Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

Dead C said:
Jonathan is kind of his own entity. He was really obsessed with The Velvet Underground, when he was starting out. That's more evident in his work with The Modern Lovers, which he fronted in the early 70s and pretty much disintegrated by the time their recordings even started being released. They even managed to have John Cale produce sessions with them.
Jonathan got influenced by a Bermuda trip and wanted to immediately flip the band's entire sound. The Lovers, eventually split up and Jerry Harrison went and joined The Talking Heads. Richman referred to his backing musicians as The Modern Lovers following the separation, but those incarnations were different entities.

Like with Slint's Spiderland and a number of others, The Modern Lovers album went on to become a highly revered and influential effort embraced after the band who created it already effectively called it quits.

I'm glad so many seem to be discovering and enjoying this Richman album. A lot of people are really excited to finally see it on vinyl.
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I'd never come across him before so am equally glad to have been given the nudge by them! Likewise I'm glad people who have been aware of him throughout and have longed for this release are finally able to have it. Thank you for the outline of his backstory too, really interesting to get a sense of that history there I'll be checking out The Modern Lovers tonight! Sometimes when I listen to a record from a new artist I look up information about them and their life at the same time.Seems Jonathan will be a perfect one to do it for! Also, as an aside, you are more than good my dude. Hope the day goes well 🏙
 
Kyuuji said:
🙌 That's an album everyone could use for sure 👍🥂

I'm putting Kashif – Kashif on my listen list for the evening, sounds amazing 👂💥 thank you!

Me..? 👀 Cheeky..? 👀 Couldn't be! 🙈 I was just saying how when I get my intake of Vitamin D it can be quite a hot and sweaty affair and that the esteemed Major of mammalian majesty, one Donny Benét ☀, reminded me of such. You're seeing things! 🤗🤭

Snap 📷💥 on RTJ4 and it seems for Jonathan Richman and James Booker too! Someone has good taste I see 😂👏 and that's a fantastic lineup you have coming. Nick Hakim arrived with some others this morning so I am keenly awaiting the ability to play that! Please shout at me if I haven't done the post on all these records by this time tomorrow 😤📞💬
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Yeah, that Kashif album is classy, glamorous and is rollerblading fun! It’s like living your joyful teenage fantasy but also living your cocktail, classy fantasy! Love that album to bits! “I Just Gotta Have You” is one of my favourite songs of the 80’s! It’s a propulsive, shiny, dreamy yet groovy as sexy jam! 🕺💃

Oops! My bad! 🙊 I just have a bit of dirty mind! 🧠 Forgive me! 🐒👁 Just noticed how submissive you were being towards your majestic majesty Donny Benét! 😂👑

Yay! Can’t wait for you to enjoy those summer vibes when you spin Nick Hakim! 🏖🍹

Yeah, I noticed we have great music taste too! 🎯🥇💯
 
Jan said:
So much for cutting down on that vinyl spending
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It’s so tough though!!! 🙈🙉🙊🦥🦔

Especially when I cannot travel and when I’ll be taking out another $5,000 from my Super! 🙌🤷‍♂️

Maybe I’ll be tough with the vinyl spending from the 1st of July, 2020, as it will be the start of me, trying to get a six-pack as well as a white-collar job! 👔💪😁
 
I moved to Boston in the 90s to go to college and immediately fell in with a crowd that adored the Modern Lovers and Jonathan Richman. I've always felt he was criminally underrated, although probably understandable. Some of his quirks (which I adore) is not for everyone,

My friend even sang one of his songs with his (then) fiance before getting married.



I, Jonathan should've been the essentials album! There, I said it.
 
Kyuuji said:
Already missing the joy of being able to play my records. The feeling of flicking through and choosing one, admiring the cover before carefully slipping the inner out. Gently removing the record and putting it on the platter. The needle-drop and looking intently as the two connect. THE SUBSEQUENT SOUNDS! Ah, I am bereft. I do miss listening to that good jazz while the night faded into morning.
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I really love this description of playing records. There's something truly magical about it and it's so much more enjoyable than streaming. 💚 Really hope you're soon able to play records again. 🙂
 
mgp said:
I moved to Boston in the 90s to go to college and immediately fell in with a crowd that adored the Modern Lovers and Jonathan Richman. I've always felt he was criminally underrated, although probably understandable. Some of his quirks (which I adore) is not for everyone,
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Do you know about how they proposed making Roadrunner the official song of Massachusetts and Richman didn't support the idea?
 
