Amazon AU price watch thread...

If you haven't already, you must read @Eskimo Chain's story. It's a corker.

Thanks for sharing EC. Enjoyed that immensely.

Genesis Plays Jackson: My discovery of a lost Genesis recording or my dance with Peter Gabriel

 

Wow!

 

Thanks, I hope to be dining out on this for years to come

 

Do so. I would. Very well written, too. Terrific stuff.

 

But you haven't done the Hoffman Forum thing correctly. When you joined, you should have chosen a name like 'Tapefinder' or 'hardcoregenesis', inserted yourself forcefully in ALL Genesis threads and claim that you, and you alone, know the workings of PG's inner circle.

 

Fremer's AnalogPlanet reviews Mel Brown's 'Chicken Fat'. It's good, apparently.

Verve By Request Cooks Up Tasty 180g 1LP Reissue of Mel Brown’s 1967 Impulse Records Debut Album Chicken Fat, Pressed by Third Man Records

Mel Brown


Chicken Fat (LP)

$49

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0BH7J31B6/

Amazon US

I've ordered. I can't wait for Amazon Au to finally get some stock in.

 

Great story and we'll written too. Thanks for sharing.

I remember reading an article by a guy who interviewed former record company vault staff members, who literally were ordered to dump thousands of unreleased session tapes into the rubbusb bin to save storage space, and who's co-workers were waiting at the bins and were retrieving said tapes into their cars.
Now that's a head scratcher as to who owns the physical tape. You clearly can't release the music, but the tapes were thrown out, so ownership surely has transferred to the finder.
I've also read that sometimes record companies have to borrow tapes from private collectors for reissue projects.

 

I just found out the Tom Verlaine died last week (news travels slowly in the bush!), can still remember the first time I heard Marquee Moon and thinking - what a mesmerizing song!

 

Eno/Cale


Wrong Way Up (LP)

$36

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08BDBWF9J/

 

Can


Live In Brighton (3LP)

$36

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09HRJF8RC/

Worth a re-post at this price.

 

The Real Thing - The Anthology 1972-1997 (7CD) | Amazon.com.au | Music

Finally broke my Amazon three week purchase hiatus - got the last Aust. Amazon copy of the above for $27

 

PJ Harvey

Is This Desire? Demos LP
AU$26
https://amzn.asia/d/fpndNwr

 

Iggy Pop

Bowie Years 7x CD box set
AU$77
https://amzn.asia/d/8lCCfcx

 

Foals

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 2 LP
AU$29
https://amzn.asia/d/fhfFHpF

 

Great price for what is also a great box set.
My purchase history shows I bought this last March for $36. I thought I got a bargain at the time so $27 is a real great deal.

 

Richard Swift

The Atlantic Ocean LP
AU$24
https://amzn.asia/d/5gNuT3T

 

Broadcast & The Focus Group

Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age LP
AU$24
https://amzn.asia/d/5ci4qUi

 

Talos

Far Out Dust LP (splatter)
AU$18
https://amzn.asia/d/4pPx43h

 

Together Pangea

Bulls & Roosters LP (180G/Colored Vinyl)
AU$17
https://amzn.asia/d/6vQULKf

 

Good to hear, it has been in my Cart for months and the price had been pogoing, but finally bottomed out at $27, it was the last one and I hit the button!

 

I ordered the Radiohead Art book a few months ago with occasional Amazon emails saying they couldn't get one.....and then it suddenly turns up today.

 

I'm not sure if it's ever been shown on Australian telly, but I watched an excellent BBC documentary about this British soul band from Liverpool, England. Worth seeking out!

"In 2019, the band were featured in a documentary called Everything - The Real Thing Story,[19][20][21] which charted the history of the band from Eddie's days in Merseybeat doo-wop act the Chants[22] (said to be the only group ever to be backed by the Beatles),[23][24][25] through Chris' group's SSB (the Sophisticated Soul Brothers) and Vocal Perfection.[26] The latter act went on to be renamed The Real Thing by manager Tony Hall, after seeing the Coca-Cola advert on a large billboard in Piccadilly Circus. The documentary featured interviews with David Essex, Billy Ocean, Five Star's Denise Pearson, Kim Wilde and Leee John from Imagination; as well as all surviving members of the Chants and the Real Thing. As Eddie Amoo died during the production of the film, the documentary ended up being released two years after his death. Sheridan's lengthy interview with Amoo was shown in full on BBC Four in August 2020."

 

Mine too. Had a look through it. Nice companion to the Kid Amnesia reissue.

 

Not a massive deal but worth a mention:

Oscar Peterson


Exclusively For My Friends (6LP)

$208

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00IY26MVC/

all-analog vinyl from German label MPS - this is same mob that put out the George Duke box so if you bought that you know what to expect. Rave reviews everywhere.

Amazon UK

 

Yes it is. Shame about the moon shaped sticker on the cover. I pulled it off and there was an round circle of glue left behind. So it was either risk lighter fuel to remove it, or put the sticker back again. I stuck it back!