Kay Starr - Blue Star - From her stint with RCA that lasted all of four years where she only had one hit which is not on this album. Problem was this was the time when rock was kicking pop's ass. The cuts on here are lesser known works but have a great blusey feel to them. Much of it has to do with her voice that's a little rough on the edges.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr

Paul J. Meyer - How to Prospect Your Way to Billions - How can you pass up a business inspirational record from the 60's? Seems the man is still around and kicking doing his thing selling books and "Motivating People to Thier Full Potential". Why do I have the feeling that he'd sue or demand a huge sum of money if anyone sampled his work...
http://www.pauljmeyer.com/

Shel Silverstein - A Light in the Attic - A classic read by the man himself. The picture of him on the back is creepy as fuck. My question is how did someone as fucked up and subversive as this guy become such a huge hit with parents and children?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein

Andre Lewis - Mandre - The cover is a guy on the cover in a tux wearing what looks like a knight's helmet with piano keys for a grille. Composed on synths and helped Roger Linn work on the first drum machine, he also tested Roland products. Seems he worked with Frank Zappa which makes sense because he cover a Zappa track on this album.
http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php/Andre_Lewis

Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life - The cover is great, it has her done up like a show girl and the tracks are all old school torch songs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt

Ink Spots - 10 of the Best Ink Spots Hits - Ever played Fallout? Well then you've heard these guys before. Their song "Maybe" was used during the intro with the Ron Perlman voice over. The original Spots' stuff is hard to come by but you can find due to the band splintering in 44 and going down hill from there. The is still a "Ink Spots" group that tours but it has none of the original members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink_Spots

I'll never forget the look of wonder on her face at touching vinyl for the first time.

She said it made her feel cheap and dirty, and she liked it...

Today started off as a seemingly bad trip to Half Price. All there was in the racks was plenty of vinyl that I pass over every trip. I found a couple that caught my eye all the while I passed over the nice collection of 80's records that somebody dumped. I thought about grabbing up the 80's records but they'd just take a space at this point. I don't take vinyl to gigs so they're no good there and I'd be a fool to even think of sampling them. So they stayed where they were and I continued to dig and then I hit the mother lode. I once jokingly offered up the Evil One's soul for a Leonard Cohen album and shortly thereafter I found one. Well, I don't know who lost their soul this time round but I came home with five (5) Leonard Cohen albums in mint condition. Plastic covers on all of them keeping the cover pristine. The slip covers are all intact with no rips or tears. Hell, when I pulled out one of the records a small booklet came out with it. Instead of liner notes it had this booklet with song and musicians list. And the records themselves, that's the best part, are beautiful thick flawless vinyl. No fingerprints smudges or scratches, they look brand new! Be still my beating heart... So without further ado...

Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit - Wu Tang motherfucker. I have an MP3 of the Gravel Pit instrumental but it's nice to have it on vinyl. On the other side is Careful (Click, Click) with the LP and Instrumental versions. Would have been nice if this had the accapellas as well but such is life. Now I know that the people that read these (I've been told people actually read these things) are probably rolling their eyes on this one. But, I see it as a mini mission of mine to try and show people that now all rap or hip hop (And there is a difference) is all bad. Take Wu Tang for example. As a group they made some really great head noddin party music. But as individuals they have made and produced some amazing music: Method Man, RZA, GZA, Ghostface Killah and who can forget ODB. Whether you know it or not there is a very good chance you own something that one of them has helped to make. How many of you out there have the Kill Bill movies or soundtracks? Well, you have RZA to thank for those. Read up on them and give them a chance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan

The Innsiders - Inside Out - The silver cover with a bunch of white guys in tuxes with frills, bow ties and shit eating grins caught my eye. I grabbed it because it has a version of "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". They are a barber shop quartet whose only claim to fame is that they won the 1976 Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Incorporated or SPEBSQSA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsiders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEBSQSA

Various Artists - Golden Summer - A two record set of surf music compilation featuring the original artists. It's got the Beach Boys, The Ventures and Dick Dale all masters of the various surf sounds. You've got the Beach Boys with their clean cut clean guitar sound. The Ventures best known for Walk Don't Run and of course Dick Dale the master of double picking. Also on here are cuts by Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, both of their songs have Beach Party in the title... There is no Wiki for the album so here are the Wiki's for some of the artists on the record.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%26_Dean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures

