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

Better yet, some really great records that would be perfect for the sub (in my own honest opinion, for the sake of diversity from the tried and true down to earth old-style country) (psst...an track for non-anglo stuff i.e. latin, asian, etc, etc. would be infinitely better and more interesting)

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
Mickey Newbury - Heaven Help the Child
Songs: Ohia - Axxess & Ace
Jeff Cowell - Lucky Strike's and Liquid Gold
Woven Hand - Blush Music
Jay Munly - Jimmy Carter Syndrome
Lambchop - Is a Woman
 
Rowan said:
I can see awhile discussion on the country merits of Lambchop and The Tindersticks but I'd be all over that shit. Full pardner.
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I just see a hard limit on what would be viable under the track so I think there needs to be some leniency on what can be made a ROTM and those two certainly have enough country influence to be all Pardner'd up.
 
NathanRicaud said:
I’m sorry, but listening to these three songs actually made me realise how much I don’t want VMP to do a Country track! 😅

I didn’t like any of those three songs, and can’t see myself warming up to any of them! 🤷‍♂️
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You know you don't actually have to sub to it though, right? VMP probably won't send the heavies around to break your thumbs if you swerve it. Not least because any damage to your hands in particular would make a serious dent in their store drop profit margins
 
Rowan said:
You know you don't actually have to sub to it though, right? VMP probably won't send the heavies around to break your thumbs if you swerve it. Not least because any damage to your hands in particular would make a serious dent in their store drop profit margins
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True! I need to stop acting the way I am about this upcoming Country track! It’s so far away too, as it’s coming in 2021!
 
GentleSenator said:
has anyone received their copy of blakey's just coolin yet? some yahoo added it to discogs using mock-ups and incorrect images. strangely 18 users claim to have it, but i've heard zilch about this going out.
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Haven't received it or heard anything. :(
 
I have a soft spot for country and maybe even Bro country. A few years ago my dad and I were working together and once a week we would have to deliver the company van full of Highway markers up to some pretty deep areas in the country. After about an hour from the city the radio stations started to fade and all we had were the country stations. At first we would just listen and make fun of it but after a while a lot of it was pretty catchy and we would find ourselves still listening and sometimes singing along even after the regular stations started kicking back in. I ended up really digging a few tunes, Brad Paisley, Dierks, Rodney Atkins a buch others, . Yeah a lot of it was just Boy Bands with a twang, We would stop off at a buffet that was all comfort food and pig out on fried chicken and meatloaf before driving back to Philly . He's retired now but they were pretty good times Sometimes music can bring back fond memories even if the music itself isn't all that great, but I would sign up for a county track if they had one. With my limited exposure to country music I did end finding some stuff I liked.
 
ChristoBee said:
So where does folk end and country begins exactly ?
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Kris said:
I think of country as “pop” folk although that’s not quite right. The themes in country music tend to be more watered down. I don’t mean that in a bad way, I like country music.
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I think it's a fine line (but I mostly agree).

I think of Folk as a much wider umbrella of music, which encompasses songs tied to a certain culture or location with a large focus on story telling. And often has a very nostalgic feeling tied to that type of life.

Country I see as under the wider umbrella of Folk and mostly tied to Southern and Western music. There's obviously alot of great artists in Country who come from Canada, Australia, etc but they still keep that style of music. The roots are more based in Blues and Folk music from those general areas with alot of focus in songwriting on Working class life and Culture you'd see in the South and Southwest. And even though Country has some great song writers, I'd say there is more of an overall focus on Melody and Rhythm, as opposed to lyrics being primarily at the forefront of straight folk music.

Obviously Genre is very fluid and there are examples in both that don't fit with this at all, especially now. And there are many right ways to answer that question. But that's how I see the main difference, at least in stylistic origins.
 
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