I found a Fugazi album, Margin Walker, at a great record store in Huntsville, AL. Very old school as it is located in an old warehouse with uneven floors, bins everywhere, and overall a lot of fun to walk around.
I also found a Refused album. Songs to fan the flames of discontent, at a little store in Bowling Green, KY.
My goal this year is to find a local record store every time I travel. I would like to find at least 10 "must have" albums and 10 "should have" albums this year.
If you shoot me a list of New Order albums that you don't have and want, I can look for them as I travel around the country. I generally am not a rule follower, but this is one rule I can support.
I love this and thank you! If you happen to find a copy of Technique and/or Low Life, please let me know. In the meantime, please keep us posted about what you pick up on your travels.
Always like these kinds of posts! Since this is from a year ago, now I want to know: off all of these albums, which one “stuck” the most? Which one could you not get enough of?
New Order’s a given, but that aside, I’d go with the Spinners. I’ve listened to it quite a bit. The Fabulous Thunderbirds record is okay, but mostly I just like “Tuff Enuff.”
The $1 bin @ local library keeps giving - another stack of obscure gems incl Roy Harper - 'Flat Baroque and Berserk' and Far East Family Band - The Cave'
A Roy Harper sighting! I forgot about him! Just yesterday, I was sending someone a list of the many UK singer/songwriter/guitarists I'd always read about (in Texas, as I'd wait a week for them to boat their way to another continent!) in the UK tabloids (NME, Sounds, MM), but rarely heard any of their music: Kevins Coyne and Ayers, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Richard Thompson, and, now I can add Harper!
They were known as the "Detroit" Spinners in Britain because 1) There was another band called The Spinners there at that time and 2) They were from Detroit, obviously (technically Ferndale, Michigan, but that's a northern suburb of Detroit).
All good picks and very ironically I had lunch on Wednesday of this week with The Fab T-Bird's content publicist, Cris Cohen, and was talking to my buddy that toured playing drums for Tanya in the early 90's, Johnny Rabb, just yesterday. Weird these two things popped up today. Johnny's now playing in Collective Soul, so get out there and see Johnny and the guys in CS if they come to your area.
For a little less than $10 I picked up a small batch of albums at Goodwill and Salvation Army last week. Some were duds but there were some jewels in there like Pat Travers's album Pat Travers with the hit, "Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights", Michael Jackson's Thriller - still wrapped up tight and unopened, Cajun Country with Gib Guilbeau and Ralph Macdonald's Sound of a Drum. I find my local Salvation Army usually has the better selections for some reason.
love that you're bringing back this series! i'm aiming to start doing this again this year (and eventually get around to Substacking again after taking a needed month break). and agreed - anything New Order always
The red print on the first one made me chuckle- a recent casual dig at a thrift store got me The Maple Heights Button Box Club's "A Toast To Slovenia" (from 1979, from sources I asked) which I snagged at light-speed (I partially grew up in Maple Heights); it had that same awful-to-read red print for the band name, and the same "cast" to the photo of the 12 or so- strong Club on the cover. That over-colored look to everything but the red print.
Excellent finds, Kevin. My "crate find" last week was the first Keith Jarrett album, Life Between the Exit Signs (Vortex, 1968). Keith in trio form with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian. Youthful power in full display.
Petra is fantastic. Charlie has played on some epic albums. Here are just a few to check out. Folk Songs (ECM), Beyond The Missouri Sky w/Pat Metheny (Verve), Closeness (Horizon). He's amazing.
You can’t go wrong with the Spinners, Detroit or otherwise!
Right?!
Morning Kevin,
I found a Fugazi album, Margin Walker, at a great record store in Huntsville, AL. Very old school as it is located in an old warehouse with uneven floors, bins everywhere, and overall a lot of fun to walk around.
I also found a Refused album. Songs to fan the flames of discontent, at a little store in Bowling Green, KY.
My goal this year is to find a local record store every time I travel. I would like to find at least 10 "must have" albums and 10 "should have" albums this year.