Kronos Quartet - Music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow and Hendrix - Yes, Hendrix. They do a quite inventive cover of "Purple Haze" on the album. Kronos Quartet is of course a string quartet that's been around since the early 70's. Not a traditional quartet by any means they usually only play new compositions or commission new works for them to play. Interestingly enough you will be able to hear them on a new CD soon enough, they were brought on to work on Amon Tobin's new album "Foley Room".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Quartet

Environments - The Psychologically Ultimate Seashore & Optimum Aviary - I don't know why I get these things. Maybe it's for the wonderful quotes on the back such as: "Better than the real thing" "infinitely flexible" "...fantastic for making love!" or "Better than a tranquilizer!" I will say this though, samples of this make for great pad sounds in Wusikstation, Reason and my new favorite sound design toy Dimension Pro.

http://members.aol.com/syntonicr/syntonicr.html

The Charlatans UK - The Only One I Know - The song that first made them big in the UK. Not much else to say about this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charlatans_(British_band)

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs From a Room, Recent Songs, Death of a Ladies Man, Songs of Love & Hate - Five fucking Leonard Cohen albums! Fuck Yeah! For me this is a find of a lifetime. Some of you are probably saying to yourself "Leonard who?" and it's kinda of ok in this case. Kinda of because whether you know it or not everyone has heard a Leonard Cohen song. "Everybody Knows" sung by Concrete Blonde also used in the movie Pump up the Volume. And in you are good you'll notice that they play the original Cohen version a couple of times as well as playing "If it Be Your Will" after the suicide. Shrek used John Cale's cover of Hallelujah and if you've seen Natural Born Killers you have definitely heard his music. A documentary about him and all the people he has ever influenced came out recently and has a wonderful soundtrack with some of the best covers of his work out there. I can't say enough about this man and his work and not just his music as he is also a poet and writer. To get an idea of his influence scroll down the wiki and look at the tribute albums. Nick Cave, Sting and U2 to name a few and they have also gone on record citing him as a huge influence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/
http://www.leonardcohen.com/

Sound Effects - US Air Force Firepower - The cover has jets and a mushroom cloud so how could I pass this up? The sounds of sonic booms, strafing runs, fly bys, bomb drops, the sounds of missiles and bombs. And of course the fun one is on side two nuclear bomb explosions, B52s and machine guns. Fun stuff... See the Environments listing for use...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_effect

Nine Inch Nails - Down In It - Eh, it's NIN and I dig the song. This one requires nothing further.

No Woman'd Put Up With Me - I Play My Records Too Loud.

Or... They're what people used to listen to before they had CDs. I hit up Half Price again and picked up some vinyl today. And what an interesting trip it was, at least from a voyeuristic stand point. You see, when I hit Half Price to dig for records I have a certain way of going about it. I'll wear comfortable clothes that I don't mind getting dusty. I'll have either a liter of Diet Coke or if the mood or weather is right I'll have a large latte. And for to truly get into the digging zen mind set I'll pop in the ear buds and crank up the Zune with the most chill tunes I have. Good groove stuff, nothing heavy or too abstract just slow burns and toe tappers. Today it started off with Utaki's cover of Philip Glass' Metamorphosis 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uakti_%28band%29

And then led into a nice block of Barry Adamson off his album Stranger on the Sofa. Going into the track Dissemble I let it's bass line lead my speed of digging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson

Whilst I began my diggin two men did enter the store and made a bee line to the vinyl. There is a certain etiquette in terms of digging for vinyl. You have the casual On-Looker: He just glances at the covers that he can see without digging, he stays on the edge of everyone else. The Digger: A man on a mission, he doesn't know what he wants but he'll take his time to touch every single album in the store. Looking, searching for that one jewel in the rough even if it takes all day. The Collector: He knows what he wants and he knows how to look for it. Fingers fast as lightning going quickly through the stacks all others be damned. He doesn't understand the slow Digger with his stacks of worthless vinyl. He'll look at you with disdain as you lovingly pour over record some local high school jazz band put out 30 years ago all the while ignoring the Night Ranger Sister Christian Single.

