I picked up these:



New releases:

Nicely done...good calls on all four

The Dylan doc finally made me get off my butt and order the last few albums I don't have on disc from his classic era:






I already had these on vinyl, but I keep my 33 1/3s in storage these days, so I don't have quick access to them.

And last night I made an impulse purchase of the Can 2 dvd/1 cd set:



I don't know if I'll play this much, but I'm pretty happy that I stumbled across it, though it wasn't cheap...
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sheryle crow's new one

betty lavette's new one (with lisa on every freaken track but one)

tanita tikkerum's debut....

and ummm,....

babs guilty pleasures..

sosgemini said:

ooh I looked at that one. is it hot?

Genesis - Platinum Collection (3cd digitally remastered)

got it for 16 dollars at Best Buy


That really is a good buy..

CinisterCee said:

I didn't get anything today, but here are some of the most recent things I've picked up.






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GangstaFam said:

What do you think? I'm actually not too crazy about that lp overall, but Transona 5 is probably my favourite Stereolab song, maybe 2nd to Jenny Ondioline.

GangstaFam said:

You just now got your Bjork CD in the mail?

I got the Sigur Ros album last weekend - I haven't listened to the whole thing yet because I haven't had time to listen to it at home, and apparently the CD is copy protected, so I can't load it on my mp3 player (LAME).

Pretty packaging, though.

GangstaFam said:

I was expecting good things after the SelmaSongs soundtrack... but this one is just crap.

Cloudbuster said:

my first reaction is overwhelming agreement, but i'm going to wait until i see the film before i pass judgment. the visuals might put the music into context - i'm sure i wouldn't enjoy the jonathan bepler soundtracks to matthew barney's cremaster films if i hadn't seen the movies first, so maybe there's hope for this bjork project. except for that 11 minute track of the eskimo guy sitting on the john. that won't be ending up on any 'best-of' comps i'll be burning in the near future.

still and all, i think there are a couple of salvageable bjork tracks on the CD. generally speaking, i think the only reason it was released at all was for fans that go nuts for anything bjork produces. i think there's a reason it still hasn't been released in the states...

I have been a music ban for a couple weeks again (except for Takk by Sigur Ros). I may have to hit the store today though and end that ban

Gangsta will be happy to know that after neglecting New Order's latest for months I finally pulled it off the shelf this week and gave it some time. GOOD STUFF.

endorphin74 said:

oh my god, i SO want the new order DVD that came out last week, but i made myself be good and i didn't get it.

i still need to listen to 'takk'. have i mentioned already how lame it is that the CD is copy protected?

Anxiety said:

That SUCKS. How will I include them on my Holly Daze CD now???

bastids

CinisterCee said:

havent listened to it all yet but what i've heard blew me away....her voice.....DAMN!!!!

CinisterCee said:

aw, Kool!!! when did the Mizell brothers release an album??? I wasn't aware

Is it mostly Donald Byrd stuff?



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Anxiety said:

Cool, I'd be interested in your opinion of the film (altho I've already heard it's a drag) and if the music suits, but the soundtrack alone is truly awful. No argument.

Cloudbuster said:

i LOVED the cremaster cycle, though i will admit it took a lot of patience to sit through parts of cremaster 2 and 3...you have to put your mind in a certain place to enjoy his films. you can't go in thinking that you're going to see movies, and you have to get in the mindset that you're watching art that just happens to be on film. it's filmed sculpture. it's filmed design. it's the use of colors and shapes and textures. and digested in the proper way, what he does is absolutely brilliant.

all of that said, his new film could very well suck for all i know. but i'm excited to find out...

Anxiety said:

Damn! You're quick.

And live recordings by Meshell NdegéOcello, The Family and Wendy & Lisa, as offered to me by sweet friends. Also a Lowlands live recording of Franz Ferdinand, lots of 80's stuff (singles) and rediscovering For The Record by Barbra Streisand.

HamsterHuey said:

You got all those today???

sextonseven said:

Ermm.
The Sly and Franz's yesterday. W&L, Meshell n the rest over a timespan of last week.

Bargain Catalogue Shopping Time!




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This one arrived via Amazon today . . .

Anxiety said:

I tried twice before turning on the error correction.
It takes an eternity but it works

Ooh, today I got a compilation album of live recordings of the 2004 Hurricane Festival. On ONE cd;

PJ Harvey
Franz Ferdinand
Graham Coxon
Placebo
The Hives
David Bowie
Die Fantastischen Vier
The Cure
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

And I forgot I got Gidon Kremer & Horacio Ferrer's Maria de Buenos Aires. If you're into Argentine tango.



Review by Adam Greenberg
A rendition of a tango operita, commissioned by the Argentinian Ministry of Culture (this rendition anyway), was revived by violinist Gidon Kremer, who had such a love for the original LPs from Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer that he wanted to recreate the music. Ferrer was kept on as El Duende (the Goblin) — the role that he created when he wrote the libretto thirty years earlier. Regrettably, Piazzolla had passed on prior to the remake. Nonetheless, the arrangements and orchestrations are remarkable. The suffering and the passion of Maria (the main character in the show) are perfectly portrayed by the tango. The music changes forms as her character progresses, taking on traditional tangos, modern tangos, milongas, waltzes, and other styles to reflect changes in Maria. The music is always well-composed. This is an opera for the display of modern music, and the tango of Piazzolla is modern music at its finest.

PANDURITO said:

aroo?! i have a Nomad, and i'm not sure if i can do that on the software that comes with my mp3 playser, but i'm sure going to give it a try. thanks!

damosuzuki said:

I love it. It has tons of my favorite Lab songs. One of their best I'd say.

Anxiety said:

I didn't order it. I found it in a store in Detroit a few weeks back.

And I'm totally loving the new Sigur Ros. It's so Vespertine!