Easiest way to find the exact pressing of a record is by going to the main album page and clicking "find your version" and then typing in the matrix numbers. They're the numbers around the label just after the grooves end.

The Discogs scanning app is useful but lots of newer albums have different pressings with even different color variations with the same barcode.

Only way is the matrix numbers. The matrix holds the key.

What if I told you... wait, no, I'm too good for that.

Do it.

No means no. I don't wanna talk about it.

RSD hauls?

The only official record store day release I got was a Nels Cline and Shirley Horn split. I picked up Shabazz Palaces Live at Third Man Records and The Bug vs. Earth for $10 each. It's not vinyl, but I also got a KK Null and Jim O'Rourke collab on CD for four bucks.

My mate also found an old desk record player in his aunt's closet when he was helping her move. It had a bunch of loose records and singles in there so I helped him dig through it. Lots of Mexican music and 80s pop. I grabbed a couple that might be interesting that I'll report on later, but I found a loose PIL vinyl that I'm pretty sure is the 3rd record from Metal Box which is dope as hell. Also copped an Edgar Winter record, a Bela Lugosi record that I think is a radio show, and some Yoko Plastic Band single. Nice surprise.

I worked yesterday and even though we didn't have RSD stock because we weren't approved in time for it, we had a 15% off all used records so we were busy as f*ck.

I also refuse to participate in the "line up two hours early like it's black friday" bullsh*t. I'll buy the leftovers the day after because odds are I'm interested in the less sought after stuff anyway.

Only thing this year I really wanted was the german Swans record and I just bought it cheaper on discogs an hour ago along with a Magnolia Electric Co. record.

I wasn't interested in the Waits Brawlers, Bawlers, Bastards thing because they were sold separately. I don't like that for some reason.

The thing I'm really waiting for is my goddamn KAYO DOT CHOIRS OF THE EYE THAT I PAID FOR AND HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT IS. YOU HEAR THAT TOBY? GET IT TOGETHER MY DUDE.

I'm just kidding Tobes...I can't get mad at you.

That's castration worthy.

Tom Waits is my favorite person ever. I'm waiting for a sold as one new box set or maybe selling my car and buying the old one.

I'd sell my car too, obviously.

It's currently $266 on Discogs right now.

I'd rather buy LCD SS's "last" show at Madison Square Garden 5 LP. I almost sorta wish it was their last show too.

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Mark Stewart - Mark Stewart

I had only heard As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade before I got this. This is a lot better tbh, crazy that this was dropped in 87.

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Claude Debussy La Mer/Fêtes/Iberia (1972)

Gotta love Debussy

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I have a seriously ****ed up copy that needed replacing.

https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JP...er=allrovi.com

Nostalgia>>>>

https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/9/9/199.jpg

Suck it batboy.

Well, my incredible luck with buying collections continues. I spent $260 buying a collection out of a storage unit. It was pretty risky considering I didn't check condition until I got home and only saw a few albums. They were all taped up boxes. Guy assured me that I'd be happy once I got home. He told me that they were all from a radio station that closed down in 1994. When I heard that date I literally felt my hairs stick up. That's "CDs and tapes are the future" era. He said that a lot of people took turns grabbing albums so while it wasn't a huge selection, it was more than worth the purchase. I'm surprised he didn't want more but I took the risk and went for it.

Here are the highlights. These are pretty much ALL original pressings.

Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
The Hassles - Hour Of The Wolf
Iggy Pop - Live at the Channel 7-19-88
Jawbox - Novelty
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Barbed Wire Kisses
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York - This is beat up a bit. Still really awesome.
Nirvana - Nevermind - 100% original. This is a big boy. This is worth hundreds.
Pearl Jam - Yield
Pearl Jam - Vs
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
R.E.M. - Murmur
R.E.M. - Chronic Town EP
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
The Replacements - I Will Dare single
She Silverstein - Boy Named Sue
The Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - This was huge. F*cking original.
Sonic Youth - Goo - Again, original. Huge.
Sonic Youth - Disappearer
Sonic Youth - 100% Promo Single
Sonic Youth - Candle (Edit) Promo single
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
T. Rex - The Slider
Tom Waits - Big Time
Various - Burning Ambitions - A History of Punk - Lots of awesome sh*t on this. Buzzcocks, The Fall, The Damned, Sham 69, Killing Joke...
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 - Special glow in the dark vinyl. I'm not into White Zombie so I may sell this. It's pretty cool though. It's value is over $200 though.