I didn't get the local high school jazz band album, it was too heavily damaged. But the moment I moved the collector pounced upon that Night Ranger Single. Such is life, he gave me dirty and impatient looks while I took my time at the last stack he wanted to go through. He walked out with a collectible and I walked out with an armful of treasures. I guess it's all in how you look at things.

Yello - Oh Yeah - Sure I already have this on CD and MP3 as any DJ that even claims to play 80's should have. But this single had two mixes I had never even heard of. What's even better is the previous owner had already went to the trouble of labeling it with BPM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yello

Bill Black's Combo - Movin' - Described as "The tunes, with the stirring, exciting Bill Black treatment, are the ones high school and college groups all over the US have been asking to hear..." Instrumentals of Piano, Drum and Bass led by the bass with a custom amp that according to the liner notes emits a drum and guitar hit with every hit of the bass. Seems Bill Black used to be a bass player for Elvis before he blew up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black

Gus Vali & His Orchestra - And All Ports East - Authentic music and singing from Piraeus, Port Said, Cairo, Jordan, Istanbul, Mocha and Haifa. Seems Mr. Vali became well known in his day as a proponent of "Oriental" music especially of the Greek variety. This one caught my eye due to the lovely woman on the cover and the fact that it has a nice selection of cuts of the Persian persuasion.
http://www.hipwax.com/music/orient_v.html

Sing Praise - Sing-a-Long Stereo - A "Split Track" recording of 29 hymns or gospels or what have you. "Split Track" or "Sing-a-Long Stereo" means that they hard panned the instruments to the left and the vocals were hard panned to the right. So in a way you get both the instrumentals and the accapellas all in one and can mix and match depending on what the church needed. In my case it works great because I can rip samples from either side with great ease and mix and match in my own way.
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Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Art of Flute & Guitar - Don't know much about this one or the cuts on the album: Loeillet Sonata, Visee Suite for Guitar and Giuliani Grand Sonata. The liner notes say that this man has an intensity of Dylan or Jagger when he plays the flute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pierre_Rampal

Jean-Pierre Rampal - Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano - This man again, but this time instead of just a guitar he is playing along with Jazz Piano, Drums and String Bass. From The New York Times "More than a century ago, Niccolo Paganini had to publish a letter in the newspaper to prove that his violinistic perfection was not due to his being the devil's offspring. Had Jean Pierre Rampal lived in those days, his ad would probably have been in the next edition."
http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/rampal/

Kay Starr - I Cry By Night - This is from her solo career with Capitol Records during the era of Peggy Lee and Ella Mae Morse. She got the shit end of the song selection when the musicians union was about to go on strike. And you get this album of old songs none of the other singers wanted. But it does have her rendition of "It Had to Be You" and "Loverman"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr

Audio Aerobics - Complete Home Exercise Course with Professional Instructors - Susie Murphy and Leslie Lilian - You know, I always pass up three or four albums like this every trip. Don't know why but this time I decided to grab one. It has three courses, beginner and two advanced, and should have some interesting vocal clips.
No available link

Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow - And over the hill... The photo on the cover says young Garland in her prime. The back photo says strung out Garland in decline and near the end. From the liner notes: "The eternal waif that became confused in the mind's eye of a public satiated with Garland memorabilia was only a part time truth... you grow to understand why only the lonely came in out of the rain for Judy." This was released 12 years after her death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_garland - Check out Final Years and Death.

Clifford Fry - For the Players of Nights Game - Seems that this guy is better known as Dr. Fry's Texas Medicine Band. This appears to be one of his first albums mostly made here in Houston and before he got a Ph D in Economy. Looks like some nice down home country though it seems a Moog was used on one of the tracks.
http://www.mkoc.com/Horizon/dr-fry-band.htm

Janis Ian - Between the Lines - Folk Singer and Sci Fi writer. This is her album that had one of her biggest hits, "At Seventeen". I know nothing of her sound or her history other than what I've read. Seems she stills records and tours and has a decent following. I passed this one over 3 times before I actually bought it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_ian
http://www.janisian.com/

Jose Feliciano in Concert at the London Palladium - A blind guitar player with his guide dog on stage playing other people's songs. But he wrote the theme for "Chico and the Man" and did a slow latin jazz rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" before Hendrix did it his way. Hell, seems he played himself in Fargo. Should make for an interesting listen none the less.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Feliciano

We are quicksilver, a fleeting shadow, a distant sound... our home has no boundaries beyond which we cannot pass. We live in music, in a flash of color... we live on the wind and in the sparkle of a star!

