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go to your collection

next to the search bar is a random item link

hit it 10x

snap !

Or on your phone, just shake it 10x

Oooo fun game! 🤓

Nathan Haines - Shift Left
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Beth Orton - Daybreaker
Electric Wire Hustle - Love Can Prevail
The Bats - Daddy’s Highway
The Beat - Just Can’t Stop It
Rockers HiFi - Rockers to Rockers

I had to ‘shake’ way more than 10 times to get 10 vinyl albums - so many 12” singles!!!

Jan 14, 2021 18:28:37 GMT 12 michaelw said:

go to your collection

next to the search bar is a random item link

hit it 10x

snap !

Thanks .... even I can follow that instruction

Lordy Lord .. I haven't played some of these for years.

Didn't include 7/12 inch

CDs in a separate list

1. David Halley - Stray Dog Talk
2. Bill Berry & his Ellington All-stars - For Duke
3. Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs - God Willin & the creek don't rise
4. Ross Tompkins - Lost in the Stars
5. Barry Ryan - Sings Paul Ryan
6. The Band - Stage Fright
7. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
8. Roy Harper - Man & Myth
9. Torsten Nilsson - Orgel Bronslur och Trombon
10.Robin Gibb - Robin's Reign

CDs

1. Willy DeVille - Horse of a Different Color
2. John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky
3. Malcolm Middleton - 5.14 Fluoxytine SeagullAlcohol John Nicotine
4. Bill Frisell - Nashville
5. Bonnie Prince Billy - I see a Darkness
6. School of Fish - School of Fish
7. Various-More Oar - A Tribute to Skip Spence
8. Jeff Lynne - The Jeff Lynne years 1968 - 73
9. Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example
10.The Philadelphia Orchestra - Nature's Realm , Liszt & Dvorak

a couple of these are about to get an airing

Jan 14, 2021 20:04:45 GMT 12 raveydave said:

Oooo fun game! 🤓

Nathan Haines - Shift Left
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Beth Orton - Daybreaker
Electric Wire Hustle - Love Can Prevail
The Bats - Daddy’s Highway
The Beat - Just Can’t Stop It
Rockers HiFi - Rockers to Rockers

I had to ‘shake’ way more than 10 times to get 10 vinyl albums - so many 12” singles!!!

I 've never heard of Electric Wire Hustle - Love Can Prevail. Will have to check them out.

Jan 15, 2021 10:43:27 GMT 12 bruise said:

CDs

1. Willy DeVille - Horse of a Different Color
2. John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky
3. Malcolm Middleton - 5.14 Fluoxytine SeagullAlcohol John Nicotine
4. Bill Frisell - Nashville
5. Bonnie Prince Billy - I see a Darkness
6. School of Fish - School of Fish
7. Various-More Oar - A Tribute to Skip Spence
8. Jeff Lynne - The Jeff Lynne years 1968 - 73
9. Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example
10.The Philadelphia Orchestra - Nature's Realm , Liszt & Dvorak

a couple of these are about to get an airing

Jan 15, 2021 10:25:40 GMT 12 bruise said:

Lordy Lord .. I haven't played some of these for years.

Didn't include 7/12 inch
CDs in a separate list

1. David Halley - Stray Dog Talk
2. Bill Berry & his Ellington All-stars - For Duke
3. Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs - God Willin & the creek don't rise
4. Ross Tompkins - Lost in the Stars
5. Barry Ryan - Sings Paul Ryan
6. The Band - Stage Fright
7. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
8. Roy Harper - Man & Myth
9. Torsten Nilsson - Orgel Bronslur och Trombon
10.Robin Gibb - Robin's Reign

Thanks. Am getting a real feeling for your collection. I See Darkness is a cracker!

10 more (all vinyl)

Neil Young ‎– Harvest
London Grammar ‎– If You Wait
Bill Fay ‎– Life Is People
Buddy Guy ‎– Rhythm & Blues
Makaya McCraven ‎– In The Moment
Nils Frahm ‎– The Bells
Jóhann Jóhannsson ‎– The Mercy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Vincent Bélanger ‎– Pure Cello
Amy Winehouse ‎– Back To Black
Songs: Ohia ‎– The Magnolia Electric Co

ignoring all the conventions of uniform formats we get ....

1. Zwainul - Dialects (LP)
2. Steve Goodman - Hot Spots (LP)
3. T Bone Walker - Low Down Blues (CD)
4. Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley (LP)
5. Gene Clark - No Other (promo) (LP)
6. Map of Wyoming - Trouble Is (CD)
7. Ivor Cutler - Jammy Smears (CD)
8. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball ( 3 x LP)
9. Kathryn Willaims - Little Black Numbers (LP)
10. Moby - I like to Score (CD)

Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley (LP) 👍

School of Fish .. 3 Strange Days .. one of the great lost masterpieces

Jan 15, 2021 16:57:24 GMT 12 Citroen said:

I 've never heard of Electric Wire Hustle - Love Can Prevail. Will have to check them out.

EWH are a local soul / funk outfit, fronted by Mara TK.
(Yes, that Te Kahika)

To be honest, I would start with their outstanding debut album which came out on CD about 10 years ago
(... and then in 2012 BBE gave it a limited vinyl re-release)



www.discogs.com/Electric-Wire-Hustle-Electric-Wire-Hustle/release/3565845

Or you could try the analogue version.

