MUSIC HAUL 2020

exact33 wrote:

Finishing off my John Hiatt collection:

Overcoats
Slug Line
Two Bit Monsters
All of a Sudden
Riding with the King
Warming Up to the Ice Age
Same Old Man
Mystic Pinball
Terms of My Surrender

I was just listening to Perfectly Good Guitar and Slow Turning today. 

Speaking of the song "Slow Turning" today a line from that song struck me as "off".  "I always thought that my house was haunted because nobody said 'boo' to me."  Huh?  If nobody ever said 'Boo!' to you why would you think your house was haunted; that line makes no sense. 

I normally don't pay much attention to lyrics but certain artists like Ginger Wildheart, Jethro Tull and John Hiatt normally have such a talent for lyrics that I DO pay attention and that line by Hiatt is a complete "whiff" in my book.

tohostudios wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Can't drive through Tennessee without stopping at McKay's—a massive store that sells music, movies, books, and some toys—and buying a bunch of CDs and books...

If I ever get back to Tennessee I'm going to checkout two places: Obie's Pizza (STILL the best pizza I've ever had) and Great Escape (where I scored a TON of great used CDs when I lived there).  Both are in downtown Nashville and I know Obie's still exists because they have a web site.  Not sure if Great Escape still exists or what it looks like now all these years later after the digital age.  But that place used to be like walking into the biggest CD flea market you've ever seen, with a TON of CD listening posts so you could just grab anything that looked remotely interesting and sample it until your curiosity was satisfied. 

I used to drive 3 hours to Nashville after I moved to Jackson, TN, make a day of it and come back with about 10-20 CDs and some leftover pizza to freeze. Good times...

Nice! For the past four years or so I've made at least one trip through Tennessee. All for fishing tournaments; was just in Alabama for one. Next year I'll probably drive through twice. I'll try to see if that place is still around.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Finishing off my John Hiatt collection:

Overcoats
Slug Line
Two Bit Monsters
All of a Sudden
Riding with the King
Warming Up to the Ice Age
Same Old Man
Mystic Pinball
Terms of My Surrender

I was just listening to Perfectly Good Guitar and Slow Turning today. 

Speaking of the song "Slow Turning" today a line from that song struck me as "off".  "I always thought that my house was haunted because nobody said 'boo' to me."  Huh?  If nobody ever said 'Boo!' to you why would you think your house was haunted; that line makes no sense. 

I normally don't pay much attention to lyrics but certain artists like Ginger Wildheart, Jethro Tull and John Hiatt normally have such a talent for lyrics that I DO pay attention and that line by Hiatt is a complete "whiff" in my book.

Hiatt's discography is an interesting listen. His early 80s material felt like chasing the trends. I guess after getting dropped by so many labels he found his sound and has stuck with it .

CDs:

Armored Saint - Punching The Sky - Digipak, deluxe edition with 3 bonus tracks and DVD

Vinyl:

Armored Saint - Punching The Sky - Lavender marbled vinyl #193/300

New jams...

DevilDriver - Dealing With Demons, Vol. 1
Jinjer - King Of Everything
Jinjer - Macro
Joan Osborne - St. Teresa (CD1 Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Lenny Kravitz - Heaven Help (CD2 Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Spirit Adrift - Enlightened In Eternity
U2 - War
Under The Influence Of Giants - Under The Influence Of Giants

Witchfinder wrote:

CDs:

Armored Saint - Punching The Sky - Digipak, deluxe edition with 3 bonus tracks and DVD

Vinyl:

Armored Saint - Punching The Sky - Lavender marbled vinyl #193/300

Same here.

Took another trip to the second hand book/music store a few towns over today -- ever since my 13 year old son discovered that they also sell used video games, he wants to go there all the time, haha

He didn't find anything cool today, but I got these:

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath -13 (2 CD w/3 bonus tracks)
Death Angel - The Ultraviolence
Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions (2CD)

...and my Sabbath studio discography is now COMPLETE! (drops mic)

Black Rainbows from bandcamp:

Twilight In The Desert
Carmina Diabolo
Supermothafuzzalicious!!
Farflung & Black Rainbow split
Holy Moon
Hawkdope
Pandaemonium
Stellar Prophecy
Cosmic Ritual Supertrip

Veni Domine - Tongues

Latest additions to the collection...

Bewitcher - Under The Witching Cross
Damnation Angels - Fiber Of Our Being
Damnation Angels - Shadow Symphony (EP)
Jinjer - Inhale, Don't Breathe
Leaves' Eyes - Black Butterfly (EP)
Leaves' Eyes - Fires In The North (EP)
Leaves' Eyes - King Of Kings (2CD w/Bonus Tracks)
Leaves' Eyes - Riders On The Wind (EP)
Leaves' Eyes - Sign Of The Dragonhead (2CD w/Bonus Tracks)
Nickelback - Three #1's & The First One: Live (EP)
Rick Springfield - The Best Of Rick Springfield
Screwface - Screwface
Tora Tora - Walkin' Shoes (CD Single w/Non-LP Track)
Various Artists - Epitaph Records: Punk-O-Rama 7
Various Artists - Smells Like Nirvana
Vintersea - Asterion: Constellations (EP) (Digital)
Vintersea - The Gravity Of Fall

Discovered Damnation Angels by chance when I stopped at a record shop while traveling through Tennessee. Found their Valiant Fire album there for $0.84, and took a chance on it. So good!

Very symphonic stuff but still heavy.



Vintersea is another recent discovery; just a random click on YouTube. Nice mix of prog-metal and death/black metal. Female vocals. Really good stuff.