If you shoot me a list of New Order albums that you don't have and want, I can look for them as I travel around the country. I generally am not a rule follower, but this is one rule I can support.
I love this and thank you! If you happen to find a copy of Technique and/or Low Life, please let me know. In the meantime, please keep us posted about what you pick up on your travels.
Always like these kinds of posts! Since this is from a year ago, now I want to know: off all of these albums, which one “stuck” the most? Which one could you not get enough of?
New Order’s a given, but that aside, I’d go with the Spinners. I’ve listened to it quite a bit. The Fabulous Thunderbirds record is okay, but mostly I just like “Tuff Enuff.”
The $1 bin @ local library keeps giving - another stack of obscure gems incl Roy Harper - 'Flat Baroque and Berserk' and Far East Family Band - The Cave'
A Roy Harper sighting! I forgot about him! Just yesterday, I was sending someone a list of the many UK singer/songwriter/guitarists I'd always read about (in Texas, as I'd wait a week for them to boat their way to another continent!) in the UK tabloids (NME, Sounds, MM), but rarely heard any of their music: Kevins Coyne and Ayers, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Richard Thompson, and, now I can add Harper!
Nice! Our local library doesn’t have one of these.
They were known as the "Detroit" Spinners in Britain because 1) There was another band called The Spinners there at that time and 2) They were from Detroit, obviously (technically Ferndale, Michigan, but that's a northern suburb of Detroit).
Close enough though, right?
All good picks and very ironically I had lunch on Wednesday of this week with The Fab T-Bird's content publicist, Cris Cohen, and was talking to my buddy that toured playing drums for Tanya in the early 90's, Johnny Rabb, just yesterday. Weird these two things popped up today. Johnny's now playing in Collective Soul, so get out there and see Johnny and the guys in CS if they come to your area.
For a little less than $10 I picked up a small batch of albums at Goodwill and Salvation Army last week. Some were duds but there were some jewels in there like Pat Travers's album Pat Travers with the hit, "Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights", Michael Jackson's Thriller - still wrapped up tight and unopened, Cajun Country with Gib Guilbeau and Ralph Macdonald's Sound of a Drum. I find my local Salvation Army usually has the better selections for some reason.
Thriller unwrapped? WOW! That’s a pretty rare find, I’d imagine.
Yeah, I thought it was pretty crazy. I found a copy of Led Zeppelin III in wrapper several years ago at the same Salvation Army.
love that you're bringing back this series! i'm aiming to start doing this again this year (and eventually get around to Substacking again after taking a needed month break). and agreed - anything New Order always
Always! When you bring yours back, please share it here.
The red print on the first one made me chuckle- a recent casual dig at a thrift store got me The Maple Heights Button Box Club's "A Toast To Slovenia" (from 1979, from sources I asked) which I snagged at light-speed (I partially grew up in Maple Heights); it had that same awful-to-read red print for the band name, and the same "cast" to the photo of the 12 or so- strong Club on the cover. That over-colored look to everything but the red print.
The red print caught my attention, but is also really hard for me to read. Go figure. Lol.
I want that not ska record now 😭😊
Excellent finds, Kevin. My "crate find" last week was the first Keith Jarrett album, Life Between the Exit Signs (Vortex, 1968). Keith in trio form with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian. Youthful power in full display.
https://youtu.be/rfX6SfSF0D4?si=xFPvZ50Sgt7tL-r0
Oh nice! I’m a big fan of Petra Haden, but I’m not sure I’ve heard a whole lot of Charlie’s work.
Petra is fantastic. Charlie has played on some epic albums. Here are just a few to check out. Folk Songs (ECM), Beyond The Missouri Sky w/Pat Metheny (Verve), Closeness (Horizon). He's amazing.
Sounds like a great way to spend part of a Friday and it looks like you came away with a great batch!
It was! Hoping to repeat as much as possible this year. We’ll see how it goes.