Best Ever Albums

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:25:49 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/28/2021 09:25

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Singles, Deep Cuts & BBC Live by Focus

Not to everyone's taste I know but I have a soft spot for Focus and this is a nice collection especially for the BBC live stuff.

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:45:27 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/20/2021 19:45

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Live In Houston 1972 by Trapeze

Hadn’t heard of them until last Saturday and one of my mates bought it. Had a music session and played it and it sounded wonderful so I went on line and bought it. Need to get more trapeze. Very good band

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 04:57:01 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/19/2021 08:57

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Angel Dream by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

on the 25th anniversary of the release of She's the One, this is a reimagining of that album + 4 unreleased tracks. I'm not necessarily a sucker for coloured vinyl but this is a lovely cobalt blue.

More importantly the album sounds great. I was always a fan of the original album and this is a nice complimentary piece to it. Might even get round to listening to them back to back at some point

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

an-outlaw — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:05:12 GMT

Author: an-outlaw

Posted: 06/18/2021 20:05

Jimmy Dread's last purchase looks like something Disney would sell. Jimmy, Liion King, Aladin, pokahuntestes. Look Jimmy we are not judging you. we like you

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:47:04 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/18/2021 16:47

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Live In Hamburg by Maria McKee

Really lovely album. First listen and brings back memories of seeing her live in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s. Every bloke I knew has a huge crush on her. Great performer

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:59:00 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/18/2021 15:59

Streams wrote:

lol

Well, relatively limited!

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Streams — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:36:11 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 06/15/2021 15:36

Johnnyo wrote:

Limited to 16,000 world wide.

Johnnyo wrote:

"Limited"

Johnnyo wrote:

16,000

lol

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:59:44 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/14/2021 15:59

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Not sure if Kevin and Phil have inside info but according to their FB page Banquet are reopening at Step 4, which would have been next Monday if not for the Delta variant. That won’t be in time for RSD Drop 2 though (which has a couple more things of interest to me than Saturday’s batch).

Actually came from a friend of mine who I bumped into on Saturday so from what you say, he may be wrong. Out of interest, there's a new record shop opened up in Teddington, Roan Records. Have you tried them out yet?

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 03:31:28 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 06/14/2021 07:31

Johnnyo wrote:

I understand that Banquets closure of the shop is permanent. they are moving their sales 100% online, which is a real shame. Was a decent shop.

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 03:23:12 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/14/2021 07:23

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Thought it was a patchy list at best this time round. Next-to-nothing worth grabbing, apart from...

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Open & Close by Fela Kuti & Africa 70

Imagine Eel Pie was busy John - I went to my local about midday and they had loads left. And even then the knowledge that Banquet had the whole lot available online at 6pm (they still haven’t reopened the shop since they closed it last March) meant that even if I didn’t get what I wanted I could have easily picked it up on line (or on Discogs or eBay about 4 weeks after when the flippers got restless trying to Jack up the prices).

Personally, I think RSD has turned into a total farce.

Hi Jimmy. Granted, not as good a list as there has been in some previous years but I still picked up some real gems. Going to post my thoughts on them here as I get the chance.

Eel Pie was busy, especially with Banquet not open but they manage it very well and it was a lovely day so was really enjoyable. I understand that Banquets closure of the shop is permanent. they are moving their sales 100% online, which is a real shame. Was a decent shop.

Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Jimmy Dread — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:12:09 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 06/13/2021 22:12

Thought it was a patchy list at best this time round. Next-to-nothing worth grabbing, apart from...

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Re: Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:08:12 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/13/2021 09:08

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Morrison Hotel Sessions by The Doors

Features takes from the Morrison Hotel Sessions. Limited to 16,000 world wide. I've got number 15832 bought from Eel Pie Records in South London. Interesting piece of nostalgia around the evolution of some of the Doors greatest compositions. Not totally sure about the amount of Queen Of The Highway takes but interesting to hear how the song evolved.

Record Store Day (RSD) 2021 (Drop 1) purchases

Johnnyo — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:06:40 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 06/13/2021 09:06

If no one is interested that's fine but wanted to see if there was an appetite to discuss purchases made yesterday at RSD 2021. Just post your thoughts here