It’s a LOUD Friday morning with The Dirty Nil. Oh a great 3 piece from Hamilton, Ontario Canada. This is a cool bone with black splatter pressing that was limited to 200 with a poster.
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FUGAZI
Red Medicine
2023 U.S. Remastered reissue
Red vinyl

My personal favorite FUGAZI record, and shared favorite of my son and I.

This is mostly due to the song “Bed For The Scraping”, a song I used to play him when he was very young that he was always quite enamoured of. Every time I’d play it, he would dance around the living room like a Muppet, laughing uncontrollably.

Muppet spasms aside, my son is much more in tune with the musical adeptness of FUGAZI & what made them special. His appreciation for Red Medicine has expanded well past “Bed For The Scraping”.

Several times I have wandered past his room and heard him shredding bass AND guitar to both “Birthday Pony” & the closing track “Long Distance Runner”.

His band has also been working on their cover of “Waiting Room”, because of course.

This album is scary good & amongst their best.

SIX FINGER SATELLITE
Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition
2025 2xLP Reissue
Coke Bottle vinyl + Translucent Orange vinyl

Hands down my favorite purchase of the year.

My love for SFS has been well documented, & this great album was in DIRE need of a reissue. All the props to Sub-Pop, as they’ve given it the same love & care as their previous reissue, The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird.

Not only is there a wonderful remaster of Severe Exposure, but they also included the essential Machine Cuisine 10” E.P., as well as a treasure trove of extra bonus downloads; compilation tracks, b-sides, and lots more.

I got to see Six Finger Satellite live about 15 times, due to my close proximity to Providence, R.I. growing up, and to this day, they remain one of the most beloved bands of my life.

I still feel as if they’re a wonderful secret; that if you know, you REALLY know.

Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair, 1985 on Mercury

Sophomore album from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, following The Hurting. Hard to imagine trying to follow up that record, but this went to number one in the US. “Shout” and “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” fueled that success.

They’ve been touring again in support of The Tipping Point but I’ve not managed to see them (other than via YouTube).

Like (much of) The Hurting, produced by Chris Hughes (who had previously been a drummer in Adam and The Ants under the alias Merrick).

My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a PRC Richmond pressing from the mid eighties.

#1980s #1985 #AustinTX #ChrisHughes #CurtSmith #Mercury #RolandOrzabal #TearsForFears #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

NEIL YOUNG
Trans
1982 Canada pressing

In preparation for father/son music night, my 16 yr old son had a peculiar request:

“Dad, whats an album by an artist you know I like that you think I’d hate? I want to listen to a weird outlier album.”

“Hmmm… you like Neil Young?”

“Very much so.”

“I got one for you.”

Enter TRANS.

I prefaced our session by cluing him in on the backstory; that Neil made this album in an attempt to communicate with his son Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy, & couldn’t speak.
That these songs (as well as ones on the previous effort Reactor) were part of a therapy program for his son, and that Neil told NOBODY what he was doing.

I felt informing my son of these things would give him a head start in understanding it better.

To say he was befuddled is an understatement.

“Can I take your copy so I can listen a few more times?”

Atta boy.

DM3
West Of Anywhere
2015 U.S. Compilation
Ltd. Ed. Clear Blue Sky vinyl

Note-perfect, pristine power pop from Australia, from one of that country’s great musical minds.

Dom Mariani is probably best known for The Stems, but he’s also been in The Someloves and THIS band, who put out three stellar records in the #90s , of which this great record compiles expertly.

For fans of the #powerpop genre, this is an embarrassment of riches.

The opener, “One Times, Two Times, Devastated” is impossibly good, and it just does not let up from there.
Wonderful melodies, jangly shimmering guitars galore.

If you enjoy this, hit The Someloves next.
THEIR lone album, Something Or Other, still eludes me, but I have a couple of their 7” singles.

Get on the Dom Mariani train, everybody!
Oh and by the way…
He’s also an excellent architectural designer.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music #vinylcommunity #retro #vintage #1990s #90smusic #australia

Charlie Sexton, Pictures for Pleasure, 1985 on MCA

Sexton was a guitar wunderkind from Austin who was 16 when this came out. A poster of the album cover is seen in Ferris Bueller’s bedroom, and John Hughes used “Beat’s So Lonely” in Some Kind of Wonderful.