Eyesore wrote:

Vintersea is another recent discovery; just a random click on YouTube. Nice mix of prog-metal and death/black metal. Female vocals. Really good stuff.

Based on that preview still I can definitely understand why you would "randomly" click on that video, but the music really isn't all that great. At least not to my liking. I'm not into black metal, and the black metal stuff I sort of used to be into back in the 90's, is not that.

CDs:

King Diamond - The Dark Sides - Vinyl replica CD

Vinyl:

King Diamond - The Dark Sides - orange white marbled vinyl, limited edition of 1000

Stryper - Even The Devil Believes

Lari wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Vintersea is another recent discovery; just a random click on YouTube. Nice mix of prog-metal and death/black metal. Female vocals. Really good stuff.

Based on that preview still I can definitely understand why you would "randomly" click on that video, but the music really isn't all that great. At least not to my liking. I'm not into black metal, and the black metal stuff I sort of used to be into back in the 90's, is not that.

Haha. That's not actually the first one I watched. In fact, the first one I watched, I wasn't all that impressed. I paid more attention to this video, which was the second one I watched.

Nothing groundbreaking here, of course, though I do like the proggy elements mixed with the black/death stuff. A bit different from the norm when it comes to female-fronted metal bands.

New stuff...

Leaves' Eyes - The Last Viking (2CD)
Mercyful Fate - Into The Unknown
Motorhead - Bastards (w/Bonus Track)
Satellite - Nostalgia
Sevendust - Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
Terror - Always The Hard Way
Terror - Rhythm Amongst The Chaos (EP)
Unashamed - Reflection
Unashamed - Silence

Rich Kid Express -- Psychodelic

The Civil Wars - S/T
Havukruunu - Uinos Syomein Sota

Newbury Comics haul, all $3.99 except for the new Celestial Seasons, which came in the mail.

Appearance Of Nothing - In Times Of Darkness
Bang Gang, The - Vanity Kills
Celestial Season - The Secret Teachings
Destiny - Future Of The Past
Kelly Simonz's Blind Faith - Sign Of The Times
Lenny Kravitz - Heaven Help (CD3 Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Lindemann - Frau & Mann
Mindflow - Mind Over Body
REO Speedwagon - Building The Bridge
REO Speedwagon - Nine Lives
REO Speedwagon - R.E.O./T.W.O.
Sick Of It All - Cool As A Mustache (Promo CD Single w/Non-LP Track)
Smashing Pumpkins, The - Ava Adore (CD Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
U2 - One (CD Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Wizo - Kraut & Ruben
Wizo - Uuaarrgh!

And speaking of Celestial Season, if you miss the doom/death from their first two albums and demos, this is a full-on doom/death album. No stoner rock anywhere. Pretty badass album.

Pantera - Reinventing The Steel - 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - digipak, 3 CDs

Eyesore wrote:

Newbury Comics haul, all $3.99 except for the new Celestial Seasons, which came in the mail.

Appearance Of Nothing - In Times Of Darkness
Bang Gang, The - Vanity Kills
Celestial Season - The Secret Teachings
Destiny - Future Of The Past
Kelly Simonz's Blind Faith - Sign Of The Times
Lenny Kravitz - Heaven Help (CD3 Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Lindemann - Frau & Mann
Mindflow - Mind Over Body
REO Speedwagon - Building The Bridge
REO Speedwagon - Nine Lives
REO Speedwagon - R.E.O./T.W.O.
Sick Of It All - Cool As A Mustache (Promo CD Single w/Non-LP Track)
Smashing Pumpkins, The - Ava Adore (CD Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
U2 - One (CD Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Wizo - Kraut & Ruben
Wizo - Uuaarrgh!

And speaking of Celestial Season, if you miss the doom/death from their first two albums and demos, this is a full-on doom/death album. No stoner rock anywhere. Pretty badass album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZL6cXvrrYM

I think Nine Lives is a sadly underrated REO album. For my money it's their second best behind only Tuna Fish.

tohostudios wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Newbury Comics haul, all $3.99 except for the new Celestial Seasons, which came in the mail.

Appearance Of Nothing - In Times Of Darkness
Bang Gang, The - Vanity Kills
Celestial Season - The Secret Teachings
Destiny - Future Of The Past
Kelly Simonz's Blind Faith - Sign Of The Times
Lenny Kravitz - Heaven Help (CD3 Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Lindemann - Frau & Mann
Mindflow - Mind Over Body
REO Speedwagon - Building The Bridge
REO Speedwagon - Nine Lives
REO Speedwagon - R.E.O./T.W.O.
Sick Of It All - Cool As A Mustache (Promo CD Single w/Non-LP Track)
Smashing Pumpkins, The - Ava Adore (CD Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
U2 - One (CD Single w/Non-LP Tracks)
Wizo - Kraut & Ruben
Wizo - Uuaarrgh!

And speaking of Celestial Season, if you miss the doom/death from their first two albums and demos, this is a full-on doom/death album. No stoner rock anywhere. Pretty badass album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZL6cXvrrYM

I think Nine Lives is a sadly underrated REO album.  For my money it's their second best behind only Tuna Fish.

I'm really not very familiar with their catalog outside of the hits. I have six of their albums now, all purchased recently, but I've really enjoyed what I've heard so far. From what I've read, though, Building The Bridge may not be so good.

Thin Lizzy - Rock Legends (6 cd , 1 dvd box set)

McCully Workshop - s/t
McCully Workshop - Workshop Revisited
McCully Workshop - Infinity
Ghoultown - Curse of Eldorado (signed)