What are the last 5 LP's (Vinyl) you bought? (and, if you like, why?)

Rush - Signals
Rush - 1st
Gillan - Magic (eBay)
Rainbow - Rising
Rainbow - LLR&R

This made me realise that although I haven't heard the Gillan in a while, none of them are new to me.

 

Grateful Dead - Houstin, TX 11-18-72 (RSD)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos 2002
? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears (45 rpm RL 2011 remaster)
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (Audio Fidelity)

 

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Robben Ford - A Day in Nashville
Jeff Beck - Live+
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock
Status Quo = Aquostic

JG

 

Remastered from the tapes by Bernie. Just arrived today.


Sealed repress. Don't mind if I do.


Wawaweewa! Mastered from tape by Noel Summerville.


Cheap OG copy. Bit of an odd record.


Don't bother getting this on vinyl if you have the CD.

 

Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way--primarily because of the song Yellow Brick Road but I like the whole album
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain--Mark Hollis once said it was one of his favorite albums
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon--because it's an awesome album
Otis Redding - Lonely and Blue...--I usually don't buy compilations, but this is one I could have made myself. It collects my favorite Otis songs onto one album.
Mandolin Orange - Such Jubilee--Just discovered them last year and think they're great

 

Greatest Hits - Aerosmith
Pump - Aerosmith
Greatest Hits - Black Sabbath
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Still Life - Rolling Stones
Dirty Work - Rolling Stones (still in red cellophane!)
Greatest Hits - Rolling Stones
Odds & Sods - The Who
Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
Human Touch - Bruce Springsteen

 

I scored a lot of goodies lately

Dire Straits - Communique
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark (Japanese)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
The Doors - Strange Days (Japanese)
The Cars -The Cars (Nautilus)
AC-DC - Black In Black
AC-DC - For Those About to Rock
The Police - reggatta de blanc (Japanese)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk x2
Pink Floyd - The Endless River
Rush - Hemispheres (reissue)
Rush - Caress of Steel (reissue)
Rush - Exit Stage Left (reissue)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (2lp reissue)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (2lp reissue)
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (2lp reissue)
Black Sabbath - Past Lives
UFO - Lights Out (UK)
UFO - Force It (UK)
Rolling Stones - Made in the Shade
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1A/1A )
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

 

Last five.....

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (reissue)
Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow
Wavves x Cloud Nothings - No Life For Me EP
Tame Impala - Currents
Grimes - Art Angels

Bought 'em because I liked the music on them, pretty simple.

 

The Cult - Hidden City
Opeth - Damnation
Opeth - Deliverance
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (Robert Ludwig mastering)
Bryan Ferry - The Bride Stripped Bare

 

Fania Records-1964-1980 The Original Sound of Latin New York
Joe Bataan- Subway Joe
Johnny Colon and his Orchestra- Boogaloo 67
Joe Cuba Sextet- Wanted Dead or Alive
Boogaloo Pow Wow- Dancefloor Rendez-Vous in Young Nuyorica

A lot of Latin heat in a genre I had shamefully overlooked. I didn't realize the depth and scope of amazing Latin talent in New York City from the 60's through the early 80's.

 

Last couple weeks we picked up a couple dozen, the five best scores were:

The Stooges s/t
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson--South Africa to South Carolina
Slade--Slayed
Galaxie 500--On Fire
The Animals--Winds of Change
6. The Go Go's --Beauty and the Beat

 

Laura Gibson—La Grande
Laura Gibson—Beasts of Season
Laura Gibson—If You Come to Greet Me

I had a sudden realization that I didn't have any Laura Gibson on vinyl, which was bad because she's been one of my favorite singer songwriters for the past decade and all of her LPs are out print. La Grande and Beasts of Season are still out in the world at normal retail prices, but I snagged the last normal retail priced copy of If You Come to Greet Me on Discogs. I have a sneaking suspicion that the release of her 4th LP in April will only make these harder to come by. I have never bought three LPs by the same artist in one fell swoop before, this may have been the moment when I became a collector.

