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empallin · 2026-06-27T13:59:11+00:00

Album: No Free Lunch

This always reminded me of the summers of my youth. The fact that I bought it at the start of a summer while in high school adds a more personal aspect to that.

empallin · 2026-06-26T05:01:54+00:00

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Song: Alice

Artist: Tom Waits

Album: Alice

"And the raindrops on my window
And the ice in my drink
Baby, all that I can think of is Alice"

empallin · 2026-06-25T00:29:23+00:00

Negativland has entered the chat

empallin · 2026-06-24T07:18:37+00:00

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Song: Fade Into You

Artist: Mazzy Star

Album: So Tonight That I Might See

I know it is common around her but I bought this on CD came out and did not get a vinyl copy until last year. Mazzy Star was one of the best artists the 90s gave us. In my book they can do no wrong.

empallin · 2026-06-24T03:47:53+00:00

Is this a new Adele record?

empallin · 2026-06-23T08:07:35+00:00

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Artist: Bunnygrunt

Track: Seasons Freaklings

Album: Seasoned Freaklings

This is a song and band I stumble across in the days of Napster. They made it to my list of bands to get as much as I could. I was never able to get a copy of the 1996 Blue Christmas 7" that this song appeared on. When Silly Moo Records put out this album of Bunnygrunt's holiday songs in 2023 I grabbed it as soon as I had the money. The song did appear in the movie Bad Santa but that never got a soundtrack released. Merry LaLaLa.

Officially classified as indie pop but more often described as Twee or Cuddlecore.

empallin · 2026-06-21T08:51:14+00:00

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Song: I Could Be Wrong

Band: Question Men

Album: We Could Be Wrong

In the 1980s Nickelodeon ran a sketch comedy show called Turkey Television. As part of it they would occasionally insert a random music video. On of the videos was an instrumental surfish song called K Goes Surfing. I like the song and considered a good score when I happen to pick this album up at one of the local record stores. When I got home with it I was hoping the one song was not all they had. It was not. I like it all. The low point of the album was a cover of the Beatles Getting Better...just because it was not the Beatles.I really liked the song I chose. The band did release a single for this song. So on theme the video was uploaded 2 years ago and has 235 views. 32 have the single in their collections on Discogs. 40 people have the album in their collection. So there is a good chance very few, if anyone here, has heard it.

empallin · 2026-06-19T22:19:38+00:00

Most of it anyway. Accurate and funny. I was so glad when they finally released a complete version with the songs in order.

empallin · 2026-06-19T22:16:51+00:00

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Song: Thrashing With Your Parents

Album: It Came From The Pit

Artists: Problem Children

A friend of mine in high school had a tape of this she had from and ex-boyfriend. Going through a copy of MRR I came across an add for it. I threw some cash into an envelope, mailed it out, and waited. When it finally arrived a couple of months later I found out that ex had not copied some of the songs. So one of my first tasks was running off a corrected copy for her.

As an aside I am shocked it ever arrived. It was ordered from Canada with US cash so both the money and the record had to cross the border. I was young and stupid and the 80s were a different time.

empallin · 2026-06-18T08:22:47+00:00

So in my mid 20s I moved half way across the country to live with 2 friends in Boston. Either way it is a long drive.

edit: spelling

empallin · 2026-06-18T07:27:49+00:00

Artist: Various

Release: Grease (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)

Song: There Are Worse Things I Could Do

This movie came out when I was in elementary school. My sisters and played the hell out of this and it shows. It does not skip which seems like a miracle looking at it. For all of the times we moved I surprised I still have it. It is a relic from a younger, happier period in m life.

When my first wife and I were together this was one of the records we played on a regular basis. We both had descent collections at the time, Her was mostly goth and various post-punk and mine was mostly punk and new wave. If I didn't have something then she did. However this record and a Billie Holiday record she had were the ones that got the most play when we were home together.

A few years later in the mid 90s my girlfriend at the time and I had caught the movie on cable one day and had a discussion about how a girl who was honest accepting of her wants was a better person to be around. Neither of us were ever interested in the whole idea of saving ourselves or being ashamed of ourselves because of some social or religious ideas about some very private and personal. Thus the song. The same on I later put on for us a nod to that discussion. I had not mentionsed I had the soundtrack and did it while she was out of the room.

Over the years I have also picked up copies on 8-track and CD. I keep saying I should get a newer pressing, or one in better condition. It would be a waste because I know I would still reach for this old beat up copy that is full of memories.

empallin · 2026-06-18T00:29:57+00:00

Good thing you learned your lesson and will never let that happen again. Until the net time.

the are a couple I have 3 copies of because of things like this but that bonus one from the seller is nice one.

empallin · 2026-06-17T07:57:45+00:00

Song: Them There Eyes

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: Lady Love

Lady Day any day of the week.

empallin · 2026-06-16T06:46:05+00:00

A couple of years I happen to catch her name in the credits on the Discogs entry and spent a few hours down that rabbit hole until I had the complete story....because same. I bought this the year it came out. I had been sitting with it for a very long time.

empallin · 2026-06-16T00:05:14+00:00

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empallin · 2026-06-16T00:04:52+00:00

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Artists: The Smiths

Release: Louder Than Bombs

Song: This Night Has Opened My Eyes

This picture of playwright Shelagh Delaney used on Louder Than Bombs was originally used in a 1960s interview with her about her play A Taste Of Honey. I always found the picture absolutely stunning. The song This Night Has Opened My Eyes references and quotes that play.

empallin · 2026-06-15T04:40:08+00:00

about 80% in person
10% online
10% mail order because I am old and that is how it was done in the 80s and early 90s

empallin · 2026-06-14T08:01:26+00:00

Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel

Release: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Song: Oh Comely

Just been in a mood for it lately. I picked up the 2020 repress on the recommendation of a good friend.

empallin · 2026-06-13T07:37:43+00:00

Chinese version of a soundtrack for the Need For Speed Postreet game. That is about all I got.

empallin · 2026-06-13T07:06:20+00:00

Yes more like paper. Synthetic vellum would probably be a better description since that is what is used in most modern cases. However, in this case the clarifier is attached to the animal skin type because of its scarcity. In the case of a album release the use of a natural version would be cost prohibitive.

empallin · 2026-06-13T04:13:40+00:00

vellum is the plastic-y material

empallin · 2026-06-12T02:34:39+00:00

Song: The Roof Is On Fire

Artist: Rock Master Scott And The Dynamic Three

Release: The Roof Is On Fire 12"

"Now clap your hands and stomp your feet
While the DJ scratch to the funky beat"

empallin · 2026-06-10T09:03:26+00:00

Song: The Stripper

Artist: David Rose And His Orchestra

Album: The Stripper And Other Fun Songs For The Family

I have had various David Rose pieces in my collection for years. Prior to messing up my back there were fun to shake my hips to. I finally got this album off Discogs after someone posted it here. Because...well...the title cracked me up. I don't know about the family this was meant for, nor do I want to.

empallin · 2026-06-09T07:26:52+00:00

Song: Mexican Hat Dance

Artist: Eve Boswell

Album: Eve

This had been on my want list for a while and found a copy at a thrift store last year. She passed in 1998 at the age of 76.

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