I take a lucky dip approach by pulling a random LP out of my collection and commit to giving it listen even if the idea of it doesn't spin my wheels. I usually either bail after the first two songs or end up listening to both sides and rediscovering a long forgotten gem.

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band ‎– Peyton On Patton  Mono lp with bonus 10" 78

Daniel Lanois ‎– Acadie  Aus vinyl

Hunters And Collectors* ‎– Payload  NZ EP

Blind Willie Johnson ‎– Praise God I'm Satisfied    Vinyl reissue

Led Zeppelin ‎– Led Zeppelin II     Aus CD

Rosanne Cash ‎– The River & The Thread   US lp

Magnolia Electric Co. ‎– Josephine   US cd

Bob Dylan ‎– Live 1966 (The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert)   AUS cd

Jerry Garcia Band* ‎– Jerry Garcia Band  US 2x cd

Eva Cassidy ‎– Songbird  Ltd Ed 2xlp US version

Been working my way through these random picks on vinyl

Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us
Wire – Pink Flag
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Ásgeir – Afterglow
Agnes Obel – LateNightTales
James Bay – Electric Light
Eminem – Relapse
Binker And Moses – Dem Ones
John Handy, Dr. L. Subramaniam*, Ali Akbar Khan – Rainbow
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Easy Tiger

This 10:
Various – XPRESSWAY PILE=UP (A Compilation Of NZ Music) - LP
Various – So Real (15 Tracks Of The Best New Music) - CD
Various – Drifter's Escape (The Music That Inspired Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding And Nashville Skyline) - CD
Voom – Hello, Are You There? - CD
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Love Rock 'N Roll - 7"
Say Yes To Apes – So Who Owns Death TV? - LP
Marc Almond – Only The Moment - 7"
The Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over - 7"
Various – Radio Bob Volume 2 (Another 17 Brilliant Tracks From Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour) - CD
The White Stripes – Blue Orchid - CD single

Lots of compilations, but Joan makes an appearance.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

White Stripes I know. As for the rest...

Dave Clarke Five, Joan Jett are fairly mainstream?

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Oh yeah, of course I know that Joan Jett single. Duh!

But know nothing of that Dave.

DC5 almost as big as the Beatles for a brief moment. I had some of their early singles, quite catchy, but their lps never measured up.
Clark was bright enough to keep ownership of their masters but has mismanaged things in later years missing the cd boom despite a lot of interest in the States.

Have just played a few of their hits. Familiar Beatles-like sound but nevertheless still unfamiliar to me. Somehow DC5 has flown well under my radar!

Obviously not a child of the 60s then Citroen.
Their lead singer wasn't too bad but Clark's drumming was pretty basic.
They seem to have lasted better in the States than elsewhere. Pretty sure I'd moved on by the time I hit 13.

Actually I'm a child born in the 60's.
But not from a musical family.

I do remember a day at primary school when some dude called Elvis died and EVERYONE was sad but I had NO idea who he was!

Young Fathers – Tape One / Tape Two
Portico – Living Fields
Jon Hassell – Vernal Equinox
Roil – Raft Of The Meadows
Belle And Sebastian – Tigermilk
Holy Other – Held
Neil Young – Homegrown
Mark Knopfler – Tracker
Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province
Dirty Three – Toward The Low Sun

Wow, some great selections if I do say so. Thoroughly enjoying reaquainting myself with these!

Dec 19, 2022 18:02:17 GMT 12 Citroen said:

I do remember a day at primary school when some dude called Elvis died and EVERYONE was sad but I had NO idea who he was!

One musicians death I do remember where I was. On the island of Sardinia visiting my wife's family and saw it posted in the window of a newsagent. Didn't need to read Italian to understand it.
First lp I  purchased at the tail end of 1963 was 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 2). Great cover shot of Elvis in his famous gold suit.
www.discogs.com/master/107408-Elvis-Presley-50000000-Elvis-Fans-Cant-Be-Wrong-Elvis-Gold-Records-Vol-2

Random item

Jackson Browne / David Lindley – Love Is Strange

www.discogs.com/release/9832781-Jackson-Browne-David-Lindley-Love-Is-Strange

Not a real fan of J Browne but enjoy this one .

Live At the Matterhorn - Fat Freddy's Drop
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
Now Here's My Plan - Bonnie Prince Billy
Into The Wild - Eddie Vedder
Like Someone In Love - Ella Fitzgerald
Logos- Atlas Sound
In Colour - Jamie XX
The Million Things That Never Happened - Billy Bragg
Sea Change - Beck
Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined - Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Massenet* - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux* - Le Cid - Ballet Music, Scènes Pittoresques, The Last Sleep Of The Virgin

Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer

Mark P. Wetch - Ragtime Razzmatazz Vol I - Twelve Nostalgic Piano Performances

Oscar Peterson And The Bassists Ray Brown, Niels Pedersen* - Montreux '77

Cye Wood & Lisa Gerrard - The Trail Of Genghis Khan

The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Robert Russell Bennett Conducting The RCA Victor Symphony*, Bernstein* - Symphonic Picture Of Gershwin's Porgy And Bess / Dance Music From West Side Story

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Cut Me Down (Remix)

Little Feat - Time Loves A Hero

John Williams (4) and The Boston Pops Orchestra - By Request... The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra

Astor Piazzolla, Pablo Mainetti, Orquestra De Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons - Tango / Concerto Pour Bandonéon

michaelw what percentage would you say is your classical music section?

I'd say mine is about 5%