May 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge - A Crash Course for the Ravers

Day 4 - Bombers
Seemed a good idea / To drop a bomb on the wasteland here
Play a record that is considered a bomb but that you love.

It's tough for me to call this a bomb, but after The Invisible Band it didn't get the attention it deserved in the US. It's a damn shame too, cause it's one of their best.

Travis - 12 Memories
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jamieanderson1968 said:
Day 4 - Bombers
Seemed a good idea / To drop a bomb on the wasteland here
Play a record that is considered a bomb but that you love

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

How do you top a record that sold a bazillion copies? Not with this sample-delic crazy album. A bomb only in that it sold just under 300,000 copies in its first year of release. The worst selling BBoys studio album, and a true classic
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I struggled with this day and eventually gave up and just listened to records I wanted to today. I have a good idea what to play for tomorrow, but an album that sold this well is not a bomb except relatively. I mean all the records I have that "bombed" sold a crap ton of records. I have an awful lot of small press records, did they bomb? Not really.... Too bad I don't have a copy of Stankonia on vinyl because it has Bombs Over Baghdad. Lol.
 
Lee Newman said:
I struggled with this day and eventually gave up and just listened to records I wanted to today. I have a good idea what to play for tomorrow, but an album that sold this well is not a bomb except relatively. I mean all the records I have that "bombed" sold a crap ton of records. I have an awful lot of small press records, did they bomb? Not really.... Too bad I don't have a copy of Stankonia on vinyl because it has Bombs Over Baghdad. Lol.
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You can always go for the figurative as opposed to the literal. I almost played this one. I would think this is on your shelf......unless you want to crushingly disappoint me and make me rethink the entire integrity of the universe...

 
Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
You can always go for the figurative as opposed to the literal. I almost played this one. I would think this is on your shelf......unless you want to crushingly disappoint me and make me rethink the entire integrity of the universe...

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Most of my Clash is on CD. Currently, I only have Sandinista on vinyl. I had an OG American of the debut that got destroyed by water damage.
 
Day 4 - Bombers

I'm going with a release that was a bomb...when it was released, as it only sold 6,000 copies the first year.

Ramones – Ramones
Sire – SR 6020 NP, 1976/1978

Portuguese pressing

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Day 5 - Sound and Vision
Blue, blue electric blue / That’s the colour of my room
Play a ‘blue’ record

I got this a while ago, but haven't spun it or even heard anything on it.

Jack White – Fear Of The Dawn
Third Man Records – TMR-752, 2022

Limited edition screen printed jacket variant on Midnight Blue vinyl - exclusive to vault members - I just happened to join back for the Sleep reissue.

Cut by Bill Skibbe at Third Man Mastering
Pressed at Third Man Pressing

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Day 5 - Sound and Vision
Blue, blue electric blue / That’s the colour of my room
Play a ‘blue’ record

PEARL CHARLES MAGIC MIRROR (2021 Kanine Record)
Going literal with todays' challenge. Blue record. This is a great little pop record from 2021. Owes a clear debt to that late-70's pop sound that blends country, rhythms, soulful singing and rock seamlessly - think Fleetwood Mac. It's been a bit of a sleeper hit for me as I keep turning back to it. It has yet to be filed in my storage cubes and has been in my rotation bin for over 6 months now.

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