel to them? Possibly store P through T by poor Yorick’s skull?
*whispers* hurrah! Records! Loads of records!
“It’s ok honey. There’s no one.at.the door.”
While trying to hide the large box of newly delivered records.
104? Come on Joe, you’re not really trying. Hoping for a much better effort in 2016.
“like”
Sorry Professor Bruce, I appreciate I’m the under graduate here.
I’m going to try and only buy 9 LPs in 2016.
And I thought the record collectors of North Wales were REAL men.
The only acceptable goal here (and I invite your legions of fans to comment) is encapsulated in the new Joe Slogan: “2016 in 2016”.
To be followed by ‘Single in 2017’ and ‘Will work for records in 2018’?
Sounds plausible.
It’s a deal!
oh dear I had that conversation yesterday and then she turned up with a James Taylor album for me tonight, it’s catching.
Must have been a typo. 900 has two zeros after the nine.
There’s no shame! You, sir, are a COLLECTOR! You’ve made 104 assiduous choices this year and you have my full approbation. As for storage, just move the couch to the porch. 🙂
Not in this soggy climate …
Hm true, same as here… well, maybe yu need to go all Frank Lloyd Wright and suspend it from the ceiling.
Bryan Adams.
I’ve wanted that on LP since 1986! £2.50 well spent, I reckon. I’ll hide it next time I have Slayer round for tea.
I admit it’s actually a great record. Do you have the 12″ single for Diana? Very rare.
I have Diana on LP! AND as a cassette single!
NICE! My sister can say the same. She also had Reckless with an embossed logo on the tape cover.
An embossed tape? wow. Any UK ones she hasn’t got, for me to have a look out for?
Just the tape cover — the logo was embossed gold I think?
There is one “holy grail” item she wants — the Spanish version of “Everything I Do”. She lost interest in BA recently, but up to the mid-90’s, I would say she has a complete collection of everything he ever released, sans that “Everything I Do” version.
Is it sung in Spanish?
Yeah as far as I know. She had a taped copy off somebody, bad quality. It was a B-side in Latin America. I don’t know if it was ever issued on a collection of any kind. She kind of stopped caring about that kind of stuff.
Are you sure it was him, and not a cover by Menudo?
Yes. She had read about the single release with that version in a magazine and then located someone who had it. It was a cassette single release, if I recall. Different from our domestic one.
Huh. A quick browse didn’t show any on Discogs. That may be a true rarity.
Dude, I looked at every copy of that single on Discogs and didn’t see a Spanish version. Not even the releases from Spain.
There is, hwever, an extended version of the song… I can’t even imagine…
Featuring 29.8% more slush?
29.8% more slush AND 87.6% more whinge!
That’s real value for money.
I ran out and bought that single the day it came out, without hearing it … I was so disappointed.
Oh man, same thing with that All For Love single from that Musketeers movie. Holy SHITE, Batman!
Neat! I’ve seen so many copies of that thing, I probably saw the embossed one too and just left it – I own the damn thing on CD, LP and CS as it is! haha. Is the embossed one worth anything? Is it a promo or something?
No I think it was just a fancy-dancy cassette pressing once the album had already been a hit and they could invest a little more in the cover packaging. Just a guess anyway. But her singles and stuff — those are scarce. “Reggae Christmas” for example.
I’ve always thought Mr Adams was a very underrated as a roots reggae artist.
Absolutely mon.
Nope, not in the (cough) 1830 yet!
If I ever see one I’ll hook you up. 😉
Looks like they ain’t too dear on ye olde Discogs…
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/387331?ev=rb
Not sure I like the sound of the ‘Bryan Adamix’, sounds like a killer pop rock robot with a boy-next-door charm, sent from the future to assassinate our political leaders and plunge the world into chaos.
Later Adams music would seem to support this as evidence not theory…
The only other Bryan Adams I have on LP is ‘Into the Fire’, which I bought as soon as it came out, thought was pants and now really like half of.
The live version of the title track that he released as a music video — just brilliant. Maybe the best thing he’s ever done. This can be had on the Live Live Live album.
Oooo I have that Live(x3) album. I liked Walking After Midnight, too!
Slightly off topic, but only a bit. Do you know Butch Walker ‘Summer of ’89’. Don’t be put off by the talkie bit at the beginning, I think this is a brilliant track:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUCJuU3l9E&w=560&h=315%5D
Seymore Cassel! He’s in all the Wes Anderson movies!
I did not know that.
This is funny! I don’t mind it.
‘Nobody told me Bryan Adams wasn’t cool / The TV just told me he was’
He seemed cool to us! Jeans, jean jacket, always looked cool playing guitar and singing at once. He had that basic no nonsense image that now is maybe a little cliche, but back then I thought he was too cool for school.
He was, I really like his photography work now too.
It’s excellent stuff. As far as his music goes, I was back on board for his MTV Unplugged CD which was really good. But then…he lost me.
Was his song with Melanie C a big hit over your way?
Yup, as much as big hits exist anymore. To be fair, the girl can sing.
Always liked her best, even when everybody was all about Geri. Had her album in fact, Rick Rubin produced a couple tracks on it.
She went out with the friend of a guy I knew from work, before the Spice Girls – he said she was very nice.
Was this “friend of a friend” named Joakim Larsson?
It’s not safe here, we must not talk of this further.
All I can hear in the verses is Dixie Chicks’ Goodbye Earl.
This is good. I must get around to seeing him, he comes by Liverpool every couple of years, or so.
Hahaha pants. PANTS!
Ya know, on the good headphones especially, that is one fantastic-SOUNDING records. Near perfection.
I agree, perfect pop rock. Same reason I bought the Pat Benetar Greatest Hits recently too. Great car music.
Um… I’ll take your word on that Pat Benetar thing.
I hear a bit of Benatar on the radio. The rock period. I find it pretty generic, but hard not to sing along to.
I’d defend ‘Hit me with your best shot’ and ‘Heartbreaker’ with the last breath in my body. Well, maybe third or fourth to last.
There are a myriad ways to go out of this world, I don’t think that would be high on my list. But good on ya!
Gah radio…
Trust me, her thrash metal period was great too.
Haha whut.
No, it’s true. She sang on the third Annihilator album and played bass for an early version of Deicide.
Haha whut.
Would I lie to you?
Probably not. It’s unlikely? I don’t know, I mean, next you’ll be telling me Pat Boone made a metal record or some such shite.
You didn’t know?!!!
Haha yes I knew. I was hoping you’d see what I did there.
I still don’t believe Bent-guitar did metal. Tracks or it didn’t happen. PANTS!
Contrary to popular belief, Pat Benatar and Joey Tempest are not the same person.
Foreshadowing.
Foreplay?