Four Centuries of Music for the Harp - Not a purchase, but a Christmas gift from Tif. It was a perfect gift because my collection doesn't have much in the way of Harp music.

Reuven Frankel - "Out of Silence" songs of Russian Jewry - This was an odd one when I saw it, I think the title is what caught my eye. Pulled some samples off this already, some very nice piano parts.

Evelyn Scott - 30 Guitar Favorites - Picked up another copy of this. Why? Well I got around to listening to it and it's a bunch of guitar standards done surf rock style. But then on the last cut it has Hall of the mountain King mixed with Habenera from Carmen done surf rock style. Way pimp...

Honky Tonk Piano Volume 2 - The Crazy Guy - Well, after having purchased a number of records dedicated to the organ I realized I didn't really have any other type of piano. So I began to keep an eye out and low and behold I come across this. I'm amazed there was a volume one, but it takes all kinds I guess. The cover art has the look and feel of a bit wild west and a bit show girl. The liner notes made many references to the styles hey days in NOLA.

101 Strings - Italian Hits - Another one to be added to the growing collection of 101 Strings discography. They make for great samples and this one has a tasty cover of Volare.

The Mulcays - A Kiss in the Dark - The cover says it best: "The warm moods of the world's greatest electric harmonicas..." Already took some samples off this, it's sound is that of a harmonica crossed with an organ. Very odd but when run through the reverse delay on the Kaos Pad it created a truly creepy vibe.

Guy Van Duser - Stride Guitar - Haven't listened to it yet but what caught my attention is that it's a acoustic guitar with clarinet or soprano sax. And then on one of the tracks it has a tap dance solo.

Jackie Gleason presents Opiate d'Amour - I though I had all his works but it seems I was wrong. This one doesn't feature Buddy Hackett on trumpet or Gleason on Trombone but it does have six original songs by Gleason.

Jackie Gleason Plays Pretty for the People - This one came a decade into his music career and I guess by this point he wasn't playing or writing the music anymore. All he is listed as doing is conducting. But the music itself is described as "heady four in the morning stuff that sets the nerves and emotions atingling"

Les Barnett Plays on the Hammond....Everyones Favorites - The "favorites" in the title must refer to religious favorites. Though the only one I recognize is Amazing Grace.

On the Pedal Harpsichord E. Power Biggs - Scott Joplin Volume No. 2 - A Collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags played on a John Challis Harpsichord with added pedals. Taken from a Harpsichord website:

"American instrument maker John Challis employed a different, more modern approach to construction of the instrument. Though he based the decorative scheme of his designs on Dolmetsch's works, Challis experimented with new techniques and materials, such as metal and plastic, to produce harpsichords that were better adapted to the extreme climate changes in North America and maintained a rich tone quality. "

http://www.hubharp.com/sale_instruments/mm-1.htm

http://baroque-music.com/frames/info/hc.shtml

Harpsichord piano rags? Odd to say the least. But odd is good when it comes to this stuff.

I know music. Music has notes. This is noise.

Half Price, what a cruel mistress you be!

Tony Munoz - Panama En Disco Y Murga - The record sleeve is in a language I don't understand but the instruments used were in English and it caught my eye. Stradivarius, Hammond Organ, Bongos and a Minimoog. Hell yeah!

Evelyn Scott - 30 Guitar Favorites - What can I say, it's a bunch of surf guitar songs.

Raggedy Ann & Andy - Alphabet & Numbers - So, welcome to Marcella's playroom, where the dolls come to life and talk to you. Always remember, you are Raggedy Ann and Andy's very best friend. A little creepy don't cha think?