I'm still going through the boxes though. Could be more. This is insane. I have enough records that I don't particularly want that will pay for the purchase and then some so I basically got all these for free.

F*CKING SONIC YOUTH DAYDREAM NATION AND GOO. WHAT!?

My life is neat.

How many records/boxes were there?

The Madcap Laughs is a great find too, you're not going to find that for cheap and in good condition unless you come across it in a garage sale or something.

Bought five boxes. I have two left.

I have Monomania on vinyl signed by every member of the band (Deerhunter). $70. OFO.

Additions over the last four months to the personal collection.

B-52's - Bouncing Off The Satellites
Burning Spear - Farover
Burning Spear - Dry & Heavy
Camp Cope - Camp Cope
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else Remixed - This is actually pretty terrible.
Cymande - Cymande
Daughters - Hell Songs
David Foster Wallace - This Is Water
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Dr. John - Locked Down
Dungen - Häxan
El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Cryptomnesia
Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
Gabor Szabo - Dreams
Giles Corey - Giles Corey - Box set
Hellworms - Crowd Repellent
June Of 44 - Tropics And Meridians
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda - Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second - Neat colored re-issue.
Milt Jackson - Sunflower
Noname - Telefone
Opeth - Damnation
Oregon - Roots In The Sky
Oregon - Distant Hills
Orquestra Mirasol - D'Oca A Oca I Tira Que Et Toca
Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor
Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?
Pygmy Lush - Bitter River
Radiohead - Kid A
Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun
Russian Circles - Empros
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - VinylMePlease edition
St. Germain - St. Germain
Steve Davis - Music
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeur
Tera Melos - Untitled
The Bongos - Drums Along The Hudson
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Voodoo
The Men - Tomorrow's Hits
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Toby Driver - Madonnawhore
Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
Tropea - Short Trip To Space
Wailin Storms - One Foot In The Flesh Grave
Wayne Shorter - Odyssey Of Iska
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
Yusef Lateef - Hush 'N' Thunder

Is that the new TMR from Third Man Records?

Getting a copy myself, mostly for the trout mask.

1977 re-issue.

https://www.discogs.com/Captain-Beef...elease/8021944

Never even heard of this. Best live band I've ever seen though that's a fact.

I love the band. This is a bunch of other artists doing remixes that don't even come close to sounding like the actual songs. It's terrible.

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WOOP

Love the TT.

Are those black circles speakers?

Yeah. They are alright. I’ve got it plugged into my PC though

Good.

Pretty sweet looking turntable though.

Somebody contacted me about a box of records. They do house cleanouts occasionally and found a box. Problem was they were an hour away from me so I asked for photos of the records. Dude sends me a few that include albums by The Animals, Mountain, Johnny Winter. Not really "drive an hour" type records. I can also tell they're beat up. I tell the dude and he says it's mine for $20. So, I decide to go because I need a dude who does cleanouts to look out for records for me. Plus, it'll only cost me $20 and a nice ride up to Orange County, NY.

I get there and the guy is very nice. He had a goat named Milo that was so f*cking excited to see me. I pet him. I saw the box of records and flipped through some stuff and didn't really see anything else but I drove all the way there so I bought it and he agreed to call me if he ever found more records.

Before I left I asked where they came from and he said, and I quote, "Two lesbians from Warwick. That's why there's a couple artsy fartsy weirdo records in there". Here's what these artsy fartsy muffs had in there once I was able to look when I got home...

Alan Vega - Alan Vega
Suicide - Suicide
Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
Gang Of Four - Another Day/Another Dollar
T. Onodera And Los Onoderas* - Rock & Drums / Free - Some psych drums and sh*t.
Eyeless In Gaza - Rust Red September
Tony Scott - Music For Yoga Meditation And Other Joys - Awesome ass sitar Indian stuff.
XTC - Drums And Wires
Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop "Discotheque"
Keith Jarrett - Sacred Hymns
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
Larry Coryell - Planet End
Charlie Byrd Trio With Annapolis Brass Quintet - Byrd & Brass
Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino
Return To Forever Featuring Chick Corea - Where Have I Known You Before
Edith Piaf - At Carnegie Hall January 13, 1957

Thanks lesbos! Gay people have such better taste than the rest of us.

Debatable.

Dude, Alan Vega will be 80 in June.

You know he's dead, right?
Or is this some kind of joke about exactly that, that I don't get?

You or me?

Belew's Lone Rhino is great btw.

Yeah. I'm giving it to a friend who is a big Belew fan.

You. Got it.

My needle broke so I only opened this up today. The vinyl is transparent gold. Cool.

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