First music purchases of 2018

Bought 2 at a charity shop today:
God’s Not Dead by the Newsboys
7 by Enrique Iglesias

 

Singles this time. For Christmas I got a box set of Telemann's Tafelmusik.

 

Hope the postman doesn't get lost ...

Sun Ra, "The Magic City"
Sun Ra, "Thunder of the Gods"
Sun Ra, "Singles Vol. 1" (all vinyl)
Jeff Beck, "Truth" (SACD)
Miles Davis, "E.S.P." (SACD)
"Buddy Holly/ Chirping Crickets" (SACD)

NB: I won my Fantasy Football league

 

I could not afford the Beatles Mono vinyl box when it first came out, so I went the individual copies purchase route.
I got half way there and then find that the remaining albums were not available any more. I have a history of incomplete collections.
I sprung for the big Mono vinyl set this week, because I can finally afford to. Will sell off the individual copies.

TC

 

From Discogs, amazon marketplace, etc.:
Depeche Mode/Remixes 81-04 (3CD)
Various/Opal Assembly 1(Warner promo-only CD compilation for Brian Eno's Opal Records)
The Upsetters/Super Ape and Return of Super Ape (Universal 2CD edition with both Super Ape albums plus bonus tracks)
Daby Toure/Stereo Spirit

 

First music purchase of the year for me will be this, on vinyl:



First music purchase of the year of something that is released this year (2018) will be Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new record "Wrong Creatures", which comes out in 10 days.

 

MFSL SACD:

• Miles - In a Silent Way
• Miles - Filles de Kilimanjaro
• SRV - Texas Flood
• SRV - The Sky is Crying
• Santana - s/t
• Santana III

Music Matters 2x45s

• Bobby Hutcherson - Happenings
• Horace Silver - The Stylings of Silver
• Larry Young - Into Somethin’

Analogue Productions

• Miles - Bags Groove
• Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet

Classic Records

• Horace Silver - 6 Pieces of Silver
• Horace Silver - Further Explorations
• Horace Parlan - Up and Down

Audio Fidelity SACD

• Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Misc:

• The Beatles - Help! (mono)
• The Beatles - Please Please Me (mono)
• The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (mono)
• The Beatles - Mono Masters
• Nina Simone - Sings the Blues (Speakers Corner)

Didn’t seem like that many until I just typed them all out. Thank goodness for 15% off codes.

 

I just filled the remaining gaps in my mono Beatles collection today on acousticsounds.com, looked like they still had all of the albums in stock in mono.

 

I ordered since the year started....
a Dylan CD and a Devo DVD.

 

Over in this thread
The BILL EVANS thread
someone posted a video of a cut from this album don't believe I have ever heard it before
so it is now ordered for my first buy of 2018

 

Prurient - Rainbow Mirror (Profound Lore)
Four discs and 200 minutes of dark ambient noise. Can't wait to dig in.

 

Thinking about the wilco Being There box on LP but it's kinda expensive.

 

Yesterday I went to Urban Outfitters to pick up their exclusive version of Halsey’s Hopeless Fountain Kingdom with the unique cover art. While I was there I also grabbed the recent reissue of Soundgarden’s Superunknown and The Best of Sade.

 

3 CDs by the dancey 80s freestyle electropop trio Exposé:

Exposure
What You Don't Know
Dance Mixes (2005 compilation of original 12" mixes and alternates)

 

Its an amazing set. You will not be disappointed. Dead quiet on my system, not a pop anywhere. I can hear subtle nuances I've never heard before in any format. The included book is quite good as well.

 

The brand new album, Backbone, by Emily Hurd. Emily Hurd - MUSIC

 

I've been TRYING to purchase the Rolling Stones '67 Sessions but nobody can tell me how to do so.

 

Went to my local mall and found out FYE had a selection of vinyl 50% off. I picked up Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun 2 lp numbered edition for $16 and two Bob Dylan box sets - The Cutting Edge and Basement Tapes 3 LP sets.

 

Bowie New Career Vinyl Box,
Bowie Cracked Actor 2cd,
Bowie No Plan Vinyl EP,
Elton John Tumbleweed Connection Vinyl Reissue,
The Best Of The Grateful Dead Volume 2 : 1977-1989 2LP,
The Grateful Dead Records Collection 5LP Box,
The Cure Greatest Hits 2LP,
The Flock - Truth: The Columbia Recordings 1969-1970 2CD
The Kinks Everybody's In Showbiz 2CD Legacy Edition
The Move Magnetic Waves Of Sound CD/DVD
Sly & The Family Stone - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert October 9th 1973 CD
Status Quo - Quo 2CD Deluxe
Wayfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares Cd on Numero
Prince 4Ever 2CD
Hall & Oates The Singles CD
Tears For Fears Rule The World CD (Already got the vinyl)
David Sylvian 2cd Best Of
Gentle Giant Octopus CD/Blu Ray
Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968 3cd
Mother Love Bone On Earth As It Is 3CD box
Stack Waddy : Who The Hell Is Stack Waddy? 3cd
Pet Shop Boys Night Life 3cd remaster
Pet Shop Boys Fundamental 2cd remaster
Pet Shop Boys Release 3cd remaster
Pet Shop Boys Elysium 2cd remaster
Pet Shop Boys Yes 3cd remaster
Rick Wakeman Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Deluxe 3cd 1 DVD
Fripp Collins Jakszyk A Scarcity Of Miracles CD/DVD
Jethro Tull Passion Play Box
Jethro Tull Minstrel In The Gallery Box

plus a complete collection of Howard Jones Albums, 12" and 7" singles and some Spandau Ballet 12"s.

Also got the last delivery of my DeAgostini Beatles Collection arriving any day now.

Good job I worked 14 days straight over Xmas and New Year.

 

A few more:



I had some Albinoni years ago but garage sale'd it and then regretted it. It's time for some more.



This picture can represent vols. 1 and 2, both ordered this week. I purchased vols. 3 - 8 back in the 80s when I was studying these works in grad school. Now I will finally have the whole set.

 

My first purchase of 2018 is the Paul Desmond`s The Complete RCA Albums Collection 6cd box set. Purchased from Amazon.

 

Elvis Presley: "Elvis At Madison Square Garden" FTD book/CD.
John Coltrane: "Ascension (Editions I & II)"

 

All Pre-ordered:

Joe Satriani: What Happens Next
Steve Hackett: New Live CD (Signed from his website)
Saxon: Thunderbolt (Signed limited edition from Pledgemusic)
Uriah Heep: Living The Dream (Signed limited edition from Pledgemusic)

 

Just bought the vinyl of an old (relatively speaking, in this case 2004) favorite, Moonbabies The Orange Billboard. Fun album, and will be fun to finally have on vinyl too, this one the original (and only) press on the German Strange Fruit label, and purchased from a German store on discogs, never seen one around here. Shipping costs more than the $5 mint vinyl, a lot of my favorites aren't in very high demand