Boosty's Rubber Band - Body Slam - How could I live with myself if I passed up Bootsy Collins?

Baja Marimba Band - Watch Out! - A bunch of white guys that play marimbas dressed as mariachis and have a song called "Gay Ranchero". But it has "Ghost Riders in the Sky"...

Prado - Big Hits by Prado - A bunch of Mambos... This is a "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity recording, designed for the phonograph of today or tomorrow.

Walt Disney presents A Child's Introduction to Melody and the Instruments of the Orchestra - Old Skool Disney and Classical Music go hand in hand. What the fuck happened to that? Sure, I like Phil Collins' "Sussudio" as much as the next man but it should be an orchestral score not him for a movie score!

Bootsy Collins - Ahh...The Name is Bootsy, Baby! - Only other Bootsy vinyl they had.

MCL - New York - This one is for the collection and will probably not get played any time soon.

Chucho Zarzosa - La Feria De Las Flores - Yet another one in a language I can't understand but the back cover has a guy at a piano and a guy playing sax. Works for me...

Claude Bolling & Alexandre Lagoya - Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano - An odd mix that is and I was and still am intrigued.

Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra - El Condor Pasa - No idea what it is or how it sounds but the chick on the cover looks freaky as hell.

The Village Stompers - More Sounds of Washington Square - Passed it over a couple of times but read the back this time round. It's described as "...fresh blend of ingenious folk sounds and bright, buoyant Dixieland Jazz". Different I guess...

Great Hollywood Hits of the 60's - The Shadow of Your Smile and Strangers in the Night. Works for me.

Saturday Night at Mickie Finn's America's No. 1 Speakeasy - A live set with some odd liner notes. That you should hear a popping noise during the recording, and this should be explained that as each new keg of beer is opened it makes that popping sound.

Ace Cannon his Alto Sax - "Tuff" Sax - I used to play sax and this looks to have some decent tracks on it.

Morton Gould - Finlandia Music of Sibelius - The great Finnish epic of ancient folk legends, the Kalevala.

Dick Leibert at the Organ - Music in a Mellow Mood - Hammond Organ and nothing else...

National Lampoon's Animal House - Many classics on here.

John Barry - Thunderball - Tom Jones and James Bond, Fuck Yeah!

Les Djinns Singers - 60 French Girls Can't Be Wrong! - A bunch of French songs sung by 60 French Girls.

Les Djinns Singers - 60 French Girls Sing Encore - See above

Tom and Jerry - Guitar's Greatest Hits - More guitar music with covers of "Rebel Rouser" and "Walk Don't Run".

Eire An Deor Is An Gaire - Some Irish folk songs played on the Irish Harp and Accordion.

It's so unfair. I must be musical, I've got hundreds of CDs.

Stanley Black & his Orchestra - Exotic Percussion- It's part of the Phase 4 Stereo London releases and has some very tasty drums and horns.

Edmundo Ros & his Orchestra - Arriba - Another Phase 4 Stereo London release that took some classics like "Hello Dolly" and "From Russia with Love" and did them "jungle" style.

Oldies but Goodies Vol. 9 - I got this because it had Del Shannon doing "Runaway". Couldn't pass that up.

This is Phase 4 Stereo - It's kinda like a greatest hits.

Willie Nelson - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - It's Willie Nelson singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"... Yeah...

The Jackie Gleason Deluxe Set - Yes I already own a copy of this but it doesn't hurt to have a copy.

Esther Marrow - Newport New, Virginia - A funky looking late 60's blues singer. She looked interesting.

Judy Garland - Fuck You! Don't get any ideas because I bought a Judy Garland album. Ever heard what she sounds like when you pitch it all the way down? Try it before you say a word...

Noro Morales and his Orchestra - Holiday in Havana - Hot chick holding a bongo and groovy music, nuff said.

The Instruments of the Orchestra - It's an educational album aboot orchestral instruments, it just screamed "Sample me!"

The Lonesome Valley Singers - Hello Vietnam - Country & Western War Songs - What kind of music do you play? We play both kinds, Country and Western. Do any of you even know where that quote is from?

