A Quick One

No, this has nothing to do with the Who. Sorry.
If you haven't already, you can get Nine Inch Nails "The Slip" HERE

There is your quick one.

Nitin Sawhney "Beyond Skin"

 When it comes to Hip Hop, dance and Electronic music, I've never had much of a liking for it. When you add in some jazz, world, drum & bass and mix it all up, you get one of my favorite albums of all time. "Beyond Skin" by Nitin Sawhney. It flows from beginning to ends without missing a beat. Hard to find in any format..UK only release I believe. The vinyl is VERY hard to find. I did recently spot one at  Audiophile USA. If you're looking to try something different. This gets my top recommendation!

Best day ever thought up.

Some people go shopping the day after Thanksgiving. Great sales...and...crowds? I don't really know. I'm not a day after Thanksgiving shopper. The one (shopping) day that I look forward to is in April. It's a Saturday typically in the middle of the month. It's called Records Store Day click here to learn a little more about it...if you're interested. There couldn't be a better day to get some records. Special RSD released, limited edition titles, colored vinyl and often freebies.
 Now that you have a tiny bit of info on Records Store Day ( I'll get into it more later), I present to you one of my recent RSD purchases. Bad Brains "God Of Love." Not the first title on my list of want, but it was on there. I had the CD when it was originally released 16 years ago. This reissue comes with a bonus 2 track 7" with the tracks "Let's make love" and "It's agreeable." good tunes both of them. My 7" has a mis-label. Both sides contain the Side A label. With that increase the value down the road? Doesn't matter too much to me. I like the album...it stays in my collection. "God of Love" has a pretty even mix of Hardcore and Reggae songs. For me, not a bad song on it.

Back to RSD...I'm there at the store when I asked the very helpful staff if he had the Bad Brains. He brought me the reissue of their first single which was reissued in red, gold and green...VERY limited quantities and Black...not limited. He did bring me the album I wanted. I missed out (my own fault) on the "Pay to cum" single. What could I do. I'm not a rich man, so I couldn't get everything. I was happy to find that the Bad Brains were and still are giving "Pay to cum" away free on their web site. So, i didn't completely lose out. Check the Bad Brains out here. The download is no longer free...but it's worth the couple of bucks it costs. Or, go to your local independent record store and buy the 7"...black version. Pick up some other up and coming artists and a few more Bad Brains titles. Have fun.

Love & Rockets

Last LP on the table was "Express" by Love and Rockets. Great album. I remember as a kid getting their self titled album with "So Alive"...around 1989. "Express" precedes their self titled by about 3 years.  It's been a long time since I've been able sit and listen to the entire album. Again, great album. Worth a spin at least a couple times a year.

Hi.

Blog number one. I hope this is fun. I wonder if anyone will read it?

Here we go.

There a few things that I enjoy. I won't list them all here. That's not important. This is a blog about music. Music I like, music I have, music I would like to have and (musical) suggestions anyone out there may have for me. I like to listen to new / different things. That does not mean I will like it. I could, I just can't say until I've heard something. I don't care to label things too much...I like what I like just as anyone out there likes what they like. Music is just that way. It's personal. What I like does not need to meet any certain criteria...I just have to enjoy it. From Classical to Punk to Rock to Jazz to Reggae...and all sub-genres. If I like it, it's good to me.

As the title of the blog (if it spins) suggests, I do prefer vinyl. CD's will do as well. Hey, they spin too! I will not rule out MP3s as, for me, it's a great way to hear things before I buy. When it comes down to it though, I'm usually not completely satisfied until I have that round slab of vinyl in my hands.

What this blog will really be...is me sharing with you what I've been listening to, what I think of it, what I am desperate to get and me sharing some of the cool freebies that find on the web. Legal freebies of course. Here's one to start us off. Click here >> Smashing Pumpkins It's not really the Smashing Pumpkins that so many loved in the 90's. It's Billy Corgan and some other folks. It's good There are several tracks and more to come. Enjoy.