Sexton would go on to play in Bob Dylan’s band (including on some recordings) and produce other artists. (He’s also on Lucinda Williams’ “Lake Charles”).

My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Gloversville MCA pressing from the mid-eighties, with the original inner and the greyscale MCA labels.

#1980s #1985 #AustinTX #CharlieSexton #JohnHughes #MCA #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

CARL T. SPRAGUE
Cowboy Songs From Texas
1978 Germany pressing

A little countrified mid-day spin.

I bought this record a few years ago simply because it was on the Bear Family label, a German label who have put out a plethora of different music over the years. I particularly have always loved their rockabilly and country records, as well as their weird old German movie soundtracks.

This, however, is pure country.

Sprague was one of the first ever country musicians ever committed to tape, recording lots in the early 1920s.

THESE however, were all recorded around 1974, when Sprague was 79 years old.
He’d pass away five years later.

There’s tons of cool songs here, my favorite being “Just Break The News To Mother”.

If anyone ever comes across some of his ‘20s shellac 10”s, please let me know.

Absolute legend.

Bremer/McCoy "Natten" ("The Night") – 2020

Got a nightshift ahead of me and needed to relax with these dreamy, meditative soundscapes where jazz meets ambient minimalism. A nocturnal journey of warmth and introspection...

ICHIKO HASHIMOTO
Ichiko
1986 Canada pressing

Killer early morning vibes.

Ichiko Hashimoto is an incredible talent. Whether she’s composing, playing piano, singing, acting… whatever.

I’m a huge fan of her #80s run of albums, starting with this one, which is rife with dreamy, almost meditative fusion, bordering on electronic ambient.

Just a wonderful record to listen to when you first wake up, to start your day on a nice, peaceful note.

The album after this, Beauty, is also stellar for such purposes.

#52wochenfotochallenge 2025/38 #musik #vinylcollection

Gasolin' "Live Sådan" – 1976

Raw and unfiltered rock energy captured on stage, this double live album distills the band’s spirit at their peak. A snapshot of Gasolin’s unique mix of groove, grit and camaraderie with the audience...

Mid week with Pearl Jam’s Give Way. A 2023 Record Store Day release. Originally an Australia only release around the time of their tour for the album Yield.
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#pearljam #giveway #grunge #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #morningcommutemusic
#recordcollector

WALTER CARLOS
Sonic Seasonings
1972 Canada 2xLP pressing

A wonderful #ambient #electronic album for last spin of the night.

Four individual 20 + minute pieces, each representing one of the four seasons.

Not sure where I even found this record or how long I’ve had it, but I definitely found it locally.

This is one of hundreds of these types of records that I own. Bordering on modern classical, but just enough weirdness and abstraction for it to lean a little more left.

VARIOUS ARTISTS
Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes
2009 U.S. 2xLP pressing

The 3rd volume of Numero’s Wayfaring compilations series; this one focusing on the obscure troubadour side of things.

There are lots of hauntingly beautiful songs on this; Tucker Zimmerman’s “No Love Lost”, David Kauffman’s “Kiss Another Day Goodbye” being the absolute diamonds of the bunch.

Much like the previous collections, these records were mostly privately pressed obscurities and curiosos.
It is full of somber, dark compositions; some of which were penned by people who never played a single professional gig.

Perhaps the most interesting track:

The song “Before” is by a man named Jim Schoenfeld, who was an NHL defensemen for the Buffalo Sabres in the #70s.

He released his album while still a Sabre, and outside of Buffalo, nobody really knew of it until this compilation.

VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Official Adventures Of Batman & Robin: Exciting Episodes Of Their Battles Against The Evil Forces Of Society
1966 U.S. pressing

What a wonderful belated birthday gift!
My good friend Richie swung by the house to drop this off.
He knew I was feeling pretty sick for a while, and that it was over my birthday.

“Just wanted to get you a birthday gift and motivate you to get better. I know it’s a goofy gift, but I figured you’d appreciate it.”

And appreciate it I do!
I LOVE records like this!

This is essentially a radio-play type story of the Batman & Robin origin story on Side 1.

Side 2 is made up of two Penguin and Joker-centric tales.

Apparently, there’s a second instalment also from 1966 available as well. Now I definitely need to find that as well.

What a killer gift!