You Can't Be True Dear - In The Ken Griffin Style - Charles Rand at the Organ - Yep, yet another organ album. What can I say.

Orquesta De La Luz - Salsa Caliente Del Japon - Kodo Drummers trying their hand at Salsa...

Raggedy Ann & Andy - Bend & Stretch - A Very Special Exercise Record for Children - Sounded way to dirty and perverse to pass up.

Tammy Faye Baker - The Lord's On My Side - It's Tammy Faye! What else has to be said?

Audio Directions - The Grab Bag - A Jazz Band that did a Direct to Disk recording session, disk being vinyl in this case.

Edward Elgar - "Enigma" Variations - You know that string piece that is used at the beginning of Rob D's "Clubbed to Death"? This is where it came from.

Luciano Pavarotti - King of the High C's - The man has a voice from Heaven.

Then Again it Could be Simply the Sleazy Feeling of Vinyl Against My Skin.

Judy Garland - The Garland Touch - Wasn't sure about this one but I took a chance and it paid off. I threw it on and dropped the pitch and it sounded creepy as fuck.

Geto Boys - Gangsta (Put Me Down) - It's the Geto Boys, nuf said.

Paddy Noonan - A Musical Taste of Ireland - "Experience the soul of Ireland as never before!" Dance a little jig, bitch!

Favorite Stories for Children - Uncle Wiggly & His Friends - Uncle Wiggly & His Friends?!?! Way more than a little creepy. Come on, Uncle Wiggly?

150 Songs, Jigs, Reels and Ballads of Ireland - A tasty boxed set of Irish goodness. And for those counting this brings me up to 5 versions of "Foggy Dew" - The Chieftains, The Chieftains & Sinead O'Connor, The Chieftains & Sarah McLachlan, Paddy Noonan and now The Clancy Brothers.

Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida - This purchase led the clerk to explain to me that it was supposed to be "In the Garden of Eden" but the lead singer was too fucked up. You don't say? Anyone that knows music should know this one. But being the silly music geek I am I informed him that I also had a version of it that the Incredible Bongo Band had done. He had no idea what I was talking aboot. Eh?

Jackie Gleason presents Music to Make You Misty - This was one of the few Jackie Gleason albums I didn't have and now I have it. Pure pimp...

Peter Gabriel - So - One of his best and good for him to decline to be a part of the Genesis reUnion tour. Sledgehammer? Big Time? In Your Eyes? Hell yeah!

Star Wars - Original Score - Yes I already have a copy of this and I really want another copy of Empire but a copy to scratch is a copy to scratch.

Jose Feliciano - Feliciano! - Some guy that plays acoustic guitar covering other people's music in addition to a few originals. Sample fodder plain and simple.

Bruce Prince Joseph - 7 Centuries of the Organ - I've said it once, I'll say it again... I've got an odd thing for Organ music. Cool thing is this has Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor played on a huge horkin pipe organ. Hell yeah.

Environments - Dawn and Dusk in the Okefenokee Swamp - Yet another one in the series, don't know how many there are in the series but I'm guessing I'll get em all one day.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - Yes I already have this on vinyl and yes I have this on CD and yes I have two different complete covers of the album (A dub cover and a techno cover) but you can never have too much Floyd.

Dieselboy - The Human Resource - I became a fan of Dieselboy after I picked up his album "The Dungeonmasters Guide" which was some fun D&B goodness. This album has gotten some good reviews and it's nice to get stuff on vinyl instead of CD or iTunes from time to time.

BT - Human Technology EP - BT is a bad ass and this is a single off his new album which is one of his best works to date.

Future Retro - Wasn't going to buy this one as I already own it on iTunes but then I noticed that the remix of Bizarre Love Triangle is different from the iTunes version. So I got it. And for those counting... Ok, who am I kidding? I stopped counting how many copies of Bizzare Love Triangle when I got my tenth remix/cover of this way overplayed song. But the ladies seem to love it and this version will probably work well as a slow burn grind track at the end of the night.

I Really Need to Stay Away from Half Price

Half Price in the Rice Village: Great if you're a collector, bad if you're looking for odd and bad.