R.E.M.—Talk About the Passion 12" single.

This sounds great, and has a couple of songs from Chronic Town. I believe this was a UK release that served to introduce the band to the British around the time that Murmur came out. R.E.M.'s 12 inch singles are interesting, I may track some more down.

Various—O Carnaval Chegou!

I like to check out thrift stores in different cities when I travel to see what the regional flavor is... I was super excited to find this compilation featuring Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil and other heroes of Tropicalia at a Goodwill outside of Miami. It was the first LP I even looked at and it was beyond my expectations. Sadly, it was the only thing remotely South American that I found. This LP is all Brazilian parade music for carnival.

 

Lita Ford - Stiletto
Jex Thoth - s.t.
Jess and the Ancient Ones - Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes
Garbage - s.t. 20th anniversary
Nightwish - Angles Fall First

 

The lindisfarne is lovely. My favorite of theirs and getting hard to find, up here anyways. Well done you will enjoy!

 

Great range of music from over the decades. Most impressive eclectic taste!

 

Thanks Stu02!

 

Bolero (Ravel) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neil Young - Zuma
Jimi Hendrix Experience - AYE?
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
RHCP - Blood, Sex, Sugar, Magic

Y?

Bolero-I never pass up a Living Presence LP for $1
Neil Young-Amazon flash sale on an amazing LP
Jimi-My favorite album. Own every pressing of it I can get my hands on.
Dave-Upgrading my previous copy which has a warp that affects first track on each side.
RHCP-They had me at "mastered from original tapes," a clear upgrade to the original CD (which isn't bad either).

 

Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
The Who - Who Are You
Rush - Hemispheres
The Who - The Who By The Numbers

 

How's Zuma's sound quality? Thanks

 

Celebration Guns- the me that use to be EP Came across them on band camp and have really enjoyed the music
Japandroids- Celebration rock. It's a great rock album
The Replacements- Pleased to meet me Found a first pressing at a resonable price in NM condition
Sam Means- 10 songs. Loved Sam Means previous band The Formst
Pet Symmetry- Hounds. I really liked Evan Weiss from into it. Over it and thought I would give it a try. Still need to get it a listen

 

Billy Paul-Got My Head on Straight
Roberta Flack-s/t
Ashford and Simpson-A Musical Affair
Cat Stevens-Numbers
Tyrone Davis-I Can't Go On This Way

 

Last five:

Rock 'n Soul Pt. 1, Hall and Oates RL Masterdisk original;
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker, original pressing;
Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane MFSL mono 45 rpm reissue;
Tea for The Tillerman, Cat Stevens, AP 45rpm reissue;
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac Hoffman/Gray 45rpm reissue; and
Leonard Bernstein, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue/American in Paris Speakers Corner reissue.

Edit: forgot one in the sequence, so now it's my last six!

 

Ten Years After-Ssssh
Ten Years After-Stonehenge
Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Lee Michaels-Carnival of Life
Rolling Stones-Beggars Banquet

Why: Because they are among my all time favorites and are "Monarch" pressings. That's all!

 

Peter Gabriel (Melt) -- 45rpm upgrade on a favorite album
Violent Femmes S/T -- A nice original in great shape (replaced CD)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. -- A great album that I had never owned
Cage The Elephant S/T -- Heard a song on a videogame (Ain't No Rest For The Wicked on Borderlands)
The Heavy - The House That Dirt built -- Heard a song on a videogame (Short Change Hero on Borderlands 2)

I love finding new music, and when I hear something good I investigate further. I have no regrets on these 5 purchases.

 

Dressy Bessy - Kingsized
The Tripwires - Get young
The Devil Dogs - Saturday night fever
Girl trouble - Hit it or quit it
John Wesley Harding - The sound of his own voice

(can't remember why!)