What Album Have You Just Bought?

**Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:32 pm**

I have recently bough Nidi d'Arac's 'Taranta Container', after a blistering set at the Tolpuddle festival.
It's a couple of years old, but I'd not heard of them before and I wish I had!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/07/nidi-d-arac-taranta-review

**Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:08 am**

$1.00. I've limited myself to only collecting cheap Sinatra vinyl or others of great visual interest. They actually had Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream... LP for a buck too. B'nope.

**Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:03 am**

**Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:15 pm**

Frances wrote:They actually had Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream... LP for a buck too. B'nope.

For some reason, the kids & i were going down a list of the 50 richest celebrities, and imagine my surprise at seeing Herb Alpert at #13 with a net worth of $750 million?!
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/list/t ... lebrities/

The lesson, i suppose, is go heavy on the whipped cream!

**Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:44 am**

Toronto band Stratochief's 2002 second and final album, "In Search of the Seven Foot Woman".

After the sudden death of band founder Greg McConnell (previously of Toronto 90s roots darlings The Lost Dakotas) the band drafted in several new members (including local singer/songwriter Scott B. Sympathy) and pretty much became a local roots/country/honky tonk super group. The playing and the harmonies are tight, with songwriting and lead singing rotated between multiple members. What's amazing here is how the different writers songs are really in (at least) three distinct styles, but the album mangages to maintain a musical unity. Plus there's a great Fred Eaglesmith cover ("Bullets"). If you ever enjoyed the Toronto roots scene back in the day, or are just a fan of good, origional country music, this album is worth seeking out.

**Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:53 pm**

Three inexpensive LPs, all of which I have previously owned but sold in one of two big financial-crisis vinyl sell-offs. Thought i wouldn't miss 'em at the time, but am happy to have 'em back now.

Arlo Guthrie - Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (1973)
With a clutch of songs featuring the best players in the 70s LA scene (Jim Keltner, Leland Sklar, Ry Cooder, etc), a few featuring Kevin Burke on fiddle, a couple of bluegrass numbers, and some ragtime to round it out, this could really be considered an early example of Americana emerging as a genre, something musically deeper than the "folk rock" scene already happening in LA.. Featuring a majority of originals (incl. his "hits" "Last Train" and "Cooper's Lament"), some Woody, Dylan & Traditional, this may be Arlo's most pleasing record. Why did I let this go?

Levon Helm - American Son (1980)
Levon hooked up with old Hawks mate Fred Carter Jr. to record "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for the Coal Miner's Daughter soundtrack, and it went so well they booked some more time and popped out another 10 tracks, producing the best record of Levon's early solo career. Songs like "Watermelon Time In Georgia", "Hurricane" and "Sweet Peach Georgia Wine" were made for a voice like Levon's, and are much more pleasing to my ear than a lot of the soul/blues stuff he recorded back then. And with the likes of Fred Carter Jr and Buddy Emmons making up the band, there's plenty to listen to even on the songs that arent' the best selections ("America's Farm" is a bit too earnest by half, at least, and "China Girl"... well let's just say it would be unlikely to be recorded today).

Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love (1973)
Their second album of the year (their seventh in five years), this was the swan song of the original band. It failed to produce any hits on the scale of School's Out, but I love this record. Produced by Canadian Jack Richardson (who produced virtually all of The Guess Who's hits), the album showcases fantastic, unique arrangements that again showed that this band could play anything, as on "Crazy Little Child", "Teenage lament '74", "Man With The Golden Gun" (best un-used James Bond tune ever, how they chose Lulu over that I'll never understand). With great background vocals from Liza Minnelli, Ronnie Spector and the Pointer Sisters, horns when called for and classic Cooper lyrical themes of teenage angst and a couple of great story-songs all thrown into a novelty sleeve... it's a wonder to me how this record didn't hit big on the scale of "Billion Dollar Babies". But Alice was already hard at work sneaking around behind the scenes on his solo project with traditional Cooper producer Bob Ezrin (another Canadian), so it's possible the powers that be were moving on and the writing was already on the wall for the band.

**Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:48 am**

Low D wrote:
Frances wrote:They actually had Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream... LP for a buck too. B'nope.

For some reason, the kids & i were going down a list of the 50 richest celebrities, and imagine my surprise at seeing Herb Alpert at #13 with a net worth of $750 million?!
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/list/t ... lebrities/

The lesson, i suppose, is go heavy on the whipped cream!

I spent one summer buying all the vinyl I could find at rummage sales. I must have 75-100 Herb Alpert LPs. Seems like every vinyl collection I bought from a certain age group had at last one of his LPs.

**Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:21 am**

Clash Cadillac wrote:I spent one summer buying all the vinyl I could find at rummage sales. I must have 75-100 Herb Alpert LPs. Seems like every vinyl collection I bought from a certain age group had at last one of his LPs.

It's like Frampton Comes Alive!

**Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:25 pm**

Jim Moray: Sweet England: 10th Anniversary Edition

Great-sounding remixed album, with some excellent live extras, from just about the best young English folkie around at the moment.

Southern Tenant Folk Union: Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs

A bit of bluegrass from good leftie Scottish band, bought at a memorable gig of theirs last week.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15437467@N07/sets/72157636680969073/

**Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:31 pm**

Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy - Special 30th. Anniversary Edition - SIGNED PERSONALLY BY BILLY- 12" Vinyl - CV release 2013.
http://www.billybragg.co.uk/store/media ... klp596.png

Yes its just another reissue with a live gig taged onto the end ,but to me its a work of art.

**Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:07 pm**

Between Dog And Wolf - New Model Army (2013).
Being playing it non stop in the car since.Really looking forward to seeing them live later in the year.

**Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:10 am**

Won't Be Long Now : Linda Thompson.

**Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:35 pm**

'Drive' - Anneke van Giersbergen.

**Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:48 pm**

Ewan McColl..best of...and Led Zep 4 (with the symbols) haven't had that since I sold my vinyl.

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