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| TRR 118 |
Grails - Burning Off Impurities
(2007) Temporary Residence Limited TRR 118
$19.15 (New)
Grails are a band whose albums you just don't see for sale at stores, or even online very much. They mix Post Rock with a strong Middle Eastern flavor. This record features a stunningly etched 4th side. Don't worry, there's no singing to get in the way of the cool mystical jamming on this double LP. The perfect soundtrack for your next hookah party. Included a thoughtful free MP3 download. No lava lamp, though.
There's two things that gets my PayPal chubby: anything remotely Post Rock...and limited edition vinyl presales:
Temporaryresidence.com $15.00 + $2.98 shipping (New)
Back in June I took advantage of the online presale of the new Explosions in the Sky soundtrack album, Prince Avalanche. The limited edition is pressed on red vinyl and comes with a free MP3 download. Another Post Rock band, EIST create lush, cinematic soundscapes using traditional rock instrumentation. Movie soundtracks are a natural for this excellent band. I was very pleased that despite the record label's insistence to ship their records in flimsy cardboard mailers, everything arrived minty clean and fresh.
My favorite local record store the past couple years has been UHF Records, 512 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak, Michigan 48067 (248) 545-5955. The selection is excellent as is the staff. It reminds me of the sorely-missed Record Time in Roseville. It's worth the drive and you won't walk out empty-handed. Unless, of course, you're that guy from the "One" video. I was able to trade a bunch of pieces that I had doubles of. They gave me fair trade value, which allowed me to grab a couple imports that I'd been holding out on:
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
$29.95 + tax (New)
Porcupine Tree vinyl can be purchased direct from their label, but shipping from the UK really blows. Way expensive and everything seems to arrive in the mail trashed. Probably because of this, you rarely see PT vinyl around town...except at UHF. They had several titles in stock when I visited. Porcupine Tree is one of the leaders of modern progressive rock. Their albums sound fresh, but their influences are firmly rooted in the early-70's. The band seems to be on an extended hiatus while the members do other things, but their label is still churning out some great re-releases. The Sky Moves Sideways was first released in 1994, but this edition dropped in 2012. The original pressings from this band are really getting expensive, so it's cool they have responded with affordable reissues.
Hard Goods
$0.94 (Used)
This is one of several Loss Leader double-LPs that Warner Bros. released in the 70's and early-80's. The compilations were sold dirt cheap (most were $2.00), and designed to expose listeners to new artists and songs that they may not be familiar with. Each album featured deep tracks and unreleased nuggets from a wide variety of bands from the Warner Bros. roster. No hit songs here. I had a couple of these back in the day, but got rid of them years ago because they were trashed. UHF had a few of these in their bargain bin, and this one was in great shape. The artists featured include Montrose, Ted Nugent, Foghat, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Bob Seger, Kiss, The Beach Boys and Robin Trower among others. How could I pass this thing up for a buck?
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| TRR 222 |
Explosions in the Sky - Prince Avalanche: An Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2013) Temporary Residence Limited - TRR 222Temporaryresidence.com $15.00 + $2.98 shipping (New)
Back in June I took advantage of the online presale of the new Explosions in the Sky soundtrack album, Prince Avalanche. The limited edition is pressed on red vinyl and comes with a free MP3 download. Another Post Rock band, EIST create lush, cinematic soundscapes using traditional rock instrumentation. Movie soundtracks are a natural for this excellent band. I was very pleased that despite the record label's insistence to ship their records in flimsy cardboard mailers, everything arrived minty clean and fresh.
My favorite local record store the past couple years has been UHF Records, 512 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak, Michigan 48067 (248) 545-5955. The selection is excellent as is the staff. It reminds me of the sorely-missed Record Time in Roseville. It's worth the drive and you won't walk out empty-handed. Unless, of course, you're that guy from the "One" video. I was able to trade a bunch of pieces that I had doubles of. They gave me fair trade value, which allowed me to grab a couple imports that I'd been holding out on:
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| Kscope 825 |
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
(2012) Kscope - Kscope825
$29.95 + tax (New)
Porcupine Tree vinyl can be purchased direct from their label, but shipping from the UK really blows. Way expensive and everything seems to arrive in the mail trashed. Probably because of this, you rarely see PT vinyl around town...except at UHF. They had several titles in stock when I visited. Porcupine Tree is one of the leaders of modern progressive rock. Their albums sound fresh, but their influences are firmly rooted in the early-70's. The band seems to be on an extended hiatus while the members do other things, but their label is still churning out some great re-releases. The Sky Moves Sideways was first released in 1994, but this edition dropped in 2012. The original pressings from this band are really getting expensive, so it's cool they have responded with affordable reissues.
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| PRO 583 |
Hard Goods
(1974) Warner Bros. PRO 583
$0.94 (Used)
This is one of several Loss Leader double-LPs that Warner Bros. released in the 70's and early-80's. The compilations were sold dirt cheap (most were $2.00), and designed to expose listeners to new artists and songs that they may not be familiar with. Each album featured deep tracks and unreleased nuggets from a wide variety of bands from the Warner Bros. roster. No hit songs here. I had a couple of these back in the day, but got rid of them years ago because they were trashed. UHF had a few of these in their bargain bin, and this one was in great shape. The artists featured include Montrose, Ted Nugent, Foghat, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Bob Seger, Kiss, The Beach Boys and Robin Trower among others. How could I pass this thing up for a buck?
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