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Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BigFactory posted:

That's like someone defending creed and saying you had to grow up in the 90's.

Yeah, but it's hard to explain why some people like some things and others don't. I liked the Eagles up to Hotel California. As mentioned above, people of a certain age are very likely to have the Eagles 1971-75 hits album along with Frampton Comes Alive and Dark Side of the Moon (yes, I have all three).

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Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CPL593H posted:

One of these things is not like the other.

That's the best part.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2014 23:44

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Sockser posted:

Wait, why is colored vinyl bad? I love my colored records

Same here. They sure is purty.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2014 00:08

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Cemetry Gator posted:

Still, Holmes wrote the song that I hate the most: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNdvKvbxYQ

It's offensive. They should have eaten Joe instead of Tim!

This song is awesome. I was eight years old when it came out and even I knew what it was about. I love the over-the-top orchestration.

Holmes also wrote this song by The Jets:

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

# ¿ Mar 24, 2014 03:51

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Allen Wren posted:

Seriously. I doubt that the "special low price" was more than a couple pennies knocked off the top.

I have one of those and I seem to remember it costing roughly half the price of a regular single. Of course, that was about 30 years ago.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2014 22:57

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

stay depressed posted:

the color makes it spin flat actually. all clear records have to have an extra heavy label to keep them flat. fun fact.

Turntables with automatic size censors do not like clear albums. I realized this when I first tried to play David Bowie's Sound + Vision. I thought the turntable was hosed up.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2014 23:34

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Ballz posted:

-Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song/Hey Hey, What Can I do? ()

Was yours a promo copy or reissue?

I have this one:

# ¿ Oct 26, 2014 14:01

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Doctor Cave posted:

Related, I listened to Trans for the first time recently. Holy poo poo does that album kick arse.

Have you listened to Reactor? If not, go do it now.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2015 23:45

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Doctor Cave posted:

Yeah I have. I had mixed feelings about it. It was a big improvement over Hawks and Doves though.

I like how he trolls everybody with "T-Bone".

# ¿ Jan 17, 2015 13:57

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Doctor Cave posted:

Hah, that's the main reason I have "mixed feelings" about that record.

Geffen Records felt the same way and ended up in a nasty lawsuit over Trans, Reactor, and Everybody's Rockin'. Neil came out on top, of course.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2015 14:36

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Ballz posted:

Well alrighty then, I guess this 45 single suddenly became an insta-buy.

It's been done.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2015 22:21

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Jerry Cotton posted:

Print 900 covers with a proper fold-in picture. Print 90 with a different picture that's similar enough that you won't immediately notice the differences, especially unfolded. Print 10 where the folding doesn't result in a proper picture at all.

Make the album like a picture disc, but instead of a picture, put a smaller album inside it.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2015 13:29

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

pfs Write posted:

a flexidisc would be thin enough as a replacement for the picture, wouldn't it?

unless that's what you meant

Either a flexi or a real record, like maybe a 45.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 13:20

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

PeaceDiner posted:

That Elton John Greatest Hits was the first album I ever bought. I still have it and it sounds pretty good considering its age.

Yes, I'm old.

:corsair:

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 03:32

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Xarthor posted:

As far as post-Beatles McCartney, my top vote goes for McCartney II.

Gotta go with Band on the Run. It's like a Beatles album without the other Beatles.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2015 23:49

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

A CRUNK BIRD posted:

Oh dear.

Go on...

# ¿ Oct 7, 2015 22:15

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

ColdPie posted:

Elton John whatever

There was a video album made for The Fox. You should be able to find all the videos on YouTube.

"Chloe" is my favorite song off that one.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 23:16

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Since I'm a sucker for this album AND colored vinyl (or lack thereof, in this case), I bought this:

Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue on 180gr clear vinyl. It includes the original band poster, but not the cardboard spaceship model (which was lame anyway) or the merchandise insert.

It is weird not seeing it on the Jet Records label (it's on Epic).

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 01:29

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BigFactory posted:

Was that expensive?

It was $33.85 from Amazon.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 01:36

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BigFactory posted:

Well I guess someone had to buy it.

Yeah, Amazon put a gun to my head. What choice did I have?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 01:59

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CPL593H posted:

Are you that poster who keeps compulsively buying copies of this specific album?

No.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 13:29

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

This was my first RSD in a while (this last one was at a shop that was too small, too crowded, and poorly organized).

I picked up:

Idle Race- Idle Race
Jeff Lynne's band before ELO.

