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Monday, January 08, 2007

Yard List Jan. 8, 2007


Recent Yard List - been busy lately (many $1, $3 CD's)

CHAO, MANU ME GUSTAS TU, VIRGIN FR CD Single promo
Promo CD single from the former lead singer of Mano Negra!
CHEAP TRICK G.H., EPIC US CD
$3, and likely all the Cheap Trick I could ever want (apart from maybe the debut album)
HOLMES, DAVID BOW DOWN TO THE EXIT SIGN, GO! BEAT JPN CD
An electronica album from a few years back – that I never got around to.
MONEY MARK PUSH THE BUTTON, TOYS FACTORY JPN CDx2 kami
Rather fond of this Mo’ Wax title – and this is a little album cover 2 disc version!
RUSSELL, LEON LEON RUSSELL, DCC US CD Gold Disc
Gold Disc with different (and more) bonus tracks!
V.A. ART LABOE – VOL. 3 DEDICATED TO YOU, ORIGINAL SOUND US CD
V.A. ART LABOE – VOL. 7 DEDICATED TO YOU, ORIGINAL SOUND US CD
L.A. radio oldies, from Art Laboe – and not just strictly ‘chook’ hits, either!
15 tracks per.
V.A. BILLBOARD TOP ROCK 'N' ROLL HITS 1972, RHINO US CDOnly 10 tracks, but some silly shit!
V.A. HITS OF '50, ASV UK CD mono
Neat!
All hit songs from 1950 – gee, more pre-modern stuff!
V.A. ISLAND VIBES - REGGAE + DUB CLASSICS, ISLAND JPN CD
Japanese Island label dub reggae CD, that doesn’t have any Bob Marley on it!
V.A. VERVE: TALKIN' VERVE, VERVE US CD
Very neat 2 disc set of Verve jazz
V.A. XMAS: BLUE YULE, RHINO US CD
Yeah yeah yeah…Xmas is over, but this looked groovy, and was a mere $3!
WALKER & THE ALL STARS, JR. G.H., MOTOWN US CD
You mean, there’s more after “Shotgun”?

Then...

ABSOLUTE ELSEWHERE IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT GODS, ARCANGELO JPN CD kami ’76 progressive rock (instrumental?) album with Bill Bruford, lovingly re-produced
BROWN, ARTHUR CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, UNIVERSAL JPN CD kami
Exact re-pro of the debut Arthur Brown LP as a CD, with bonus tracks!
CMU SPACE CABARET, UNIVERSAL JPN CD kami
Exact re-pro of the 2nd C.M.U. LP as a CD, with bonus tracks! (That’s right!)
GAINSBOURG, SERGE CONFIDENTIEL, UNIVERSAL JPN CD kami
Exact re-pro of his 1963 LP as a CD, which is easily my favorite Gainsbourg album.
MORALES, HUMBERTO & NORO MAMBO BY MORALES, SONY JPN CD
1950/1 “Mambo” – 23 tracks in all, glorious mono – think: “Perez Prado”
TAKAHASHI, YUKIHIRO BLUE MOON BLUE, TOSHIBA JPN CD
’06 solo album by YMO’s vocalist/drummer (a tad expensive, but I love YT’s solo work!)
THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN HOLLYWOOD DREAM, UNIVERSAL JPN CD kami
Exact re-pro of the only Thunderclap Newman LP as a CD, with bonus tracks!

Then...

BENNETT, DUSTER FINGERTIPS, SANCTUARY UK CD
’75 final album from this late British blues guy – really rather good
BLUE, DAVID / V.A. DAVID BLUE / SINGER-SONGWRITER PROJECT, ELEKTRA UK CD ‘65/6; Purchased for the Richard Farina and Patrick Sky cuts
COOPER, ALICE BILLION DOLLAR BABIES, RHINO US 2CD re
2CD version, found inexpensively; a whole extra disc, lots of live tracks, and some out-takes too
ENTWISTLE, JOHN MAD DOG, SANCTUARY US CD re
ENTWISTLE, JOHN TOO LATE THE HERO, SANCTUARY US CD re
Two re-mastered Entwistle solo albums on CD – now the set of which ones I wanted is complete
FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND, RYKODISC US CD
99 cents!
The bard of San Francisco waxing philosophical for Rykodisc
FONTAINE, FRANK SONGS I SING ON THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW, CCM US CD
99 cents – ’63 album (in stereo), but I doubt any of it is sung in the persona of Crazy Guggenheim!
GILMOUR, DAVID ARNOLD LAYNE, EMI UK CD Single
’06 single, with David Bowie – recorded live; nice Syd Barrett tribute single, also has “Late Night”
HOLLYWOOD MOTEL – self-titled, ARTEMIS US CD
I bought a bunch of comedy/spoken word CD’s for 99 cents each, and this was among them
INXS THE SWING, ATCO US CD ’84
The final INXS album I needed / wanted on CD.
LURIE, EVAN / E.J. GOLD TOKYO TOUR, GATEWAYS US CD
Weird looking 1990 jazz CD from the keyboard player of The Lounge Lizards
PROCOL HARUM GRAND HOTEL, FRIDAY MUSIC US CD re
’04 re-issue of the ’73 classic, with a live track (from the “Over The Rainbow” LP) added
SEBASTIAN, JOHN CHASIN' GUS' GHOST, HOLLYWOOD US CD
’99 solo CD from the former heart & soul of The Lovin’ Spoonful – 99 cents!
SERENDIPITY SINGERS SERENDIPITY / MANY SIDES OF, COLLECTABLES US CD
Two stereo 1964 albums on 1 CD, 99 cents!
Seems like “A Mighty Wind”, but for real…
TOWNSHEND, PETE / RONNIE LANE ROUGH MIX, HIP-O US Dual Disc CD/DVD
Thought I’d try one of these “Dual Discs” – one side CD, th other DVD – with a 1977 classic

Vinyl...

GLITTER, GARY BOYS WILL BE BOYS, ARISTA DE LP
’84 German LP with “Another Rock & Roll Xmas”

JANKEL, CHAS
LOOKING AT YOU, A&M US LP
’85 Former Blockhead solo LP, with a few Ian Dury songs to be found here

MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT BEST OF, MCA UK LP
Ian Matthews post-Fairport, pre-solo records ‘best of” – ’74 UK LP of early 70’s material

SUMMERS, ANDY
/ ROBERT FRIPP I ADVANCE MASKED, A&M US LP
Never heard this ’82 album – and a nice copy was found for $2

V.A.
A BELLYFUL OF LAUGHS, TRANSATLANTIC UK LP Peter Cook & John Fortune, Bernard Manning, Richard Digance, Mike Harding etc. – British comedy, mid-70’s

- Ron


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2 Comments:

Blogger chas_m said...

You asked what I'm listening to, so here goes:

Stuck in my head: "Crane Wife #3" by the Decemberists. Lead track of the album, shimmering beauty.

On my desk: "Wake" by Dead Can Dance. My wife is the DCD fan more than me, but she got this one because a) it's a good overview and b) has tracks from The Lotus Eaters, their abandoned 1998 album (they divorced instead).

All I can say is that the tracks from the Lotus Eaters sessions were much better than almost anything else on this 2CD set, makes me sad that they didn't allow themselves the chance to progress. I prefer Bel Canto to these guys, ultimately.

Eagerly awaiting my Amazon shipment of new John Foxx goodness! I have a lot of catching up to do!

10:16 PM  
Blogger Ron Kane said...

Which John Foxx titles did you order, Chas-san? I can only really recommend Metamatic and The Garden.

I never really did DCD (or Bel Canto), but am fully aware of both.

7:17 AM  

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