Dead C said:
Do you know about how they proposed making Roadrunner the official song of Massachusetts and Richman didn't support the idea?
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I knew there was some state rep that kept proposing it (I think it's been voted down before and then was re-proposed, but I could be wrong). I didn't know that Richman was opposed to it. That's great.
 
mgp said:
I knew there was some state rep that kept proposing it (I think it's been voted down before and then was re-proposed, but I could be wrong). I didn't know that Richman was opposed to it. That's great.
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Yeah. I have to find an article about it, but I think it was during the first time they tried to push it. He was kind of "thanks, but no thanks" about it. I think he kind of took the the humble, "there are better songs by others, but the suggestion is really flattering" approach, but it felt more like, "leave my music out of this" to me, at the time.

All I can find right now are pieces about them pushing it again and how there was, initially, a rival group trying to oppose it by presenting Aerosmith's "Dream On" as their selection.
 
Dead C said:
Yeah. I have to find an article about it, but I think it was during the first time they tried to push it. He was kind of "thanks, but no thanks" about it. I think he kind of took the the humble, "there are better songs by others, but the suggestion is really flattering" approach, but it felt more like, "leave my music out of this" to me, at the time.

All I can find right now are pieces about them pushing it again and how there was, initially, a rival group trying to oppose it by presenting Aerosmith's "Dream On" as their selection.
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www.theguardian.com

Massachusetts spurns Guardian-inspired campaign to make Jonathan Richman's Roadrunner its state rock song

The state’s legislative session ends before bill H 3573, which would have given the song official status, can pass
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Richman, who no longer plays the song live and has explained that it represents his teenage view of the world, did not lend his support to the bill. He told the Boston Globe: “Thank you so much, it’s very flattering … but I don’t think the song is good enough to be a Massachusetts song of any kind.”
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hatfieldpdx said:
www.theguardian.com

Massachusetts spurns Guardian-inspired campaign to make Jonathan Richman's Roadrunner its state rock song

The state’s legislative session ends before bill H 3573, which would have given the song official status, can pass
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There it is. Thanks!


EDIT:

And here is the original article that article references. I just read it through your link

 
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According to Reddit, Handsome Boy Modeling School was once again briefly in the store today before its page was pulled entirely.

Another past sold out ROTM that was mysteriously removed from the site: Blossom Dearie.

Get ready for some swaption fun this afternoon. 🥴


Edit: Demon Days was pulled as well but seriously, we all should have that by now.
 
NewsFedora said:
According to Reddit, Handsome Boy Modeling School was once again briefly in the store today before its page was pulled entirely.

Another past sold out ROTM that was mysteriously removed from the site: Blossom Dearie.

Get ready for some swaption fun this afternoon. 🥴


Edit: Demon Days was pulled as well but seriously, we all should have that by now.
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I joined VMP a few months after 'Demon Days' was ROTM. I have been an intermittent member for the past three years, and have passed up countless opportunities to grab it via swaps and other options repeatedly. With apologies to those who love it, I have streamed it many times and it does absolutely nothing for me. Am I the only one?
 
hatfieldpdx said:
I joined VMP a few months after 'Demon Days' was ROTM. I have been an intermittent member for the past three years, and have passed up countless opportunities to grab it via swaps and other options repeatedly. With apologies to those who love it, I have streamed it many times and it does absolutely nothing for me. Am I the only one?
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Yes. Everyone else in the world loves it, except for you.
 
hatfieldpdx said:
With apologies to those who love it, I have streamed it many times and it does absolutely nothing for me. Am I the only one?
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Dead C said:
Speaking of Boston music and bands that broke up around really great debut full lengths, is there any love for Mission Of Burma in these parts?
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juiceless said:
Absolutely! Their story is so cool too. Who disappears for years, then comes back with incredible music like they did? Truly a unique band.
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Yes and Yes
 
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