Dark Shadows � Music from the cult ABC soap opera.

The Move - Something Else From The Move� A live 7� EP.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 20:34

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

If you want to know the history of Beatles records, check out Bruce Spizer's series of books. They are filled to the brim with information. That being said, they aren't cheap. Our of print copies can be pricey. They were all about $50 when new.

e: looks like some of them are available as e-books.

http://www.beatle.net/

Mister Kingdom fucked around with this message at 22:44 on May 10, 2016

# ¿ May 10, 2016 22:40

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Anybody here buy from Collectors Choice? They do a lot of reissues, special editions, and box sets of vinyl.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2016 18:53

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Dogen posted:

I've actually bought some CDs from them, not any records though

So did I back in the 90s. I got a neat 8-disc set of "One Hit Wonders" from Europe. It had songs on it I hadn't heard in 20-30 years.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2016 21:51

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

I just ordered Kate Bush's Before the Dawn 4-LP live set from Amazon UK:

# ¿ Sep 29, 2016 22:48

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

ELO, McCartney x2, Genesis

Look at the back of that ELO album. See the guy with the sword?

It's this guy:

# ¿ Nov 23, 2016 23:44

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

lu_ducky posted:

I purchased an Oingo Boingo record. See if you can guess why.

No I didn't know. Yes I bought it out of a weird internet obligation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0Le-L3DNE

# ¿ Dec 31, 2016 14:25

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

petit choux posted:

Now THIS is America!

When you listen to "Convoy", mentally replace the word "truck" (and it's variations) with "gently caress".

# ¿ Jan 8, 2017 14:25

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Just got this today:

Howard Shore's The Fly soundtrack. It also has a lenticular cover showing the fly leg emerging from the telepod.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 01:58

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

A human heart posted:

You guys shouldn't be so mean to a man who's passionate about vinyl

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

But...but...but...he sucks!

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 23:54

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

I got this for $5:

Interesting story behind this one: Neil Bogart, head of Casablanca Records, gambled on this and had over a million copies pressed. It failed miserably and put the label over $2M in debt. According to the story "it shipped gold and went back to the label platinum". Luckily for Bogart, they signed Donna Summer in the following year (1975) and KISS' Alive was a huge success.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2017 17:20

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CPL593H posted:

I've been joking about doing this for years and I'm kind of amused that someone is making it a reality:

http://www.boredpanda.com/company-turns-your-relatives-ashes-into-vinyl-that-plays-their-voices-after-their-death/

Jack White is kicking himself right about now.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2017 00:43

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Peas and Rice posted:

Official RSD list is up.

I wasn't going to buy any Prince death cash-ins but then they put Partyman and Batdance on there so welp.

I got the Blade Runner soundtrack on red vinyl, so I'll have to buy the picture disc. Duh!

# ¿ Mar 22, 2017 23:43

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Allen Wren posted:

Do it, the dude can play.

Useless trivia: he's the only artist to have a #1 vocal & #1 instrumental song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2017 13:12

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Egbert Souse posted:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 50th Anniversary double-LP

(There's also a 4-CD/1 DVD/1 Blu-Ray edition with the new stereo mix in lossless and high-res, lossless 5.1, mono mix on CD, plus 33 alternate takes, promo films, and a 144-page book)

I love the Beatles, but $150 for the deluxe package? Ouch!

# ¿ Apr 6, 2017 12:38

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

A human heart posted:

Do people really care about the special feature crap on all these classic rock box sets? like is dad that amped to listen to 33 outtakes of the same 10 Beatles songs?

It's basically the audio equivalent of "How It's Made". You can listen to early takes and get an idea of how the final song is constructed.

Lennon was a Beatles bootleg collector. He said if you really wanted to know what the Beatles sounded like, listen to the bootlegs.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2017 23:05

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BigFactory posted:

He also pats himself on the back for not beating his wife any more, on sgt peppers of all records

Well, he definitely had his issues.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2017 01:36

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Well, that sucked. I really wanted the Blade Runner soundtrack, but the store didn't even get any copies. And they were sold out of the Africa disc.

I did get the 10" Star Wars record.

e: I'd forgotten about a used record store that was also participating, since the last time I went there, it was an organizational nightmare.

They not only had the BR soundtrack, but I also got the Andromeda Strain soundtrack, too.

http://www.recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/6810

Mister Kingdom fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Apr 22, 2017

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 01:45

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

caligulamprey posted:

Looks like Jack White is running out of ideas.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2017 23:21

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