Al Caiola & His Orchestra - Guitars, Woodwinds & Bongos

Betty White presents How to Lindy

Listen to Life with Norman Vincent Peale

The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett - 50 Guitars visit Hawaii

Environments 3 - "Be In" - A Psychoacoustic Experiment/Dusk

This is Holland

David Carroll & His Orchestra - rePercussion

Half Price at Westheimer & Kirkwood: Not as many bargain bin vinyl like they used to have at their old location.

Disney's Robin Hood with Story Book

Disney's Peter Pan with Story Book

Information Society - Lay All Your Love on Me

The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 64-71

INXS - Listen Like Thieves

Impedance - Tainted Love

Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again

Environments 5 - Ultimate Heartbeat/Wind in the Trees

Buddy Miles - Them Changes

The Ventures Play the Country Classics

Stereo Spectacular Demonstration & Sound Effects

Japanese Koto Classics - Shinichi Yuize Koto Master

Shaft - Music from the Soundtrack

Quicksilver - Just for Love

The Hanor Haziani Singers - Artza Alina

Sesame Street - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself Some Letters & Numbers, too

Jerusalem of Gold - Songs of the Six Day War

Leo Kottke - 6 & 12 String Guitar

Don Huckabee - Acoustic Steel

Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze

Cantor Saul Meisels Zimrah Mal Choir Sing Sabbath Songs For the Home

Dancing Percussion - Music of Jerome Kern

Let's Square Dance! - A How to Do It Series - Album No. 1

Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer

Ravi Shankar - 3 Ragas

Jackie Gleason - Tenderly

What came first, the music or the misery?

People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?

Robert Frost Reads His Poetry - Frost reading his own stuff and it starts with "The Road Not Taken". How could I not buy this?

Karnatic - A Panorama of South Indian Music - If those of you that attended HaVoK or Kaos you would notice I've been playing a lot of Indian and Middle Eastern music and this is way old skool stuff.

Return of the Jedi - I think I bought this one mainly for "The Emperor" theme.

Brasil Caliente - Martinho Da Vila - I picked up a Giles Peterson collection recently (Back in Brazil)and have been listening to it almost non stop. This album is the real deal old stuff.

Killing Joke - Brighter Than a Thousand Suns - This one will probably only be taken out to be played at home and never anywhere else.

The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green - This one just seems fun. Old brass and drums make for good samples.

Sortilege De La Flute Des Andes Vol 2 Facio Santillan - Flute songs of the Andes, I think. But it sounds quite beautiful and calming.

John Brown's Body - It's a play about the civil war, nice and depressing and all spoken word.

Raymond Froggatt - Conversations - This is the one that I bought just for the cover. I think it may be a cross between a country album and a 70's lounge album.

Bongos & Brass - Already have a copy of this one but it's way worth it to have two. Has one of the best covers of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" I have ever heard.

Brute Force Steel Bands of Antiqua - Rumba, Calypso, Samba and Bolero standards all played on steel drums.

Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet - Nice slow groove Jazz Piano, though he's trying a little hard to sound like Monk, but on this album he added in a guitar and violin. Hard to sample at times but is worth it would you get a good clip.

Train Your Bird to Talk - 14 Lessons Plus Training Method - The Finest Recording for Training Parakeets and Parrots to Talk. Their words not mine...

Joan Armatrading - Sleight of Hand - It's not very often that you find a jazz guitar album released by a woman.

Music for Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble - Pure sampling material, the mandolin has a wonderful sound and can be turned into one hell of a pad sound.

Uakti - I have their album where they did covers of Philip Glass and on this one it's a grab bag of classical covers.

Ray Conniff - Memories are Made of This - Was supposed to be Strauss' "Suite of Der Rosenkavalier" but somebody switched the albums and covers.

Return of the King - A Story of Hobbits The audio track from the Rankin/Bass anime from back in the day.

Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers & Queers - How the hell could I pass this one up?

Tubman's Diamond - President Tubman - An album telling you how great the President of Liberia is. Nothing says fun like Government Propaganda.

Edward R Murrow - I Can Hear It Now... Vol 1&2 - Have you seen "Good Night, and Good Luck"? No! Go watch it and then you'll understand why I bought these two.

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - An opera about vice, much fun to be had.